Incidents involving National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)

2008

• August 22: The Bangladesh Rifles hand over to Indian authorities three Indian nationals at Dalu in the West Garo Hills district. They include one Jackson Arengh, a cadre of both the NDFB and UANF, a girl, Sengsilinda Sangma, and a deranged person, Wilson Sangma. Jackson was reportedly providing logistical support and acting as a guide for the militants to cross over the India -Bangladesh border along Garo Hills. On the other hand, Wilson Sangma strayed into Bangladeshi territory. Sengsilinda Sangma was lured into Bangladesh by an NDFB militant who happened to be part of a 12-member NDFB-UANF militant group that abducted a coal dealer, Raju Sharma, from Jadigittim in 2004. The NDFB militant reportedly knew the girl previously and had promised to marry her.

• August 10: One surrendered NDFB militant belonging to the Khasi tribe, identified as Jaklis Mawpniang alias Jimmy Momin, confesses before the Meghalaya Police during his interrogation that he was a former police constable of the first Meghalaya Police Battalion. "Mawpniang, hailing from Umsaw village of Meghalaya's Ri Bhoi district, deserted the battalion in 1983 to join the NDFB," an unnamed senior police official said. Mawpniang became the NDFB 'area commander' in Assam's Kokrajhar district and later became a trainer for the HNLC in Chittagong Hills Tracts in Bangladesh. "According to our information, he is the only Khasi in the NDFB outfit though there are many Garos in the NDFB and Ulfa," the official said.

• August 9: One suspected NDFB militant, identified as Prasenjit Basumatary belonging to Bijni in the Chirang district, is arrested by Army. One Chinese hand grenade is recovered from his possession.

• August 5: Two NDFB militants, identified as Aditya Mushahary and Pabitra Basumatary, are arrested from Doldoloi in the Karbi Anglong district.

• July 30: Assam Police arrested nine NDFB cadres from Habrubari under Gossaigaon police station.

• July 21: One trader, Pankaj Sarmah, while returning from Gogamukh to Dhemaji town, is abducted by suspected NDFB militants for ransom.

• July 17: One NDFB cadre belonging to the Khasi group, identified as Jklis Mawphniang, surrenders before the Army and Meghalaya Police in Shillong. Hailing from Ri-Bhoi district in Meghalaya, he was operating as an 'area commander' of the outfit at Kokrajhar in Assam. He deposited two revolvers at the time of his surrender.
  
  The NDFB threatens to pull out of the cease-fire and take to arms once again, accusing New Delhi of dragging the peace process. "The central government appears to be insincere towards resolving our grievances and if there is no forward movement in the peace process we shall be forced to go back to the jungles," said Gobinda Basumatary, general secretary of the NDFB.

• July 16 : One suspected NDFB cadre, Sumeswar Basumatary, is arrested from Kalagaon village under Howraghat police station in the Karbi Anglong district.

• July 3: One surrendered NDFB cadre, Gopal Basumatary, is shot dead by unidentified militants at his residence under the Salbari sub-division of Baksa district.

• June 11: ANI reports that a tripartite meeting of the representatives of the Union Government, Government of Assam and NDFB held in New Delhi on May 30 agreed to extend the Suspension of Operations for three months, up to August 31, 2008.

• May 23: One NDFB militant surrendered before the security forces at Dinjan Army camp in the Dibrugarh district.

• May 2: Assam Government warns the Centre that if it accepted the NDFB charter of demands, including ‘liberation’ of Bodoland to start a dialogue with the outfit, it would strengthen ULFA’s argument to sit for talks only if ‘sovereignty’ was discussed.

• May 1: In a joint operation, the Assam Police and Army arrested two NDFB militants, self-styled ‘sergeant major’ Dhaneswar Boro and Nabajit Das, when they were travelling in a vehicle carrying 800-grams of heroin worth INR 16 00000 in a sealed packet with a label of Thailand manufacturer near the bus stand at Barpeta Road.

  The NDFB submits its charter of demands to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. According to NDFB sources, the ‘liberation’ of Bodoland reportedly figured in the charter of demands of the outfit.

• April 30: A joint team of the Army and Assam Police neutralised a ULFA transit camp at Bangshijhora hill in the Dhubri district. An unnamed senior police officer said the camp was frequently used by the ULFA, NDFB and KLO militants, since they have some common areas of operation and used this vital transit camp not only for shelter but also for ammunition supply. Ten rounds of live ammunition of 12 bore pistols, seven rounds of 12 bore fired cases, eight live and five spent rounds of ammunition of AK-47 rifles, 18 live and seven spent rounds of .22 pistols, two blank detonators, 500 grams of explosive, one improvised explosive device (IED), wires, one 7.62-mm magazine of LMG and one rotating block of AK-56 were seized from the camp. A Global Positioning System device, a digital diary, two blank extortion notes signed by the ‘commandant of 709 battalion’ of the ULFA, Hira Saraniya, a Chinese camera, 20 kilograms of rice and one kilogram of Bengal gram were also recovered.

• April 29: Army arrests seven NDFB militants while carrying out extortion at Number 1 Disiri village in the Sonitpur district.

• April 26: Assam Tribune reports that the NDFB and NSCN-IM had been demanding money serving notices on businessmen of Ratanpur, Jelisal, Kadamguri and Doyalpur along Assam-Nagaland border since February 2008.

• April 25: Kokrajhar district police recovered the dead body of one NDFB cadre, identified as Gautam Basumatary, who was earlier shot dead, near Gaurang river bank at Desargaon village.

• April 24: Police arrested two NDFB militants, Khiranto Narzary and Gepo Narzary, from the outfit's transit camp at Gossaigaon after the Bodoland Peoples' Front filed a First Information Report against them.

• April 21: Five NDFB militants while demanding money from people are arrested by the Assam Rifles personnel at Bahbera area under Missamari police station in the Sonitpur district. They were identified as Ringkhang Basumatary, Naba Deka, Israil Daimary, William Daimary and Dicky Khaklary. They reportedly hailed from the Udalguri designated camp. One 9-mm pistol, six live cartridges and two motorcyles were recovered from their possession.

• April 4: One surrendered NDFB cadre, Mridul Mushahary alias Marble, is shot dead by unidentified militants at Dalbari village under Barama police station in the Nalbari district. His associate, Ambir Boro, is injured in the attack. A grenade and a magazine are recovered from the incident site.

• March 31: Guwahati Police arrested three suspected NDFB cadres, Marcus Narzary, Ajit Boro and Binod Basumatary, from the Chandan Nagar locality and seized four 5.56 pistols, two M 20 pistols, two pen pistols and one revolver from their possession.

  18 cadres belonging to various outfits, including 13 from the ULFA, three from the NDFB and one each from the Khaplang and Isak-Muivah factions of the NSCN, surrenders before Major General Jatinder Singh, General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Mountain Division at Dinjan Military Station in the Dibrugarh district.

