Police commandos rescue kidnapped doctor, nurse

Imphal, Sept 15 (PTI) Police commandos today rescued a kidnapped doctor and nurse of a primary health centre from the interior Bishenpur district of Manipur.

The commandos, supported by police personnel from Imphal West district, launched a manhunt and found the medical officer of Mekola primary health centre R K Joymati and nurse Kabita Devi from an isolated house in a field, police sources said.

The militants who were also hiding at a nearby house ran away on seeing the policemen, they said.

The duo were kidnapped yesterday from their office by unidentified militants, who posing as civilians, had asked them to accompany them to a nearby place to attend to a man injured in a road accident.

The two women were then taken to an unknown place at gunpoint, sources said.

A caller who claimed to belong to a militant outfit told the medical officer's family members that the two were kidnapped because state Health and Family Welfare Minister Ph Parijat refused to appoint two persons proposed by the militant outfit in the health department and also failed to give money demanded by them.