Medininagar : A government school teacher was kidnapped by unknown armed men, having claimed to be Maoists, in Palamau district's Gaveiah village, police said on Monday.
52-year-old Gouri Shankar Ram of Manatu Middle School was watching a cricket match on television last night when four armed men barged into his house and took him away, they said.
His wife Kaushalia Devi informed the police after she got a phone call from the abductors, who introduced themselves as Maoists, and demanded Rs 20 lakh for his release.
PTI
First Published: Monday, September 24, 2012, 23:11