A Class XII student who was abducted by a gang of five men was released after a ransom of Rs1.80 lakh was paid, police said. Raja(18), a student of Chinmaya Vidyalaya, was on his way to attend his coaching classes on his bike, where his neighbour Dheeraj stopped him and asked for lift to Chas.
At Chas, Dheeraj met with Mahadeo. Both of them abducted Raja and took him to West Bengal border area about 35 km from the district headquarter of Bokaro where three more men kept him in captivity. later, Dheeraj and Mahadeo gave a ransom call of Rs5 lakh to Durgesh (Raja’s father) who was at Bardwan.
They threatened Durgesh to kill his son if he will dare to inform the police. After a long negotiation, kidnappers agreed on Rs1.80 lakh and asked him to leave the cash bag in dense forest during midnight at Kashijharia.
Few hours later (at 3 am) the kidnappers released Raja near Siwandih. An FIR has been registered against Dheeraj and Mahadeo at local police station and we are conducting raids to arrest the abductors, said S Saw, DSP Bokaro.