GUWAHATI: Oil India Limited (OIL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) have reviewed and beefed-up security of their installations and personnel after information from Assam police about possible threat from the banned United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I), officials said on Thursday.
“We had information that the outfit could target both the oil PSUs, which have operations in Assam. Based on that, we shared the details with them. This is a routine practice that is done from time to time,” said a senior Assam police official on condition of anonymity.
In recent weeks, dozens of youngsters from across the state have left their homes and jobs to join ULFA-I, which has camps in Myanmar. The outfit, which wants a sovereign Assam, had announced a unilateral ceasefire last year (it still continues) and there are speculations that it could sit for peace talks.
