A couple from Gujarat’s Mehsana district and their three-year-old daughter, who were on their way to Portugal, have been taken hostage in Libya with their abductors demanding a ransom of Rs 2 crore.

Brother settled in Portugal

Speaking to reporters, Mehsana Superintendent of Police Himanshu Solanki said that Kismatsinh Chavda, his wife Heenaben and daughter Devanshi were kidnapped in Libya, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, en route to Portugal. He further stated that Chavda’s brother was settled in Portugal.

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Elaborating further, Solanki said that the family, hailing from Badalpura village in the district, was travelling with the help of a Portugal-based agent with the plan to settle in the European country,

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