bengalurukolar former minister varthur prakash who lodged a complaint on tuesday that he had been kidnapped last week and was freed only after he paid ransom of rs 48 lakh knew his abductors police saidwe are 100 sure that prakash knew who had kidnapped him and why but he continues to maintain he was abducted by strangers we are confident our investigation will reveal the truth even if he remains tightlipped an officer saidbengaluru police on wednesday transferred the kidnap case to kolar rural police under whose jurisdiction he had been abductedd devaraja dcp whitefield told toi that bellandur police registered a case after prakashs abandoned suv was found on tuesday prakash said he and his driver were abducted by an armed gang from near his farmhouse at begli hosahalli off kolar on november 25 night we registered a case of kidnap and transferred it to kolar police for further action devaraja said kolar sp karthik reddy is supervising the investigation seemanth kumar singh igp central said while prakashs driver suneel escaped from the abductors clutches on november 27 night the former minister was released in the wee hours of november 28 both said they had been assaulted by the abductors and got themselves treated for injuries at separate hospitals they did not reveal to their doctors how they got injured we will question the doctors for not filing medicolegal reports an officer said probe by bellandur police revealed the abductors took prakash near antaragange tambihalli village and later to narasapura and murugamalla off hoskote