[Assam] Iconic Cap’ worn Gogoi at the Iftar parties(!) and EVERYONE else should learn fast and act NOW. Visit http://www.secularislam.org/Default.htm, http://www.faithfreedom.org/ etc. to wisen yourselves.

[Bartta Bistar]

*Assam CM threatened by fundamentalists*



*K Anurag in Guwahati*



http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/sep/12assam.htm























September 12, 2006 11:32 IST

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi is perceived to be under threat from
fundamentalist militant group Jamaat'ul Mujahedeen, which is based in
neighbouring Bangladesh.

Security cover for the chief minister is being increased after central
intelligence agencies alerted the state government about the threat posed to
Gogoi by the JM, which may be in close co-ordination with fundamentalist
militant groups based in Assam.

A source in the state home department stated that the chief minister was
perceived to be under threat for his firm stand on strong measures to
prevent upsurge of Islamic militancy in Assam, which shares porous borders
with Bangladesh.

The chief minister reportedly admitted during the internal security meeting
convened by the prime minister last week that jehadi elements posed a threat
to internal security in Assam. He advocated strengthening of vigilance and
intelligence apparatus in view of the threat posed to the state.

There were intelligence inputs that JM formed suicide squads to target
Gogoi.

The personal security of the chief minister has been beefed up. There will
be round-the-clock vigil by Special Security Group, comprising commandos
pooled from Assam police.

The SSG will provide security to Gogoi both in the state and outside it. His
residences in Guwahati and New Delhi have been fortified.

Visitors to his residences and offices will no longer be allowed to carry
mobile phones. In fact, mobiles phones have been banned inside the entire
state secretariat complex at Dispur in Guwahati.

The JM was formed in Bangladesh in 1998. It is suspected to be a front of
Jagrata Muslim Janata of Bangladesh headed by Banga Bhai, now lodged in
jail. The JM was banned in that country in 2005.

The group is notorious for its expertise in handling explosives. It
allegedly triggered 459 blasts throughout 63 districts of Bangladesh on
August 17 last year, killing two persons and injuring over 100.

JM is opposed to establishment of democracy and launched armed struggle to
establish rule of Islam in Bangladesh. It is manned by about 10,000
full-time and about one lakh part-time cadres pooled from different walks of
life.

Several political and non-political organizations in Assam have raised alarm
about growing influence of jehadi groups in Assam, taking advantage of
alleged unabated illegal migration of people from Bangladesh.

The North East Students' Organisation, an umbrella of all the top-line
students' organisations in the region, recently submitted a memorandum to
the Union Home Ministry with a note of warning that about 14 fundamentalist
militant groups were active in the Northeastern states.

NESO demanded urgent action on part of the government of India to arrest
proliferation of activities of these organizations in the region in the
interests of national security.








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