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Dima Halim Daogah (DHD) - Terrorist Group of
Assam
Formation
Dima Halim Daogah (DHD) is an offshoot of the erstwhile
Dimasa National Security Force (DNSF), which had surrendered en masse
in 1995, except for its self-styled Commander-in-Chief Jewel Garlossa,
who subsequently launched the DHD. The outfit is currently observing
'ceasefire' with the government.
Objective
It's declared objective is to create
a separate State of 'Dimaraji' for the Dimasa (‘sons of the great river’)
tribe, comprising Dimasa dominated areas of the North Cachar Hills and
Karbi Anglong districts of Assam and parts of Dimapur district in Nagaland.
Leadership
The outfit is led by its President Pranab
Nunisa and Chairman Dilip Nunisa. Kanta Langthasa functions as the home
secretary of the outfit whereas, Yathong Dimasa is the additional commander-in-chief.
Rongsling Dimasa is its organising secretary.
On June 24, 2004, Pranab Nunisa, the
former commander-in-chief of the outfit and the head of the outfit’s
armed wing, the Dima National Army, took over the command of DHD by
ousting its President Jewel Garlossa on charges of anti-DHD activity.
Nunisa, in a press statement, said that Garlossa has already formed
a separate outfit on March 31, 2003, named ‘The Black Widows’, which
also has a private army.
Area of operation
The outfit’s mostly operates in Cachar,
N C Hills, Karbi Anglong and Nagaon districts of Assam. It also has
a strong presence in the Dimasa dominated Dhansiri area of Karbi Anglong
district.
Funding
Extortion constitutes a major source
of funding for the outfit. Even after entering into the ceasefire agreement,
the outfit continues its extortion activities in the Cachar district.
It especially targets the tea gardens located in the area. The villages
most affected by the outfit’s activities in Cachar district are Thaligram,
Tikolpar, Khaspur, Bagherkona, Madhuranagar, Amranagar, Chandighat,
Pangram, Arunabond and Salganga.
Similarly, DHD’s extortion activities
have been reported from Diphu, Hamren and Bokajan sub-divisions of Karbi
Anglong district and the Hojai sub-division of adjoining Nagaon district.
Linkages
The DHD has reportedly forged links
with the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence
agency. The nexus came to light after security forces commenced investigating
the diversion of public funds into the coffers of the militant outfit
in April 2000.
The DHD is also reported to have linkages
with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Isak- Muivah (NSCN-IM)
and the national Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
Peace Negotiations
A ceasefire agreement was signed between
the DHD leadership and the Union Government on January 1, 2003 and the
agreement has been periodically extended. On January 1, 2004, the ceasefire
was extended for a period of one year, till December 31, 2004. On September
23, 2004 a six-member DHD delegation led by ‘chairman’ Dilip Nunisa
met Union home minister Shivraj Patil in New Delhi and submitted a memorandum
demanding a separate homeland for the Dimasa tribals. However, the tardy
progress of the negotiation process has disappointed the DHD leadership,
whose Chief Dilip Nunisa on December 4 termed the delay as "intentional
procrastination".
Incidents
2008
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August 22: A NSCN-IM camp inside the Chingdol forest
under Umrangsu block in the North Cachar Hills district is destroyed
by the rival Black Widow (BW) militants. The report adds that the
two outfits had developed enmity after the NSCN-IM cadres allegedly
informed the Army about the whereabouts of the BW's spokesman Phaiphrang
Dimasa, leading to his arrest.
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August 17: One forest official, Sorvendra Johri,
is killed and a school guard, Firoze Thausan, is injured during
crossfire between cadres of the BW and DHD at Doyangmukh in the
North Cachar Hills district.
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June 23 : The Centre extended its Suspension of
Operation agreement with the DHD for another six months in a tripartite
meeting at New Delhi. The Suspension of Operation agreement with
the outfit which is due to expire on June 30 is extended till December
31.
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March 27: The 'chairman' of the DHD, Dilip Nunisa,
meets Assam Governor Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Ajai Singh and requests him
to take steps to expedite the peace talks between the Government
of India and the outfit.
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March 20: One DHD militant, identified as Joydeep
Maibongsa, was killed by army personnel during an encounter at Maibongdisha
in the North Cachar Hills district.
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March 14: Police arrested three DHD cadres from
Matikhola Gojalipar village in the Howraghat area of Karbi Anglong
district.
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March 2: One former DHD militant, Belen Kempry,
was killed by unidentified militants at Prabadisha Block Bazaar
under Dagang police station in the North Cachar Hills district.
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January 31: A six-member delegation of the DHD,
led by its chairman, Dilip Nunisa, called on Union Home Minister
Shivraj Patil and discussed ways to end the stalemate in peace talks.
He renewed the demand for 'Dimaraji' state to be carved out of North
Cachar Hills and Karbi Anglong districts of Assam and Dimapur district
in Nagaland.
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January 28: Sentinel reports that the DHD has recently
served extortion notes to businessmen in Dayangmukh, under Kheroni
police station in the Karbi Anglong district. A statement released
by the market committee of Dayangmukh has said that the DHD has
demanded huge amounts of money ranging from INR 20,000 to INR 50,000
from each shopkeeper and businessman of the locality. A caller,
identifying himself as a DHD cadre, has threatened that their demand
should be met immediately; otherwise they will not allow the businessmen
to transact their operations in peace.
