2 Assam truckers kidnapped from Manipur rescued

SILCHAR: In a coordinated effort, Assam Rifles, Assam and Manipur police Saturday rescued two truck drivers who were abducted in Manipur.

Nasir Uddin and Rizul Haque from Assam’s Cachar district had travelled to Imphal with their trucks loaded with cement for a construction company. On Jan 6, while returning, a gang of five people abducted them at Kanpundai in Manipur’s Tamenglong district. Both the families received ransom calls.

Cachar SP Nomal Mahatta commenced a search operation along with Manipur’s Tamenglong and Jiribam district police, and 38 Assam Rifles. The truck drivers were rescued unharmed along the Assam-Manipur border after 13 days.