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Incidents and Statements involving MULTA:
1996-2012
2012
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December 22: One MULTA militant,
identified as Mohammad Ukiluddin Shiekh, was arrested in at Hudumkhata
village in Gossaigaon sub-division in Kokrajhar District in the
evening and recovered one country-made rifle and a mobile handset.
Police sources said that there were a large number of cases against
him and that the Police was on a look-out for him since the last
few months.
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November 27: Police arrested a MULTA
militant from Rupahi in Nagaon District and recovered a gun and
some ammunition from him.
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September 20: SFs arrested a MULTA
militant identified as Jainul Khan, Gargaon village under Ananda
bazar Police Station in Baksa District. SFs recovered half kilogram
of explosive, 7.62 mm live round, one .9 mm fired case from his
possession.
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September 16: SFs stationed at Kharupetia
arrested one MULTA cadre, identified as Muhamad Surus Ali, from
Golandi village in Darrang District. One country made Pistol was
also recovered from him. He has been handed over to the Police for
further interrogation.
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July 25: ULFA-PTF leader, Mrinal
Hazarika, said that groups like MULTA and Pakistan's ISI might be
involved in triggering the clashes in the BTC area. Further, Hazarika
backed BTC 'chairman' Hagrama Mohilary's claim that anti-India forces
from the neighbouring country (without naming Bangladesh) were responsible
for the violence. However, State Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has
denied the allegation leveled by BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary that
the ongoing ethnic violence in the BTAD was orchestrated by the
Bangladeshi nationals. UMHA team visiting the State has ruled out
the involvement of Maoists or Bangladesh-based groups in the ethnic
violence in the State and had asked the State Government to immediately
arrest the people who are instigating the mobs.
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July 9: SFs arrested a MULTA militant,
identified as Abbar Ali (37), from Durgamati village under Salakati
Police Station of Kokrajhar District.
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June 30: SFs in two different operations
arrested one AANLA and one MULTA militants in Udalguri and Darrang
District.
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May 24: SFs arrested a suspected
MULTA militant, Shah Alam, from village Ikrabari in Udalguri District.
SFs recovered a powerful IED along with few narcotics substances
from the militant.
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May 5: The SFs arrested two MULTA
militants from Aditpur village under Kalgachia Police Station in
Barpeta District. The arrested militants were, identified as Atwar
Rahman and Taijuddin Mia.
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April 25: SFs arrested one linkman
of MULTA, identified as Mozibar Rahman (25), from Boruar Vita village
in Dhubri District.
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March 27: A MULTA militant, Dildar
Ali (34), was arrested from Ahopa in Baksa District.
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March 11: BSF in West Garo Hills
District arrested one suspected MULTA cadre, identified as Idrish
Ali.
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February 27: SFs arrested one MULTA
militant, identified as Toufikul Islam (20), at Pipalibari village
under Tihu Police Station in Nalbari District.
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February 21: SFs arrested two MULTA
militants from Chagolia in Dhubri District.
2011
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December 11: SFs arrested two MULTA
militants in Dahalagutipara village in Dhubri District. One pistol
was recovered from them.
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December 10: A MULTA militant, identified
as Nur Hussain (35), was arrested from Phulgasa village under Lakhipur
Police Station of Goalpara with a 9mm pistol and ammunition.
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October 24: Two militants belonging
to Anti-Talk-Faction of NDFB-ATF identified as Kanti Mashahary and
Juelsing Brahma and one MULTA identified as Jakir Ali were arrested
by SFs from ILU Bazar and Patgaon respectively in Kokrajar District.
The army recovered one .9mm pistol, a revolver, four rounds of live
ammunitions and a Pulsar bike from the militants.
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October 17: SFs recovered an IED
weighing 3kilograms in a shoe shop at Gaspara under Dhubri Police
Station in Dhabi District. SFs arrested two MULTA militants, Identified
as Mughal Hussain Pramanik and Shahzahan Ali.
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October 16: SFs arrested two MULTA
militants identified as, Sofiur Rahman and Lal Mian from Dhubri
District. A revolver, ammunition and mobile phone sets were recovered
from them.
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October 9: SFs arrested one MULTA
Militant, identified as Hasim Ali (40), from Charanjhari village
under Lakhipur Police Station of Goalpara District. Two crude bombs
were seized from Ali.
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October:3 SFs on arrested two suspected
Muslim MULTA militants, identified as Saiyad Ali (32) and Sayed
Ali (25), from Kamlajhara under Golokganj Police Station of Dhubri
District. SFs seized a pistol, one round ammunition of .303 rifles
and a crude bomb from them.
