New Delhi, 12 November (Hiksk). ULFA (I) chief Paresh Barua’s close confidant, regarded as the top ULFA (I) leader sight ULFA has Surrendered to the army in Meghalaya on Wednesday along with four more of his companions. Rajkhowa has been detained by the army and all are being brought to Assam. Rajkhowa is considered the second commander in the ULFA (Independent).
Sources say that recently he was in Bangladesh and came to Meghalaya only a few weeks ago. Rajkhowa’s surrender is considered a major setback for the militant group. According to the police, he was also involved in a shootout with a police team in Bobogacre village of South Garo Hills in Meghalaya in March this year. Rajkhowa, the central committee of his organization’s extremist group Is also a member of ULFA (I) chief Paresh Baruah promoted Rajkhowa to the post of Deputy Commander-in-Chief in November 2011. ULFA (I) is demanding the independence of Assam and the government has since 1990 In this organization was banned. In the same way, there are many more.
According to sources, the police along with a team of SF-10 commandos surrounded him today near the village of Bobogacre in the hills of South Garo. Rajkhowa surrendered after a half-hour encounter with police and commandos. Rajkhowa has been on both sides for the last three months by giving a slip to the security forces of both sides along the Indo-Bangladesh border. Rajkhowa was spotted near Jaffalong last month when Pakistani High Commissioner Imran Siddiqui in Dhaka was vacationing at a resort in the same area.
In fact, Indian intelligence agencies had received information that Brigadier Ejaz of the Pakistani Army in Dhaka has met rebel leaders of the North-East in recent months. Ejaz is in contact with a local academic known for supporting the rebels in the Northeast. After this information, Indian intelligence agencies and military intelligence were on alert. As a result of keeping a close watch on him, today he went to India and had to surrender with four comrades after the encounter. The army has taken everyone into custody and is being brought to Assam where Indian investigative agencies will interrogate her. (HS)