A taxi driver was arrested by the crime branch officials on Saturday for claiming to have kidnapped a Kurla-based jeweller’s mentally challenged brother and extorting Rs 40 lakh as ransom from him. According to the police, the jeweller’s 39-year-old brother was last seen on November 5 near his Kandivli East residence and has not been found yet, Indian Express reported.

The taxi driver, identified as Amir Shaikh (32) knows the jeweller as he would frequent their shop in Kurla and had reportedly found out that the brother had gone missing last November.