Abduction issue rocks Mizo House

AIZAWL, April 18: Recent abduction of four people by Manipur's Hmar People's Convention - Democrats (HPC-D) on Tuesday rocked Mizoram Assembly as Opposition members accused the state government of being unable to protect the border areas, reports PTI. Irate members, during a discussion of budgetary demands of the Home ministry, said that the state government had "tied" the hands of the State police to effectively combat the rebels who operated from across the borders. R Lalzirliana of Congress said that the HPC-D militants had kidnapped more than ten people in three separate incidents during the past one year but the State government had done nothing to stop them. Opposition members alleged that massive misutilisation of manpower by top politicians and officials in the Police Department damaged the morale of the police force. Meanwhile, Home Minister Tawnluia said that the state government has been doing everything in its power to secure the release of two employees of Power Grid Corporation of India and two employees of the State PWD abducted by HPC-D militants on Wednesday from Mizoram-Manipur border area.