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September 15: SFs recovered a powerful
IED, weighing more than 10 kg with timer, from a car near Bahalpur,
on NH - 31 in Dhubri District. SFs arrested the two MULTA militants
identified as Shahidul Islam (27) and Zahanuddin (28), who were
driving the car.
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August 28: Two militants of MULTA
were arrested in a joint operation by the Army and Police in Simalgandi
Resabasti near Bolbola in Goalpara District.The arrested militants
have been identified as Akabor Ali (30), and Mohammad Anol Haq (22).
Security Forces(SFs) recovered a 12 bore rifle from the duo.
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August 5: SFs arrested a MULTA militant,
identified as Fulchand Ali (32) hailing from Goalpara District.
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July 29: SFs arrested two MULTA
militants from Rangamati area of Dhubri District. One pistol with
ammunition and INR 30,800 was recovered.
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June 27: MULTA cadres, identified
as Afijul Ali and Saidul Ali, were arrested by the SFs from Khabra
Bazar under Agia Police Station of Goalpara District. One .12mm
single shot revolver was recovered from them.
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June 9: SFs arrested a MULTA militant,
identified as Nehrul Islam, in Tinsukia District. SFs recovered
a 303 pistol from him.
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May 30: Four Muslim MULTA militants
were arrested by Security Forces from Paglatek under Goalpara District.
Two pistols, three grenades, two mobile handsets with SIMs and a
motorbike were recovered from them.
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May 29: Two MULTA militants, identified
as Robel Haque and Birhan Ali, were arrested by Security Forces
from Katapur village in Dhubri District.
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January 25: Three
militants belonging to MULTA, identified as Sabu Ali, Hashmat Ali
and Hashimuddin Ali, were arrested by the Security Forces in the
Malipara areas of Kamrup District. The SFs also recovered one 7.62
pistol, a rifle and nine live cartridges from the militants.
2010
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September
21: BSF troops of the Assam and Meghalaya frontier killed four militants
of ULFA and Military Council of the KLNLF, arrested 17 militants
belonging to the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC),
KLNLF, People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Military Council faction
of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), United National Liberation
Front (UNLF), Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA) and
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) among others. They also got nine
militants of ULFA, NDFB and All Adivasi National Liberation Army
(AANLA) to surrender along with arms and ammunition.
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August 27: A MULTA cadre, Hazrat
Ali (40), was arrested along with three crude bombs by the BSF from
number 10 riverine village of Dhubri District.
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July 25: Security sources said that
so far the Pakistani ISI and other forces inimical to India have
not sent their operatives to Assam to carry out subversive activities
as the militant groups active in the State are indulging in such
acts, but such possibility in future cannot be ruled out. Sources
also said that the outfits like the Muslim United Liberation Front
of Assam (MULFA) and the MULTA are not very active at present. However,
the MULTA 'chairman' Abdur Rahman is still in Bangladesh, sources
added.
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July 12: Assam Environment and Forest
Minister Rokybul Hussain informed the State Legislative Assembly
that militants killed 1,549 civilians and 205 Security Forces (SFs)
between 2001 and June 2010. In the armed encounters between the
SFs and the militants of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA),
National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), Karbi Longri North
Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) etc, 1,703 militants were
killed during this period. 144 innocent persons were killed when
SFs opened fire to bring law and order situation under control during
the period.
The Minister said that in the incidents
of encounter between the SFs and the militants, 26 civilians were
killed during the period. During this period, 2,043 ULFA cadres, 899
NDFB cadres and 102 KLNLF cadres surrendered before the Government
and 10,242 members of various militant outfits were arrested. He also
told the House that so far six ULFA leaders and 53 cadres of the outfit
are in jail and between January 1, 2010 and June 30, 2010 two of its
leaders and 164 cadres were released on bail. The Government is interested
in holding talks with ULFA, he said.
Further, he said the House that six
militant outfits are active in the State at present. These organisations
include-ULFA, NDFB, All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA),
Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D), Muslim United Liberation
Tiger of Assam (MULTA) and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM). According to
him seven new outfits are active - Liberation Democratic Council of
Mising Land (LDCM), United Tribal Liberation Front (UTLF), United
Tribal Revolutionary Army (UTRA), Dimasa National Liberation Front
(DNLF), Gorkha Liberation Army (GLA), Hills Tiger Force (HTF) and
Santhal Tiger Force (STF) have come to light, said the Minister.
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June 18: A MULTA cadre, Hussain
Ali, was arrested by the Security Forces from Chirakuti village
in Dhubri District.
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June 15: Four suspected militants
of a Muslim insurgent outfit were arrested by the Police as they
were coming from Sonitpur District, from the 6th Mile area of the
Guwahati city. Four pistols and 1.5 kilogram explosives were recovered
from the possession of the militants, Police said.
