10 more arrested in labour leader kidnap case

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Press Trust of India Puducherry
Last Updated : Apr 11 2015 | 8:32 PM IST
Ten more persons were arrested today in connection with the alleged abduction of a labour leader owing allegiance to ruling AINRC, taking the total number of those detained in the case to 14.
The ten persons arrested, included a part-time worker in the Income Tax department in Chennai, Superintendent of Police (South) T.Baivarasamy told PTI.
They were produced before a local court which remanded them to judicial custody for ten days, he said.
Police had earlier arrested four persons after labour leader Udayakumar was abducted and abandoned at Walajapet in Tamil Nadu.
The accused had posed as sleuths of Income Tax department and took him in a car from here to Chennai on April 6.
The SP said a search was on for five more persons wanted in connection with the case.
The abduction was suspected to be for ransom.
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First Published: Apr 11 2015 | 8:32 PM IST

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