2007
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December 30: The Union Government decides to extend
the cease-fire with the DHD by another six months with effect from
January 1, 2008, following a meeting between senior officials of
the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and a seven-member DHD delegation
led by Dilip Nunisa.
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December 25: The DHD threatens to withdraw from
the peace process with the Central Government and go underground
out of frustration over 'no progress' in the on-going peace talks
with Government of India. The DHD has about 1000 cadres in four
designated camps.
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December 8: A DHD militant, identified as London
Dimasa, was killed in an encounter with police at Waris village,
about 20-km from Haflong. The police arrested another militant,
Stabli Dimasa, and seized an US-made carbine from him.
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November 23: Militants belonging to the Nunisa faction
of the DHD fired 15 rounds in the air and lobbed two grenades at
an election rally and injured two Autonomous State Demand Committee
workers. The members were at an election rally for Kalachand North
Cachar Hills Autonomous Council constituency at Kranthangdoliya
village under Maibong police station in the North Cachar Hills district.
The NCHAC polls are slated to be held on November 26 and December
1.
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November 22: One DHD cadre, identified as Kanak
Bora alias Ladu Baruah, surrendered to the Army at Laipuli Army
Camp in the Tinsukia district.
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September 22: One Black Widow militant, Uttam Kachari,
is killed in a cross fire, when combined cadres of the NSCN-IM and
the Black Widow attack a designated camp of the Dima Halim Daogah-Pranab
Nunisa faction at Halflong in the North Cachar Hills district of
Assam.
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August 23: Black Widow militants kill a cadre of
the Nunisa faction of the DHD, identified as Lal Khelma, in an internecine
clash at his residence near Umrangsu town in the North Cachar Hills
district.
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August 8: Assam Rifles personnel arrested the 'commander'
of the Harangajo camp of the DHD from Banderkhal in the North Cachar
Hills district along with five other cadres. Sources said that they
are travelling in a jeep and armed with two AK-56 rifles, one US-made
pistol, a mauser pistol and other ammunitions, which is a violation
of truce ground rules.
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August 3: Khaoklu Dimasa, the secretary of DHD,
termed the July 26-claim of the UPDS accusing the DHD of having
links with the NSCN-K as baseless.
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July 24: Three unidentified members of the Black
Widow group were killed in an internecine clash between rival groups
of the DHD - Black Widow and the Nunisa faction, near a designated
camp at Pathergaon under Diphu town in the Karbi Anglong district.
Police also recovered remnants of RDX from the encounter site and
accordingly stepped up vigilance in the southern districts after
intelligence reports indicated possible attacks by a combined team
of the Black Widow militants and the NSCN-IM during the Independence
Day celebration.
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July 21: At least two militants
of the Dilip Nunisa faction of the DHD, identified as Rocket Dimasa
and Samir Khersa, are killed and another, Banesa Langthasa, sustained
gunshot injuries when the rival Jewel Gorlosa faction cadres, also
known as the Black Widow, clashed with them at a jungle near Lallongcherra
village in the Silchar district.
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June 19: Nonphong, a 'corporal'
of the Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the DHD, was killed during
clashes between the two factions of the outfit at Harangajao in
the North Cachar Hills district. Nonphong had deserted the Dilip
Nunisa faction and joined the Black Widow faction in 2006.
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June 15: Security forces killed
an unidentified DHD militant at Maibong in the North Cachar Hills
district.
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June 14: SFs arrested three militants
of the Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the DHD, identified as
Anglong Manin, Zintus Marak and Walsong Manglong, from Hotel Ambassador
at Paltan Bazaar in Guwahati on June 14. One car and a motorcycle
were also seized from them.
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June 11: Four hardcore militants
of the Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the DHD, identified as
‘Lt. Corporal’ Pradesh Thaosen and his associates Manjit Langthasa,
Piten Thaosen and Niben Langthasa, are arrested by the Assam Rifles
personnel from Bhuban Pahar in the North Cachar Hills district.
They were reportedly involved in the June 4-killing of Purnendu
Langthasa, Chief Executive Member of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous
Council, and his colleague Nindu Langthasa. Police also recovered
one AK 47 rifle, one AK 56 rifle, two self-loading rifles, one rocket
launcher and INR 80 lakhs from their hideout at Nayanpur in the
same district.
Police sources revealed that the
NCSN-IM is extending support to different militant outfits in the
North Cachar Hills district, including the Black Widow group. The
outfit is providing weapons, training and giving shelter to the
cadres in its camps. It is suspected that the NSCN-IM also receives
a share of extorted funds collected by the Black Widow group.
June 8: Police sources said that
the Black Widow is trying to extend its area of operation to the
northeastern flank of neighbouring Cachar district. Sources also
revealed that nearly two dozen people living in the Harinagar and
Jaipur enclaves along Cachar’s northeastern boundary with North
Cachar had received extortion notices. The notices, either sent
by post or hand-delivered, demand amounts between INR 50,000 and
INR 5 lakh. The residents have been also threatened with dire consequences
if they fail to pay the said amount.
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June 4: Suspected Black Widow militants
killed former Chief Executive Member of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous
Council, Purnendu Langthasa and former executive member of the Council,
Nindu Langthasa at Langlai Hasnu village in the NC Hills district.
