A teenage boy who was allegedly abducted by a group of men was released on the same day even as police is on the lookout of the culprits.

According to police, the victim (18) was returning home after handing over lunch-box to his father yesterday when he was allegedly picked up by a nine unidentified men in a Tavera car near TMT bus stop at Cadbury junction, Rabodi police station senior inspector M D Survase said.