Trio from Bihar held for abducting Thane bizman

Three persons from Bihar who allegedly abducted a businessman from Mumbra here have been arrested, police said today.

Joint Police Commissioner Ashutosh Dumbre told reporters here that the accused were arrested from Bihar on August 9 for kidnapping businessman Khalid Nurulla Kadri (49).

According to police, Kadri, who was into realty, was called to Bihar by the alleged accused under the pretext of a land deal.

It was on July 27, one Noor Alam called him to Patna for a deal. Accordingly the victim, on July 30, went by flight to Patna, where he was abducted by the alleged accused who called up his wife and made a ransom demand of Rs 40 lakh.
 

Subsequently, she filed a complaint on August 2 with Mumbra police, which registered offences under sections 387, 342 rw 34 of the IPC against the abductors.

Later on August 5, she went to Bihar and rescued her husband after handing over a ransom of Rs 30 lakh, police said.

Kadri told police he was taken to Nepal border after one of the accused who worked as a compounder in a hospital administered him an injection, which made him drowsy.

Based on the information provided by the victim, Thane police, with the help of Pancharanya district S P Vinaykumar raided the locality and arrested the trio--who were identified as Noor Alam (30), Safi Ulla Khan (45) and Irfan Khan (22).

Also, police seized Rs 29.89 lakh, three cell phones and the injections from the accused.

Officials of Thane Crime branch, who arrested the trio have obtained their transit remand from a court at Bihar.