Guwahati : Former Congress MP Mani Kumar Chubba’s nephew was kidnapped by suspected United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Wednesday, police said.
Ajay Raj Chubba, a tea garden owner and nephew of Mani Kumar, was kidnapped at gunpoint from Bordubi Chariali area, while he was driving home from his tea garden at midnight.
Top police and civil officials have rushed to the spot and launched a massive search operation to trace the abducted tea planter.
?So far, we have no information where the kidnappers took Ajay,? a police official said.
The activists of All Assam Gorkha Students Union blocked road at Bahadur Chariali and closed all shops, market places to protest against Ajay’s abduction.