UDALGURI, Feb 3 (PTI): Body of another ULFA militant was found today from the spot of yesterday�s encounter between the insurgent group and security forces in Udalguri district, police said today.
The body of the second militant was found today and arms and ammunition and a letter from ULFA �commander-in-chief� Paresh Baruah were recovered from the slain rebels.
Acting on a tip-off that a group of ULFA militants were holed up in the house of Naresewar Deka at Balipara Amguri village, a joint team of police and Army personnel launched an operation in the area last evening.
In the ensuing encounter, two militants were killed, while Deka�s 10-year-old son was also shot dead in the crossfire and two Army personnel were injured.
The two extremists were identified as senior ULFA leaders Bosa Singh and Ankur Bonia, police said.
An AK-56 rifle, three pistols, magazines hand grenades, 50 mobile SIM cards, a letter from Paresh Barua on organisational matters, extortion demand notes and some documents were seized from the spot.
One of the injured Army personnel was identified as Lt Rajendra of 55 Field Regiment, police added.
Amar praises Cong, rules out joining BSP
New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI): After expulsion from Samajwadi Party, Amar Singh today praised Congress and ruled out joining BSP.
But he suggested that he could do business with the Mayawati-led party on issues like trifurcation of Uttar Pradesh.
As regards Congress, Singh struck a conciliatory note.
He said that though the �family� was important there, it was different from other parties which are run by political families including the SP.
�There is a difference (between two parties). In Congress Rahul Gandhi talks of internal party democracy. The party holds polls, there is a war room to tackle situations, there is a core committee to take decisions.
�It is not where the party president says something and the next day the exact opposite of what he had said happens. This gives out a bad image of party because it affects political credibility of the party,� Singh told PTI in an interview.
He, however, hastened to add that he was not �cosying upto Congress�.
At the same time, the 54-year-old leader made it clear that he was not a child seeking admission in nursery when asked whether he would apply for entry into the Congress which till recently was his favourite punching bag.
Singh, a former AICC member, however, made it clear that his DNA was not anti-Congress, he has many personal friends in Congress and he was the �driving force� in the UPA-I and UPA-II.