Both were candidates of the ruling Congress party for the upcoming
Council election. The party alleged that the Militant group has
been warning and demanding an amount of Rs one crore from the party
for the safety of its candidates for the elections.
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May 31: The level of violence involving
the KLNLF and Black Widow group, a breakaway faction of the DHD,
in the hill districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills reportedly
showed an upward trend. According to records available, the Black
Widow group was involved in 10 acts of violence in 2006 and it increased
to 17 so far this year. The KLNLF militants were involved in more
than 10 major acts of violence so far in 2007.
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May 30: One cadre of the Black Widow,
a breakaway faction of the Dima Halim Daogah (DHD), identified as
‘Sergeant’ Gale, is killed in an encounter with the security forces
(SFs) at Hatikhali near Maibong area in the North Cachar hill district.
The slain militant was leading a five-member team that tried to
ambush a patrol squad along the Maibong-Diklem road. One AK-56 rifle,
100 live rounds of ammunition and three magazines were recovered
from his possession.
Two bullet-riddled bodies were recovered
from Lombapathar, under Kheroni police station in the Karbi Anglong
district. One of them was identified as Dauthau Dimasa of the Black
Widow group.
Four groups - the United People's
Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), Karbi Longri North Cachar Liberation
Front, DHD and Black Widow, reportedly have launched widespread
extortion drives in their respective strongholds in the Karbi Anglong
and North Cachar hill districts making the life of common people,
government staff and traders miserable.
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June 4: Police recovered the body
of Ajit Bodo, Deputy Chairman of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous
District Council, from Maibong area in the North Cachar Hills district,
on June 4 - night, reports Shillong Times. He was killed by suspected
militants of the Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the Dima Halim
Daogah (DHD).
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June 4: Suspected militants of the
Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the Dima Halim Daogah (DHD),
killed the former Chief Executive Member of the North Cachar Hills
Autonomous Council, Purnendu Langthasa, and a former executive member
of the Council, Nindu Langthasa, at Langlai Hasnu village in the
NC Hills district. Both are candidates of the Congress party for
the upcoming Council election. The party alleged that the militant
group has been warning and demanding an amount of Rs one crore from
the party for the safety of its candidates for the elections.
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May 31: According to reports, the
Black Widow group was involved in 10 acts of violence last year
and it increased to 17 so far this year. The KLNLF militants were
involved in more than 10 major acts of violence so far in 2007.
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May 30: One cadre of the Black Widow,
a breakaway faction of the Dima Halim Daogah (DHD), identified as
‘Sergeant’ Gale, is killed in an encounter with the SFs at Hatikhali
near Maibong area in the North Cachar hill district. The slain militant
was leading a five-member team that tried to ambush a patrol squad
along the Maibong-Diklem road. One AK-56 rifle, 100 live rounds
of ammunition and three magazines were recovered from his possession.
Two bullet-riddled bodies were recovered
from Lombapathar, under Kheroni police station in the Karbi Anglong
district. One of them was identified as Dauthau Dimasa of the Black
Widow group.
Four groups - the United People's
Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), Karbi Longri
North Cachar Liberation Front (KLNLF), DHD and Black Widow, reportedly
have launched widespread extortion drives in their respective strongholds
in the Karbi Anglong and North Cachar hill districts making the
life of common people, government staff and traders miserable.
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May 28: Mosorom Dimasa, a militant of the Black
Widow, which is a break away faction of the Dima Halim Daogah (DHD),
is killed in an encounter with the security forces at Haflong in
the North Cachar district. One 9-mm pistol was recovered from the
slain militant.
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May 25: One militant of the DHD, identified as
Girifer Hojai alias Dimasa, is killed by militants of the Black
Widow, a breakaway faction of the DHD, at Forest Bagan under Umrangshu
Police Station in the Karbi Anglong district.
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May 24: Rathu Bodusa, an 'area commander' of the
Dima Halam Daoga (DHD) -Nunisa faction, is killed by suspected cadres
of the rival Black Widow at Block Bazaar under Doyangbra police
outpost in the Karbi Anglong district.
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May 15: One DHD militant, identified as Badal Ardau,
surrendered to the security forces along with a grenade launcher
at Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district.
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March 22: Dimasa militant outfit
DHD held a two-day conclave, which was joined by several political
parties in appealing to both the Centre and the ULFA
to sit for unconditional talks for a political settlement of the
insurgency problem. The DHD 'chairman' Dilip Nunisa urged the Center
to play the role of "guardian and big brother" and hold direct talks
with the ULFA. He also appealed to the ULFA to authorise the five
jailed leaders to hold negotiations with the Government.
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March 21: Assam Rifles personnel
arrested one DHD cadre and seized a huge cache of arms including
one AK-47 rifle, a US-made M-16 rifle, four Chinese rifles with
bayonets, two bolt action rifles and one Chinese made automatic
pistol along with live ammunition for all weapons from Silchar-Haflong
in the Cachar District.
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March 10: An 'area commander' of
the Black Widow, identified as Chinese Dimasa, is arrested from
a hideout on the outskirts of Maibong town in the North Cachar Hills
district. In a separate search operations, two militants of the
same outfit are arrested from a hotel in Guwahati and seven others
are arrested from Pura Basti near Mahur town in the North Cachar
Hills district.
