Australian granddad kidnapped in case of mistaken identity

Sydney: Australian police on Monday appealed for the urgent return of an 85 year old man kidnapped in what they said was a case of mistaken identity....

Sydney: Australian police on Monday appealed for the urgent return of an 85-year-old man kidnapped in what they said was a case of mistaken identity.

Police received reports early Friday that octogenarian Chris Baghsarian had been lifted from his home by three intruders in Sydney's North Ryde suburb.

The kidnappers had been targeting an individual linked to the western Sydney-based Alameddine crime network, national broadcaster ABC said.

Grandfather Baghsarian, however, is "not involved in any criminal world", Robbery and Serious Crime Squad Commander Andrew Marks told journalists on Monday.

"I'm a million percent confident they have the wrong person," he said.