On September 8, Assam Police arrested three persons identified as Gautam Talukdar, Biki Thapa and Tapan Talukdar for engaging in extortion of money under the name of the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) from Guwahati in Kamrup (Metro) District of Assam, reports The Assam Tribune. Sources stated that the trio demanded an amount of INR 5,000,00 from a person identified as Prakash Bhagawati of Bagharbari in Guwahati.