Minister's mason abducted
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, June 22 2011:
A mason hired by TN Haokip, Manipur Minister for Department of Information & Public Relation and Tourism was kidnapped late Tuesday night from a construction site in the minister's Imphal East property.
Two unknown armed persons came on a white Maruti Gypsy at Minister TN Haokip's property at Ahallup around 11 pm and abducted the mason, a police source said.
The kidnapped mason has been identified by the police as Yumnam Rabi (30) son of Y Irabot of Lilong Chajing.
A reliable police source suspected the hands of a particular UG group in the abduction.
However, till the filing of this report, no substantial evidence was available to link the incident with any organization, and further, no organization(s) have so far claimed responsibility.