BIRATNAGAR, July 3: Police have set free an abducted youth and arrested two kidnappers.
According to the District Police Office, Morang, Yash Kumar Lamjel, 19, of Chhintang-8 of Dhankuta, currently living in Dharan-9 of Sunsari district, was rescued on July 1.
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A 10 member gang had kidnapped Lamjel on June 28 from a bus park at Birtangar-5 and hid him in a house of Ananda Yadav at Budhanagar-6, Morang.
The kidnappers had asked for Rs 500,000 as ransom from the victim side, it is learnt. Police rescued Lamjel from Budhanagar while they were taking Lamjel to India on a motorcycle (BR 38 C 7269).
While setting Lamjel free from the gang, two abductors Ananda Yadav and Sanpat Yadav were held by the police. Even a motorcycle was impounded. RSS
