The Race Course police in Coimbatore have arrested three persons on charges of attempting to murder an employee of a private finance firm in a moving car, after kidnapping him from the busy VOC Grounds at knife point in the broad daylight.
S. Salman (23) of Pudhu Pallivasal Street at Sugunapuram, Akbar Sadiq (26) of Kadai Street at Madukkarai market and Mohammed Askar (24) of Vincent Road were arrested on charges of kidnapping and attempting to murder P. Sonaimuthu (37), a resident of Sripathy Nagar on Nanjundapuram Road, on September 4.
Mr. Sonaimuthu, a native of Alanganallur in Madurai, works as the area sales manager of a private finance firm in Coimbatore. He is married and has a son. According to the police, he moved to Coimbatore two years ago and worked in a private bank as loan manager. He became friends with a sales executive, namely Vijayalakshmi. The woman got married to Salman six months ago and adopted the name Riya Fathima after converted to Islam.
