When antigovernment forces took control of his village, he was taken prisoner ​ — evidently someone had pointed him out as a former military man. He explained, however, that he was no longer a soldier but one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
विद्रोहियों ने उस पर आरोप लगाया कि उसके घर में हथियार छिपाए गए हैं, लेकिन खोज करने पर कुछ भी नहीं मिला ।