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February 25: Intelligence sources in Haflong, the
headquarters of North Cachar Hills district, said that the UPDS
and DHD are silently expanding their area of operations in both
Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts, and the February
8-abduction of a DHD militant, Ronald Hojai, who was on his way
from Dhansiri to Diphu, by UPDS militants could be fallout of that
rivalry.
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February 1: The NSCN-K says that the outfit's 'makeshift'
camp at Saijang in the Kohima district was attacked by a combined
force of the NSCN-IM, "PREPAK, KYKL, KRA, UPDS and DHD (Anti-talk
party)" numbering about 150 cadres. During the encounter, five militants
of the NSCN-IM were shot dead while two NSCN-K militants are killed
and one weapon is lost, said Anie Konyak, 'Under Secretary' of the
NSCN-K.
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January 28: The cease-fire liaison office of the
DHD is attacked by the rival Black Widow militants at Haflong in
the North Cachar Hills district and in the ensuing clash a Black
Widow militant is killed.
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January 27: The DHD leader, Dilip Nunisa, claims
responsibility for the killings of 13 of their cadres who had deserted
their camp at Dhansiri to join the rival Black Widow in Karbi Anglong
on January 14.
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January 19: Three DHD cadres are arrested by SF
personnel during a search operation at Laitumkhrah in Shillong.
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January 3: At least 24 DHD cadres deserted the Nunisa
faction's designated camp at Dihinga along the North Cachar Hills-Kari
Anglong border in two batches to join the Black Widow, the anti-talks
faction of the DHD led by Jewel Garlosa. They decamped with six
self-loading rifles, an M-16 rifle and a few more arms along with
a huge cache of ammunition. The cadre strength of the Black Widow
increased to over 100 following the defections from the DHD camp.
They are kept in the hideouts at Umrangshu, Mamboing and Maher in
the North Cachar Hills.
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January 1: The Union Government extends the four-year-old
cease-fire with the DHD by another year. "The suspension of operations
agreement between the security forces and Dima Halim Daogah (DHD),
a militant outfit, has been extended for a period of one year up
to December 31, 2007," says a release issued by the Union Ministry
of Home Affairs. The Government and the DHD had entered into a truce
in January 2003.
2006
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December 13: A DHD leader, Arnol Ponglu, is killed
and two cadres are injured when militants of the Black Widow, the
anti-talks' faction of the outfit led by Jewel Garlossa, attacked
them at Umrangshu in the North Cachar Hills district. A junior engineer
of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation, Manilal Thousen,
is also killed during the clash.
The beheaded body of a DHD militant, Jaulal Raijung, is recovered
from Langting under Maibong police station in the North Cachar Hills
district. According to police sources, Raijung may have been killed
by suspected cadres of his outfit.
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December 2: A DHD leader belonging to the Dilip
Nunisa faction, 'lieutenant' Mazran Dimasa, is wounded when he is
attacked by the rival anti-talks faction led by Jewel Gorlosa at
Maibong town in the North Cachar Hills district. Mazran's wife,
Riya Maibongsa, and a civilian, Ananta Langthasa, are also wounded
in the attack.
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December 1: Two DHD cadres, Formet Nunisa and Ramen
Hagjer, are arrested from Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district.
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November 16: Assam Government is working on a "special"
economic package for the twin hill districts of Karbi Anglong and
North Cachar Hills to convince groups such as the UPDS and DHD to
give up their demand for statehood and involve themselves in planning
and development of the backward districts. "We are planning the
package in such a way that it could be close to the budgets of certain
states whose territories are smaller than the two districts combined.
If we draw up an annual budget that is more than that of these states
or at least on a par, we see no reason for its rejection by the
militant leadership. The package could be worth around Rs 500 crore,"
said an unnamed official.
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October 30: Suspected DHD militants abduct Samdes
Ardau, a revenue officer in the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council,
from his Haflong residence.
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October 23: The NDFB, DHD and UPDS are reportedly
involved in extortion activities, despite the fact that all these
outfits are under ceasefire agreement with the Union Government.
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October 22: A CPI-ML leader, Lantuk Phangcho, is
abducted by the militants from Umrangshu in the North Cachar Hills.
Involvement of the Jewel Gorlosa faction of the DHD is also suspected
in the abduction.
At least 12 DHD cadres along with a civilian driver are arrested,
while traveling in two vehicles, near Umrangsu in the North Cachar
Hills district. A huge cache of arms and explosives, including five
Russian AK-47 assault rifles, four Chinese AK series rifles, 15
magazines with 16 rounds of ammunition, an M-16 rifle with 105 rounds
of ammunition, a rocket launcher, five hand grenades, two detonator
hand grenades, an improvised flame grenade thrower, three pieces
of dagger, two vehicles, along with INR 36,135, a set of combat
uniform and four mobile cell sets, is recovered from their possession.
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October 18: The dead body of a DHD cadre is recovered
from Khinmung Basti under Mahur police station in the North Cachar
Hills district.
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October 7: Two civilians are killed and three others
injured in crossfire during an encounter between security forces
(SFs) and cadres of the Black Widow faction of DHD at Mujam village
under Kherni police station in the Karbi Anglong district. The SF
personnel were carrying out a combing operation in the area following
the October 6 attack on the Railway Protection Force in the adjoining
North Cachar Hills district. Tools used for making arms, military
fatigues and incriminating documents were found in a temporary camp
of the Black Widow near the incident site.
