Alleged links with ULFA(I), Chatra Mukti members detained for Interrogation in Tinsukia

Alleged links with ULFA(I), Chatra Mukti members detained for Interrogation in Tinsukia

Dhemaji: Assam police on Saturday detained two members of Chatra Mukti of Tinsukia Unit for their alleged involvement in burning the Indian National Flag and hoist the ULFA (I) flag at Laipulia area in Dhemaji District earlier on Thursday.

The two members of the Chatra Mukti Tinsukia unit identified as Champak Baruah (Vice President) alias Naku and Dishyank Gogoi alias Butu were apprehended from Panitola area in Tinsukia.

Assam Police earlier on Thursday apprehended four ULFA (I) cadres from Laipuliya area in Dhemaji.

Meanwhile, Sivasagar Police along with security forces under the supervision of Additional SP Bolin Deori apprehended a hardcore ULFA (I) cadre at Borpiyal Habi Village of Bokota Nemuguri Police Station under Demow Revenue Circle in Sivasagar District.

So far 6 ULFA (I) cadres, two linkmen arrested in the past 24 hours.

The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) is a militant outfit operating in the Indian state of Assam. It seeks to establish an independent state of Assam with an armed struggle in the Assam conflict. The Government of India banned the organization in 1990 citing it as a terrorist organization, while the United States Department of State lists it under "other groups of concern."

According to ULFA sources, it was founded on 7 April 1979 at Rang Ghar and began operations in 1990. Sunil Nath, former Central Publicity Secretary and spokesman of ULFA have stated that the organization established ties with the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland in 1983 and with Burma based Kachin Independent Army in 1987. Military operations against the ULFA by the Indian Army began in 1990 and continue into the present. On 5 December 2009, the chairman and the deputy commander-in-chief of ULFA were taken into Indian custody. In 2011, there was a major crackdown on the ULFA in Bangladesh, which greatly assisted the government of India in bringing ULFA leaders to talks. In January 2010, ULFA softened its stance and dropped demands for independence as a condition for talks with the Government of India.

On 3 September 2011, a tripartite agreement for "Suspension of Operations" against ULFA was signed between the Indian government, the Assam government and the ULFA.

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