Moni Kumar Chubba’s Kidnapped nephew, tea grower Ajay Raj released in Assam

Guwahati : Former Congress MP Moni Kumar Chubba’s kidnapped nephew and tea grower Ajay Raj was released in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Tuesday, police said.

Ajay, who kidnapped by suspected militants last week, returned to his home on early Tuesday.

The owner of a small tea garden arrived home after being dropped by kidnappers few kilometers away from his residence in the district.

”I did not know why I was kidnapped. But the armed youths told me that there was some misunderstanding and they were worried,” Ajay told IBNS.

Ajay was kidnapped on September 14 at gunpoint, when he was returning home from his plantation.

Meanwhile, police arrested eight people from Dirak near Kakapathar in the district in connection with his kidnapping.

”We launched a massive operation and caught the kidnappers’ gang,” a senior police official said.

The kidnappers were identified as Kula Chetia alias Mothong Chutia, Amrit Rai alias Manga, Tulen Hazarika, Pabitra Moran, Nipul Moran, Simanta Moran, Ratneswar Khatual and Dhanjit Chutia.

Police also recovered Rs 1 lakh 52 thousand in cash from the nabbed gang.