  The chief of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), Hagrama Mohilary, withdraws his talks offer to Ranjan Daimary, ‘chief’ of the NDFB.

• April 1: Sentinel reports that the NDFB cadres, residing in unauthorized camps, have been extorting money from common people and harassing businessmen in the Baska district. The District Superintendent of Police, P.K. Datta asked the NDFB cadres residing at Barama and Hajuwa camps to move to the Barbari designated camp. The report added that as many as 20 NDFB cadres were forced to vacate the camps at Barama and Hajuwa.

• March 25: The Baksa District Superintendent of Police P. Baruah said that militants shot dead two youths, Jiten Boro and Gala Boro, at Silakuti Part I and Goybari villages. "The spate of killings is the result of friction between the NDFB and ex-BLT members. Most of those killed so far are family members, relatives or supporters of either group," he stated. With this, the death toll due to clashes between NDFB militants and Bodo People’s Front members has increased to 19 in less than a month.
  
  One NDFB militant was lynched while another escaped near the Manas National Park in the Chirang district. The two militants had reportedly gone to Bansbari on Barpeta Road to extort money from contractors of a Public Works Department road. As they opened fire in the air, local people captured them and beat them up.

• March 18: Three NDFB cadres were killed and two others were injured when unidentified armed militants attacked their camp at Ghoskhata under Dotma police station in the Kokrajhar district. The three deceased militants were identified as B. Bhatam, B. Modaram and B. Lambu. According to sources, the assailants came in two vehicles and started firing indiscriminately at the camp. They also set ablaze the camp, which was partially burnt.

• March 16: NDFB militants shot dead Bigrai Basumatary alias Belaibe, ‘secretary’ of the surrendered NDFB Welfare Association. His bullet-riddled body was found at Dhaolabari Ashuline, near Kokrajhar town. Police said Belaibe was killed by the NDFB cadres on the suspicion of maintaining close links with former Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) cadres.

• March 15: The SF personnel killed two militants, suspected to be either from the ULFA or the NDBF, during an exchange of fire at Silikhaguri Sapori under Narayanpur police station in the North Lakhimpur district. An injured militant escaped with his AK-47 rifle, while a pistol with five rounds of ammunition and a revolver with four rounds were recovered from the slain militants.

  One NDFB militant was killed by the SF personnel during an encounter in the Karbi Anglong district. A group of three NDFB militants involved in extortion had gone to collect the money when SF personnel stopped them, but they managed to escape after opening fire. The SFs chased the militants and in an encounter at Panbari area under Diphu police station, killed one of them. However, the two others managed to escape. The SFs seized a .32 bore revolver and five cartridges, a hand grenade and a mobile set from the slain militant.

• March 14: Assam Government directed the police on to shift all NDFB members to three designated camps. According to the officials, the proximity of the NDFB cadres to members of the disbanded Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) was causing law and order problems and the rival groups needed to be distanced.

• March 13: Four persons were killed and nine others injured in a police firing on an irate mob which was protesting against the dismantling of a NDFB camp at Bengtol in the Chirang district.

• March 5: NDFB has reportedly set up an office-cum-transit camp in Guwahati for extortion and other illegal activities in violation of its cease-fire with the government.

• March 3: An extortion attempt by three NDFB militants was foiled when Police arrested one of them near Ulubari's ASEB colony in Guwahati city. However, two others managed to escape after opening fire on the police.

• February 29: NDFB militants took out rallies in the Kokrajhar, Baksa, Udalguri and Chirang districts on to protest an attack on one of its members and set ablaze nine vehicles.

• February 28: NDFB decided not to take part in the February 29 meeting between the Joint Monitoring Group and the Government due to the violation of the cease-fire ground rules by the government.

• February 20: NDFB militants along with some other militants from Nagaland abducted two traders from the Panjan area under the Sarupathar police station in Golaghat district and took away INR 40,000 from them.

• February 14: A truck was set ablaze by suspected NDFB militants at Saudarbhita under Salbari police station in Baksa district.

• February 11: Six NDFB cadres were arrested by police in connection with the kidnapping of a student, Dipak Sikaria.
  
  Two NDFB militants surrendered before the security forces at Dinjan in the Dibrugarh district.

• January 28: Police arrested a NDFB cadre, Mwgthang Basumatwry, at Tilapara under Howraghat police station in the Karbi Anglong district. One M-20 pistol, one magazine and eight rounds of live ammunition were recovered from his possession.

• January 18: NDFB warned former members of the BLT, who formed the Bodoland Territorial Council, that "provocation" would invite strong retaliation from them. The outfit’s information and publicity secretary, S. Sanjarang, claimed that some "ex-BLT members" were trying to "provoke" his group into frittering away the gains from the peace process.

• January 3: One surrendered cadre of the NDFB, identified as Raja Basumatary, was shot dead by another surrendered cadre of the same outfit, Bigrai Basumatary, at his rented house at Gwjunpuri in Kokrajhar town.

2007

• December 26: Meghalaya Police stated that the HNLC is being helped by the NLFT in Jaintia Hills, the NSCN-IM in West Khasi Hills and the NDFB in areas of Ri-Bhoi district. The HNLC's declining manpower and continued failure to start an extortion drive in Shillong city has forced the outfit to seek help of other outfits and extort money from businessmen, especially coal traders, in other districts of the State bordering Bangladesh. "The firepower of HNLC is less at present and the outfit cannot buy more weapons due to financial constraints. It has to borrow arms from other militant groups," said an unnamed source.

• December 11: According to a NDTV report, the NDFB demands 6 per cent from all projects, which falls under Bodoland territory. Every truck passing thorough the Bengal-Assam border at the Sri Rampur Gate has to pay up INR 150. Each commercial taxi is charged INR 150 per month. The NDFB takes a 2 per cent cut from all salaried employees and charges INR 2-3 lakhs per annum from tea gardens. They have even charged 3 per cent from the money meant for education projects like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan 'Education for All' campaign. The report also says that though the amount of money demanded by the militants is less, the target base has been increased.

• December 12: According to a NDTV report, the NDFB demands 6 per cent from all projects, which falls under Bodoland territory. Every truck passing thorough the Bengal-Assam border at the Sri Rampur Gate has to pay up INR 150. Each commercial taxi is charged INR 150 per month. The NDFB takes a 2 per cent cut from all salaried employees and charges INR 2-3 lakhs per annum from tea gardens. They have even charged 3 per cent from the money meant for education projects like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan 'Education for All' campaign. The report also says that though the amount of money demanded by the militants is less, the target base has been increased.

• September 10: Unidentified gunman shot dead one NDFB cadre, Dibakar Boro, at his residence at Gawrastha village under Mushalpur police station in the Baska district.

• September 5: Security forces arrested three unidentified cadres of the NSCN-IM, NDFB and KLNLF during three raids in the Karbi Anglong district. Sources said that the militants were allegedly involved in extortion activity.

• September 4: SFs arrested one suspected NDFB cadre, Rubul Lahiri, from Fatasil Ambari area in the Guwahati city.

