No ransom paid for our release, says Bihar doc

The Gaya-based doctor and his wife, who were rescued on Thursday after being abducted six days back, on Friday denied any ransom was paid for their release.

The couple claimed that abductors had not demanded ransom from them. “No ransom was paid at all. It’s a rumour only, there is no truth in it,” Gupta told media in Gaya, about 100 km from here.

Gupta’s wife Subhra Gupta also denied any demand for ransom was made to them. “We have no knowledge of it. Rumours that ransom was paid for our release are baseless,” she said.

Several stories were doing rounds across the state, particularly in Gaya, that their family paid a ransom of Rs.1 crore to Rs 10 crore to the abductors.

“People have been talking here that a heavy ransom was paid for their release,” Shoib Akhtar, a resident of Gewal Bigha in Gaya, said.

Gupta and his wife Subhra were abducted last Friday while they were returning from a wedding in Jharkhand’s Giridih district. Gupta is a wellknown medical practitioner and belongs to a leading business family of Bihar.