Ludhiana, Sept. 25 -- Two separate cases involving men posing as police personnel have led to eight arrests in Ludhiana district. In the first case, five men were arrested on charges of abducting a 27-year-old man and demanding Rs.50,000 from his family for his release. In the second incident, three men were nabbed in Dehlon for allegedly consuming drugs.

In the first case, according to a complaint lodged by Dheeraj Sahni's mother, Lalita, the five suspects arrived in a Mahindra Bolero and a Maruti Suzuki Swift, introduced themselves as police personnel and forcibly took her 27-year-old son from his house near Bihari Colony on Tajpur Road on Wednesday. She alleged that Dheeraj was assaulted after being abducted.

The suspects later conta...