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    4 Indians abducted from Nigeria oil rig

    In yet another case of those infamous Nigerian abductions for ransom, three young technicians from a village in south Tamil Nadu and one from Thane in Maharashtra were picked up along with two Polish crew by armed militants from an offshore rig off Port Harcourt in the oil-rich African country on Friday, according to information reaching here.

    "The Nigerian militants boarded the oil rig, Floating Production Storage & Offloading (FPSO) of Mystras at 6 am local time (1100 IST) and took away the six men, including two Polish nationals. They are demanding US$ 50 million. We are very worried," said Jaipal Sudarshan, brother of abducted Ajith Kamaraj