The Centre sounds red alert in the entire north eastern region apprehending terror strike to counter the intensified counter insurgency operation in Myanmar.
The Union home ministry is believed to have received inputs suggeting that a huge group of north east insurgents have sneaked into the region from across the Indo-Myanmar border to escape the army operation in the neighburing country.
Security forces are fanning along the international border to flush out the terror elements after suspected NSN-K insurgents killed at least 25 army personnel in three deadly attacks in Manipur during the last two months.
This has forced the army to launch an intensified operations along the Indo-Myanmar border where army claimed to have killed dozens of insurgents on the soil of Myanmar.
A round the clock-vigil is in place in all district to thwart any ULFA attempt in the run up to the Republic Day slated for January 26. Security forces have been deployed in vital public places including oil and gas installations. According to inputs available with police, two groups of ULFA militants have been hiding in the dense jungles along the Assam-Meghalaya border and Assam-Nagaland border.Chief minister Tarun Gogoi has already asked the Assam Police chief to beef up security measures to thwart any subversive activity by the militant groups ahead the R-Day celebration.
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