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Gyan Chand Jain
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The abandoned car of Ranchi-based industrialist Gyan Chand Jain (70), feared kidnapped, was found on Saturday evening near Madhuban forests of Gumla, a stronghold of PLFI rebels.
Jain went missing last Thursday after he left his tyre-recycling unit at Simalia in Ratu, around 25km from Ranchi district headquarters.
Sources quoted the police as saying that they recovered a pair of spectacles, apparently belonging to Jain, a knife and a telephone directory from the car. The police also reportedly found some blood stains on the seat.
Though the breakthrough — recovery of the vehicle — is supposed to have been made on Saturday evening, the police chose to remain tight- lipped till a section of the media quizzed personnel on Sunday about the progress in the Jain case.
Contacted, Chotanagpur range DIG Sheetal Oraon declined to comment on the issue, stating that Ranchi senior superintendent of police Saket Kumar Singh was monitoring the case.
Ranchi SSP Singh did not answer to repeated calls with a senior police officer later stating that Singh did not want to talk to the media.
Jain’s nephew Gautam, however, was more forthcoming and confirmed the developments. “Yes, the car in which my uncle was last spotted has been recovered. The materials recovered from the seat of the vehicle also belong to him,” he said.
Gautam added that Gyan Chand always kept a knife with him in the car to slice fruits that he munched while on the move.
It has, however, not been confirmed if the blood found on the seat of the car was that of the elderly businessman. Police, probing all angles, said it might be a ploy to throw the investigation off track.
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