Incident Summary:

06/25/2013: Assailants abducted a supervisor for railroad construction from Tilapara-Bakenang, Meghalaya state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.

GTD ID:
201306250039

When:
2013-06-25

Country:
India

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Meghalaya

City:
Near Tilapara-Bakenang

Location Details:
The incident took place in North Garo Hills district.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Business
Name of Entity Unknown
Specific Description Supervisor: J. Narayan Rai
Nationality of Target India
Additional Information
Hostages Yes
Number of Hostages 1
US Hostages 0
Outcome Unknown
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Unknown
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators 2
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties Unknown
Total Number of Fatalities Unknown
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured Unknown
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Railway project supervisor abducted," Calcutta Telegraph, June 26, 2013.
"Railway supervisor abducted in Meghalaya," Headlines India, June 26, 2013.