Labourer abducted
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 30 2014:
A construction worker has reportedly been abducted by unknown gunmen from a worksite located at Heitroipokpi under Yairipok police station in Thoubal district on the intervening night of March 28-29 .
According to a source, 25-year old Yambem Sanathoi s/o (L) Bidhumukhi of Top Awang Leikai in Imphal East district was among a group a labourers engaged in the construction of a retaining wall at Heitroipokpi section of Thoubal river.
Unknown armed persons showed up at the temporary work-shed of the labourers late at night and whisked away Sanathoi, whose whereabouts remain unknown till the time of filing this report.
It is said that the construction project was assigned to one Ingudam Thoiba of Top Maning Leikai and the abduction is suspected to be connected to monetary demand from the armed group concerned.