An 80-year-old man was able to call for the help of po­lice of­fi­cers at a gas sta­tion, af­ter be­ing beat­en and kid­napped by his land­lord on Wednes­day af­ter­noon.

Po­lice said the el­der­ly man was at his El So­cor­ro apart­ment at around 1.30 pm when he was con­front­ed by the land­lord who he said be­gan “ha­rass­ing him.”

An ar­gu­ment be­gan as the land­lord then beat the vic­tim with a wood­en broom han­dle.

Po­lice said the man was forced in­to his land­lord’s car and dri­ven to a gas sta­tion on Cyrus Road, where he was or­dered to with­draw $1000 from the ATM.

How­ev­er on reach­ing the gas sta­tion, the el­der­ly man no­ticed po­lice of­fi­cers near­by, as he got out of the car and called for help.

The of­fi­cers ques­tioned the land­lord and ar­rest­ed him.

The 43-year-old sus­pect re­mained in cus­tody at the Barataria Po­lice Sta­tion up to Thurs­day morn­ing.

Of­fi­cers of the Barataria CID vis­it­ed the apart­ment and pho­tographed the scene, seiz­ing the wood­en broom han­dle be­lieved to have been used in the as­sault.