• June 3: One former cadre of the disbanded Bodoland Liberation Tigers (BLT), identified as Suresh Boro, is lynched to death by suspected NDFB militants at Merapani in the Golaghat district.

• June 1: The Union Government extended the suspension of operations against the NDFB for six months- valid till November 30. The agreement for suspension of operations has been in force since June 1, 2005.

• May 25: The cease-fire between the Government of India and the NDFB is extended for another six months with effect from June 1.

• May 23: Three NDFB cadres, Saikhong Brahma, Ranjan Basumatary and Maithang Basumatary, are arrested by the security forces from Dokmoka area under Howraghat Police Station in the Karbi Anglong district. Sources said that two of them are newly recruited cadres, which are a violation of the cease-fire ground rules.

• May 21: The chairman of the ex-Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) Welfare Society, Jonomohan Mushahary, warned the NDFB to stop fratricidal killings by targeting innocent Bodo youths and ex-BLT cadres and viewed it as beyond their tolerance. He also accused the NDFB of having no respect for cease-fire ground rules and doubted whether their command over the outfit is intact. He urged the joint monitoring group to look after NDFB's activities following cease-fire to clarify whether the outfit is in favour of restoring peace in the area and maintaining ground rules for peaceful negotiations.

• March 12: The NDFB refuses to submit the charter of demands as a precondition for initiating peace talks with the Union Government. The 'secretary-general' of the outfit, as saying, Basumatary alias B. Swmkhwr, says "It is difficult for us to accept this....If it is really interested in negotiations, the charter cannot be the precondition. Informal preliminary talks would have been more fruitful. That would have helped both the parties to know each other's stand and exchange opinions. That always eases the tension. The core issue could be taken up for discussion thereafter. The Centre knows that we have been fighting for the last 20 years for the liberation of the Bodos."

• March 5: Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain sates in the State Legislative Assembly that the formal talks with the NDFB have not started because of the failure of the outfit to submit its charter of demands.

• March 1: Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel arrest six NDFB militants along with a Bangladeshi national at Burunga of Nalitabari sub-district of Sherpur. The arrested militants are identified as Mohishwar, Shombhu, Warao, Hor Kumar, Jiban Kumar, and Thandoi. They hail from different districts of Assam. The Bangladeshi national was identified as Imrul Sangma. After their interrogation on March 2 night the BDR personnel recover a sub-machinegun (SMG), a barrel of an SMG, 350 bullets of different firearms, seven bomb detonators, 42 electronic circuits for making bombs, four explosive wraps, wires, a large knife, and a map of the forest behind Imrul's house.

• February 26: A suspected NDFB militant is killed in an encounter near Kaki forest reserve in the Nagaon district bordering Karbi Anglong.

• January 18: The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Alipurduar remands Gopal Rabha alias Jagadish, ‘commander of the third battalion’ of the NDFB, to police custody for 11 days. Rabha was reportedly involved in the October 15, 2006-bomb blast at Barobhisa town under Alipurduar subdivision of Jaipalguri district in West Bengal, and was arrested from Guwahati in Assam on January 16-night.

• January 18: NDFB militants open fire in the air and set ablaze vehicles in different places of Assam, to enforce the general strike called by the outfit in protest against the January 16-arrest of a militant, Gopal Rabha, from Guwahati.

• January 18: Two motorcycle-borne NDFB militants set ablaze a truck damaging it partially at Rani Sunduri under Kajalgaon police station in the Chirang district on January. Police arrest 10 NDFB cadres in this connection.

  NDFB militants set ablaze an auto-rickshaw near Patgaon under Serfanguri police station in the Kokrajhar district.

• January 17: Suspected NDFB militants set ablaze two trucks at Bhorjhar and Kadamthola Chowk under Barama police station in the Baska district.

• January 16: A NDFB militant, Ganesh Rabha alias Jagadish, the ‘commander of the 10th battalion’, is arrested by West Bengal Police from Guwahati.

• January 14: Three NDFB militants, Monilal Narzary, Gohin Basumatary and Hangla Basumatary, are arrested from the Bismuria area of Kokrajhar district.

2006

• December 30: A huge cache of arms and explosives, including several gelatine sticks, nine detonators and small arms, 90 pieces of assorted explosives weighing nearly two kilograms, was recovered from two arms suppliers, Pradeep Basumatary and Bangal Mushahary, who were arrested from an unspecified place near Runikhata in the Chirang district. They confess to having procured arms and explosives from a company based in Hyderabad and later supplied to the Assam and Meghalaya-based outfits, including ULFA and NDFB.

• December 22: A junior engineer of the Border Roads Organisation, M. Ganeshan, is abducted from Gitibari under Paneri police station in the Udalguri district. Involvement of the NDFB in the abduction is suspected.

• December 4: Assam Police is to set up an anti-extortion wing, since several persons received extortion demands from callers identifying themselves as militants belonging to the NDFB over telephone. "We are indeed worried as criminals were found serving extortion notices or demanding money over telephone in the name of some militant groups and therefore, we are seriously thinking of having an exclusive anti-extortion cell," said Assam Police intelligence chief, Khagen Sharma.

• November 30: Assam Police claimed that an arrested NDFB cadre was part of the militant squad that triggered the November 20-explosion in a train at Belakoba in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal killing 10 persons and injuring at least 50 others. Police sources said that Addison Sangma, who was arrested from Chotopankhadol village in the Dhubri district on November 27, not only supplied RDX to the KLO but also prepared the "blueprint" for the train attack. Superintendent of Police in Dhubri, Parthasarothi Mahanta, said, "Addison was the main provider (of RDX) to the KLO for the explosion. He provided shelter to the KLO militants who triggered the blast."

• November 27: A NDFB cadre, Addison Sangma, is arrested from Chotopankhadol village in the Dhubri district.

• November 29: The cease-fire agreement between the Union Government and NDFB is extended by a period of six months with effect from December 1, 2006. The Government sets a deadline of March 1, 2007, for the NDFB to submit its charter of demands to start negotiations.

• November 16: Two unidentified NDFB cadres are shot dead by Assam Police in a counter-insurgency operation at Langkin Manikpur in the Karbi Anglong district.

• November 13: The NDFB admits that some of its cadres killed five security force personnel and a civilian in May 2006 without the sanction of the truce-bound outfit's top leadership. NDFB spokesperson S. Sanjarang said that the Government is "free to initiate action against the perpetrators of the crime in accordance with the law of the land."

• November 9: The Union Government extends the proscription on four outfits, including the NDFB, operating in the Northeast.

• October 23: The NDFB along with DHD and UPDS is involved in extortion activities, despite the fact that all these outfits are under ceasefire agreement with the Union Government, indicate media reports.

• October 7: A group of surrendered NDFB militants assault a doctor, Itesh Bordoloi, and ransack his nursing home at Bongaigaon, following the sudden death of one of their colleagues who was under treatment.

