Date
|
Place
|
Incident
|
Nature of incident
|
January 2
|
Chirang
|
The dead body of an Adivasi
villager, Kero Hasda, was recovered in Chirang District. The
death toll in the violence which started with the December 23,
2013 NDFB-IKS attacks, its backlash and in Police firing has
gone up to 82. "He [Kero Hasda] was missing since December 25
from Koraibari village in Chirang district," Inspector-General
of Police (law and order) S.N. Singh said.
|
Violent
|
January 2 |
Sonitpur |
An AR jawan was injured, in unconfirmed
reports, during an encounter between AR personnel and suspected
NDFB-IKS militants under Itakhola Police Station area in Sonitpur
District. A meeting of the Special Operations Group of Unified
Command was held at the Army's Red Horns Division Headquarters
at Rangiya on January 2 to review the security situation following
the NDFB-IKS attacks.
|
Violent |
January 2 |
Sonitpur |
A Junior Commissioned Officer
of 12 Assam Rifles was killed, in an encounter, with militants
of the NDFB-IKS in Sonitpur District. Official sources said a
group of 12 NDFB-IKS militants came down from the hilly Seijosa
area near Pakke reserve forest in East Kameng District of neighboring
Arunachal Pradesh and opened fire on Security Forces (SFs).SFs
had launched operations against NDFB-IKS after the later carried
out December 23 massacre of Adivasis in Sonitpur, Chirang and
Kokrajhar Districts.
|
Statement |
January 3 |
Guwahati |
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said
that the December 23 attack on Adivasi could not have been possible
without the knowledge of the NDFB-IKS's 'Commander-in- chief'
Ingti Kathar Songbijit. "The attacks could not have taken place
without Songbijit consent. His deputy might have executed the
attacks but it is not possible that the attacks happened without
Songbijit knowing of it," Gogoi said at a press conference here.
|
Statement |
January 4 |
NS |
Talks are on with Bhutan at the
highest-level for a possible "coordinated" operation against the
NDFB-IKS. A senior official today said it might take a few days
for the discussions to yield results on the ground. Though India
is not planning any joint crackdown in Bhutan as of now, it wants
the Himalayan kingdom to back-up the operations launched in Assam.
|
Statement |
January 4 |
Sonitpur |
SFs arrested two militants belonging
to NDFB-IKS, identified as Nakul Narzary and Raju Rabha, from
Namora under Jinjia Police Station area of Sonitpur District.
|
Non-violent |
January 4 |
Alipurduar/ West Bengal |
SFs arrested two suspected NDFB-IKS
militants from Shamuktala area under the Shamuktala Police Station
in Alipurduar District. The militants were nabbed of West Bengal
close to the border with Assam. A huge quantity of arms and ammunition
was recovered from them, police added.
|
Non-Violent |
January 5 |
Chirang |
SFs arrested a NDFB-IKS militant,
Daimu Narzary, from Kajalgaon in Chirang District. IGP-law and
order S.N. Singh said Narzary was involved in a grenade blast
at Chapaguri in Chirang some months ago."Two grenade shells of
40mm UBGL and a Chinese grenade were recovered from him," Singh
said.
|
Statement |
January 5 |
Guwahati /Assam |
IGP-law and order, S.N. Singh
retracted from his earlier statement absolving NDFB-IKS 'commander-in-chief'
I.K. Songbijit of the December 23 carnage of Adivasis. "Whatever
the chief minister has stated is correct and I stand by his statement,"
he told reporters. The IGP-Law and Order had on January 2 said
that the killings were carried out under direction of G. Bidai,
the number two leader of the NDFB-IKS without the consent of Songbijit.
|
Statement |
January 5 |
Golaghat-Karbi Anglong |
Police killed a suspected militant
of NDFB-IKS in the Bogijaan area along the Golaghat-Karbi Anglong
border. Two grenades, a 9mm pistol, seven rounds of cartridges
and two mobile phones were recovered from the site. The suspected
NDFB-IKS cadre who was killed in the encounter was identified
as Birat Basumatary of Gohpur in Sonitpur District.
|
violent |
January 6 |
Banshijhora / Parbatjhora subdivision
/ Kokrajhar |
SFs arrested two militants belonging
to NDFB-IKS, identified as Probin Brahma and Vijay Kumar Brahma,
from Banshijhora in Parbatjhora subdivision in Kokrajhar District.
A 9mm pistol, a 7.62mm pistol, ammunition and mobile phones were
recovered.
|
Non-Violent |
January 8-9 |
Kokrajhar and Sonitpur |
Security Forces arrested nine
NDFB-IKS cadres along with a huge cache of arms and ammunition.
