Abducted cop reaches home after two days

Kolkata, Oct 23 (PTI) Two days after being kidnapped from
Sankrail police station in West Midnapore district by armed
Maoists, police officer Atindranath Dutta returned to his
North Kolkata residence in the wee hours on Friday.
Escorted by commandos from the state police department,
Dutta was greeted by his mother, wife, daughter, in-laws and
other relatives when he reached home at around 2.30 am IST.
Late Thursday, Dutta was handed over unharmed to
journalists at a field in Lalgarh by the Left-wing ultras
after the women arrested by the security forces in anti-Maoist
operations in West Midnapore district were released on bail by
a court.
Thereafter, he reported to Jhargram police station and
also went for a medical check-up late in the night before
finally heading for his house.
Senior officials of the state police (intelligence) will
meet him later in the day to enquire about the incident.
The motorcycle-borne Maoists had looted over Rs 9 lakhs
from a State Bank of India branch situated near the police
station, before killing two other officers and taking Dutta,
officer-in-charge of the police station as hostage on Tuesday.
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