Hong Kong: A 27-year-old Indian man, who was arrested in Hong Kong in connection with the kidnapping of three Indian businessmen last month, appeared in a court in China to face the charge. Karmjit Singh, who lives in Hong Kong, appeared in Fanling Court in the ciy Thursday to face the charge of kidnapping businessman Manmohan Singh Mangat, his banker Satwinder Singh and lawyer Gurinder Singh Gill Oct 25, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday. The three men had arrived here from India on a business trip.
The prosecution told Principal Magistrate Bernadette Woo Huey Fang that a man approached Mangat in India last month and told him a businessman in Hong Kong was interested in buying land he owned.The court heard an unidentified person met the three men at the airport and drove them to a house in Sha Tau Kok, where they were held captive for three days. The man who contacted Mangat in India was later arrested and he then provided Karmjit's contact information to the police. The three kidnapped men were set free Oct 28 after their belongings, including watches and mobile phones, were snatched away. The kidnappers also demanded a ransom of $2.5 million from their families in India.
