4 IEDs recovered in Assam ahead of I-Day celebration

4 IEDs recovered in Assam ahead of I-Day celebration
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Security forces on Sunday had foiled a major bid of Paresh Baruah led ULFA(I) after recovered four IED’s from Upper Assam ahead of Independence Day celebration.

Guwahati : Security forces on Sunday had foiled a major bid of Paresh Baruah led ULFA(I) after recovered four IED’s from Upper Assam ahead of Independence Day celebration.

According to the reports Assam police, army and CRPF had jointly launched 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 in connection with and they were identified as Nirab Saikia alias Nityajit and Haren Rajkonowar.

In 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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