archive: Ulfa militants unhappy over ISI nexus
Ulfa militants unhappy over ISI nexus
Manoj Anand
The Asian Age
July 6, 1999
Title: Ulfa militants unhappy over ISI nexus
Author: Manoj Anand
Publication: The Asian Age
Date: July 6, 1999
Frustrated by their failure to carry out largescale subversive
activities, Pakistan's ISI is reported to have established contact
with banned Northeast groups and have hired their activists to create
unrest in different parts of the country, including in Jammu and
Kashmir.
This was disclosed here on Monday when a hardcore United Liberation
Front of Asom militant Saurav Kakoti alias Bolin Mech, along with nine
others deserted the outfit in protest against its pro-Pakistan
posture.
Kakoti, who joined the Ulfa in 1997 after receiving arms training in
Bangladesh, has also revealed the sinister designs, of Ulfa leadership
in nexus with ISI. In a press statement on Monday, he said: "I,
along with nine other cadres were sent to Bhutan for specialised arms
training following which they would be sent to Pakistan-Occupied
Kashmir to help the Pakistani Army in their right against the Indian
Army."
He disclosed that many cadres of the outfit, who are highly perturbed
over the pro-Pakistan and dictatorial attitude of the top brass are
also, contemplating leaving Ulfa soon.
Banned Ulfa extended support to the Pakistani, intruders in Kargil by
describing them as the "freedom fighters" of Jammu and Kashmir.
Inspired by the sacrifices of the Assamese soldiers while fighting
against Pakistan's intrusion in the Kargil sector, Kakoti said that he
left the outfit after being told that he had to join the team of Ulfa
militants scheduled to leave for Jammu and Kashmir to create unrest.
"I decided to desert the Ulfa after knowing the sinister design of the
leadership to throw us against our own people," he added.
The Ulfa deserter, in a grief-stricken note, said that he was
impressed by the heroic sacrifice of Kajol Bhowmik, Uddhb Das and
Capt. Jintu Gogoi who laid down their lives for the nation in the
Kargil-Dras sector while fighting against the Pakistani intruders.
"I have decided to desert the outfit as it miserably failed to serve
any purpose other than engaging itself in blood bath, killing its own
people," he said.
Kakoti has established contact with the Assam police and believed to
have revealed sensational information about the future plans of the
Ulfa and its nexus with the ISI.
When contacted a senior police officer confirmed the report, however,
declined to disclose any information in this regard.
Resident of Naharkatia village in 1Jpper Assam's Dibrugarh district,
Kakoti was the member of self-styled 28th battalion of the Ulfa.
Meanwhile, Assam home department sources indicated that the militants,
who deserted the Ulfa, have expressed their willingness to voluntarily
join the mainstream.
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