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June 13: A MULTA cadre, Anshar Ali,
was arrested in a joint operation by the SFs at Saopata village
under Bilasipara Police Station of Dhubri District.
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May 21: A surrendered MULTA cadre,
Umar Farooque (30), was arrested by the SFs from Lalkura village
in Dhubri District. He was acting as a NDFB linkman.
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May 20: A MULTA cadre, identified
as Billal Hossain, was arrested by SFs at Kumri in Goalpara District.
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May 18: A MULTA cadre was arrested
by SFs at Tarai bari under Goalpara Police Station in Goalpara District.
He was identified as Saher Ali of Kuthipara village in Bongaigaon
District.
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May 2: SFs neutralised an arms and
explosives-manufacturing factory at Kathaldi char (River Island)
under Bilasipara Police Station in Dhubri District. One MULTA militant,
Abu Bakkar Mondal, a resident of Kathaldi char, was arrested. A
revolver and four rounds of ammunition were recovered from his possession.
SFs also recovered a huge amount of equipment used to manufacture
weapons and bombs and one Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from
Mondal's residence, where he had allegedly been running the factory.
Sources said, "Abu Bakkar Mondal confessed that he had been supplying
the arms, ammunition and explosives to the militants groups (names
not disclosed) operating in this part of the region."
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April 24: The NDFB and ULFA formed
and nurtured several radical outfits like MULTA to get logistical
support, shelter and passage in minority-dominated Districts of
lower Assam. Also, the arrest of a MULTA cadre in Dhubri District
on April 23, has unravelled involvement of MULTA in drug peddling.
Four months ago, two MULTA cadres had been arrested with 400 grams
of brown sugar in Meghalaya's Garo Hills District on December 29,
2009.
Sources said that MULTA that stepped
up its drug-peddling activities after intensive counter-insurgency
operations against the ULFA and the NDFB, which have been supporting
it reduced its strength considerably. Sources mentioned, "This is
evident from the fact that many youths of minority community belonging
to the NDFB or acting as its linkmen have been arrested from the lower
Assam districts in the past few years." The source added, "The ISI
is sitting at the helm of affairs and controlling the situation in
the Northeast from Bangladesh and the fundamentalist organisations
are carrying out their activities under the umbrella of Ulfa and the
NDFB without much hue and cry." The report adds that it took a long
time for the intelligence agencies to understand that ULFA and the
NDFB were using these fundamentalist organisations as their conduit.
Meanwhile, sources also said that
no direct link had been found between the MULTA and any National Socialist
Council of Nagaland (NSCN) faction. But since MULTA's patrons, ULFA
and the NDFB, camped in Bangladesh and had tactical understanding
with the NSCN factions for logistical support, it could be involved
in arms racket, mentioned sources. The strategic location of Dhubri
serves their purpose very well as the District shares an international
border with Bangladesh, inter-State boundaries with Meghalaya and
West Bengal and is in close proximity to Bhutan. All the narcotics
routed to this part of the region come through Bangladesh. The Police
and the Army have seized brown sugar five times in the past three
years. Sources said though MULTA had lost considerable strength and
was lying low at present, it was not totally depleted.
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April 23: A militant belonging to
MULTA was arrested by the Security Forces at Paglahat area in Dhubri
District. Police said that brown sugar worth INR 0.4 million in
the international market was recovered from his possession. He was
also involved in drug trafficking and arms dealing.
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April 2: Two MULTA cadres, Paiudding
Ahmed and Jainal Ali, were arrested by the SFs from the Patgaon
Jainaryarea under Serfanguri Police Station of Kokrajhar District.
Two grenades were recovered from their possession.
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April 1: A MULTA cadre, Johan Uddin,
was arrested by SFs from Diabari village under Bilasipara Police
Station of Dhubri District. A pistol with ammunition was recovered
from his possession.
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March 29: Assam Forest Minister
Rockybul Hussain in the State Legislative Assembly said that among
the active militant groups, the ULFA has a strength of 875 cadres,
while the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of
Bodoland (NDFB) has 225 cadres, AANLA has 30 cadres, Kuki Revolutionary
Army (KRA) has 40 cadres, Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D)
has 50 cadres, MULTA has 110 cadres and Assam unit of the Harkat-ul-Mujaheedin
has 45 cadres. The Minister further said that the Unified Command
structure is active in the State for launching coordinated operations
against militants. The Minister informed the House that in the last
two years, 535 persons, including 494 civilians and 41 SFs, were
killed by militants, while, during the same period, 333 militants
were killed by SFs in counter-insurgency operations. He added that
two outfits, Bircha Commando Force (BCF) and Adivasi Cobra Force
(ACF), are in suspension of operation with the State Government
and two others- BW and KLNLF laid down arms to join the mainstream.
