ULFA-I released Ritul Saikia at around 7am near the Indo-Myanmar border in Longwa village of Mon district in Nagaland on Saturday morning. He walked for about 40 minutes to reach the Indian side from Myanmar area.
A top official told PTI, “Saikia has been taken to the Mon police station by the Army and Nagaland Police. A team of the Assam Police is also present there and doing the formalities to bring him back home”.
ULFA(I) militants kidnapped three employees of the Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on April 21 from the Lakwa oilfield in Sivasagar district along the Assam-Nagaland border.
Two employees, Mohini Mohan Gogoi and Alakesh Saikia, were rescued on April 24 near the India- Myanmar border in the Mon district of Nagaland.
Heartily welcome release of Ritul Saikia, ONGC employee abducted by ULFA, early today! Grateful to Honble UHM @AmitShah for constant guidance.
Hope an era of peace & development is firmly established in state with cooperation of one and all. Pray to Almighty for His Blessings pic.twitter.com/9kjuVTNKhb— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 22, 2021
ULFA-I releases abducted ONGC official Ritul Saikia at Lungwa near Indo-Myanmar border at around 0715h. He was escorted by army and police to Mon town, Nagaland. pic.twitter.com/Oz6NLxlhjb
— Karishma Hasnat (@karishmahasnat) May 22, 2021