Four persons have been arrested in Nepal for their alleged involvement in the abduction of an Indian-origin industrialist. (Representational Image)
Four persons have been arrested in Nepal for their alleged involvement in the abduction of an Indian-origin industrialist in the border town of Birgunj.
The four were arrested for their involvement in the abduction of Suresh Kedia, the owner of Kedia group of companies in Nepal, police said.
They apparently assisted in the abduction, masterminded and executed by an Indian gang, the Himalayan Times reported.
Mr Kedia was abducted at gunpoint from Bariyarpur of Bara district in southern Nepal on Thursday and taken to India, taking advantage of the porous Indo-Nepal border.
The industrialist was safely rescuced from Motihari in Bihar on Monday, after four days in captivity.
Police claimed that the suspects had provided information about Mr Kedia and his movements to the notorious Indian criminal Bablu Dube, who is believed to be the mastermind of Mr Kedia's abduction, and his henchmen, the report said.
Dube is currently lodged in a jail in Bihar.
The abductors had shot at and critically injured Mr Kedia's driver before kidnapping him.
The kidnappers had reportedly demanded a ransom of up to Rs 100 crore.
DIG Pashupati Upadhyaya of the Central Regional Police Office said the arrests were made after monitoring call details of Dube.
Police Inspector Narendra Upreti at the Bara District Police Office said further investigation is underway and police would file an abduction and hostage taking case against the suspects.
Talking to reporters in Raxaul before he returned to Birgunj, Mr Kedia said he was blindfolded and kept at a place for four days before he was released by the kidnappers.