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ONGC employees’ abduction: Sonowal directs chief secretary, DGP to take urgent steps

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GUWAHATI, April 21: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has expressed deep concern over the abduction of ONGC employees, Mohini Mohan Gogoi of Demow, Ritul Saikia of Borhola and Alakesh Saikia of Jorhat, from Lakwa in Sivasagar by unidentified miscreants in the early hours of Wednesday.

Sonowal held an urgent meeting with chief secretary Jishnu Baruah and DGP Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta in this regard on Wednesday and directed urgent measures.

Additional DGP (law and order) G.P. Singh rushed to the area of incident following the chief minister’s direction and has started investigation, an official statement on Wednesday evening said.

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