GUWAHATI: In less than 20 hours since the anti-talks Ulfa (I) created a Facebook web page, it has received masses of Likes and overwhelming beef up. A couple of voters have also shared their cell numbers at the web page, expressing their want to enroll in the outfit.
With this, Ulfa (I) changed into the most recent in a line of militant outfits that experience tapped into social media to unfold their message and attract recruits.
As using the social media platform as a potential recruitment device realizes their worst fears, Assam Police have swung into action. "We have registered a case against the outfit," further director general of Assam Police (special department) Pallab Bhattacharya said. "We are moving cautiously and waiting to see what information comes our way. We have seen some youths have provided details of their thereabouts and expressed interest in joining the outfit," he added.
In retaining with the modus operandi of militant outfits on social media, on Saturday, Ulfa (I) posted a video of a tea lawn employee that they had kidnapped from Tinsukia district on June eight for being a BJP "informer". The guy, Gopal Upadhyaya, may also be seen pronouncing, "I was promised a bonus over and above my salary if I provided information about the movement of Ulfa and NSCN (K) cadres. I have been doing this to keep my job. They have employed several other such informants. I plead with the MLA to rescue me." ADGP Bhattacharya said, "It seems Gopal was tutored to say this."
Another video the outfit has posted show a few armed cadres of the outfit talking among themselves about how they lured police right into a lure at Bordumsa in Tinsukia district. On May 5, a young police sub-inspector Bhaskar Kalita was killed in the assault. In the video, a cadre fires a few photographs in the air from an AK sequence rifle which, he says, was snatched from police.
With this, Ulfa (I) changed into the most recent in a line of militant outfits that experience tapped into social media to unfold their message and attract recruits.
As using the social media platform as a potential recruitment device realizes their worst fears, Assam Police have swung into action. "We have registered a case against the outfit," further director general of Assam Police (special department) Pallab Bhattacharya said. "We are moving cautiously and waiting to see what information comes our way. We have seen some youths have provided details of their thereabouts and expressed interest in joining the outfit," he added.
In retaining with the modus operandi of militant outfits on social media, on Saturday, Ulfa (I) posted a video of a tea lawn employee that they had kidnapped from Tinsukia district on June eight for being a BJP "informer". The guy, Gopal Upadhyaya, may also be seen pronouncing, "I was promised a bonus over and above my salary if I provided information about the movement of Ulfa and NSCN (K) cadres. I have been doing this to keep my job. They have employed several other such informants. I plead with the MLA to rescue me." ADGP Bhattacharya said, "It seems Gopal was tutored to say this."
Another video the outfit has posted show a few armed cadres of the outfit talking among themselves about how they lured police right into a lure at Bordumsa in Tinsukia district. On May 5, a young police sub-inspector Bhaskar Kalita was killed in the assault. In the video, a cadre fires a few photographs in the air from an AK sequence rifle which, he says, was snatched from police.
Police up the ante as Ulfa-I's Facebook page gains traction
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June 17, 2018
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