Assam Director General of Police GP Singh responded to the militant outfit ULFA (Independent), stating that they are free to target him but should spare others. The ULFA (I) claimed responsibility for two recent grenade blasts in Assam, emphasizing that their actions were to demonstrate that the Assam Police is not personal property.
Guwahati: Security has been upped across Assam as militant outfits ULFA (Independent) and NSCN/GPRN have called for boycotting Independence Day celebr.
The insurgent outfit, in an emailed media statement, said that the ambush, codenamed 'Operation Lakhipathar', was undertaken to mark 'Protest Day', which the militant organisation observes on November 28.