A gang of men, impersonating Mumbai Crime Branch officials, kidnapped an NRI businessman at knife-point in broad daylight from Mira Road on March 28, 2019. The 27-year-old businessman, Sonu Alok Khera, a native of Vashi, deals with readymade garments and keeps shuttling between Malaysia and Dubai for his business. He was held captive in a bungalow in Lokhandwala, Andheri West and Rs 2 crore was demanded from his mother in order to release him.

“I came to meet my friends in Mira Road at the GCC Club when a group of men entered our room and started to frisk for my licenced pistol. The group of men told me that they are officials from Mumbai Police Crime Branch,” Khera told mid-day. "When they did not find my pistol, one of them took out a knife holding it to my neck and asked me to accompany them to a car. They shoved me into an Innova and drove me to a bungalow at Lokhandwala in Andheri,” Khera added.