A Bharatiya Janata Party youth leader was allegedly abducted on Wednesday night by extremists of the breakaway Trititya Prastuti Committee.
Efforts were on to rescue Rakesh Diwedi,
the Latehar district chief of the BJP's youth wing, Superintendent of Police, Kranti Kumar, said.
Diwedi was near Dorangi village in Jharkhand's Latehar district when the incident took place, Kumar said.