ULFA (I) Releases Kidnapped ONGC Employee in Nagaland
Ritul Saikia was released this morning by ULFA (I) militants near the Myanmar border in Longwa village of Mon district, Nagaland.
ULFA (I) chief Paresh Baruah. Photo: PTI
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Guwahati: Responding to an appeal from Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) freed ONGC employee Ritul Saikia, who they had kidnapped over a month ago.
Saikia, abducted on April 21, was released this morning by ULFA (I) militants near the Myanmar border in Longwa village of Mon district, Nagaland, a top official at Assam Police headquarters told PTI. He reached home late in the evening.
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Following an appeal from Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the banned United Liberation Front of Asom–Independent (ULFA-I) freed Ritul Saikia, an employee of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) who was kidnapped in Assam's Sivasagar district last month.
Abducted ONGC employee Ritul Saikia enters India
Ritul Saikia has entered the Indian territory at 7:10 AM on Saturday in Mon district along the Nagaland-Myanmar border. He was released by the ULFA-I on Friday morning
| 22 May 2021 5:53 AM GMT
Guwahati: Abducted ONGC employee Ritul Saikia has entered the Indian territory at 7:10 AM on Saturday, May 22 in Mon district, Nagaland along the India-Myanmar border. He was released by the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) on Friday morning.
After being released, Saikia told reporters on the Indian side that he has been walking for 3-4 hours at a stretch since Friday through very difficult terrain. The need for Saikia s release came within hours of Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma making a fervent plea to ULFA(I) chief Paresh Baruah to release the captivated ONGC employee.
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Guwahati, May 22
Kidnapped ONGC employee Ritul Saikia was released by ULFA(I) militants on Saturday morning in Myanmar near its border with India s Nagaland, police said.
Saikia, kidnapped on April 21, was released near the border in Longwa village of Mon district in Nagaland after 31 days, a top official at Assam Police headquarters told PTI.
He was released around 7 am on the Myanmar side and he walked around 40 minutes to cross to the Indian side, the Additional DGP-ranked official said. Saikia has been taken to the Mon police station by the Army and Nagaland Police. A team of the Assam Police is also present there and doing the formalities to bring him back home by today evening, he added.