An NIA team on Saturday scoured the site and spoke to eyewitnesses of Friday’s terror attack here in which 14 people were killed while a massive combing operation was on to nab the militants of Bodo separatist outfit NDFB(S) suspected to be involved in the strike.
Kokrajhar (Assam): An NIA team on Saturday scoured the site and spoke to eyewitnesses of Friday’s terror attack here in which 14 people were killed while a massive combing operation was on to nab the militants of Bodo separatist outfit NDFB(S) suspected to be involved in the strike.
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The body of Tapon Chakrabty, who was killed during a militant attack on a market at Balajan Tiniali, is cremated in the Kokrajhar district of Assam on Saturday. Pic/AFP
Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who visited the attack site, told reporters that the militant who was neutralised on Friday has been identified as Manjay Islari. “He is a self-styled area commander of the 16th battalion of NDFB(S) faction. We will give the body to his parents,” he said. He said that combing operations in the area had been intensified to nab those who fled after carrying out the attack on Balajan Tiniali market, about 12 km from here, just days before Independence Day.
To a question, he said that the militants were not part of any suicide squad. “If they were part of a suicide squad they would not have fled.” An NIA team has reached the spot and was speaking to eyewitnesses, officials said. Combing operation by police, para-military and army is also on in neighbouring Chirang district to nab militants. Defence sources said specialised troops, tracker dogs and other equipment have been pressed into service.
The Army was also carrying out extensive area domination operations in the district to ensure swift action, they said. The situation was described as tense but under control by the police. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited the seriously injured at Gauhati Medical College Hospital and inquired about their condition. He spoke to doctors there on providing them advanced medical treatment, government sources in Guwahati said.
Kokrajhar deputy commissioner held a high level security meeting with police, army and paramilitary forces to review the situation ahead of Independence Day, administration sources said.
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