Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma meets abducted ONGC employee Ritul Saikia’s family members
First Published: 18th May, 2021 15:19 IST
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday met the family members of ONGC employee Ritul Saikia who was abducted by ULFA (I) militants from Lakwa in Sivasagar district on
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday met the family members of ONGC employee Ritul Saikia who was abducted by ULFA (I) militants from Lakwa in Sivasagar district on April 21.
CM Sarma along with Rajya Sabha member Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, Lok Sabha MPs Pallab Lochan Das and Topon Kumar Gogoi met the wife and parents of the abducted employee at their residence at Titabor in Jorhat district.
He assured the family about government’s consistent efforts to rescue the abducted employee.
“Along with MPs @KamakhyaTasa @pallablochandas @ToponKumarGogo1 we visited abducted Ritul Saikia’s house at Titabar, Jorhat to meet and assure the family that the Govt is firmly behind them in these trying times, and we are doing best to rescue Saikia at the earliest,” Sarma tweeted.
Along with MPs @KamakhyaTasa @pallablochandas @ToponKumarGogo1 we visited abducted Ritul Saikia’s house at Titabar, Jorhat to meet and assure the family that the Govt is firmly behind them in these trying times, and we are doing best to rescue Saikia at the earliest. pic.twitter.com/9DX3M4Jmy3
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 18, 2021
Saikia and two other employees of the ONGC was abducted by United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) militants on April 21. The security forces rescued two of the abducted employees — Junior technician Mohini Mohan Gogoi and junior engineering assistant Alakesh Saikia — after a gunfight with their abductors near Totokchingnyu village in Nagaland’s Mon district on April 23 night. However, mystery shrouded over the fate of the third employee — Ritul Saikia.
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