Jaisalmer: Sadar police rescued a kidnapped youth and arrested eight men from Haryana’s Mewat region, police said Tuesday.The arrested men — Fakruddin (40), Tohid (42), Mustak (30), Kamaluddin (60), Irfan (34), Mujammil (30), Ahsan (32) and Mohammad Saad (21) — are residents of Nuh and Palwal districts. They were produced in court Wednesday and remanded to police custody. Investigators are probing the motive behind the kidnapping.SP Abhishek Shivhare said the abduction took place on Feb 14 after Sabir, a Nuh resident working at a tubewell in Jaisalmer, lodged a complaint. He told police that his brothers, Zaheer and Ayan, had gone to Bhu village to procure supplies when 6–7 men in a white Ertiga allegedly abducted Zaheer in broad daylight. Police immediately set up blockades and formed a special team, treating the case as a priority. Under Sadar SHO Premdan Ratnu, the team coordinated with the District Special Team and Ramdevra police to track the suspects. Following which, police surrounded the accused and safely rescued Zaheer.
