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Chhatrapal, everything was fair in love. Restless to ‘‘settle down’’ with his lady love and inspired by the Bollywood flick Dhoom, he hatched the plot to abduct three-year-old Anant, the only son of Adobe India CEO Naresh Gupta, and become rich overnight. Chhatrapal after watching Dhoom, decided to use a bike for the kidnapping. Aware that he could not possibly use his motorcycle for the act, he looted one from his locality.Having lied to his girlfriend about his ‘‘sound financial status’’, Chhatrapal wanted big bucks to keep his romance going. He had reportedly told this girl hailing from a middle-class family in Delhi that he owned a house in Noida’s posh Sector 15-A. In reality, he was helping out his father Satpal Singh, an ex-serviceman, run a Mother Dairy booth at the same sector.
Running the booth did not bring him good money. He decided to kidnap Anant and use the ransom amount to set up a business so that he could marry his beloved, said Noida senior superintendent of police R K S Rathor.

‘‘Chhatrapal had been a total failure. He had even failed in his high school exam but somehow managed to complete his BSc. However, he didn’t land a job. So, he started helping his father run his milk and vegetable booth, 50 metres from Gupta’s opulent house,’’ he said.Two years ago, Chhatrapal, who has ‘‘a fairly impressive personality’’, had even tried his luck in Bollywood and given himself an alias, Dev, inspired by Dev Anand. ‘‘Though he claims to have landed the lead role in a telefilm, he failed to stick around, and returned to his modest job in Delhi,’’ said Rathor.Frustrated by low earnings, he started thinking of ways to become rich and his relationship with the woman. And then came the abduction plan. An outstanding motorcycle rider, according to an UP Police Special Task Force official, Chhatrapal after watching Dhoom, decided to use a bike for the kidnapping. Aware that he could not possibly use his motorcycle for the act, he looted one from his locality.