Mumbai:
A 20-year-old college student was kidnapped and murdered by his friend in Naigoan on the outskirts of Mumbai on Sunday, police said today. The accused has confessed to the crime and has been arrested.
Ganesh Sriram, a second year student of Thakur College in Kandivali, stayed in a rented accommodation at Mira Road. According to the police, his neighbourhood friend Kalpesh Soraj, 25, moved into his flat 10 days ago. On August 12, Kalpesh reportedly took Ganesh to Naigoan on the pretext of meeting a friend and then kidnapped him with the help of his accomplice Ravindra Kumar.
The duo murdered him on the same day and then made ransom calls to Ganesh's father Ramchandra Sriram, police said. They reportedly demanded Rs 8 lakhs but later settled for Rs 3 lakh and asked him to come to Kandivali railway station on Tuesday.
Ganesh's father, who is a civil contractor at Tarapur nuclear plant, contacted the police. A team of cops followed him and first nabbed Ravindra, who came to collect the ransom amount. Based on his inputs, they later arrested Kalpesh for the murder and kidnapping.