India News | Man Abducted from Tripura-Mizoram Border Village

Agartala, Nov 29 (PTI) A 35-year-old man was abducted at gunpoint from Joyrampara, a remote village near Tripura- Mizoram border, police said on Sunday.

Amal Debbarma, Officer-in-charge of Damcherra police station, said that a massive search operation has been launched in the area to rescue him.

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The victims wife informed the police that a group of people with firearms and lethal weapons raided their house in North Tripura district on Friday night, looted jewellery, cash and abducted her husband Litan Nath, Debbarma said.

The abductors also demanded Rs.1.5 lakh as ransom for release of Litan Nath, police said.

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