ULFA planning serial bombings in Assam: Army

GUWAHATI: The Indian Army on Saturday warned that the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was planning a string of bomb blasts in Assam in apparent retaliation for the killing of two of its leaders by security forces.

An Army statement said the ULFA was planning to set off bomb blasts in the districts of Baska, Kamrup, Nalbari and Barpeta to avenge the death of its two leaders killed in a gun battle on Tuesday.

"Reliable intelligence inputs have revealed there are very strong indications to suggest that this threat will be carried out in the immediate future," said the statement from Four Corps Headquarters in Tezpur.

Four more ULFA rebels were killed on Tuesday in adjoining Meghalaya in separate fighting.

"While the government machinery and the security forces have been informed about the threat, the public needs to be also sensitised to the evil designs of ULFA and prevent unnecessary loss of lives," the statement said.