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Chances Of Peace Dawning In Assam Brighten With ULFA(I)âs Peace Overtures To Himanta Biswa Sarma
by Jaideep Mazumdar - May 21, 2021 11:47 AM
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (Twitter)
Snapshot
This is the proscribed outfitâs third ceasefire offer. The first was in 1991 close on the heels of âOperation Bajrangâ launched by the army.
The second was in 2006 when the Union government under prime minister Manmohan Singh extended an invitation to ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa for talks.
A little over 42 years since the formation of the
United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), chances of permanent peace dawning on Assam have brightened with the
The encounter took place this morning at around 5:30 AM.
Guwahati, Assam:
Top leader of the United Liberation Front of Asom -Independent (ULFA-I), Dwipen Saud, was gunned down this morning after a fierce gun battle with the security forces in western Assam s Bongaigaon district.
Dwipen Saud was the banned outfit s newly appointed western command chief. He was appointed after former deputy commander-in-chief Drishti Rajkhowa surrendered in November.
Shortly after the encounter, doctors at Bongaigaon Civil Hospital said Dwipen Saud was brought dead .
Padum Rai, another outfit member, has been taken into the custody along with two guns, a grenade, and several mobile phones.