• September 22: A departmental action is initiated against Muzibur Rahman, an executive engineer in the Dhansiri irrigation project, for giving shelter to NDFB cadres involved in the killing of five Sashastra Seema Bal personnel along the India-Bhutan border in May 2006.

• September 20: NDFB ‘general secretary’ Govinda Basumatary says in Kokrajhar that its charter of demands will be submitted to the Union Government at the earliest.

• September 6: The NDFB supports the ULFA’s demand for release of its five arrested leaders.

• September 4: The NDFB, while dismissing media reports, rules out any possibility of it forming a political party in the near future. “Where is the question of NDFB’s formation of a new political party while the question of solution of the Indo-Boro problem is still far away?” says spokesperson of the outfit, S. Sanjarang.

• August 10: The Union Government accuses NDFB for delaying the peace talks.

• August 2: The NDFB threatens to pull out of the cease-fire with the Union Government, accusing the SFs of targeting its cadres without any provocation.

• July 16: The Ex-Bodo Liberation of Tigers Welfare Society, while organising a peace meeting against the July 5-killing of the two erstwhile BLT cadres by suspected NDFB militants at the Langihn Tiniali in the Karbi Anglong district, urges the outfit to stop killing of innocent civilians.

• July 6: At least a thousand people belonging to different communities demonstrate in protest against the July 5-killing of two cadres of the erstwhile Bodo Liberation Tigers by the NDFB in the Bodo-dominated north western areas of Karbi Anglong district.

• July 5: Suspected NDFB militants kill two cadres of the erstwhile Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT), identified as Thanderu Basumatary alias Hargila and Bijoy Basumatary, at Langhing in the Karbi Anglong district.

• July 1: SF personnel arrest a top leader of the NDFB, Sushil Boro, along with three of his accomplices, Ashutosh Debra, Kobir Bazi and Bimol Murma, from a hideout at Manikura under Haluaghat subdistrict in the Mymensingh district of Bangladesh.

• June 26: Two NDFB cadres, while extorting from a businessman, are killed in an encounter with the SFs at unspecified place under Dokmoka police outpost in the Karbi Anglong district. While, two Chinese grenades, a mobile phone, two chargers and some incriminating documents are recovered from the possession of the slain militants, three others manage to escape from the incident site.

• June 25: Civilians in the Daranga area of Baska district capture two NDFB extortionists. However, three local businessmen are also wounded by the militants in the incident. A branch of the State Bank of India in the same locality is closed down following the threat of the NDFB to pay extortion money of Rupees 500000.

• June 12: The ten militants, who are killed in the encounter in the Rangamati district of Bangladesh reportedly include an unspecified number of NDFB cadres.

• June 1: The Union Government warns to scrap the extension of cease-fire with the NDFB following its suspected involvement in the abduction and subsequent killing of six persons including five security force (SF) personnel, along the India-Bhutan border.

• May 30: Assam Police summons the NDFB cadres for interrogation following an investigation indicating their involvement in the abduction and subsequent killing of five security force (SF) personnel. The five SF personnel were reportedly abducted from Udalguri district of Assam on May 21, and were later found dead in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh on May 29.

• May 29: Five security force (SF) personnel, who were allegedly abducted by suspected NDFB cadres on May 21 from the Udalguri district of Assam, are found dead at Belsiri Nala under Bhairabkunda police outpost in the dense jungle of West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering Assam and Bhutan. A civilian, Babul Kalita, who was also abducted along with the SF personnel, was reportedly found dead on May 22.

• May 27: The first round of talks between the Union Government and the NDFB is held in New Delhi. Both agree to extend the cease-fire that was signed on May 25, 2005. "The cease-fire has been extended, the talks was held in a cordial atmosphere and the talks for political issues will go on, it will continue. The peace process will continue," says Gobinda Basumatary, NDFB General Secretary.

• May 22: The dead body of a villager, Babul Kalita, suspected to have been killed by the NDFB militants, is recovered by the police from Daudwigami under Harisingha police outpost in the Udalguri district. Kalita along with five security force personnel were abducted by suspected NDFB cadres from Moradanshri village in the same district a day earlier.

• May 9: NDFB says that peace talks cannot take place unless the Union Government provides information about Bodo militants who have gone missing since 2003 - counter insurgency operation by the Bhutan Government.

• April 25: A NDFB cadre, B Daithan, is killed and five other militants are wounded at Sapatgram in the Dhubri district of lower Assam, when the police retaliated against militants who were enforcing the closure of shops and other business establishments in the area. The outfit had called for a general strike in protest against the alleged 'violation of ceasefire rules' by the State Government.
  
  Suspected NDFB militants hurled two petrol bombs at the engine of a diesel carrying train at Rowta in the Udalguri district injuring two persons.
  
  NDFB calls for a 24-hours general strike in Assam in protest against the alleged 'violation of ceasefire rules' by the State Government.
  

• April 22: Eight NDFB cadres, who were arrested from Guwahati in the Kamrup district, confessed during interrogation of their involvement in extortion from the State officials.

• February 7: The NDFB refuses to begin peace talks unless the Union Government provides information about the whereabouts of seven senior members missing during Operation All Clear in Bhutan in December 2003. The outfit's 'commander-in-chief' Ranjan Daimary alias D.R. Nabla says, "Delhi has to prove its sincerity by providing information on the seven leaders". The missing militants include the outfit's 'publicity secretary' B. Erakdao, B. Habrang, B. Fwjoukhang, Jwkhrub, Derhasa, Onsula and Udla. Daimary claims that the missing leaders were taken into custody by the Royal Bhutan Army just before the start of Operation All Clear. He adds that they are now "in the hands (custody) of either India or Bhutan".

• January 24: Several vehicles are burnt by NDFB cadres in the districts of Lower Assam during a general strike called by the outfit protesting against harassment by the security forces.

• January 22: NDFB calls for a 24-hour general strike in the districts of lower Assam protesting against the “violation of ceasefire norms and torture of its cadres” by the security forces. The ‘commanding officer’ of the 'Western Command' of the outfit, B. Suden, in a press release alleged that troops recently detained two cadres at Shantipur in Chirang district and two others from Kazigaon in the Dhubri district and they were 'tortured physically'.
  

• January 21: Two NDFB cadres are arrested while extorting money on the Assam-Bhutan road at Santipur in the Chirang district.

• January 16: Hindi-speaking villagers living along the border of Assam’s Nagaon and Karbi Anglong districts, under the banner of the Assam Bhojpuri Yuba Chhatra Parishad, sent an intimation to the State Government seeking protection from the extortion drive by the NDFB in the area. Unidentified sources said that the NDFB’s demand notes, ranging from Rupees 30,000 to Rupees 50,000, signed by a self-styled "collection-in-charge" Lt. D. Dethsrang have been distributed among villagers.

2005

• December 25: Residents of Ouguri village under Goreswar police station in the Kamrup district capture two NDFB cadres and hand over them to police.
  

