The seven men of Indian nationality accused of having kidnapped and savagely beaten a compatriot, according to investigations coordinated by the Cremona Prosecutor, were arrested for kidnapping and personal injury aggravated by the agents of the Cremona Mobile Squad and the Commissariat of Crema, to affirm the control of the territory in the criminal sphere.

The mobile teams of Brescia, Bergamo and Lodi have collaborated in the investigations: the arrested are aged between 25 and 40 years , the brutal attack dates back to last January 29 near Romanengo, in the Cremona area.

The victim, a thirty-year-old, while waiting for a friend in Bottaiano, had suffered a real ambush by the seven. They had chased him in their cars: once they reached him, they tied his hands behind his back and forced him to board another car. In one field he had been beaten with sticks, iron clubs and edged weapons . All seasoned with threats: if he had turned against them, they would have killed his family as well.

The Indian had been admitted to the Emergency Department of Crema, in a semi-unconscious state, with cuts all over his body as well as numerous traumas.

(Unioneonline / D)