May 20, 2006 00:50 IST
United Liberation Front of Asom militants kidnapped an Oil India Limited engineer from Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district on Friday night, official sources said in Guwahati.
Drilling engineer K N Rao, was on his way from Duliajan to Barakuri to attend night shift when ultras intercepted his car at about 9 pm and abducted him, the sources said.
His driver was let-off by the abductors.
Senior police and OIL officials have rushed to the spot and launched a search operation to rescue the engineer.