A textiles businessman from the Horana area, who was abducted over the sale of a gemstone, has been found.
The businessman’s captors had urged his wife for an extortion of Rs. 3.5 million in exchange for his release.
However, the timely and smooth intervention of police had managed not only to find the captured businessman but also to nab his captors.
The businessman had apparently sold a gemstone for Rs. 01 million to a buyer through a broker in Maharagama. The deal had been finalised at a roadside in the Piliyandala area. However, a few days later, the buyer had informed the broker that the stone was fake.
The broker had arrived at the businessman’s home late one night with 03 others and urged the businessman to get into the vehicle to talk. He was then abducted and taken to a deserted area in Divulapitiya where he was held for a few days while the men had phoned his wife and threatened the businessman’s wife to give them money.
The wife had lodged a complaint with the Moragahahena police and worked with them, enabling the police to nab the captors in the Millewatta area, who were on their way to collect the extortion money.
