Abducted, rescued
Source: The Sangai Express
Moreh, June 21 2024:
Five individuals belonging to the Meitei Pangal community who are engaged as labourers in a construction work at Moreh Hospital were abducted by some Kuki men in front of the hospital at around 11 am today.
The Kuki men who came in an auto-rickshaw took the labourers to Moreh Ward No 8 (bus parking) .
There the Kuki miscreants threatened the labourers to arrange a meeting between them and the contractor of the construction work.
With this threat, the Kuki miscreants set two of the labourers free while keeping the other three as hostages.
Later, a team of Moreh police who went in search of the missing labourers found them at Moreh Ward No 8 (bus parking) .
All the labourers were brought to Moreh police station and they were identified as Majbul (32) of Yairipok Ningthounai, Kamal (29) of Yairipok Tulihal, Sadan (23) of Yairipok Tulihal, Tarif (24) of Yairipok Changamdabi and Anish (25) of Yairipok Tulihal.