Patna, Nov 2 (IANS) Two doctors apparently abducted in Bihar’s Samastipur district resurfaced Monday afternoon, more than 36 hours after they went missing, police said.
A.K. Sahay and Santosh Kumar, doctors who work at a nursing home located in a village, went missing late Saturday evening from Sahpur Patauri village in Samastipur district. They were abducted when they were out on work, a police officer said.

Santosh Kumar was found Monday at a hospital in Begusarai district where he told police that he was admitted for injuries, after the abductors released him. Police were quizzing him about the details of his abduction.

A.K. Sahay rang the police and said he was safe and would appear soon.

“Police are investigating the alleged abduction and their reappearance,” an official said here.

Earlier the Indian Medical Association (IMA) threatened to paralyse medical services in the state if the two doctors were not found soon.

A hunt was launched Sunday to find the doctors after their motorcycles were recovered, Deputy Inspector General (Darbhanga range) Baldeo Prasad said.

Their families suspect that both were kidnapped over a property dispute.

Abductions for ransom and revenge are common in Bihar. According to police sources here, 45 people have been abducted for ransom in the state from January to July this year. Last year, 32 people were kidnapped during the same period.

Nearly four months ago, the Bihar government said that between 2001 and 2009, 2,167 children had been kidnapped. Of them, 1,752 were found and 75 killed while the fate of 340 was still unknown.