Bangladeshi businessman's ‘cop kidnappers’ in court

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Two Manenberg police officers appeared in the dock at Athlone Magistrates’ Court for allegedly kidnapping and extorting R5 000 from a Bangladeshi businessman. DailyVoiceSA

Two Manenberg police officers appeared in the dock at Athlone Magistrates’ Court on Monday for allegedly kidnapping and extorting R5 000 from a Bangladeshi businessman.

The father of two, who runs a take-aways in Epping, says the two sergeants knocked on the door of his flat in a private residential complex.The scared man says a week earlier, his friend had been kidnapped by people claiming to be police and he was forced to pay thousands for their release. “The one from Cravenby was also taken and he paid R170 000. So I called 10111 and told them there is police at my house.”He says police officers from Athlone along with the two cops arrived and searched his home while his wife and children cried.

 

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