Businessman missing for two days, police suspect kidnapping

Businessman missing for two days, police suspect kidnapping

Sun, Mar 29 2009 19:37 CET 1274 Views 1 Comment
Police were working on six possible scenarios regarding missing businessman Kiro Kirov, 70, one of which was that he had been kidnapped, prosecutor Plamen Panayotov told Bulgarian BTA news agency on March 29 2009.
 
Kirov went missing on March 27 2009 at about 9pm. His relatives called the police on March 28 2009. 
 
According to police Kirov, parked his luxury vehicle in the garage of his house in Sofia’s Bankya neighbourhood. His relatives found it with doors open. Kirov’s two mobile phones have been switched off since March 27.    
 
On March 29 2009 private national broadcaster Nova Televisia quoted Kirov’s son Ivan Kirov who said that his father had called him and told him that he was abroad without saying when he was coming back to the country.
 
Kirov PLC is a famous name in the construction business in Bulgaria, involved in the import of and sale of earthmoving and construction equipment.