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March 2: A suspected MULTA militant,
Nurul Islam, was arrested by the SFs from Silongoni of Nagaon District.
A pistol and one round of ammunition were recovered from his possession.
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February 18: Two MULTA cadres were
arrested by the Army from Agomoni in Dhubri District. The cadres
were identified as Jahinur Islam and Ahidur Islam. An Italian-made
pistol, five rounds of live ammunition and two Bangladeshi subscriber
identity module cards were recovered from their possession.
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January 14: Two
MULTA cadres, identified as Abdus Salam and Noor Islam, were arrested
by Security Forces (SFs) from Rakhaldubi area under Baguan Police
Station of Goalpara District.
2009
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December 16: A MULTA cadre, Kashim
Ali (45), is arrested by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel
along India-Bangladesh border. One pistol and five live ammunitions
were recovered from his possession. He belongs to Majerchar village
in Dhubri District.
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October 12: One MULTA cadre, identified
as Osman Gani (32), was arrested by the Army personnel from Nayagaon
area of Dhubri District.
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September 9: A MULTA cadre, identified
as Elahi Sheikh, was arrested by the Police from the Pipulbari village
in Dhubri District.
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July 31: The Assam Rifles personnel
arrested one MULTA militant, identified as Gulbahar Mozumdar (28),
from a Tezpur-bound passenger bus near Gatanga under Bebejia Police
outpost in Sonitpur.
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June 28: SFs arrested two MULTA
militants from Patradisa, about four kilometres from the Bakalaiaghat
Police Station in Nagaon District. The duo was identified as Nijam
Uddin Ahmed (19) and Mustaque Ahmed (20) of Uttarsamurali area under
Murazhar Police Station. Eight detonators, four safety fuse wires
and two kilograms of explosive materials were recovered from their
possession.
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June 23: Assam Police personnel
arrested a MULTA militant, identified as Mohammad Sahidul Islam
(20), from his residence at Nimtola Bahalmukh village under Mairabari
Police Station in Nagaon District. One Chinese MM pistol was recovered
from his possession.
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June 11: The personnel of Assam
Rifles arrested two MULTA militants from Lankai Sapori area of Sonitpur
District.
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May 14: SFs arrested three MULTA
cadres, identified as Rabiul sheikh (22), Habizur Rahman (22) and
Zakaria Sarkar (18) from Kumarganj market in Kokrajhar District.
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April 27: SFs neutralized a locally-made
pistol factory run by the MULTA at Kathandi area under Bilasipara
Police station of Dhubri District. Five MULTA cadres were also arrested
and a large number of tools along with one locally-made pistol and
seven rounds of ammunition were recovered. The arrested militants
were identified as Abu Bakar Mondal, Abdul Ahmed Mondal, Saher Ali,
Jahangir Ali and Hasan Ali. All four are from Kathandi area in Bilasipara
and the other is from Jaleswar of Kokrajhar.
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April 21: Three MULTA militants,
identified as Jehirul Islam (26), Sahabuddin Ali (26), and Harmus
Ali (25) of Nagaon District, were arrested at Rajapathar in the
Karbi Anglong District.
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April 20: The Army killed five militants,
including an accused in the Dhekiajuli blast of April 15, during
an encounter at Aka Basti in the Sonitpur District. Out of the five
militants, Prabhat Basumatary, Krishna Basumatary and Deithang Basumatary
belonged to the NDFB while Babul Ali and Yunis Ali were of the MULTA.
Defence spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said the militants were planning
to abduct a businessman, Paras Gurung, of Lokhra area in the same
district. The army said Prabhat Basumatary was a known operative
of Pakistan's ISI and a key perpetrator in the bomb blast at Dhekiajuli.
The army recovered five 9-mm pistols, a Chinese hand grenade, five
kilograms of explosives, 10 detonators and 107 rounds of AK-47 ammunition
from the encounter site. Another army official said, "We had information
about the Ranjan Daimary faction of the NDFB working hand-in-hand
with Muslim fundamentalist groups."
The Police, however, said the slain
persons had no links with militant groups but were a gang of dacoits.
An unnamed senior Police official said, "Prabhat Basumatary is a dreaded
dacoit arrested several times earlier. He has no links with the NDFB
or the Dhekiajuli blast. The blast was carried out by ULFA."
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April 4: One MULTA militant, identified
as Akbar Ali, was arrested by the 21st Jat Regiment from his residence
at Char-Bidyapara under Dhubri Police Station of Dhubri District.
