One arrested in abduction case

The Nedumbassery police on Tuesday arrested a person in connection with the alleged abduction of an air passenger by a gang from the Kochi airport on Sunday.The arrested was identified as Ibrahimkutty

The Nedumbassery police on Tuesday arrested a person in connection with the alleged abduction of an air passenger by a gang from the Kochi airport on Sunday. The arrested was identified as Ibrahimkutty, 44, of Mudikkal in Perumbavoor. He is an accused in cases registered by several police stations in the district. The passenger, Taju Thomas, was abducted by the gang allegedly in a pre-paid cab he had hired outside the international terminal of the airport on his arrival from Sharjah on Sunday afternoon. Two persons allegedly forced themselves into the cab and once it reached near the petrol pump outside the airport, the rest of the gang members converged there in five cars and then allegedly whisked him away.