Why was Sibsagar sder ceremony a secret?

SIBSAGAR, August 3: Any news about extremists and terrorists coming to the national mainstream is good news for all. The recent reported surrender of 22 ULFA extremists at an Army camp near Sibsagar town, however, cannot be an exception to this. The silence and secrecy maintained by the Army till the last moment has raised many an eyebrow. The civil and police administration of the district too were kept in the dark about the surrender. The concept of unified command operation envisages a coordinated and concerted approach among the civil and police administration and the Army. The July 30 surrender did not reveal such a coordinated approach. Even the Sibsagar deputy commissioner Maninder Singh could come to know about the surrender only when a Jorhat-based correspondent wanted to confirm the news. So was the case with the police. The absence of the deputy commissioner and the superintendent of police at the surrender ceremony robbed it of much significance. Only a section of the media was invited.