New Delhi: Hours after ULFA militants
triggered the latest blasts in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun
Gogoi on Sunday said the banned north-east terror outfit is trying
to shift base to China.
"I don't know whether ULFA has support from Chinese
authorities but they are undoubtedly trying to shift their
base to China," Gogoi told a private channel.
A question on reports of ULFA shifting base was also
fielded by Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi
Tharoor.
"We have been speaking to all our friendly neighbouring
countries about the importance of ensuring that their
territory is not used against India and certainly by the
countries you have mentioned," he said.
Tharoor was asked by mediapersons about reports that the
ULFA is moving bases from Myanmar and Bangladesh to China.
"All countries, we believe, understand the importance of
cooperating with India in that regard.
I don't have any further information beyond that but as a
general proposition we do make it sure that our neighbours do
not allow their territory to be misused in any way against our
interests, just as we will not allow our territory to be used
against them," he said.
The Assam police meanwhile dismissed ULFA's claim that it
was not responsible for the twin blasts in Nalbari district,
asserting that the outfit was behind the latest explosions.
"Preliminary investigations have showed that the ULFA is
behind the blasts", Inspector General of Police (IGP-Law
and Order) Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta told newsmen after visiting
the blast sites here.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 22:32