Indian army claims success in anti-ULFA operation
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, April 13, IRNA
Indian-Army-ULFA
The Indian army Friday claimed it had achieved a major success in its operations against the ULFA (United Liberation Front for Assam) in northeastern state of Assam by breaking the backbone of the banned group's strike force, the "28 battalion".
"As many as 20 top ULFA ultras, including 16 from the 28 battalion, have been killed in the past fortnight. This is a severe blow which has broken their backbone," Maj Gen N C Marwah, general officer commanding of the 2 Mountain Brigade that is heading counter-insurgency operations in upper Assam, told PTI in Dbrugarh.
The army, after intensifying its operations in upper Assam, particularly after the massacre of Hindi-speaking people by the ULFA in January, scored several successes including the recent gunning down of eight rebels in Manabhum reserve forest of neighboring Arunachal Pradesh, he said.
After the operations in Manabhum, the 28 battalion was in disarray as most cadres of its "Charlie company", who were active in the upper Assam districts of Tinsukia and Dibrugarh as well as Arunachal Pradesh, were either captured or killed.
Meanwhile, a senior army officer who recently took a media team on an aerial survey of suspected ULFA hideouts on the Manabhum-Myanmar border and in Dibru Saikhowa wildlife sanctuary, claimed the force had intercepted satellite telephone messages of the ULFA revealing their plans for major strikes after the Bihu festival.
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