The curious case of the Snapdeal employee Dipti Sarna's kidnapping was solved with the arrest of five men who were behind the crime. In a press conference held today, Ghaziabad SSP Dharmendra Yadav told mediapersons that the main accused, Devendra, had been planning the crime for some time before executing it.



The SSP revealed how the prime accused in Snapdeal employee Dipti Saran kidnapping case, Devendra, had purchased two autos to kidnap her from outside Vaishali metro station on February 10.

Ghaziabad SSP Dharmendra Singh told reporters today that Devendra had been stalking Dipti for the past one year and had even followed her as many as 150 times. He had even followed Dipti to her home once. He also has 30 cases lodged against him including that for murder.

Here are the latest updates of SSP's press conference:

The accused read Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf in jail. Was impressed by Hitler and Shah Rukh Khan's character in the movie Darr: SSP Singh

Devendra had plans to marry Dipti and settle in Nepal.

Dipti was blindfolded soon after she took an auto from outside Vaishali metro station. Her phone was hidden by the accused in Nandgram. Her bag was burried at an under-construction site. The accused then went to a village in Baghpat.

Finding out motive behind kidnapping was a difficult task as girl's family didn't receive any ransom call. The girl wasn't subjected to any physical harm: SSP Singh.

We arrested all culprits involved in Snapdeal executive Dipti's abduction today. Total 5 were involved. Man named Devendra was the mastermind: SSP Singh



In her statement, the girl mentioned at many instances that the kidnappers did not harm her, gave her food as well: SSP Dharmendra Singh.

But the conflicting question was, if the girl never met them, then why did they keep her well? : SSP Singh.

Question that arose was why was she released? This was hinting to a close person being involved who did not harm her: SSP Singh.

The main culprit Devendra portrayed himself as a hero before Dipti. He told her that the other kidnappers have wrong intentions but he won't let anyone harm her.



The psyche of the culprit is such that he was confident that Dipti would agree to marry him after his heroic act (as per him)and he'll settle down in Nepal.

The main accused, Devendra, was so infatuated with the girl that he even bought an autorickshaw which he used to drive on her route so that he could see her daily.

He even managed to transport her to her destination once.

He was so infatuated with her that he even knew her favourite brand of chips.

On the day of the incident, in order to kidnap her, he followed the rickshaw she was travelling in and managed to puncture its tyre. Once she and the other passengers had boarded his rickshaw he and his associates got rid of the other passengers by threatening them.

Once they had Dipti alone in the auto, they took her to a desolate location where they took away her bag and buried it at an underconstruction site.



Devendra, the Ghaziabad SSP revealed, was inspired by the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Darr and that during his time in jail he had read Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.



On February 10 evening, Dipti left her Snapdeal office in Gurgaon for her home in Ghaziabad. She took an auto rickshaw from outside the Vaishali metro station. The auto rickshaw driver, who was known to Devendra, dropped her at a secluded place. Dipti told the police that she was blind folded by her kidnappers. Dipti said that she was not assaulted sexually by the kidnappers.

Two days later, Dipti called her family to say that she was safe and was on a train to Delhi. She told the police that the kidnappers took care of her and gave her food. No ransom call was made to Dipti's family.

But why Dipti's 'psychopath' kidnapper let her go unharmed after 36 hours? Devendra told police during interrogation that he wanted Dipti to fall in love with him similar to the 1993 Shah Rukh Khan thriller - Darr.

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