Gauhati University Ex-Student Leader Apprehended in Connection with ULFA Blast

Guwahati, May 28, 2019:

In a sensational development, a former student leader of Gauhati University in Assam has been apprehended in connection to the grenade blast which rocked Guwahati on May 15. The student leader, Sanjiv Talukdar, was arrested from Baihata Chariali on the outskirts of Guwahati metro.

Sanjiv Talukdar, an ex-president of Gauhati University Students' Union, has been arrested for his alleged role in the blast which injured at least eleven, including two SSB jawans. As per police reports, the blast, which took place in the crowded Zoo Road locality of Guwahati city, was hurled by hardcore ULFA cadre Bijoy Axom while riding pillion on a scooty driven by Assamese actress Jahnabi Saikia.

Police have said that on the directives of ULFA (I) Commander-in-Chief Paresh Baruah, the former student leader took the hardcore militants Bijoy Asom and Papu Koch on a tour of Guwahati city prior to the blast. Moreover, police have said that he was in constant touch with the ULFA Chief Baruah in the lead-up to the blasts.

It may be mentioned that Talukdar was the Post Graduate Students' Union president from 2016 to 2017.

Meanwhile, in a telephonic conversation with the media, the ULFA(I) leader, Paresh Baruah, has stated that he intends to cease ULFA attacks in public places could maim, or even worse, kill people of the State.

The Guwahati Police have arrested United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) pro-talks leader Pranamoy Rajguru and Assamese actress Jahnabi Saikia in relation to the blast and they were presented in the court and the court has given an order for 10 days police custody.

It may be mentioned that police have also arrested ULFA-I cadres Amrit Ballav Goswami, Chinmoy Lahkar, Indra Mohan Bora, and Papu Konch Bokotiyal alias Bijoy Asom based on the inputs from Jahnabi.

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