Abducted youth released in Nigeria
He was released by the kidnappers on Saturday.
GUNTUR: A. Venkata Pavan Kumar of Guntur, who was abducted in Nigeria, was released by the kidnappers on Saturday. Kumar was kidnapped on February 20 and on February 26, the company in which Kumar was working held talks on which kidnappers agreed to release Kumar. The family members of Kumar who are living at Guntur are happy over the safe end of the kidnap drama.
Pavan’s wife Annapurna, with relatives including uncle A. Srinivas, met MP R. Sambasiva Rao and Guntur west MLA M. Venugopala Reddy on Friday and sought their cooperation for the safe release of Kumar. They contacted higher officials of Indian Embassy and Ministry of External Affairs. On Saturday, the relatives went to the house of Mr Venugopala Reddy where they came to know about the release of Kumar on the phone. Mr Srinivas said that the owners of Agbede Agri Products in Auhja district of Nigeria held talks with the abductors and finally the kidnappers released Kumar on Saturday.
Mr Srinivas said that Kumar received some physical injuries as the kidnappers had beaten him and further did not give him proper food. He said that Kumar is undergoing treatment in a hospital at Nigeria and will return to Guntur after one week.