India, July 17 -- The crime branch has rescued a man who was kidnapped by a gang and illegally confined in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district for a month for failing to manufacture and supply Mephedrone or MD, a synthetic drug, to them. A few of the seven accused persons were arrested from Banda and the remaining from the city and Raigad district.

During the investigation, it was learnt that the accused had allegedly paid Rs.50 lakh to victim Sajid Electricwala in advance but he neither supplied the contraband to them nor repaid their money. The accused then allegedly extorted Rs.50 lakh from the victim's family and demanded Rs.3 crore more. According to the police, some of the arrested accused are notorious criminals and suspected to have c...