Seven of them were arrested in Kokrajhar District on January 9
while the other two were nabbed at Gohpur on January 8. Seven
of the arrested cadres were identified as Milan Mushahary alias
Mithinga ('second in-command of Kokrajhar platoon' of NDFB-IKS),
Gautam Moholia, Joyanta Muchahary, Bina Basumatary, Swamkar Brahma
alias Khurai, Khanda Narzary and Deuthwai Basumatary. The
remaining two were not unidentified yet.
|
Non-Violent |
January 10 |
Kokrajhar |
SFs, during a counter-insurgency
operation, killed a 'platoon commander', identified as B.Jeblang,
of NDFB-IKS at Khalsibazar within Serfanguri Police Station jurisdiction
in Kokrajhar District.
|
violent |
January 10 |
Kokrajhar |
Two NDFB-IKS militants, identified
as Genda and Bullet, were also arrested today (on January 10),"
Inspector General of Police (BTAD) L R Bishnoi Bishnoi said. Four
pistols and ammunition were seized from the two rebels.
|
Non-Violent |
January 11 |
Chirang |
SFs arrested 12 NDFB-IKS militants
from three different locations in the forest areas along the Indo-Bhutan
border in Chirang District and recovered a large cache of arms
and ammunitions.
|
Non-violent |
January 12 |
Dhemaji
|
SFs arrested 'platoon commander
of Belsiri area' "corporal" of NDFB-IKS, Bodosha Narzary alias
Bishnu Narzary (28), from Dhemaji district. During interrogation,
Bodosha confessed to his involvement in the carnage at Sonajuli
in Biswanath Chariali in Sonitpur district and his association
in other unlawful activities.
|
Non-violent |
January 12 |
Biswanath Chariali / Sonitpur
|
SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS linkman,
Subungma Basumatary alias Suresh (37), from Biswanath
Chariali in Sonitpur District on January 12. L.R. Bishnoi said
nearly 50 NDFB-IKS militants have been apprehended and a top leader
of the outfit killed in the four BTAD Districts since the operation
against the rebel group was intensified.
|
Non-violent |
January 12 |
NS
|
The NIA will take three militants
of the NDFB-IKS; arrested from Chirang district on January 11,
into custody to interrogate them in connection with the killing
of minorities in the BTAD in May 2014. The militants are Swmkwr
Basumatary alias B. Simang (27), Surjoy Goyari alias
G. Sujulang (25) and Joleswar Basumatary alias B. Jakhrup
(29) into custody in connection with cases RC-01/2014 and RC-02
2014 registered at the agency's Guwahati branch.
|
Statement |
January 12 |
Guwahati
|
Government sources stated that
NDFB-IKS 'Deputy Army Chief' G. Bidai alias Bishnu Goyari,
one of the mastermind behind the December 23 Adivasi massacre,
had discussed the possibility of talks with the State Government
nearly a week ahead of the killing, report. The discussions failed
and an encounter on December 21, 2014 resulted in a massacre by
Bidai's men. Sources here said Bidai had been sending feelers
on coming to the negotiation table for some time, which prompted
the Assam Police to explore the opportunity of getting the entire
group.
|
Statement |
January 13 |
Chirang
|
SFs arrested the 'second lieutenant'
and "chief recruiting officer", Enon Bargoyary alias Erkhang
(30) 'platoon commander of Amteka', Rinen Basumatary alias
Majhi (30), from a forested area in Amteka on the Indo-Bhutan
border in Chirang District on January 13. He is also very close
to the I.K. Songbijit, 'commander-in-chief' G. Bidai and his 'deputy
commander-in-chief' K. Batha, sources said. Rinen Basumatary had
surrendered after the Operation All Clear in 2003 but rejoined
the NDFB-IKS two years back, the sources said. IGP- BTAD L.R.
Bishnoi said an AK-47 rifle, an AK-56 rifle, two 7.65mm pistols,
two magazines, a grenade and 219 live ammunitions were seized
from them.
|
Non-violent |
January 13 |
NS
|
SFs arrested six more NDFB-IKS
militants from unidentified locations on January 13. The arrested
militants were identified as Pranjit Basumatary (19), Kerkho Mushahary
(21), Pribol Chumpamari (21), Milan Basumatary (28), Anjalus Basumatary
(27) and Pradit Swargoyary (26).
|
Non-violent |
January 14 |
Kohima/ Nagaland
|
Joint team of Police and NIA arrested
three militants of NDFB-IKS from Kohima District. The arrested
militants were identified as ' commander of 3rd battalion', Ajoi
Basumatary alias B Buhum (32); ' forest secretary',
Dilip Basumatary alias Bir Baisa (40) and ' deputy
commander' 14th battalion, Khamrei Basumatary alias udla
(35).
|
Non-violent |
January 14 |
Goalpara
|
SFs arrested a 'platoon commander',
identified as Pradeep Brahma, of the NDFB-IKS from Goalpara district.
|
Non-violent |
January 15 |
Sonitpur
|
SFs arrested two suspected NDFB-IKS
linkmen from Lawdangi under Dhekiajuli Police Station in Sonitpur
District. Police sources said the duo was identified as Lakhi
Basumatary alias Faila and Debasri Mochahari. A grenade
and eight rounds of live cartridges of M16 rifle and a money receipt
book were recovered from them.
|
Non-violent |
January 16 |
Chirang
|
SFs arrested two militants of
NDFB-IKS from Gauripur under Bijni Police Station in Chirang District.
