From Our Correspondent
JOWAI: Unidentified miscreants have kidnapped a Class VIII student of Khliehriat Higher Secondary School and subsequently demanded Rs 1 crore as ransom for his release.
The incident took placed on Monday when the boy — Fortunate Rymbai — was returning from school.
Sources informed Fortunate’s father Bonyfast Shylla is a coal trader of Jaintia Hills district.
On Tuesday, Fortunate’s father received a phone call from the kidnappers where they demanded Rs 1 crore for his release, sources said.
A complaint has been lodged with Khliehriat Police in this connection.