Two of three ONGC employees rescued in joint operation by Army, Assam Rifles
Two of three ONGC employees rescued in joint operation by Army, Assam Rifles
Two abducted ONGC employees were rescued from Nagaland s Mon district in joint operation by Army that began Friday night.
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The rescued abductees have been identified as Alakesh Saikia and Mohini Mohan Gogoi.
The Indian Army along with Assam Rifles rescued
The rescued abductees have been identified as Alakesh Saikia and Mohini Mohan Gogoi.
The operation is underway. One AK-47 rifle was recovered from the site.
Three employees of the company were allegedly abducted by suspected armed militants early on Wednesday from a rig site in Lakuwa field of Assam’s Sivasagar district.
Abduction of ONGC staff work of handiwork of ULFA (Independent): Assam additional DGP
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Five armed people whisked away the employees in a Medical Emergency Response Vehicle stationed at the site belonging to ONGC. Later, the vehicle was found abandoned near the Nimonagarh jungles close to the Assam-Nagaland border.
Following abduction of three officials of
ONGC, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) G. P. Singh said that this handiwork of outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent).
Singh told mediapersons, “Investigation is on, it appears that United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) is involved in the incident. We have identified some cadres and over ground workers of the outfit.”
3 ONGC employees have been abducted in Assam. (Representative image)
Three employees of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) were abducted by suspected armed militants early on Wednesday from a rig site in Lakuwa field of Assam’s Sivasagar district.
The abducted ONGC employees, including two Junior Engineer Assistants (Production) and one Junior Technician (Production), were taken by a group of armed militants in an operational vehicle that belongs to ONGC.
Later, the vehicle was found abandoned near the Nimonagarh jungles close to the Assam-Nagaland border. The militants had abducted the three ONGC employees from Romonia work over RIG in Lakuwa area.
Suspected ULFA leaders abducted three ONGC officials, say district SP ANI | Updated: Apr 21, 2021 16:15 IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 21 (ANI): Suspected United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leaders have abducted three employees of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) from a rig site at the Lakwa field in Assam s Sivasagar district, Superintendent of Police (SP) Amitava Sinha said.
The abducted employees identified as Mohini Mohan Gogoi (Junior Technician), Ritul Saikia (Junior Technician) and Alakesh Saikia (Junior Engineering Assistant.)
All of them were Assamese and an investigation into the matter has initiated, said the SP.
The incident took place in the early hours of Wednesday at a rig site in the Lakwa field.
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New Delhi, April 21
Three employees of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Wednesday were kidnapped by armed militants from a rig site in Sivasagar district of Assam, the company said.
The militants, suspected to be belonging to banned ULFA (I) group, kidnapped the employees in a company vehicle from the Lakwa field in Sivasagar district.
The vehicle was later found abandoned near the Nimonagarh jungle close to the Assam-Nagaland border.
A senior ONGC official said the company had filed a complaint with the local police and beefed up security at installations in Assam. A high-level review of security of employees and their families has been held and we are taking additional measures, the official said, refusing to elaborate on the steps being taken. We are also taking help from the local police.