SILCHAR: A United Democratic Liberation Army (Udla) militant gave the slip to policemen when the latter were busy rescuing a kidnapped trader in the jungles near the Assam-Mizoram border on Monday night.
Sources said police arrested Subal Reang and Balaram Reang, two Udla militants, in connection with the kidnapping of Liakat Ali Barbhuiyan, a bamboo trader and resident of Matijuri locality in Hailakandi, on Monday. Barbhuiyan was whisked away at gunpoint by suspected tribal militants on September 5, when he was on his way to the remote Haticharra hamlet to pay wages to labourers. There's no news of the trader till Tuesday.
A senior police officer on Tuesday said a contingent of police, led by deputy SP (Hailakandi) Khalil Ahmed, was busy in rescue operations on Monday. Police took the help of Subal and Balaram, who accompanied them. However, Balaram managed to escape from the clutches of Katlicherra Police Station OC Shyamal Kumar Bharracharjee, who was also engaged in the operation, in the cover of darkness. Sources said Subal was involved in the kidnapping of the trader.
On the other hand, a number of NGOs, including Purbanchal Yuba Chatra Parishad, on Tuesday urged SP (Hailakandi) Hementa Bhattacharjee to ensure that Liakat Ali is rescued within the next 24 hours. They threatened to start an agitation if police failed to do so.
Udla militants are engaged in kidnapping of tea officials, traders, farmers and construction workers in the Barak Valley for the last 10 years. Recently, another Bru outfit, known as United Liberation Army of Bruland (Ulab), surfaced in the valley. In the third week of August, seven rebels of the outfit were killed in an operation with the Army in the Ratabari area of Karimganj district.
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