Gujarat couple looking for to enter US illegally held captive in Iran by Pak nationwide: Cops

By Press Trust of India: A younger couple from Naroda in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad metropolis who deliberate to enter the United States of America illegally has been held hostage in Iran by a Pakistani agent who has sought cash for his or her launch, a police official mentioned right here on Monday.

An FIR on this regard is being lodged at Krushnanagar Police Station of Naroda space and the Ahmedabad metropolis crime department has began investigation, mentioned Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Chaitanya Mandlik.

Since the incident has taken place outdoors the nation, crime department will method the Indian Embassy in Iran with all particulars to safe the discharge of the couple recognized as Pankaj Patel and his spouse Nisha Patel, each 29, the DCP knowledgeable.

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According to the main points shared with Krushnanagar police by the couple’s household, the 2 needed to enter the US illegally and got here involved with a Hyderabad-based agent who organized their air tickets.

As per the agent’s plan, the couple was purported to land at Tehran in Iran after which proceed additional as per directions, police mentioned.

However, after they landed at Tehran airport a couple of days again, a Pakistani agent took them to a lodge and held them hostage for ransom, officers mentioned.

The Pakistani agent and his accomplices thrashed Pankaj Patel and despatched a video to his kin and sought an enormous sum of money to launch the couple, they added.

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