Search continues for kidnapped Zhauns owner

Woodstock police are seeking the assistance of the public in tracing the whereabouts of 71-year-old businessman Zhaun Ahmed after he was allegedly kidnapped. File picture: Neil Baynes

Woodstock police are seeking the assistance of the public in tracing the whereabouts of 71-year-old businessman Zhaun Ahmed after he was allegedly kidnapped. File picture: Neil Baynes

Published Jul 27, 2017

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Cape Town - The search is on for 71-year-old businessman Sadeck Zhaun Ahmed who was allegedly kidnapped in Salt River on July 25. 

A witness told Bush Radio’s Tammy Koeberg: “The four suspects jumped from a white bakkie, wrestled with the man who is allegedly a business owner. One of his staff tried to pull him out of the grip of the suspects.

"One of the four suspects pulled out a Taser and tasered the man, leaving the staff member there.

"Apparently the man was putting things into the boot of his white BMW.

"The four suspects then forced the man into the bakkie and fled the scene."

The getaway vehicle was later discovered abandoned in Victoria Road, Woodstock.

Community Safety MEC Dan Plato, who was a guest at Bush Radio near the scene of the incident on Tuesday afternoon, said that the matter had been reported to the police and a search for the suspects and Ahmed was under way.

Mr Ahmed is the Chief Executive Officer of Zhauns, believed to be the number one supplier in the world of Profitable and Affordable Business Opportunity Machines for the SMME market to create businesses, employment and alleviate poverty. 

He is also a property owner and in 2012, one of his properties in Observatory, occupied by Barmooda at the time, was pipe-bombed, causing severe damage to the property and was later replaced with a restaurant. 

A representative from the Zhauns Group confirmed that Mr Ahmed had indeed been taken, but the company chose not to comment at the time of going to print.

The family was not in a position to comment at the time of going to print.                    

Anyone with information regarding the suspects or who witnessed the incident, is requested to contact the investigation office,  Warrant Officer David Miles on 021 486 2840  or Crime Stop on 086 001 0111.

Southern Sun Tatler and Cape Times

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