4 abducted by Jharkhand tribals, rescued
Ranchi, June 29 : Four security personnel deployed at former Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker and BJP Khuti MP Karia Munda's house, who were kidnapped by tribals in Jharkhand on Wednesday, were rescued on Friday, police said.
According to the police, at 4 a.m., information was received that the abducted personnel have been kept at Putigarha village in Khuti.
They were taken hostage by villagers supporting the Pathalgadi movement, a rebellion against the government. When security forces early on Friday entered the village, the abductors fled and the rescue operation was successful.
The four were abducted on June 27, by hundreds of villagers. A massive search operation was launched immediately. More than 2,000 personnel of the police and paramilitary forces were conducting combing operations.
Pathalgadi is an age-old tradition of tribals wherein they erect monoliths in the name of their ancestors on the borders of villages.
From September 2017, the tribals in Khuti had started using Pathalgadi as a form of protest against the Government of India by setting up a parallel administration.
The state government had failed to contain the parallel government run by the tribal Gram Sabha in parts of Khuti.
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Vehicle topples on Bhatkal-Byndoor road; Found to be transporting cattle amid fish
Byndoor: An attempt to transport cattle in an insulated vehicle designed for carrying fish came to light after the vehicle, being driven at high speed, toppled near Karikatte in Shiroor on Thursday night.
The vehicle, traveling from Bhatkal taluk in Uttara Kannada district to Byndoor, was loaded with trays of fish, with cattle placed in between. The driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle near Durgambika Halla at Karikatte, causing it to overturn on the road.
As the vehicle toppled, the cattle being transported along with the fish became visible. The driver is said to have fled the scene immediately after the accident.
A case has been registered at Byndoor Police Station, and an investigation is underway.
