HuJI factor: Cachar security beefed up

From our Staff Reporter
SILCHAR, Nov 1: The security set up in Cachar district has been beefed up following Thursday’s serial bomb blasts in the State. In an emergent meeting in the chamber of Cachar SP, the police, Army and CRPF officials discussed the various strategic options to combat the militant threat.

Apart from intensifying routine checks in the entry points to the district, it was also decided that security forces would be entitled to search and raid any premises without any prior information to the inhabitants of the premise if the situation demands so. Significantly, for the first time, the threat from Islamic militants, or to be precise, jehadis, was discussed in a threadbare way. A source informs that security forces will keep close vigil on various temples and masjids as the intelligence output hints HuJI threat to places of worship.

An army intelligence source further informs that the militants from Bangladesh have been using Barak Valley as their transit points and they have been given shelter by some local people with dubious intentions. Usually it has been presumed that since the militants have been using this part of the country as their passage so for strategic interest they keep this place incident free. But some recent incidents, particularly that of Agartala serial blasts on the eve of Id last month, have compelled the security forces to revamp their action plan.

On the other hand, central intelligence has, time and again, cautioned the State Government about the jehadi strikes. Another source adds that jehadis from other sides of the fence have been found using local agents to materialize the sabotage.

Though no militant outfit has not been reported as active in Cachar district till now, few miscreants and dacoits could be exploited by the jehadis in lieu of easy money. Prior to the just-concluded festive season, police had concrete information about a plan hatched by now-defunct PULF, a Muslim militant outfit, mostly engaged in robbery, to create trouble. Strict police vigil has successfully prevented any bloodshed. But, after Thursday’s bloodbath, security forces, as evident from today’s meeting in SP’s chamber, cannot afford to take any chances. source: the sentinel assam