Ludhiana, March 21 -- The local police on Thursday arrested a nihang for allegedly abducting and torturing a 60-year-old auto driver for ransom, officials said. In his police complaint, the auto driver said the accused hailed his vehicle.

The auto driver alleged that as he reached the accused's home on Dhandran Road, he asked him to wait as he fetched the fare. "As he did not come out, I knocked on the door. He then pulled me inside and thrashed me," the auto driver said in his complaint.

The officials said the accused, identified as Ranbir Singh of City Enclave, Dhandhran Road, held the victim captive at his house on March 17.

Police said the auto driver, Jagdish Prasad from Sunet village, managed to escape on March 18 and approached ...