Kidnapped Copt is released in Ismailia after paying ransom By-Abul Ezz Tawfik Top Stories 00:12 Monday ,30 December 2013 Esam Beblawy, Coptic businessman who was kidnapped last week, was released after his family had paid the ransom. His family got blackmailed by the kidnappers who were identified as Bedouins in order to release him after paying ransom.