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Abhay Modani Murder Case: Kidnapper Wanted Money To Act In Film


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Hyderabad: Sheshu Kumar’s desire to become a film star led him to kidnap Abhay Modani and ask for a huge ransom.

Hyderabad police commissioner M. Mahender Reddy said, “Sheshu and his friends Ravi and Mohan watched the Tollywood film Oka Romantic Prema Katha a few days before the kidnap. The film gave them the idea to kidnap someone and make money.”

After abducting Abhay, when they informed him that he was kidnapped, Abhay gave them his aunt’s contact number and requested them to let him go. But fearing that he may raise an alarm, they tied his hands and legs with packing tape and covered his mouth and nose with the same tape. Sheshu Kumar, 20, from East Godavari, Pondara Ravi, 21, and N. Rammohan, 23, both from Srikakulam, had met in Ranchi in 2014 while they were working for a MLM company. Sheshu left the job as he could not make money and later worked at a sweet store in Adilabad for six months.

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Hyderabad: Through them, he was appointed as a helper to the Modanis’ elderly neighbour Hanuma Das for a monthly salary of Rs 7,000 in August 2015. During this time, he had befriended Abhay. In February of 2016, Sheshu asked his aides Ravi and Mohan to shift to Hyderabad so that they could try their luck in films. They shifted to a flat at Hindinagar.

“In February, Sheshu got in touch with film artiste Balu Paul who had acted in Kurra Toofan movie, over Facebook. Balu told Sheshu that one needed good dancing skills and a lot of money to enter films,” the commissioner said. Seshu left the job on March 9 to spend more time on dance, but money became a hurdle.

On March 14, Sheshu and his friends watched Oka Romantic Crime Katha — the main theme of the film was earning money through kidnappings. “With that they decided to kidnap somebody for ransom and purchased packing tape and ropes. Seshu then revealed about his friendship with Abhay,” added the commissioner.

They purchased three SIM cards at Begum Bazaar and Seshu surveyed Abhay’s movements while being in touch over WhatsApp.

According to the plan, on March 16, when Abhay came out, Seshu met him and requested a lift. On the way, when Abhay was getting calls from home, Seshu said that he would ride the bike. “At the flat, where Mohan and Ravi were already waiting, they gave him a soft drink and told him that he had been kidnapped. A shell shocked Abhay is then believed to have pleaded with his abductors to release him and discuss with his parents, the ransom.

Fearing that Abhay would raise an alarm and alert people, they covered his face and mouth with tape and later, when they found Abhay had died of suffocation the trio packed the body into a carton and vacated the house. According to officials, they then hired a trolley to carry the body. When the trolley driver refused to wait, they hired another auto to Secunderabad station.

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