Suspected militants release two Andhra engineers in Nagaland after receiving ransom

Two engineers, who were abducted by suspected militants in Nagaland, were released on today after their company paid the ransom money.

The engineers - Pratish Chandra from Vijayawada and Raghu from Nuzivid in Andhra Pradesh - were reportedly kidnapped from Dimapur on July 27.

They were working for Prudhvi Construction in Nagaland.

The special representative of Andhra Pradesh government, K. Ram Mohan Rao, confirmed that the engineers have been released.

"Ultimately the construction company has come forward and paid the money. Now they are already released. So according to my information they were kidnapped only to get money. Once they got, so they released them," said Rao.

Rao also thanked the Nagaland government for their cooperation.

The family of the two engineers came to know about the incident when they were called by them but later their mobile phones were switched off.

It is believed the militants were only demanding money as the engineers were immediately released as soon as they received the ransom. Reportedly, the third friend travelling with the other two engineers is still missing.