Two crude bombs, each weighing five kilograms were recovered from
his residence.
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March 13: One MULTA militant, identified
as Nakul Ali, was arrested by the Police from Kathonibari area under
Thelamara Police Station of Sonitpur District.
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March 7: The Army arrested a MULTA
militant, identified as Akramal Ali, from Kadamguri village under
Gossaigaon Police station in the Kokrajhar District. A revolver
and two 9-mm pistol bullets were recovered from his possession.
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March 4: One MULTA militant, identified
as Akbar Ali, was arrested by the 21st Jat Regiment of Indian Army
from Char-Bidyapara area under Dhubri Police Station of Dhubri District.
Two crude bombs, each weighing five kilograms, were recovered from
his house.
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February 28: 45 militants, including
32 ULFA cadres, six KLNLF cadres, five NDFB cadres and a cadre each
of the MULTA and PLF-M, surrendered along with a huge quantity of
arms and ammunition before Red Horns Division of Indian Army in
a surrender ceremony organized at Rangiya of Kamrup District.
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February 19: One MULTA cadre, identified
as Imtiaz Ahmed, was arrested by the Army personnel from C.R. Das
Road in Dhubri Town.
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February 16: The Police arrested
one MULTA militant, identified as Saiful Islam, at Samuguri Bajiagaon
in the Nagaon District.
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February 9: A MULTA militant, identified
as Habibar Ali, was arrested by SFs along with two bombs from Phulgasa
village under Fakirganj Police Station in the Dhubri District.
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February 6: SFs arrested five MULTA
militants from Gauripur in the Dhubri District along the India-Bangladesh
border.
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January 24: Two MULTA
militants, Sahidur Rahman and Nasiruddin, were arrested by the SF
personnel. While Sahidur Rahman was arrested from Sadartilla along
the Assam-Bangladesh border, Nasiruddin was arrested from Kaliabor
in the Nagaon District. According to Police sources, they had links
with the DGFI of Bangladesh.
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January 23: The Guwahati
City Police arrested a MULTA militant, Mohammad Dilwar, from Sarabbhati
area. Police sources added that Mohammad Dilwar is a Bangladeshi
national and some Bangladeshi currency and documents were recovered
from his possession.
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January 22: The SFs
arrested two MULTA militants, identified as Hatem Ali and Fazrul
Ali, from Sirajuli area under Dhekiajuli Police Station in the Sonitpur
District.
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January 16: Seven hardcore
militants of the MULTA were arrested from the Chapar and Gouripur
areas of Dhubri District. They were identified as Abdul Rahman,
Abdul Mazid Sheikh, Nazrul Islam, Akhrul Zaman Talukdar, Halim Ali,
Kamizuddin and Mokiul Islam Miah. A locally-made pistol, two hand
grenades, seven rounds of AK-47 rifle ammunition were recovered
from their possession, Police sources said.
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January 12: The Assam Government
stated in the Legislative Assembly that eight militant groups, including
the ULFA, KLNLF, Black Widow, AANLA, KRA, HuM, MULTA and HPC-D,
are active in the State. Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said that
both the ULFA and NDFB are carrying out subversive activities in
Assam under the influence of foreign powers and top leaders of the
outfit are staying abroad. He further said that in 2008, 124 militants
belonging to various outfits were killed and over 1300 were arrested.
The Security Forces also recovered 203 bombs and 202 grenades from
the militants.
2008
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December 7: SFs arrested a MULTA
militant, identified as Hafizur Rahman, from Bhomrabil under Gossaigaon
police station in the Kokrajhar district. A pistol was recovered
from his possession.
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November 26: Three MULTA militants
were arrested by the Army from Dalaigaon village in the Morigaon
district. They were identified as Mohammed Dadul, Habibur and Azizul
Haque. The Army also recovered one 7.62 mm SLR, one .22 pistol,
one SLR magazine, four rounds of ammunition and one mobile phone
from their possession.
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November 19: Three unidentified
MULTA cadres were arrested by the security force personnel from
Sonitpur district.
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October 25: The Dhubri District
Police seized crude arms and explosives from a factory at Tambakubari-I
village under Bogribari police station. Khaibor Ali, an arms supplier
who used to run the factory, was arrested. Police claimed to have
foiled plans to trigger a blast in the run-up to Diwali (Festival
of Light) celebrations. The factory supplied firearms and ammunition
to militant groups, including the Muslim United Liberation Tigers
of Assam (MULTA) and bandit gangs operating in lower Assam districts.
