Guwahati: Indian army in a joint operation with Assam Police apprehended one cadre and a link-man of the ULFA(I) outfit on Sunday.
The operation was carried out by Spear Corps .Warriors on a specific input about the movement of a suspected cadre with a weapon in the area of Phaltutola under Police station Joypur in Dibrugarh District of Assam.
The apprehended cadre has been identified as Yasin Khan (31), a resident of village Jagun, Naharkatia and the link-man Bintu Sharma( 33).
One 7.62 mm pistol with 4 rounds was also recovered from them. During the initial questioning both the apprehended persons confessed to having links with the ULFA (I) outfit. They have been handed over to the Police for further investigations.
Sources said that Ulf-I linkman and sympathisers are trying to recruit youths from the rural areas of upper Assam.
Meanwhile, their attempts were foiled many a times by the security forces.”Most of the cadres of Ulfa-I were from villages of upper Assam. The upper Assam is always been a soft target of the proscribed organisation,” said a source.
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