By next day, the Ulfa leaders in Guwahati claimed that those youths went there to generate funds for flood reliefs. But the traders (read Bengalis) misbehaved them and thus they hurt the sentiment of locals (read indigenous people). Their voices were multiplied by a section of Assamese intellectuals inclusive of academician, writer, journalist, civil society activists etc through various media outlets. The Ulfa (Independent) leader Paresh Barua, who has been hiding somewhere in China-Myanmar border jungles for years, immediately reacted to the incident and warned the traders of dire consequences. Even the Ulfa chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, who is engaged in peace talks with the Union government in New Delhi, also came out with the threatening statement against the outsiders.

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