Village Development Officer Deepakkumar Pathak.
Patna, the capital of Bihar, was in a frenzy on Monday after receiving information about the abduction of an officer. After this incident, the police became helpless. When information was received about the abducted person that he was of officer rank, the police swung into action immediately. However, the kidnapped officers were later seen eating at a restaurant. The police said the officer had concocted the story of his abduction himself.
Deepak Kumar Pathak, a native of Begusarai district and working as a rural development officer in the state government, was traveling from Purnia to Hatia in an express train. Meanwhile, he was kidnapped. Harishankar Pathak, the officer’s nephew, said that while traveling by train, his uncle called on his mobile around 10 am and informed that four-five people had abducted him from the train.
The nephew lodged an FIR
His vehicle was also parked, seeing which I ran towards the station. Saying this he disconnected the call. Harishankar said that he was the one who made uncle Deepak Kumar Pathak board the train from Hatidah station. He had a training program in Gaya. Harishankar said that after getting information about the incident, I lodged an FIR in the police station. Here, after registering an FIR, the police swung into action.
Created a drama of his own kidnapping
As soon as the information about the abduction of Rural Development Officer Deepak Kumar Pathak was received, the team of Railway ADG started investigation. Deepak Kumar Pathak’s location was found in Bakhtiarpur when the police traced his mobile location, after which the railway police nabbed the officer from a restaurant. According to the information received from the Railway Police, Deepakkumar Pathak was not abducted. He was the one who staged her kidnapping. Police are interrogating Village Development Officer Deepak Kumar Pathak.
(Reporting by Sujith Kumar/Patna)
