A police team led by Sub Inspector Aneesh Vadakkedathu from Valayam station tracked down a 33-year-old man hailing from Chekkiad village in Kozhikode who was reportedly missing after his arrival at the Kannur International Airport from Qatar on June 15.
V.P. Rijesh, who was suspected to be a target of a gold smugglers’ gang in the wake of the latest abduction cases, appeared before Inspector A. Ajeesh on Monday on the instructions of a special investigation squad that managed to find his hideout in Bengaluru with the support of the Cyber Cell.
According to police sources, the youth who denied abduction attempt by anyone had gone into hiding as he was unable to pay off nearly ₹6 lakh to his creditors. He was leaving for Bengaluru after a two-week stay with a friend at Iritty in Kannur district, they said.
