From Our Correspondent
TURA: A teacher of Adokgre School, who was kidnapped by suspected ANVC-B militants on September 27 from his house at Resubelpara, was released on Tuesday night.
According to sources, the teacher — Christopher G Momin-was kept confined in a hideout of the rebels in Bajengdoba region.
The ANVC-B militants kidnapped the 38-year-old teacher believing that he was working as a police informer and demanded Rs 7 lakh for his release, police said on Wednesday.
After realizing that they had kept captive a wrong person, the militant group released him.
However, they demanded a sum of Rs 1 lakh from him as a ‘maintenance cost’ for the period he was kept as captive, police sources from North Garo Hills said. It is not known whether the amount was paid or not.
Meanwhile, intelligence agencies have revealed that the ANVC-B is suspected to be using Bajengdoba area as a command and control centre for its activities.
“The outfit has been issuing commands from Bajengdoba region for quite some time now and it suits them since the area is not densely populated and shares a porous border with neighbouring Goalpara district of Assam,” said one intelligence officer.
