In an express advisory sent on Tuesday, the Centre has asked the Assam sate government to beef up the security of all oil installations and pipelines in upper Assam.
In an express advisory sent on Tuesday, the Centre has asked the Assam sate government to beef up the security of all oil installations and pipelines in upper Assam as they can be attacked by the anti-talks faction of United Liberation front of Asom-led by commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah.
What adds to the Centre’s worries is the fact that attack on oil installations in Assam will not only cripple the economy of the northeast region as the most of the oil in the area is supplied by them but will also hit the oil supplies elsewhere in the country.
Assam has four major refineries in Guwahati, Digboi, Numaligarh and Bongaigaon with a total production of over 7 million metric tonnes per annum.
“There are credible inputs to suggest that local commanders of ULFA in Assam have been told by Paresh Baruah to hit the oil installations around Martyrs Day on July 27 and Independence Day,” highly placed in the Home Ministry said.
With a major chunk of top Ulfa leaders already in advance stages of holding peace talks with the Assam government, the CNC Paresh Baruah is desperate to revive his outfit in Assam. As his monetary resources in Bangladesh have been squeezed because of growing Indo-Bangla friendly relations, desperate for money among remaining Ulfa cadres has increased. Attack on oil installations is one way that can revive the money flow through extortion.
To make fledgling Ulfa a potent force again Baruah is understood to have lately joined hands with insurgent groups like Peoples Liberation Army and Revolutionary People’s Front of Manipur.
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