Guwahati, May 12: An ULFA-I cadre, who was arrested by a joint team of Tinsukia police and Assam Rifles on Tuesday evening revealed that a former leader of AASU from upper Assam, who allegedly joined ULFA-I during the CAA protest was found dead with bullet injuries at ULFA-I camp in Myanmar in February this year.

Recently, there has been news that ULFA-I has eliminated their own cadres on suspicion of being Assam police’s spy.

Accoding to police, the arrested cadre has been identified as Santosh Lama alias Apu Asom (24), who was arrested near Biri Basti under Jagun Police outpost in the Tinsukia district.

Tinsukia SP Debojit Deuri said, “We had received a secret information regarding the movements of ULFA-I cadres trying to cross over from Myanmar, a joint operation was launched and we have arrested Santosh Lama, a ULFA-I cadre, who has taken training from a ULFA-I camp Myanmar.”

“After interrogation, the ULFA-I cadre Santosh Lama revealed that he saw a dead body Bijay Gogoi, an AASU leader who went missing during the CAA protest and later it was confirmed that he joined the ULFA-I,” Deuri said.

The SP further informed that Lama took training in a batch of 35 cadres, an important revelation which authenticates reports of several youth joining ULFA-I last year.

According to reports, many youths are showing interest to join ULFA-I. So far, many youth from upper Assam have joined the rebel outfit.

Sources said ULFA-I’s trusted henchmen are working for the rebel outfit and brainwashing the youth of rural areas to join the proscribed organisation.