LUCKNOW, May 29 -- A 48-year-old man resurfaced after over 35 years of disappearance only to escape with valuables and cash by allegedly holding three women members of his family hostage in a Rae Bareli village on Tuesday, senior police officials said on Wednesday.

They said the family had given a complaint against the man and his accomplice following which investigation was underway.

The incident was reported from Sanha village within Dalmau police station limits of Lucknow's adjoining Rae Bareli district.

According to Dalmau inspector incharge Shyam Kumar Pal, a man named Tej Bahadur has alleged in his complaint that his cousin Badri Prasad, who had disappeared over three decades ago, returned home recently along with an accomplice i...