ULFA (I) releases abducted ONGC employee Ritul Saikia, reaches Nagaland

GUWAHATI: The United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) has released the employee of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ritul Saikia at 7. 5 am this morning along the India-Myanmar border.

They have now reached Mon district in Nagaland and Ritul Saikia will be reaching home soon.

It needs to mention that Ritul Saikia has been released by the banned outfit earlier yesterday, but due to rainy weather and hailstorm, they could not move further. But interrogation is underway and Saikia is on his way to home.

The ULFA-I announced on May 20 that it will release Ritul Saikia within the next few days and Saikia shall be soon reunited with his family.

ALSO READ: Tripura Exports Jackfruits To United Kingdom

The move from the outfit came after Assam chief minister  Himanta Biswa Sarma recently appealed to ULFA(I) Chief Paresh Baruah to release Saikia at the earliest.

On April 21, three ONGC workers, including Saikia, were kidnapped from a rig site in Sivasagar.

Security forces in Nagaland rescued the other two abductees, Mohini Mohan Gogoi and Alakesh Saikia, three days later.

Ritul Saikia is a junior engineer assistant in ONGC.

On Tuesday, CM Sarma paid a visit to Ritul Saikia's home in Titabor, assuring the family that the state government will do everything possible to return their son to them as soon as possible.

Follow us on Facebook