Assam cop arrested in ONGC staff abduction case

Special Representative

GUWAHATI, April 26 2021: An Assam Police constable was arrested Monday from Sadiya district in eastern most Assam in connection with the recent abduction of three ONGC employees.

The constable, Basanta Buragohain and a resident of Chapakhowa at Sadiya in Tinsukia district, is currently in police custody. He is being interrogated.

It may be mentioned that three ONGC employees were abducted by ULFA (I) cadres from the Romonia workover rig at Lakwa in Sivasagar district in the wee hours of April 21.

However, two of them, Alakesh Saikia and Mohini Mohan Gogoi, were rescued in a joint operation by Indian Army and Assam Rifles from Mon district of Nagaland Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, security forces have launched counter insurgency operations to trace the third employee Ritul Saikia.