A couple from Gujarat’s Mehsana district and their three-year-old daughter were allegedly taken into hostage in Libya while trying to immigrate to Portugal, with the abductors allegedly demanding a ransom of ₹ 2 crore, officials said on Saturday, PTI reported.

“Kismatsinh Chavda, his wife Heenaben and daughter Devanshi were kidnapped in the North African nation, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, en route to Portugal, where the man’s brother is settled,”Mehsana Superintendent of Police Himanshu Solanki said.

The official said Mehsana Collector SK Prajapati has been informed about the incident.

The family took a flight to Dubai from Ahmedabad on November 29. From there, they were taken to Benghazi City in Libya, where they were kidnapped, Solanki said.

“Chavda’s brother is settled in Po

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