Kidnapped Noida businessman rescued, three held

Police on Thursday claimed to have rescued wheat merchant Rajender Singh, 45, from abductors, and managed to arrest three of the seven kidnappers. They also claimed to have recovered Rs 2 lakh, two cars, a mobile phone and weapons from their possession.

The businessman had been abducted from Bulandshahr on May 20. The abductors subsequently demanded a ransom of Rs 6 lakh, police said. Police said the three arrested have been identified as Shivam, Raju Tomar and Rahul Singh. Four others in the gang managed to dodge the cops. The abductors are in their early 20s.