2 Kidnapped ONGC Employees Rescued After Encounter Near Indo-Myanmar Border

The three employees of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) were kidnapped by suspected ULFA(I) terrorists from the Lakwa oilfield in Sivasagar district along Assam-Nagaland border on Wednesday.

Two employees of state-owned energy company ONGC were rescued after an encounter near the India-Myanmar border in Nagaland today, while a search for a third employee is underway, Assam police chief Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said. The three employees of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) were kidnapped by suspected ULFA(I) terrorists from the Lakwa oilfield in Sivasagar district along Assam-Nagaland border on Wednesday. "An encounter took place in the forest of Mon district in Nagaland near the international border. Two ONGC employees have been rescued from there. A search operation for the third employee is on," Mr Mahanta told news agency Press Trust of India. The operation was carried out by a joint team of Nagaland Police, the Indian Army and other paramilitary forces, who were supported by intelligence inputs from Assam Police, he added.