We coordinated with other satellite cities through social media. The police of Delhi, Gurugram and Faridabad exchanged information from time to time: Sandeep Khirwar
A simple tweet by a top cop was all it took to force a group of criminals to release an MNC executive they had kidnapped for ransom.
Varun Vohra, 30, who lives with his family in West Delhi's Tagore Gardens, went missing on the evening of June 28 when he was on his way home from his office in Gurugram. Police officials said his parents found his mobile phone switched off. A cash withdrawal of Rs 70,000 from his account from an ATM in southwest Delhi's Dwarka made them further suspicious. Vohra's bank transaction alerts are sent to his mother's phone.
It was then they filed an FIR on the same day with the Uttam Nagar police station. Senior officers said they were worried by the fact that no ransom calls were made by the kidnappers to the family members.
On July 1 that Deputy Commissioner of Police (South West) Surender Kumar put out a tweet, tagging the police in Delhi and Gurugram, alerting them to Vohra's plight. The tweet read: "Varun Vohra, aged 29yrs is missing since 27/6/17. In case of any clue, pls inform SHO/Uttamnagar #8750871026. @DelhiPolice @gurgaonpolice."
He also asked the police in other areas and the general public to help find Vohra. Kumar added a photograph of Vohra and tagged his police counterparts seeking help. The Gurugram police re-tweeted Kumar's tweet. The general public also did the same.
The pressure mounted through tweets rattled the kidnappers. On July 2, at around 3 am, Vohra called up his mother and informed her that he was being dropped off by the kidnappers near a temple in Gurugram.
The parents informed the South-West district police, who then with the Gurugram police, reached the location and picked him up.
Police Commissioner of Gurugram, Sandeep Khirwar, told DNA. "We coordinated with other satellite cities through online social channels on which we are very active. The police of Delhi, Gurugram and Faridabad kept exchanging information from time to time."
Vohra told the police that he was in a drowsy state and the kidnappers kept withdrawing money from various ATMs until his accounts were almost empty. He added that after seeing the tweets and re-tweets by the police forces they, out of fear, let him go.
"He has been sleeping since his return and will be questioned further. He said he was taken to Rohtak and Sonepat in Haryana by the kidnappers," said a senior police officer.
The police are also probing the cab driver's possible role in the kidnapping.
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