Guwahati, Aug 21: A special TADA court has acquitted 31 members of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), including several top leaders, in a case registered over three decades ago. The case, initiated by the Special Operation Unit in 1991, involved charges of waging war against the nation.

On Wednesday, Special TADA Judge Manas Barua delivered the judgment, clearing 31 of the 43 accused of all charges.

The acquitted include prominent leaders of ULFA’s pro-talks faction, such as Arabinda Rajkhowa, Sasha Choudhury, Raju Barua, Chitraban Hazarika, Anup Chetia, Munin Nobich, and Sunil Nath.