Sugar tycoon Jaswant Rai released after daylight abduction
By K24 Editorial, August 27, 2023Businessman Jaswant Singh Rai has been released unharmed by his alleged abductors, his lawyers have confirmed.
The Kabras Sugar owner was on Friday, August 25, 2023, kidnapped in broad daylight by unknown people in Kilimani Nairobi in unclear circumstances while in traffic.
The family had made a report of a missing person through the daughter, at Kilimani police station, Occurrence Book (OB) number 21/26/08/2023.
Jaswant’s kidnap was captured on a CCTV camera on Wood Avenue, Kilimani, where he was seen being pulled off a vehicle and forced into an awaiting car.
The footage showed a grey double-cabin pick-up intercepting his vehicle at a junction.
Later, two men dressed in black alighted and accosted him. A back-and-forth ensued between Rai and the abductors, however, he was overpowered and forced into the vehicle before they drove off.