Abducted drivers rescued
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 11 2022:
A team of Jiribam commandos and a column of 39 Assam Rifles rescued the two truck drivers who were reportedly abduc-ted along with their trucks from Kaiphundai under Tousem police station, today.
According to police, the team carried out an intensive search operation at the pro-bable hideouts of the captors at the nearby hilly terrains of New Kaiphundai, Old Kaiphundai and Babu-khal areas on receiving inputs about the abduction of the two truck drivers carrying FCI food grains along Imphal-Jiribam road.
Sources said that Jiribam police coordinated with a team of 39 Assam Rifles and conducted the counter insurgency search operations at certain villages situated near Jiri River round the clock.
Saying that the truck drivers were safely rescued today from New Kaiphundai area by the team, the police added that the suspected militants, however, fled from the area by taking advantage of the difficult terrain.
The rescued drivers have been handed over to Tousem police station after proper medical examination.