The proscribed anti-talks faction of Ulfa has moved lock, stock and barracks from Myanmar to China’s Yunnan province, according to an affidavit.
Ulfa(I) operating from base in China: Centre GUWAHATI: The proscribed anti-talks faction of Ulfa has moved lock, stock and barracks from Myanmar to China’s Yunnan province, according to an affidavit submitted by the Centre to a Guwahati tribunal set up under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Till the official disclosure, only Ulfa(I) chief Paresh Barua was believed to be based in Ruili, located in the southern part of China, bordering Myanmar. The outfit’s operational base and training camps were known to be in Sagaing division of Myanmar, contiguous to that country’s border with India. In a separate affidavit, the Assam government said the Myanmarese army’s operations against Indian militant camps in Taka in January 2019 left Ulfa(I)’s base there in disarray. Several cadres deserted the outfit, too, it said. The state government submitted a list of eight locations in Sagaing division where Ulfa(I) had set up its operational camps with the help of the Naga outfit NSCN(K). The affidavit said Ulfa(I) was planning to utilise …
