INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A 50-year-old Sri Lankan citizen who had gone to India for business purposes has been kidnapped by a gang in Chennai, Indian media
reported.The Indian police have rescued him and arrested four people including a woman in connection with the incident.The kidnappers were
Chitra (43) and Riyaz Askhar (47) of Anna Nagar West, and G
Dinesh (31) of West Kalaignar Karunanithi Nagar.The abductee, named Mohammed Shyam, had arrived in India from Sri Lanka a few days ago and
She told the police that she had received a call on Wednesday (Nov.15) from a person who claimed to have kidnapped her father and demanded a
ransom of INR 1.5 million for his release.On Thursday (Nov.16), the B1 North Beach Police Station had tracked down the phone number from
which the ransom call was made, and rescued Shyam while arresting the four suspects.Chitra, whom Shyam owed money, and her boyfriend and
other accomplices had kidnapped the Sri Lankan man in a car, according to the police.-with inputs from agencies
