The district police rescued a kidnapped teenager in a midnight operation on Thursday. Avinash Kumar Singh (17), son of Dipendra Singh of Chitari village, had been kidnapped by local criminals on July 10 from the house of Rahul Raj at BID colony, where he lived as tenant.
"The boy is a student of MBDAV Public School and studies in class XII," said SP Sunil Bhaskar at a Press conference. According to Bhaskar, the police set up a team led by Inspector Narendra Mohan Sinha and station incharge Vinod Kumar Singh. late in the night, the team surrounded the kidnappers in Gangupada Road, Brahmandiha and got the boy released unscathed.
Ravi Bhagat of Bhushad Siyar Pada, Kisko, was arrested and a pistol recovered from him. The SP said another criminal, Shamim Ansari of Karcha Toli, was also arrested. He has notoriously collected levy of Rs 5 lakh earlier. Three other criminals - Ashok Bhagat, Jaleshwar Oraon and Kartik Oraon - managed to flee.