EXECUTED TWO MEN SPYING FOR ASSAM POLICE: ULFA-I

GUWAHATI: The United Liberation Front of Asom-independent (ULFA-I) has executed two of its cadre for allegedly spying for Assam police, the banned outfit claimed on Saturday.

Dhanjit Das of Barpeta and Sanjib Sarma of Baihata Chairali were awarded “death sentence” after being convicted for spying by the outfit’s lower judicial council on May 4 and 5, ULFA-I announced on social media.

“Since the crime committed by both cadres are unpardonable, as per decision of the lower judicial council, they were given undesired death on May 7,” said the notice issued by self-styled brigadier AZ Shironam Asom.

The notice, seen by HT, claimed that Dhanjit Das, who had recently joined the outfit, fled from a camp on April 24 and was captured by ULFA-I a day later. Das confessed to have prodded several new recruits to surrender.

“He accepted that during his attempts to join the outfit, he was secretly in touch with few police officials with the intention of handing over our supporters to Assam Police,” the notice said.

On May 4, ULFA-I’S lower judicial council sentenced him to death after holding him guilty of escaping from the camp and encouraging others to do the same and for being involved in “anti-revolutionary activities”.

Sanjib Sarma had confessed about joining ULFA-I on directions of police officers for monetary benefit and with the intention of passing on internal communications to the authorities to eliminate commanders and cadre, the notice claimed.

On Saturday, the outfit also released a video that purportedly showed Das and Sarma admitting to have acted on behalf of police and against ULFA-I.