Guwahati: The self-styled ‘commander-in-chief’ of the anti-talks faction of United Liberation Front of Assam or the ULFA (Independent), Paresh Barua has been traced to various locations within China by Indian security agencies while he is generally believed to be taking shelter in the Myanmar base of the outfit.
The Director General of Assam Police, Khagen Sharma on Tuesday said, “The ULFA leader Paresh Barua has been located to areas within Chinese Territory on certain occasions.” It is generally believed that Paresh Barua is based in the ULFA camp in Myanmar.
The state police chief who used to head the intelligence wing of the Assam police till he was made the DG about an year back, today informed that most of the sophisticated weapons of different makes used by the insurgent groups in the Northeast and Assam were brought through Myanmar and Bangladesh.
He said weapons of different makes were first brought to either Myanmar or Bangladesh by the insurgent groups from the Northeast from different arms markets and then were sneaked into to various states of the region through the porous border with Myammar and Bangladesh.
“First the weapons are brought Myanmar and from there these are sneaked into Dimapur or Mizoram through the land border with that country. From Dimapur and Mizoram locations, weapons find ways to armoury of insurgent groups. On some occasions, the weapons are sent to Bangladesh from Myanmar and from Bangladesh these are brought to the N-E states through different routes,” the DGP said adding that the militants have stopped the earlier practice of bringing in weapons through sea routes because of constant vigil by security agencies.
Meanwhile, the all-out joint operation launched against the Bodo tribe militants groups, National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit faction) in the wake of massacre of Adivasi villagers by the outfit on December 23 last , was being continued in the full steam.
“The operation against the NDFB-S has so far resulted in deaths of ten cadres of the outfit arrest of 204 cadres and 139 linkmen.
All the camps of the outfit in Assam including its tactical base at Ultapani forest area have been busted by the security forces so far. About 40 cadres of the outfit are now at large in the state particularly in areas around Manas National Park bordering Bhutan while its central committee leaders are holed up in Myanmar base,” the police official said.
Over 100 sophisticated weapons, 164 grenades and over 62 kgs of explosives were recovered by the security forces during the on-going operation against the NDFB-S insurgents in Assam.
