JOWAI: Khliehriat Police have successfully rescued an abducted coal mine supervisor-cum-grocery dealer and arrested five persons from a forest in Ksiar, East Jaintia Hills, following a raid conducted on November 29, a delayed report said on Monday.
Police sources informed that the arrested persons include Pradip Swargiary, an NDFB cadre, Simala Basumatary, a surrendered NDFB man and three others –Swamkhar Narzary, Pranab Narzary and Molen Mooshahary.
According to details provided by police on Monday, the abducted person, Sunil Prasad, was kidnapped on November 25 from Umlawang, a coal-mining centre in East Jaintia Hills. However, the matter was reported to police only on November 29, after which a team of Khliehriat Police led by sub-inspectors MCH Sangma and S Kharjana, conducted a raid at Ksiar forest and rescued the abducted person.
Police informed that the kidnappers had initially demanded Rs 20 lakh as ransom, which was subsequently came down to Rs 10 lakh, then to Rs 3 lakh and finally to Rs 1 lakh. Police, however, confirmed that no ransom money was paid by the family members of the abducted person.
