Assam | Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam Cadre Apprehended

Kokrajhar, June 22, 2019:

In a successful counter insurgency operation in Paglahat in Assam's Dhubri district, the Panbari and Dhubri based unit of the Red Horns Division and Assam Police jointly apprehended a Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA) cadre from Paglahat today.

The joint team recovered two 7.65mm pisotls and live ammunition in possession of the cadre.

The cadre has been identified as Iman,a resident of Dhubri district of Assam.

The cadre has been handed over to Tamarhat Police Station for further investigation.

It may be mentioned that the Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA) is an Islamist extremist organization founded around 1996 in the eastern Indian state of Assams. The South Asia Terrorism Portal (satp.org) describes it as part of the All Muslim United Liberation Forum of Assam (AMULFA), and that Muslim United Liberation Front of Assam (MULFA) is a sister organization under the AMULFA umbrella.

According to Indian authorities, the organization is tied to terrorist operations and criminal activity throughout Assam, primarily in Dhubri district, but also in Nagaon, Morigaon and Darrang districts.

It sells weapons illegally, and conducts kidnapping and extortion to fund its activities.

It operates in conjunction with other extremist organizations, such as a 20 April 2009 gun battle near Lokra against Indian police, in which the Indian Red Horns division killed three members of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) along with two MULTA members, Baul Ali and Yunis Ali.

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