As trade dispute with Chinese businessmen continued to escalate, Indian traders in the trading hub of Yiwu in China fear for their lives. Deepak Raheja and Shyamsunder Agrawal, the two traders who are employees of a trading company accused of owing their Chinese suppliers over 1.5 million dollars, now held up in a hotel in Yiwu under police protection following a harrowing two weeks. They claim to have been kidnapped and assaulted by enraged Chinese traders. They spoke about their plight to NewsX, even going to say that they will kill themselves in 24 hours if they are not rescued.