New Delhi:
An officer of the Intelligence Bureau has been abducted by insurgents in the South Garo hills in Meghalaya.
Vikas Kumar, Assistant Central Intelligence Officer, was abducted on Thursday morning around 9 am from the Panda reserve forest in the South Garo Hills district. The militants had intercepted a Tata Sumo vehicle in which the officer and another person were travelling.
"Nearly 100 police personnel have been combing the area since yesterday," a police officer said. He also added that two people are being interrogated in the case.
Sources said a new group called ASAC, a breakaway faction of ANVC, a known militant group in Meghalaya, was suspected to be behind the abduction.
Vikas Kumar, Assistant Central Intelligence Officer, was abducted on Thursday morning around 9 am from the Panda reserve forest in the South Garo Hills district. The militants had intercepted a Tata Sumo vehicle in which the officer and another person were travelling.
"Nearly 100 police personnel have been combing the area since yesterday," a police officer said. He also added that two people are being interrogated in the case.
Sources said a new group called ASAC, a breakaway faction of ANVC, a known militant group in Meghalaya, was suspected to be behind the abduction.
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