In a joint operation by the L.T. Marg Police Station and Shivaji Park Police Station, a gold merchant was rescued within two hours of being kidnapped on Saturday evening. Police sources told Mid-Day that the gold merchant was abducted by four individuals who intended to take him out of Mumbai to kill him. The officers managed to trace the victim and arrest all four suspects.

The victim, a gold merchant and resident of Mumbai, was kidnapped by Mandar Babu Shetty (38 years old), Keshav Ganesh Mahadik (27 years old), Afzal Akhtar Sayyed (35 years old), and Mohammad Mukhtar Dada Hazrat Sheikh (30 years old).