Abducted man found dead
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 21 2012:
The individual found dead at Keirao Konjeng Lairembi Leikai under Irilbung police station on February 20 has turned out to be one Abhishek Kumar (24) who was reportedly abducted for ransom.
Another non-local man abducted by unidentified persons from Nagamapal has been rescued by police.
Abishek Kumar from UP who worked as a salesman in a hardware store at Thangal Keithel was abducted by unidentified persons from his shop on February 13 .
Against Rs 20 lakhs demanded by the abductors, the ransom amount was finally reduced to Rs 10 lakhs after negotiations, said sources.
Even as Abishek's relative Divesh handed over Rs 10 lakhs to the abductors, Abhishek was not freed.
In the meantime, based on media reports about presence of a dead body in JNIMS morgue, relatives of Abhishek identified the body.
On the other hand, a non-local man abducted by unidentified persons was rescued after a search operation conducted by a combined team of Imphal East and Imphal West commandos in Keibi and Chanung villages
this afternoon.
In the course of the rescue operation, one reported abductor was killed in encounter while another was nabbed alive.
The deceased has been identified as one Longjam Dhamen (32) s/o L Naba of Keibi Salam.
The arrested cadre is one Sagolsem Romen (30) s/o S Ibohanbi of Loushangkhong.