Anti-Talks faction
of faction of the United
Liberation Front of Asom
(ULFA-ATF)
has sent an extortion note
of INR five million to Golokganj
Member of Legislative Assembly
(MLA) and Parliamentary
Secretary (Environment and
Forest) Abu Taher Bepari,
reports The Sentinel
on July 9. The letter
bears the signature of hardcore
militant Drishti Asom [Rajkhowa]
and it came by post 10 days
back. It is suspected that
the letter was posted in
Goalpara District. Police
investigation into the incident
is on and on preliminary
investigation Police apprehended
that the demand note is
not a fake one. Assam
Tribune further adds
that the extortion note
also states that the MLA
has to pay INR two million
every year from now onwards.
Meanwhile, ULFA-ATF
slammed the State Government
and blamed it for attacking
Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti
(KMSS) leader Akhil Gogoi
in Nalbari District, reports
Times of India. Akhil
Gogoi was attacked on July
6 in Nalbari District when
he was surveying flood-affected
areas of Purni village in
Dharmapur constituency.
Police has arrested a Congress
worker Tapan Barman for
his alleged involvement
in the attack
Separately, senior
arrested Maoist leader Pallab
Barbora has revealed to
National Investigation Agency
(NIA) the fact that the
Central Committee of Maoists
had instructed its counterpart
in Assam to intensify their
presence and involvement
into the local mass movements
instead of armed operations,
reports Asian Age.
Barbora further revealed
the Maoists had recently
organized a training camp
of nearly 50 new recruits
in Arunachal Pradesh. The
news report quotes Security
sources saying that Maoists
cadres have also planned
several seminars and debates
in Barak Valley to propagate
their theory of exploitation
by the state.
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