Gaya: An engineer of a private
construction firm was briefly abducted by a breakaway faction
of naxalites in Gaya district of Bihar, police said on Tuesday.
Heavily-armed personnel of the Revolutionary Communist
Centre (RCC), a breakaway faction of the proscribed CPI
(Maoists), raided the office of the private road construction
firm, burnt a machine and kidnapped the engineer, Sudip Ghosh,
from Banahi village late last night, Superintendent of Police
Sushil Khopade told agency.
The engineer was released in Sherghati forest this
morning, he said.
The RCC's action, he said, was a part of its
intimidation plan to collect levy from the owner of the firm.
Raids were being carried out in the area to arrest the
RCC activists, Khopade said.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 09:46