According to Telegraph, five United Liberation Front of Asom
(ULFA)
militants
and
a
soldier
were
killed
during
an
encounter
between
a
joint
team
of
the
Army
and
Central
Reserve
Police
Force
personnel
and
militants
at
Mahina
village
in
the
Nalbari
district
on
October
25-night.
The
slain
militants,
including
one
identified
as
Corporal
Sanjit
Sarania,
belonged
to
the
‘709th
battalion’
of
the
ULFA.
One
kilogram
of
RDX,
four
pistols,
two
grenades,
one
radio
set,
29
rounds
of
live
ammunition,
one
K.G.
of
urea,
two
Improvised
Explosive
Devices
(IED),
nine
detonators,
five
magazines
of
Self
Loaded
Rifles
(SLR)
and
fuse
wires
were
recovered
from
the
encounter
site.
Separately, around 30 militants led by a self-styled
‘sergeant
major’
Rafel
Maradona of the ‘709th
battalion’
of
the
ULFA
declared
cease-fire
on
October
26
,
according
to
Assam
Tribune.
The
report
added
that
they
are
camping
at
a
designated
area
in
Moiradonga.
Meanwhile, security forces located a training
camp
run
by
the
ULFA
at
Bakapura
in
the
Sherpur district across the international border with Meghalaya.
The
camp
was
located
following
the
arrests
and
surrender
of
a
few
cadres
who
came
to
Assam from that camp. The report added
around
150
ULFA
militants,
including
middle
rank
leaders
such
as
Antu Chowdang, Pradyut Gohain and Drishti Rajkhowa, are hiding in
the
camp.
The
intelligence
sources
mentioned
that
the
ULFA
must
be
receiving
direct
or
indirect
help
from
the
Bangladeshi
Directorate
General
of
Forces
Intelligence
(DGFI)
or
from
the
Bangladesh
Rifles
(BDR)
as
it
would
not
have
been
possible
for
the
militant
group
to
run
a
camp
so
close
to
the
international
border.
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