Mangalore, October 13: Quick thinking by a businessman helped him escape from the clutches of his kidnappers near Kinnigoli near here on Friday.
Cyprian D'Souza, a timber merchant and real estate businessman, was returning home after dropping his children to school when the incident took place.
According to the complaint lodged at Mulky police, Cyprian stated that he was waylaid by four persons in an Omni near his house.
One of them them got into his vehicle and asked him for his cellphone. When he was talking to the man, two more persons slipped inside his vehicle and of them pointed a gun at him.
Suspecting that this might be a kidnapping attempt, Cyprian bolted out of the vehicle and started shouting for help.
The three persons inside his vehicle, between 28-30 years, fled when they saw people running towards Cyprian. Sources said the businessman had received threat calls for money on earlier occasions.
The accused fled with their vehicle towards Kinnigoli, Cyprian told police. He says that he does not recognize any of the alleged kidnappers.
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