Assam cop among three held for alleged role in ONGC abduction

Three persons — including a constable of Assam Police Battalion (APBn) — were arrested on Monday for their alleged role in aiding the banned United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) in the abduction of three employees of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) from Assam’s Sivasagar district on April 21.

The arrests were confirmed by Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta in a series of tweets on Monday evening. “Three persons have been arrested so far who are found to be directly involved in the case in addition to some others linked with the banned organisation,” he wrote.