TURA, June 11 – A top ULFA militant and his aide was killed in a joint operation by West Garo Hills police and army personnel from the 3rd Sikh Regiment near Aidoba area on Thursday morning.
The ULFA leader in charge of Garo Hills, Mega Hajong, was shot dead along with another militant, Tarun Ch Rabha, during an encounter by Special Operations Team (SOT) commandos of the district police and army personnel at Deokashra village, two kms from Aidoba, which is close to Assams Mancachar area at 8:30 am.
The police-army personnel raided the hideout of the militants and a brief exchange of fire took place in which six other ULFA militants managed to escape.
Police recovered from the site of the encounter an AK-81 rifle with three magazines and 123 rounds of live ammunition, two large Chinese hand grenades, magazine of an M20 pistol, 14 detonators and one and a half kg of explosive powder, demand notes and three mobile phone sims of Airtel, Cellone and Bangladeshs Grameen phone.
Mega Hajong was the operational commander of the ULFA in Garo Hills for the last two years and is involved in several cases of extortion and abduction. He took over the outfits operations after the killing of their leader, Madan Koch, who was gunned down by SOT commandos and the army in 2007.
He was involved in abduction of civilians from Jengjal and Selsella area of Garo Hills, robbery of over eight lakh rupees from a cement company and for waylaying a senior police official (DSP) who escaped unhurt while the latter was returning to Tura.
Mega Hajong hailed from Selsella area and his deceased colleague was from Goalpara area of Assam.
The ULFA frequently uses the Garo Hills corridor for shipment of arms to Assam and movement of their cadres to neighbouring Bangladesh. Large scale forest cover and the inaccessible terrain along the Assam-Garo Hills border have been used as an advantage for the outfit.
Source: http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jun1209/ne1
The ULFA leader in charge of Garo Hills, Mega Hajong, was shot dead along with another militant, Tarun Ch Rabha, during an encounter by Special Operations Team (SOT) commandos of the district police and army personnel at Deokashra village, two kms from Aidoba, which is close to Assams Mancachar area at 8:30 am.
The police-army personnel raided the hideout of the militants and a brief exchange of fire took place in which six other ULFA militants managed to escape.
Police recovered from the site of the encounter an AK-81 rifle with three magazines and 123 rounds of live ammunition, two large Chinese hand grenades, magazine of an M20 pistol, 14 detonators and one and a half kg of explosive powder, demand notes and three mobile phone sims of Airtel, Cellone and Bangladeshs Grameen phone.
Mega Hajong was the operational commander of the ULFA in Garo Hills for the last two years and is involved in several cases of extortion and abduction. He took over the outfits operations after the killing of their leader, Madan Koch, who was gunned down by SOT commandos and the army in 2007.
He was involved in abduction of civilians from Jengjal and Selsella area of Garo Hills, robbery of over eight lakh rupees from a cement company and for waylaying a senior police official (DSP) who escaped unhurt while the latter was returning to Tura.
Mega Hajong hailed from Selsella area and his deceased colleague was from Goalpara area of Assam.
The ULFA frequently uses the Garo Hills corridor for shipment of arms to Assam and movement of their cadres to neighbouring Bangladesh. Large scale forest cover and the inaccessible terrain along the Assam-Garo Hills border have been used as an advantage for the outfit.
Source: http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jun1209/ne1
No comments:
Post a Comment