Top ULFA leader, wife surrender, reveals Maoist connection

Guwahati, Jun 5 (UNI) A top ULFA leader and his wife today surrendered before the Army in upper Asom.

Defence sources said self-styled ULFA lieutenant Ghanakanta Bohra and his wife, 'sergeant major' Tulshi Borgohain, surrendered before 19 Kumaon Regiment at Laipuli Army camp in Tinsukia district.

Bohra, who joined the ULFA in 1986, initially procured arms for the outfit. After five years of training in Myanmar, he started operating in upper Asom and later coordinated the ULFA's activities in Bhutan.

He was arrested during the 'Operation All Clear' in the Himalayan kingdom, but was released soon. He acted as an interface between the ULFA and Maoists in Nepal to finalise arms' deals.

Besides, he was also instrumental in establishing ULFA camps in Myanmar, Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh.

The sources further added that Bohra's wife Tulshi, who joined the outfit in 1999, was trained in Bhutan and engineered protests and bandhs, influenced women NGOs and the vernacular media to carry out propaganda against the security forces.

Tulshi was arrested in 2003 and detained for six months, but later she again started to work for the ULFA.

UNI