The person has been handed over to Arunachal Pradesh Police, Assam Rifles mentioned(Representational)
Guwahati: One of many two workers of a personal oil firm kidnapped by the ULFA from Arunachal Pradesh has been launched after 102 days in captivity, sources mentioned.
An announcement issued by Assam Rifles on Saturday mentioned a border patrol of the pressure in South Arunachal Pradesh intercepted a person crossing the India-Myanmar border in Changlang district, throughout border domination operations on April 3.
“The person was recognized as Pranab Kumar Gogoi, an worker of Quippo Oil and Gasoline Infra Ltd, who was earlier kidnapped from Inau, Arunachal Pradesh on 21 December 2020 by ULFA(I). The person has been handed over to Arunachal Pradesh Police at Longvi”, based on the assertion.
The opposite worker Ram Kumar, who hails from Bihar, has not been traced but.
The ULFA(I), which had claimed accountability of their kidnapping, nevertheless, was but to situation any assertion on their launch.
A senior police officer of Arunachal Pradesh mentioned the 51-year-old kidnapped worker was present in Longvi village on Saturday afternoon and after recording his assertion on the Jairampur police station, he has been despatched for medical examination.
He shall be handed over to his household after all of the formalities have been accomplished.
Ulfa (I) and NSCN (Okay) had taken Quippo’s drilling superintendent Pranab Kumar Gogoi (51) and radio operator Ram Kumar (35) from Kumchaikha hydrocarbon drilling web site close to Innao in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, which borders Myanmar.
Requested about Mr Kumar’s whereabouts, Mr Gogoi instructed reporters that the 2 have been stored collectively until they have been separated on March 4, after promising them that they’d be launched via totally different routes.
“After that I misplaced contact with him. I assumed he had been already launched however I got here to know on the police station that he was but to be launched”, he mentioned.
“I’ve come to know solely now that he has not been launched but,” Mr Gogoi, who hails from Assam’s Sivasagar district, mentioned.
He additionally mentioned that each of them have been supplied with new garments earlier than they have been separated and promised that they’d be launched.
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