GUWAHATI: The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (Ulfa (I)) abducted three personnel of ONGC from one its oil fields at Lakuwa in Assam’s Charaideo district early morning on Wednesday.
Police said that according to preliminary reports, a group of four to five heavily armed militants abducted the three persons at around 1.30 am.
The abducted persons are Mohini Mohan Gogoi, Alakesh Saikia and Ritul Saikia. The outfit called up ONGC authorities to inform about the abduction.
Ulfa(I) had earlier in December last year abducted two employees of Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure limited from Changlang district in Arunachal Pradesh.
Read more:Army chief Gen MM Naravane says ready to target PoK if asked
Drilling superintendent Pranab Kumar Gogoi and radio operator Ram Kumar, both employees of the Delhi-based Oil exploration company- Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited – were abducted by the banned outfit on December 21 at gunpoint from the Kumchaikha drilling site in Innao area of Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district.
The duo was released on April 3.