• December 3: A surrendered NDFB cadre is killed by unidentified militants at Boro Nalbari in the Kokrajhar district.
  

• September 19: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a surrendered NDFB cadre, Bishtu Basumatari, near Seventh Assam Police Battalion headquarters at Tarai Bari in the Kokrajhar district.
  

• September 21: NDFB cadre, B. Jwmwisar, is arrested for alleged involvement in the killing of two of their former colleagues, Bistu Basumatary and Lakhan Basumatary. The outfit calls for a three-day general strike in the State in protest against the arrest.
  

• September 16: Police arrest a NDFB cadre, Dilip Boro, while he was returning to capital Shillong from Sohra and recover three country-made pistols from him.
  

• September 2: An NDFB cadre surrenders before the army authorities at Misa camp near Nagaon.
  

• August 8: A NDFB cadre is killed while six others managed to escape during a joint operation by the police forces of Assam and Meghalaya at Jrikyndeng in the Block I area of the Jaintia Hills district.

• August 7: The NDFB 'general secretary', B Swmkhwr alias Govinda Basumatary, addressing a meeting at Dinakuchi in the Darrang district says that Bodos were independent in the past and want to remain sovereign. He says, “The NDFB has declared a ceasefire but not ended their struggle for sovereignty.”
  

• July 13: A large number of people surrounded the Tamulpur Police Station and demanded stern action against its officer-in-charge who reportedly released six NDFB cadres arrested on charges of extortion from a hotel at Tamulpur.

• July 12: United People’s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) opposes the setting up of a designated camp for NDFB cadres in the Karbi Anglong district. A statement by the outfit’s joint secretary Mukharng said: “We are not opposed to any movement, but setting up of a designated camp in Karbi Anglong will only pave a way for other NDFB cadres from Nagaland and Meghalaya to take shelter in our areas.”
  

• June 29: NDFB serves an extortion demand of Rupees One Crore on a road construction company engaged in the laying of a 22 kilometer road between Kokrajhar and Ramfalbil and another 18 kilometer stretch between Gaurang Tinali and Patgaon in the Kokrajhar district. The company reportedly has stopped work because of the intimidation.
  

• June 27: NDFB 'general secretary', Govinda Basumatary, in a press statement reiterates the outfit’s demand for a ‘sovereign Bodo state’ and says the principle and ideology of NDFB “is the liberation of Bodoland and thereby the talks with the Indian government would be based on the solid rock of our principle and ideology.”

• June 17: NDFB representatives and senior Government officials meet in Guwahati to work out the modalities of the proposed peace talks.

• June 2: Documents relating to the activities of the NDFB recovered from an abandoned house along with four bullets, the outfit’s constitution, manifesto and extortion notes, subsequent to an encounter at Moolaber in the Jaintia Hills. Official sources said that these documents indicated the formation of the NDFB’s ‘Khasi Hills Command’ to expand its activities in Shillong and the adjoining areas under the leadership of ‘Sergeant Major’ B Gaukhrub.

• May 25: NDFB signs a tripartite agreement in New Delhi with the Government of India and the Assam Government.

• May 25: Suspected NDFB and HNLC cadres abduct a trader from Moosyiem village in the Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya.

• May 23: NDFB spokesperson S.Sanjarang opposes the Union Government’s decision to involve the Assam Government in peace talks.

• May 13: A NDFB cadre is killed along with a cadre of the United Achik National Front at Dalu in the West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya.

• May 5: NDFB president, Ranjan Daimari, says that his organization would like the Union Government to appoint a ‘special envoy’ familiar with the history of the Bodo people for the peace talks.

• April 27: A NDFB terrorist is killed by the Army personnel at Silakabazar under Serfanguri police station limits in the Kokrajhar district.

• April 26: Security forces kill a NDFB terrorist at Jharbari in the Kokrajhar district.

• April 25: Self-styled captain of the NDFB, Dijen Boro alias Dalai Lama, is arrested along with another cadre, Hashim Hazuary, at Shillong, capital of Meghalaya.

• April 15: NDFB extends cease-fire with the Government for a period of six-months.

• April 12: Six NDFB cadres surrender before the General Officer Commanding of the 2 Mountain Division at Laipuli in the Tinsukia district.

• March 11: NDFB cadre Tinku Basumatary is killed during an encounter with the police at Hasrasbari village in Kokrajhar district.

• March 10: A NDFB terrorist and five linkmen of the outfit are arrested from Gilabari, Mainaguri and New Takam Tukum villages under Kachugaon police station in the Kokrajhar district.

• February 27-March 1: NDFB serves extortion notes ranging from Rupees 20,000 to Rupees 2 lakh to at least 35 businessmen based in the Boxirhat area of Dhubri district between February 27 and March 1.

• February 27: Ranjan Daimary, the NDFB ‘chairman’, in an e-mail message to the local media in Guwahati, sets a deadline of April 15 for the Union Government to respond to the outfit’s unilateral cease-fire.

• February 20: A surrendered cadre of the NDFB is killed by the outfit at Nijamatal village under Panery police station limits in the Udalguri district.

• February 19: A NDFB terrorist is killed during an encounter with the Army personnel at Nandipur village under Kachugaon police station limits in Kokrajhar district.

• February 8: A NDFB terrorist, identified as Jhangkrithai Narzary, is killed during an encounter with the Army personnel at Bhimjuli under Biswanath Chariali police station in Sonitpur District.

• February 3: A NDFB terrorist is killed during an encounter with the Army personnel at Mongiajhara village under Bagaribari police station limits in the Dhubri district.

• January 31: Twenty-three NDFB cadres surrender before the army authorities at Rangiya.

• January 8: A NDFB terrorist, identified as Arush Basumatary, is killed during an encounter with the police at Nabin Nagar forest under Kachugaon police station in Kokrajhar district.

2004

• December 24: The jailed ‘general secretary’ of the NDFB, Gobinda Basunatary alias B. Swmkhwr, is released from a prison in Guwahati to facilitate the peace process with the outfit.

• December 21: NDFB cadre, Rajesh Narzary, is arrested by the Army from the Gossaigaon area of Kokrajhar district.

• December 16: NDFB cadre, Gwgwm Brahma alias Singkhaulang, surrenders before the troops at Panbari in the Dhubri district.

• December 1: NDFB terrorists kill five villagers including three members of a family and injured another at Lutubari near Amguri under Tura police station limits in the West Garo Hills in Meghalaya.

• November 26: The NDFB ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary, in an interview with the Press Trust of India expresses his keenness for peaceful solution to the conflict. He said, "We want to give a chance to India for a peaceful resolution of the conflict."

• November 13: In a press statement signed by its spokesman S. Sanjarang, the NDFB says that it is not interested holding talks with the Assam government and that it would like to enter into direct negotiations with the Government of India.

• November 7: The Assam Government says that it would not declare a formal ceasefire with NDFB unless the ground rules for the truce are formulated through discussions with representatives of the outfit.

