{"id":610424,"date":"2019-04-26T11:44:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T11:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 26 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n2019-04-26\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/48046571.2"},"modified":"2019-04-26T11:44:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T11:44:22","slug":"indian-businessman-kidnapped-in-kumasi-500k-ransom-demanded-for-his-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/26\/indian-businessman-kidnapped-in-kumasi-500k-ransom-demanded-for-his-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian businessman kidnapped in Kumasi; $500k ransom demanded for his release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 26 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/48046571.295.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Kidnap\" title=\"Indian Kidnap\" width=\"295\" height=\"170\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The kidnapped victim<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">A 30-year-old Indian businessman, Umpakan Chodri has been kidnapped by unknown persons in Kumasi the Ashanti Regional Capital, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Police sources reveal that three unidentified men onboard an unregistered Toyota Salon vehicle at gunpoint forced the victim who was driving a black, Mazda CX-7 with registration number AS 5442-17, into their vehicle at Ahodwo Kumasi and sped off.<\/p>\n<p>They are reported to have called his relation, Tamil Kumar who is a businessman demanding a $500,000 ransom for his release warning him not to involve the police and sent images of a gun pointed at him with his hands tied to his back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you involve the police we will stop communication and leave his dead body at the roadside. You are warned\u201d, they warned in a message to the relation of the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>The police have declined comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 26 April 2019 Source: mynewsgh.com 2019-04-26 The kidnapped victim A 30-year-old Indian businessman, Umpakan Chodri has been kidnapped by unknown persons in Kumasi the Ashanti Regional Capital, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. Police sources reveal that three unidentified men onboard an unregistered Toyota Salon vehicle at gunpoint forced the victim who was driving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":610425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Indian businessman kidnapped in Kumasi; $500k ransom demanded for his release - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/26\/indian-businessman-kidnapped-in-kumasi-500k-ransom-demanded-for-his-release\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Indian businessman kidnapped in Kumasi; $500k ransom demanded for his release - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Friday, 26 April 2019 Source: mynewsgh.com 2019-04-26 The kidnapped victim A 30-year-old Indian businessman, Umpakan Chodri has been kidnapped by unknown persons in Kumasi the Ashanti Regional Capital, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. 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