New Delhi: A couple from Gujarat’s Mehsana district and their three-year-old daughter were allegedly kidnapped in Libya while attempting to migrate to Portugal, with the abductors demanding a ransom of ₹2 crore, officials said on Saturday.
The victims have been identified as Kismatsinh Chavda, his wife Heenaben, and their daughter Devanshi, residents of Badalpura village in Mehsana district. According to police, the family was travelling through Libya as part of an immigration route to Portugal, where Chavda’s brother is settled.
Mehsana Superintendent of Police Himanshu Solanki said the family had travelled with the assistance of a Portugal-based agent, with the intention of settling in the European country. The agents involved in facilitating the journey are not Indian nationals, he a

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