Assam militants claim they released two ONGC employees, suspect third was killed in firing
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On 21st April the employees were abducted from the work over rig site of ONGC located within Lakwa T.E. Cholapather grant under Sivasagar district.
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Outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) militants claimed that it has released two
ONGC employees kidnapped by outfit and suspects third employee’s “killing” in firing or is being hidden by security forces.
On 21st April the employees were abducted from the work over rig site of ONGC located within Lakwa T.E. Cholapather grant under Sivasagar district.
GUWAHATI: Suspected Ulfa (I) rebels on Wednesday abducted three ONGC employees from a rig site at Lakwa field in Assam’s Charaideo district early on Wednesday morning.
Five armed men took the employees in the company’s ambulance towards the Assam-Nagaland border from their workplace at 1.30am.
Ulfa (I) has not yet claimed responsibility for the abduction. Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal directed the chief secretary and DGP to take all steps to rescue the victims.
“3 ONGC employees, 2 junior engineer assistants (production) & a junior technician (production) have been abducted by unknown armed miscreants,” the company tweeted.
Last December, Ulfa (I) had abducted two employees of Quippo Oil from Arunachal Pradesh. They were released nearly four months later.
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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) had budgeted Rs 32,502 crore of capital spending in the fiscal from April 2020 to March 2021 but ended up spending only Rs 26,441 crore, according to the report of the oil ministry s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC).
A company official said the lower than targeted Capex was because of project implementations getting delayed.
Oil and gas producer
ONGC spent about one-fifth less than its budget Capex in 2020-21 fiscal after COVID-19 related restrictions delayed projects but fuel marketers such as IOC exceeded targeted capital spending, a government report showed.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) had budgeted Rs 32,502 crore of capital spending in the fiscal from April 2020 to March 2021 but ended up spending only Rs 26,441 crore, according to the report of the oil ministry s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC).
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The PSU, in a statement, said that the three employees have been abducted by unknown armed miscreants in the early hours of Wednesday from a rig site of ONGC in Lakwa field of Sivasagar.
3 ONGC employees abducted by suspected ULFA militants in Assam
ONGC) were on Wednesday kidnapped by suspected ULFA(I) militants from its Lakwa oilfield in Sivasagar district along the Assam-Nagaland border.
The PSU, in a statement, said that the three employees have been abducted by unknown armed miscreants in the early hours of Wednesday from a rig site of ONGC in Lakwa field of Sivasagar.
The three employees have been identified as M M Gogoi and Ritul Saikia both junior technicians (production) and Alakesh Saikia, a junior engineering assistant, an ONGC spokesperson told PTI.
Three ONGC Employees Abducted in Assam
Whereabouts of the kidnapped employees were not known and kidnappers have not made any contact with the family or the company so far, a source in ONGC said.
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New Delhi: Three employees of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) were abducted by unknown armed militants from a rig site in Assam on Wednesday, the company said.
The employees were abducted in a company vehicle from the Lakwa field of Sivasagar district, in Assam.
“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,” the company said in a tweet.