A security personnel keeping vigil on the Brahmaputra river on Wednesday in Guwahati ahead of Independence Day celebrations. (NNN Photo)
Guwahati, August 13 : Ahead of the Independence DAY celebrations, the Tarun Gogoi government has beefed up security across Assam even as five militant organisations operating in the Northeast gave a call to boycott the celebrations and asked people to observe a general strike on August 15. According to official sources, security has been tightened at all airports, railway stations, marketplaces etc to thwart any terror attacks in the run upto the celebrations. The Assam Police fanned out its commandos in Guwahati to keep an eye on suspected elements and foil any subversive acts.
“We have beefed up security to ensure violence-free celebrations on August 15. The challenge though begins for us from today,” ASP Guwahati, D Deuri, informed NNN.
“Taking a lesson from past experiences, we are currently into frisking each and every vehicle that enters the city. However, frisking all vehicles may not be always viable,” he said. In the light of this, the police asked people to be on alert.
It is worth mentioning that on October 30 last year, over 50 people were killed while scores others injured in three deadly car bomb blasts in the city. Bodo militant outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was blamed for the blasts. Even now, police are wary that ULFA and NDFB could strike jointly in Guwahati.
According to reports received security has been tightened in Kokrajhar and the four Bodo-dominated districts in Lower Assam given that they appear to be vulnerable to terror attacks. Also tight security measures have been taken in central and upper Assam cities and towns with the Army looking after security of vital installations, in particular, the oil fields. In Central Assam’s Sonitpur district, security forces recovered two IEDs, including one weighing eight kgs, on Wednesday.
The call for boycott of the celebrations was given jointly by ULFA, NDFB, Kamatapur Liberation Organization, Manipur People’s Liberation Front and Tripura People’s Democratic Front. Two days ago, in a joint statement, the five militant organisations called an 18-hour general strike in the Northeast region starting from August 14 midnight and appealed to “our peoples to display their solidarity against the colonial occupation of the region by India, the common enemy, by making the boycott and general strike a complete success”.
“We have beefed up security to ensure violence-free celebrations on August 15. The challenge though begins for us from today,” ASP Guwahati, D Deuri, informed NNN.
“Taking a lesson from past experiences, we are currently into frisking each and every vehicle that enters the city. However, frisking all vehicles may not be always viable,” he said. In the light of this, the police asked people to be on alert.
It is worth mentioning that on October 30 last year, over 50 people were killed while scores others injured in three deadly car bomb blasts in the city. Bodo militant outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was blamed for the blasts. Even now, police are wary that ULFA and NDFB could strike jointly in Guwahati.
According to reports received security has been tightened in Kokrajhar and the four Bodo-dominated districts in Lower Assam given that they appear to be vulnerable to terror attacks. Also tight security measures have been taken in central and upper Assam cities and towns with the Army looking after security of vital installations, in particular, the oil fields. In Central Assam’s Sonitpur district, security forces recovered two IEDs, including one weighing eight kgs, on Wednesday.
The call for boycott of the celebrations was given jointly by ULFA, NDFB, Kamatapur Liberation Organization, Manipur People’s Liberation Front and Tripura People’s Democratic Front. Two days ago, in a joint statement, the five militant organisations called an 18-hour general strike in the Northeast region starting from August 14 midnight and appealed to “our peoples to display their solidarity against the colonial occupation of the region by India, the common enemy, by making the boycott and general strike a complete success”.
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