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Kidnap, extortion accused held in Dimapur

Dimapur, May 8 (UNI): Two persons have been arrested on charges of kidnapping and extorting a businessman here, the Dimapur commissionerate of police said in a release on Friday.
The release said an FIR was lodged at East police station by one Ruhon Das, a resident of Sematilla, Dimapur, on April 21, that he was followed and wrongfully restrained by two unidentified persons near Murgipatti area while returning home after closing his shop at Hongkong Market at around 7 pm on April 20.
He was then forcibly taken toward the highway near the Dimapur Municipal Council office by the accused. They also took the victim's mobile phone and compelled him to disclose his Google Pay password.
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