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Text Size: A+ Guwahati: The New Delhi-headquartered Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited has agreed to create 5,000 jobs for Assamese youths to secure the release of their two employees abducted by the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) or ULFA(I), the mediator negotiating between the two sides has claimed. Speaking to ThePrint, Kaushik Phukan, the mediator, said the negotiation between the two sides concluded late Monday evening, adding that there would be no payment of ransom. “We have wrapped up the talks. We will have them (Quippo employees) back with us very soon. Both sides are positive. Quippo will create 5,000 jobs for eligible engineers from Assam,” Kaushik Phukan, the mediator between Quippo and ULFA, told ThePrint. He is the son of missing former mediator Rebati Phukan who was working to resolve issues between the Government of India and ULFA (I) through peace dialogue. ....
Text Size: A+ Guwahati: The kidnapping of two employees of the New Delhi-headquartered Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited by insurgents has come as a reminder of troubled times in Assam, when the ‘kidnapping-for-ransom’ strategy spread terror in the state. This time though, the crime is being seen as one of desperation. The two men drilling superintendent Pranab Kumar Gogoi, 51, and radio operator Ram Kumar, 35 were abducted by the United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent (ULFA-I) on 21 December from Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district, which borders Myanmar. Last Sunday, the banned outfit’s commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah called up journalists in Assam to say that it has “deferred action” against the two officials and that the “deadline set for their release has been extended”. This came after it had threatened to take the “ultimate action” against the hostages earlier in the week. ....
Text Size: A+ Guwahati: The commander-in-chief (c-in-c) of the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) or ULFA(I), Paresh Baruah, told ThePrint Friday that a “positive result” can be expected in the abduction of two employees of an oil firm, in the coming days. Speaking to ThePrint from an unknown number Friday, Baruah said “the negotiation is going on a good stead” with the New Delhi-headquartered Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited, where the two men are employed. “Maybe after two to three days, we can inform the media. We are hopeful to get some positive results,” he said. ....