Guwahati:
Assam police’s Particular Process Pressure (STF) has been within the information for the previous two years with a number of very profitable operations to unearth terror modules. The specialised unit of Assam police has turned itself right into a potent ‘strike drive’ inside two years, after remaining fairly dormant from 2008 when it was first created.
Led by senior IPS officer Parth Sarathi Mahanta, Assam STF has not too long ago unearthed Bangladesh-based teams, Ansarullah Bangla Crew (ABT), which is an affiliate of Al-Queda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), sleeper cell modules, which have been activated not too long ago for suspected terror strike in jap India.
The success price of the STF has dramatically elevated, with 254 profitable operations in 2023-2024, in comparison with simply 111 between October 2008 and February 2023. Arrests have greater than quadrupled, reaching 482 within the latest interval.
STF has reported a pointy enhance in profitable operations from March 2023 to December 2024, as in comparison with the earlier tenure from October 4, 2008, to February 28, 2023.
Talking to reporters, Assam Police’s Particular DGP, Harmeet Singh stated, “Beneath the course of Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, we revived the STF led by DGP GP Singh with Inspector Common Partha Sarathi Mahanta on the helm of affairs. The STF’s primary job is to maintain individuals of the state protected and to take care of bigger facets of the crime each at worldwide and nationwide.”
In an ongoing effort to safe Guwahati metropolis, the STF has performed 152 operations between March 2023 and December 2024, resulting in the seizure of over 13 kg of heroin, virtually 4,000 kg of ganja, and hundreds of psychotropic tablets, exhibiting the relentless dedication of the STF to maintain Assam free from unlawful actions.
The STF has expanded its scope by tackling terrorist and extremist organizations. Between March 2023 and December 2024, 21 extremists have been arrested, together with members of ISIS, ULFA, and Maoist teams, signalling a concerted effort to deal with terrorism. That is in stark distinction to the absence of such arrests earlier than March 2023.
Wildlife smuggling, pretend foreign money operations, and gold smuggling additionally noticed important motion, with the restoration of things like ivory, rhino horns, and pretend gold totalling over 20 kg, along with the restoration of Rs. 63.88 lakh in money.
The STF’s function within the unlawful commerce of Burmese areca nuts and tobacco merchandise has additionally been highlighted, with over 57,000 kg of supari and a couple of.2 lakh packets of tobacco seized, alongside a staggering Rs. 5.71 crore tax penalty.
The STF arrested 18 people concerned in unlawful actions, together with touts and infiltrators from Bangladesh and Myanmar. Talking on the difficulty, Particular DGP Harmeet Singh said, “All of the anti-national intrusions, whether or not in Kashmir, Punjab, naturally, the enemy will come by means of the neighbouring nation. Whoever needs to break India will come from the neighbouring nation.”