Summary:
- Six youths from Jehanabad, Bihar, who went to Tamil Nadu in search of work, have been held hostage and their families have been extorted twenty thousand rupees each.
- Rs 1 lakh 20 thousand has been recovered and the mobile phones of all the youths and the accused have been switched off, creating chaos in the homes of the youth.
- The family members of the youths have met with the DM and SP, requesting for the safe recovery of the youth.
- Jitendra Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Chittaranjan Kumar, Ashok Kumar, and Valmiki Kumar from Mahabda village went to Tamil Nadu by train on September 11. On September 15, Ashok called his brother and informed him that they were being held hostage and demanded twenty thousand rupees each for their release.
- The accused threatened the families that if the money was not sent, there would be consequences. The families arranged the money and sent it, but afterwards, the mobile phones of the accused and the youths were switched off.
- The families of the youths contacted the DM, SP, and DSP to narrate their ordeal and an investigation is being carried out by contacting the Tamil Nadu Police.
