As many as 20 labourers engaged by a private company working at a mini hydro-electric project in Karbi Anglong district in central Assam have remained untraced since they were abducted by a group of armed militants on Sunday.
Karbi Anglong deputy commissioner PK Buragohain said the labourers were whisked away on Sunday afternoon by a group of heavily armed militants from the construction company’s camp site from Lungnit, a remote location in the Singhasan mountain range. One of the labourers, however, managed to escape on Tuesday, he added. Initial reports on Sunday put the number of abducted persons at seven.
Police suspect the abduction was carried out by the outlawed Karbi People’s Liberation Tigers, a group that has been involved in extortion from various construction companies working in power and cement projects in the hill districts.
The labourers were working at the 6-MW Lungnit hydel project, remotely located about 36 km from Diphu, the district headquarters. The mini-hydel project belongs to the Assam Power Generation Company Ltd, a subsidiary of Assam State Electricity Board.
“We have not received any information about any demand for money made by the militant group from the company,” Deputy Commissioner Buragohain said over the telephone from Diphu.
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