Ashanti police intensify security to end kidnappings

General News on Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Source: Ghananewsagency.org

2019-04-30

Police in the Ashanti region have called on Ghanaians to take responsibility for their personal safety, while police are taking drastic steps to enhance security as a result of recent isolated cases of kidnappings and kidnappings in the area. certain regions of the region.

Deputy Police Commander (DCOP) Kwasi Mensah Duku, commander of the Ashanti Regional Police, who gave badurance to Kumasi, said the police were doing everything in their power to convince the makers of disturbing cases of kidnapping for ransom, raising the head Region.

However, he called on individuals to be vigilant in terms of safety and security while they were performing their daily tasks and were ready to offer credible clues that would lead to Arrest of criminals and that security is a shared responsibility.

DCOP Duku, who was addressing the Indian community of Kumasi after the recent abduction of an Indian businessman at Ahodwo in Kumasi around 5 pm, badured them of their safety.

Speaking on behalf of the Indian community, Avinash Lakhani said he was shocked by the recent incident "when we knew that Ghana was a peaceful country."

"We want to see visible signs of police action in the communities in which we live," he added.

Police recently rescued the said Indian businessman from suspected kidnappers and from Akokoamon, a community located near Parkoso in Kumasi, after forcibly seizing him by three unknown people in Ahodwo, Kumasi. .

The alleged kidnappers reportedly called 31-year-old friends and relatives of the victim, Prakash Chudry, for $ 500,000 before her release.

Another case of kidnapping was reported recently in Ejisu-Krapa, in the municipality of Ejisu.