Abducted TD leader freed in Jharkhand

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Three days after he was abducted, Telugu Desam leader and chairman of Mother Dairy, Challa Srini-vas Rao, was freed by Jhar-khand police on Sunday.

Sahibganj superintendent of police A. Vijayal-akshmi told this newspaper that police found a 10-member gang had kidnapped Mr Srinivas Rao, his accountant E.L. Narsi-mha Rao and driver Suraj Kumar Bhagat and kept them in a house at Dud-hkul village under Kalja-rhi police station limits.

The police formed special teams to trace the kidnapped persons and found that some locals, living near the TD leader’s place of work, had planned to kidnap Mr Srinivas Rao for ransom.
Anup Hemron, Paltu Malayya, Susen Hemron, Sannat Hemron, Harimo-han Marandi, Sunitha Marandi and Shekar Cho-wdary, and three others had abducted the trio and kept them in the hideout at Dudhkul village.

The police teams carried searches in Karajal, Pal-ejoir, Vijaypur, Kalepah-lyar, Jandya, Sarangpur and other places to trace the kidnappers.

They first found Mr Srinivas Rao’s vehicle at Hemapur village and intensified their searches.
The teams launched raids at the hideout after finding suspicious activity by non-locals in Dudhkul village.

Ms Vijayalakshmi and Sahibganj deputy superintendent of police Sasibhushan said that police arrested seven persons and recovered two country-made pistols.

Earlier, the Gheravadi police had registered a case on the complaint of Mr Madhusudhan Reddy.
The Jharkhand police ruled out involvement of habitual kidnapping gangs behind the abduction and clarified that the gang was new to these types of crimes.

Ms Vijayalakshmi handed over Mr Srinivas Rao and other two to their relatives.

Mr Srinivas Rao belongs to Oguru village of Kandukur mandal in Prakasam district and would reach his native place on Monday.