The Attur Rural Police arrested seven persons for allegedly abducting a paddy trader on Sunday.
According to the police, P. Moorthi (26), a resident of Thedavur near Gangavalli, is a corn and paddy trader. Around 9 p.m. on October 9, while he was headed home from Manjini on a motorcycle, a seven-member gang came in a car and forcibly took him to Tiruchengode.
They assaulted him and demanded ₹1 crore as ransom.
He, however, told them that he did not have that much money. Later the gang transferred ₹55,000 from him in online transactions. On October 10, the gang released him at Seelanaickenpatti. On Sunday (October 18), Moorthi lodged a complaint with the Attur rural police.
The police registered a case and arrested S. Duraipandiyan (26), a resident of Pethanaickenpalayam; P. Suresh (30), a resident of Kallanatham; M. Ramesh (41), a resident of Pattuthorai; A. Ragunathan (65), a resident of Ganapathipalayam; R. Ranjith Chakravarthy (48), a resident of Namakkal; A. Sabarinath (45), a resident of Erode; and M. Santhosh (26), a resident of Karur district. They were remanded.
Published - October 18, 2026 07:08 pm IST