Imphal, May 15 : The son of a professor of Central Agriculture University has been kidnapped by militants for a huge ransom at Iroisemba in Manipur's Imphal West district, police said here today.
Militants abducted Roshan, 20-year-old son of professor N Iboton, at gun point yesterday from their house and demanded a ransom of Rs 30 lakhs for his safe release, they said.
Iboton was in charge of construction of some university buildings and the militants demanded five per cent of the construction cost, police said. Efforts were on to trace the whereabouts of Roshan, they added.