A 34-year-old car driver of a businesswoman and his four associates, including two rowdy sheeters, have been arrested for faking his own kidnap to extort ₹1 crore from his employer .
The police cracked the case within 24 hours and arrested the car driver, Hemanth Kumar, 34, along with his associates from a farmhouse in Doddaballapura where the accused were found plotting the drama.
The other accused have been identified as Srinivasa, 40, Mohan, 39, both rowdy -sheeters in Malleshwaram having multiple criminal cases pending against them, along with their associates Tejas, 25, and Kuldeep, 28.