Police Arrest Four, Including Army Personnel, In Elderly CA Kidnapping Case

Delhi Police have arrested four people, including a serving Army personnel, for allegedly honey-trapping, abducting and robbing a 72-year-old chartered accountant from his residence in south Delhi’s Sainik Farms area. Officials said the accused assaulted the elderly man, looted cash and jewellery from his home, and later abandoned him near the Delhi-Mumbai Highway in Haryana after allegedly failing to extort a larger ransom amount.

The accused were identified as Surender, a serving Army personnel posted in Mathura, Kalpana Kumari, Kuldeep and Sushil. Police said Surender had reportedly not reported to his posting in Mathura. Investigators alleged that the victim was targeted through a honey-trap scheme orchestrated by Kalpana, who was known to him prior to the incident.

According to police, the victim was alone at his Sainik Farms residence on the evening of May 2 when Kalpana allegedly arrived to meet him as planned. Officials said her accomplices entered the house along with her, overpowered the man, assaulted him and restrained him using adhesive tape. The accused allegedly looted around Rs 5 lakh kept in an almirah, additional cash from drawers and a purse, along with gold jewellery, identity documents and bank-related items.

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Police said the accused then forced the victim into his own sedan and drove toward Meerut for over an hour. During the journey, they allegedly demanded Rs 50 lakh as ransom and forced the victim to contact an acquaintance to arrange Rs 15 lakh by falsely claiming he had met with an accident. When the victim failed to arrange the money, the accused reportedly abandoned him along with the vehicle near the Delhi-Mumbai Highway under the Firozpur Jhirka police station area in Haryana.

The victim later reached a nearby roadside eatery and informed authorities, following which a PCR call was received at Neb Sarai Police Station on May 3. A case was registered under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita related to abduction, robbery, assault and criminal conspiracy. Police said Kalpana and Surender were arrested from Mathura after a 36-hour operation, while the remaining two accused were later apprehended in Haryana’s Fatehabad district.

Investigators recovered the victim’s car, cash, jewellery, purse, documents and an air gun allegedly used during the crime. During interrogation, police learnt that Kalpana and Surender, both divorcees, had met through Instagram and later married in a temple in November 2025. Officials suspect the group may have been involved in similar crimes earlier and said further investigation is underway to examine possible links to other honey-trap and extortion cases.

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