Crackdown: 5 ULFA rebels nabbed, another surrenders

A fifth ULFA rebel was picked from Nipunkheti in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh, adjacent to Tinsukia district.

Meanwhile, Jaan Bhuyan, alias Jim Chowdang, a Myanmar-trained ULFA member, surrendered before the 29 Assam Rifles at Jairampur in Changlang district of Arunachal. Sources said Bhuyan had walked for 12 days from the ULFA8217;s camps inside Myanmar and surrendered before the Assam Rifles. He also laid down an AK series rifle, a sub-machine gun and some quantity of ammunition.

Bhuyan, sources said, has revealed a lot of vital information about the ULFA8217;s deployment in the Upper Assam districts, which would immensely help the security forces in controlling the rebels. He also revealed that a 60-member contingent of the ULFA was currently undergoing training in Myanmar under guidance of the NSCNK, sources said.

PM visit on Tuesday

GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to visit Tinsukia and Dibrugarh on Tuesday. Singh, who is currently in the Philippines attending the fifth India-ASEAN summit will fly to Dibrugarh directly from Kolkata and then visit some of the spots where the ULFA had gunned down unarmed labourers last week. The Congress party, meanwhile, said the ULFA was now working under directions of Pakistan8217;s ISI. AICC general secretary Chandan Bagchi, who toured the Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts, said there was no doubt now that the ULFA was being remote-controlled by the ISI. 8212; ENS