KOZHIKODE: Police are glued to work preparing the sketch of assailants who kidnapped a couple in Thamarassery. Saniya, the wife of missing Shafi is helping the police get the precision in drawing, giving accurate details of the man who she saw inside the car. Saniya was dropped midway by the gang while her husband was taken along. It is the third day since Shafi got kidnapped and hitherto no details of his whereabouts have been accessed by the police. Meanwhile, police have arrested two people, Ajnas and Abdul Nissar who came one month before to the couple's home and threatened Shafi.

It was on 7th April when the incident happened. Shafi and Saniya were talking on the balustrade of their house when masked assailants came up and took the two into a car by force. Shafi has played the mediator role in money matters from foreign countries which may have irked many say his close relatives. The police meanwhile say the abducted Shafi had close links with Hawala money gangs resulting in the attack by enemies. Police also found the presence of a gold smuggling team that is active in evading customs at Karipur airport behind this crime.