Four from Odisha go missing in Chhattisgarh, family allege kidnapping

Four from Odisha go missing in Chhattisgarh, family allege kidnapping

Four from Odisha go missing in Chhattisgarh, family allege kidnapping

Nabarangpur: It has been 36 hours since three members of an Odisha family from Raighar went missing while returning home in a car after attending a wedding in Chhattisgarh.

Sapan Sarkar, his wife Itishree, his brother-in-law Biswajit Adhikari, and his neighbor Hajari Dhali have all been identified as missing. Sapan works as a supervisor in the Raighar tehsil office.

A missing person report has been lodged at a police station in Kanker, Chhattisgarh.

The four had traveled to Kanker on December 10 to attend a wedding, according to sources. On their way home on Saturday night, they opted to stay at Biswajit's hometown of Kondagaon. "They began around 10.30 p.m., and their phones were discovered shut off after about 5 kilometers." "We have filed a missing person report and a search operation has been initiated," said Swapna Sarkar, Sapan's daughter-in-law.

His son Navojit desperately sought to contact them but was unable.

Their last CCTV footage was at a filling station about 10 p.m., where they had stopped to gas the automobile.

The family believes they have been kidnapped.