Dhenkanal: The husband of a Samiti Member candidate of Sankulei gram panchayat in Dhenkanal district, who was allegedly kidnapped on Wednesday night, was found in a critical condition on Friday.
Chinmaya Das, the husband of Samiti Member candidate Bharati Rath, was found near the railway overbridge in Rameswarpur. He has been admitted to the district headquarters hospital (DHH), Dhenkanal.
Das said that he was returning home on Wednesday night when he was intercepted by some people on two motorcycles. They asked for directions to Joranda. He was giving them the direction when one of them took out a pistol and hit him on his head.
Subsequently, they put him on one motorcycle and took him to some distance from where they shifted him to a four-wheeler and moved to another place. He was confined for the last two days without any food.
Das said that they threatened to kill him if he or his family comes out for the election and ask for votes.
