India, March 11 -- The Pimpri-Chinchwad police in a joint operation with the Ahilyanagar counterpart on Tuesday arrested six persons for allegedly kidnapping a businessman from Pimple Saudagar area and demanding a ransom of Rs.50 lakh from his family. The accused were arrested from Sangamner toll plaza, and later the businessman was rescued, said police on Wednesday.

According to the police, the incident took place near a lane opposite a hotel in Shivrajnagar, Rahatani at around 5.15 pm on Monday. The accused allegedly approached Sureshkumar Babumal Jaiswani, who is in the fabrication business, posing as police personnel from Uttar Pradesh, and told him they needed to question him before forcibly making him sit in a black car and flee th...