India, Oct. 7 -- Committee on Tribal Integrity (CoTU), a Kuki Zo-body, announced a 48-hour economic blockade on NH-2 (Imphal-Dimapur) from Monday midnight in protest against the government's alleged indifference over the suspected abduction of Kamginlen Chongloi of L Phaikot village in Leimakhong at Makhan Village near Indira Gandhi National Tribal University on October 2.

Makhan is a Liangmei Naga Village in Kangpokpi district.

The Kuki body, in a statement on Monday, expressed regret that even after the end of the 48-hour ultimatum given on October 4, the government has not resolved the matter.

"The reluctance of the Ministry of Home Affairs to address the security preparedness at the buffer zones between the two geographical divides...