Guwahati: Police have secured certain leads on Saturday evening’s grenade attack on CRPF personnel in the city, where security has been beefed up since the incident. Kamrup Metro Senior Superintendent of Police A P Tiwari told PTI a Chinese grenade was used in the attack.
“We have some leads regarding the attack and in a day or two we will be able to finish our investigation.” He said officers-in-charge of various police stations in the city have been directed to sort out places where there is threat perception.
” Besides, security checks have been strengthened and intelligence further upgraded. Asked about the involvement of anti-talk faction of ULFA in the grenade attack at Paltan Bazar that claimed the life of one CRPF personnel and left 12 injured, he said every time there was any such incident, the outfit immediately owned responsibility. “We will have to verify all things and complete investigation before we can say anything,” he said, adding the CRPF personnel who were attacked were not on duty and were unarmed. Tiwari claimed that cadres of militant outfits were finding it difficult to operate in Guwahati due to increased surveillance by the police. “In the last two months we have arrested many cadres of not only ULFA but also of Manipur-based Peoples’ Liberation Army and some other groups. In many instances, militants now use the city only as a transit point,” he said.
Meanwhile, The anti-talk faction of ULFA today claimed responsibility for the Paltan Bazar blast in Guwahati in which a CRPF personnel was killed and 12 others injured on Saturday. In an email to PTI, the Paresh Barua-led faction’s publicity wing member Aranya ‘Asom’ said the outfit had officially taken responsibility for the blast. It, however, regretted that innocent civilians were injured in the explosion.
“To avoid such injuries, we urge the people of Assam to maintain a considerable distance from uniformed persons in the future,” the email said in a veiled threat that the outfit would continue with its subversive activities. (PTI)
