Guwahati: Ten youths including two women from Assam have been suspected to have joined the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I).
The youths have been identified as Mridupaban Bora, Ananta Rabha, Diganta Das, Chinmoy Deka, Bipul Deori, Nayanjyoti Kalita, Nakul Das, Shibani Gogoi, Malabika Kalita and Rohini Gogoi.
Police officials stated that the recent trend of joining the banned organisation is cause for alarm.
It needs to be mentioned that on March 22, five youths had also joined the banned outfit.
They were Dhanjit Kalita of Barpeta, Udhab Das of Gowardhan in Baksa, Niranjan Deka of Kumarikata in Tamulpur, Jugal Sharma of Narengi in Guwahati and Ankur Das of Nimati in Jorhat.
Udhab Das is also reportedly a member of Bir Lachit Sena, an ultra-nationalist organization led by Shrinkhal Chaliha.
Since September last year, around 300 Assam youths have joined the banned militant outfit.