Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 19 2010:
Driver of a freight truck heading Imphal from Dimapur side on the NH-39 has been kidnapped by some armed persons suspected to be undergrounds, a report received here said.
The report said that the driver identified as Thakur was kidnapped this evening at about 4.30 pm after his truck loaded with potato going together with another truck carrying rice was forced to stop by the arm miscreants at Changoupung area under Kangapokpi police station in Senapati district.
They (miscreants) took away Thakur leaving behind the driver of the other truck threatening not to move from the place until his colleague is released by them.
The driver is suspected to have been taken into captivity in connection with monetary demand by an underground group operating actively in the area.