Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 13 2010:
Armed miscreants today detained 11 brand New Nano Cars heading for Imphal from Dimapur on NH-39 .
The vehicles released after two hours of detention.
The cars were detained around 10 am at Maram centre in Senapati district, 30 km towards Imphal, the report said.
The cars belonged to Tata Motors, Imphal and were coming from Guwahati.
They crossed Mao gate at 9 am.
However, the cars were stopped by armed miscreants at Maram centre, a police report said.
After detaining the vehicles for around two hours, all vehicles were released around noon.
The conditions behind the release of the vehicles and the identity of the group responsible could not be ascertained for the time being.
However, reports said that the place is a stronghold area of NSCN(IM).
Police suspect the detention to be related to monetary demand, and the cars were released after negotiation.