Friday, August 17, 2012

Assam Rifles nab 2 Kuki National Army cadres, rescue kidnapped person

Two cadres of Kuki National Army (KNA), a signatory of the tripartite suspension of operation, who kidnapped a person for ransom, were apprehended by troops of Assam Rifles in Manipur’s Churachandpur district on August 14, said a police source Thursday.

The two KNA cadres, Lunkhosei Touthang (39) of Bijang and Th Haokip alias Alen (33) of D Phailen village, were nabbed from Bijang village of Churachandpur district along with one Md Atajuddin alias Manoj of Kwakta ward no. 2 who was kidnapped by them.

Atajuddin was a former cadre of People’s United Liberation Front who had surrendered to the government few years back and now leading a normal life. While handing over the two cadres to police, the troops alleged that the cadres kidnapped him on ransom demand.

One 9 mm pistol along with a magazine loaded with eight live rounds in it and a motor bike bearing registration no. MN-01Z/1145 was recovered from the cadres were been booked by the police under section 364-A/400 of IPC.

In another unrelated incident, police commandos attached with Thoubal district police arrested a KYKL activist identified as Khumanthem Raju alias Naobi @ Thanil (25) of Wangoo village during a counter insurgency operation at same village on August 15.

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