Two ULFA-I Cadres Surrender in Arunachal as Police Recover Arms Cache
The defections reflect intensified security pressure following a senior ULFA-I commander’s surrender last week.
Overview
- Bhargab Hazarika, known as Ban Asom, and Astitva Axom surrendered to security forces in Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh, on Tuesday.
- A joint Assam–Arunachal team apprehended the pair without resistance and transferred them to Tinsukia for interrogation and legal action, police said.
- Police recovered an MQ-series rifle, 153 rounds of live ammunition, three magazines, and one EY shell linked to the surrender.
- Preliminary findings indicate both men were part of a ULFA-I camp in Myanmar known as Camp 779 and crossed into Assam on November 27 intending to give up arms.
- Officials frame the development as part of a broader crackdown that has gathered pace since an October 17 ambush and the November 23 surrender of self-styled general Arunoday Dahotia.