Criminals extorted a sum of nearly B1 million for two men and a fourth man from an airport.
PUBLISHED: 18 Apr 2025 at 20: 28
A second intended victim was found Friday in Samut Prakan along with two American gentlemen who had been kidnapped for payment by a group led by their colleagues. Seven defendants are being taken into custody by Thai authorities.
According to Pol Lt Gen Sayam Boonsom, director of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, Deep Sandhu, a 32-year-old American regional, and six other male suspects, five of whom are Pakistanis and five of whom are Pakistanis, were detained by police at a home in the tambon Samrong Nua of Samut Prakan on Friday.
Three American men were likewise rescued by the officers from the home. The suspects demanded a ransom of 2.5 million pounds (977, 000 baht ) from the two of them who had been abducted. The second was accosted at the residence by the Suvarnabhumi airport.
Sanjeev Kumar had earlier reported to the authorities that Mr. Sandhu had abducted his two friends, Ramesh Sharma, 48, and Anandeep Kajal, 27, and that they had been picked up from a resort in Bangkok’s Silom district on April 14.
On April 16, Mr. Sandhu contacted Mr. Sharma’s younger girl via WhatsApp, claiming he had detained the two gentlemen and demanded a 2.5 million rupee payment. The two people would be in danger if she didn’t paid, he said.
Police investigators reviewed surveillance footage taken at the hotel and later learned about a taxi driver, who claimed he had been hired by the American suspect to pick up the victims it.
The arresting crew located Mr. Sandhu at the home in Samut Prakan, where they also discovered his two patients and a fourth man, later identified as Vipulkumar Shambhulal Patel, 41. Each of the three possessed a leg- and handbind.
Following that, Mr. Sandhu and six coworkers were taken into custody. Muhammad Afzal, 57, one of the six other American people, identified as Souray, 26, Simranjit Singh, 35, Abhishek, 25, Nitin Salaria, 36, and Gurwinder Singh, 35, were also present. At the Yannawa police stop in Bangkok, all were being interrogated.