Minister Thaisii's Personal Assistant abducted
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 23 2011:
Personal Assistant (PA) of Education and Youth Affairs and Sports Minister DD Thaisii has been abducted by unknown persons.
KT Joseph (43) was abducted from Lamphel Fishery Crossing yesterday while he was on his way to St Savio School, Lamphel with his daughter and a helper in his personal Bolero Jeep (MN 01P-2255), police said.
The PA was to drop his daughter at the school, where she is reading in Class III .
When the trio reached Lamphel Fishery Crossing at around 9.30 am, they were stopped by three unknown persons and abducted together with the vehicle.
However, the miscreants released his daughter and helper girl at Kangpokpi.
Currently putting up at Lamphel Sanakeithel, KT Joseph hails from Purul village of Senapati district, which is also the native village of Minister DD Thaisii.
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It may be mentioned that the Minister had a close shave on November 12 last as his convoy was ambushed near Purul village at around 6 pm.
The Minister was on his way to his native village to attend the inaugural ceremony of a community hall, to be held there on November 13 .
According to an informed source, the group which has abducted the Minister' PA and the group which had ambushed him are two different groups.
However, the source revealed, both the incidents may have political reasons.