Ranchi, March 20: Four senior government officials were kidnapped and later released by suspected Maoists in Jharkhands Latehar district today. DGP control room sources said in Ranchi the four went to Palahia under Manika police station area to supervise works done under the NREGA when they were kidnapped by suspected Naxalites but released hours after.
The four were Additional Collector Shravan Sai, Executive Engineer S Bhengra, the officer in the dairy department A K Sinha and an Assistant Engineer, whose name was not immediately available. A panchayat worker had first informed the office of the Block Development officer about the incident.
—PTI–