Bahraini student Ali Ahmed Al Nashaba, who was kidnapped in Malaysia and later released, will arrive in Bahrain today (February 19).

Interior Minister Lieutenant-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa personally called Al Nashaba's family to inform them of his release, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

The 20-year-old was abducted by three men on January 28 from Linton University in Kuala Lumpur, where he studies electrical engineering.

He was found by Royal Malaysian Police on Friday following a city-wide search in co-operation with Bahrain's Foreign Affairs and Interior Ministries.

Al Nashaba's parents handed over a BD3,000 ($7,914) ransom last week, but it is understood the kidnappers did not take the money. - TradeArabia News Service