Mumbai:
A young marketing executive, Jayesh Jain, has gone missing in China. Working for a firm in Mumbai's Zaveri Street, Jayesh had to travel to China often to procure beads and precious stones. Two weeks ago he was on such a trip when he was kidnapped by some local traders.
It's a tense and anxious wait for his family. "His mother keeps asking for him. We are all worried," Jayesh's father Prakash Jain.
His son has gone missing from Yiwa in China, three hours from Shanghai.
The Indian Consulate says Jayesh has been kidnapped by traders in the same industry because an Indian gem company owes the kidnappers over one crore rupees. And they are possibly using Jayesh as a pressure tactic, they say.
Jayesh's family alleges that on March 12, he was kidnapped and kept at an undisclosed location. Five days later as the Indian consulate intervened Jayesh was rescued. But soon after the Indian consul left, Jayesh was kidnapped again. They say they have figured this out from Jayesh's infrequent calls.
"I have requested the Indian Consulate to bring him back," Jayesh's lawyer Hitesh Jain said.
The Indian Consulate in China has refused to comment and the Ministry of External Affairs is yet to get involved. But if this is indeed a kidnapping, then it's a worrying turn of events for the trading community in both countries.
It's a tense and anxious wait for his family. "His mother keeps asking for him. We are all worried," Jayesh's father Prakash Jain.
His son has gone missing from Yiwa in China, three hours from Shanghai.
The Indian Consulate says Jayesh has been kidnapped by traders in the same industry because an Indian gem company owes the kidnappers over one crore rupees. And they are possibly using Jayesh as a pressure tactic, they say.
Jayesh's family alleges that on March 12, he was kidnapped and kept at an undisclosed location. Five days later as the Indian consulate intervened Jayesh was rescued. But soon after the Indian consul left, Jayesh was kidnapped again. They say they have figured this out from Jayesh's infrequent calls.
"I have requested the Indian Consulate to bring him back," Jayesh's lawyer Hitesh Jain said.
The Indian Consulate in China has refused to comment and the Ministry of External Affairs is yet to get involved. But if this is indeed a kidnapping, then it's a worrying turn of events for the trading community in both countries.
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