2 Delhi bizmen rescused ransom amount recovered

Delhi | Thursday | 8th November, 2018

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police rescued two businessmen who were kidnapped on Sunday and also recovered a ransom amount of Rs 25.50 lakh from the accused.The accused, identified as Azim Khan, 31, and Kamran Khan, were arrested.On November 6, the police received a call regarding the kidnapping of the businessmen, a senior police official said Thursday.Immediately, police swung into action and several teams were constituted. A massive search was initiated in the suspected hideouts on the base of technical surveillance and both the kidnapped persons -- natives of Mumbai and Odisha-- were rescued.The accused were arrested and Rs 25.50 lakh was recovered from them, the police official said.During interrogation, the accused disclosed that they met one of the victims at a restaurant at Daryaganj and introduced themselves as businessmen wanting to invest money.The victims got influenced and contacted the accused for a loan of Rs 200 crore, the official said.On November 4, the accused confined them at an unknown location and extorted Rs 26 lakh from them..