Dhenkanal: The husband of a Samiti Member candidate of Sankulei gram panchayat in Dhenkanal district has been allegedly kidnapped. A complaint in this regard was lodged at Sadar Police Station on Thursday.
Reportedly, Chinmaya Das, husband of Samiti Member candidate Bharati Rath, had gone to a nearby village at around 9 PM on Wednesday but had not returned home and his phone was also found switched off.
Subsequently, his family members and villagers searched for him and found his scooter on the road a few metres away from the village. There were bloodstains on the handle and the footrest of the scooter.
As they were unable to trace his whereabouts, they lodged a police complaint alleging Chinmaya has been kidnapped.
