Seven abducted miners released, search on for the other 3
First Published: 19th February, 2024 10:08 IST
According to sources the location of the abduction is a hub of illegal coal mining business for quite some time
Seven abducted miners from a coal mine in Finboro along the Assam-Arunachal border in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district have been released Superintendent of Police (SP) Kirli Padu of Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh informed. He added that there was no trace of the other three and a massive search operation has been launched to locate them.
He added that information was received that the abducted persons might have been taken towards Longtoi under Manmow police station after their abduction.
According to sources the location of the abduction is a hub of illegal coal mining business for quite some time and various militant outfits demand extortion from the owners of illegal coal business. Therefore, non payment of extortion might be the motive of abduction.
Tinsukia Police has also been working in coordination with the Changlang Police to trace out the missing abducted persons.
It may be mentioned here that 10 coal miners engaged at a coal mine in Finboro along the Assam-Arunachal border in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district were abducted by suspected ULFA-I and NSCN (K-YA) cadres in the wee hours of Sunday.
Seven unidentified men held the workers at gun point and forced them onto a dumper at old Longtoi, a remote area in Changlang district at around 3 am, sources said.
Also Read: Suspected ULFA-I and NSCN (K-YA) abduct 10 miners from Assam
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