A trader kidnapped from Madhya Pradesh more than a month ago was on Saturday rescued from Muzaffarpur in Bihar and five persons were arrested from two districts in this connection. In Rohtas district, police also seized Rs 40 lakh in cash hurled from a moving train by the trader's family members as ransom demanded by the abductors. Senior Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarpur, Harpreet Kaur said Sant Bahadur alias Lala, a resident of Sidhi district, was rescued during a raid conducted in Baruraj police station area of the district.

Three persons, Ankit Sharma and Ajit Singh, both residents of Nawada district, and Baruraj resident Shehlan Raza - at whose house the abducted trader was kept - were arrested from the spot, the SSP said. Some firearms, ammunition and fake police uniforms have also been seized from the spot, she said.