From Our Correspondent
TURA: Unknown armed persons kidnapped a government officer working in the Sericulture department while he was on his way to his work place from Tikrikilla in West Garo Hills to Bajengdoba in North Garo Hills district on Monday morning.
The officer from the Meghalaya Sericulture department, Bipul Saha, aged 45, was posted in Bajengdoba. He was returning to work after spending the holidays with his family when the incident took place.
The vehicle carrying the officer was moving from Tikrikilla towards the Bolsong state road when a group of masked men, between 5-6 individuals, with weapons came out of the bushes at Gapuli reserve forest, near Tikrikilla and kidnapped the officer. The incident falls under the Bolarbita police outpost jurisdiction.
Suspicion has fallen on the Garo militant outfit GNLA and even Assam-based NDFB (Ranjan Daimary faction) that operates in the area. The police have also not ruled out the involvement of local criminals in the kidnapping since a similar incident took place in July, close to the area, when a cashew industry accountant was kidnapped by criminals from near the same area.