The People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) members on Tuesday allegedly abducted a former Sarpanch for refusing to pay them extortion money.
The victim was identified as Agnesh Siyush, a resident of Jamdara village.
The illegal outfit members fired 12 rounds blanks to terrorise the locals during the incident..
The miscreants abducted the Sarpanch from Patob village under Nuagaon block located on the Odisha-Jharkhand border at around 9 pm when he refused to pay them Rs 3 lakh.
Source said that Agnesh was released in the forest after being assaulted by the PLFI members.
Following the incident, police reached the village and seized 12 empty cartridges and have initiated an investigation to unravel more details about the incident. Source said that Agnesh was suspended four months ago in connection with a solar light scam in the village.