KRA refutes
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network

Imphal, August 06 2013: The Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) has denied its involvement in the recent kidnapping of seven engineers in Manipur.

Talking to Newmai News Network somewhere in Saikul area today, KRA information and publicity secretary T Simte has clarified that at point of time no cadres of the outfit will involve in such incident.

T.Simte then demanded from IFCD Executive Engineer N Surachandra to immediately clarify as to why the engineer had pointed its finger at the KRA for the abduction.

"Ever since the KRA had signed the Suspension of Operation (SoO) with the government cadres of the outfit have been abiding the SoO ground rules," claimed T Simte.

He then accused Executive Engineer N Surachandra of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department (IFCD), government of Manipur of attempting to tarnish the image of the KRA.

"Our cadres have been confined in designated camps after the SoO was signed and moreover we have been supporting the government effort to bring development," T Simte stated.

The KRA leader also accused the engineer of trying to do away the hard earned peace.

"The engineer should spell out the reason at the earliest for clubbing the name of our out with the recent abduction incident of the seven engineers," T Simte demanded.

It may be recalled here that on August 1, seven persons, including two engineers Abhijit Sinha and Debajit Sinha from Kolkata based RN Sinha Constructions Ltd were abducted by suspected militants somewhere in Pukhao Terapur, about 10 km from Dolaithabi Barrage Project, Dolaithabi village.

They were kidnapped by heavily armed militants near Pukhao Terapur on their way to Imphal on board two vehicles--one Maruti Gypsy hard top jeep and one Ambassador car.

The team visited the Dolaithabi Project site for inspection when the kidnapping took place.

All were released on Sunday last.

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