Bhandariya police rescued abducted Pramod Keshari from the clutches of TPC members within 15 hours of his going missing. Police also nabbed three kidnappers in this connection and recovered four loaded country-made pistol, 12 live cartridges, three mobile from them. According to Garhwa SP Sudhir Kumar Jha, Pramod who was on his way to Marda Baherakhand road by motorcycle, when reached near the Amrawati Nala, Tritiya Prastuti Commitee (TPC) members kidnapped him at gun point. Around 8 pm, the parent of the abducted Pramod received a unknown call on mobile for ransom of Rs10 lakh for releasing of abducted Pramod.
later at around 2 am at night, his parents lodged an FIR with the police. On that basis, the SP constituted a police party comprising Jharkhand Police and CRPF and launched a massive drive after taking inputs of kidnapper presence. On a secret information, police party raided at Bankheta forest near dam where six persons tried to escape on seeing the police. But police nabbed three criminals after following them. While three others managed to escape. Police also recovered four country-made loaded revolvers, 12 live cartridges and three mobile from their possession.
After interrogation of arrested persons, police reached the victim near dam where his hand and legs was tied with rope. Arrested criminals have identified as Tuntun Singh, a resident of Marda village under Bhandariya police station, Murtaza Ansari, a resident of Sehara village under lesliganj police station of Palamu district and Manoj Baitha alias Sharwan, a resident of Badari village under Ranka police station. They were sent to judicial custody. The police is making efforts to arrest others three kidnappers, SP added.