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August 20, 2010 | Two Australians arrested on kidnapping charge | Chandigarh: The Crime Branch of Chandigarh Police have arrested three persons, including two Australian nationals, for plotting to stage a kidnap in order to extract ransom. The accused taken into custody have been identified as Grant Alanestein, Simon Galti and Gursher Singh, a resident of Punjab's Ropar town, residing in Australia. Chandigarh Inspector General of Police P K Srivastava said the police
monitored the accused persons movements and arrested them on Friday before they could attempt to execute the intended kidnapping. "The Crime Branch of Chandigarh Police got
some credible information, that two foreign nationals from Australia, one is holder
of a British passport and the other is Australian passport holder. They along
with an Indian, who is also living in Australia, they have hatched a conspiracy
to kidnap a person in Chandigarh for ransom," said Srivastava. "The amount to
be realised through this ransom was to be invested again in drug trade," he added.
The police reportedly seized drugs and weapons from the foreign nationals at the
time of their arrest. "From the search, we got some Hashish, Charas (drugs) from
the possession form one of them, and two knives and booked them under Arms Act
and various sections of kidnapping. So, that is the brief I have right now," said
Srivastava, mentioning that one of the Australian nationals was a truck driver
and other one was a security guard. |
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