Even thought police have beefed up their presence in the capital city for the weekend shutdowns, the security supervisor of the Hi-Tech Plaza apartment at Sundarpada under the Airfield police station was allegedly kidnapped on Sunday morning.
The victim was identified as Kaibalya Patnaik. As per a police complaint lodged by his wife, a youth hurled chilli powder at his eyes at around and kidnapped him by brandishing a sword.
The accused had on Saturday night tried to enter the apartment premises forcibly and was opposed by the security personnel. The entire incident has been captured on the CCTV camera.
On being informed, police reached the spot and initiated investigation. Meanwhile, Airfield police station IIC Gyanendra Sahu said Patnaik has been released by the kidnapper.