5 held for holding foreigner hostage

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, JUNE 15. Five persons were arrested on charges of holding a foreign national as hostage at T.Nagar and torturing him, allegedly to return their money.

According to police, a Canadian national, Mr. Praveen Khurana, was running a software consultancy firm with branches in different cities in the country including Chennai.

Four persons from Chennai had apparently paid him about Rs.nine lakhs to get jobs abroad. However, there was some delay in this.

On learning that Mr. Khurana was in the city, they allegedly kidnapped him, kept him hostage and wanted him to sign some documents. The victim managed to inform his wife in Canada telephonically and she in turn alerted the police following which he was rescued.

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