Indian Army busts ULFA-I recruitment module, apprehends seven youths

GUWAHATI: The Indian Army has busted a recruitment module of the ULFA-I and apprehended seven youths, who were on their way to the outfit's training camps in Myanmar, defence officials said on Thursday.

A defence spokesman said that acting on a specific input of recruitment being carried out by United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent, a joint team of personnel from the Joypur Battalion of the Red Shield Division, along with the Sonari police, busted the module in Sivasagar district on Wednesday.

"Seven youths of Namtola (under Sivasagar district) were detained while they are on their way to the ULFA-I training camps across the Myanmar border. The group included a cadre who had earlier surrendered in 2016 and one who had already tried to join the banned outfit a couple of years back. During the operation, a pistol with ammunition was also recovered," the spokesman said.

He said that all the apprehended individuals have been handed over to the police and they have confessed to having been recruited by ULFA-I handlers, thus "breaking the myth of the unilateral ceasefire announced by the ULFA-I". (IANS)

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