Joint Police Commissioner Ashutosh Dumbre told reporters here that the accused were arrested from Bihar on August 9 for kidnapping businessman Khalid Nurulla Kadri (49).
According to police, Kadri, who was into realty, was called to Bihar by the alleged accused under the pretext of a land deal.
It was on July 27, one Noor Alam called him to Patna for a deal. Accordingly the victim, on July 30, went by flight to Patna, where he was abducted by the alleged accused who called up his wife and made a ransom demand of Rs 40 lakh.
Later on August 5, she went to Bihar and rescued her husband after handing over a ransom of Rs 30 lakh, police said.
Kadri told police he was taken to Nepal border after one of the accused who worked as a compounder in a hospital administered him an injection, which made him drowsy.
Based on the information provided by the victim, Thane police, with the help of Pancharanya district S P Vinaykumar raided the locality and arrested the trio--who were identified as Noor Alam (30), Safi Ulla Khan (45) and Irfan Khan (22).
Officials of Thane Crime branch, who arrested the trio have obtained their transit remand from a court at Bihar.
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