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Eight arrested in Kidnapping Case

Jharsuguda : Jharsuguda Police arrested eight person involved in Kidnaping Case of a 59 year old Executive Engineer of Rural Works Department, Manoranjan Pattnaik  on 7th October.

Police identified the accused as  Siba Tandi (26) and Tofan Tani (20) both resident of R&W Colony, Court Chowk, Jharsuguda, Pankaj Bag (22), Lalit Tandi (25), Sanjay Soni (33), Bulu Manahira (26)  residents of Titlagarh, while Prakash Mahakud (23), Niranjan Achari (22) both resident of resident of Muribahal of Bolangir District.

As per the report, on the wee hours of 7th October at around 3 pm, while the Complainant, Manoranjan Pattnaik, the Executive Engineer of Rural Works Division, Jharsuguda was sleeping in his Government Quarter, around five persons equipped with fire arms and Knife and Sword forcibly entered in the Government Quarter and on the point of fire arm and Machete threatened Complainant for Money, out of fear the Complainant gave them Rs 4000/- which was readily available with him. Then the accused persons snatched away the gold chain of the complainant and asked them to give ATM card and cheque book etc. Then they got the cheque book of Complainant and forced him to issue a cheque of Rs 3 Lakhs. According to the Complainant he gave the signature on the cheque. After that, the accused had forced him to accompany with them for withdrawal of the above amount from the bank and proceeded in a Bolero Vehicle towards Sambalpur and then towards Kesinga of Kalahandi District. The accused persons compelled the complainant to contact any of his officer or contractor to bring Rs 3 Lakhs ransom to release him. Being forced the complainant contacted one contractor namely Srinivas Pradhan with cash, the accused persons apprehended that, if there will be delay then they may be caught by police. Thereafter they released the complainant at an isolated place under Kesinga police station of Kalahandi, where later the complainant had reached the police station and narrated the entire case.

Jharsuguda SP Rahul PR said, “We have nabbed the accused and are forwarded them to court, among the eight, two brothers Siba Tandi and Tofan Tandi who are the son of a peon working in the Rural Works Division, Jharsuguda has been arrested. These two bothers had a grudge over the victim Manoranjan Pattnaik for taking action against their father, for unauthorised absence and for professional indiscipline. So in a fit of anger and for getting the money they had hatched this conspiracy with their criminal gang members. All are arrested from various places of Bolangir and Titlagarh and other details will be revealed after investigation”   

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