A businessman from eMalahleni was kidnapped yesterday afternoon.

Saqlain Ali, a Pakistani national, who owns a hardware shop in the CBD was kidnapped just after 15:00.

According to Imtiaz Ahmed, a spokesperson for the Pakistani community, two men came into the hardware shop and acted like customers.

“One of the men asked where our boss was and told him to go to the other side. He said he would travel in his vehicle, but then more men came in, and they bundled him into a vehicle and sped off,” an employee said.

A lookout for a white Fortuner and silver Land Rover believed to be involved in the kidnapping, was called on the Zello channel.

The Pakistani community gathered at Witbank Police Station and urged anyone with information to come forward.

If you have any information you can call Ahmed on 072 379 9786.