Secret Killings of ULFA Family Members
During the government of AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, a number of family members of ULFA leaders were assassinated by unidentified gunmen. With the fall of this government following elections in 2001, the secret killings stopped. Investigations into the killings culminated in the report of the "Saika Commission", presented to the Assam Assembly November 15, 2007. The report provides details about the killings, which were organized by Prafulla Mahanta in his role as the Assam Home Minister, and executed by the police, with cooperation from the Indian Army. The actual killers were surrendered elements of the ULFA, who would approach their targets at home, at night, knocking on the door and calling out in Assamese to allay suspicion. When the victims answered the door, they were shot or kidnapped to be shot elsewhere. Even the elder brother of Paresh barua,Dinesh Barua was picked up at night from his house by unidentified assamese boys along with army with weapons,and later his body was found lying near a cremation centre in Chabua. Ulfa's Publicity secretary Mithinga Daimary is the worst victim of the secret killing episode losing five members of his family.
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