ULFA Army Day: Centre puts Assam on maximum alert

The Centre has sounded alert on Assam a day before ULFA’s Army Day on Friday.

A Home Ministry letter on Wednesday has instructed the Assam government to tighten security in the state apprehending strike by the outfit’s Paresh Baruah faction. Security forces are in place in all sensitive installations, crowded places, markets, railway stations and tracks to foil any attempt by the extremists to disrupt peace.