As many as three persons have been allegedly abducted from Phinbiro in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, reports said on Sunday.

Reportedly, all the abducted men were deployed as workers in a coal field in Phinboro.

One of the abducted youths has been identified as Gyan Thapa. He was a resident of Hawaoipathar village under the jurisdiction of Lekhapani Police Station, sources added. Meanwhile, the other two were identified as Chandan Narzary and Lekhak Bora, both residents of Assam's Tinsukia.

According to the information received, the abducted workers were employed at the coal business belonging to Sibu Sarkar and Ranjit Thapa.

It has been suspected that some terrorist outfit is behind the kidnap of the three persons, sources said.

Arunachal Police acted swiftly and began a search for the trio. More details are awaited.