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GUWAHATI: Assam police on Thursday said the third abducted employee of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is alive and in the custody of United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (Ulfa-I).
The third employee junior technician (production) Ritul Saikia was abducted with junior technician (production) Mohini Mohan Gogoi (35) and junior engineering assistant (production) Alakesh Saikia (28) on Wednesday. Mohini and Alakesh were rescued by the security forces on Saturday from Mon district in Nagaland. The third ONGC employee is still in Ulfa-I’s custody and is alive. We have got the location of the group. They are stuck along the Indo-Myanmar border. We are collecting information with the coordination of Assam Rifles and Nagaland police, director general of police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta told reporters.
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Last Updated: Apr 28, 2021, 06:37 PM IST
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Synopsis ONGC is also looking into strategic relationships and close alliances with key international players through (overseas arm) ONGC Videsh, the company said in a statement. Intention is to invite foreign participation to explore Category-II and Category-III basins which match size and scale of expectations and portfolio of these large players.
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The ONGC board approved Energy Strategy 2040 in April 2019 that outlines strategic growth initiatives across the energy value-chain.
India s flagship oil and gas producer ONGC on Wednesday said it is seeking foreign partners for yet-to-be-developed fields in lesser prospective areas but is shackled by uneconomic gas prices and tax structure.
2 rescued ONGC staffers Alakesh Saikia (left) and Mohini Mohan Gogoi at a press meet in Sonari on Sunday
GUWAHATI: Police on Sunday said the third abducted employee of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), who is yet to be rescued, is suspected to be in the custody of the banned militant outfit, the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent.
The third employee, junior technician (production) Ritul Saikia (33), was abducted along with junior technician (production) Mohini Mohan Gogoi (35) and junior engineering assistant (production) Alakesh Saikia (28) on Wednesday. Mohini and Alakesh were rescued by security forces on Saturday from the Mon district in Nagaland.
GUWAHATI: Two employees of ONGC were rescued after an encounter near the India-Myanmar border in Nagaland on Saturday, while a search for the third personnel is underway, Assam police chief Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said.
The three employees of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) were kidnapped by suspected ULFA(I) militants from the Lakwa oilfield in Sivasagar district along Assam-Nagaland border on Wednesday. An encounter took place in the forest of Mon district in Nagaland near the international border. Two ONGC employees have been rescued from there. A search operation for the third employee is on, Mahanta said.
The operation was carried out by a joint team of Nagaland Police, the Indian Army and other paramilitary forces, who were supported by intelligence inputs from Assam Police, he added.
The three employees of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) were kidnapped by suspected ULFA(I) militants from the Lakwa oilfield in Sivasagar district along Assam-Nagaland border on Wednesday.