KIDNAPPED FOR RANSOM
WEALTHY MERCHANT MURDERED. FIRST SUCH CASE AT BOMBAY. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. . Calcutta, July 17. The first case of kidnapping for ransom at Bombay was revealed yesterday when the murdered body of a wealthy Guzerati merchant, Himal Lal, was found on the foreshore. Himal Lal left his offices at 9 a.m., and shortly afterwards one of his clerks received an ultimatum that unless 5000 rupees were deposited at a certain spot Lal would be killed. The clerk informed the police, but apparently too late to prevent the murder.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1933, Page 7
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