4 kidnapped in Assam
Source: The Sangai Express / Press Trust of India

Imphal, July 12 2014 : Four people, including two boys, were allegedly kid-napped by suspected NDFB (Songbijit) insurgents in Assam's Baksa district, following which a massive search was launched and indefinite curfew imposed.

The four victims, part of a group of lemon traders, went to Labdanguri market in Salbari sub-division from Barpeta district on Friday evening but did not return.

"It is suspected that they have been kidnapped by the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) militants," Baksa additional deputy commissioner Bha-wani Prasad Sharma said.

Following this, indefinite curfew was clamped in Salbari.

"Indefinite curfew has been imposed in Salbari sub-division under Gobar-dhana police station," Sharma said.

"Police and CRPF jaw-ans are conducting a mas- sive search to rescue the four.

The Army has also been called in and kept on standby to deal with any untoward situation in the district," Baksa deputy commissioner Vinod Seshan said.

Seshan said four cycles and sandals were found from a nearby area.

The four missing people have been identified as Ba-kar Ali (13), Saddam Ali (13), Ataur Rahman (27) and Rahul Amin (45), he said.

In May this year, 50 people were killed in Baksa and Kokrajhar districts of the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts by suspected Bodoland Peoples Front-supported insurgents.

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