The kidnap victim, S Ravi of T Nagar, who is into textile trading, allegedly received Rs 8 lakh from one Nazruddin and Rs 5 lakh from one Ashraf to lease the premises in Ayanavaram that belongs to a charitable trust and swindled the money. While Ayanavaram police had issued a CSR receipts to the complaints of the duo, the latter allegedly approached one Sunil, who hatched a plan to kidnap Ravi.
On Friday afternoon, a bike-borne duo intercepted Ravi's bike and attacked him before pushing him into a car and speeding away.
After passersby alerted the police control room, Ambattur police secured the vehicle in Surapet a few hours later and rescued Ravi. While others managed to flee, police secured Ajay Kumar and Sunil Kumar. They were handed over to Virugambakkam police.
With their inputs, police arrested the other suspects Gopinath, Samson, Dileep and Nazruddin.
All six were remanded in judicial custody on Saturday
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