Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 06, 2009:
Alert residents of Singjamei Kshetrimayum Leikai foiled an attempt to abduct a local youth last evening with one of the supposed abductors informed to be a surrendered member of the banned PREPAK organisation.
speaking on the sideline of a protest demonstration staged in the locality today to denounce the abduction bid, the protestors said attempt was made to whisk away one S Bono alias Sashikanta (35) s/o (L) S Tombi of Singjamei Wangma Kshetri Leikai.
Himself a former member of the proscribed UNLF, who is married and had been staying at home since about 2000, Bono reportedly raised an alarm when some 3/4 unidentified persons tried to whisk him away in a white colour Tata Indica car.
The incident is said to have occurred at around 7 pm yesterday when Bono was whiling away near his residential gate.
According to the protestors, Bobo recognised one of the supposed captors as Loli, a former PREPAK cadre from Chingamakha who had surrendered to the Assam Rifles, and alerted his neighbours hollering 'Loli is about to capture me'.
Loli, who apparently led in the abduction attempt yesterday, was also involved in a similar incident wherein accompanied by some armed persons Bono was taken captive, claimed the protestors.
However, second such attempt last evening was thwarted as locals rushed out from their homes upon hearing the commotion and pulled away Bono from the clutches of alleged abductors.