Schoolboy kidnapped for ransom

Sensation is simmering in Bijni town after suspected NDFB-S militants kidnapped a higher secondary student forcing the security forces to launch rescue operation in the area on two days back.

Identified as Mantu Roy, the Class XII student went missing from the town on Friday after he left for the Lakhmi mela at Bijni. The kidnappers have confirmed the incident and called up his family members demanding Rs 50 lakhs ransom.

Rescue operation is in progress and the senior officials monitoring the progress are tightlipped on the development for the interest of the investigation.