ARMED ULFA-I REBELS ABDUCT MAN, ASSURE WIFE OF HIS SAFE RETURN

In yet another extortionrelated incident, four armed Ulfa-I rebels abducted the manager of a tea estate from his garden bungalow in Upper Assam’s Chiraideo district on Tuesday evening.

The police said the militants, who came on foot, entered the bungalow as visitors and took away Numal Chandra Baruah, the manager of the Timonhabi tea estate in the Sapekahti area.

The incident took place at about 7.35 pm when manager was at his home with his wife Nonima and their 10-year-old son. The family’s cook was also present in the house at that time.

The militants warned his wife not to contact the police during the night, so fearing for her husband’s life the wife informed the police only at around 8 am on Wednesday, almost 12 hours after the incident.

The abductors also took away all mobile phones from the family. An FIR was filed at Borhat police station over the incident.

The wife said: “It was 7.35 pm when we heard the doorbell ring. My husband went out to see. There were four men outside. Three of them were in military uniform and all were carrying guns. One was in civilian dress without a weapon.”

The wife of abducted manager said they also assured her husband will be released unharmed but that he will have stay with them for some days. The family members have denied having received any extortion demand from Ulfa-I so far.