The accused had decided to kidnap the boy to make quick money, they said.The charge sheet was filed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ajay Garg in the Karkardooma Court earlier this month and the accused were booked for kidnapping, attempt to murder, theft, wrongful restraint and under provisions of the Arms Act. The police were keeping a tab on his movements and had even entered the wedding venue posing as guests, it said.New Delhi: The Delhi Police has filed a charge sheet in a kidnapping case in which a five-year-old boy was brazenly abducted from a school bus on the eve of Republic Day from Shahdara.

The 43-page charge sheet lists 81 witnesses and the evidence include stolen mobile phones that were used by the accused to make the ransom calls and send a Whatsapp video of the boy saying "I love you" to his father.The operation to rescue the child was called Custom disposable bath towel fabric C-River' as the accused had demanded that the ransom money be delivered at the Cross River mall in Shahdara. The charge sheet mentions that Malhotra, who happens to be a friend of Nitin, had supplied arms to them.Of the four accused, Ravi (25) was killed in the encounter, while Pankaj was arrested. It tracked the area in Sahibabad where the alleged kidnappers were holed up.The charge sheet also mentions that Nitin used to make ransom calls in the voice of a female to create an impression that a woman had planned the entire episode and throw the police off-track..The plan to kidnap Vihaan Gupta, the son of a wholesale businessman, was hatched by Nitin who knew that the boys father had recently struck a business deal of Rs 37 lakh, police said. Nitin used to make the ransom calls in the voice of a woman to mislead investigators, police said. The Crime Branch formed a team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) G Ram Gopal Naik.The case was transferred to the Crime Branch on January 28 on the instructions of the Commissioner of Police.They had demanded a ransom of Rs 60 lakh for the childs release, according to the charge sheet.

Nitin was arrested from Seemapuri on February 5 when he was returning from a marriage party, the charge sheet stated. Nitins voice samples have been sent for forensic examination and a report is awaited, it said. Pankaj and Ravi had allegedly kidnapped the boy from the school bus on January 25 near IBHAAS on the Mandoli Road on the directions of Nitin. They had also shot at bus driver Naresh Thapa, it stated. Nitin Sharma, another accused, was arrested on February 5, and Anshul Malhotra, his accomplice, after the boy was rescued.