KOHAT, Oct 27: Two persons arrested in connection with the  kidnapping of a councillor and his two friends have admitted to having masterminded the plot for ransom, police said on Sunday.

The councillor, Dildar, was kidnapped from his guava orchard along with his two friends and was later released after he paid a huge ransom.

The police arrested two persons on information provided by the victims, who were remanded in the police custody by a  court of law.