Kidnapped Cape Town businessman rescued after 100 days in captivity
Updated | By Anastasi Mokgobu
A kidnapped Cape Town businessman has been rescued after being held for more than 100 days.
Sixty-nine-year-old Ismail Rajah was found unharmed at a house in Khayelitsha in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Rajah was kidnapped outside his business premises in Parow in March.
His abductors later made a ransom demand to his family.
Police say his loved ones were already on their way to Dubai to expedite the ransom payment when the detectives were roped in to investigate.
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The SAPS says four men, two of them Mozambican nationals and two South Africans, have been arrested.
They've confiscated cellphones and various other equipment suspected to have been used in the commission of the crime.
The suspects are expected to appear before the Parow Magistrate's Court on Thursday.
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