Two of the three abducted ONGC employees were rescued in a joint operation involving the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, Nagaland Police and village guards from near the Indo-Myanmar border in Mon district of Nagaland on Friday night.
The trio M.M. Gogoi (Sivasagar district), Ritil Saikia (Golaghat district) and Alokesh Saikia (Jorhat district) were abducted by suspected Ulfa( I) cadres from the ONGC’s rig site at Lakwa in Sivasagar district on April 21 night by a group of five armed cadres belonging to the proscribed outfit.
Assam DGP B.J. Mahanta in a series of tweets broke the “good news” and how security forces rescued two of the victims (Mohini Mohan Gogoi and Alokesh Saikia) from near the international border and that efforts were on to rescue the third victim Ritil Saikia.
Nagaland: Security Forces Rescue Two Of The Three Abducted ONGC Officials
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Mohini Mohan Gogoi (L) Alakesh Saikia (R) Dipankar Roy 2021-04-24T12:15:21+05:30 Nagaland: Security Forces Rescue Two Of The Three Abducted ONGC Officials outlookindia.com 2021-04-24T14:28:48+05:30
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Troops of the Assam Rifles and Naga Territorial Army on Saturday rescued two of the three abducted ONGC officials, who were being held hostage by Ulfa (I) militants in Nagaland’s Mon district.
The two rescued officials are Alakesh Saikia and Mohini Mohan Gogoi. A rescue operation is underway to free the third official, Ritul Saikia.
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| 24 April 2021 5:52 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: In a major development from the Indian Army and Assam Rifles, two of the three Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) employees who were abducted by the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) have been rescued in the Mon district of Nagaland on Friday night.
According to reports, the joint operation began on April 23 night when two abducted employees identified as Alakesh Saikia and Mohinimohan Gogoi were rescued by the team.
ONGC kidnapping: Assam Police review security in OIL, ONGC locations
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On 21st April outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) militants kidnapped three persons from a work over rig site of ONGC located within Lakwa T.E. Cholapather grant under Sivasagar district.
Five militants came to the site and kidnapped the ONGC staff in an Ambulance kept in the site.
Following the kidnapping of three employees of ONGC, Assam police has asked all Superintendents of Police of upper Assam districts to review the security arrangements of OIL and
ONGC infrastructures under their jurisdiction, especially those located in interior places.