SHILLONG: SBI Staff Association deputy general secretary (Shillong Module) Biman B Bhattacharya has revealed that the family of the abducted SBI official Subodh Kumar Mishra has paid an amount of Rs 5 lakh to the abductors.
According to him, the payment was made on Saturday.
“Despite paying the ransom, the abductors are yet to release the bank assistant,” Bhattarcharya said during the silent protest rally in the city on Monday.
Informing that the identity of the abductors is still unknown, the SBI officials said that the abductors had claimed that they were members of a new militant outfit.