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Bengaluru, Jan 10, 2015, DHNS:

They had demanded a ransom of Rs 50 lakh for his release

Seven people, who had allegedly kidnapped an interior designer and demanded a ransom of Rs 50 lakh, have been arrested.

According to the Ramamurthy Nagar police, the gang had kidnapped Sunil, 22, an interior designer and a resident of OMBR Layout near Ramamurthy Nagar, on January 4. He works with his father Ashok at their interior design office at Banaswadi.

On January 4, around 1.45 pm, Sunil was returning home for lunch when a speeding car overtook him and stopped in front of his bike at OMBR Layout.

Two people got down from the car and started abusing Sunil saying that he brushed and damaged their car. Sunil denied the charge and tried to leave the place but the two did not let him go.

They took him near the car on the pretext of showing him the damages. As Sunil neared the car, some persons sitting inside it opened the door, pulled him in and sped away. Around 5 pm, they called Ashok using Sunils mobile phone and threatened to kill his son if he did not pay Rs 50 lakh. Initially, Ashok thought it was a prank played by his son and cut the call.

The abductors called again and made Sunil to talk to his father. That is when Ashok realised that his son was kidnapped. He approached the police and lodged a complaint. The police formed a team and directed Ashok to act as per their direction. They tracked down the number and found that the kidnappers were in the City.

When Ashok got another call for ransom, he told them that he would arrange Rs 10 lakh for now and pay the remaining amount later.

As the abductors agreed to the deal, Ashok took a hand bag and stuffed it with clothes to make it look like it contained cash. He was asked to come with the cash near Seva Nagar flyover. Policemen in plain clothes followed him. When Ashok reached the flyover, he got another call asking him to go to the middle of the flyover and drop the bag from there.

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Sure, the West Valley is building new homes, existing-home values are rising and credit is easing even with stricter federal lending guidelines.The standard mortgage rate is still historically low.

But properties are still not selling as briskly as many had hoped, the market has flattened, and sellers and buyers of West Valley real estate are searching to make a deal at their best advantage.

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"He knew somebody was home," homeowner Armando Correa says. "All the trucks were out there, the door was cracked. He knew we were home."

(KPRC) A FedEx driver has been suspended after being accused of taking two puppies from the front of a Houston, Texas family's home.

The incident was caught on the home's surveillance cameras. Around 4:30 pm Wednesday, a delivery truck is seen stopping in the middle of southeast Houston cul-de-sac.

A driver gets out and for nearly 10 minutes attempts to put Bruno and Sheila, 6-month-old French bulldogs, inside his truck. While securing Bruno inside, Sheila escapes and runs back to the home's front door.

The driver is then seen picking up Sheila by the front door, taking her back to the truck and driving away.

"He knew somebody was home," homeowner Armando Correa says. "All the trucks were out there, the door was cracked. He knew we were home."

The family posted the video on social media and went viral.

Thursday, Correa said he went to FedEx offices looking for the driver and called the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

Just after 6 pm Thursday, the family got a call from Kirkwood Veterinary Hospital.

The vet said someone found the puppies wandering the cold streets Wednesday night more than 20 miles from the Correa's home.

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Home security is always in demand, and many people pay to have alarms systems installed and monitored. These systems can call the police when intrusion is detected or the fire company if there's smoke. Cameras are one of the newer additions to this home arsenal, though they've been around for a while. However, they come with an added complication -- the recording and saving of the video. After all, it's useless if you can't see what happened.

For this recording of video, you generally have two options -- a DVR or the cloud. Both have advantages and disadvantages. The DVR is obviously local and allows for more control and less chance of your video being hacked. Now Toshiba is looking to provide you with that solution, announcing the new EAV16-480 DVR, built for 960H resolution cameras.

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There is no mention made of pricing or availability date, so we'll have to wait on further news. You can head for the Toshiba Security site to keep tabs on those things when they become known.

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There are many things you can do to boost home security, such as adding an alarm system or getting a guard dog, but unless you have working deadbolt locks and actually use them, your home isn't secure, according to locksmiths.

Lance Cronk, owner of Metro Lock Service in Portland, Ore., said intruders use force to gain entry in a majority of home burglaries. "Because the locks or deadbolts are not functioning properly or they are inadequate, the intruder is able to kick the door in," he said.

A deadbolt is a type of lock with a steel bolt that extends into the door jamb and strike plate of a door frame. The most common type is the single-cylinder deadbolt, operated by a twist knob on the inside of the door and a key on the outside. Some people prefer the double-cylinder deadbolt, which doesn't have a twist knob and requires a key for operation both inside and outside the home.

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Out of all burglaries, 59 percent were the result of forced entry.

Residential burglaries accounted for 74 percent of all burglaries, and a majority occurred during the daytime.

"You should definitely have a deadbolt, and it needs to be a quality one with a hardened steel bolt," said Eric Ball, locksmith at Broad Ripple Lock in Indianapolis.

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"Typically when someone kicks in a door, it's not the door that breaks, it's the door frame," Ball said. "You should use 3-inch screws to reinforce the strike plate into the studs of the frame of the house."

Even if you have a deadbolt lock on your door, it won't make a difference if it's not used regularly. Cronk said many homeowners find it easier to lock the doorknob and often neglect to lock the deadbolt.

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