Body of Industrialist and Political leader recovered

Siliguri, Feb 2: A decomposed body of an Industrialist Ganga Bisan Rathu from Nepal along with Chandra Chudal the chairman of Shiv Sena was recovered at 9^th mile in the Kurseong subdivision, 16 kms from Siliguri.

The duo reported to be close friends are residents of Morang district under Biratnagar in neighbouring Nepal and were kidnapped early in January from Siliguri. Rathi and Chudal had gone missing ever since they reached Siliguri. The family of Rathi repeatedly got ransom calls in which kidnappers demanded Rs. 3.5 cores. Later the kidnappers reduced the ransom to Rs. 50 lakh on January 25. The family also paid the amount at Uttarayon here. The family lodged an FIR with the Morang Police station in Nepal in January 25.

The Nepal police at the start of the case had doubted that Chudal had masterminded the kidnap of Rathi. On January 26, police arrested Surendra Mishra and Abhijit Bose when they were traveling in Kolkata bound Darjeeling Mail from Bolpur station in Birbhum district. The money was also recovered from them. A team of Nepal police was camping in Siliguri. Surendra’s wife Manika is also arrested.

 

Anand Kumar the commissioner of police, Siliguri said the duo were murdered in a very planned manner.

    

Kumar said during interrogation the three arrested people told police that Chudal was murdered first on January 8 and Rathi was murdered on January 10. After Rathi was murdered the kidnappers started making ransom calls.