Assam Director General of Police Mukesh Sahai on Wedenesday admitted that there is resurgence of the anti-talk faction of Ulfa in certain pocket of Assam but added that the police are capable to counter the militants’ threat.
Sahai said this on Wednesday while addressing a Press conference and said that the Ulfa militants has been able to revive and are gaining grounds in areas particularly along the Assam-Nagaland border. The DGP further informed that the Assam police is also trying to improve coordination with the police in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh so that the threat could be tackled together with these States.
The DGP’s statement assumes significance considering the fact that the militants had ambushed a convoy of the Army at Pengeri in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district killing three jawans and injuring four others. The militants first triggered an IED blast and then fired indiscriminately on the soldiers.
“The operations have been on against the militants in Tinsukia districts and other areas along the Assam Arunachal Pradesh Border as well as in areas bordering Assam-Nagaland border. The security forces are carrying out area domination in the areas to flush out the militants,” he said.
Meanwhile, the DGP said that the State Government in active cooperation with the Central Government has decided to raise five battalions of India Reserve Battalion (IRB), which will boost the strength of the forces.
He said that close to 5,000 youth will get employment opportunity through these five battalions besides, strengthening the Assam police as a whole.