Aizawl, Jun 17 : Two executives of an Assam-based construction firm who were abducted by Hailakandi-based outfit recently were rescued around 9am today from Banglabasha village in the Hailakandi district bordering Mizoram.
On June 6, the project manager of the Anupam Bricks and Concrete Industries Ltd, Premlal Dhiman, 48, and its commercial manager, Bajranglal Lalbhurgi, were abducted by members of the United Democratic Liberation Army (UDLA), who wore black masks, and carried AK-47 rifles.
The rescue today followed heavy exchange of fire between Mizoram Armed Police and cadres of the UDLA in the dense forests of Hailakandi district.
The police forces from Mizoram entered Hailakandi after receiving an intelligence input about the movement of UDLA cadres along with the abducted duo.
Superintendent of police, Aizwal, Ladiakthanga Khingte, said over phone from Mizoram that Dhiman was shot in his abdomen by a militant. No other person was injured during the 30-minute encounter. Khingte said a Mizoram police doctor was attending Dhiman. The SP said the rebels had left behind an SLR gun and AK-47 assault rifle.
Mizoram police had stepped up their search in the Bhairabhi-Kolosib area of north Mizoram to track down the two executives.
Khiangte had earlier maintained that the militants were the cadres of the UDLA which is led by Dhaynaram Reang, 42, who runs a training camp in the interiors of Kolosib district, nearly 100km from here.
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