India, Jan. 25 -- The Ghaziabad police on Friday registered an FIR into the alleged kidnapping and extortion from a 50-year-old liquor store salesman in Vijay Nagar on Wednesday, officials said on Saturday.

The salesman was identified as Kailash Singh Bhati, a native of Amroha who lives in Vijay Nagar. Kailash had started working at the shop about 5-6 months ago. His son, Pankaj Bhati, reported the matter to the police.

Pankaj told HT: "Late on January 21, my father was abducted from the shop area by 2-3 unidentified men in a car. They robbed him of his gold ring and some cash, and beat him up severely. They also asked him to call up his colleague, Sunil Kumar, and asked him to transfer about R25,000-30,000 to an account in the name of ...