Ola driver forges permit, abducts Delhi doctor, demands Rs 5 crore ransom from company

An Ola cab driver allegedly abducted a Delhi-based doctor, held him captive for two weeks and demanded a ransom of Rs 5 crore from the cab aggregator. The driver along with his three gang members was later arrested following a gun fight in Meerut on Wednesday.

New Delhi: An Ola cab driver allegedly abducted a Delhi-based doctor, held him captive for two weeks and demanded a ransom of Rs 5 crore from the cab aggregator company.

Following a gun fight in Meerut on Wednesday, the driver and three gang members have now been arrested. 

Reportedly, one of the gang members got injured during the shootout.

The Delhi Police in assistance with Uttar Pradesh's Special Task Force tracked down the gang members at Daurala village in Meerut.

Earlier on Sunday, the police personnel traced them in Meerut and later in Haridwar, however, they managed to escape.

Dr Shrikant Goud, who works with a private hospital in East Delhi, had booked an Ola cab to return home in South Delhi on July 6 evening. The driver, however, drove him to Dadri near Noida where he was joined by the accomplices.

The first ransom call was made to Ola's call centre using the doctor's cell phone followed by another to the private hospital. The kidnappers also captured a video of the doctor as evidence and forwarded it to his family and the app-based cab aggregator.

In order to avoid being identified, the kidnapping gang used Goud's cellphone for the next two weeks.

The gang allegedly procured the permit to drive a cab for Ola using forged documents and fake license, revealed a police probe, as reported India Today.

On Wednesday evening, the police received a tip-off that the doctor was being held at an under-construction building in Meerut. They immediately surrounded the locality and rescued him after a gunfight.