• November 6: NDFB threatens to pull out of the unilateral ceasefire it declared 'if the government does not stop killing its cadres', which the outfit said ‘sends wrong signals’.

• November 6: Troops of the Red Horns Division of the Army arrest two NDFB cadres, Khera Musahary and Rabarash Musahary, from Handanpara village under Kachugaon police station in Kokrajhar district.

• November 3: An unidentified NDFB cadre is killed in an encounter with army personnel at Duligaon in Kokrajhar district.

• October 25: Assam government asks the NDFB to depute representatives to finalise the ground rules of ceasefire.

• October 19: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi promises to offer safe passage to the representatives of the NDFB for talks with the government.

• October 15: Assam chief minister informs newspersons in Guwahati that the ceasefire with NDFB would be in the similar lines as those with the BLT and the NSCN-IM.

• October 14: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi announces in Guwahati that NDFB has officially communicated its ceasefire offer to the government. He acknowledges the receipt of a letter from NDFB ‘chairman’ D.R. Nabla to this effect.

• October 8: NDFB announces a unilateral ceasefire from October 15 for a period of six months in response to the Assam government’s offer for negotiations.

• October 5: Suspected terrorists of the NDFB shoot dead at least ten civilians and wounded seven others in the Jalabila village of Dhubri district.

• October 4: Six civilians are shot dead and seven others sustain injuries in an attack by NDFB terrorists open indiscriminate fire in Gelapukhuri village in Biswanath Chariali in Sonitpur district.

• October 2: A group of NDFB terrorists open indiscriminate firing at a busy market at Makrijhora under Bogoribari police station of Dhubri district killing 16 people and injuring twenty others.

• October 2: Three NDFB cadres killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in Kadamguri in Udalguri under BTAD.

• October 2: In Dhubri district, NDFB cadres lob a grenade and open fire on a truck injuring three persons.

• October 2: An NDFB cadre is killed in an encounter with the police at Narabari number 2 village under Serphanguri police station in Kokrajhar district.

• September 25: An NDFB terrorist is killed in an encounter with the security forces at Saralpara in Kokrajhar district.

• September 25: CRPF personnel kill two NDFB cadres following an encounter at No. 3 Namati under Bijni police station in Chirang district.

• September 24: An ‘area commander’ of the NDFB, Biju Basumatary alias B. Sijou, is killed in an encounter with the security forces at Dangapara Rabhabasti in Kokrajhar district.

• September 11: Two NDFB terrorists are killed during an encounter at Batasipur Reserve forest in Sonitpur district.

• August 27: 11 NDFB cadres surrender at the Assam Rifles camp at Chardwar in Sonitpur district.

• August 26: A self-styled 'foreign secretary', Benu Boro, of the NDFB surrender before the Assam Police in Guwahati.

• August 13: Two NDFB terrorists are killed in an encounter at Moinaguri under Kachugaon police station limits in the Kokrajhar district.

• August 9: Suspected NDFB terrorists kill two persons suspecting them to be police informers at Oujuli Rangagarh in Sonitpur district.

• July 19: An assistant manager of a tea garden and his personal security officer are killed by suspected NDFB terrorists near Sootea in Sonitpur district. The terrorists escape after looting Rupees 1.5 lakh, which the deceased manager was carrying.

• June 29: Seventeen terrorists belonging to the ULFA, NDFB and Tiwa Liberation Tiger Force (TLTF) surrender at Misa in the Nagaon district.

• April 11: NDFB cadres lobbed a grenade at a petrol pump in Bokajan of Karbi Anglong District resulting in death of one person.

• April 9: Two NDFB terrorists are killed during an encounter with the troops at Kawli (Singramari) under Tamulpur police station limits in Nalbari District.

• May 31: Six-surrendered ULFA and NDFB terrorists are arrested while extorting money from a private hospital at Udalguri.

• May 26: A group of three NDFB terrorists kill a former BLT cadre at Sishubari village in the Bongaigaon District.

• May 24: NDFB terrorists abduct a contractor from the Balisang area in Sonitpur district.

• May 22: Twenty-five NDFB cadres surrender along with 42 assorted weapons to the Army authorities at Tamulpur in the Nalbari district.

• May 19: Assam Police dig up the remains of two persons, allegedly killed by NDFB terrorists three and half years ago, from Rupnagar in the Kokrajhar district.

• May 10: Ten NDFB terrorists led by 'company commander' of the outfit's 'eastern command', Gabba Basumatary, surrender before the Army's 77 Mountain Brigade at Charduar in Sonitpur district along with a large number of arms and ammunition.

• April 26: Two persons are killed and seven others sustain injuries as suspected NDFB and DHD terrorists lob a hand grenade at Khatkhati in the Karbi Anglong district.

• April 9: Two NDFB terrorists are killed during an encounter at Singrabari Gaon under Kumarikata police station limits in the Nalbari district.

• March 26: One NDFB cadre is killed in an encounter with the Assam Police at Kalbari village in Barpeta district.

• March 17: Five terrorists, including NDFB ‘finance secretary’ Nileswar Basumatary alias B J Jabda, second-in-command of the ‘3rd Battalion’, Khanindra Daimari alias Khaumtha, surrender at the Assam Police special branch headquarters in Guwahati.

• March 7: Two NDFB cadres, identified as Pratul Daimary and Putul Daimary of Uttar Naoherua village, are killed in an encounter with the Army personnel at Lakhinala near the India-Bhutan Border in Darang District.

• March 3: One NDFB cadre surrenders at the Udalguri army camp of the 62 Field Artillery Regiment in Darrang district.

• February 25: Assam Government extends the period of ‘general amnesty’ to cadres of the terrorist organizations - ULFA, NDFB, anti-talks faction of the UPDS and anti-talks faction of the Dima Halim Daogah (DHD) - till March 31 to enable them to surrender.

• February 24: Twelve NDFB terrorists surrender at Hatigor in the Darrang district.

• February 16: NDFB terrorist N. Daithang is killed in an encounter with security force personnel at No.2 Balapara under Basugaon police station limits in Kokrajhar district.

• February 6: Decomposed bodies of two businessmen, abducted on December 14, 2003, by suspected NDFB terrorists, are recovered from Number 9 forest ride near the India-Bhutan border in Kokrajhar district.

• January 31: Ninety-one NDFB cadres surrender at Tamulpur in the Nalbari district.

• January 30: One NDFB cadre surrenders at Barpeta Road camp in the Barpeta district.

• January 30: Three NDFB terrorists surrender at Taraibari in the Kokrajhar district.

• January 28: Ten NDFB cadres surrender separately in the Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Barpeta districts.

• January 25: Two NDFB terrorists are killed in an encounter with the troops at Kalanadirpar near the India-Bhutan border under Tamulpur police station jurisdiction in Nalbari district.

• January 25: Five NDFB terrorists, including B. Bambrima alias Bhuban Basumatary, the Dhubri ‘district commander’ of the outfit, surrender at Monglajhora in the Dhubri district.

