Akali leader “abducted” in Hong Kong freed | Prime accused held in Punjab | Latest Punjab News

Akali leader “abducted” in Hong Kong freed | Prime accused held in Punjab | Latest Punjab News <br />A senior ruling Akali Dal leader of Punjab and two other persons from the state, who were allegedly been kidnapped in Hong Kong where they went to finalise a land deal, have been freed unharmed and the prime accused in the case arrested, police said. <br />Khanna SSP Sushil Kumar said Akali Dal leader of Machiwara Manmohan Singh Khera, advocate Gurinder Singh Dhillon of Landran and a bank manager Satwinder Singh Mavi, who had gone to Hong Kong to finalise a land deal in Punjab, were released and one of them spoke to his family members as well. <br />The prime land in question is located near Jagraon Bridge in Ludhiana and belongs to Manmohan Singh Khera who, along with Dhillon and Mavi, was holding talks about it with a Hong Kong-based company. <br />After finalising the deal at Rs 10.9 crore through a local property dealer, the company officials claimed they had deposited two cheques of Rs 6 lakh each in Khera’s bank account and had sent two receipts in this regard. But the money didn’t land in his account, police said. <br />On the offer of the property dealer to accompany him to Hong Kong for resolving the issue, Khera, along with his attorney and a bank manager, went to Hong Kong on October 23. <br />In Hong Kong, the alleged abductors told the trio that the company had deposited Rs 26 crore in Khera’s account through a money exchanger in Chandigarh despite the deal being of Rs 10.9 crore and the kidnappers wanted Rs 15 crore back in return for their release. <br />They were threatening to kill the trio in case their demand was not met. When Khera’s relatives contacted the money exchanger, he denied having transferred such a hefty amount. Khera’s family members then informed the police. Manmohan and his two companions went to Hong Kong on their own without informing any official, police said. <br />The SSP said the prime accused in the abduction case Simranjeet Singh, alias Gogi (28), was arrested from Samrala, 12 km from Machiwara in this district. <br />Gogi is a resident of Kaunke village in Ludhiana district and came to Punjab yesterday, the SSP said. <br />After the arrest of Gogi, police also recovered Rs five lakh from his possession besides several SIM cards, including one of Hong Kong. <br />Investigations showed Gogi is into this business since long, Kumar said adding he is always on the look-out for big landlords back home, lure them in selling property at huge value and stage drama of kidnapping the owner of the land so that he can demand money. <br />Khera has informed his family members over phone about their alleged abduction by the company and that it was demanding Rs 15 crore for their release. <br />Website: <br />http://www.dayandnightnews.com/ <br />Facebook: <br />https://www.facebook.com/dayandnightnewss <br />Twitter: <br />www.twitter.com/daynnightnews