Tinsukia (Assam), March 22 At least four security personnel were injured in an attack on an Assam Police commando camp in the Tinsukia district early Sunday morning, a senior officer said.
ULFA(I), which claimed responsibility for the attack in the Jagun area, said that "Operation Bujoni" was carried out in retaliation against the Assam Police's repeated actions against the banned outfit, and also alleged that the Army carried out drone attacks on its camps last year.
The attack took place ahead of the state assembly elections, scheduled for April 9.
The police officer said the attack occurred around 2:30 am.
The militants fired multiple rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) shells at the camp, with five of the shells exploding. Security personnel stationed at the camp immediately retaliated, leading to a brief exchange of gunfire.
The officer said that the attack is suspected to have been carried out by a seven-member group, which escaped across the inter-state border with Arunachal Pradesh under the cover of darkness.
The four security personnel injured in the attack were taken to Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh for treatment.
AMCH superintendent Dhruvajyoti Bhuyan said that all the injured were out of danger and in a stable condition.
Meanwhile, ULFA(I), in a press statement, took responsibility for the attack and said that it was conducted under its "Operation Bujoni."
It maintained that the outfit had not carried out any operations against the state police as a gesture towards the peace overtures of the Himanta Biswa Sarma government, after it came into power in 2021.
However, the ULFA(I) claimed that leaders, cadres, and supporters of the outfit were targeted by security agencies, and many of them were killed.
It also blamed the Indian Armed Forces for conducting drone and missile attacks on its mobile camps along the India-Myanmar border in July last year.
The ULFA(I) asked the state police force to "refrain from subversive activities" against the outfit, warning of retaliatory action.