A group of heavily armed Maoist rebels abducted a police constable early on Tuesday morning at gunpoint from his official vehicle and the police are clueless of his whereabouts yet. According to the information reaching here, the abducted constable has been identified as Veera Basant, a District Force (DF) personnel who is posted with Awapalli police station in the district.
The police personnel according to sources, was kidnapped at gun point while he was on his way to district headquarters at a stretch between Bijapur and Bhopalpatnam without any provocation from him. The rebels apparently got information about his movement on the way that they waylaid all the vehicles and conducted physical check to identify in which vehicle the constable was travelling in.
The incident took place between 6 to 8 am. However, the police department remained tight lipped over the abduction that when contacted senior officials refused to comment pleading ignorance about it as the rebels have not made any claim about it yet. Those in know of the incident said it could be a revenge for the police encounter at Chintagufa recently.