Itanagar: The Ang Mai faction of NSCN(K) has abducted a village chief and a ‘gaon bura’ (village headman) from Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh for not paying levy to the militant outfit, police said on Thursday.
About 15 militants descended on Chop village around 8.30pm on Tuesday and abducted the two persons, identified as village headman Chopkhu Gangsa and village chief Chijgsan Wangham, and took them towards neighbouring Myanmar, Londing DSP Banghang Tangjang said.
The militants abducted them as they did not pay a levy of Rs 50,000, he said.
The village headman is an official post, while the village chief is a traditional one. The police and the Assam Rifles have launched a massive operation to trace and rescue the abducted persons, he said. This was the second incident of abduction by militants in the district this month, with NSCN-KYA rebels having kidnapped two employees of a private construction firm on November 16. PTI
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