Dhenkanal: A journalist from Balianta on outskirts of Bhubaneswar who went missing three days back was traced at Kamakhyanagar here.
According to the journalist, Pitabas Dash, he was kidnapped by miscreants from a road near his house on Monday evening. He was held at gunpoint and later tranquilised.
On recovering his senses, Dash realised that he was standing near Alatuma chowk on Parjang – Kamakhyanagar road in Dhenkanal district.
The man rushed to the nearest police station in Kamakhyanagar are shared his ordeal with the police. Dash has been sent for medical examination and a FIR has been registered on the basis of the scribe’s complaint.
Dash’s wife is a candidate in the Sarpanch election at Bentapur panchayat in Balianta block.