• January 23: Three NDFB terrorists are killed during an encounter at Santhaibari in the Barpeta district.

• January 23: Seven NDFB cadres surrender at Udalguri in the Darrang district.

• January 23: Five NDFB terrorists, including self-styled corporal B. Bhudang, surrender at Saraibil in the Kokrajhar district.

• January 11: Army personnel recover a large cache of ammunition, including 90 gelatin sticks, four magazines and 176 bullets, belonging to the NDFB from Serfanguri in the Kokrajhar district.

• January 5: Eight NDFB terrorists surrender before the Army at Salbari camp in the Barpeta district with a large quantity of explosives and ammunition.

• January 3: Two NDFB cadres surrender at Bengtol in the Kokrajhar district.

• January 1: Four NDFB terrorists are killed in an encounter with the Army along the India-Bhutan border at Paharpur under Tamulpur police station limits in Nalbari district.

2003

• December 31: One NDFB terrorist surrenders before the Gossaigaon police in Kokrajhar district.

• December 30: Two unidentified NDFB terrorists are killed in an encounter at Deochung near the India-Bhutan Border under Goreswar police station limits in Kamrup district.

• December 27: NDFB 'chairman', Ranjan Daimary, rejects the amnesty offer of Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.

• December 26: One NDFB terrorist is killed in an encounter with the Army at Part-II Tukrajhar under Basugaon police station jurisdiction in Kokrajhar District.

• December 26: One NDFB terrorist is killed during an encounter at Sukanjuli under Tamulpur police station limits in Nalbari District.

• December 22: One NDFB terrorist surrenders at the headquarters of 5th Mountain Division in Ghagra near the India-Bhutan border.

• December 21: Four NDFB terrorists are killed during two separate encounters near Patacharkuchi in the Barpeta district and at an unspecified place in Darrang district.

• December 20: NDFB along with the ULFA and KLO calls for a 48-hour shutdown in 'Assam, Bodoland and Kamatapur' in protest against the military operations in Bhutan.

• December 16: Twenty three NDFB cadres surrender at the 4 Corps headquarters in Tezpur.

• December 15: Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) launches military operations against the ULFA, NDFB and KLO terrorists holed up in 30 camps in southern Bhutan.

• November 29: A Forest Range official is abducted by the NDFB from Ranijhora Forest Beat Office under Bijni police station limits in Bongaigaon District.

• November 28: Twenty two NDFB terrorists surrender before the Kokrajhar district administration along with an unspecified quantity of arms and ammunition.

• November 24: NDFB terrorists kill three persons of Bihari origin and injure nine others at Khanglabari near Udalguri police station in Darrang district.

• November 21: NDFB ‘area commander’ of Basugaon, Pabia Basumatary, is killed in an encounter with the army in Krokrajhar district.

• November 8: Five NDFB cadres are lynched by civilians at Dingdingaghat in the Dhubhri district. Four civilians also die in the incident.

• November 8: Four minor girls who were to be enrolled as NDFB cadres are rescued by the security forces from the Sundafa Reserve Forest under Runikhata police outpost in Kokrajhar district.

• October 24: NDFB kills a village headman at Swargapurgaon in the Nalbari district for having refused shelter to the terrorists.

• October 24: Two NDFB terrorists are killed during an encounter at Matanga Nala in the Nalbari district.

• October 23: Two NDFB terrorists are killed in an encounter at Lodi Kachari in Cachar district.

• October 22: Four NDFB terrorists are killed in an encounter near the Barnadi Reserve Forest in Darrang district.

• October 13: One NDFB cadre and a security force personnel are killed in an encounter at Pub-Tarabari in Sonitpur district.

• September 22: Two NDFB cadres on their way to Bhutan are killed by security forces near Guabari in the Nalbari district.

• September 12: NDFB abducts a Public Works Department (PWD) engineer from the Biswanath Chariali area in Sonitpur district.

• September 11: A Government official abducted in Karbi Anglong district by NDFB terrorists on September 8 manages to escape from captivity.

• August 30: One NDFB terrorist is killed in an encounter in the Amguri Bazaar (market) area of Bongaigaon district.

• August 20: NDFB kills BLT cadre at Ladangguri under Sarbhog police station limits in Barpeta district.

• August 19: Two NDFB terrorists are killed in the Suwagpur area of Kamrup district.

• August 12: Two NDFB terrorists are killed at Khagrabari under Barpeta Road police station limits.

• August 13: Local residents in Nalbari town beat up and later hand over two suspected NDFB terrorists to the police.

• August 7: NDFB terrorist is killed in an encounter in the Kauli area of Nalbari district.

• August 6: Northeast terrorist groups, including the ULFA, NDFB, NLFT and KLO call for boycott of Independence Day (August 15) celebrations.

• August 5: A lecturer in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district is arrested for suspected links with the NDFB.

• August 2: Suspected NDFB terrorists abduct a businessman from Silkona near Mahendraganj in the West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya.

• July 31: Two NDFB terrorists are killed during an encounter at Tengajhar village in Kamrup district.

• July 24: Four suspected NDFB terrorists are arrested from the residence of former Meghalaya Minister and senior Congress leader K C Boro in Shillong.

• July 23: Two NDFB terrorists are killed during an encounter in the Doomni Tea Estate area of Nalbari district.

• July 21: NDFB terrorist is killed in an encounter in the Lakshmi Nala area of Darrang district.
  Two NDFB terrorists are killed in an encounter at Daijima Nala in the Nalbari district.

• July 21: Two suspected NDFB terrorists are arrested from a hotel in Shillong, capital city of Meghalaya.

• July 20: NDFB terrorist is killed during an encounter at Khairani in the Nalbari district.

• July 18: NDFB terrorists kill four persons, branding them informers of security forces, at Dwimguri village in the Kokrajhar district.

• July 17: Three NDFB terrorists are killed in Sonitpur district.

• July 16: Media report indicates that a breakaway group of eight NDFB terrorists have criticised NDFB chief D R Nabla for living a lavish life in Bangladesh and misleading the people in the name of ‘armed struggle’ for a ‘sovereign Bodoland’.

• July 14: NDFB terrorists kill three persons in separate incidents in Kokrajhar district.

• July 11: Media reports from Bhutan indicate that Bhutan National Assembly was unable to reach a consensus over the issue of the way to tackle NDFB, ULFA and the KLO.

• June 29: Report indicates that ULFA and NDFB have formed a new outfit named Gorkha Bhutan Liberation Front (GBLF) with 300 Nepalese Gorkha youths from Bhutan.

• June 24: NDFB terrorists kill two of their colleagues at Nonaikhas area, under Paneri police station limits in Darrang district.

• June 23: NDFB alleges that cadres of the BLT were responsible for the explosion on a rail track at Seshapani in Kokrajhar district on June 20.

