Just a WhatsApp message prompts rescue of Gujarati couple tortured, kidnapped and brought to Iran by Gujarat HM Harsh Sanghvi: All it’s worthwhile to know

A Gujarati couple named Pankaj and his spouse Nisha had been held captive in Iran after being kidnapped, reportedly from Hyderabad. Within 24 hours of their household sending a WhatsApp message to Minister of State Home Affairs, Harsh Sanghvi, searching for assist from the federal government, the couple was rescued. Now, their heartfelt message to Minister Sanghvi is doing rounds on social media. 

In this heartfelt message, the Gujarati couple expressed their gratitude to Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi and all of the individuals concerned of their rescue operation. The couple conveyed their appreciation, saying, “Dear Harshbhai Sahib, we are able to’t thanks sufficient. You have come to us as Lord Krishna on the day of Ashadhi Dooj.”

The want of transferring overseas had lured them into the lure of fraud brokers. Like in lots of earlier situations, the will to go to the US at any price grew to become a nightmare for the younger couple. 

The Gujarati couple was kidnapped within the garb of taking them to America. But because of the immediate motion of the MoS Home Harsh Sanghvi and the authorities, the couple was rescued inside 24 hours of the household getting in contact with the Minister searching for assist to rescue their kin. 

The kidnappers despatched a torture video, demanding ransom

As per media studies, the Patel couple who’re stated to be residents of Naroda, Ahmedabad left for America illegally. However, Pankaj Bharatbhai Patel was kidnapped earlier than he and his spouse may attain America. Reports declare that he was stored in Hyderabad from third to eleventh June and plainly he was taken to Iran from there. 

Later, the abductors despatched a video to their household demanding ransom in change for his or her freedom. In the stated video, the abductors made the younger man lie face down within the toilet after which stabbed him quite a few occasions. In the video, Pankaj was seen crying and requesting his brother, “Brother, these people will kill me. Send the money soon.” 

In the horrifying video, a kidnapper was additionally seen consistently chopping his ribs. This video is so terrifying that it isn’t even potential to publish it.

Soon after receiving the video, Pankaj’s household filed a police grievance. In the police grievance, the sufferer’s brother acknowledged that Pankaj made a take care of an agent at Gandhinagar Sargasan for Rs 1.15 crores to illegally enter America. The agent advised Pankaj, that he would first take the couple to Hyderabad and from there one other agent would ship them to America by way of Dubai, Iran route. However, his brother-in-law was kidnapped and stored in Tehran, Iran.

Gujarat Government swiftly retrieves kidnapped Gujarati Couple from Iran after getting a WhatsApp Message

After the unlucky incident, the sufferer’s household reached out to the Mos Home Harsh Sanghvi searching for his assist to rescue the couple. The household despatched a WhatsApp message to Sanghvi round 9 PM on Sunday night time, the 18th of June. 

Within 24 hours, Pankaj and Nisha Patel had been free of the clutches of the abductors. 

It is vital to notice that presently Minister Sanghvi was busy in overseeing the preparations for Yoga Day in Surat and Ratha Yatra in Ahmedabad. 

Despite that, the Home Minister devoted two nights, Sunday and Monday, to get the case investigated by a high-level group of the Ahmedabad Crime Branch. Additionally, he personally reached out to varied companies together with the Ministry of External Affairs, GOI, Central IB, RA&W, and INTERPOL. 

The Minister additionally contacted John Mai, Deputy Chief of Mission on the Indian Embassy in Iran, to be able to hint Pankaj and Nisha. Resultantly, the couple’s location was ultimately found, and with the help of the police, each of them had been efficiently rescued. After the rescue operations, the couple acquired needed medical consideration earlier than arranging their protected return to India.

Dear Harshbhai Sanghvi, You have come to us as Lord Krishna on the day of Ashadhi Dooj – Pankaj and Nisha

Through the household, Pankaj and his spouse Nisha despatched a thanks message to Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi which has gone viral on social media. In this message, the Gujarati couple has written, “Dear Harshbhai Sahib, we are able to’t thanks sufficient. You have come to us as Lord Krishna on the day of Ashadhi Dooj.”

Thanking the Home Minister, the household wrote, “Our son Pankaj and daughter-in-law Nisha were held in Iran and held for ransom. We reported this to Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi through a WhatsApp message around 9 pm on Sunday night. Despite the fact that he was preparing for Surat’s Yoga Day program and Rath Yatra programs, he got the case continuously investigated by the high-level dedicated team of Ahmedabad Crime Branch, Ministry of External Affairs; Contacted GOI, Central IB, RA&W, INTERPOL, and sought help by contacting John Mai, Deputy Chief of Mission, Indian Embassy in Iran, Tehran.”

The household additional famous that the couple has left for his or her homeland because of the efforts of Home Minister Sanghvi Sahib. 

They additionally rang the bells of warning for others and acknowledged let nothing occur to anybody like what occurred with us, let nobody go overseas underneath the tutelage of brokers illegally, that is the fallacious means.

Reportedly, the agent who took cash by luring Pankaj Patel to America is at present absconding. The Ahmedabad Police has launched a search operation to apprehend him. 

Earlier, a youth from Talala was rescued from Myanmar

This shouldn’t be the primary time that the Gujarat authorities has come to assistance from Gujaratis stranded overseas. Earlier, a youth from Talala, Gujarat was illegally detained in a room in Myanmar. He was lured overseas on the false pretext of a job. Later, on the directions of the Minister of State for Home Affairs Harsh Sanghvi, the Gir-Somnath police safely introduced again the youth to India. 

His father had filed a grievance on the Talala Police Station. Even again then Mos Home Harsh Sanghvi instructed the police to take this incident severely and convey this younger man again to Gujarat at any price.

Minister maintained fixed contact with the Immigration Department of the Government of India and the Immigration Department of Myanmar.

Afterward, Nirav’s bio-data, together with complete particulars about his visa, passport, and his particular location in Yangon City, Myanmar, was offered to the Immigration Department of the Government of India. Working in collaboration with the Myanmar Immigration Department, the companies efficiently secured the discharge of Nirav, who had been detained in Yangon City, Myanmar, alongside different people trapped in related circumstances. Finally, on February 19, Nirav Bamrotiya was safely repatriated to his hometown from Yangon City, Myanmar.

In this case, you’ll be able to learn a particular interview with the sufferer Nirav and his father by OpIndia by clicking on this hyperlink.