Assam director general of police Jayanta Narayan Choudhury here on Monday blamed outlawed Ulfa (I) for launching a planned offensive to make their presence felt in Assam.
After visiting the police constables injured in hospital, Mr Choudhury said, “Ulfa rebels operating under the command of Drishti Rajkhowa was responsible for Sunday’s blast near Paltanbazar police station.”
Pointing out that the group led Drishti Rajkhowa has extorted a lot of money in West Assam by carrying out kidnapping of some private company employees, Mr Choudhury said that they have been trying hard to lob grenade here and there.
Admitting that Ulfa rebels may succeed in few incident of lobbying grenade to cause damage in isolated localities, the DGP however said that Ulfa is no longer a force to reckon with. “We have taken necessary steps to check the recurrence of such incident as well,” he said. Meanwhile, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said that some security lapses led to grenade attack that left at least 15 people injured in Guwahati.
Mr Gogoi who was in Karbi Anglong told reporters that Paresh Baruah led Ulfa carried out the blast with the help of some outside agencies.
Mr Gogoi said, “These outside agencies and forces do not want development in the state and as such they are mounting pressure on the insurgent outfits active in the state to carry out such blasts.”
In the wake of three grenade attacks in past one week the unified command of security forces also met on Monday and reviewed the prevailing law and order scenario of the state.
The unified command of security forces has decided to launch operations in vulnerable areas to nab the Ulfa and NDFB rebels.
The unified command was also worried about the frequent use of corridor through Nagaland to Burma by Ulfa rebels, security sources present in the meeting said.