Gautam Adani taken hostage by terrorists, saved from death full story
This case is from 1997. gautam adani was a budding entrepreneur in those days. His business was spreading rapidly in the country. One day gautam adani was kidnapped. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of around Rs 11 crore to release them.
The police filed a charge sheet in this case on january 1, 1998. businessman Shantilal patel was also kidnapped along with Adani. Both had left Karnavati Club in their car towards Mohammadpura Road. On the way, a scooter forcibly stopped his car. Then many people came from a van and kidnapped both of them. He was taken to some unknown place.
Somehow he was rescued from the clutches of the kidnappers. adani still does not want to talk about this issue. He was once asked a question about this in London. which he postponed. It is said that underworld don Fazal ur Rehman alias Fazlu Rehman was behind the abduction of Adani.
The terrorists started firing indiscriminately at the Taj Hotel. 160 people died. gautam adani was having dinner at the Weather Craft restaurant with dubai Port CEO Mohammad Sharaf. At that moment, firing started in the hotel. adani was sitting at a height, so he was able to see everything clearly. The terrorists were continuously firing toward the swimming pool and lift. Somehow, showing courage, the hotel staff helped the people trapped inside.
They were pulled out by the security forces at around 8.45 am the next day on Thursday. On 27 November, he left for ahmedabad in his private aircraft. Describing this incident in an interview, adani had said, 'I have seen death from a distance of 15 feet.'
According to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index, 60-year-old gautam adani has a net worth (net worth) of $ 137.4 billion. tesla chief and world's richest Elon Musk has a net worth of $251 billion, while amazon founder and CEO jeff bezos has a net worth of $153 billion.
In february this year, gautam adani overtook reliance Group chief mukesh Ambani. With this adani became the richest man in india and Asia. Adani's net worth crossed $100 billion for the first time in april 2022
Came to mumbai at a young age, and started the journey from here Instead of working in his father's business, gautam left his studies and came to mumbai at the age of 17. Here he worked with diamond merchant mahindra Brothers for two years. At the age of 20, he started his own diamond brokerage business in mumbai and had a turnover of lakhs in the first year itself.
Gautam's elder brother Mansukhbhai adani bought a plastic unit in ahmedabad in the year 1981. gautam was also called. adani forayed into global trade through polyvinyl chloride (PVC) imports.
In 1998, he laid the foundation of adani Exports Limited. This company works in the field of power and agricultural commodities.