{"id":894408,"date":"2026-03-12T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nenow.in\/?p=494618"},"modified":"2026-03-12T01:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:45:00","slug":"manipur-21-naga-passengers-abducted-on-ukhrul-imphal-road-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2026\/03\/12\/manipur-21-naga-passengers-abducted-on-ukhrul-imphal-road-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Manipur: 21 Naga passengers abducted on Ukhrul\u2013Imphal road released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ukhrul\u2013Imphal road\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<figure><img width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ukhrul\u2013Imphal road\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2026-03-12T101658.197.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Imphal: Twenty-one Naga passengers abducted by suspected armed Kuki volunteers near Mongkot Chephu on the Ukhrul\u2013Imphal route were released and handed over to police on Thursday, officials reported. While the civilians were freed, their vehicles and mobile phones remain in captivity following tensions and cross-allegations of violence between community groups, prompting calls for peace. The [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-21-naga-passengers-abducted-on-ukhrul-imphal-road-released.html\">Manipur: 21 Naga passengers abducted on Ukhrul\u2013Imphal road released<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/\">NorthEast Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-21-naga-passengers-abducted-on-ukhrul-imphal-road-released.html\">https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-21-naga-passengers-abducted-on-ukhrul-imphal-road-released.html<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imphal: Twenty-one Naga passengers abducted by suspected armed Kuki volunteers near Mongkot Chephu on the Ukhrul\u2013Imphal route were released and handed over to police on Thursday, officials reported. While the civilians were freed, their vehicles and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20380],"tags":[34,319,20383,20381,20384,20382],"class_list":["post-894408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nenow","tag-manipur","tag-manipur-news","tag-nenow","tag-northeast-news","tag-northeastnow","tag-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894408"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":894604,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894408\/revisions\/894604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}