By KUNA
New Delhi : At least five persons have been injured in an IED blast reportedly triggered by rebels of the outlawed insurgent group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in India’s Northeastern state of Assam. The blast took place in Assam’s Lakhimpur town late Wednesday night, news agency Indo Asian News Service reported Thursday, quoting an official of state police. The blast damaged an Indian Border Road Organisation vehicle, the official said. Assam Police have blamed ULFA for the blast and has launched a massive manhunt to arrest the rebels.
ULFA is waging an insurgency since 1979 to create a “sovereign Assam ” carved out of India .
Most of its top leadership is reported to be based in neighbouring Bangladesh and operating from there. Leading US think tank Stratfor last year in a report — ‘India: ULFA Abandons Peace Talks’ — had said that ULFA was keen to work with groups like Bangladesh-based Harkt ul Jihadi Islami in India’s Northeast and has begun to outsource terror operations.