Police seized 30 hand-made live ammunition of rifles, 197 empty
cartridges of revolvers and pistols, 1 kilogram of explosives and
1.5kilogram of lead. However, five persons engaged in manufacturing
arms and ammunition managed to escape.
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October 14: Two militants of the
MULTA, Abdul Mannan and Samsul Haque, were arrested by security
forces from the Kachuwa Gadhara area of Nagaon district. They also
deposited two grenades and a pistol.
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August 13: One MULTA cadre, Muslim
Ali, is wounded by troops during an encounter at Muslim Ghopa village
in the Darrang district.
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June 17 : Security forces arrested
four suspected MULTA cadres in the Nagaon district. They were identified
as Mohammed Akbar Ali, Jamar Ali, Eman Hussain and Jafar Ali.
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April 5: Two MULTA cadres are arrested
by Army personnel from Chatguri-Jangirkilla in the Dhubri district.
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April 1: The Assam Government stated
in the Legislative Assembly that 234 Islamist militants were currently
lodged in different jails in the State. The 234 militants include
as many as 150 belonging to the MULTA, 50 to the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
(HuM),
and seven Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
operatives.
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January 7: A Muslim
United Liberation Tigers of Asom (MULTA) militant, identified as
Razizul Haque Byapari, surrendered before security force personnel
in Guwahati along with a 9 mm revolver with two rounds of ammunition.
2007
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July 14: Police recovered the dead body of a civilian, identified
as Ibrahim Ali, from Fakirganj police station in the Dhubri district.
Ali was abducted by the suspected MULTA militants one and half month
back.
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June 5: Police arrested one unidentified MULTA cadre from Fakiragram
in the Kokrajhar district along with an Improvised Explosive Device
weighing three kilograms.
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March 18: Two MULTA cadres, Rizaul Islam and Zamuruddin, were arrested
by the Army personnel during a search operation at Madhusolmari
near Gauripur in the Dhubri district.
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March 14: Two MULTA militants, Zilani Sheikh and Zahirul Ali, were
arrested from Balajan Lalpura in the Dhubri district. One pistol
and a bomb were recovered from them.
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January 29: Three MULTA cadres, Kalu Sheikh, Abdul Jalil and Tamiruddin
Sheikh, are arrested during a search operation at Sesapani area
in the Kokrajhar district. A revolver with three rounds of ammunition
was recovered from their possession.
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January 22: A ULFA militant, Bikash Roy alias Mallic Ahmed, is
arrested from a rented house at Panjabari area in Guwahati. Bikash
reportedly worked for the ULFA as an agent of the MULTA. Some incriminating
documents were recovered from his possession indicating his close
rapport with a section of politicians. He was involved in the January
9-bomb blast in Dispur, the capital of Assam.
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January 5: Three suspected MULTA cadres are arrested from Sater
Alga village in the Dhubri district. A bomb and 500 grams of explosives
are recovered from their hideout.
2006
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December 25: A MULTA cadre, Nishan
Ali, is arrested from Demdema village in the Dhubri district. A
bomb is recovered from his possession.
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December 24: The Army and the Special
Branch of Assam Police arrest Matibur Rahman, a cadre of Black Widow,
anti-talk faction of the DHD led by the Jwel Gorlosa, from Pailang
village in the Cachar district. Rahman reportedly confessed to have
been recruited by the Black Widow for maintaining link with Manipur-based
PULF, Pakistan's Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI) and LeT. The
report adds that PULF had tied up with the MULTA and MULFA, and
extended its operation to Barak Valley.
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December 6: A MULTA cadre, Nabab
Ali, is arrested by security force personnel during a search operation
at Bokola village under Jamuguri police station in the Sonitpur
district.
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November 30: Two suspected MULTA
militants, Inamul Hussain and Zamila Begum, are arrested from Tinghoriadoom
Gaon under Tinghoria police outpost in the Tinsukia district. Four
detonators are recovered from their possession. Based on their confession,
six persons were arrested subsequently for interrogation.
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November 29: The Inspector General
of BSF for the Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Nagaland frontiers,
Jyoti Prakash Sinha, said that at least 14 cadres belonging to the
MULTA and MULFA were sent to Bangladesh to study religion. But they
received arms training there and came back to the Northeast. He
also mentions that Pakistan's ISI is clandestinely working in Bangladesh
to bring all Northeast-based insurgent outfits and Jihadi elements
to work under one umbrella.
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November 1: A suspected MULTA cadre,
Matiur Rahman, is arrested by security force personnel during a
search operation at Jhaskal Ditiya Khanda village under Golakganj
police station in the Dhubri district. A huge cache of live cartridges
of AK-47 rifle is recovered from his possession.