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October 6: At least 13 Railway Protection Force
personnel are killed by in an ambush by the DHD militants belonging
to the Black Widow faction in the North Cachar Hills district.
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September 18: A DHD cadre belonging to its Black
Widow faction, Ajit Hagjer, is arrested from Hotel Geetanjali at
Panbazaar in the Guwahati city.
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September 10: DHD cadres belonging to the anti-talks
faction headed by Jewel Gorlosa set ablaze two labour camps at different
construction sites of the Northeast Frontier Railway’s broad gauge
project in the North Cachar Hills, as the companies involved in
the project fail to pay ransom to the militants. Additional Superintendent
of Police Bidyut Buragohain confirmed that two labour sheds at Asong
Haju and Saron Basti under Mahur police station were set ablaze
by at least 12 cadres of the outfit.
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September 6: DHD militants belonging to the Jewel
Gorlosa faction shot dead two cadres of the rival Dilip Nunisa faction
at Langting under Maibong police station in the North Cachar Hills.
One of the slain militants was identified as ‘lance corporal’ Lampthou
Dimasa.
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September 1: An anti-talks faction of the DHD, Black
Widow, which is operating in the hill districts of the State, destroys
an excavator worth INR 60 00, 000 used in a railway project to terrorize
the contractors to meet the demand for ransom amount. The NSCN-IM
is suspected to be conniving with the Black Widow to maintain its
influence in the North Cachar Hills district. The railway construction
work between Lumding and Silchar through North Cachar Hills is affected,
as contractors decide to suspend construction work due to extortion
threat by militant outfits.
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August 20: An internecine clash among DHD cadres
belonging to the Jewel Garlossa faction occurs at Lanfer village
under Kheroni police station in the Hamren sub-division of Karbi
Anglong district, following the escape of five cadres of the outfit
from its camp in North Cachar Hills.
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August 7: Four persons are wounded
in a grenade blast triggered by suspected militants belonging to
the anti-talks Jewel faction of the DHD at Mahur market in the North
Cachar Hills district.
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July 30: Two DHD cadres,
V. Dimasa and Ithang Dimasa, are arrested from Silchar town in the
Cachar district. According to police sources, the arrested militants
confess to have come from their camp in North Cachar Hills district
to Silchar for medical treatment.
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July 26: An unidentified
DHD cadre belonging to the Jewel Gorlosa faction triggers a grenade
explosion, targeting CRPF personnel, killing three civilians, including
one female child, and injuring three others at a railway station
in Maibong of North Cachar Hills district.
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July 3: A trader, Jagannath
Prasad, is killed, and at least 18 persons are wounded in a grenade
explosion triggered at a market place in Haflong town of North Cachar
Hills district. Subsequently, a caller, identifying himself as the
‘area commander’ of the Jewel Garlossa faction of the DHD claims
responsibilty for the grenade attack reportedly intended ‘to teach
a lesson’ to the shop owner.
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June 20:The Zemi Students
Union, Asom (ZSU-A) accuses and condemns the Dilip Nunisa faction
of the DHD for its involvement in the May 8 abduction and subsequent
killing of three Zemi Naga youths in the North Cachar Hills district.
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June 18: The dead bodies of three unidentified
persons, belonging to Zemi Naga tribe, who were abducted by the
suspected DHD cadres on May 8 from Fiding village under Mahur police
station in the North Cachar Hills district, are recovered after
a month at an unspecified place near a rail track.
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June 12: Three cadres of the anti-talks
Black Widow faction of the DHD, Shishuranjan Bar, Chandrakanta Naiding
and Peikhuk Rangkhol, are arrested from a hotel at Bhangagarh in
the Guwahati city of Kamrup district. Incriminating documents and
Rupees 5,00,000 are seized from the arrested militants.
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June 4: A DHD cadre, Shyamal Langthasa,
of the Gorlosa faction is reported to have deserted a designated
camp in the North Cachar Hills district on an unspecified date in
May.
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April 28: The 'deputy commander-in-chief'
of the DHD, identified as Naizing Daulagapu, is shot at and wounded
by suspected militants belonging to the breakaway faction of the
outfit led by Jewel Garlosa at Upper Dibbarai under Haflong police
station in the North Cachar Hills district.
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March 30: DHD militants belonging to
the Jewel Garlossa faction kill a worker engaged by a railway contractor
and injure another at Retzole in the North Cachar Hills district.
Seven rounds of empty cartridges of AK-47 assault rifles were recovered
from the incident site.
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March 28: The North Cachar Hills district
police recover three rocket launcher shells, two pistols, nine magazines,
one revolver and an unspecified amount of ammunition from a husband
and wife, identified as Afhringdaw and Dipali Warisa. They were
traveling from Guwahati to Umrangso and are allegedly linked to
the Jewel Garlossa faction of the DHD.
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February 23: A school-teacher is killed
in an exchange of fire between cadres of the HPC-D and DHD in the
North Cachar Hills district. DHD chief Dilip Nunisa said that the
vehicle in which his deputy Yathon Dimasa, the public relations
officer of the outfit Samir Dimasa and their bodyguard were traveling
was ambushed by the HPC-D at Mahadev Tilla. In the exchange of fire,
the school teacher who was passing by is also killed.
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January 21: DHD chief Dilip Nunisa
said that Ministry of Home Affairs officials have confirmed January
31 as the date for another round of dialogue between the Union Government
and the outfit to be held in New Delhi. The previous round of dialogue
between a DHD delegation and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil was
held in New Delhi during June 2005.
