Central man escapes abductors

Shas­tri Boodan

Free­lance Con­trib­u­tor

A cen­tral man man­aged to es­cape to safe­ty over the week­end, af­ter he was ab­duct­ed by two men he re­port­ed­ly knew.

Po­lice said Luke Ram­per­sad, 25, man­aged to es­cape his ab­duc­tors af­ter be­ing beat­en about the head and body. Ram­per­sad, of Dow Vil­lage, Cal­i­for­nia, was re­port­ed­ly ab­duct­ed at around 8 pm on Sat­ur­day.

Po­lice said he was tak­en by two men known to him, af­ter they kicked open the front door and en­tered his res­i­dence. One of the men was armed with a long met­al pipe. They grabbed Ram­per­sad from his bed, dragged him out of the house, and forced him in­to a wait­ing ve­hi­cle, which then sped off in a norther­ly di­rec­tion along Sev­enth Street, Dow Vil­lage, Cal­i­for­nia.

Po­lice car­ried out search­es in and around the area, and two sus­pects were sub­se­quent­ly ar­rest­ed.

An as­so­ciate of Ram­per­sad said the vic­tim, who works as a grass cut­ter, man­aged to es­cape from his ab­duc­tors and re­turned home around 4 am on Sun­day, bear­ing bruis­es to his head and body.

The po­lice were con­tact­ed and Ram­per­sad was tak­en to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal for treat­ment.

En­quiries are con­tin­u­ing.