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Delhi rushes in troops to violence-hit northeast

Four rebels killed

AFP, Guwahati
Four rebels were killed and three arrested in India's violent northeast, as an extra 2,500 paramilitary troopers backed by helicopters rushed to the region, officials said yesterday.
Police said troops gunned down the four militants of the outlawed United National Liberation Front (UNLF) in a clash in Manipur's Bisnupur district on Wednesday.
"The rebels were on a mission to create terror and they were intercepted and neutralised by troops in an encounter," a police official said.
The UNLF is a frontline rebel group fighting for an independent homeland for the majority Metei community in Manipur state.
In the region's largest state Assam, troops arrested three militants from the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) who were allegedly plotting attacks
on the state's main city of Guwahati, a police official said.
"We are likely to get vital clues from these three ULFA rebels about the ongoing terror strikes carried out by the group in the state over the weekend," he added.
Assam and neighbouring Nagaland witnessed at least 21 incidents of bombings and shootings during and since the weekend in which 81 people were killed and 217 wounded.
Some 2,500 paramilitary soldiers, backed by helicopters, were due to arrive in Assam after New Delhi Wednesday approved a request by the state government for additional troops to battle the explosion of violence.
"Now with more troops arriving and New Delhi's new plans for tackling insurgency in the region in a coordinated manner, we expect to deal more effectively with the rebel violence," said Assam Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi.
Indian home ministry officials decided to send air force helicopters to strafe rebel hideouts and help search operations in the densely-forested region.
Indian border security guards in the northeastern region have already been put on high alert and have stepped up patrolling to prevent infiltration of militants from across the border with Bangladesh, an official said.
"The operation is aimed at checking trans-border infiltration of militants in view of the recent violence in Assam and Nagaland," the Border Security Force official said.
India and Bangladesh share a 4,095-kilometre-long (2,559 mile) border. Much is unfenced and Indian intelligence officials say this allows easy movement of separatist rebels.