Koraput: Three days after being abducted by miscreants allegedly for ransom, a rice mill owner was rescued by the police in Odisha’s Koraput district early on Monday.
Rice mill owner A Ramesh Patra, who was abducted on Friday evening, was rescued in the wee hours, a senior police official said.
Family members of the businessman had claimed that the abductors of Patra had on Saturday night made a ransom demand of Rs 70 lakh. The kidnappers reportedly made the demand by calling a family member of Patra using his mobile phone.
Sources said no calls were made by the kidnappers to Patra’s family on Sunday.
Patra, who owns SLVN Modern rice mill in Perahandi was returning home in his car when some miscreants who had been following in another vehicle intercepted him near Perahandi Chowk at around 8.15 pm on Friday.
As Patra did not come out of his car, the miscreants broke open the vehicle’s window and kidnapped him.
After Patra did no return home, his family members lodged a missing persons complaint with Borigumma police.
Police had formed special teams to trace Patra and raids were conducted in different areas in Jeypore and Borrigumma.
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