GUWAHATI, Jan 27– The State Government this evening transferred the Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup (Metropolitan) AK Absar Hazarika and city Superintendent of Police HC Nath following the two blasts at the Judges Field, which marred the Republic Day celebrations yesterday. The Government decision came after a meeting of the Council of Ministers.Official sources said that the State Government today decided to upgrade the post of Superintendent of Police, Guwahati city to Senior Superintendent of Police and Vijay Ramisetti, IPS, has been posted as the first SSP of the city. Ramisetti is now serving as the Superintendent of Police, Kokrajhar. The city will have two Superintendents of Police under the SSP. Jitmal Doley has been posted as the SP, Special Operations unit of the city, while, Luis Aind will be the SP, Traffic of Guwahati. The city SP, HC Nath, has been transferred as the SP of Special Branch.The Government also transferred the Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup (Metropolitan) AK Absar Hazarika as the joint secretary of the Home Department and Kamrup Deputy Commissioner Samir Sinha will take his place. Gautam Ganguli has been posted as the Kamrup Deputy Commissioner.Earlier this afternoon,Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi admitted that there might be security lapses which enabled the ultras to trigger off two blasts at the Judges Field during the Republic Day celebrations yesterday and hinted at reorganisation of the police force.Addressing a press conference at the Janata Bhawan here today, the Chief Minister said that Additional Director General of Police, CID, Sankar Baruah has been directed to inquire into the incident and he would submit his report tomorrow. He asserted that the Government would take action against all those found guilty for the lapses if any immediately after receiving the report. When asked whether it was an assassination attempt on him, the Chief Minister said, “Nothing can be ruled out.”Gogoi admitted that the State Police force does not have the equipment required to detect bombs planted deep on the ground and hoped that the Government of India would provide such equipment in the near future. He also said that withdrawal of security forces for elections in other States also posed a problem for the Government. However, he refused to admit that the Government failed to maintain law-and-order and said, “No intelligence or security measure is foolproof. Even an advanced country like America failed to prevent ultras’ strikes.” He said that the militants are changing their methods frequently and the security forces would have to change tactics accordingly to prevent the militants from carrying out any subversive activity.The Chief Minister tried to justify his claim of improvement of the law-and-order situation, and said that the number of civilians killed during the tenure of the present Government is much less than the number of persons killed during the tenure of the AGP Government. He also claimed that the improvement of the economy of the State is a pointer towards the improvement of the law-and-order situation. Replying to a question, he admitted that there were suggestions for not allowing the Judges Field to be used for fairs, he said that sometimes the administration has to accept demands and pressure from various corners. He said that the Government has decided to take over the field from the district administration.Reacting to the demand from the AGP for his resignation, the Chief Minister said: “Why should I resign? I still enjoy the support of the people of Assam.” He alleged that the AGP joined hands with the ULFA by asking the people to boycott the Republic Day celebrations but the people of Assam rejected their call. He said that on one hand, the AGP asked the people to boycott the Republic Day celebrations and on the other hand the party president Brindaban Goswami attended the celebrations at the Judges Field. He further alleged that Goswami tried to create panic among the people after the blasts instead of pacifying the
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