Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that no talks will be held with National Democratic Front of Bodoland, NDFB (Sangbijit Ggroup), which was involved in massacre of over 70 people in Assam on Tuesday. He declared that strong action will be taken against the group, asserting that the Centre has zero tolerance policy for such crafted terror. During his visit to review the situation in the state, he told reporters at Biswanath Chariali in Sonitpur district this afternoon that the government will take strong measures to deal with the outfit and will control it effectively.

Replying to a question about operations against the outfit, the Union Minister said, operations will definitely be launched against the outfit, adding that the killings by NDFB (S) is not an ordinary act of violence by a militant outfit, but an act of crafted terror. The minister said the Centre has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against all acts of terror and the similar policy will be adopted in this case too. Singh said he held talks with the state government on issues related to border and area development of the affected areas. He also said the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram, who accompanied him, will stay in the area, visit the affected villages, talk to the people and submit a report to the Centre soon.

The Home Minister accompanied by his deputy Kiren Rijiju arrived Guwahati last evening and held a meeting with Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and senior officials. He assured that an investigation by NIA would be conducted into the killings by NDFB (S) militants and that the Centre would provide additional companies of security forces. Militants killed a total of 71 people 43 in Sonitpur, 25 in Kokrajhar and three in Chirang district in the Tuesday massacre. In retaliatory attacks by adivasis, four Bodos were killed while three adivasis were killed allegedly in police firing on violent protesters.