He was able to escape when the abductors in a group of four or five were asleep after consuming alcohol; Bara District Police Office Inspector Bigyan Basnet quoted Ansari as saying.
He was hidden by the abductors in the forest of Ratanpuri.
He is now in family contact.
As he is in mental tension and allowed to take rest, further details are yet to come, and investigation is underway, said SP Mahendra Pokhrel.
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