Police launch probe as NRI businessman goes missing

The Nadapuram police have started an investigation after a 53-year-old Non-Resident Keralite from Thuneri went missing. Though the family members of T.K. Ahammed claimed that he was kidnapped by an unidentified gang on Saturday morning, the police have not got any clear evidence to verify it. According to the complainants, Mr. Ahammed, who was running a firm in Qatar, was abducted while travelling on his motorbike. Quoting an eyewitness, they claimed a car-borne gang had stopped him near Nadapuram. It was a dispute over the suspension of an employee that led to the abduction, they said. Mr. Ahammed’s family members said they had received a call from anonymous person demanding ₹1 crore as ransom to free the captive. The details of the phone calls were handed over to the Cyber Cell for further investigation.