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Police investigating a possible HUJI-ULFA link in blast
Guwahati, Oct 31 (PTI) A day after the deadly serial blasts which killed at least 77 persons in Assam, the police is investigating a possible Harkat-ul Jehad-e-Islam (Huji)- United Liberation Front of Asom (U.L.F.A.) link behind the killings.
"We are not taking seriously the denial by U.L.F.A. (of being responsible for the blasts) because on earlier occasions also they have done so", a top Assam police official said.
The U.L.F.A. cadres who are being recruited are being trained by the Jehadi militants and there is definitely a link between the two which is being investigated, he said.
Although the game plan was of the Bangladesh based Huji outfit, the police have got clues that it was carried out by the help of select individuals having local links and there the U.L.F.A. angle came in, he said.
The authorities had also pointed out Huji involvement because of the fact that except for one minority dominated pocket in Barpeta, all the other bomb attacks were carried out in general public places.
"The minority pocket was selected to mislead the people ....even the intensity of the blast was less", he said.
Stating that a handful of persons with criminal background have been picked up from various places of the state following the blasts, the police official said "vital clues have been gathered".
Refusing to divulge the details as it may hamper further investigation, he said the Huji along with the U.L.F.A. had planned a series of attacks after killing of seven Jehadi militants in Dhubri district.
"Of late, frequent movement of U.L.F.A. militants to
Bhutan have been noticed which could also be a pointer to the
plan to unleash violence", he said.
While there were unconfirmed reports of U.L.F.A.-Huji
links since 1998, the nexus was proved in 2003 with the arrest
of some Jehadi militants and their subsequent confessions.
Currently, at least 240 Jehadi militants are
incarcerated in Guwahati Jail against whom cases have been
filed.
Meanwhile, the Assam Public Works (A.P.W.), an
organisation of U.L.F.A. kin, have demanded a separate jail
for the Jehadis to make them isolated.
"Setting up a separate jail and launching army
operation in riverine areas (which are minority community
dominated) could go a long way in severing this unholy nexus",
A.P.W. secretary general Abhijeet Sarma said. PTI
"We are not taking seriously the denial by U.L.F.A. (of being responsible for the blasts) because on earlier occasions also they have done so", a top Assam police official said.
The U.L.F.A. cadres who are being recruited are being trained by the Jehadi militants and there is definitely a link between the two which is being investigated, he said.
Although the game plan was of the Bangladesh based Huji outfit, the police have got clues that it was carried out by the help of select individuals having local links and there the U.L.F.A. angle came in, he said.
The authorities had also pointed out Huji involvement because of the fact that except for one minority dominated pocket in Barpeta, all the other bomb attacks were carried out in general public places.
"The minority pocket was selected to mislead the people ....even the intensity of the blast was less", he said.
Stating that a handful of persons with criminal background have been picked up from various places of the state following the blasts, the police official said "vital clues have been gathered".
Refusing to divulge the details as it may hamper further investigation, he said the Huji along with the U.L.F.A. had planned a series of attacks after killing of seven Jehadi militants in Dhubri district.
"Of late, frequent movement of U.L.F.A. militants to
Bhutan have been noticed which could also be a pointer to the
plan to unleash violence", he said.
While there were unconfirmed reports of U.L.F.A.-Huji
links since 1998, the nexus was proved in 2003 with the arrest
of some Jehadi militants and their subsequent confessions.
Currently, at least 240 Jehadi militants are
incarcerated in Guwahati Jail against whom cases have been
filed.
Meanwhile, the Assam Public Works (A.P.W.), an
organisation of U.L.F.A. kin, have demanded a separate jail
for the Jehadis to make them isolated.
"Setting up a separate jail and launching army
operation in riverine areas (which are minority community
dominated) could go a long way in severing this unholy nexus",
A.P.W. secretary general Abhijeet Sarma said. PTI
