Abducted TN techie rescued in 24 hours

A software professional abducted in car while returning home around midnight after work on OMR on Wednesday, was rescued by police on Thursday night.

Hailing from Telangana and employed in HCL Technologies at Navalur on Old Mahabalipuram Road or IT highway, D. Prem Kumar, 29, was abducted by a four- member gang, which included a boy aged 19, that initially demanded a ransom of ` 50 lakh.

The police said Prem Kumar, supposed to be back in his room at Kelambakkam by 2 am Thursday, failed to turn up and his roommate Sandeep lodged a complaint with Thamzhabur police station on Thursday morning.

On Thursday, the kidnappers called his roommate Sandeep and Prem Kumar’s mother Aruna, who stays in Khammam in Telangana and demanded ` 50 lakh as ransom to release him. Prem’s father Devaraj and mother rushed to Chennai when they came to know about the incident.