2005
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December 14: Union Minister of State
for Home Affairs, S. Reghupathy, while speaking in the Rajya Sabha
(Upper House of Parliament), said that cease-fire was currently
on with the DHD along with other militant outfits of the North East.
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December 13: DHD announces cease-fire
with the UPDS in the Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts
during Christmas festivities.
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December 6: Two unidentified militants
of DHD’s Jewel Garlossa faction are killed at Retzol near Haflong
in the NC Hills district.
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December 3: 379 houses are set ablaze
by the DHD in six villages of Mohendijua and Lunhnit areas in the
Karbi Anglong district.
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December 2: Suspected DHD militants,
armed with grenade launchers and AK rifles, open indiscriminate
fire at Sirkangnep village in the Karbi Anglong district killing
four persons, including a two-month-old infant.
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October 23: Security forces arrest
five armed DHD cadres from Umrangshu Bazaar in the North Cachar
Hills district.
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October 21: Suspected DHD militants
kill nine UPDS cadres at Tamulbari under Diphu police station in
the Karbi Anglong district.
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October 17: Suspected DHD militants
waylay two passenger buses traveling from Zirikinding at Charchim
under Kheroni police station in Karbi Anglong district and kill
23 persons, including nine women, belonging to the Karbi tribe.
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June 23: DHD chairman Dilip Nunisa
says that the outfit is ready to compromise on its demand of the
integration of Dimasa-inhabited areas of Assam and Nagaland "if
Delhi accedes to the call for Dimaraji statehood."
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May 19: DHD cadres serve extortion
notes targeting the non-Dimasa population in and around Harinagar
under Jaipur police station limits in the Cachar district.
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May 10: Three Dima Halim Daogah cadres
were reported to have been killed during an encounter with the Meghalaya
Police personnel at Pendung village in the Jaintia Hills district
of Meghalaya.
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April 27: Superintendent of Police
in Karbi Anglong district says that the DHD has been using conduits
from various tribal communities to carry out illegal activities
in the districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills.
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April 22: The DHD chairman, Dilip Nunisa,
in an interview, accuses the Union and State Governments of promoting
a rival faction, the Black Widow, to weaken the DHD’s struggle for
a separate state.
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April 21: Suspected terrorists belonging
to the anti-talks faction of the DHD kill a villager after setting
fire to two houses in the Lanku Garu Basti area under Umrangshu
police station of the North Cachar Hills district.
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April 11: Black Widow, a splinter group
of the DHD, abducts Lakhyajoti Langthasa, an executive member of
the North Cachar Hills Autonomous District Council
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January 20: DHD leaders meet the Union
Government representatives and say that no solution short of a separate
‘Dimaraji’ State would be acceptable to the outfit.
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January 2: Four suspected DHD cadres
are arrested while extorting money from Kalain in the Cachar district.
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January 1: Cachar district police arrests
a suspected DHD cadre from an unspecified place in the district.
2004
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December 28:
Cease-fire agreement between the Government of India and the DHD
is extended till December 31, 2005, following a tripartite meeting
between the group, the State Government and the Centre held in Guwahati.
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December 4: The DHD Chief, Dilip Nunisa,
expresses disappointment over the delay in holding negotiations
with the government and terms the delay as "intentional procrastination".
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November 25: Three DHD cadres arrested
from an unspecified place in the Cachar district along with five
AK-47 rifles, one SLR and a huge quantity of ammunition.
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October 30: DHD and NDFB cadres open
fire on a Dimapur bound truck at Sat Mile.
- October 17: DHD calls for a 48-hour
general strike in the North Cachar Hills district to protest against
the alleged 'atrocities' by the army personnel on its cadres.
- October 13: Assam Police arrests three
DHD cadres from an unspecified place along the Assam-Mizoram border.
- September 23: A DHD delegation meets
Union home minister Shivraj Patil in New Delhi and submits a memorandum
demanding a separate homeland for the Dimasa tribals.
- July 29: Suspected DHD terrorists kill
a teacher, namely Altaf Hossain Barbhuyan, at Karkat Basti in the
Cachar district.
- June 28: Jewel Garlossa, the ousted
DHD 'Chief' in an interview with Sentinel terms the ‘takeover’ of
the outfit by the ‘military wing’ chief Pranab Nunisa as a ‘gross
violation of the ceasefire agreement.’
- June 24: Pranab Nunisa becomes the president
of the DHD. He ousts the former president, Jewel Garlossa for anti-DHD
activities.
- May 19: DHD releases a trader, whom
the outfit had abducted on May 16 from Tumpreng under Hojai subdivision
in Nagaon district.
- May 16: DHD cadres abduct a trader from
Tumpreng under Hojai subdivision in Nagaon district.
- April 11: A civilian working as an employee
in a fuel pump killed during a grenade attack by DHD terrorists at
Sukanjan under Bokajan police station in Karbi Anglong district.
- March 18: DHD terrorists shoot at and
injure a couple at Singaribasti near Hojai town in Nagaon district,
following an unsuccessful attempt to abduct their son.
- March 15: Three DHD cadres arrested
by the Army for their alleged involvement in extortion activities
in Pailapool area under Lakhipur police station in the Cachar district.
