Manipur student abducted by militants, rescued

Manipur police rescued a 22-year-old student identified as Laishram Chinglen Singh on Saturday and arrested eight suspected cadres of a militant outfit for abducting him for ransom from the hostel of DM College of Science in Imphal on Friday afternoon reports, K Sarojkumar Sharma. Preliminary investigations revealed that the abductors were associated with the Imphal valley-based militant group Kangleipak Communist Party, a police officer said. The rescue mission was initiated following a complaint at 1am on Saturday.