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Police claim 'vital clues' in FCI official's kidnap
By IANS,
Apr 25, 2007 - 1:11:42 PM
Guwahati, April 25 - Assam Police claimed to have got vital clues in the kidnapping of Food Corp of India - executive director Phulchand Ram and hope to rescue him soon, said company officials Wednesday.
'We have been assured by the government that the needful was being done to rescue Ram. They - have got some leads although they are not disclosing details,' Alok Sinha, chairman-cum-managing director of FCI, told reporters here.
Militants of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom - allegedly abducted the official, along with his driver Rabiram Basumatary, from Guwahati April 17.
The driver was released Sunday near Barpeta Road town in western Assam.
Police earlier said the ULFA was demanding Rs.20 million as ransom for the release of the FCI official, who was in-charge of the firm's operations in the northeast, Bihar and Jharkhand.
Sinha said: 'We don't have any information of ransom being demanded and neither Ram's family members mentioned any such things to us.'
Sinha, who has been in Guwahati for the past two days, met Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and other top officials.
'All our staff are deeply anxious and anguished at the kidnapping although normal work is going on -,' Sinha said. 'I appeal to the abductors to release Ram without any delay.'
The abduction has led the FCI to seek more security for its staff and depots in the northeast. 'We have sought more security and have been assured by the government of appropriate measures,' he added.
There are an estimated 2,500 FCI employees in Assam.
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