A 35-year-old Centurion businessman was kidnapped while seated in his wife’s car just few minutes away from home.
The Gauteng family is still reeling in shock and appealing to the public to help find their kidnapped relative.
Ranga Gova, a businessman from Centurion was kidnapped while sitting in his wife car at the traffic lights near the Midstream Mediclinic in Centurion just before 8pm on Thursday, November 3.
The Olifantsfontein police have responded to the scene and are investigating a case of kidnapping.
Speaking to IOL, Gova’s wife Mamelo said at the time of his kidnapping he was just two minutes away from the estate they lived in.
She said security guards notified her about the kidnapping incident that took place after the hijacking was caught on camera.
“There were two witnesses to the incident. An Uber driver and a security guard. The security guard works for the company which works around the estate.
“They got the vehicle registration for the cars and realised it was my car. They have our details, so they came to our house. They thought it was me, but I told them my husband was driving my car. They then took me to the police station,” she explained.
In the footage shared, Gova is seen pulling up to the intersection in a grey Mercedes-Benz CLA200D in Centurion when a vehicle stops beside him and another behind him.
The suspects can be seen exiting the two cars and Gova being moved to a silver vehicle before it made a U-turn and sped off.
Gova’s vehicle and the other car then followed suit.
Mmemelo said she hardly drove her car and her husband has been using it. She said her car was recovered by the police, on Saturday 5 November, not far from their home.
Source: Sowetan Live, IOL, Jacaranda FM, image from Twitter: @NewsHawksLive