A day after Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi raked up a controversial murder case, the outlawed faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom on Friday launched a scathing attack on BJP chief ministe
A day after Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi raked up a controversial murder case, the outlawed faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom on Friday launched a scathing attack on BJP chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal, accusing him of using Ulfa cadres to eliminate a student leader, Saurav Bora, way back in 1986. Mr Gogoi had stated on Monday that Mr Sonowal had faced a murder charge.
The Gauhati high court has given clean chit to Mr Sonowal in the murder case into which he was dragged during the Congress regime. The court order stated that the CBI had rightly concluded (in its final report) that there was no material to proceed against Mr Sonowal. It ruled that general suspicion on the basis of hearsay cannot justify framing of criminal charges. In a statement by Ulfa-I just before polling in Assam, it also alleged that Mr Sonowal was present when Ulfa cadres attacked the slain student leader. It also accused BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma of using its cadres to carry out “political murders”.
The statement claimed that these killings were carried out without the consent of the outfit’s commander-in-chief, Paresh Barua.
The Ulfa (I) also criticised Mr Sonowal for attending an election rally of Mr Bhaskar Sarma, BJP candidate from Margherita constituency and a former member of the insurgent group, as it is not happy about the nomination of an ex-Ulfa rebel.
