Boats With Arms and Ammunition Coming From Bangladesh

Revealing a ploy that could destroy more lives in the BTAD and trigger similar violence in other border districts of the State, pro-talk ULFA leader Mrinal Hazarika on Wednesday said the involvement of anti-India forces from the neighbouring country (without naming Bangladesh) in the current ethnic strife in the BTAD as claimed by BTC Chief Hagrama Mohailary was “true”.

On Tuesday, BTC Chief Mohilary suspected the involvement of the illegal immigrants in the current communal clashes in the BTAD and also demanded sealing of the Dhubri-Kokrajhar border. Mohilary also said the outside forces were involved in the BTAD violence.

The pro-talk ULFA leader said a particular community in the State was seeking the help of another particular community for carrying out the communal violence in the BTAD.

“As per the information received by us, one particular community telling another community that they have enough arms and ammunition with them and they have brought these arms consignments by three boats through the Brahmaputra. One boat has already reached through Dhubri district and two more boats will be reaching soon,” said Hazarika.

When the reporters asked from where these boats reached Assam, he said, “These boats reached Assam obviously from Bangladesh.”

The pro-talk ULFA leader said groups like Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA) and Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) might be involved in triggering the clashes in the BTAD.

He further told the Chief Minister to take the information given by the BTC Chief and the pro-talk ULFA seriously; otherwise, the entire situation would go out of control.

Our Kokrajhar Correspondent adds: BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary did not rule out the possibility of ferrying arms and ammunition to the State through Dhubri by the Brahmaputra. Hagrama said, “Our people from Dhubri border also informed me about the arms and ammunition being ferried and the government should take it seriously.”

On the other hand, the AASU also supported the demand of Hagrama Mohilary for sealing the Dhubri-Kokrajhar border and told the Chief Minister to make his decision on Mohilary’s demand public.