Militants want Rs 5 cr to free employee of telecom firm

Mandal was part of a four-member team working in Mizoram under a contract for Airtel when he,along with two others,was abducted near an abandoned anti-poaching camp in Mizorams Mamit district and taken into the jungle on the other side of the International Border.

Officials of TNS met with officials in Mizoram and visited West Phaileng,the town closest to the place he was abducted from earlier this week to take stock,a senior Airtel official said.

The ransom demand was made to TNS and not Airtel,he added. TNS officials could not be reached for comment.