GUWAHATI, June 20 � The anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) is planning to trigger off explosions in different parts of the State to show its strength, while, the police and security forces are being kept on high alert to thwart such a move after receiving inputs in this regard.
Highly placed police sources told The Assam Tribune that Guwahati city is considered most vulnerable to possible NDFB attacks as any blast in the city would give the militants maximum possible publicity, while, the other major towns in the north bank of the Brahmaputra including Tezpur are also considered vulnerable. There is no dearth of explosives for the NDFB and the outfit has the expertise of making powerful Improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
Sources said that in recent times, the NDFB suffered
severe setbacks as a number of hardcore members have been eliminated during counter-insurgency operations, while, several top leaders including Ranjan Daimary have been arrested. The members of the outfit have been planning to trigger off explosions to show its strength for some time, but they have not been able to do so because of strict vigil maintained by the security forces.
Police said that according to information available with the security forces, the strength of the outfit would be around 300 and the zonal commanders are taking most of the decisions on their own after the arrest of Ranjan Daimary. The outfit is still maintaining its bases in the Khagrachari area of Bangladesh, while, the newly set up bases of the outfit in Myanmar are being maintained with the help of Manipur based outfit KYKL. Interestingly, in recent times, the NDFB has started efforts to rope in persons from other indigenous groups of people of Assam and a Karbi boy Sanbijit Ingty has been given important position in the outfit in an attempt to set up bases in the hill district.
Sources revealed that the finance secretary of the outfit, G Rifikhang is another of key members of the NDFB and he was one of those allegedly involved in the serial blasts in 2008. Though a number of NDFB men involved in the serial blasts have been arrested, Rifikhang is still elusive and his whereabouts is also not known. Sources said that some of the other key members of the outfit include Sushil Boro, Onthai, B Bokho etc and the security forces are on the lookout for them to prevent major act of violence by the outfit.
Moreover, the NDFB still have a number of trained cadres as 26 batches of boys were trained in Bangladesh since 2004 and a number of trained militants are still at large, which is a major concern for the security forces. The outfit is also trying to strengthen its batches in the north bank of the river Brahmaputra and the security forces are handicapped by the fact that there is very little intelligence input about the movements of the militants and the recent success of the counter-insurgency operations depended largely in technical inputs.
GUWAHATI, June 20 � The anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) is planning to trigger off explosions in different parts of the State to show its strength, while, the police and security forces are being kept on high alert to thwart such a move after receiving inputs in this regard.
Highly placed police sources told The Assam Tribune that Guwahati city is considered most vulnerable to possible NDFB attacks as any blast in the city would give the militants maximum possible publicity, while, the other major towns in the north bank of the Brahmaputra including Tezpur are also considered vulnerable. There is no dearth of explosives for the NDFB and the outfit has the expertise of making powerful Improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
Sources said that in recent times, the NDFB suffered
severe setbacks as a number of hardcore members have been eliminated during counter-insurgency operations, while, several top leaders including Ranjan Daimary have been arrested. The members of the outfit have been planning to trigger off explosions to show its strength for some time, but they have not been able to do so because of strict vigil maintained by the security forces.
Police said that according to information available with the security forces, the strength of the outfit would be around 300 and the zonal commanders are taking most of the decisions on their own after the arrest of Ranjan Daimary. The outfit is still maintaining its bases in the Khagrachari area of Bangladesh, while, the newly set up bases of the outfit in Myanmar are being maintained with the help of Manipur based outfit KYKL. Interestingly, in recent times, the NDFB has started efforts to rope in persons from other indigenous groups of people of Assam and a Karbi boy Sanbijit Ingty has been given important position in the outfit in an attempt to set up bases in the hill district.
Sources revealed that the finance secretary of the outfit, G Rifikhang is another of key members of the NDFB and he was one of those allegedly involved in the serial blasts in 2008. Though a number of NDFB men involved in the serial blasts have been arrested, Rifikhang is still elusive and his whereabouts is also not known. Sources said that some of the other key members of the outfit include Sushil Boro, Onthai, B Bokho etc and the security forces are on the lookout for them to prevent major act of violence by the outfit.
Moreover, the NDFB still have a number of trained cadres as 26 batches of boys were trained in Bangladesh since 2004 and a number of trained militants are still at large, which is a major concern for the security forces. The outfit is also trying to strengthen its batches in the north bank of the river Brahmaputra and the security forces are handicapped by the fact that there is very little intelligence input about the movements of the militants and the recent success of the counter-insurgency operations depended largely in technical inputs.
