{"id":100103,"date":"2020-04-18T02:32:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T21:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=100103"},"modified":"2020-04-18T02:32:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T21:02:49","slug":"kidnapped-businessman-rescued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/04\/18\/kidnapped-businessman-rescued\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnapped businessman rescued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kidnapped-businessman-rescued.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100130 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kidnapped-businessman-rescued.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a>[ Pisi Zauing ]<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>KHARSANG, Apr 17:<\/strong> A businessman from Namphuk Nalla here in Changlang district, who had been kidnapped for ransom by two suspected members of the Eastern Naga National Government (ENNG), was rescued on Thursday by a team of police and security forces.<br \/>\nThe businessman, Narendra Agarwal, was rescued after the arrest of one of the suspected kidnappers, identified as self-styled (SS) lieutenant Arem Tangha, a resident of New Shallang village in Changlang district. However, Tangha&#8217;s accomplice, Tujan Rekhong, SS ENNG general secretary, managed to escape.<br \/>\nThe duo had demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore for the businessman&#8217;s release.<br \/>\nThe police seized a Bolero car, along with a letter pad with the stamp of the ENNG, a knife, and a voter identity card, and registered a case against the kidnappers.<br \/>\nThe police team was led by Kharsang Police Station OC, Inspector KM Das.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, the ENNG has issued a statement denying Tangha and Rekhong being its members. Describing the duo as &#8220;criminals,&#8221; ENNG president R Stephen Naga said &#8220;anyone who works against the will of the public of the region and the government of India cannot be a member of ENNG.&#8221;<br \/>\nIn another case, in Manmao, a police team led by Inspector Kapseng Techi intercepted a drug peddler, identified as Tajen Jugli (32), during naka checking, and recovered suspected opium weighing 256 grams from his possession.<br \/>\nA case has been registered against him under the NDPS Act.<br \/>\nIn yet another incident, the 9th Assam Rifles recovered &#8220;war-like stores&#8221; from the general area of Old Shallang village in Changlang district. It is suspected that the stores had been hidden there by NSCN (R) area commander, SS major Khampong Jugli.<br \/>\nThe Assam Rifles team recovered an AK-56 rifle with magazine, 18 rounds of live ammunition, a rifle cover, and combat fatigues.<br \/>\nA case has been registered under the Arms Act at the Changlang police station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ Pisi Zauing ] KHARSANG, Apr 17: A businessman from Namphuk Nalla here in Changlang district, who had been kidnapped for ransom by two suspected members of the Eastern Naga National Government (ENNG), was rescued on Thursday by a team of police and security forces. The businessman, Narendra Agarwal, was rescued after the arrest of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-100103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}