After foiled extortion attempt, ULFA-I threatens Assam DGP

Assam Director General of Police (DGP) GP Singh has said that he has been getting threats from militant organisations, not just from Assam, but from other states as well. The proscribed armed insurgent group United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) has publicly threatened Singh and has demanded that he should either stop staging bogus encounters against locals or leave the state. The threats were raised after security forces and the Assam Police recently apprehended a woman in Dibrugarh for her alleged suspicious links with the outlawed faction.

Self-styled captain Rumel Axom ULFA-I (Media Department) said in a statement, "We have learned that Dibrugarh police nabbed a woman from Tinsukia's Laipuli along with Rs 3 lakh on Sunday, suspecting her of extorting money in the name of ULFA-I. We want to make it clear that the woman has no ties to ULFA-I. So, please stop harassing local residents in the name of ULFA-I."