Youth kidnapped for marriage in Bihar had recently got hired in the Army

Patna, Jan 7 : Bagging a government job in Bihar can sometimes land you in trouble as a 20-year-old youth realised when he was kidnapped for marriage on Thursday.
Subham Kumar (20) had been recently selected for the Indian Army. On Thursday morning, at around 6 am, Kumar was jogging near a railway crossing at his village Gangasarai in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district.
Dhirendra Kumar Pandey, the SHO of Barharia Police station said: “Five persons carrying firearms intercepted Subham at the railway crossing in a Maruti Alto and kidnapped him on gun point.” The accused took him to a temple in the adjoining Jamui district and forcibly asked him to marry a girl.
The incident triggered widespread outrage in the area. Kumar’s family and neighbours blocked the Patna-Lakhisarai national highway and demanded a safe rescue for the victim.
“Following the kidnapping, we managed to rescue Subham within four hours. The kidnappers leave Kumar at his uncle’s house after the marriage,” Pandey said.