Dimapur, Aug. 14 -- Five abductors belonging to various factions were arrested by Dimapur Police from the Purana Bazaar area in Nagaland on August 11, according to a press release issued by Dimapur DCP (Crime) on Thursday.

Police stated that the five arrested cadres had abducted three non-local individuals on the night of August 10, demanding a ransom of Rs 2 lakh.

Upon receiving the information, Dimapur Police swiftly launched a rescue operation, successfully rescuing the victims and arresting the five suspected cadres involved in the crime. A case has been registered in this connection, and further investigation is underway.

In a separate incident, police arrested Toka Sumi, a self-styled deputy kilonser of the NSCN-R (Wangtin), from...