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Itanagar: Suspected NSCN militants grabbed two workers from a construction site in Barap village late last night. The kidnappers struck around 11 p.m. at a site under the jurisdiction of the Lazu police station. A site supervisor and a mason were sleeping in their camp when the heavily armed group forced them away. Security forces fanned out across the area to track them down. They failed to find a trace of the victims.
This latest attack follows an earlier kidnapping in the region. Suspected militants snatched 31-year-old mason Abdul Kadir from a community hall project in Khasa village on September 23. Kadir hails from the Hojai district of Assam. Security agencies are now hunting through the Tirap, Changlang, and Longding districts. Officials believe the pattern points to a clear motive. "Security agencies suspect that extortion could be the possible motive behind both abductions."
Updated at 27th September 2026 at 5:47pm
The Barap village abduction hit the Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya school construction site around 8 p.m. on Friday. Tirap Superintendent of Police Aditya Singh confirmed that three armed cadres carried out the raid. Officials are still working to confirm the affiliation of the gunmen and the motive behind the targeting of this specific site near the India-Myanmar border.
Updated at 27th September 2026 at 9:50pm
A case is now on the books at Lazu Police Station. Security teams, including the Arunachal Pradesh Police, Assam Rifles, and the CRPF, have kicked off joint search operations to track the missing men. The search zone spans the border region where authorities are pushing to make contact with the victims.
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