US varsity researcher abducted by Maoists in Bihar

Patna:30/06/11.





An American university research scholar, who is known to be a resident of Bangalore was abducted along with a local in Bihar\'s Jamui district by suspected Maoists, police said on Thursday.



Juhi Tyagi, in her mid 20s, a sociology research fellow at Stony Brook University in New York, was on a visit to the rural areas of Jamui in connection with her research on Maoist problems in India.



Jamui Superintendent of Police Ram Narain Singh said on phone on Thursday, "Maoists abducted them from Nawada area under Kowakol police station and informed the family members of Das about it."



Tyagi, had been missing for the last two days along with a local, Pradeep Das, he said. "Juhi was last seen in Jamui on June 28," Singh added.



The two were meeting some villagers, suspected to be Maoist sympathisers, he said.



Tyagi arrived in Jamui June 15. She had visited the district earlier also.



A massive manhunt has been launched to trace the girl. Police sources said that desperate attempts were being made to get in touch with her family members and university authorities in the US.



Jamui is considered to be a stronghold of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist.


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