KSO rescues five persons
Source: The Sangai Express
Jiribam, August 01 2016:
The Kuki Students' Organisation Tuilangkol block, Longpi area has rescued five abducted persons including an Assistant Engineer (AE) and Section Officer (SO) who have been supervising PMGSY works at around 4pm of July 31 from the forest where they were held as captives by armed cadres of UTLA-GHQ, our correspondent reports.
Sangboi Doungel, president of KSO Tuilangkol, said a team led by SO Nangong Kamei and AE Maniruddin visited the road construction sites in Tuilangkol area for official purposes on July 30.On the midnight of July 30, around 8 unknown armed cadres entered the place where the officials took shelter for the night and abducted them.
In the morning of July 31, when the villagers came to know of the incident, they reported to the KSO Tuilangkol.
During an enquiry of the incident, the student body came to know that the abductors were UTLA-GHQ cadres.
The body formed a team and rescue the abducted persons in the late evening of July 31 .
The students body, while condemning the act, has appealed to the UTLA � GHQ not to continue such acts in the near future.
In the meantime, the student body has appealed to the authority concerned to maintain transparency in implementing schemes and asked the contractors of package No MNO 796 of Phase (IX) to complete the work within the stipulated time.