India, Jan. 27 -- A 24-year-old businessman's captors on Tuesday abandoned him 14 days after kidnapping him near his residence in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur and demanding a Rs.10 crore ransom for his release, as police closed in on them.

Police said Kairav Gandhi was found on the Chouparan-Barhi section of the Grand Trunk Road near Hazaribagh, over 250 km away, at 4:30am on Tuesday. His car was found near a roadside restaurant on January 13.

Senior police superintendent (Jamshedpur) Piyush Pandey said their teams zeroed in on kidnappers based on a lead after multiple raids, forcing them to leave Gandhi on the road and flee. "Our team brought him [Gandhi] back home safely and handed him over to his family. The Gandhi family asked us to bring...