Sahibganj police on Sunday morning recovered the body of food grain trader Arun Kumar Sahu at Barmisia locality under Borio police station who was abducted by unknown criminals on June 20.
His body was recovered a day after district police had a fierce encounter with abductors when they rushed to Dububathan village under Barhet police station of the district after getting intelligence inputs that abductors had taken shelter at a house in the village. In the gunfire officer in-charge of Barhet police station Harish Pathak besides assistant sub inspector rank official Chandra Rai Soren were injured. Soren suffered bullet injury on his stomach and he was rushed to RIMS for treatment under serious condition.
While abductors managed to escape, police recovered pistols and bikes from the encounter site.
Fearing that their identity has been exposed and they will be arrested by police sooner or later abductors killed Sahu.
They were demanding Rs 30 lakh as ransom. Sahu also used to supply labourers.
On June 20 he had left his house to visit a land to fix the deal of purchase. But he did not return. The family received a call for ransom.