However, he was rescued later. If it wasn't for the timely action of Bishnupur Police Commandos, Dr. W Nabachandra would have had to spend days in captivity until the health department or his family gave in to the demands of his captors, usually of money or of lucrative government contract orders.
Fortunately, Dr. Nabachandra was rescued by the police commando while his captors were bringing him to their hide-out in the periphery of Loktak lake in Bishnupur district.
According to the doctor, there were five persons who were involved in his abduction. Out of those, two were armed and one of his abductors was a woman.
He was working in the Leimapokpam Primary Health Centre under Nambul Police Station when they came into the health centre and took him away at gun-point at around 1:30 pm on Monday.
This is not the first time that doctors and nurses, working in the rural areas are abducted for ransom and probably will not be the last.
Such cases of abductions are also one of factors that doctors and nurses hesitate to accept posting in far-flung areas to serve the rural health mission.
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