Overdue debt results in kidnapping

Government employee Emad Hassan, 26, confessed in Qalubia to kidnapping his business partner's daughter-in-law in a bid to force him to pay an overdue debt, a police source said.

He added that the woman's father-in-law had reported her missing and told police that he suspected his partner, Emad, was behind her mysterious disappearance.

Police summoned the employee for questioning, and he admitted to kidnapping the woman and demanding a LE 45,000 ransom from her husband Saiir Ali in order to settle an overdue debt the father had to repay.

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