Al-Qaida trying to enter Assam: Gogoi
22 Sept 2014 4:17 AM IST
Days after Al-Qaida issued a video threatening to carry out its campaign in India, Assam CM Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said the terror group is trying to set up base in the state and had ‘tacit understanding’ with ULFA.
‘We have got some information that Al-Qaida is trying to gain access to Assam. We have taken steps to prevent any such development and asked all concerned to remain cautious,’ Gogoi told a press conference here.
The global terrorist outfit had earlier too tried to set up links in the north east and Assam in association with insurgent groups here but failed to do so, he said.
Asked specifically if Al-Qaida has any link with the banned ULFA, Gogoi said, ‘I think they have links. Even if there is no direct link as of now, they have tacit understanding ... They never criticise each other.’
Gogoi said forces have received intelligence report that there are possibilities of some incidents during the Durga Puja. Asked if repeated violence in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts and other parts of the state, where primarily one community has been affected in recent years, are to be blamed for Islamic fundamentalist groups like Al-Qaida’s possible entry to Assam, Gogoi said ‘These are in any case disturbing factors. These incidents help them.’
‘We have got some information that Al-Qaida is trying to gain access to Assam. We have taken steps to prevent any such development and asked all concerned to remain cautious,’ Gogoi told a press conference here.
The global terrorist outfit had earlier too tried to set up links in the north east and Assam in association with insurgent groups here but failed to do so, he said.
Asked specifically if Al-Qaida has any link with the banned ULFA, Gogoi said, ‘I think they have links. Even if there is no direct link as of now, they have tacit understanding ... They never criticise each other.’
Gogoi said forces have received intelligence report that there are possibilities of some incidents during the Durga Puja. Asked if repeated violence in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts and other parts of the state, where primarily one community has been affected in recent years, are to be blamed for Islamic fundamentalist groups like Al-Qaida’s possible entry to Assam, Gogoi said ‘These are in any case disturbing factors. These incidents help them.’
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