Four cops, including IPS officer Aparna Gupta, have been suspended in the case, the police have said that no money was given to the kidnappers.
Sanjeet has been murdered by his abductors. As per the police, the kidnappers killed the man last month, on June 26-27, a few days after abducting him, and released his body in the Pandu River.
The 28-year-old had remained untraced amid allegations that Rs 30 lakh ransom was paid by his family in the presence of police.
Notably, a week ago the family members of the 28-year-old man had accused the Kanpur police of plotting with kidnappers and failing to stop them from escaping with Rs 30 lakh ransom.
In search of the abducted Sanjeet, police teams went to areas around the city including Sachendi, Meharban Singh’s Purva, Unnao, Kanpur Dehat, Fatehpur, Hamirpur. The kidnappers called Father Chamanlal for ransom from ten different locations. With the help of Tower Dota Filtration, the police got the details of the calls coming from all these, even the police did not get any special success.