Banned militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA-I) is planning to incite violence in upper Assam, sending policemen into tizzy.<\/p>\n
“A group of ULFA-I militants have made a strategy to enter Tinsukia district and spread to different areas of upper Assam. The militants are planning a major assassination attempt on the Assam Arunachal border,” intelligence sources said.<\/p>\n
On condition of anonymity, an officer from security forces said, “They must be prevented, otherwise, the state may witness a new bloodbath.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, local police are conducting operations in the dense forest along with some sensitive areas of the Assam-Arunachal border to foil militants attempt.<\/p>\n
After Himanta Biswa Sarma became Assam Chief Minister, attempts were made to create an environment for talks with ULFA-I, and chief commander of the outfit Paresh Barua had announced a unilateral ceasefire in honour of the Chief Minister’s positive efforts.<\/p>\n
But, as the banned militant outfit is facing a financial crisis in the Myanmar camp, they are planning to take the path of violence once again.<\/p>\n
According to police sources, a group of militants are planning to set up a camp on the Assam-Arunachal border and hide in Tinsukia, which was the hotbed of the banned outfit.<\/p>\n
Militant Rupam Asom, who knows the upper Assam area like the back of his hand, is leading the ULFA-I militants.<\/p>\n
The police know that once the militants enter Tinsukia district, it will be “difficult to prevent sabotage”.<\/p>\n
The police have the specific inputs that the militants will first try to target the managers of various tea gardens in Tinsukia district to extort money.<\/p>\n