GUWATATI: Even as the Assam Government headed by Hiteshwar Saikia continues to claim that ULFA has been contained and Peace brought back to the state, the militants have not given up ‘Clinching headlines in the local media.
There is a confirmed report that the ULFA, banned in 1990 and Split in 1992, was still continuing -recruitment of fresh blood while police continue to play hide and seek with the militants even in the of Guwahati city in an attempt to crush them and wipe them out.
On July 23rd Saturday evening a group of suspected ULFA activities and the city police were engaged in a pitched battle in a locality of central Guwahati, though the militants managed to
Escape leaving Iwo persons injured.
Meanwhile, ULFA has kept Hemorarn Keot, Commissioner, Tax Government of Assam in its custody for about 4 month now, with the Government finally insisting that Keot was abducted at the behest of a city-based editor ULFA militants have also not given up their enmity with the surrendered former comrades, which has Jed to the killing of several activists as well as surrenders in the resent weeks.
Article extracted from this publication >> July 29, 1994
