Bokaro police is currently on a hunt to nab the four unidentified kidnappers who had forcibly lifted a senior official of Steel Authority of India limited (SAIl)- Refractory Unit (SRU) at Bhandaridah, under Chandrapura police station on Saturday noon.
“The Senior Manager of SRU, NK Pathak was kidnapped near his house at noon while he was returning home by the alleged musclemen of a contractor over a dispute over lifting scrap from the unit.
later, Pathak was rescued in the evening at 8.30 pm,” said Akhil Ahmad Officer-in-Charge of Chandrapura police station. “Our investigations are on; we are conducting raids to arrest the four goons”, added Ahmad.
Pathak who was rescued after six hours of captivity said, “I was going home for lunch in the afternoon; suddenly four armed men forcibly pulled me into a Bolero.
They closed my eyes with a clothe and took me into the deep forest. They later shifted me to about five different places.” Taking prompt action,the police started intensive search operations in the area and lastly freed him near Nayamore in Bokaro Steel City, said Pathak. PNS