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Indian govt bows to demand of Assam rebels, frees 14
NEW DELHI. July 12: Indian authorities have freed 14 of the 24 prisoners whose release had been demanded by an outlawed insurgent group in the far eastern frontier state of Assam, press reports said here today, reports AFP
The prisoners were released hours after the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) threatened to execute four hostages if the 24 were not freed by a Sunday deadline, the Times of India and Indian Express said.
By Thursday evening, the Assam government had freed all but 10 of the 24. the newspapers said.
ULFA. which is fighting for the creation of a separate Assam, is holding 12 hostages. Including six officials of the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) whom it kidnapped on June 30 and July J.
An abducted Soviet engineer was killed when he tried to escape from the group's captivity. On Thursday. ULFA freed an ONGC geophysicist after the government bowed to its demands and released six Insurgents. The Assam government, controlled by India’s ruling Congress (I) Party, has announced a general amnesty for ULFA prisoners, said to number about 650. and freed more than 300 of them. It was urged ULFA to talk peace.
The group said in a statement released by its "war control room" Thursday that no talks were possible unless the agenda included its demand for secession. Indian Express said.
"We may consider negotiations if sovereignty of Assam is on the top of the agenda," the statement was quoted as saying.
New Delhi refuses to negotiate with any militant group unless it abjures violence and gives up separatist demands. Insisting that talks arc possible only under the framework of the Indian constitution.
ULFA does not recognise the Indian constitution, maintains that Assam has historically never been a part of India and calls the federal government a colonial power.
A well-knit, well-trained and highly-motivated group, it has proclaimed its goal as the creation of • a separate Assamese nation and establishment of what it calls "scientific socialism" or Maoism, in the oil and mln era! rich state.
ULFA has been In existence since the early 1980's but came into prominence only last year with the killing of select targets and a series of kidnappings for ransom, prompting New Delhi in November to set the army after It
The army has since been withdrawn, and elections in June brought the Congress (1) Party to power in the stale. The state government almost Immediately plunged into a crisis over the latest kidnappings.
Meanwhile, an Intensive search was under way In Assam for the body of slain Soviet engineer Sergei Grischenko.