Around 250 young men were given training on how to handle arms such as small guns, and in July at a camp organised by Rashtriya Bajrang Dal in Dhubri in Assam. The training also included ideological orientation and hand-to-hand combat. The trainees were aged between 18 and 30. Led by Praveen Togadia, Rashtriya Bajrang Dal claims to have recruited 50,000 youths in Assam.
Trainers were brought in from Delhi. Some retired government officials from Assam also lent their helping hands to train the youth. According to a few leaders, this type of training is happening in most parts of India and has further plans to organize more such training programmes in suspected Bangladeshi-dominated areas in Assam.