India, Oct. 20 -- Dilip Khedkar, one of the accused in the Rabale kidnapping case, has refuted all abduction allegations claiming that the mixer truck helper was not kidnapped but was dropped at a bus stop the next morning.

Addressing a press conference in Ahilyanagar on Sunday, Khedkar presented his version of the incident involving Pralhad Kumar, a helper on a concrete mixer truck.

According to Khedkar, he was returning from Mumbai to Pune in his SUV along with driver Prafulla Salunkhe when their vehicle was hit by a mixer truck near Airoli bridge. Following the collision, the truck driver and helper apologised, citing poor visibility due to faulty wipers, and requested Khedkar not to escalate the matter, fearing job loss. They assure...