Patna, Aug 12 - The recovery of skeletons of two abducted youngsters in this Bihar capital has worsened the fears of several families in Bihar whose children and relatives have been missing for months and years.

The skeletons of two kidnapped men, Saurav Kumar and Santosh Kumar, both in their twenties, were found in the posh Shivpuri locality here Tuesday.

Police arrested five people, including main accused Mohit Tiwari, who confessed that he killed them, cut them into pieces and buried them in the compound of his house.

Saurav, an MBA student, was abducted from Gandhi Maidan area here Oct 30 last year and Santosh, a resident of Khagaria district, was kidnapped from Patliputra colony Jan 23 this year.

'Both were killed separately and later their bodies chopped to pieces and buried on the premises of Tiwari's rented house,' a police official said.

Saurav's father Dayanand Prasad, an official of Union Bank of India, had lodged a kidnapping case. The abductors had demanded Rs.50 lakh as ransom for his release. Santosh's family also got ransom calls.

According to police, Tiwari, a resident of Gopalganj district, had rented the two-room house and used the vacant land outside to bury the bodies.

'It shocked and disturbed us because it reflects a new trend of kidnapped people being killed,' Anju Pandey, mother of Akash Pandey, 12, who was kidnapped while on way to school Aug 10, 2007, told IANS.