Guwahati: Banned militant outfit, United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) on Sunday denied the allegations of a few persons arrested by the police for having links with the organisation.
In a press statement, the ULFA-I stated that Tutu Bora, Debojit Bhuyan, Mithu Bora and Firoz Khan were arrested by police recently on allegations of being linkmen of the ULFA-I but they had no connection with them (ULFA-I).
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They claimed that the persons arrested are being framed as ULFA-I by the Army and the police.
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The ULFA-I also stated that by arresting the innocent, the “security forces will not be able to break the morale of the youth who stand for freedom”.
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It may be mentioned that the police on Saturday arrested a person named Tutu Bora on allegations of him being a linkman of the ULFA-I.
The suspected person, aged around 38-years, was allegedly working at a private security company.
The police source further added that he has been arranging contacts for the ULFA-I. Most of the details were related to contractors which were later used for extortion related activities.
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The police source also said that he might even be linked with the recent report of a girl from Guwahati joining the outfit.
Although Tutu claims to be a linkman, the police have suspected him to be an overground cadre (OGC).