A food delivery boy of Swiggy was allegedly kidnapped on Saturday night by three to four unidentified miscreants near the Daya river road in the Lingipur area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. The matter came to light after the victim, identified as Patitababan Prusty, sent an SOS via a voice message to his wife at around 9 pm in which he informed her that four drunk youths have kidnapped him in an auto-rickshaw.
Prusty was staying with his family at Nuagaon Bijayvihar area in a rented house. The family members said they immediately informed the Dhauli police after getting the voice message.
They also launched a search operation to trace Prusty and recovered his slippers, bag and knife from the roadside of the spot informed by him (Prusty) in the voice message.The family members further said that Prusty had earlier informed that his motorcycle developed some technical problem and he would come home late.