================================================================================================ CASE 134 | Arjun Bhargav | August 7, 2022 | India ================================================================================================ DATABASE RECORD id 134 date August 7, 2022 original_date August 7, 2022 year 2022 month 8 quarter 2022-Q3 victim Arjun Bhargav location Vrindavan Yojana, India country India scenario Kidnapping description 3 men trick, abduct, torture realtor for 8 BTC. kidnappings 1 violence_torture 1 drugs_alcohol 0 weapons 0 theft 1 life_taken 0 money_wanted 1.3 crore rupees in bitcoin (8 BTC) coin_type Bitcoin reports The Times Of India notes The article is badly translated, so it's hard to tell how much was taken. It says "Rs 1.3 crore in bitcoins" - not sure what that means. has_processed_date 1 created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45 (flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.) AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources] **Victim:** Arjun Bhargav **Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators **Attack Method:** Kidnapping for ransom **Violence Used:** Torture **Crypto Stolen:** 1.3 crore rupees in bitcoin (8 BTC) in Bitcoin **Status:** Investigation ongoing LINKED SOURCES [url] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-three-take-rs-1-3-crore-ransom-in-bitcoins-from-realtor-held/articleshow/93603640.cms NOTES ON THIS FILE * matched to sheet row 135: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARTICLE 1 Source The Times Of India URL https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-three-take-rs-1-3-crore-ransom-in-bitcoins-from-realtor-held/articleshow/93603640.cms Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 135, column "Articles" Length 2,758 chars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Uttar Pradesh: Three take Rs 1.3 crore ransom in bitcoins from realtor, held TNN / Updated: Aug 17, 2022, 05:27 IST Share AA +Text Size Small Medium Large ARTICLES Uttar Pradesh: Three take Rs 1.3 crore ransom in bitcoins from realtor, held Uttar Pradesh: Three take Rs 1.3 crore ransom in bitcoins from realtor, held Take this IIML course to excel in HR management Take this IIML course to excel in HR management Uttar Pradesh: New jail manual promises quick release after bail Uttar Pradesh: New jail manual promises quick release after bail UP’s new jail manual promises quicker release of prisoners after bail UP’s new jail manual promises quicker release of prisoners after bail banner img Representative Image LUCKNOW: In a first-of-its-kind crime reported in the state capital, three captors of a real-estate businessman used cryptocurrency to their advantage and took a ransom of Rs 1.3 crore in bitcoins before releasing him. The stunning fact emerged a week after the police arrested the three, Sandeep Pratap Singh and Vijay Pratap Singh aka Visnhu, both from neighbouring Barabanki district, and Rajveer Singh of Hardoi district. Police said that the arrested accused were in the know that the victim traded in cryptocurrency. Police recovered Rs 30,000 in cash, a country-made pistol, three live cartridges, five mobile phones and a car from them. According to police, the trio abducted Arjun Bhargav, of Indraprasth Grand near Kalindi Park in Vrindavan Yojana, on the pretext of showing him a plot in Barabanki on August 7. They held him hostage at a house where they thrashed him, trained a pistol on him and got Rs 1.3 crore in bitcoins transferred to their account. DCP (East Zone) Prachi Singh said the abductors, who pretended to be real estate dealers, met Bhargav and took him to Barabanki. "On the way, they tied his hands and legs and took him to a house in Barabanki where they tortured him for three hours," said Singh. The officer said the victim's wife, Nidhi Bhargava, said in the FIR that abductors trained pistols on Bhargav forcing him to disclose the password and then got all the bitcoins transferred to their account. "They also forced my husband to transfer the money into their bank account and opened fire when he resisted it. Luckily, he was not hurt. They then transported him to Lucknow and dumped him on the roadside," she said. DCP Singh said that police were tipped off by an informer about the miscreants who had abducted the businessman a week ago in a car bearing the plate of high court. "We laid a trap. On Tuesday, they visited the Kalindi Park locality probably to collect more money from the businessman. Two of them started to flee but fell at a muddy place. We nabbed them and their aide later," she said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED] !! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person. !! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article. !! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting. Source timesofindia.indiatimes.com URL https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-three-take-rs-1-3-crore-ransom-in-bitcoins-from-realtor-held/articleshow/93603640.cms Field url Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:51:57+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200) Language unknown Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 2-3 of 33 Length 2,153 chars Integrity sha256 573099a8ce71aa2375e8ce83e8ef975146aab966cdba5ff386b67a1c6db1b1c8 Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 2-3 plus headline [0]; dropped 1 leading and 29 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 23. Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved) Uttar Pradesh: Three take Rs 1.3 crore ransom in bitcoins from realtor, held | Lucknow News - The Times of India LUCKNOW: In a first-of-its-kind crime reported in the state capital, three captors of a real-estate businessman used cryptocurrency to their advantage and took a ransom of Rs 1.3 crore in bitcoins before releasing him. The stunning fact emerged a week after the police arrested the three, Sandeep Pratap Singh and Vijay Pratap Singh aka Visnhu, both from neighbouring Barabanki district, and Rajveer Singh of Hardoi district. Police said that the arrested accused were in the know that the victim traded in cryptocurrency.Police recovered Rs 30,000 in cash, a country-made pistol, three live cartridges, five mobile phones and a car from them. According to police, the trio abducted Arjun Bhargav, of Indraprasth Grand near Kalindi Park in Vrindavan Yojana, on the pretext of showing him a plot in Barabanki on August 7. They held him hostage at a house where they thrashed him, trained a pistol on him and got Rs 1.3 crore in bitcoins transferred to their account.DCP (East Zone) Prachi Singh said the abductors, who pretended to be real estate dealers, met Bhargav and took him to Barabanki."On the way, they tied his hands and legs and took him to a house in Barabanki where they tortured him for three hours," said Singh. The officer said the victim's wife, Nidhi Bhargava, said in the FIR that abductors trained pistols on Bhargav forcing him to disclose the password and then got all the bitcoins transferred to their account. "They also forced my husband to transfer the money into their bank account and opened fire when he resisted it. Luckily, he was not hurt. They then transported him to Lucknow and dumped him on the roadside," she said.DCP Singh said that police were tipped off by an informer about the miscreants who had abducted the businessman a week ago in a car bearing the plate of high court. "We laid a trap. On Tuesday, they visited the Kalindi Park locality probably to collect more money from the businessman. Two of them started to flee but fell at a muddy place. We nabbed them and their aide later," she said. ================================================================================================ generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 134 ================================================================================================