Reliance Communications employee kidnapped

Patna, Nov 30 (IANS) A Reliance Communications employee has been kidnapped in the Bihar capital, police said Sunday.

Deepak Kumar, a deputy general manager with Reliance India Mobile, was abducted Friday night from Shrikrishna Puri area.

Kumar's family lodged a case of kidnapping Saturday night, nearly 24 hours after 30-year-old Kumar failed to return home. His car was found abandoned Saturday night near the Kotwali police station.

Kumar had informed his wife Rekha Devi at around 9 p.m. Friday that he would return home late as he had to meet a contractor. But when he did not return and his mobile phone appeared to be switched off, the family began looking for him before approaching the police.