The ULFA-I has claimed that former AASU leader in Assam โ€“ Biju Gogoi – who joined the outfit following the CAA protests in Assam, “committed suicide”.

The claim of the ULFA-I comes just a day after an arrested cadre of the ULFA-I claimed that Biju Gogoi was gunned down by the outfit leadership in its Myanmar camp.

Santosh Lama, the arrested ULFA-I cadre told the police that former AASU leader Biju Gogoi was found dead with bullet injuries at the outfitโ€™s Myanmar camp in February this year.

Refuting the claims of the Assam police and its arrested cadreโ€™s, the ULFA-I, on Thursday claimed that former AASU leader Biju Gogoi had in fact “committed suicide”.

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Moreover, the ULFA-I has refused to recognise Santosh Lama as one of its cadre.

Santosh Lama alias Apu Axom was never given the rank of a cadre as he failed to stand by the constitution of the ULFA-I, the outfit said.

The ULFA-I, to support its claim that former AASU leader Biju Gogoi had “committed suicide”, also released a suicide note, which was purportedly written by Biju Gogoi before taking his own life.

The ULFA-I stated that Biju Gogoi “committed suicide” in his room in the outfitโ€™s Myanmar camp by shooting himself in the head with a gun.

He shot himself between 12 am to 3 am on February 21, 2022, the ULFA-I said.