A frail grandfather who was bundled from his home by a gang of masked attackers in a dead of night raid is believed to have been kidnapped by mistake.
Police believe the criminals “got the wrong person” when they grabbed 85-year-old Chris Baghsaria as he slept in his bed in the early hours of last Friday morning. The pensioner needs daily medication and police say “every hour is important” as they desperately try to find him.
Mr Baghsaria, who lived alone, was forced from his house in the Sydney suburb of North Ryde by at least three attackers early on Friday morning, and bundled into a dark-coloured SUV.
But the man leading the investigation Det Acting Supt Andrew Marks revealed that no ransom note had been received and his team are working on the assumption that the victim was not their intended target.
He said: "They were intending to take somebody, but have taken the wrong person.
"The family are in distress. All they want is their father to be returned, their grandfather to be returned," he said, appealing for people to report any unusual activity seen around properties known to be empty.
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The appeal came as Australian media reported that videos and images of the severely injured pensioner in an unknown location were circulating among Sydney's underworld.
Det Supt Marks added: "It's not ideal that those images are out there. I have seen the videos, they are distressing to see an 85-year-old man in that condition."
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
