Sunday, February 8, 2015

Ransom demanded for release of BRTF hostages

Almost a week after two employees of the Border Road Task Force (BRTF) were abducted from Mizoram-Bangladesh border, a ransom has been demanded for their release, the police said on Saturday.
The abductors informed the BRTF officials posted in Mizoram-Bangladesh border’s West Phaileng village that they would have to pay ransom for the release of the two hostages. Hokum Singh of Haryana and Mohammed Buizul Islam of Aizawl were abducted by suspected Bru Democratic Front of Mizoram (BDFM) goons and NLFT militants combine on Monday from Mizoram-Bangladesh border’s Mamit district.
The armed abductors escaped and have kept the captives inside Bangladesh since then, the police said.