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Kolasib police said here today Monilal Uddin(46) was freed by the abductors near a river in Assam around 0200 hrs and safely reached home at Zophai at around 1000 hrs.
Kolasib Superintendent of Police P C Lalchhuanawma said the abductors had earlier demanded a ransom for the safe release of their hostage, adding he believed that they set him free after realising that they would not get any penny from him.
Even though the kidnappers claimed to be members of the Assam's underground outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), police believed otherwise.
''They could not be members of ULFA. However, we don't have proof that they are Bru militants,'' the SP said.
This is the first incident of kidnap in Kolasib district in recent times, the SP added.