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June 14, 2007 
ULFA Blames RSS for Blast at Assam Market

Guwahati
The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Thursday blamed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a radical Hindu organisation, of masterminding the blast that killed one person and wounded 40 people at a village market Wednesday.

The explosion took place at a predominantly Muslim area in village Gulutuk in Kamrup district, 50 km from here.

"The blast was carried out at the behest of the RSS and was executed by the organisation's youth wing with Abhijit Sarma as the kingpin," ULFA spokesman Raju Baruah said in a statement received by IANS.

Sarma is the head of the Assam Public Works (APW), a non-government group known for its anti-ULFA stand. The APW earlier this year held an opinion poll and said more than 95 percent of the respondents rejected ULFA's demand for independence.

"Sarma is a member of RSS's youth wing," the statement said.

Police earlier blamed the ULFA for the bombing. There was no immediate comment from either Sarma or the RSS.

"The RSS has already prepared a blueprint for creating communal and ethnic trouble in Assam and instructed its cadres to execute the plans. The bombing was part of their gameplan," the rebel statement said.

The ULFA, fighting for an independent homeland since 1979, has cautioned locals to be vigilant against the 'nefarious designs' of the RSS and other such groups.

"The need of the hour is to be alert and vigilant against such plans," Baruah said. 

IANS | June 14, 2007  

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