Aurangabad: Abducted by investors, agent rescued

AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad rural police have rescued a 40-year-old agent, connected with the 30-30 loan scheme, who was abducted by five investor farmers 24 hours ago.
The police have arrested three of the five accused. The agent, Dilip Chavan, was rescued on Thursday afternoon from Ranjangaon in Pune. The accused trio had abducted him in an attempt to recover the invested money.The three men were identified as Ramnath Kolhe, Maruti Naage and Dinesh Rathod, all from Bokud-Jalgaon.
The police said tChavan had collected several lakhs of rupees from the farmers, who received large compensation against the acquisition of their land for the Samruddhi super expressway. Under the scheme, the investors were assured of 30% monthly returns on the invested amount. Falling prey to the trap, the man named as key accused in the kidnapping case jad invested Rs 17 lakh, Kolhe Rs 2 lakh and Naage invested Rs 6 lakh.