False alarm: Ex-Maharashtra minister’s son in kidnapping scare, flight to Bangkok turned again

“We communicate 10 to fifteen instances a day. He left Pune with out telling us,’’ stated Sawant, a minister of state within the earlier Devendra Fadnavis ministry and well being minister within the Eknath Shinde ministry. “We regularly convey to our members of the family the place we’re going. I used to be fearful as a result of he went with out informing anybody in our household.”

The false alarm, which had pressed numerous arms of the state equipment into motion, was triggered by a telephone name from an unidentified caller about Rushiraj’s alleged kidnapping. It appeared that Rushiraj, a trustee of the Jayawant Shikshan Prasarak Mandal (JSPM) and TSSM Group, had left residence within the morning for Bangkok with two mates with out letting his household know of his whereabouts.

The telephone name was acquired by the Pune police management room at round 4pm. Police contacted the household, who stated their son had been lacking since morning. Sinhgad police filed a case of kidnapping and deployed a number of groups at completely different areas to seek for Rushiraj, with the Crime Department taking on the investigation.

When police learnt that Rushiraj had boarded a chartered flight for Bangkok, they received in contact with the Director Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and managed to get the flight to return to Pune at round 10pm.

“Rushiraj has returned to Pune. We are going to now ask him what precisely occurred and why they have been going to Bangkok with out informing anybody at residence,” stated Ranjan Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police. Officers have been questioning Rushiraj until late on Monday night time. Requested why police have been so fast to file a case when it was not clear that Rushiraj had been kidnapped, Kumar stated, “We needed to register a grievance to provoke an investigation.”

Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar advised Hindustan Occasions , “The plane was flying between Chennai and Port Blair and was nonetheless in Indian airspace once we have been contacted. The plane has come again to Pune and additional investigations are underway.”

Whereas police had launched a manhunt for Rushiraj, his father had pushed to the Pune Police Commissionerate, from the place he made a number of telephone calls, together with one to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, selling police to rapidly file an FIR with sections referring to kidnapping invoked. As quickly as Sawant was advised by his driver that he had dropped Rushiraj to the airport with two individuals, he knowledgeable the police.

Requested if there had been a quarrel at residence, prompting his son to depart for Bangkok, Sawant flatly denied it. “There was no dispute. Simply that he left residence with out informing anybody and we have been all fearful. Why and the place was he going will now be discovered,” stated Sawant, who represents Paranda constituency in Osmanabad district of Marathwada.

“He had returned from Dubai solely final week, so the sudden journey raised concern. Perhaps he didn’t inform me as a result of he thought I would get upset. We are going to get to know extra after speaking to him,” Sawant added.

Shiv Sena (UBT) deputy chief Sushma Andhare remarked, “If the data on the kidnapping is true, it exposes the poor efficiency of the police within the state. After I first heard concerning the abduction, I assumed that if this might occur to a former minister’s son, what about us? However, later, I heard by way of the media that there was a scripted sport of kidnapping to get Rushiraj Sawant again to Pune. It’s stunning to see a former minister misuse energy to get his son again. On this case, police rolled out the pink carpet for Tanaji Sawant.’’