Top Ulfa leader arrested by Assam police

GUWAHATI: In a major setback to the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), the police on Sunday evening arrested a top leader Prabin Konwar alias Ramu Mech Chairman, east zone from a private nursing home in Dibrugarh district.
K P Singh Deo, SP Sibsagar said Ramu Mech was arrested by police from Aditya Nursing Home on Sunday evening at about 6.45 pm.He was admitted under a factitious name of Pradeep Baruah.
He said Mech who headed the outfit''s operations in upper Assam was an important member of the Ulfa''s Central Committee and is a contemporary of Ulfa Chairman Arbinda Rajkhowa. The police have also arrested his accomplice Ranjit Rajkhowa alias Jyoti Chaliha.
According to sources, Mech was admitted in a private cabin number 312A on Saturday afternoon for pain in lower abdomen.
Dibrugarh police when contacted could not give many details about the operation except that Sibsagar Police carried out the operation.
Mech''s arrrest is a major setback to the outfit as it has recently been losing many senior functionaries.