Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram, on Monday said a CBI inquiry into the 30 October Assam blasts is likely by 18 December, he said that indigenous Assamese groups are suspected to have carried out the bombing in cahoots with the Bangladesh based Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami (HuJI).
Replying to a day-long debate in the Lok Sabha on the multiple explosions in Assam that left 89 people dead and 477 injured, the home minister warned Bangladesh saying despite repeated urgings by India, many north-east insurgent leaders continue to operate from Bangladesh.
He said the ULFA and NDFB are suspected to have carried out the 30 October blasts in Guwahati, Barpeta, Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar in coordination with Bangladesh-based HuJI.
Chidambaram added that Bangladesh was duty-bound to ensure terror perpetrators did not find safe havens in its territory; particularly as there was enough intelligence input to suggest HuJI’s links with banned outfits such as the United Liberation Front of Asom and the National Democratic Front of Boroland.
At the same time, Indian insurgent groups were also active in the northeast. “They aren’t foreigners. As long as there is insurgency, security forces will fight them. Life will be lost on both sides, but to defend India’s sovereignty and integrity, this deployment would continue.”
Echoing the sentiments voiced by members during the discussion under Rule 193, Chidambaram identified five issues that needed to be addressed urgently to deal with terrorism in the northeast — illegal immigration from Bangladesh, tardy progress of border fencing, lack of development of the region for a variety of reasons, a perception of pervasive corruption, and tardy implementation of the National Identity Card programme.
Replying to a day-long debate in the Lok Sabha on the multiple explosions in Assam that left 89 people dead and 477 injured, the home minister warned Bangladesh saying despite repeated urgings by India, many north-east insurgent leaders continue to operate from Bangladesh.
He said the ULFA and NDFB are suspected to have carried out the 30 October blasts in Guwahati, Barpeta, Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar in coordination with Bangladesh-based HuJI.
Chidambaram added that Bangladesh was duty-bound to ensure terror perpetrators did not find safe havens in its territory; particularly as there was enough intelligence input to suggest HuJI’s links with banned outfits such as the United Liberation Front of Asom and the National Democratic Front of Boroland.
At the same time, Indian insurgent groups were also active in the northeast. “They aren’t foreigners. As long as there is insurgency, security forces will fight them. Life will be lost on both sides, but to defend India’s sovereignty and integrity, this deployment would continue.”
Echoing the sentiments voiced by members during the discussion under Rule 193, Chidambaram identified five issues that needed to be addressed urgently to deal with terrorism in the northeast — illegal immigration from Bangladesh, tardy progress of border fencing, lack of development of the region for a variety of reasons, a perception of pervasive corruption, and tardy implementation of the National Identity Card programme.
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