Top ULFA-I militant killed in encounter in Assam’s Bongaigaon district, one of his aides arrested: Police

Thursday, 29 April 2021Newsdesk

A top militant of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) — self-styled commander Dwipen Saud — was killed during an encounter with security forces in Bongaigaon district of Assam on Thursday morning while one of his aides was arrested, state police said. Saud, 52, had joined ULFA-I in 1988.

New Delhi, 29 April 2021

As per news report of indianexpress.com, the development comes after three employees of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) were kidnapped from Assam’s Sivasagar district on April 21. Two of the three men have been rescued by security forces while the hunt is on for the third, Retul Saikia. The ULFA-I has said that Saikia was not in their custody and that they suspect he has either been killed in gunfire by the state security forces or kept in hiding by them.

Source -indianexpress.com