Itanagar, Feb 2: Three road construction workers have been abducted by 10 NSCN (K-YA) militants from Pumao in Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday.

Security forces have launched a manhunt to against the insurgent groups. A joint operation was launched in the bordering areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar.

According to police, the workers were engaged in the construction of the Pumao Langkhow Road and were staying at a camp site from where the abduction took place.

The persons were taken to Nyasa in Nagaland. Among the 3, one Bangphua Wangpan, a resident of Langkhao village from Longding district, has been released by the abductors while the other two are still in the custody of the militants.

The two are Hiren Konch, a JCB Operator, and Ramasish Mahato from Jalpaiguri in West Bengal.

The militants snatched the mobile phones and vehicle keys at the camp site, due to which the information about the kidnapping reached late on Tuesday evening.

The remaining workers had to walk several kilometres to inform the police about the incident.

NSCN(K-YA) is active in Longing district and for past seveal months have been extorting money from businessmen.

Recently, in a joint operation, many cadres of insurgents groups were arrested in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh.

“This is not the first time that road contractors were abducted by militants in Arunachal Pradesh. Earlier, many kidnappings have taken place in Arunachal Pradesh but later they were released by militants after taking extortion money,” said a police official.