Summary:
Three employees of the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) were abducted by armed militant group ULFA-(I) from an oil rig site in Assam on Wednesday.
These employees were abducted from Lakwa Field of ONGC in the Sivasagar district of Assam.
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Three employees of the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) were abducted by armed militant group ULFA-(I) from an oil rig site in Assam on Wednesday.
These employees were abducted from Lakwa Field of ONGC in the Sivasagar district of Assam.
The company informed in a tweet, `3 ONGC employees, 2 Junior Engineer Assistants (Production) & a Junior Technician (Production) have been abducted by unknown armed miscreants in the early hours of 21 April 2021.
The abduction took place on a rig site of ONGC in Lakwa field of Sivasagar District`.
3 ONGC employees, 2 Junior Engineer Assistants (Production) & a Junior Technician (Production) have been abducted by unknown armed miscreants in the early hours of 21 April 2021.
The abduction took place on a rig site of ONGC in Lakwa field of Sivasagar District.
— ONGC (@ONGC_) April 21, 2021
All three employees are local Assamese.
He has been identified as Mohini Mohan Gogoi, Ritul Saikia and Alakesh Saikia.
The kidnappers belong to the banned ULFA (I) group of extremists.
Police said that according to the preliminary reports, a group of four to five heavily armed militants abducted the three persons at around 1:30 am.
An ONGC official said, “The safety of employees and their families has been reviewed at a high level and we are taking additional measures.