Abducted labourer set free after 6 days
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Imphal, March 04 2015:
After six days in captivity, the labourer kidnapped by armed miscreants on February 26 last has been released safely.
Ranjit Singh, a labourer engaged by a contractor identified as Lunsat Kipgen in his contract work of road repairing at Chawangkining under Kangpokpi police station of Senapati district, was reportedly kidnapped by four armed miscreants from the makeshift camp where the labourer stayed with his colleagues on the night of February 26 .
The police said the four kidnappers, who they suspect to be cadres belonging to a faction of a hill based underground group., possessed pistols while the other one was seen holding an AK series rifle at the time of the abduction.
Kangpokpi police registered a case after a complaint was lodged the next day of the kidnapping.
The labourer whose whereabouts remained untraceable since the day was released Tuesday late evening at the western hill range of Pangei under Sagolmang police station of Imphal East district.