GUWAHATI
The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), or ULFA (I), claimed a missile assault carried out by “colonial occupational forces” on its camp in Myanmar killed two of its prime commanders on Sunday (July 13, 2025).
The outfit stated in a press release that the assault was carried out in the course of the funeral ceremony for one more senior chief, ‘Lieutenant General’ Nayan Asom, killed earlier in a drone assault by the “occupational forces”.
Unconfirmed studies from Myanmar’s Sagaing Division stated some camps of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) additionally got here beneath drone assaults. The ULFA(I) and NSCN(Okay) are recognized to share camps in Myanmar.
The ULFA(I) stated “Brigadier” Ganesh Asom and “Colonel” Pradip Asom misplaced their lives in the missile assault early Sunday (July 13, 2025) morning. It additionally claimed that a number of different members of the outfit and a few civilians have been injured.
“The occupational forces have continued the attack in the areas using fighter jets. We want to tell the indigenous people of Assam that we will avenge this brutal attack carried out by the colonial nation,” the ULFA(I) warned.
The ULFA(I), headed by Paresh Baruah, refers to New Delhi as a colonial energy and the Indian armed forces as “occupational forces”.
The Indian Army and the paramilitary Assam Rifles guarding the 1,643 km India-Myanmar border stated they have been unaware of any bombardment in the neighbouring nation, torn by a civil struggle following a army coup in February 2021.
“There are no inputs with us on the operation,” Guwahati-based Defence spokesperson, Lt. Col. Mahendra Rawat, stated.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that he took observe of the assertion issued by the ULFA(I).
“The Assam Police are not involved, and no attack was carried out from Assam’s soil. Defence authorities usually issue statements after such incidents. They have not yet issued any,” he stated.
The ULFA (I) is the one extremist group of Assam that has neither signed any peace accord with the federal government nor has been disbanded. It has refused to speak truce till New Delhi agrees to discussions on Assam’s sovereignty.
