Kolkata Apr 21 PTI A businessman was allegedly kidnapped from outside a shopping mall in south Kolkatas Kasba area but was rescued within hours a senior police officer said on ThursdayIdentifying themselves as policemen the accused forced Sk Qutubuddin Gazi into their vehicle on Wednesday afternoon from outside the shopping mall he saidThe kidnappers demanded a ransom of Rs 40 lakh from Gazis family he addedPolice swung into action after Gazis business partner Rehan Ahmed Qureshi lodged a complaintA team of senior officers led by Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal himself began scanning the CCTV footage of the area to identify the vehicleAll the nearby police stations were put on alert and footage of at least 50 CCTVs around Kasba was checked It was found that the vehicle went towards Tollygunge after kidnapping him the officer saidAfter confirming their location in Tollygunge on tracing the ransom call we started negotiating with the kidnappers in the disguise of a family friend he addedWhen the kidnappers came to collect the ransom money on Thursday morning five of them were arrested and Gazi who deals in bricks was rescued the officer saidAmong those arrested was the mastermind from whom Gazi took money and was not returning he saidThey kidnapped him to get back the money Raids are on to nab the rest of the accused persons he saidTwo vehicles used in the crime were seized One of the vehicles had a police sticker PTI SCH SCH SOM SOM

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 16 (ANI): Salim Gazi, a close aide of underworld dons Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota shakeel, died on Saturday in Karachi, Pakistan, according to the sources in Mumbai Police.