Information About Incident 33527-62036-145871 in Tawang India

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A top United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leader Suren Borah alias Baba Sonowal, was arrested by the Army from Pasighat in the East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh on May 22-evening, Telegraph reports.

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• Meta Location: East Siang Arunachal Pradesh
• Matched District: Tawang
• Actgroup: arrest
• Actor: by the Army from Pasighat in the East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh - evening , Telegraph reports
• Subject: A top United Liberation Front of Asom ( ULFA ) leader Suren Borah alias Baba Sonowal ,

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A top United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leader Suren Borah alias Baba Sonowal, was arrested by the Army from Pasighat in the East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh on May 22-evening, Telegraph reports. Borah, was functioning as an important part in the outfit s operation in Arunachal Pradesh as company commander of the Charlie Company of the outfit s dreaded 28 Battalion. According to Army sources, Bora was responsible mainly for providing logistical support to the members of the outfit who use Arunachal Pradesh as a major corridor for launching operations in Upper Assam. The sources also added that, He used to ferry all articles for the cadres of the outfit. Arms, camp materials, clothes, food, medicines you name it and he used to arrange it. Borah who was a constable in Assam Police was first arrested in 1992 for storing arms for ULFA. He was released later but he did not come back to join the police force. Instead, he joined ULFA and went underground.

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