Karkala: Real Estate Businessman Leo Pereira Abducted
Daijiworld Media Network—Karkala (CN)
Karkala, Mar 23: Leo Pereira, a real estate businessman from Miyar, is said to have been abducted by members of the land mafia on Monday March 22.
As per the police complaint lodged at Karkala police station on Tuesday morning by the family members of Pereira, he last spoke to them over phone on his way back to Karkala from Mangalore on Monday evening.
Unconfirmed reports said that his abductors have demanded a ransom of Rs 25 lac for his release.
Sources also said that on Tuesday two telephone calls were made from Pereira’s mobile to his residence wherein Pereira himself pleaded that arrangement for this money be made as he had been kidnapped.
Leo Pereira, who runs Konkan Enterprises, a construction and real estate business, has built many complexes in and around Karkala including Konkan Complex located at Jodukatte.