Abductor Beldiya held

Lalitpur: The Metropolitan Police Range, Lalitpur, on Sunday arrested Rabi Beldiya, an Indian national currently living in Mahalaxmi Municipality-13 in Lalitpur, on charge of abduction and seeking ransom.

Beldiya, a permanent resident of Gujarat in India, is accused of receiving Rs 320,000 from Mahesh Patel and his uncle Balu Patel of Dhangadhi Municipality-7, keeping them in captivity some five months ago.

Beldiya is charged of holding Mahesh and Balu captive in his room in the last week of March after calling the two at Gongabu in the capital city, promising to renew a document of Mahesh from the Embassy of India.

Spokesperson of the Range and Deputy Superintendent of Police Dayanidhi Gyawali said that investigations into the case were going on after seeking permission from the Lalitpur District Court to keep the accused in police custody.