Bhubaneswar, Dec 29: An Ola Cab driver has been reportedly abducted for ransom from the Patrapada area in Odisha’s Capital City from Thursday evening.
The victim has been identified as Shankarsan Das, a resident of Krishna Vihar of Patrapada in Bhubaneswar.
It was revealed after Sankarshan’s wife filed a complaint with the Khandagiri police on Friday.
The complaint read,after abducting him, the kidnappers demanded Rs 10 lakh ransom over a video call to his wife. In a bid to terrorize her, they showed her torturing her husband.
Shankarsan was abducted by miscreants while he was roaming near his house with his pet dog on Thursday evening.
Later, they made a call on Whatsapp to the wife of victim and demanded the ransom for safe release of the victim.
His wife said, they (miscreants) threatened her to give Rs 10 lakh failing which they will kill her husband.
She has already paid Rs 2 lakh out of fear, she said.
Based on it, the police initiated an investigation. However, the driver is yet to be traced despite a number of police teams have swung into action to reach the miscreants.
