Businessmen held at gunpoint for three days after being kidnapped in Hong Kong
Indian businessmen held for three days but ransom unpaid and two suspects arrested
A group of Indian businessmen have been freed after being kidnapped in Hong Kong and held at gunpoint for three days.
The three men - travelling together on a business trip - were abducted within hours of their arrival on Saturday and a ransom demand of HK$19 million was made by the abductors to their families in India.
They were taken to a hideout in the northern New Territories and guarded by a gang armed with a firearm and choppers.
The abduction, which sparked a rare international police operation over the weekend, ended with their release.
A 27-year-old man of Indian descent was arrested in Hong Kong and another man, aged 28, is being held by the police in India. Police are hunting the remaining members of the gang.
Details of the international effort to release the captives, aged 35, 48 and 55, are being kept under wraps but sources have told the South China Morning Post that they were driven to Chek Lap Kok airport on Monday and set free.
Sources close to the investigation - which like all kidnap cases was highly secretive in order to protect the victims - said all three businessmen suffered injuries during their captivity but were able to be interviewed by police.