- January 1: Ceasefire with the DHD extended
upto December 31, 2004.
2003
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December 29:
Cease-fire between the DHD and Union Government is extended by one
year from January 1, 2004.
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December 27:
Jewel Garlossa, President of DHD, in a press statement, appeals
to insurgent outfits in the northeastern region to come forward
for negotiations.
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November 26:
A trader is injured in an attack by a group of DHD terrorists for
having refused to pay extortion amount to the outfit in the Diphu
town of Karbi Anglong district.
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August 28: Report indicates that the
DHD would discuss the issue of Statehood for the Dimasa tribe in
the Northeast during a meeting with representatives of the Union
Government slated to be held in September 2003.
- August 7: Suspected DHD terrorists abduct
a civilian from the Lumding area in the North Cachar Hills district.
- August 4: DHD terrorist is lynched while
allegedly attempting to extort money from a local businessman at Lamsakhang
bazaar in the Karbi Anglong district.
- July 17: Media reports indicate formation
of Hmar Hunam Santo (HHS) with links to the HPC-D as counter outfit
of the DHD in Assam.
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July 7: DHD
'commanding officer' Yaohang Dimasa threatens to carry out counter
attacks against the HPC-D alleging the latter of attacking Dimasa
villages in Cachar and North Cachar Hills district of Assam.
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July 6: DHD
terrorists kill an employee of Lengrijan Tea Estate under Khatkhati
police outpost in Karbi Anglong district.
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June 30: DHD
threatens to target HPC-D cadres under code name "King Cobra" in
the North Cachar Hills and Cachar districts of Assam.
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June 27: Cease-fire
with DHD in operation since January 1, 2003 extended for another
six months, beyond June 30.
- June 17: Reports indicate that the Union
Government is likely to extend the cease-fire with the DHD for another
term, beginning July 1. The earlier cease-fire agreement, which was
in force for six months, ends on June 30.
- June 15: DHD terrorists kill a tribal
youth of Hmar community at Haflong, district headquarters of North
Cachar Hills.
- June 13: The North Cachar Autonomous
District Council submits a memorandum to the visiting Cabinet team
urging, among others, to start the proposed dialogue with the DHD
early.
DHD ‘vice-chairman’ Dilip Nunisa
warns that the outfit would conduct ‘raids’ on alleged HPC-D hideouts
in the neighbouring States of Mizoram and Manipur.
- June 12: DHD says that its cadres were
not involved in the Mahur incident that occurred on June 10.
- June 10: DHD terrorists set ablaze 60
Hmar dwellings in two villages of Garden Basti and Saron in the North
Cachar Hills district.
- June 1: Report indicates that the DHD
is yet to decide over extension of its six-month cease fire with the
Union Government that came into effect on December 31, 2002. The DHD
‘vice-president’ Dilip Nunisa alleges that while the security forces
act "provocatively" against its cadres, Hmars terrorists target
the members of the Dimasa tribe.
- May 29: DHD alleges that cadres of the
Hmar People’s Convention-Democracy (HPC-D) are involved in the killing
of a Dimasa youth at Haflong, district head quarters of the North
Cachar Hills district on May 28.
- May 28: Railway Protection Force identifies
four insurgency prone sectors in the Northeast and says that the DHD
is active in the Lumding-Halflong sector.
- May 27: DHD ‘vice-president’ Dilip Nunisa
complains against the alleged detention of his team by an Army officer
at Lumding Tin-Ali in North Cachar Hills district.
- May 15: DHD says it would not carry
out retaliatory attacks to avenge the killing of State Veterinary
Minister G.C. Langthasa’s son, on May 12.
- May 7: Suspected Hmar terrorists kill
two DHD cadres at Redzol, near Halflong, North Cachar Hills district.
- May 2: 15 DHD cadres arrested on April
29 are provided ‘safe passage’ to their hideouts in North Cachar Hills
district.
- May 1: DHD threatens to call off cease-fire,
in operation since December 31, 2002 over the arrest of its 15 cadres
on April 29.
- April 30: DHD denies that its 15 cadres
arrested on April 29 had violated the ground rules of the cease-fire
and demands their release.
- April 29: Security forces arrest 15
DHD cadres from Thaba Basti, North Cachar Hills district, on charges
of violating cease-fire ground rules.
- April 16: Security forces arrest nine
DHD terrorists under Lakhipur subdivision (administrative unit), Cachar
district.
- April 10: Hmar Peoples’ Convention-Democrat
(HPC-D) denies involvement in the massacre of 23 Dimasa tribals following
their abduction in Cachar district on March 31.
- April 9: A group of approximately 40
armed DHD terrorists attack Hmar settlements and set ablaze 25 dwellings
at Radzol, Harangajao police station-limits, North Cachar Hills district.
- April 2: DHD 'vice-president' Dilip
Nunisa threatens to call-off the cease-fire following an alleged attack
by the Hmar People’s Conference (HPC) on a Dimasa (a tribe) settlement
in Cachar district.
- April 1: Bodies of 23 Hmars recovered
near Mastul hill area, 15 km from Sonai, in Cachar district.
- March 31: Hmar People’s Convention-Democrats
(HPC-D) terrorists abduct 23 Dimasa tribals from Chekarcham and Meghnathal
villages, Sonai police station limits in Cachar district and later
kill them. Approximately 450 dwellings were also torched and some
500 persons were rendered homeless.
