RSF is expressing concern further to death threats received by two Assamese journalists. According to RSF's information, in its 23 October 1998 issue, the daily "Amar Asom" said that two senior journalists of the newspaper were threatened with death by a former separatist militant after they enquired about his involvement with the police in an attack on a local businessman. The article said that, after learning the names of the two journalists from a police sub-inspector in Guwahati, the activist called the newspaper office and offered a reward to anyone who could produce the journalists.
On 26 October, the Assamese police foiled a murder attempt planned by militants against D. N. Bezboruah, editor of the English-language daily "The Sentinel". Police arrested two militants after they found "incriminating documents" near the journalist's home. The militants, reported to be members of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), denied any involvement. The authorities reported that they had confessed to the plan and that they "had planned to assassinate more journalists and intellectuals who have been taking an anti-militant stand in their writings."
