Ranchi, unidentified persons abducted the driver of Yogesh Kislay, Press Advisor to Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das from Ashok Nagar area here before they let him off near Jamshedpur after taking away the car.

"The abductors last night intercepted him at Ashok Nagar, beat him up and took him away before leaving him near Ghaghra bridge near the steel town and took away his car and mobile handset", said driver, Jitendra Kumar Mahto.

The driver said that abductors had told him that he was being kidnapped as they had asked for an extortion of Rs one crore from Kislay, which he had not given.

A case has been registered in Argora police station and according to the Kislay, nobody had demanded money from him.