Abductions mar Intl Rights Protection day
A series of abduction cases apparently to demand ransom in the past 48 hours undermined the observance of International Human Rights day today.As preparations were underway to observe the day so as to highlight the ever burgeoning cases of human rights violation in this insurgency scarred State, gunmen said to be activists of an armed group took into custody the village chief of Thayong last night followed by a similar incident of ab-duction of two RIMS offi- cials earlier in the evening. nother case of abduction took place yesterday with unidentified persons whisking away one Pungai Hungyo, Secretary of Adimjati Shiksha Ashram, Chingmeirong from his office.A resident of Tangkhul Avenue, Pungai is an elderly person and his abduction and possible exposure to the chill of winter season is an inhumane act, said a release of Tangkhul Students’ union Imphal (Tangkhul Katamnao Long Imphal) while appealing to all concerned to immediately release Pungai.The inhumane and mindless action of the abductors with the sole motive to extract money is all the more disgusting, the Union expressed.Moreover, it is reported that three officials of Khadi and Village Industries were whisked away by armed persons from a Churachand-pur district location today.Regarding the abduction of the two officials, a statement issued today by the Media Advisor, RIMS said a complaint lodged with the police enlisted the missing duo as Assistant Engineer Ng Robindro of Khurai Thoidingjam Leikai and SO Y Sujeet from Sega Road.The complaint mentioned of involvement of KCP (Ibungo Ngangom) group activists in the abduction of the two from within the RIMS complex yesterday afternoon.With the abductors reportedly setting a deadline of December 12 to cough up Rs 3 crore to secure release of the duo an emergency meeting of RIMs employees was held today during which ‘it was resolved that it is not possible to pay the ransom’, the Media Advisor maintained.
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