The Centre has sent a set of stringent guidelines to Dispur to firmly deal with ULFA who have been mongering more trouble. According to information, these guidelines were sent after home minister held a security meeting on Monday in Delhi.
The meeting further considered a regional security coordination centre to ensure a better coordination and joint operations in the north eastern region.
Chidambaram also directed the security forces to finalise their operational strategies. Also, the high level meeting studied the inter-state movement of insurgents in the region and their linkages across the states bordering Bangladesh and Myanmar.
PermalinkSubmitted by Joydeep Hazarika on Thu, 15/01/2009 - 05:06
We have heard these type of things so many times! And we all know what results Operation Bajrang yielded. I just dont want the common people to be harrassed in the name of quelling terrorists.
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