State-owned
ONGC has informed exchanges that three employees have been abducted by unknown armed miscreants in the early hours of 21 April 2021. Among these employees, two are Junior Technicians (Production) and one is a Junior Engineering Assistant of ONGC.
The abduction took place on a rig site of ONGC in the Lakwa field of Sivasagar District.
ONGC said that the abducted employees were taken by the miscreants in an operational vehicle belonging to ONGC. Later, the vehicle was found abandoned near the Nimonagarh jungles close to the Assam-Nagaland border.
Further, ONGC added that a complaint has been lodged by ONGC with the local police. 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.
The state-owned company has been exploring and producing oil and gas in Upper Assam since the early 1960s.
At around 1.23 pm, ONGC was trading at Rs103.35 per piece up by 0.5% on Sensex.