This Article is From Jan 04, 2013

Police rescue Indian whose finger was sent to family

Manila, Philippines: Philippine officials say police have rescued a kidnapped Indian businessman whose severed finger was delivered to his family.

Four abductors were killed in a shootout and another was arrested.

Senior Superintendent Renato Gumban says Gurtej Singh was rescued on Friday during a raid of the kidnappers' hideout in northern Bulacan province.

He says Singh and his wife Kulwinder Kaur were talking to clients of their money-lending business along a road in Pulilan township when the kidnappers struck on December 22.

They demanded 20 million pesos ($ 490,000) in ransom.
The amount was later reduced to $24,500.

Gumban says Kaur was freed on Saturday after her family paid $6,800. When Singh's ransom did not arrive on Sunday, the kidnappers left his severed finger near his home.

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