Ransom demanded for abducted businessman

An Orissa businessman has been abducted and his family has received a ransom demand of Rs 20 million, police says.

An Orissa businessman has been abducted and his family has received a ransom demand of Rs 20 million, police in Bhubaneswar said on Tuesday.

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Rashmi Ranjan Mohapatra alias Chinna Barik, 34, from Keonjhar, about 200 km from Bhubaneswar, came to Bhubaneswar on Monday for work. In the evening his family got a phone call from a man demanding Rs 20 million for his release, district police chief Amitav Thakur told IANS.

Mohapatra owns trucks, crushers and is involved in other businesses too.