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Red alert in Assam

Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta rushed to New Delhi on Friday to take up with the Centre the issue of sending more paramilitary forces to the state to contain the situation.

Twenty-eight people were massacred by suspected United Liberation Front of Asom militants when they were returning from the Sonpura bazaar in Arunachal Pradesh in three trucks to their home in Sadiya, sources said.

Ministers Chandra Mohan Patowary and Jagdish Bhuyan, Additional Director General of Police (operation) G M Srivastava, top army officials besides, Tinsukia deputy commissioner and superintendent of police have rushed to the spot, the sources added.

Referring to Thursday night's massacre, Mahanta said, "I think ULFA is being aided by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence to carry out strikes against the Hindi-speaking people."

The government ordered security forces to maintain a strict vigil, especially along the international border and authorised deputy commissioners to take steps as and when required to contain violence, the sources said.

The deputy commissioners have been asked to impose night curfew along the international border if the situation warrants, they said.

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