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Assam violence

The article "Assam after the ULFA strikes" (Jan. 13) made shocking reading. ULFA Vice Chairman Pradip Gagoi's reported claim that the killing of more than 60 Hindi-speaking people in Assam was the handiwork of the Government is surprising. There are also reports that ULFA leaders operating from Bangladesh are engineering the violence to bring in more Bangladeshi migrants.

Whoever is responsible for the killings must be punished, whether it is ULFA or some other agent provocateur. It is unfortunate that the Centre is dragging its feet on vital issues such as ULFA militancy, the statehood movement in Telangana, and the ever-boiling Kashmir issue.

Baru Rajendra Prasad,
Hyderabad

The militant-infested areas of Upper Assam should be handed over to the army and swift operations launched to flush out the perpetrators of such heinous crimes.

But it is also important to guard against atrocities by the security forces against innocent civilians. Excesses against the innocent will accentuate the problem the government is seeking to solve.

Gunajit Kakati,
Bangalore

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