Detectives based in Githurai
have arrested 3 suspected kidnappers who held a 23-year old man hostage and
demanded a Sh300,000 ransom from his family.
Dickson Mwendwa, 24, Robert
Kioko, 23 and Philip Kilonzi, 28 were nabbed in a swift intelligence-led
operation, when detectives ambushed the single-roomed house where they held the
victim.
The victim, who hails from
Mwingi East, had travelled to Githurai to visit a couple who hail from the same
rural area.
Upon arrival, he found the woman
of the house alone in the house. In what seemed to be a set up, the woman’s
husband immediately stormed in accompanied by three other men, and started attacking
the young man accusing him of having an illicit affair with the wife.
They then frisked the victim,
taking Sh 5,000 from him, before hurling him out of the house and whisking him
away to the empty room. The victim was later forced to contact his family
members to raise the Sh 300,000 ransom, threatening dire consequences if they
failed to comply.
Sleuths who got the report from
the victim's father trailed the suspects to the scene, casting an ambush that
netted three of them.
The victim who had been stripped
naked and injured on the face was rescued to safety, as the three were taken to
custody.
As detectives probe further to
establish the crux of the incidence, the suspects are pending arraignment for
their crime.
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