Ex-ACP’s son arrested for trying to abduct an Afghan woman
3 Jun 2014 5:01 AM IST
A 28-year-old man, the son of a former senior Delhi police official, was arrested here for trying to abduct a married Afghan woman, police said on Sunday. Amit Singh, a former national-level basketball player, was arrested from his hideout on Saturday.
The incident took place near a flyover in south Delhi’s Ashram area on the night of 27 May, when the woman, in her 20s, and her husband were going to a medicine store in Lajpat Nagar market, police said.
‘When the couple was crossing the road, Singh asked the woman to sit in his car. He tried to abduct the woman after the couple ignored him. He also beat up the woman’s husband when he resisted,’ a police official said.
‘The victims then rushed to the Lajpat Nagar police station and filed the complaint. The police soon after getting information, swung into action. Police traced the car and reached the accused’s home where his father informed that his son Amit was driving the car. Police also traced the accused mobile phone and confirmed that he was present at the crime spot at that particular time. The accused was arrested him on Sunday. He confessed to his crime. Police filed a case under the section of 365/392 IPC,’ said a police official.
Singh works with a school in Gurgaon as a physical education teacher. He lives in Neb Sarai area of south Delhi with his family. His father Satveer Singh retired as assistant commissioner of police (traffic) in July 2013.
The incident took place near a flyover in south Delhi’s Ashram area on the night of 27 May, when the woman, in her 20s, and her husband were going to a medicine store in Lajpat Nagar market, police said.
‘When the couple was crossing the road, Singh asked the woman to sit in his car. He tried to abduct the woman after the couple ignored him. He also beat up the woman’s husband when he resisted,’ a police official said.
‘The victims then rushed to the Lajpat Nagar police station and filed the complaint. The police soon after getting information, swung into action. Police traced the car and reached the accused’s home where his father informed that his son Amit was driving the car. Police also traced the accused mobile phone and confirmed that he was present at the crime spot at that particular time. The accused was arrested him on Sunday. He confessed to his crime. Police filed a case under the section of 365/392 IPC,’ said a police official.
Singh works with a school in Gurgaon as a physical education teacher. He lives in Neb Sarai area of south Delhi with his family. His father Satveer Singh retired as assistant commissioner of police (traffic) in July 2013.
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