ULFA's Barua's Pak Visit to Shore up Cadre Training

New Delhi, Nov 25 (UNI) Paresh Baruah, ULFA's self-styled Chief of Army Staff, has recently visited Pakistan to firm up a training schedule for its cadre, according to reliable reports received here.

Following the visit, a group of some 15 people were sent to Pakistan as recently as last month, confirmed reports say.

It is suspected that ISI had a key role in carrying out the November 20 train bombing in Jalpaiguri district of north Bengal -- which claimed at least 7 lives and left more than 60 injured -- with Jama'at-ul-Mujahideen of Bangladesh (JMB) playing the implementation role using Indian Insurgent groups like ULFA -- with involvement of KLO not ruled out -- as foot soldiers.

It is further noteworthy that ULFA has started recruiting Bangladeshi migrants in its cadres, informed sources here point out.

This is something which has been capitalised by the ISI-JMB combine for their nefarious designs to spread terror in India. The new design of ISI is apparently working very well because no one has yet pointed accusing fingers towards ISI for the Jalpaiguri blasts.

At least seven people were killed and more than 60 injured in a powerful explosion triggered by suspected extremists in a general compartment of a passenger train when it halted at Belakhoba station in Jalpaiguri district, of north Bengal, on November 20.

According to the sources, ULFA, too, was getting desperate and it is now far removed from its original goal of establishing a ''sovereign socialist Assam''. ULFA doesn't derive its support from the majority of citizens anymore since it is now interested only in making money at the cost of their so called ''movement'', they observed.

In fact, noted Assamese litterateur Indira Goswami, who has been trying very hard to revive the peace talks because of delay on the part of ULFA to initiate direct talks, observes that they are simply not interested in any kind of talks at all. Paresh Barua is more interested in foreign jaunts and is particularly fond of trips to 'Thailand' -- and ISI has no problems in arranging trips to Pakistan via Thailand.

It's common knowledge that Paresh Barua has been staying in Dhaka for the last 15 years. And being fond of the good life, he only stays in posh localities like Dhanmondi, Mirpur, New Eskaton Road and Uttara.

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