KRA denies hand in abduction of officials
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Imphal, August 06 2013:
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 clarified that at any point of time no cadres of the outfit will involve in such incident.
T.Simte then demanded IFCD Executive Engineer N Surachandra to immediately clarify as to why he had pointed his 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 Surachandra of the Irrigation and Flood Control Dept (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 outfit with the recent abduction incident of the seven engineers," T Simte demanded.
It may be recalled here that on Aug 1, seven persons, including two engineers Abhijit Sinha and Debajit Sinha from Kolkata based RN Sinh Constructions Ltd were abducted by suspected militants somewhere in Pukhao Terapur.