India, Nov. 2 -- Three men who had earlier extorted a 35-year-old gas cylinder delivery person kidnapped him on Friday and demanded a Rs.2 lakh ransom from his brother. The trio were caught and arrested when the victim's brother immediately alerted the MIDC police, who then tracked them down.

The MIDC police have identified the three accused as Rehan Shaikh, 18, Rupesh Yadav, 20, Aamir Mirza, 23, all residents of Powai, of whom Shaikh and Yadav are still students at a college in Andheri, the police added. The police said that the accused took the victim, Hadmanaram Bishnoi, who worked as a delivery agent for the Anjali gas service agency in Andheri East, to an isolated spot in Aarey Colony. They threatened to report him for allegedly ste...