Guwahati, Aug. 20 -- The special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court in Guwahati on Wednesday acquitted 31 accused, including several top leaders of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in a 35-year-old case.

The list of acquitted also included ULFA's general secretary Anup Chetia.

The verdict brings closure to one of the longest-running trials in Assam's insurgency-linked legal history.

The case, originally registered in 1991 as Case No. 1/1991 at Dispur Police Station, accused the ULFA leaders and others of creating terror, extortion, and carrying out unlawful activities.

It was prosecuted under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), Sections 3 and 4 of TADA, Section 10(3),...