Imphal | August 29 : An engineer of the Manipur public works department (PWD) who was kidnapped by Kuki National Liberation Front (KNLF) on August 21 has been set free after eight days in captivity, according to a reliable source. The 53-year-old surveyor of the state Public Works Department (PWD), Wungshungmi Kasar, went missing after some unidentified armed persons visited him at his Sarkaphung residence under Litan police station in Ukhrul district on August 21 midnight.
A press statement issued on August 24 by Kuki National Liberation Front said that Wungshungmi Kasar is in the outfit’s custody and pointed out that there was nothing personal against him. “The organization is forced to take this measure against PWD as the department did not perform their development works despite several warnings,” said the statement signed by the outfit’s information and publicity secretary Lunglen few days ago. A reliable source today said that Mr Kasar has been released by KNLF after eight days of detention. The condition for the release of the official cannot be immediately known. A family source confirmed that no monetary demand was made for the release of the engineer.
It is widely assumed that release of Kasar could be because of the intervention of several civil society organizations such as TNL, TKS, TMNL, TSL, TNWL and the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Mapithal Rage Area formed in connection with the abduction. Several sit-in protests were staged at Litan junction and its adjoining areas to exert pressure for hi release.
These agitations condemned the abduction in the strongest possible terms and demanded his immediate release. With his release today, the aggrieved community finally heaved a sigh of relief and his family members expressed jubilation.
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