Assam government names NDFB and ULFA for October 30 serial blasts; Special decision-making powers to security forces
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    • The Assam government on November 11 formally named the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) and United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) as the perpetrators of the October 30 serial blasts in the state. Earlier on November 10, investigating officials revealed that NDFB cadres had helped Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) trigger the serial explosions after they found that the motorbike used in one of the blasts belonged to NDFB1. The NDFB’s information and publicity secretary S. Sanjarang denied the outfit’s involvement.

    The central government meanwhile has decided to grant special decision-making powers to security forces in the North East region. The CRPF and the BSF will soon have a special director-general stationed at Guwahati. With closer inter-state and intra-state co-ordination on the anvil and to facilitate a massive drive to seal the international border, the home ministry has decided to empower these forces. The special directors-general will be able to take quick decisions regarding sanction of funds and operations against militants. They are expected to play a pivotal role in the intelligence co-ordination group, a new mechanism created after the serial blasts2.

    In other developments, the central government has extended the ban on ULFA, NDFB and the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) for two more years. Of the 34 militant outfits that have been banned so far, 13 belong to the North East region3.

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