TURA: A junior engineer of the State’s Border Area Development department was abducted by suspected Garo militants while travelling from remote Rongara towards district headquarters Baghmara on Monday morning.
Junior BADO engineer, Alladin Sangma, left Rongara village for Baghmara town with his wife in his personal car when two armed men with their faces covered halted their vehicle. They whisked off Alladin into the forests leaving his wife behind in the vehicle.
She later reported that one of the armed men had a rifle which appeared to resemble an AK rifle.
It was also revealed that another group of armed men were positioned in the nearby forests.
“We strongly suspect the involvement of GNLA outfit in the abduction. As soon as we got the news of the abduction, we launched operations and alerted BSF to block the exit points along the border,” said Lakador Syiem, district police chief from Baghmara.
