DAV student in Bihar says friend saved him

Dipak Bharti said he was rescued by his friend Dabru, but did not clarify how.

Back from the clutches of "bloodthirsty" kidnappers who had held him captive for a week, schoolboy Dipak Bharti on Wednesday credited a friend for his rescue.

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"It was my friend Dabru who saved me," Bharti said soon after he was reunited with his family, disputing police claim that he was freed because of their pressure.

Police had claimed that the ninth standard student of local DAV school had been released after police conducted intensive raids, building up pressure on the abductors.

Bharti said after he was abducted from Bhagalpur on January 25, he was masked and taken to a hilly location many kilometres away.