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AgenciesRepresentative Image Gandhinagar: Four persons, including a married couple from Gandhinagar district of Gujarat -- who were allegedly held hostage in Iran while on their way to Australia -- returned home safely on Tuesday, police said.Gandhinagar Superintendent of Police Ravi Teja Vasamsetty said the four, residents of Bapupura village under Mansa taluka in the district, returned home via New Delhi.Earlier, Mansa MLA Jayanti Patel of the BJP had said in a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah that the victims were kidnapped in Iranian capital Tehran while on their way to a hotel from the airport in a taxi, and sought his help in their release and safe return.They reached Ahmedabad from Iran by a flight via New Delhi, and later left for their village, Vasamsetty said."We do not have any official details on them, nor have they filed any complaint. But we will probe into the matter after they recover from the trauma," he said.Live EventsThe victims were identified as Ajay Chaudhary, his wife Priyaben, Anil Chaudhary and Nikhil Chaudhary by MLA Patel in his October 26 letter to Shah.Patel said after leaving for Australia, the four were taken from New Delhi to Bangkok, and from their to Dubai and Tehran, where they were held hostage.In his letter, the MLA said family members received videos of the victims being held hostage with kidnappers demanding crores in ransom for their release.Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel) Read More News onGujarat hostage situationcouple held hostage in IranGandhinagar newsAmit ShahIran kidnapping caseIndian citizens held for ransomAmit Shah letterMansa taluka news (Catch all the Business News, Breaking News and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online....moreless (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel)Read More News onGujarat hostage situationcouple held hostage in IranGandhinagar newsAmit ShahIran kidnapping caseIndian citizens held for ransomAmit Shah letterMansa taluka news(Catch all the Business News, Breaking News and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online....moreless Prime ExclusivesInvestment IdeasStock Report PlusePaperWealth Edition123View all Stories
