Two Minor Boys Escape From Abductors

Bolangir: The Bolangir Town Police on Wednesday rescued two minor boys from Bikram Chhak after they managed to escape from the abductors.

Narrating the ordeal before the police, one minor boy said he and his brother had gone to the Gandhi Stadium in Sonepur in the early morning hours on Wednesday for jogging when someone threw a stone at his brother. “As I looked back, a man suddenly came from behind and pressed a piece of cotton on my brother’s face while another man gagged me and put both of us inside a sack. Later, they took us in a Bolero jeep. After some hours, the kidnappers stopped the vehicle and went somewhere. Taking the opportunity, I managed to come out of the sack and pulled out my half-conscious brother. Finding no one around, we ran away from the place,” he said.

The Bolangir Town Police said the two brothers were rescued from near railway level-crossing at Kadampada.

On the basis of the information, police took them to a house near Sonepur where two brothers were kept before being taken in the vehicle. Police did not find anything inside the room except some photos of the gods and goddesses.

It is suspected that some people might have tried to sacrifice the two boys to appease the deities.

Efforts are on to trace the vehicle and track down the abductors, police said.