24 years on, encounter victims' kin struggle to piece back lives

Guwahati | Monday | 15th October, 2018

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Bhaben was one of the five Aasu leaders killed by Army in a fake encounter. I never saw him again," recalls Lileswari Moran, widow of Bhaben Moran. We were struggling to make ends meet and the Army personnel just took him away, labelled him an Ulfa terrorist and shot him dead. We have been fighting for this cause for 24 years," Aasu leader Dipankar Sonowal says.Lileswari recounts, "After my husband died, I had to take up many responsibilities. After the verdict, Aasu members, led by organising secretary Dipankar Sonowal, family members, relatives, well-wishers and locals, held a shradhanjali programme for the five Aasu leaders at the Pancha Swahid Memorial situated at Dangari..