Bhubaneshwar, Jan. 27 -- The Berhampur Police has rescued four persons including a finance company agent of New Delhi who were kidnapped for Rs 2 crore ransom. They were rescued from an abandoned house in the Chikiti area of Ganjam district.

Police also came to know that the accused used to threaten to kill the victims through snakebite and three snakes have been rescued from the crime scene.

The police also managed to apprehend one of the accused kidnappers, Pruthibiraj Sahu of K Nuagaon area in Ganjam district, during the rescue of the victims.

Police have initiated a probe into the matter by registering a case on the basis of a complaint lodged by one of the victims, Amarjit Samanta Singhara (24) of Pahala area in Bhubaneshwar.

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