By IANS
Ranchi : A doctor couple abducted in Lohardagga district of Jharkhand Thursday morning by suspected Maoist rebels was released after six hours in captivity.
“An intensive police combing operation forced the Maoist rebels to release the abducted doctors. The doctors are safe and they have been taken to the Lohardagga district headquarters,” said G.S. Rath, additional director general of police.
The couple, identified as Amar and Pratima, was coming to Ranchi from Palamau district by bus. They were abducted near Kuru block of Lohardagga district, the police said earlier.
The Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a breakaway group of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), had abducted them, police said.