Defence spokesperson has denied the claims of the proscribed ULFA(I) of drone and missile attacks on its camps along the Myanmar border by the Indian Army on Sunday. The spokesperson said that there was no information of any such incident.
Speaking to the media, Lt Col Mahendra Rawat said, "There are no inputs with the Indian Army of such an operation."
The ULFA(I), in a press statement, said the attacks were carried out with drones in the early hours at several mobile camps, adding that Nayan Asom alias Nayan Medhi, who was the ‘chairman’ of its ‘lower council’, was among those killed in the attacks. The press statement of the outlawed outfit, also claimed that nearly 19 others were injured.
The ULFA(I), in another statement, later claimed that missiles were launched at its camp when the last rites of its slain leader were being performed.
The outfit said two other senior leaders, ‘brigadier’ Ganesh Asom and ‘colonel’ Pradip Asom, were reported dead in the second round of attacks, while several other members as well as civilians were injured.
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Assam CM also denied involvement of state police -
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also denied the involvement of the state police or any attack from its soil, stating that "things will be clearer towards the evening."
"The Assam Police is not involved in it and no attack has been carried out from our soil," he told reporters, adding that the Indian Army would surely have come out with a statement in case of such operation, but there's no statement so far.
“More information is required on the matter… I think it will be clearer by evening,” Sarma, who is also the state’s home minister, added.
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