Guwahati, Feb 20: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), while expressing utter dismay over the declaration of a separatist armed outfit to execute two kidnapped individuals (an oil company employees) after the process of negotiations failed and asked the militant leaders not to indulge in such misadventure.
The forum in a statement also urged both the governments in New Delhi and Dispur to take the matter seriously.
Mentionable is that two employees of Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited namely Pranab Kumar Gogoi and Ram Kumar were abducted by armed cadres belonging to ULFA (Independent) from Diyun drilling locality in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh on 21 December 2020 and since then they are under their custody.
Lately, the outfit in association with NSCN-K, issued a statement in Assamese language stating that as their deadline had already expired, both Gogoi and Kumar would be executed. In a statement issued on 27 January, the ULFA (I) claimed that the death penalty would be imposed on both the captive employees if the oil company failed to pay the demanded amount of money by 16 February.
Later the banned outfit explained that talks between their leaders and company officials also resulted nothing in positive. So, the outfit would act on Gogoi, who hails from Sivasagar locality in eastern Assam, and Kumar hailing from Khagaria locality of Bihar as per their resolution. It also imposed a ban over the company across western parts of southeast Asian region and asked the employees to abandon the Haryana-based company.
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Enraged against various terror activities, the social media users have already scolded ULFA (I) leader Paresh Barua as being a curse for Assam and asked the militant leader to release the abducted engineers immediately. Lately State chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, also in charge of State home portfolio, and senior minister in his cabinet Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma also appealed to the outfit to release them on humanitarian grounds.
“PPFA strongly advocates for the release of Gogoi and Kumar without any harms to them. The peace-loving people of Assam will not forgive the militants for this misadventure. We also request the mainstream media outlets in Guwahati not to glorify the militants (beaming live coverage of Paresh Barua) along with their relentless unsolicited threats,” the PPFA statement said.
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ULFA-I sets Feb 16 deadline for release of abducted oil company officials
Published on January 27, 2021|News Source : Janambhumi News Desk
Guwahati, Jan 27: The banned United Liberation from of Assam (Independent) or ULFA (I) has set February 16 deadline for Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited to ‘make arrangement’ for release of its two abducted officials now in the custody of the ULFA-I and NSCN/GPRN outfits.
The ULFA-I in a statement emailed to the media here warned the company against exerting pressure engaging the Indian Army for release of the officials and cautioned of stern action against one of the abducted officials Ram Kumar from Bihar on February 17 in case the company fails to secure release of the officials by February 16 next.
The two officials were abducted from the company’s worksite in Arunachal Pradesh one month ago.
The ULFA-I further warned that it would ban Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited in Assam and the rest of the entire South East Asia and called upon indigenous people and organisations engaged by the company to look for alternative livelihood option.
The banned outfit further cautioned public sector Oil India Limited (OIL) against engaging Indian or foreign oil exploration/production companies in the oil fields of the region for rapid extraction of crude oil. The outfit stated that such oil companies would not be allowed to operate in the greater interest of preservation of natural resources of Assam and asked the locals engaged with such companies to look for other jobs.