Kidnapped doctors return

PATNA, SEPT. 29. Two kidnapped doctors, whose abduction had led to a three-day strike by their colleagues here, have returned to their homes safely, a top police official said today.

Leading child specialist, Dr. Purnendu Ojha, who was kidnapped from a private nursing home at Kankerbagh area here for ransom on Monday, was rescued by the police from Hussains village in Bihar's Nalanda district late last night, the Director General of Police, Mr. R. R. Prasad, told PTI.

The doctor was rescued following a raid on a hide-out of the abductors, who practically offered no resistance to the police. Five of them were arrested after the raid, he said. The abductors had demanded Rs. 70 lakh as ransom from the doctor.

Another doctor, Mr. K. M. Verma, who was abducted from Singhwara in Darbhanga district on the same day, was released by his captors near Sanjay Gandhi biological park here last night, he said. ``The doctor's family has denied that any ransom was paid,'' he said. Private doctors here had gone on a three-day strike till yesterday to protest the kidnappings.

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