Wayanad: A young man who had been kidnapped two days ago was rescued by the police from the custody of a seven-member gang at Thalappuzha on Thursday.

The resort staff informed the police after growing suspicious of the group of men. The kidnapping angle emerged during questioning by the police.

Police rescued Niranganchitta Anilkumar who's a resident of Iritty, and arrested the accused. They were handed over to the Iritty police as the majority of them hail from the region.

Those accused of kidnapping are P V Sunilkumar (34) of Punnad, Iritty, Renjith (30) of Thillankery, Kannur, Chalaparamba Varun (30) of Thillankery, Nidhin (28) and K Maneesh (29) both residents of Padikkachal, Thillankery and Keezhoorkunnu Suresh Babu (38). Prajil Lal (26) of Mananthavady was also arrested for colluding with the alleged kidnappers.

Anilkumar, who was rescued, is accused of cheating people on the promise of provifing them visas. Iritty police had earlier registered a case against him.

His brother had filed a complaint after he went missing. In his complaint, he had suspected the role of a contract gang. All the accused were produced at the magistrate court in Mattannur and remanded to judicial custody. Four more gangsters involved in the case are yet to be arrested, police said.