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.

“While working for Assam police, I believed ULFA-I was a terrorist outfit. Only after I joined it that I realised it was a revolutionary organisation, working to protect Assam’s society and territory. Fuelled by greed for money and instigation by police, I committed anti-assamese tasks...,” Sarma was heard as saying in the video.

“I had joined ULFA-I for the greed of money and on the instigation by Assam police officers. I tried to escape from the outfit’s camp and take along other newly recruited cadres. I urge youth not to take such steps and welcome their own deaths,” Das was heard as saying in the video.

HT couldn’t independently verify the video’s authenticity.

“I wish and pray that this news is false,” said Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. “If such a thing has really happened, it is very unfortunate. This act would give a signal to those who are thinking of joining ULFA-I, that they should refrain from taking such a step. I once again appeal to ULFA-I to sit for peace talks so that we don’t have to hear such sad and unfortunate news in future.”

I once again appeal to ULFA-I to sit for peace talks so that we don’t have to hear such sad news in future

Assam chief minister