From Bhupen Goswami
GUWAHATI : The Indian Army has achieved great success in the fight against insurgency in the north-east. Deputy Commander-in-Chief of ULFA (I), Dr. Drahti Rajkhowa, who had been sleepless by the Assam police and the Indian Army. He has been captured by the Indian Army, and he has surrendered. According to Indian Army sources, 4 more ULFA colleagues have also surrendered. According to sources, ULFA (I) Deputy Commander-in-Chief Vision Rajkhowa surrendered in Meghalaya on Wednesday. According to Assam government sources, Rajkhowa has been taken into custody by the army and four more accomplices have also surrendered.
Rajkhowa is being brought to Assam. Let’s say that Rajkhowa is second in the top order in ULFA (independent). The militant outfit ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam)-independent leader Vision Rajkhowa has surrendered along with some of his colleagues under the planned operation of the Intelligence Agency of the Indian Army on the border of Assam and Bangladesh bordering the state of Meghalaya. The intelligence input and the relentless efforts of the security forces of the last nine months got the fruits. Rajkhowa was among the top leaders of ULFA responsible for militant activities in Assam. Rajkhowa’s surrender is a major success in the efforts to establish peace in the north-eastern region including Assam. Rajkhowa, the second-in-command of the militant outfit, is currently in the custody of Army intelligence.
According to news a agency, he is being brought to Assam. He is considered close to ulfa (I) commander-in-chief Paresh Barua. A large number of weapons have also been recovered from Rajkhowa and his companions. According to sources, Rajkhowa was in Bangladesh till a few days ago. He has come to Meghalaya a few weeks ago. Three dreaded ULFA militants, who were banned in 1990, were arrested from Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh in the month of August. According to information, Rajkhowa has been coming on both sides for the last three months by giving a slip to the security forces of both sides on the Indo-Bangladesh border for the last three months. Rajkhowa was seen near Jafflong last month when Pakistani High Commissioner Imran Siddiqui in Dhaka was celebrating a holiday at a resort in the same locality. However, both have not been able to meet. However, Indian intelligence agencies were informed that Pakistan’s defence attache Brigadier Agaz in Dhaka has been meeting the rebel leaders of the north-east in recent months. Azaz is in touch with a local academic who is known to support the rebels in the northeast.