• June 22: NDFB terrorists ambush a motorbike-borne BLT group at Dhigalpara under the Bismuri police outpost, Kokrajhar district killing a BLT cadre identified as Bhatra Basumatary.
  Two woodcutters are also killed by NDFB terrorists at Bhurpar, Kokrajhar district.

• June 20: Two NDFB terrorists are killed in an encounter at Bongaon village, under Gossaigaon police station limits in Kokrajhar district.
  NDFB terrorists trigger off a time device blast at the railway tracks causing derailment of a goods-train in Kokrajhar district.

• June 19: Two NDFB terrorists are killed in an encounter at Kalnadi in Nalbari district. Two NDFB terrorists are killed at Matangi Koli Nadi near Darrangamela in Kokrajhar district.

• June 18: Two NDFB terrorists are killed in an encounter at Dwimuguri forest village, under Serfanguri police station limits in Kokrajhar district.
  Two NDFB terrorists are killed at Longa Nala near Patgaon in Kokrajhar district.

• June 17: NDFB terrorist is killed in an encounter at Bardangi village under Ranikhata police outpost in Kokrajhar district. NDFB terrorist is killed in an encounter at Burijhora under Basugaon police station in Kokrajhar district.

• June 16: NDFB terrorist is killed in an encounter with the police at Bardangi village in Kokrajhar district.

• June 11: Media reports indicate that the NDFB has issued threats to the Bodo leaders and also to the leaders of the rival BLT.

• June 9: Two NDFB terrorists are killed in an encounter at Balamguri in Bongaigaon district.

• June 4: Reports indicates that the NDFB 'chief' Ranjan Daimary, remains opposed to any peace negotiations with the Government.

• June 4: NDFB terrorists abduct two Assistant Conservators of Forest from the Kuklung reserve forest area in Bijni subdivision of Kokrajhar district.

• June 3: Two NDFB terrorists killed in separate encounters in Kokrajhar district - Jimi Basumatary at Bengal and an unidentified NDFB cadre at Bagmara.

• June 2: Three NDFB terrorists and two ULFA terrorists, including a 'sergeant major' of the latter's women's wing, surrender at Thakurbari in the Sonitpur district.

• June 1: Vernacular media sources indicate that the NDFB might attempt to extort Rupees one billion from the Kamrup, Nalbari, Barpeta, Darrang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Goalpara and Dhubri districts by the end of June.

• May 29: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi denies that he had held 'informal discussions' with the NDFB leadership.

• May 28: Railway Protection Force identifies four insurgency prone sectors in the Northeast and says that the NDFB is active in the Guwahati-Rangiya-Srirampur and the Rangiya-Rangapara sector.
  Media report says that a group of four NDFB leaders led by "finance and home secretary", Nileswar Basumatary alias B. Jabda met Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at Dispur on May 22 to prepare the 'groundwork' for anticipated talks.

• May 25: Media reports say that the NDFB leaders Indramohan Basumatary and Sunil Brahma arrested in Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, on April 30, have indicated the outfit's willingness to talk with the Union Government on the issue of 'independent Bodoland'.

• May 22: Report indicates that security forces provided ‘safe passage’ to a group of NDFB terrorists to visit Guwahati to prepare groundwork for an anticipated peace talks with the Union Government.

• May 21: Four NDFB terrorists killed in an encounter at Deosri in Kokrajhar district.
  A media report indicates that the security forces gave a "safe passage" to a group of NDFB leaders to visit Guwahati reportedly to prepare the groundwork for an anticipated peace talks with the Union Government.

• May 17: Bhutan King Jigme Singhye Wangchuk calls upon people to volunteer for formation of a ‘militia force’ to counter Indian insurgent groups–ULFA, NDFB and the KLO on its soil.

• May 15: NDFB ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ B. Olongbar alias Ajay Brahma is arrested from a local hospital in Guwahati while undergoing treatment under a false name.

• May 11: Report indicates that NDFB has shifted a base-camp, earlier located in the unidentified areas of Meghalaya-Assam border, to a yet unknown location along the State’s border with Nagaland.

• May 9: Chief of the Indian Army, General N C Vij discusses activities of ULFA, NDFB and KLO with Bhutanese authorities.

• May 8: Williamson Magor & Co Limited, a tea company based in Kolkata, West Bengal, and alleged to have paid a ‘donation’ of Rupees one million to the NDFB, denies that it had done so.

• May 8: NDFB terrorist killed in an encounter in the Lumsung forest area of Kokrajhar district.

• May 7: Arrested NDFB ‘speaker’, Sunil Brahma and ‘captain’ B. Buthang confess before police in Guwahati that a Kolkata-based tea company McNeil and Magor paid them ‘donation’.

• May 5: Two NDFB terrorists killed in an encounter near Bhairab reserve forest in Bongaigaon district.

• May 3: Report indicates that the Bhutanese Government has asked Indian terrorist groups, including NDFB and ULFA and the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), operating in parts of Assam and West Bengal to leave by June 15.

• April 30: Police in Kolkata, capital of West Bengal, arrest NDFB ‘speaker’, Sunil Brahma alias B. Simong alias B. Benga and a ‘captain’ in the outfit’s hierarchy B. Buthang, from a hotel in the Park Street area and also recover Rupees one million from their possession.

• April 29: Meghalaya Police Chief L. Sailo says a joint operation with Assam would be carried out in the Garo Hills area of Meghalaya where ULFA and NDFB have intensified their activities.

• April 27: NDFB ‘Captain’ B Habrang says that the outfit released an NHPC engineer from its captivity on April 26 on a condition, among others, that the National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC), a Government enterprise, would pay an annual ‘donation’ of Rupees 500,000.

• April 26: Suspected NDFB terrorists kill four members of the family of a former colleague, including two children, at Taijouguri village, Kokrajhar district.

• April 21: Several thousand people participate in the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU)-led protest march against NDFB in Gauripur, Dhubri district.

• April 20: Report indicates that Meghalaya-based Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) has asked NDFB to retreat from the Garo Hills area in Meghalaya.

• April 19: While speaking in Siliguri, West Bengal, Bhutanese Ambassador to India Lynpo Dago Tshering says that Bhutan is initiating steps to curb activities of ULFA and NDFB terrorists on its soil.

• April 18: Two NDFB terrorists killed in an encounter at Durgapur, Bongaigaon district.

• April 14: Four NDFB terrorists killed in an encounter in Dulongjhora village, Dhubri district.

• April 13: Suspected NDFB terrorists kill four persons who they abducted earlier from South Dighaldong village, Kokrajhar district.

• April 10: Two NDFB terrorists killed in encounter at Tequanala, Kokrajhar district.

• April 8: NDFB terrorist killed in an encounter near Mahalakshmi Tea Estate, Sonitpur district.

• April 8: A NDFB terrorist is killed in an encounter at Chibinang Bazar, Phulbari police station-limits, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

• April 4: Two NDFB terrorists killed in encounter near Karigaon, Kokrajhar district.

• April 1: NDFB along with suspected ANVC cadres abduct two Government officials in Baghmara, near Gasupara,