Published: 12th October 2006
A RUNAWAY worker allegedly kidnapped by his sponsor was still missing yesterday, after being snatched from his flat more than a week ago.
Indian Justin Jose’s Bahraini sponsor allegedly reneged on a promise to produce him at Hoora police station yesterday.
The construction worker was allegedly snatched from his apartment in Gudaibiya on October 4.
His friend John Baby Muthaiyan, also an Indian, says he was also snatched earlier and beaten until he revealed where Mr Jose was.
Both men were then allegedly assaulted in a car by five men, three Indians and two Bahrainis.
Published: 12th October 2006
A RUNAWAY worker allegedly kidnapped by his sponsor was still missing yesterday, after being snatched from his flat more than a week ago.
Indian Justin Jose’s Bahraini sponsor allegedly reneged on a promise to produce him at Hoora police station yesterday.
The construction worker was allegedly snatched from his apartment in Gudaibiya on October 4.
His friend John Baby Muthaiyan, also an Indian, says he was also snatched earlier and beaten until he revealed where Mr Jose was.
Both men were then allegedly assaulted in a car by five men, three Indians and two Bahrainis.
Mr Muthaiyan, a construction worker, who works as a part-time salesman at a cold store in Gudaibiya, claims that he was tied up and blindfolded by the men, after he initially refused to disclose his friend’s whereabouts.
He alleges they threatened to kill him if he didn’t tell them where they could find Mr Jose.
Mr Muthaiyan filed a police case against the men following the incident and also presented the report to the Indian Embassy.
He reported back to Hoora police station for a meeting with the sponsor yesterday.
Mr Muthaiyan said the sponsor had earlier promised to produce Mr Jose at the police station, but failed to do so.
He said the sponsor instead demanded that he withdraw his complaint, saying he would deport Mr Jose if he did not.
“I told him I would not withdraw the case and I am definitely going to take it to court,” Mr Muthaiyan said last night.
He said police had told him to report to the station again for another meeting with the sponsor at 9am today.
Mr Muthaiyan said he had identified the three Indian attackers to police and he hoped they would arrest them by today.
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