Abducted Apurba Kakoty finally released by ULFA

Our Correspondent

DIGBOI: ULFA hostage Apurba Kakoty of Digboi was released by the outfit on the seventh day of his abduction. He was later rescued by security agencies on Wednesday afternoon near Nampgoi Nalla in Nampong in Changlang district along the Indo-Myanmar border.

The mental and physical status of Apurba Kakoty was reported to be well till filing of this report. According to his employer Bijoy Bora of Digboi, Apurba was in fact released by the ULFA militants on Tuesday afternoon in the dense forest belt along the border. The confused youth remained untraced for more than 12 hours. Following the course of the river, he somehow reached Nalla from where he was rescued by security agencies.

Though no recorded statement has come from the victim nor the owner regarding the ransom amount, yet sources said that a hefty amount had been demanded by the ULFA for his release.

On the other hand, an Assam Police official in Tinsukia shared an unpleasant experience in Jairampur. He said that his team was out to rescue Apurba but they did not receive the expected cooperation from the local army and were rather humiliated. Apurba was then under the custody of 13 Assam Rifles at Jairampur for statement recording.

Apurba Kakoty of Digboi Ramnagar was abducted on November 20 by a group of armed ULFA (I) rebels from a stone quarry at Jagun Ten Miles in Tinsukia district at around 6 pm. The victim is the son of Anjan Kakoty, employed at the stone quarry as the manager-cum-caretaker of the plant located along the Assam-Arunachal border between Jagun and Jairampur. Apurba was being escorted to his home town Digboi till filing of this report.

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