India, March 19 -- After being on the run for two months, crime branch police arrested the accused involved in the kidnapping and extortion of a doctor from Manchar. The crime branch sleuths have also seized a pistol and two cartridges from the accused, identified as Praveen alias Dollar Sitaram Ovhal.

According to the complaint, the victim was travelling to Manchar on January 4, when the two accused, Ovhal and Pawan Thorat deliberately hit his vehicle causing a collision. Following the accident, the doctor fell on the road and was abducted and taken to the Nighutwadi area.

The doctor was physically assaulted and threatened with dire consequences including death threats. The kidnappers then demanded a ransom of Rs.20 lakh from him and e...