The Dharamabandha police on Sunday arrested a middleman and his associates on the charge of abducting a bonded labourer as he did not join work in scheduled time in the district.
According to Dharamabandha police station IIC Tapan Kumar Nayak one Doulat Sabar Muradihi village allegedly received `8,000 from Basant Bariha, the middleman, in advance. However, he failed to join the work on the scheduled time.
Basant with his aides abducted him and threatened his family to pay `1 lakh against the head of Doulat. His family members lodged a complaint in this regard. And in response to the that the police launched a hunt for him and finally nabbed him. The police were further interrogating the accussed.