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.