Militants abduct 3 ONGC staffers in Assam

Blurb: Locked 2 security guards posted at the site before bundling the three staffers into a vehicle

Guwahati/New Delhi, April 21

Five armed militants this morning abducted three employees of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) from a rig site in Assam using a company vehicle driven by a driver employed by the firm.

The militants, suspected to be belonging to the banned ULFA(I) group, later abandoned the vehicle and its driver near Nimonagarh jungle close to the Assam-Nagaland border, a company official said.

The incident occurred at the company’s remote rig site under the Lakwa oilfield in Sivasagar district of Assam around 1.30 am. The militants locked the two security guards posted at the site before bundling the three young employees into the company’s emergency-cum-medical vehicle stationed at the rig site to drive away.

Whereabouts of the kidnapped employees weren’t known and kidnappers haven’t made any contact with family or the company so far, the ONGC official said. — PTI