From Our Correspondent
JOWAI: A coal mine supervisor, identified as Dhon Bahadur Kharka, was allegedly kidnapped by masked miscreants from Myrsiang village on Tuesday evening.
Sources on Thursday informed that a group of unidentified persons masked and armed with lethal weapons came to a coal mine at Lamyrsiang village and abducted Kharka.
Abduction cases in the mineral rich Khliehriat Sub-Division has been on the rise recently. Few days back, Khliehriat Police recovered the bodies of two non-tribal coal traders who were allegedly kidnapped by unknown miscreants.
Last month a school boy was rescued from a jungle in Lanka, Assam and three of the kidnappers were also shot dead during encounter with Jaintia Police.
In another incident, a 62-year-old woman who sells vegetables at coal labourer’s camp in coal mine areas at Kyrluh was allegedly killed by unknown miscreants.
Sources informed, the woman identified as Tredarihun Paslein of Mynthlu village under Sumer Patorship was strangulated to death and the perpetrators later concealed her body in a nearby jungle.