Abducted clerk rescued, hunt to nab culprits underway
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Chatra: A 35-year-old clerk (Munshi) of a private construction company, who was abducted by armed criminals on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday from the site of an under-construction bridge, was rescued by the police on Monday.
Chatra SP Sumit Kumar Agarwal said Dharmendra Gupta was rescued from Hazaribag, but refused to divulge further details saying raids were underway arrest the kidnappers.
Gupta, police sources said, was abducted from the site of an under-construction bridge over Purvaiya River at Balbal under Giddhaur police station limits. The bridge is being built by a private company for the rural works department. The miscreants robbed two CCTV cameras, 14 mobile phones, two helmets and other items.
The miscreants, bike borne and armed, had hid their faces with towels, labours in the construction site told the police. At first, they dismantled the CCTV cameras and took away the mobiles and other belongings. They forced Gupta to sit on one of their bikes and drove off, the labours told the police on Saturday.
Superintendent of Police Sumit Kumar Agarwal said, "He has been recovered safely Hazaribag district. I can't say anything more at this moment as raids are ongoing in this regard."
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