Retired Central GST Commissioner Kidnapped by Unknown Persons, Assailants Nabbed Within Hours:

A retired Central GST Commissioner named Anand Kumar was kidnapped by unknown persons. The police became familiar with the crime following a complaint filed by his wife; thereafter, officials immediately rushed to the crime location. Assailants got arrested within hours.

According to the Palem Police officials, Anand Kumar served as the Central GST Visakhapatnam Audit Commissioner for two years, prior to retirement on July 31, 2026. With an intention to settle in Hyderabad, he left his house in Oxygen Towers in Seethamadhara. His wife left for Hyderabad on Thursday. Anand Kumar stayed in a hotel on Bhimili Beach Road, and then on Friday afternoon, he moved towards Bhogapuram airport in his case.

However, in the middle of his route, his car was stopped by some unknown persons at the IT SEZ. Anand, thereafter, was taken to the Visalakshi Nagar in his car and detained him. When Anand Kumar departed for the airport in the afternoon but did not reach Hyderabad even in the evening, his wife panicked and filed a complaint in the nearby police station. Some of those unknown criminals had taken the gunman and driver in another car and dropped them off at Marikavalasa and ran away.