The police team rescued the two at a time when the kidnappers were negotiating a ransom of Rs 3.2 million with the family of the victims, informed Siraha Police Chief Bikash Shrestha. [break]
The students were found inside a hut with their hands and legs tied, said Operation Commander Inspector Lal Dhoj Subedi.
Rabi Singh said that both of them were pulled into a Bolero vehicle when they were heading towards home from the railway station.
He also informed that they forced to smell something after which they fell unconscious. "The abductors found the phone numbers of our parents from our cell phone and called them to demand ransom," Mandal said.
He also informed that the kidnappers had asked a ransom of Rs 8 million at first but later agreed for Rs. 3.2 million.
The abductors had threatened kill them if they did not get the money.
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