Army’s vigilance along insurgency infested areas

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Special Correspondent
SILCHAR, Nov 2: With reports and conclusive evidences that jehadi groups and fundamentalists organizations take the help of extremists of northeast in carrying out their subversive activities, security forces have mounted maximum surveillance and vigilance along the insurgency infested areas of Cachar’s border with North Cachar Hills where NSCN (IM), NSCN (K), DHD (J), HPC (D), KLA, UPDS and other militant groups are active.

Significantly, though ULFA has denied its involvement in serial blasts in different parts of Asom, ATTF and NLFT have not issued any statement absolving themselves of their role in Agartala mayhem. Without taking any chances, Col SBK Singh of 72 Field Regiment based at Labac in Cachar said, “our jawans are on patrol and round the clock vigilance in Harinagar, Kumacherra, Molong, Dipucherra, upper and lower Lodi, Joypur and Shivasthan and Lakhipur areas in order to thwart any evil design or machination of the terrorist-militant axis.”

Besides, patrolling has been intensified in the sensitive Banskandi, Pailapool, Sibpur, Fulertal, Singerband, Binnakandi and Hmarkhawlein areas in Lakhipur subdivision.

It is to be noted that this subdivision of Cachar in close proximity to the borders of NC Hills, Manipur and Mizoram has been green pastures of various militant groups whose terror-reign has been contained largely by the army.

Col Singh said jawans of the Regiment have been carrying on frisking of all sorts of vehicles including two wheelers plying on NH-53 linking Manipur and others roads which are identified as corridor of smugglers dealing in arms and ammunition clandestinely and contraband goods with access to Myanmar and Bangladesh.

People have been cautioned by the army against the movement of any suspicious person or vehicle and advised to get in touch with the Field Regiment on telephones—284646 or 284661.

All these security measures are taken in cooperation with the civil administration headed by B Das SDO and R K Laskar magistrate of Lakhipur.

In fact, this 72 Field Regiment was earlier based at Maibong in North Cachar Hills and was engaged in counterinsurgency operations covering the areas under Haflong, Bokajan, Mahur and Umarangshu during which it nabbed a good number of extremists of DHD (J), NSCN (IM) and UPDS and busted many of their camps and bases and recovered huge quantities of arms and ammunitions.

These included AK-47 series, USA made carbines, generator bomb, guns and lot of cash.

Many captives held hostages by militants were rescued. In their operations, he said ASP of North Cachar Hills, Pradip Ranjan Kar, extended all logistic support and cooperation.

In recognition of their services, the Governor of Asom presented certificates of excellence and trophy to Shashi Bhushan Kumar Singh of the army.

The President of India awarded chief of army staff commendation cards to the following officers—Col SBK Singh, Major Sidharth, Subedar Bahadur Singh, Deepak Kumar Yadav, Major Sunit Sharma, Havildar Pavan Kumar Sepoy Ranadhir Singh and Rakesh Kumar on the last Republic Day and Independence Day. source: the sentinel assam