SONARI, Jan 22 � A group of ULFA�s anti-talk faction attacked Namtola Police Station situated on the Assam-Nagaland border within Charaideo sub-division around 11 last night.
A group of 10-15 members of hardcore extremists started indiscriminate firing at the Namtola Police Station for about 30 minutes. Liladhar Chetia (40), a jawan of special Assam Police Battalion (APBN) received bullet injuries while the other police personnel, present at the police station, managed to escape unhurt by lying on the floor of the police station.
Dividing into two groups, the ULFA cadres fired at the police station from a range of 40 to 100 metres from western and southern sides with sophisticated weapons like AK-47 and UMG. The ULFA cadres planted a bomb in a truck standing by the road side adjacent to the Police Station.
The ULFA extremists, besides lobbing two grenades, blasted the bomb which was planted in the truck with a remote control causing severe damage to the truck. Taking advantage of darkness and nearby dense forest, the extremists entered the territory of Nagaland and nearby Abhoipur Reserve Forest before arrival of two battalions of CRPF and Assam Police commandos.
ULFA�s firing to the police station caused damage to 4 vehicles and an auto which were standing by the road. The injured Liladhar Chetia was admitted in Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh late last night.
Ahead of the Republic Day, the Paresh Baruah faction of ULFA attacked the police station under the command of its 2nd lieutenant Rupantor Kakoty. DIG (Upper Assam) Probin Saikia, Addl SP Dungal and other senior police officers visited Namtola Police Station and intensified operations against ULFA extremists in Abhoipur Reserve Forest.
