Silchar, Dec. 7: Police in Dima Hasao (formerly North Cachar Hills) have gained leads regarding the abduction of oil sector employees from the district on Saturday morning.
Dima Hasao superintendent of police V.K. Ramisetti told this correspondent from Haflong, the district headquarters, over phone today that he was hopeful that they would be able to locate the abductors’ hideouts and rescue the kidnapped persons soon. He, however, declined to give details as search operations were on.
Four junior employees of Om Survey, a private firm engaged by Indian Oil Tanking Ltd, a private oil exploration firm on contract with the public sector Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, were abducted by militants from a secluded forest area between Chhoto Manja and Boro Manja villages near Langting railway station while they were setting up a camp to serve as a base for identifying oil-drilling sites.
The abductors set free one of the employees that very day to carry their ransom demand of Rs 1 crore to the company. Of the three they held hostage, two are junior surveyors while the third is a Jorhat-based cook with the company.
The police, paramilitary forces and the army are continuing their search operation but their mobility is being impeded by the dense forests, Ramisetti said.
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