Guwahati, June 15: Three youths from Meghalaya who were abducted by a gang of four youths for ransom of Rs 10 lakh have been rescued by a police team from Amlighat area under Jagiroad police station in Assam’s Morigaon district on Wednesday.
The four youths involved in the abduction of three Meghalayan youth have been arrested from Hojai and Nagaon districts.
The four gang members have been identified as Abdul Hannan, Joynagar under Murajhar police station in Hojai district, Habib Ahmed, Charing Pathar under Murajhar police station, Hojai district, Fatir Ahmed, Changmaji under Doboka police station in Hojai district and driver Manav Jyoti Konwar, Chekoni Gohai Gaon, under Jakhalabandha police station in Nagaon district.
Morigaon superintendent of police Hemanta Kumar Das said that two of them are still absconding.
Meanwhile, the rescued youths have been identified as Fainali Nanglein, Jolanki Nanglein and Ribatomi Khalem. The three youths from Meghalaya, who hail from Jowai in West Jaintia Hills district, were coming to Jagiroad for purchasing dry fish.
Das said the gang lured them to a house at Amlighat and confined them demanding a ransom of Rs 10 lakh. Police also sealed the Bolero pickup van bearing registration number ML04D4262 that was used by the gang.
He said that after receiving phone call from Jowai police station officer-in-charge, the officer in charge of Jagiroad police station traced the three abducted youths were traced from a house at Sindhichar near Amlighat late night.
“The operation was carried on mobile tracking,” Das said.
According to reports, the gangs snatched away Rs 20,000 and gold rings from the youths. Also, they captured the youths holding flour powder in their hands and threatened them to send the video to the families and hand them over to the police as drug dealers.
