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Haldia port operator alleges officials abducted, threatened

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Haldia (West Bengal): A private port equipment operator in the labour unrest-hit Haldia dock complex Sunday alleged that three of its senior officers, as also one’s wife and son, were abducted by a mob at gun point and asked never to return to the port town.

“Three of our senior officers, Capt. Manpreet Jolly, Mr. Jagadish Behara and Mr. Bushan Patil (including his wife and a year-old-daughter) were abducted this (Sunday) morning at about 0100 hrs by a mob of about 50 unidentified persons, threatened with dire consequences and grievous bodily harm and were later forced to flee Haldia at gun point,” Haldia Bulk Terminal Pvt. Ltd. (HBT) CEO Gurpreet Malhi said in a media statement.(IANS)

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