Guwahati/Dibrugarh/Imphal: Despite ULFA-I being away from Independence Day (i-day) boycott for the first time since 1996, security has been increased in the above Assam The threat perception is low over the lower and central parts of Assam including district Guwahati.
Security agencies are on alert in Manipur where the Underground Coordination Committee (Corcom) decided to boycott the Independence Day celebrations and called for a complete shutdown in the state that day.
Security has been tightened in Dibrugarh, Tinsukia in Upper Assam. sivasagri and Charaideo, who was once ULFA Citadel. “These districts still have a large number of youth sympathizing with the organization, known as linkmen or overground activists,” said a security source. It said these workers provide logistics and other support to the ULFA-I and are also tasked with detonating grenades and IEDs by the terrorist organization during Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations.
In 2004, ULFA detonated a bomb during the Independence Day parade at Dhemaji College, resulting in the death of 18 people, mostly school children.
Since its inception in 1979, ULFA has been boycotting Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations and has been involved in violent activities during those days. Although it refrained from calling for a boycott this time, the organization asked the public to protest the Independence Day celebrations by wearing black badges and unfurling the ULFA’s “Rising Sun” flag.
SP (Dibrugarh) Shwetanki Mishra On Thursday, he said, ‘Security has been tightened in the district and we are fully prepared to thwart any kind of threat. We will ensure complete security so that citizens can celebrate Independence Day without any fear. Night-dominance exercises are being practiced in specific areas. Night patrolling has been intensified in sensitive areas and important places. Foot patrol and river patrol are also being done.
He said that anti-sabotage checks are being done at all the entry and exit points of the city. “In addition to regular naka checking, intensive patrolling is being done on highways, roads, railway tracks, bridges and embankments,” he said.
Mishra said the security forces have been assigned the task of guarding important installations in the district including oil and gas pipelines, power houses, transmission towers, major bridges, railway stations, airports, markets and public places. Security has been tightened at Dibrugarh airport, Bogibeel bridge, Dibrugarh railway station, radio stations, Doordarshan Kendra, oil and gas terminals, transmission towers and industrial units, which could be potential targets for terrorists.
Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua told TOI that gone are the days when militancy used to be the main concern during Independence Day celebrations. “Barring Covid, there is no such impediment in the Independence Day celebrations in Assam. Assemblies will be restricted in view of Covid, but there is no security concern of dangerous nature,” Barua said. Bodo-insurgency has been a cause of great concern in large parts of the state, but Barua said the state has got rid of it.
Under the leadership of four factions of NDFB Ranjan DaimaryGobinda Basumatari, B Souraigwada and Dhiren Boro- joined the talks with the government after the third Bodo accord signed in January 2020. Although National Liberation Front Bodoland (NLFB), another extremist group launched by a section of militants who surrendered earlier this year, became another hindrance to peace, with outfit chief M Batha and other prominent leaders surrendering in July.
“After almost three decades, people in Bodo populated areas will celebrate independence this time. This is a special occasion. There is no threat of terrorism and the youth are ready to take out processions and rallies for the glorious celebration of freedom,” said Prithviraj Narayan Dev Mech, one of the mediators of the Bodo peace accord signed in January, 2020.
But Corcom, an umbrella body of four major outlawed armed organizations fighting to restore Manipur’s past independence, has called for a general strike on Sunday from 1 am to 6.30 pm. In a statement issued to the press, Corcom alleged, “India is a nation made up of deceit and force since the departure of the British 74 years ago and the testimony is seen in the continuity of the various laws enacted by the British Raj to subjugate the people.” Is.” It said that essential services, press and religious gatherings will be exempted from the purview of the shutdown.
Security agencies are on alert in Manipur where the Underground Coordination Committee (Corcom) decided to boycott the Independence Day celebrations and called for a complete shutdown in the state that day.
Security has been tightened in Dibrugarh, Tinsukia in Upper Assam. sivasagri and Charaideo, who was once ULFA Citadel. “These districts still have a large number of youth sympathizing with the organization, known as linkmen or overground activists,” said a security source. It said these workers provide logistics and other support to the ULFA-I and are also tasked with detonating grenades and IEDs by the terrorist organization during Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations.
In 2004, ULFA detonated a bomb during the Independence Day parade at Dhemaji College, resulting in the death of 18 people, mostly school children.
Since its inception in 1979, ULFA has been boycotting Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations and has been involved in violent activities during those days. Although it refrained from calling for a boycott this time, the organization asked the public to protest the Independence Day celebrations by wearing black badges and unfurling the ULFA’s “Rising Sun” flag.
SP (Dibrugarh) Shwetanki Mishra On Thursday, he said, ‘Security has been tightened in the district and we are fully prepared to thwart any kind of threat. We will ensure complete security so that citizens can celebrate Independence Day without any fear. Night-dominance exercises are being practiced in specific areas. Night patrolling has been intensified in sensitive areas and important places. Foot patrol and river patrol are also being done.
He said that anti-sabotage checks are being done at all the entry and exit points of the city. “In addition to regular naka checking, intensive patrolling is being done on highways, roads, railway tracks, bridges and embankments,” he said.
Mishra said the security forces have been assigned the task of guarding important installations in the district including oil and gas pipelines, power houses, transmission towers, major bridges, railway stations, airports, markets and public places. Security has been tightened at Dibrugarh airport, Bogibeel bridge, Dibrugarh railway station, radio stations, Doordarshan Kendra, oil and gas terminals, transmission towers and industrial units, which could be potential targets for terrorists.
Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua told TOI that gone are the days when militancy used to be the main concern during Independence Day celebrations. “Barring Covid, there is no such impediment in the Independence Day celebrations in Assam. Assemblies will be restricted in view of Covid, but there is no security concern of dangerous nature,” Barua said. Bodo-insurgency has been a cause of great concern in large parts of the state, but Barua said the state has got rid of it.
Under the leadership of four factions of NDFB Ranjan DaimaryGobinda Basumatari, B Souraigwada and Dhiren Boro- joined the talks with the government after the third Bodo accord signed in January 2020. Although National Liberation Front Bodoland (NLFB), another extremist group launched by a section of militants who surrendered earlier this year, became another hindrance to peace, with outfit chief M Batha and other prominent leaders surrendering in July.
“After almost three decades, people in Bodo populated areas will celebrate independence this time. This is a special occasion. There is no threat of terrorism and the youth are ready to take out processions and rallies for the glorious celebration of freedom,” said Prithviraj Narayan Dev Mech, one of the mediators of the Bodo peace accord signed in January, 2020.
But Corcom, an umbrella body of four major outlawed armed organizations fighting to restore Manipur’s past independence, has called for a general strike on Sunday from 1 am to 6.30 pm. In a statement issued to the press, Corcom alleged, “India is a nation made up of deceit and force since the departure of the British 74 years ago and the testimony is seen in the continuity of the various laws enacted by the British Raj to subjugate the people.” Is.” It said that essential services, press and religious gatherings will be exempted from the purview of the shutdown.
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