After two days of having been reported missing, the owner of Vaibhav Jewellers was found dead in the Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The owner - Manoj Kumar, had boarded a flight from Jaipur to Bengaluru reportedly with jewels worth Rs.3 crore. He was headed the next day to the Bengaluru airport to board a flight to Mumbai, when he went missing.

According to reports, the police have so far arrested two individuals and a cab driver on charges of kidnapping and murdering the jeweller. Vaibhav Jewellers is based in Visakhapatnamm, in Southern India. Traders in the region have called for a shutdown Friday following the incident, reports suggest.

Manoj Kumar was 47 years old, as reports say.