The owner of a crusher unit was abducted by unidentified miscreants near Bijabahal under the Biramitrapur police limits in Sundargarh district on Saturday evening. Police began conducting raids at different places to rescue the kidnapped Pradeep Kundu.
As per sources, Kundu had gone to Bijabahal to meet his staffs and give them their salaries. Later, he was returning home at around 7 pm. Midway, when he was talking over phone parking his vehicle on roadside, the miscreants abducted him.On Sunday, police found his car on NH-143 near Bijabahal along with some used syringes near the vehicle. Though exact reason behind the incident was yet to be ascertained, Kundu’s family members suspected that he might have been kidnapped over an extortion issue.