India, June 28 -- Three members of a family were rescued on Friday from a farmhouse in Dayanatpur village, Gautam Budh Nagar police said, exposing a criminal conspiracy allegedly aimed at derailing the land acquisition and rehabilitation process for the upcoming Jewar International Airport.

Among those arrested is a private airline pilot, identified as the alleged mastermind behind the abduction.

The sequence of events began on May 29, when the district administration forcibly relocated Hansraj , a resident of Rohi village, along with his wife Kamlesh Devi and sons Saurabh and Sonu, to their allotted rehabilitation plot. The family had been living within the airport boundary wall for nearly three years, refusing to vacate. Police have n...