United Liberation Front of Asom denies reports of chief Paresh Baruah's death

The United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) has denied news reports that had claimed its commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah died in an accident on Wednesday. Hours after a report appeared in the Look East online news magazine, the ULFA released a statement refuting the report.

“We have noticed that a fake news with regard to our vice-chairman cum chief of staff, Major General Paresh Baruah Asom, has been circulated in a section of media about his so-called accident and death. We would like to clarify that our leader is safe and sound and has not met with any accident. This is a hoax message being spread by people with vested interests. We appeal to the people of Asom not to believe in this kind of propaganda regarding our leader in the future.”

However, officers within the special branch of the Assam Police suggested they had enough inputs that suggest that Baruah had indeed met with an accident recently and was not keeping well due to high blood sugar, although they couldn’t corroborate reports of his death.

“We had heard of Baruah meeting with an accident while he was on a bike in the hilly terrain of the China-Myanmar border. We are also aware of him suffering from high blood sugar. At the same time, we also had inputs that suggested that he was recovering. When we heard of reports of his death, we got in touch with other intelligence and security agencies, but none of them have confirmed the news of his death,” said Pallab Bhattacharya, Sepcial DG, Special Branch, Assam Police.