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July 21: The four MULTA militants,
including the self-styled ‘commander’ Nur Islam alias Limbu, who
were arrested by Assam Police on July 18, are reported to have confessed
that at least 20 cadres of their outfit used Shillong and Lad Rymbai
in Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya as their routes to escape to Bangladesh
in recent past.
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July 18: Guwahati City Police arrests
a self-styled ‘commander’ of the MULTA, Nur Islam alias Lambu, from
the Ambari area. Reports said that at least 20 MULTA cadres have
gone from Assam to Bangladesh passing though Meghalaya for training.
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March 29: Army personnel, following
a MULTA cadre Quasim Ali, recover four bombs from a house in the
Goalpara district.
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January 22: Three suspected MULTA cadres
are arrested from the Dhubri and Golokganj police station areas
along the India-Bangladesh border of Dhubri district. One .38 revolver,
one handmade pistol, three rounds of live cartridges and a demand
note of Rupees 26,000 are recovered from two MULTA cadres, Mohibul
Hoque and Shohidul Hoque of Hoverpara village. Five grenades weighing
one kilogram each and some incriminating documents are recovered
from the third, identified as Aminul Hoque of Darbarpara village.
2005
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November 27: Three ULFA cadres, identified
as Sirajul Haq, Bogen Neog and Ritu Sarma, and a MULTA cadre, Moinul
Haq, surrender before the Superintendent of Police in the Dhubri
district.
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July 31: Acting on a tip off, the Dhubri
district police arrest two suspected MULTA cadres from a hide out
in Chagolia along the Assam-West Bengal border. The arrested militants,
identified as Ashraful Hussain and Baschu Mian, hail from Nakkati
Nagar in the Coochbehar district of West Bengal.
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July 21: A MULTA cadre, Abuwal Hussain,
is arrested from Bidyardabri Part V village in the Dhubri district.
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July 20: A MULTA cadre, Moinul Haque
alias Laden, is arrested at Sindurai under Golokganj police station
in the Dhubri district.
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March 14: Assam Home Minister, Rockybul
Hussain, speaking in the Legislative Assembly, discloses that 4,768
terrorists have surrendered in the State between January 2001 and
February 2005. He says that the surrendered include 1168 ULFA, 776
NDFB, 2648 BLT, 48 MULTA and 4 NSCN cadres.
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February 5: Lumding police arrest two
MULTA cadres, belonging to the Naukhuti village of Nagaon district.
A pistol, a revolver, a sten gun and a rifle are recovered from
their possession.
2004
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September 22: A MULTA cadre, Dadul
Ali, is arrested from the Urimghat area of Golaghat district along
with a SBBL gun and a pistol.
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September 19: Assam Police arrests
a MULTA cadre from Hatsinghimari in the Dhubri district and recover
a pistol and 25 rounds of ammunition from him.
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September 7: A MULTA cadre, Mohammed
Abdul Laskar, is arrested at Lanka in the Nagaon district recently.
A 9mm pistol is recovered from his possession.
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September 5: A girl student, who is
abducted two months ago by Wajid Ahmed, brother of Sayed Sabir Ahmed,
'commander-in-chief' of the MULTA, is rescued by the Assam Police
from New Delhi and brought back to the Nagaon district.
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September 1: Security forces recover
at least 50 high-velocity electronic detonators from a private residence
at Baghahat under Sonai block in the Cachar district. A person,
identified as Mohammed Ibomcha, suspected to have links with either
the PLA of Manipur or the MULTA was arrested in this connection.
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August 30: A MULTA cadre, Nur Hussain,
surrenders before the Army at the Bashbari camp in Dhubri district.
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August 28: Cachar district is put on
maximum alert amidst reports that the ULFA is collaborating with
the MULTA and PULF to carry out subversive activities in the district.
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August 27: At least 70 terrorists,
including 47 ULFA, 11 NDFB, 8 BTF and 4 MULTA cadres, surrender
at the 5 Assam Rifles camp at Chardwar in the Sonitpur district.
They also deposit arms and ammunitions, including AK 47 rifles,
9 mm pistols, revolver and 264 live ammunitions.
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July 30: Nagaon 'district commander'
of the MULTA, Sayed Sabi Ahmed, is arrested from Dimaruguri on charges
of extortion.
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May 22: At least forty-seven terrorists,
including 20 ULFA, 25 NDFB and 2 MULTA cadres, surrender along with
42 assorted weapons to the Army authorities at Tamulpur in the Nalbari
district of Assam.
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April 12: Lohit Nath, a student of
Class IX of Kokrajhar Higher Secondary School, who is abducted by
suspected MULTA cadres on March 18, 2004, is released after 25 days
at Latapara under Bilasipara subdivision.
