Bizman’s jail mate turns abductor
ByBellie ThomasBellie Thomas / Updated: May 7, 2021, 06:00 IST
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A rowdy-sheeter abducted a businessman he had befriended in jail from his house in Thanisandra and extorted Rs 21,000 from him, before he was caught and sent back to jail.
Irfath Ahmed (31), a resident of Telecom Layout in Ashwath Nagar, who runs a packing material shop in
Geddalahalli, met
Ahmed was released on bail in January this year and
Mansoor managed to get bail in April. Manzoor came up to Ahmed’s house in an
auto on April 24. After chatting a bit, Manzoor asked him to pay Rs 1,000 to the auto driver. Ahmed paid the money for their friendship’s sake and also gave Mansoor his number. Around 7.05 pm, Mansoor called up Ahmed and asked him to come out of his house. Mansoor took Ahmed in an auto-rickshaw towards a petrol bunk in Thanisandra and stopped at a petty shop. Here, Mansoor asked Ahmed to pay Rs 1,000 to him and Ahme