Gautam Adani second richest in the world, behind only Elon Musk: Forbes
New Delhi: Having surpassed Bernard Arnault, who owns Louis Vuitton, as well as Jeff Bezos, head of Amazon, Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani, with a net worth of $154.7 billion, is now the second richest person in the world, as per a Forbes survey.
Elon Musk, whose worth is $273.5 billion, remains the richest in the world.
Adani had surpassed Arnault last month too, and become the third richest in the world, although he was still behind Musk as well as Jeff Bezos.
Now, however, Arnault has slipped to third position in the list of richest persons in the world. His net worth is $153.5 billion having fallen by $4.9 billion (3.08%) today. Bezos is at fourth, his worth being $149.7 billion, after a $2.3-billion fall.
Reliance Industries Ltd head Mukesh Ambani ranks eighth in the list, his worth being $92 billion, according to Forbes.
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Kidnapper arrested in Faridabad, bank manager rescued
Faridabad (PTI): A man was arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly abducting a bank manager for a ransom of Rs 5 lakh, police said.
On April 21, two armed men, including Bhupender (30), kidnapped Satish Kumar from his house in Ballabgarh’s Sector 62. They took him to Himachal Pradesh and demanded a ransom of Rs 50 lakh from his family, they said.
Later, the accused negotiated with Satish's family and asked for Rs 5 lakh for his release. They asked his family to deposit Rs 1 lakh in Satish's account and withdrew the money from different places using his debit card, police said.
The kidnappers asked Satish’s wife to bring the remaining Rs 4 lakh Kelly bypass in Ballabgarh. Police then laid a trap and arrested Bhupender, they said.
Bhupendra revealed that he was a tenant in Satish's house and lived there about 4 months ago. He then hatched a plan with his friend Ravindra to kidnap the bank manager for ransom, a senior police officer said.
He told police that Satish was with Ravindra in Mathura. Following this, a team went there and rescued the victim but the other accused managed to flee, police said.
They said two pistols, three live cartridges, a rope, Satish's vehicle used for kidnapping him and Rs 4 lakh cash were recovered from the kidnappers.
“Our teams are conducting raids to nab Ravindra and others,” said Sube Singh, spokesperson of Faridabad police.
