PRAYAGRAJ: Under the strict vigil of the paramilitary force Mafia Don Babloo Srivastava was produced in Special Gang Court on Monday. The court after recording his statement in the kidnapping of a bullion trader sent him to Bareilly jail and the next date is fixed for October 20.
He was brought from Bareilly jail on Sunday and due to security reasons he was taken to Kaushambi jail Instead of Naini jail.
According to the prosecution bullion trader Pankaj Mahendra, who was kidnapped at his behest in 2015, is on trial with a special gangster court. The prosecution’s testimony on September 30 was completed. Twenty-one witnesses have been presented by the prosecution. After this, the process of recording the statement of the accused has started from October 3.
In this connection, the statement of mafia don Bablu Srivastava under section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was to be recorded on Monday.
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On the night of September 5, 2015, a bullion businessman was kidnapped while going home by car after closing his shop. Bullion businessman Pankaj Mahindra had a jewelry shop in the Jawahar Square Kotwali area.
The miscreants had left his car near the Hanuman temple at Bandhwa in Sangam. Rs 10 crore was demanded as ransom. Later, when the police raided a farmhouse in Fatehpur district at night, the bullion trader Pankaj Mahindra was found tied up.
Police had arrested mafia don’s nephew Vikalp Srivastava alias Golu son of Tarun Kumar Srivastava, Gorakhpur resident Mahendra Yadav, Sachchidanand Yadav alias Sachita, Barethi police station Tharwai resident Chandramohan alias Bablu Yadav from the spot. Two 9 mm and 32 bore pistols, 315 bore pistols, an Alto car, a laptop, a mobile, a fake SIM card, etc. were recovered from them.
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On Monday two companies PAC, two companies RAF, 13 police stations in charge, 60 sub-inspectors, and 150 constables were deployed to present Don Bablu Srivastava from Bareilly to Prayagraj court. Apart from this, the cops in plain clothes were also deployed.
The senior police officers led by ADCP Protocol Ravi Shankar Nim, ADCP Crime Satish Chandra, and ACP Rajesh Kumar Yadav had taken stock of the security arrangements in the court premises. Barricades were also installed at some places and roads.
