Police in Goalpara district of Assam are on maximum alert to thwart any subversive activities with just a day left for 72nd Independence Day celebrations.
Intense checking by police and commando has been going on at all entry points from neighbouring state of Meghalaya.
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On the other hand, security forces have been conducting massive combing operation along Assam-Meghalaya inter-state boundary at Krishnai in the district.
Notably, Goalpara Police is apprehensive of some subversive attacks by militants from the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) and Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) on the eve of Independence Day at the instruction from dreaded ULFA-I leader Drishti Rajkhowa who is holed up in the dense jungles along Assam-Meghalaya inter-state boundary.
Such apprehensions have kept the entire security system on its toes in Goalpara district.
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Maximum checking is going on along National Highway 51 with security personnel frisking every single vehicle coming from Tura in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills.
Anti-insurgency operations have also been launched in adjoining hills of along Assam-Meghalaya inter-state boundary.