Suspected tribal militants kidnapped around 22 men, including engineers and technicians working on the Kachhi Canal Project, during a raid on a camp at the project site in Sui tehsil of Dera Bugti district on Friday. The kidnappers also burnt nine tractors and a bulldozer, which were being used in the construction of the canal, before fleeing with their hostages. “The abducted people did not resist the kidnappers,” a source said. However, a high-raking government official said the kidnappers burned only one tractor. He refused to give the exact number of those kidnapped. No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnappings. In a related development, security forces launched a massive search in Bhambore Hills to hunt for the kidnappers. Separately, official sources claimed that four activists of the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) had been arrested in connection with the terrorist activities in Quetta and elsewhere in Balochistan. “The arrests were made by a special team of the Anti-Terrorist Force (ATF) which had arrived in Quetta for the task,” the sources said, adding that those arrested were identified as Dil Murad, Sadad, Shahdad and Yousaf. Meanwhile, police said that they had arrested three Afghan nationals on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks in Balochistan, while also recovering a large explosives cache.