Krishnagiri (TN), Nov 18
(PTI) Seven persons, including a schoolteacher, were arrested today for
allegedly abducting an industrialist from the district, police said.
Durai Selvam (57), an industrialist running multiple businesses
including real estate and transport in the district, was abducted
yesterday night when on his way home from office, police said.
Selvam's
wife later received a ransom call from his kidnappers, demanding Rs 5
crore to release her husband.
They threatened to kill him if the ransom
was not paid, police said. When the victim's family approached the
police, a special team to investigate the case was secretly set up.
Three of the accused were arrested earlier in the day when they were
interrogated during a vehicle check in the district.
When they
confessed that Selvam was being held captive in the remote K V Kuppam
village in neighbouring Vellore district, the industrialist was rescued
and rest of the accused were arrested, police said.
Among the seven
accused was Selvakumar (46), a teacher in the Higher Secondary School
in Sigaranapalli near Krishnagiri, police said. While Selvam's car was
rescued, a Tata Sumo and two motor cycles were seized.
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