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"Abducted"
Thai-Sikh businessman turns out to be
runaway groom
WSN Network
Bangkok: The alleged abduction of a wealthy Thai-Sikh businessman
turned out to be a case of 'runaway groom,' the Thai news reports
said on Tuesday. The parents of Sutheep Sajjadev, a 38-year-old Sikh
with a successful drapery business in Bangkok, informed police last
Thursday that they suspected their son had been abducted.
Sutheep's abandoned Toyoto Lexus was found the next day with
bloodstains, an unwound turban, pieces of a smashed mobile phone and
a note saying: 'You have caused trouble to our family, so we have
taken your child.'
Bangkok police, however, smelled something fishy about the alleged
abduction when tests proved the bloodstains were from an animal, not
a human.
The case was wrapped up Sunday night when a sheepish Sutheep
returned home and later confessed to police that he had concocted
the abduction ruse in an attempt to avoid an arranged marriage being
forced upon him.
Police have been assigned to keep a close eye on Sutheep for fear he
may harm himself. It was not immediately clear whether charges will
be brought against the family for lodging a false complaint.
Bangkok has a sizeable Sikh community who have lived in the country
for centuries, generally running businesses in the garment and
property sectors, but tend to stick to their own when it comes to
marriage.
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September, 2007
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