Top ULFA leader Bijoy Chinese alias Bijoy Asom alias Bijoy Das, the commander of the 28 battalion of the outfit, has joined the pro-talk ULFA group led by its chairman, Arabinda Rajkhowa. Talking to newspersons for a brief while here today on the way to Guwahati, Bijoy Chinese said that he came out of the anti-talk group of the outfit led by Paresh Baruah to join the pro-talk group. This is supposed to be a very big blow to Paresh Baruah as Bijoy was the commander of its 28 battalion after Mrinal Hazarika, Jiten Dutta and Prabal Neog, leaders of A and C groups of the battalion, declared a ceasefire four years back. In fact, as Bijoy said today, he had also accompanied the ceasefire group but had to go back to bring back more cadres, but he failed that time. Though he came alone, more cadres will follow him in the near future. Bijoy Chinese stated that there were still about 150 cadres and about 30 leaders with Paresh Baruah and he hoped that Baruah would also come to the negotiation table. Bijoy was with the Tinsukia Police and left for Guwahati today.
A PTI report adds: The ULFA anti-talk faction, in an e-mail to PTI, said Bijoy had taken the decision to come overground for personal and family reasons.
“We welcome his decision. We wish him well in the future with good health,” the e-mail said.
ULFA publicity secretary Arun Udoy Asom said in the e-mail that Bijoy had not surrendered and had not handed over any ULFA property to the security forces.
“By giving up the path of agitation (militancy), Bijoy has caused no loss to the ULFA,” he said.
Bijoy ‘Chinese’ Das was earlier commander of the outfit’s elite strike force, 28th battalion, which has now been disbanded.
Hailing from Tamulpur in Nalbari district, he had joined ULFA in 1989 and received his first training in insurgency in Myanmar, official sources said.
Another anti-talk faction senior dreaded leader Guli Asom alias Rahendra Moran had surrendered to the police in Tinsukia in December last year.
A PTI report adds: The ULFA anti-talk faction, in an e-mail to PTI, said Bijoy had taken the decision to come overground for personal and family reasons.
“We welcome his decision. We wish him well in the future with good health,” the e-mail said.
ULFA publicity secretary Arun Udoy Asom said in the e-mail that Bijoy had not surrendered and had not handed over any ULFA property to the security forces.
“By giving up the path of agitation (militancy), Bijoy has caused no loss to the ULFA,” he said.
Bijoy ‘Chinese’ Das was earlier commander of the outfit’s elite strike force, 28th battalion, which has now been disbanded.
Hailing from Tamulpur in Nalbari district, he had joined ULFA in 1989 and received his first training in insurgency in Myanmar, official sources said.
Another anti-talk faction senior dreaded leader Guli Asom alias Rahendra Moran had surrendered to the police in Tinsukia in December last year.
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