Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 06, 2010:
The abducted Manipur government official was released by his captors late last night.
L Swamikanta, a superintendent engineer in the Manipur Public Health Engineer department was reportedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen when the officer went to drop his son to a private tuition centre on September 1 in Kwakeithel area of Imphal.
Police suspected that the abduction of the engineer was related to extortion matter.
Search operations were carried out in the areas suspected to be held captive by the abductors few days ago.
When the news of Swamikanta being released by his abductors, media persons rushed to his house but to no avail.
The family members of the engineer too were tight-lipped over the matter.
Things are not vivid as to who might have been responsible for the abduction of the engineer and for what reason.
It is pertinent to note that two FCI officials abducted from Senapati by NSCN-K were released on last Saturday.