Home Ministry aims to wipe out NDFB (S) leadership

NEW DELHI: The Home Ministry is not inclined to order an inquiry into the lapses that led to the Assam killings though Assam CM Tarun Gogoi had asked for the same when Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited Guwahati.

“This is the time to look ahead and concentrate on operations with the aim to wipe out the NDFB (S) leadership… not do an inquiry into lapses that may have preceded the attack. There will also be no dialogue with anti-talks faction of any insurgent group as the NDFB(S) has specifically lost all legitimacy for talks after this dastardly attack. The Army will target their top leadership and not just cadres,” a senior home ministry official told ET.

Meanwhile, Security forces today arrested a cadre of NDFB (S) and four linkmen in connection with the violence unleashed by the group which has left 81 people dead.