25/06/2013
Jorhat: Two youths from Assam's
Jorhat district who went to repair a car
in neighbouring Mokokchung district of
Nagaland are missing, police said on
Monday.
The youths identified as Altaf Hussain
and Azar Ali, both car mechanics
hailing from Natun Mati near Naginijan
tea estate, were allegedly called by
one Donald Ao of Lungchung Basto of
Chairman village in Mokokchung
district to repair a car on June 15 last
and the duo have not returned since
then, they said.
Both Assam and Nagaland police have
launched a search operation for the
two missing youths as there was
tension in the area as the local people
are alleging that the two youths have
been kept hostage by Naga militants.
Meanwhile, labourers of Naginijan Tea
Estate today stopped work claiming
that militants from Nagaland had fired
at the garden last night.
All Assam Tea Tribes Students'
Association (AATTSA) leader Dipak
Tanti alleged that a group of about 12
militants from Nagaland opened fire in
spite of an Assam police battalion
being deployed there.
The police have tightened security in
the areas bordering Assam and
Nagaland. Assam-Nagaland border
near Naginijan tea garden have
witnessed disturbances earlier this
month following the killing of a tea
garden labourer, abduction of five tea
garden labourers by suspected
members of a militant outfit of
Nagaland and subsequent assault of
local Congress MLA Rupam Kurmi by
CRPF personnel when he had gone to
inquire about the incident.
