{"id":10751,"date":"2021-04-24T11:30:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerising.in\/?p=10751"},"modified":"2021-04-24T11:06:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T05:36:42","slug":"indian-army-assam-rifles-rescue-2-kidnapped-ongc-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/indian-army-assam-rifles-rescue-2-kidnapped-ongc-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Army, Assam Rifles rescue 2 kidnapped ONGC employees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dispur, April 24: <\/strong>In a rescue operation on Friday night, the Indian Army along with Assam Rifles troops rescued two employees of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in Mon district was kidnapped earlier this week. The operations are still in progress to trace the third abductee.<\/p>\n

The rescued employees were identified as Alakesh Saikia and Mohini Mohan Gogoi. The police recovered one AK 47 from the area.<\/p>\n

This comes after on Friday Assam police said it has received specific information that the banned ULFA<\/a> <\/span>(Independent) was involved in kidnapping three ONGC employees from Sivasagar earlier this week and 14 linkmen and sympathizers of the outfit have been arrested so far in this connection.<\/p>\n

As per the reports, three men have whisked away in an ambulance. And there is specific information that the kidnapping was carried out by ULFA(I) under the command of its self-styled major Ganesh Lahon @ Purna Lahon and his accomplices Aidyaman Asom @ Moniram Borgohain and Pradip Gogoi @ Akon, an Assam police release said.<\/p>\n

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Also Read:<\/span> 3 ONGC employees abducted by suspected extremist group in Assam<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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The 14 arrested ULFA (I) linkmen and sympathizers had allegedly helped the banned outfit directly or indirectly. Assam Special Director-General of Police G P Singh, who is camping in Sivasagar since the kidnapping on Wednesday to supervise the rescue operations, said an ambulance was used to take away the three ONGC employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cUse of ambulance by ULFA for kidnapping the ONGC employees – especially during the pandemic, is reprehensible”,<\/strong> Singh tweeted.<\/p>\n

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At last, some good news regarding the abduction of the 3 ONGC employee by ULFA. As mentioned in our Press Release, we confirm that the kidnapping was done by the ULFA (I) under command of SS Maj Ganesh Lahon and his accomplices.(1\/4)#ONGC<\/a> #Assam<\/a> #NagalandPolice<\/a> #57mountaindiv<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/d0UY4WWo0p<\/a><\/p>\n

— DGP Assam (@DGPAssamPolice) April 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n