H M Jayaram Additional Commissioner of Police North and Premananda Sinha J C East conducting a pressmeet reagrding the arrest of a gang who kidnapped a businessman in Redhills on Tuesday. (EPS | Martin Louis)
CHENNAI: The Chennai city police rescued the 51-year-old businessman who was kidnapped by a gang on Tuesday morning.
"Ganesan, who is a resident of Karikalan Nagar in Redhills, owns a lorry transport business," said H M Jayaram, Additional Commissioner of Police, Law and Order (North).
"After undergoing a medical surgery in his leg, he was being supported by his servant. On Monday night ataround 8.30pm, he got a knock on his door from a police person with name 'P Pandiyan' who told him that there had been a complaint filed against him and that he should visit the Red Hills police station andtook him in an Innova car.
"Ganesan lives alone in his house and the maid had left the house whenthe incident occurred. When she returned home on Tuesday morning, thedoor was still closed and she alerted Ganesan's relative that hismobile number is switched off.
"Meanwhile, his relative Ramachandran, got a call from Ganesan'smobile, demanding Rs 25 lakh as ransom for his release," said Prem Anand Sinha, Joint Commissioner of Police (North).
"Realizing thatGanesan had been kidnapped, Ramachandran approached the Redhillspolice station and with the information passed on to the higher officials, a special team of 30 police personnel was formed. The case was filed at around 11am on Tuesday."
The kidnappers had demanded Rs 25 lakh to be delivered to a desolateplace in Vandalur. Meanwhile, tracking the mobile number of Ganesan, the police planned to nab the culprits without raising any suspicion.
"Acting on the advice of the police, Ramachandran took Rs 7 lakh cash and waited at the spot in Vandalur at around 9pm on Tuesday," the Joint Commissioner added."
Around nine men approached Ramachandran. While they were speaking, the police team surrounded the culprits and nabbed them.
"The arrested men led the police to the place where Ganesan was and the team rescued the businessman. While one Kandan escaped from the police, the arrested were identified as S Vadakarai Sakthi (49) of Red Hills, V Suman (39) of Thiruporur, KMadan Kumar (27) of Ennore, M Ganesh (37) native of Naidupet in Andhra Pradesh, A Ashok (35) of Chromepet, S Rajesh (21), S Satheesh Kumar(25) and S Siva (25) the trio hail from Red Hills.
Suman was the one who had approached Ganesan in the police uniform.
The case was solved within 12 hours and the police seized knives, sickles, two cars and a police uniform.
The kingpin Sakthi was involved in 13 cases including a murder case reported at Puzhal police limits in 2005 and three 'attempt to murder'cases.
