Guwahati, Aug 23 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister SarbanandaSonowal today appealed to the Paresh Barua-led faction of theULFA to release the boy it had abducted on August 1 onhumanitarian grounds. "I appeal to the abductors to release the boy as ahumanitarian gesture. Our government believes that violencewill achieve nothing and we are committed to the peaceprocess," he told PTI. Kuldeep Moran, son of local BJP leader and Tinsukia ZillaParishad vice-president Lakheswar Moran, was kidnapped fromTinsukia district by the hardline faction of ULFA. It had yesterday released an ISIS-style video thatpurportedly showed the boy surrounded by armed and maskedmilitants and appealing to the Chief Minister and his familyto secure his early release. PTI ACB GVS DVGVS
Assam CM appeals for release of abducted boy
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