Sentul police chief Beh Eng Lai said the 45-year-old victim was rescued by police following the arrest of two Bangladeshi men, aged 34 and 43, who are believed to be the main suspects, in a workers’ quarters near the building on the same day.

He said police also arrested three locals – a couple, both 33, and a 56-year-old woman – in the Klang Valley last Monday.

He said the victim was believed to have been abducted by the suspects in Jalan Sentul Indah here on Oct 7 after he allegedly owed one of them RM25,000.

“They demanded a ransom of RM40,000 from the victim’s family in Bangladesh,” he said here tonight.

According to him, police also seized six mobile phones and a car believed to have been used in the crime.

He said the two foreign suspects were remanded until Oct 24 while the other three were released on police bail and the case was being investigated for abduction.