Kidnapped rice godown owner rescued by cops

A Selvaraj / Feb 19, 2026, 02:09 IST

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Kidnapped rice godown owner rescued by cops

Chennai: City police rescued a rice godown owner who was kidnapped for a 2 lakh ransom by his former employee and two associates near Royapuram on Tuesday. On Monday night, the victim, S Anandkumar, 38, was going home, when he was intercepted by an autorickshaw in the govt Stanley hospital subway. The occupants assaulted him, bundled him into the vehicle and fled. The kidnappers demanded 2 lakh for his release. On instructions of police, the family agreed to pay the ransom. Police rescued Anandkumar and arrested three persons — R Dhanasekar, 31,S Raja, 26, and V Yesudas, 32, in an operation after tracing location of the kidnappers. Two other accomplices managed to flee. TNN

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About the AuthorA Selvaraj

Selvaraj Arunachalam, widely known as Crime Selvaraj, is a veteran journalist with over 31 years of experience in crime reporting across leading Tamil and English newspapers. He has covered historic events, including the deaths of former Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi, the IPL betting scam, and the Kanchi Seer Sankararaman murder case. A familiar face in the digital space, he has given more than 500 interviews across 30 YouTube channels, with millions of views on social media. He has also featured in international documentaries on Netflix and Bloomberg, speaking on high-profile cases such as idol smuggler Subhash Kapoor and conman Sukesh Chandrasekar. Beyond journalism, he has acted in three films including the Tamil movie DNA, trained over 200 budding journalists, directed short films, and authored the English crime-poetry collection Chilled Love. His contributions have earned him the TOI Scribe Award and the Humanitarian Award from former Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan.

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