The Telegraph reports that suspected Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA)
militants abducted
a State Bank of India
(SBI) cashier from
East Garo Hills District
on June 23. The armed
militants abducted
Abdul Halim Ali who
works in the SBI’s
Songsak branch around
2 pm
from Rongri market
while he was on his
way from Songsak to
Rongjeng in a car
with his branch manager.
Sources said the outfit
has asked for INR
5 million for his
release. Sources said
the abductors had
actually wanted to
abduct the branch
manager, but since
Ali did not know how
to drive, they took
him away instead.
“The militants had
wanted Ali to take
back the vehicle as
they did not want
him to be left stranded
on the road. But since
he did not know how
to drive, they instead
took him (Ali) away.
The branch manager
was told not to inform
anyone within 24 hours
else Ali would be
killed,” an official
said.
Meanwhile, one Bangladeshi Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN)
racketeer identified
as Dulal Miya (35)
was arrested by Border
Security Force (BSF)
from West Khasi Hills
while he was trying
to infiltrate into
India from Bangladesh
on June 24, reports
The Shillong Times.
High quality of FICN
with a face value
of INR 15, 000 and
one mobile phone with
two Bangladeshi SIM cards were recovered from him.
Separately, the State Police, on June 23, informed that they
have received no information
about reports of the
newly floated militant
outfit Hynniewtrep
People’s Liberation
Front (HPLF). As per
the media a report
of June 21, the outfit
has been floated in
Khasi-Jaintia Hills
Districts of the State
by some surrendered
Hynniewtrep National
Liberation Council
(HNLC) members. The
State Director General
of Police (DGP) N Ramachandran said, “We have not come across any such reports but the police
will keep a track.”
“The state police
cannot comment on
the speculative reports
of media,” Ramachandran
added. |