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April 6: Army personnel arrest a MULTA
cadre, Abdul Khalek, from Khalihamari village in the Nagaon district.
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March 29: A MULTA cadre surrenders
along with arms and ammunition before Lt Gen. Anup S. Jamawal, General-Officer-Commanding
of the Army's Gajraj Corps at Tezpur.
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March 18: Suspected MULTA cadres abduct
Lohit Nath, a student of Class IX of Kokrajhar Higher Secondary
School.
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February 24: A MULTA cadre, identified
as Sakimuddin Haque alias Ilias Bhutto, is arrested by the Army
at Paglahat Bazaar under Golakganj police station in the Dhubri
district. He is reported to have close links with the ULFA.
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January 31: At least 156 terrorists
including 53 ULFA, 91 NDFB, 4 BTF and 4 MULTA cadres surrender at
Tamulpur in the Nalbari district.
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January 28: Thirteen cadres belonging
to the ULFA, NDFB and MULTA surrender before security force personnel.
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January 3: Two MULTA cadres surrender
to the army at Laipuli in the Tinsukia district.
2003
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December 31: One MULTA terrorist surrenders
in Jorhat.
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November 26: One MULTA terrorist is
arrested in the Cooch Behar district of North Bengal.
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October 30: A MULTA terrorist, identified
as Mohammad Ali Jinnah, is arrested from Bogulamari village in the
Dhubri district of Assam.
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October 10: A MULTA terrorist, identified
as Nurul Haque, who was allegedly involved in illegal arms smuggling
from Bangladesh to Assam, is arrested on an unspecified date from
Geelaldah in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal.
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August 17: MULTA cadre surrenders with
two AK-47 rifles and an unspecified quantity of ammunition before
the police in Dhubri district.
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June 19: Media reports indicate that
terrorist outfits, including the ULFA, the NDFB and the MULTA, among
others, are currently active in Dhubri district.
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June 14: MULTA terrorist Abdul Ali
is arrested from the outfit's hideout at Larkuchi under Mukalmua
police station limits in Nalbari district.
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June 5: Reports indicates that MULTA
terrorists under the leadership of Najimullah have intensified their
activities among the minority community in Dhubri district along
the India-Bangladesh border.
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June 2: Police in the Kokrajhar district
destroy a MULTA camp at Bengtol in the Indo-Myanmar border area.
- May 21: Report indicates that a group
of 28 MULTA terrorists led by a ‘second lieutenant’ Abdul Jalil have
infiltrated into Assam from Bangladesh.
- May 20: Reports indicate that MULTA
has ‘purchased’ 55 houses in the Sylhet district of Bangladesh in
2003 to shelter recruits and some leaders of the outfit from Assam.
- May 2: Two MULTA terrorists surrender
to the police in Dhubri district with a pistol and 36 grenades.
- March 26: MULTA 'sergeant' arrested
from an unnamed place in Nagaon district.
- March 8: Three MULTA terrorists are
arrested in Lalkura village, Golokganj police station-limits, Dhubri
district, while on an extortion bid.
- January 19: Three MULTA terrorists arrested from Hatigaon area in
Guwahati.
2002
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December 3: Muslim United Liberation
Tigers of Assam (MULTA) extremist Manowar Hussain alias Yearuddin
is arrested from a place under Bogribari police station-limits
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September 24: Police arrest MULTA
Dhubri 'district commander' Md Abdur Rahman from Uchita village,
Golokganj police station-limits, Assam.
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September 18: Two MULTA terrorists
make an unsuccessful bid to abduct a local businessman from Panikhaiti
area, Nagaon police station-limits.
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August 30: Reports say police sources
indicated that MULTA, along with other terrorist outfits, is championing
the ‘Islamic cause’ and might spread communal hatred in Assam
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August 19: Police arrest two MULTA
terrorists––Jamaluddin Sheikh and Abdus Salam––from Jhulan mela),
an annual traditional fair held in Dhubri district, Assam, for their
alleged involvement in illegal arms trade.
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June 26: Report says two arrested
MULTA terrorists revealed during interrogation that the son of Dhubri
district police deputy chief was killed by a MULTA terrorist, on
April 14, at Belguri village, Golakganj police station limits, Dhubri
district.
2001
2000
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October 24: 10 MULTA terrorists,
besides 53 from various other outfits, surrender to Assam Governor
Sinha and Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta at Bilasipara, Dhubri
district.
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March 31: Abdul Jalil Ragbi, Assam
Jamiat Ulama vice-president denies, in Guwahati, the presence of
MULTA or MULFA in Assam.
1996
Source:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
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