Three employees of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) were abducted in the early hours on Wednesday in Assam, news agency ANI reported. A complaint has been lodged by ONGC with the local police.

The employees including 2 Junior Engineer Assistants (Production) & a Junior Technician (Production) were abducted by unknown armed miscreants. The abduction took place on a rig site of ONGC in Lakwa field of Sivasagar district in Assam.

The employees were taken in a vehicle belonging to the company which was later found abandoned near the Nimonagarh jungles close to the Assam-Nagaland border.

In a statement, the company said, “3 ONGC employees, 2 Junior Engineer Assistants (Production) & a Junior Technician (Production) have been abducted by unknown armed miscreants in the early hours of 21 April 2021. The abduction took place on a rig site of ONGC in Lakwa field of Sivasagar District.

ONGC is India’s biggest oil and gas exploration and production company. The company has been exploring and producing oil and gas in Upper Assam since the early 1960s.

(Edited by : Pranati Deva)