Updated: February 21, 2021 19:33 IST CM appeals for release of employees of oil exploration firm; activists slam ULFA for tarnishing Assam’s image Share Article AAA CM appeals for release of employees of oil exploration firm; activists slam ULFA for tarnishing Assam’s image The threat to take action against two of its hostages appears to have boomeranged on the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent). An anti-ULFA (I) mood has been building up in Assam ever since February 19, when the outfit issued a statement saying “final action” would be taken against two employees of a Delhi-based oil exploration firm its cadres had abducted from a drilling site in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district on December 21, 2020.