Abduction –The Kabras Sugar owner who also owns Rai Ply and Rai Paper, billionaire Jaswant Rai, was on Saturday August 26, kidnapped in broad day light with persons who accosted him on a traffic light queue, Nairobi City.
A scaring CCT footage shared widely on social media on Saturday evening showed a man in a car who is believed to be the billionaire being forced out of his SUV in Kilimani area.
This happened on a busy traffic light junction where the tycoon had held breaks momentarily waiting for the greenlight signal.
As he was waiting to move ahead, sadly, a vehicle came from behind, blocked his way a bit making it hard for him to press the fuel peddle, the gang then forced him out and managed to bundle him into their car before speeding away.
The businessman had been caught unawares when this happened in seconds. The two men dressed in black seemed to be armed well.
“His whereabouts remain unknown. The family has reported a case of missing person vide OB No 21/26/08/2023,” the Law Society of Kenya LSK President Eric Theuri said.
Boniface Mwangi, a Nairobi human rights activist, joined the first group of Kenyans who shared their concerns on the video showing the abduction incident.
Kileleshwa Member of County Assembly MCA Robert Alai also raised concerns on the safety of Asian business community.
“The Sikh community is really worried about what happened and why there is no communication on why he is being held,” he wrote in a statement.
Several wealthy persons have been abducted on Kenyan roads in broad day light never to return again.
For example, in November 2021, Ethiopian businessman based in Nairobi, Samson Teklemichael, was driving his Bentley car when he was stopped in broad daylight by a man wearing traffic police uniforms and later removed by other men in civilian clothes.
To date, no one knows where he is.
