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Militant group abducts BJP member and Gram Panchayat Chairman from his home in Arunachal Pradesh

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Itanagar, Apr 17: Ahead of Lok Sabha elections Gram Panchayat Chairman (GPC) was abducted by armed militant group in Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding district on Wednesday.

According to reports, Sangam Wangsu (50), is also a member of the BJP was kidnapped from his home at gunpoint by the militant group. Police have launched a search operation to find whereabouts of the abducted person.

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According to reports, surfacing from Longding Pumao assembly constituency, located in the insurgency-ridden district of Longding, Arunachal Pradesh, it was alleged that voters were being forced to support a specific candidate under threat from a militant group.

 

The armed militants, reportedly linked to NSCN-KYA, have allegedly been sighted in villages including Niuasa, Longkhaw, Mintong and Longphong within the same constituency.

Read: Election campaigns in Shillong and Tura ends today; What happens 48 hours before Polls?

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