Heera Sarania is the commander of the 709 battalion of ULFA, the banned terrorist outfit of Assam. He is said to be one of the most dreaded militants still active in Assam. He hails from Dighalipaar village under Tamulpur police station in Baksa district

Baksa district

-History:Baksa was notified as a district in October 2003 while it started functioning from 1 June 2004 when Dr Anwaruddin Choudhury of the Assam Civil Service took charge as its founder Deputy Commissioner...

of Assam. He joined the outfit in 1990. He is known to be a strict disciplinarian and caring person.

Family background

Sarania’s father is dead and he is the eldest among four brothers and two sisters. Both sisters are in their twenties.The saranias own 15 bighas of land and are fairly well-off. They live in a typical Assamese house.

The Diary

On Nov 17, 2005, 10 army personnel from the Dumuni cob (Company Operating Base) were able to recover Sarania’s diary along with some arms, ammunitions, cash and cash-demand letter at Jala Gaon in the newly-formed Baska district. The diary reveals Bhutan’s one-time collusion with the outfit and the ULFA’s deep-seated ire against India.