Security officers in Jeddah have arrested a five-member gang allegedly involved in burglary and kidnapping for ransom. Okaz newspaper named the five as Abdussattar, Muhammad Naseem, Muhammad Siraj, Dalwar and Mustafa Kareem. According to the Arabic daily, the gang abducted Nakeer Hassan Mumtaz, 45, and Muhammad Shah Aalam, 35, both Bangladeshis, and kept them in chains to force them to hand over their money. âThey took the two to an old house in the Nuzla district to chain them and torture them to get hold of their money,â the paper said.
The gang members, also Bangladeshis, beat one of the two captives to force him to reveal the PIN number for his ATM card. Initially resisting, the man after a series of beatings gave up the number. A member of the gang then went to the nearest ATM to take out the manâs entire savings of SR60,000 but became upset when he was only able to collect the daily limit of SR5,000. In order to withdraw the entire balance, the gang kept the two men in chains for 12 days. âThe gang members ... demanded SR100,000 from the captives in return for their release even after taking the SR60,000 from them,â the paper said. Jeddah Police Director Brig. Saleh Al-Olayan took a special interest in tracking down the gang members, who later admitted to their crime, it added.
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Saudi police earlier arrested another gang of three Bangladeshis for abducting the wife of an expatriate worker and keeping her in a room in the Kandara area. |