IMPHAL, Dec 4: Barely four days after the counter economic blockade was lifted from the highways of the state at least 20 freight trucks bound for Dimapur from Imphal have been reportedly hijacked by suspected NSCN-IM militants from Karong, Senapati district today.
Reliable sources said that the trucks were hijacked this morning in between 7 am to 10 am, for their failure to pay annual tax to the outfit for one year.
Sources further disclosed that the militant group has also allegedly threatened the truck owners to burn their trucks if they fail to pay the taxes.
However there was no report of the hijack at the police concerned till the filing of this report.
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