Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Guwahati, January 03 2010:
While some serious accusations have been levelled from various quarters against Commander-in-Chief of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Paresh Baruah, it is the turn of the housewives in Assam now in cornering the ULFA military leader.
The housewives are accusing Paresh Baruah of murder.
It is worth noting that Paresh Baruah has been on the back-foot ever since the arrest of some of ULFA's top leaders including its chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and deputy "commander-in-chief" Raju Barua.
And now that the housewives are accusing him of murder, the pressure to stay clean is surely mounting on him.
"It is Barua who had masterminded the killing of my husband," alleged Mridula Deka, widow of All Assam Students' Union leader the late Upen Deka.
Her allegation was based on a threat letter which the family had received from the
ULFA in 1990 .
Deka was shot dead on January 11, 1997 in Guwahati.
On the same day, his brother-in-law was also gunned down by unidentified assailants.
Reacting to the allegation, Paresh Baruah dismissed it as "baseless allegation".
"The ULFA had no hand in the killing of Deka.
We still respect him for his contribution to our cause," ULFA commander-in-chief told local TV channels.