A minor schoolboy Mudit Jain abducted nearly 10 days ago was released on Wednesday morning in Purnea district in Bihar. Police killed two abductors in its operation to free Mudit.

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Purnea Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar said that Jain was sent to his home after a safe release. Police was under tremendous pressure for over a week and after getting information raided a house in Katihar where abductors had kept Mudit and freed him, he said.

Police was criticised by people for failure to recover Mudit Jain, a Class IV student of Zila School who was kidnapped in broad daylight by criminals. Mudit was on his way to school to participate in the Independence Day function.