India, Aug. 15 -- Kerala Police on Thursday rescued a UAE-based Indian businessman who had been kidnapped while visiting the state. VP Shameer had been on a holiday in his home state when he was kidnapped on Tuesday evening. Police say that a former employee was behind the kidnapping.

According to a report in Gulf News, Shameer, 36, was abducted from Malappuram on Tuesday evening. He was driving back home on his motorcycle when kidnappers pulled him into a Toyota Innova car. This happened around 7:45pm on Tuesday.

Police used CCTV and location tracking to figure out that the car was moving through Ernakulam. The first lead came when cops questioned those who had provided the car to the accused. Later, they also figured out that the kidn...