Assam: Families of 2 women kickboxers, who reportedly joined ULFA-I, urge them to come home

Five women, including these two kickboxers, are reported to have joined the United Liberation Front of Asom–Independent (ULFA-I). The banned militant outfit recently extended its unilateral ceasefire for another three months, but continues its recruitment drive.

In Assam’s Dhemaji district, family members of national-level kickboxer Sabita Chetia are anxiously awaiting her return. “We don't know where she is. I request my elder sister: please, come back,” Sabita’s sister said.

No different is the scene in the house of another national-level kickboxer, Nayanmoni Chetia, in Assam’s Tinsukia district. “She said she is going for a kickboxing tournament with other girls,” Nayanmoni Chetia’s brother said. Nayanmoni Chetia’s husband works in the Assam Police and they have a 5-year-old son.