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Powerful IED found in Guwahati ahead of Ambubasi festival, ULFA(I) ultra arrested
Ahead of Ambubasi festival in Kamakhya temple, security forces on Saturday had recovered a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) outskirts of Guwahati. Security forces also apprehended a hardcore militant belonging to ULFA(I) from Jharpara area near Boko in Kamrup district.
Guwahati: Ahead of Ambubasi festival in Kamakhya temple, security forces on Saturday had recovered a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) outskirts of Guwahati. Security forces also apprehended a hardcore militant belonging to ULFA(I) from Jharpara area near Boko in Kamrup district.
Guwahati city police commissioner Mukesh Agarwal said that, ULFA(I) militants had planted the IED targeting to the Ambubasi festival which was recovered from Khanamukh area near Jalukbari. On the base of intelligence input, police and CRPF had jointly launched operation at Jharpara area under Boko police station and nabbed a hardcore militant of ULFA(I) who was identified as Deepak Rabha alias Sankar Rabha.
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During the interrogation, the nabbed militant revealed that, ULFA(I) has planned for major explosions in various areas in the state including Guwahati. "We have already sounded alert across the state specially in Upper Assam and Lower Assam, " Assam police ADGP (SB) Pallab Bhattacharya said.
By: Hemanta Kumar Nath
