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Birgunj businessman abducted
Suresh Kedia, a member of Kedia organisation, was abducted from Baghaban along the Kalaiya-Mahagadhi road stretch in Bara district on Thursday evening.Suresh Kedia, a member of Kedia organisation, was abducted from Baghaban along the Kalaiya-Mahagadhi road stretch in Bara district on Thursday evening.
According to Suresh’s brother Pradeep, an armed group, who came on a Bolero with Indian registration number, abducted the 56-year-old businessman as he was heading towards Birgunj from Kalaiya, the district headquarters of Bara, in his Tucson car. The abductors shot at Shyam Sah Kanu, Suresh’s driver before taking the businessman under their control.
Kanu, who was shot at temple, is receiving treatment at Narayani Sub-regional Hospital in Birgunj. A security source said the abductors fled the scene and headed to bordering Kabahi through Bariyapur. “We have deployed security personnel to find abducted businessman,” the source said.