Indigenous people assault incident: Pro-talk ULFA leaders threaten to take up arms again

The statement came from the pro-talk ULFA leaders after another Silapathar like situation created in the middle Assam’s town Nagaon.

According to the reports, a surrendered ULFA was allegedly assaulted and severely wounded him by a gang of youths including a BJP leader of a particular community inside a commercial establishment in the middle Assam’s town Nagaon few days back.

Following the incident, Nagaon police had arrested the wounded person and his three associates after the proprietor the shop filing an FIR against them for a dacoity attempt.

Protest against the incident, several organizations on Friday had organized a protest rally and demanded the district administration and state government to arrest the culprits immediately.

Pro-talk ULFA leader Arobinda Rajkhowa said that, the present state government is totally failed to protect indigenous people of Assam and the recent Nagaon incident proved it again.

“If the state government wouldn’t take appropriate measures to protect our people, we will take up arms again,” Arobinda Rajkhowa said.

The pro-talk ULFA leaders also demanded to release the surrendered ULFA members immediately and to arrest the culprits behind the incident.

Meanwhile, ULFA General Secretary Anup Chetia alleged that, the role of Nagaon police was questionable and an Additional SP of the middle Assam district had assaulted a surrendered ULFA Moon Bora inside the commercial establishment after the gang of youths injured him severely.

Meanwhile, tension still prevails in Nagaon and several organizations and local people demanded district police to arrest all culprits behind the incident.

The organizations also alleged that, those persons had assaulted the surrendered ULFA member inside the commercial establishment, they are members of BJP and RSS and very close with Union minister of state for railway Rajen Gohain.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)