DIBRIGARH: Rupam Asom , operational commander of the banned Ulfa (Independent), was arrested Saturday from Lekhapani forests in Assam's Tinsukia along the border with Arunachal Pradesh, reports Rajib Dutta.
The self-styled "brigadier" of the insurgent group was a key figure behind multiple attacks in the two states, including 2018 killing of Bhaskar Kalita, officer-in-charge of Bordumsa police station in Arunachal. In 2020, NIA had filed a chargesheet against Asom and six other Ulfa (I) operatives in the murder case. Tinsukia SP Abhijit Gurav described Asom's capture as a "major success".
A firearm and other incriminating materials were seized from Asom while search operations are still going on in the Lekhapani forests from where the Ulfa (I) insurgent was smoked out, police said. "We expect more recoveries and are working to nab other members of his group," Gurav said.
The self-styled "brigadier" of the insurgent group was a key figure behind multiple attacks in the two states, including 2018 killing of Bhaskar Kalita, officer-in-charge of Bordumsa police station in Arunachal. In 2020, NIA had filed a chargesheet against Asom and six other Ulfa (I) operatives in the murder case. Tinsukia SP Abhijit Gurav described Asom's capture as a "major success".
A firearm and other incriminating materials were seized from Asom while search operations are still going on in the Lekhapani forests from where the Ulfa (I) insurgent was smoked out, police said. "We expect more recoveries and are working to nab other members of his group," Gurav said.
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