Aizawl, Jun 12 : Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla has held Bru militants responsible for the abduction of road construction company executives recently.
"The rebels were encouraged by the previous Mizo National Front (MNF) government, led by former chief minister Zoramthanga," he said.
Addressing a political session of the state PCC here on Saturday, Lal Thanhawla, who is also the president of the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee, said many people abducted during the MNF regime were released after payment of ransom.
He accused the MNF dispensation of instructing relatives of the abducted people to pay ransom to the now-disbanded Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) by pledging that the government would return the amounts.
"But in reality, the government never returned the money," Lal Thanhawla said.
Two executives of the Assam-based Anupam Bricks and Concrete Industries Limited (ABCIL) were abducted by suspected Bru militants from somewhere near Meidum village in the Bairabi area of Kolasib district along the Mizoram-Tripura-Assam border on June 6.
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