Kidnapped Valsayn man freed in Maraval

A 39-year-old Valsayn man who was kidnapped on Sunday afternoon was freed in Maraval yesterday.

Police reports revealed that around 5.15 pm on Sunday, Lalchan Vishnu Ramlochan of Bamboo Settlement, Valsayn, was at his home when two men in a car called out to him. As Ramlochan was approaching the car, he was confronted by two other men who bundled him into the vehicle. Relatives of Ramlochan told police officers that they received a telephone call on Sunday night requesting that “certain things be paid” for the safe release of Ramlochan, which was reportedly paid to the kidnappers. Ramlochan was released around 9.30 am yesterday.