Three labourers kidnapped by militants in interior Manipur

Imphal, July 26 (PTI) Militants kidnapped three labourers at gun point while they were working to repair the guard wall of a river in Manipur''s interior Thoubal district, official sources said today. The labourers were engaged in repair of a guard wall on the Chandrakhong Itok river in the Yairipok police station area in the district on July 21 when the incident took place. The kidnapping came to light on July 23 when the brother of one of the abducted lodged a complaint with the Yairipok police station. Earlier family members of the abducted had failed to inform the police of the incident following threat from the kidnappers, the sources said. It was not immediately known why the labourers were kidnapped, the sources said. No individual or group has so far claimed responsibility for the kidnap.