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MPHAL: At a time when Manipur's legal fraternity is fighting hard for the release of an advocate who went missing 18 days ago, two government
engineers have been abducted for ransom, allegedly by an underground outfit.
On Thursday, local women of Kongpal Chanam Leikai and its surrounding areas demonstrated against the kidnapping of Manipur power department's executive engineer, Th Tomalchand, of Khurai area and section officer Leitanthem Mangi of Kongpal Chanam Leikai in Imphal East. Both were serving in Tamenglong district and are missing since the past one week. Family sources said an underground group that claimed to have abducted the duo has demanded a Rs 15-crore ransom from the power department against their release.
"On Friday morning, my father left home with his scooter. His whereabouts were not known for days till a man called up on Monday and informed that my father and Tomalchand were in their custody," said L Premananda, Mangi's son. The caller, who identified himself as a cadre of an underground outfit, said the two would be set free only if the state power department gives Rs 15 crore to the outfit, Premananda added. Police came to Mangi's residence on Thursday morning and recorded statements, his son said, while appealing to the abductors to release the two engineers unharmed. The power department head office here convened a high-level meeting of senior engineers to discuss the situation in the afternoon, official sources said.
On the other hand, a combined security team of district police commandos and jawans of 34 Assam Rifles gunned down a suspected rebel in an encounter at Moijing in Thoubal on Wednesday night. Also in Thoubal, unidentified men triggered a grenade blast at a local Zilla Parished member's residence on Wednesday night.
MPHAL: At a time when Manipur's legal fraternity is fighting hard for the release of an advocate who went missing 18 days ago, two government
engineers have been abducted for ransom, allegedly by an underground outfit.
On Thursday, local women of Kongpal Chanam Leikai and its surrounding areas demonstrated against the kidnapping of Manipur power department's executive engineer, Th Tomalchand, of Khurai area and section officer Leitanthem Mangi of Kongpal Chanam Leikai in Imphal East. Both were serving in Tamenglong district and are missing since the past one week. Family sources said an underground group that claimed to have abducted the duo has demanded a Rs 15-crore ransom from the power department against their release.
"On Friday morning, my father left home with his scooter. His whereabouts were not known for days till a man called up on Monday and informed that my father and Tomalchand were in their custody," said L Premananda, Mangi's son. The caller, who identified himself as a cadre of an underground outfit, said the two would be set free only if the state power department gives Rs 15 crore to the outfit, Premananda added. Police came to Mangi's residence on Thursday morning and recorded statements, his son said, while appealing to the abductors to release the two engineers unharmed. The power department head office here convened a high-level meeting of senior engineers to discuss the situation in the afternoon, official sources said.
On the other hand, a combined security team of district police commandos and jawans of 34 Assam Rifles gunned down a suspected rebel in an encounter at Moijing in Thoubal on Wednesday night. Also in Thoubal, unidentified men triggered a grenade blast at a local Zilla Parished member's residence on Wednesday night.
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