Date
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Place
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Incident
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Nature of incident
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February10
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NH2/mANIPUR
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Four LAEF militants arrested in an unspecified
location along NH-2 in Manipur. SFs arrested the militants while
were on their way to Myanmar. However, Meghalaya Police believe
that there is no camp of LAEF in Myanmar
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Non-Violent
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February 13 |
NS |
Police stated that LAEF is a militant outfit which
originated from Dimapur and Peter Marak who hailed from Dimapur
had floated the outfit and he was killed in an encounter in 2007.
Most of the LAEF cadres, who hail from Dimapur, are active in
Garo Hills.
|
Statement |
August 19 |
North Garo Hills
|
Two LAEF militants surrendered before the Meghalaya
Police in North Garo Hills. The militants have been identified
as 'corporal' Sodum T Sangma and Saintchecker. One AK-47 rifle
with two magazines and 31 rounds of live ammunition, one 9mm pistol,
with one magazine and 6 rounds of live ammunition was deposited
by them.
|
Non-Violent |
November 15 |
Shillong
|
Use of illegal SIMs has been the common feature
in all the 87 cases of abductions reported in Garo Hills in Meghalaya
this year. Police sources from Garo Hills informed that during
the recent visit of DGP Rajiv Mehta to Garo Hills, all the District
Police chiefs were asked to study the 87 abduction cases reported
in Garo Hills in 2015 and find the crucial factors that helped
militants and other armed criminal gangs in commuting these crimes.
Police sources also revealed that out of the 87 cases reported,
62 abductions were committed by armed criminal gangs and seven
by GNLA while the rest of the abductions were carried out by other
armed groups such as ASAK, AMEF and LAEF. According to Police,
pre-activated SIMs originating from Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura
and Assam have become the main source of communication for militants
and criminals alike.
|
Statement |
December 7 |
Bajengdoba / North Garo Hills District |
One LAEF militant, identified as Waljit M Sangma
(24) of Medu Apal under Bajengdoba Police Station in North Garo
Hills surrendered before SP, Ramesh Singh. According to IGP, GHP
Raju, Waljit joined the outfit in 2014 and was trained in Myanmar.
He however did not deposit any arms.
|
Non-Violent |
December 9 |
Kharkutta / North Garo Hills District |
One LAEF cadre identified as Barnabas G. Momin
(23) of Kharamajipara village who is nephew of Mathieu G Momin,
'C-in-C' of the outfit surrendered before the OIC of Kharkutta
Police Station, North Garo Hills District. Barnabas was imparted
training in the jungles of Shallang Rimding under West Khasi Hills
in the year 2014 from January to March.
|
Non-Violent |
December 9 |
Shillong |
In the last 11 months, 39 Garo Hills based militants
have been killed and 218 others were arrested and 54 others surrendered
in the militancy affected Districts of the State, as per Police
records. Eleven each of the GNLA and the AMEF along with three
ASAK cadres were killed in encounters while the number of arrest
and the surrender indicating the type of mounting operations carried
out by the State Police on the rebels who have been virtually
holding the five strife torn Districts of Garo Hills into ransom.
There were 93 incidents involving the GNLA and 37 with the AMEF,
8 with the LAEF and a couple of others with the ULFA and the NDFB.
While 62 GNLA were arrested in the past one year, there were 36
AMEF and 18 ASAK cadres who were arrested this year alone. The
others belong to lesser known groups like the UALA, ANCA, ANUF,
GNAF, UANF, ANLA-all of which have been attributed as armed groups
involved in kidnapping for ransom and extortion in the guise of
fighting for a separate Garoland.
|
Statement |
December 9 |
Shillong |
In an indication that Garo Hills has become a
war zone area, more than 18 civilians have been killed in Garo
Hills this year by militants while 108 were abducted. Police statistics
revealed that from January 1 to December 8, 2015, 18 civilians
were killed by militants while 19 others were also injured. Statistics
showed that GNLA killed 2 civilians and injured 11 others while
6 civilians were abducted including 1 Police personnel, adding
GNLA also killed 6 Police and injured 10 others of them. Similar
is the case with LAEF which injured 1 Police and abducted 1 civilian.
ASAK and AMEF also killed two civilians each while AMEF abducted
13 civilians. ASAK also killed one Police this year. The militants
who were relegated from the militant groups killed 12 civilians
and injured 6. They were also involved in abduction of 81 civilians.
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Statement |