High Alert in Assam apprehending attacks by ULFA-I

May 27: Following intelligence reports that the outlawed anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam, Independent (ULFA-I), led by fugitive commander-in-chief Paresh Barua, is planning to launch an offensive in “Guwahati and in other parts of the state, high alert was issued in Assam. Security has been directed to intensify in “pockets of Hindu Bengali and Hindi speaking people”. The districts have been directed to activate intelligence, GRP, local police, review security arrangement of the BJP/RSS leaders and the “other right-wing like-minded political parties”.

As per the intelligence inputs, the militant outfit is planning to carry out “serial blast by planting IEDs in cars/bikes inside the city to divert attention from Indo-Myanmar border”. The inputs reveal that “several intellectuals, lawyers, students, youths, artists, politicians” have been reportedly found to be in support of the ULFA-I. As such, surveillance has been mounted with intensified patrolling in and around the airport, railway stations, government establishments, strategic locations all over the state apprehending strikes by the ULFA-I.

In the face of the intelligence report, the Northeast Frontier Railway has been asked to take all security precautionary measures in coordination with GRP, RPF, local police, intelligence agencies and security agencies to avoid any untoward incident in the railway system.