Update: NRI Family killed in california. Man in custody in connection with Indian-origin family's kidnapping in California

[Swatkat]

Mystery deepened in the case of a kidnapped Indian-origin family in California as officials reported that a person was taken into custody in connection with the case after he attempted suicide and the truck belonging to one of the victims was found burning.

But still missing is the kidnapped family - eight-month-old baby Aroohi Dheri, her parents, Jasleen Kaur, 27, and Jasdeep Singh, 36, and uncle, Amandeep Singh, 39.

 

A 48-year-old man was held "as a person of interest" on Tuesday and is in a "critical condition" at a hospital after the suicide attempt, the Merced County Sheriff's Office said.

Amandeep Singh's wife, Jaspreet Kaur, made an appeal on TV for the victims' release: "I am begging in front of the people who took my family away, please, please let them go."

"My niece, she's just an 8-month-old kid and she doesn't have any food with them," she said.

Merced County is about 225 kilometres southeast of San Francisco.

Detailing the kidnapping, the Sheriff's office said that they were alerted to the kidnapping on Monday when a truck belonging to Amandeep Singh was found burning on a highway.

When officers were unable to contact him, they reached out to a family member.

Family members reported the four missing after they couldn't contact them either and officers were directed to a business, Unison Trucking, to investigate, according to the Sheriff's office.

Detectives then determined that the four had been kidnapped, it said.

Jaspreet Kaur told KTLA TV that her husband had gone to work that day at 8 a.m. and she got a call at about 11 a.m. that there was no one at the business's front desk and when she tried calling him, the calls went to voicemail.

The person in custody was identified by the Sheriff's office as Jesus Manuel Salgado who was picked up after it received information about him.

But before law enforcement officers became involved, he had attempted to take his own life, the Sheriff's office said.

It said that a bank reported that a bank card belonging to one of the victims had been used at an ATM machine and officers got a picture of the person using it.

"The person is similar in appearance to the surveillance photo from the original kidnapping scene", the sheriff's office said.

But it said that the person in the ATM photo "was not the person of interest that is in custody" and it was working with the bank "to obtain the correct photo".

When someone is held "as a person of interest", it usually means that the person could be a potential suspect but officials do not have sufficient information to file charges.

ABC30 TV station in Fresno reported that Salgado had earlier been involved in a robbery in 2005.

The station said that Merced County prosecutor's office he was charged with home invasion robbery with a gun, witness intimidation and attempted false imprisonment in that case.

He was imprisoned and released in 2015, ABC 30 said.

The station quoted Sheriff Vernon Warnke as saying, "We are hoping he recovers because right now, he is our only lead to the family. We still have no leads on where the family is, what their condition is

[Pavanonline]

Looks like it’ll end in tragedy 🙁

[Shameless]

I think they are already killed for money..usually ilanti cases lo murders easy ga aipothai instead of kidnapping and asking for ransom...

[Swatkat]

NRI Family Kidnapped And Killed In California

Article by Vamsi T  Published on: 11:24 am, 6 October 2022 

 

In a gruesome incident an Indian-origin family of four, including an 8-month-old baby, were found dead Wednesday in California. The victims are identified as 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her 27-year-old mother Jasleen Kaur, her 36-year-old father Jasdeep Singh, and her 39-year-old uncle Amandeep Singh.

 

The Sikh family originally from Punjab’s Harsi Pind, was kidnapped on Monday from their trucking business in central California between Modesto and Fresno.. Post kidnapping the law enforcement were tracking the crime and learned about a vehicle owned by one of the family members on fire late Monday. Later the authorities received information on Tuesday morning that one of the victim’s bank debit cards was used at an ATM in Atwater in Merced County.

The authorities did not get in touch with the kidnapper and so the police confirmed that he did not demand any ransom. But the police believe that it was a financially motivated crime.

Through CCTV surveillance, the police zeroed in on a 48-year-old man considered a “person of interest” in the kidnapping of the Sikh family. The suspect was identified as Jesus Manuel Salgado and he attempted to kill himself after killing the Sikh family. He is currently in custody, receiving medical attention and in critical condition.

Sukhdeep Singh, a brother of the victims and other family members were in deep shock on hearing the brutal killing of an eight months old baby. Jasdeep’s parents Dr Randhir Singh and Kirpal Kaur returned to India from abroad on September 29th. Randhir was in Rishikesh when he received a call regarding the kidnapping.

Crime in the US, especially against Indians is on the rise. After racial abuse, kidnapping is one such incident

[Chakram12]

Looks like they co-operated, not sure why killed them 

[sarfaroshi]

Such a sad incident, its hightime all Indian business owners should carry a Gun…

Criminals are evrywhere !!

[summer27]

is this kidnapping gone wrong? what is the motive here?

[Swatkat]

Why they could not defend?

[Variety_Pullayya]

12 minutes ago, Swatkat said:

Why they could not defend?

not sure man....both men hands were tied up. women and children ni hostage unchithe generally men dont fight back.  

[argadorn]

He’s very dangerous … came back to pick wife and kid … very unfortunate 

[Swatkat]

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