Three employees of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) have been abducted on April 21, the company said. Two Junior Engineer Assistants (Production) and a Junior Technician (Production) were kidnapped from a rig site of ONGC in Lakwa field of Sivasagar District in Assam, ONGC said.
The company has filed a police complaint, and a probe is underway.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.
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"The abducted employees were taken by unknown armed miscreants in an operational vehicle belonging to ONGC. Later, the vehicle was found abandoned near the Nimonagarh jungles close to the Assam-Nagaland border,” the company added.
Higher officials of the State Police are on the site. The local administration has been informed about the incident, and ONGC is in constant touch with the higher authorities, ONGC said.
ONGC has been exploring and producing oil and gas in Upper Assam since early 1960s.