Itanagar: In a major breakthrough for security forces, ULFA (I) self-styled Major General Arunoday Dohotia alias Bijit Gogoi surrendered early this morning along with his personal security officer, Franchis Axom, at Pangsau Pass on the Indo-Myanmar border. Security sources confirmed that both militants laid down arms voluntarily before troops of the Assam Rifles deployed in the strategically sensitive region.
The development comes amid intensified counter-insurgency operations along the porous border to restrict the movement of militant cadres and weaken the remaining operational network of ULFA-I. Dohotia, a close aide of ULFA-I chief Paresh Baruah and a senior member of the outfit’s military command, has long been on the radar of Assam Police and central agencies.
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Dohotia is known to have played a crucial role in circulating the faction’s communications — including e-mails and video messages of Paresh Baruah — to media houses. He has also been linked to several major militant operations. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had identified him as a key conspirator in a series of grenade attacks targeting Army camps in Assam’s Tinsukia and Jorhat districts during 2023 and 2024.
Security experts described the surrender as a significant setback to the outfit’s operational structure. Further interrogation and legal proceedings are expected to follow.
