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4 IED’s recovered in Assam ahead of I-Day celebration

| | Jul 25, 2016, at 01:50 am
Guwahati, July 24 (IBNS) : Security forces on Sunday foiled a major bid of Paresh Baruah led ULFA(I) after they recovered four IED’s from Upper Assam ahead of Independence Day celebration.

 According to the reports, the Assam police, the army and the CRPF had jointly launched an operation at Bahalhbi area under Sapekhati police station in Charaideo district and recovered a powerful IED weighing 2.5 kilogram.

Security forces also apprehended two ULFA(I) militants and they were identified as Nirab Saikia alias Nityajit and Haren Rajkonowar.

In a separate incident, security forces recovered two IED’s from Tinsukia railway station and Dibrugarh old railway station.

On the other hand, police and army had recovered a powerful IED weighing 3 kilogram from Kamarchuki village in Dibrugarh district.

A top police official said that the outfit group has planned major explosions in oil rich Upper Assam districts ahead of I-Day celebration.

“We have already sounded high alert across the state and launched massive operation against the militants,” the police official said.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
 

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