On May 14, three United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) militants were arrested from Tarani Reserve Forest in Tinsukia District of Assam, tweets Eastern Army Command. An AK 56, AK-81, and HK rifle along with ammunition and two grenades were recovered from the militants. CNBC News 18 adds that the arrested militants were identified as ‘corporal’ Tiger Asom alias Bubul Moran, Binondo Dahotia alias Swadesh Asom and Chandrakant Borgohain alias Tipong Asom. Tiger Asom was involved in the killing of an Assam Police officer Bhaskar Kalita in 2018.
Additionally, according to Army sources two ULFA-I militants were wounded in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in Tinsukia District of Assam in the previous week, reports CNBC News 18 on May 15.