<p>Dibrugarh (Assam): A top leader of the banned ULFA (I), Rupam Asom, has been arrested from a forest area near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Operations are underway in the area in search of more cadres of the militant group, he said.</p><p>Rupam, who was allegedly running the outfit's extortion racket in parts of Assam, was named in the NIA charge sheet in the killing of Bordumsa Police Station officer-in-charge Bhaskar Kalita in 2018.</p><p>Tinsukia Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhijit Gaurav said Rupam’s movements were being tracked by security forces for the last four- five months.</p>.23 get life term for killing woman on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Assam.<p>“Based on specific intelligence about his presence in Margherita area of Tinsukia district with associates, a joint operation was launched, leading to his arrest. One firearm and incriminating documents were recovered from his possession,” the SP said.</p><p>He said that Rupam, the ‘operational commander’ of the banned outfit, was wanted in multiple cases, including the killing of Kalita, extortion, bomb blasts, kidnapping and attacks on security forces.</p><p>“The operation is still going on in the area. This is a blow to ULFA (I) activities in the region,” Gaurav added.</p><p>A joint team of Assam Police, Assam Rifles and military intelligence had carried out the operation around 4 am, another police official said.</p>
<p>Dibrugarh (Assam): A top leader of the banned ULFA (I), Rupam Asom, has been arrested from a forest area near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Operations are underway in the area in search of more cadres of the militant group, he said.</p><p>Rupam, who was allegedly running the outfit's extortion racket in parts of Assam, was named in the NIA charge sheet in the killing of Bordumsa Police Station officer-in-charge Bhaskar Kalita in 2018.</p><p>Tinsukia Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhijit Gaurav said Rupam’s movements were being tracked by security forces for the last four- five months.</p>.23 get life term for killing woman on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Assam.<p>“Based on specific intelligence about his presence in Margherita area of Tinsukia district with associates, a joint operation was launched, leading to his arrest. One firearm and incriminating documents were recovered from his possession,” the SP said.</p><p>He said that Rupam, the ‘operational commander’ of the banned outfit, was wanted in multiple cases, including the killing of Kalita, extortion, bomb blasts, kidnapping and attacks on security forces.</p><p>“The operation is still going on in the area. This is a blow to ULFA (I) activities in the region,” Gaurav added.</p><p>A joint team of Assam Police, Assam Rifles and military intelligence had carried out the operation around 4 am, another police official said.</p>