Dimapur: NDFB revenge strike suspected

In Assam, police had recovered different quantities of RDX in Kokrajhar and other areas on at least three occasions in recent months, with definite clues that they had been brought in by suspected NDFB militants from Bangladesh.

While security agencies initially suspected one of the two warring factions of the NSCN behind the blasts, they are now almost sure of the involvement of the NDFB, a large number of whose cadre are in Dimapur. The NDFB also has a considerable presence in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district adjoining Nagaland.

In Guwahati, police also suspected that the NDFB was out to avenge the death of four cadre in Goalpara on the eve of its raising day (October 3), while two more cadres were killed in Darrang district earlier last week.

The NSCN(I-M) has announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh to whoever could vital provide clues leading to the arrest of culprits.

Security agencies have also confirmed the militants used some kind of IED to trigger the Dimapur blasts. Only recently a study conducted by the Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School of the Indian Army at Vairangte in Mizoram revealed that terrorists were increasingly preferring IEDs.