- March 26: DHD cadres attack Hmar villages
and ask Hmars to leave the North Cachar Hills area or to face dire
consequences.
- March 5: DHD cadres attack two Hmar
villages–– Balmul and Multhajao in North Cachar Hills district forcing
nearly 800 Hmars to desert their homes and flee to Hmar-dominated
village of Hmarkhawlien in Lakhipur subdivision of adjoining Cachar
district and Kolasib town in north Mizoram.
- February 3: DHD 'president' Jowel Garalosa
reiterates demand for Dimaraji (separate Dimasa State).
- January 7: DHD 'commander-in-chief'
Pranab Nunisa says idea of autonomy is irrelevant for people of Karbi
Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts.
- January 2: Report indicates that process
of ground rules of cease-fire agreement between government and DHD
are being finalised with Assam government.
- January 1: Various Dimasa civil society
groups welcome cease-fire agreement between Dima Halim Daogah (DHD)
and Assam government.
2002
- December 12: A security force (SF) personnel
is killed and nine more troops are injured in an ambush laid by suspected
DHD terrorists at the eight mile point between Umrangshu and Doyangmukh,
North Cachar Hills district, Assam.
North Cachar Hills district
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) N R Seal succumbs to his
injuries at Silchar Medical College Hospital. DHD terrorists had ambushed
his office in Haflong, on December 9.
- December 9: DHD terrorists lay an ambush
and injure two railway policemen and a railway engineer, at Langting,
in Assam's North Cachar Hills district.
DHD terrorists attack
North Cachar Hills district Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP)
N R Seal, while he is in his office. His Personal Security Officer
(PSO) is killed in the attack.
- November 22: DHD terrorists shoot at
and injure a nine-year-old boy at Babunala Borbasti, under Lumding
police station-limits, in Assam’s Nagaon district.
- November 13: Reports indicate DHD terrorists
have intensified their extortion drive in North Cachar (NC) Hills
district of Assam
- November 4: Police arrest a DHD terrorist
following an encounter at a place under Bokajan police station-limits,
Karbi Anglong district.
- November 3: DHD terrorists attack the
bungalow of Pathemara Tea Estate manager in Assam's Cachar district
and kill a private security guard and injure two others.
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September 20: DHD terrorists abduct a teacher of Lumding Hindi
High School in Assam's Nagaon district.
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September 13: A DHD self-styled 'sergeant', Krbite Nunisa killed
in an encounter near Maibong in North Cachar Hills district, Assam.
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September 1: DHD terrorists set ablaze 27 vehicles at a quarry
in Madhuraghat, Udarbond police station limits, in Assam's Cachar
district, as the vehicle-owners refuse to meet with the extortion
demand
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August 23: Police arrest two DHD terrorists near Haflong Railway
Station, North Cachar Hills district, Assam.
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August 22: The abducted daughter of the assistant manager of Kalain
Tea Estate, Cachar district, returns home after 77 days in captivity.
Reports say DHD terrorists facilitated her rescue in order to falsify
suspicion of their role.
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August 6: The driver of a Dimapur-bound bus is killed in arson
committed by suspected DHD terrorists in Kokrajhar district, who
had set the bus afire.
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July 22: Reports say DHD terrorists have served extortion notices
on tea planters in southern Assam, demanding huge sums as 'protection
money'.
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July 18: Seven security force (SF) personnel killed in an ambush
allegedly laid by DHD terrorists near Diyungmukh, a local market
in North Cachar Hills district.
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July 14: DHD terrorist killed in an encounter near Bara Langpher
village in Karbi Anglong district.
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July 3: Police seize 72 rounds of live cartridges and a walkie-talkie
at Dhansiri in Karbi Anglong district, after an encounter with DHD
terrorists.
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June 24: Eight Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) employees
killed, six more injuried at Daldali, in Karbi Anglong district.
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May 28: DHD terrorist killed in an encounter at Hojaipur Basti
in Karbi Anglong district.
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May 1: Report says DHD served extortion notices to the Bengali
residents of Thaligram, Nagadoom, Chalitacherra, Bagerkona, Pathimara
and Guabari villages under Khaspur in Cachar district.
2001
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November 3: DHD terrorists kill two persons, including a police
personnel near Diphu in Karbi Anglong district. Two others were
also injured in the incident
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September 30: DHD terrorists abduct two employees of a private
firm from Dhansiri railway station in Diphu, Karbi Anglong district.
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September
21: Two DHD terrorists killed in an encounter at Haflong in North
Cachar Hills district.
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September 3: Suspected DHD
terrorists abduct two Northern Frontier Railway (NFR) employees
from the Mandaradisha station, North Cachar (NC) Hills.
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August
3: DHD along with 11 other terrorist outfit calls for the boycott
of Independence Day celebrations.
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July
18: DHD terrorist killed at Odali Tiniali, in Nagaon.
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July
14: Two DHD terrorists arrested at Umrangsho.
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April 14: Kanta Langthasa, 'Home Minister' of Dima Halim Daoga
(DHD) was arrested by the Guwahati police.
2000
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June 30: Three security force personnel killed and two others injured
in an ambush laid by DHD terrorists in North Cachar Hills district.
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May 18: Six persons, including an Executive Magistrate, killed
in an ambush laid by DHD terrorists near Haflong, North Cachar Hills
district.
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