Bhubaneswar: Five persons, including the reported mastermind an engineer, have been arrested on charges of kidnapping a businessman from Balugaon in Odisha’s Khurda district.

The accused have been identified as Suraj Dora, Muna Behera, Abhijit Patnaik, all natives of Ganjam, and Chandan Jena and Dharmaraj Palei of Khurda. ADVERTISEMENT

The businessman, Sushil Subudhi, was also rescued within 18 hours of his alleged kidnapping from Patana Street while he was returning home on a scooter after closing his shop at Balugaon late on Saturday.

The five accused also took away Rs 20 lakh cash which he was reportedly carrying with him and parked the two-wheeler on the outskirts of Balugaon before driving towards Bhubaneswar on NH-16. They later dropped Sushil near Chandapur area of Nayagarh dist

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