The arrested cadres were identified as Suwambam Basumatary and
Toten Basumatary. SFs recovered a hand grenade from the duo.
|
Non-violent |
January 16 |
NS
|
The counter-insurgency operation
against the NDFB-IKS militants has spread from the India-Bhutan
and Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border areas to Assam-Meghalaya and
India-Myanmar borders. With the SFs cracking down on the Bodo
rebels in the India-Bhutan and Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border
areas, the militants are now trying to slip into Bangladesh and
Myanmar through Meghalaya and Manipur, respectively.
|
Non-violent |
January 19 |
Panbari/Chirag
|
Eleven NDFB-IKS militants were
arrested from Panbari forest in Chirang The militants include
Deven Goyari [an IED expert], Hokom Boro, Upendra Nath, Raton
Bengali, Namal Basumatary, Sanjay Goyari, Ulla Basumatary, Raju
Boro, Konin Basumatary, Prakash Narzary alias Gahen and
Ranjan Basumatary alias Kipihungla. The arms and ammunition recovered
from the militants include two improvised explosive devices (IED),
nine detonators, two 7.65mm pistols with 10 rounds of ammunition,
five rounds of ammunition of 7.62mm pistols and a packet of ball
bearings.
|
Non-Violent |
January 19 |
Udalguri
|
SFs arrested five NDFB-IKS militants
along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in Udalguri The five
include "commanding officer" of the '13th battalion' Binku Narzary
alias Birlangbai [on the "most wanted" list], Bidai Singh
Narzary alias Bugdaw, Lohit Basumatary alias B.
Ferkw, N. Araibaw alias Ajak Narzary and Durga Sing Basumatary
alias B. Khamshaw. One AK-56 rifle with magazine, one 9mm
pistol, 25 rounds of live ammunition of 7.62mm pistol, 54 rounds
of live ammunition of 9mm pistol and a hand grenade were also
recovered.
|
Non-Violent |
January 19 |
Antaibari/ Baksa
|
SFs arrested 'Nalbari platoon
commander' of NDFB-IKS "sergeant" Bimal Boro alias Khwobla
(26), from Antaibari under Tamulpur Police Station in Baksa.
|
Non-Violent |
January 19 |
Guwahati/Kamrup Metropolitian
|
SFs arrested another NDFB-IKS
militant, identified as Danswrang Daimary from the Paltan Bazar
Police Station area in Guwahati in Kamrup
|
Non-Violent |
January 20 |
NS
|
CorCom along with NDFB-IKS, KLO,
ULFA-I ave called for a total shut down on January 26, the Republic
Day of India.
|
Non-Violent |
January 21 |
NS
|
NIA has revealed that a section
of State forest department personnel had teamed up with NDFB-IKS
o kill 36 people, including women and children, from the minority
community in Assam's Baksa district in 2014. NIA stated that "Some
forest officials have joined hands with suspected NDFB-IKS cadres
and formed a 30 to 40-member group, who took part in mass killing
of innocent people at N.K. Khagrabari village on May 2, 2014,
with firearms and sharp weapons like dao (machete)," An NIA source
said the forest staff of Bansbari range, who were from the Bodo
community, were against people from the minority community staying
in the fringe areas of the forest as they consider them as outsiders
and because of that they joined hands with NDFB-IKS to carry out
the massacre
|
Statement |
January 23 |
NS
|
Four NDFB-IKS militants Binku
Narzary alias Birlangbai, Ajoi Basumatary alias
B. Buhum, Dilip Basumatary alias Bir Baisa alias
Lambu and Khamrei Basumatary alias Udla , who were earlier
arrested were shifted to Sonitpur from Guwahati by NIA for detailed
interrogation. A source stated that Binku Narzary, 'commanding
officer' of the outfit's '13th battalion', and Khamrei Basumatary,
the 'deputy commander' of the '14th battalion' of NDFB-IKS, will
also be questioned by the NIA in connection with killing of minorities
in Baksa district in May . More than 40 NDFB-IKS militants have
been arrested so far in the ongoing operations.
|
Non-Violent |
January 23 |
Bangalore/Karnataka
|
A 'section commander' of NDFB-IKS
Sirkhung Basumatary, who was involved in the killing of Adivasis
on December 23 was arrested at Bangalore in Karnataka. A source
stated that he was also suspected to be involved in an earlier
incident of killing of Hindi-speaking people.
|
Non-Violent |
Janauary 25 |
Ripu/Kokrajhar
|
Five NFDB-IKS militants were arrested
from Ripu reserve forest area of Kokrajhar. . Three militants
has been identified as Daneshwar Basumatary alias B Dapung
alias Ustad Laoga Basumatary and Girish Soren. Two pistols
and three hand grenades were recovered from Daneshwar Basumatary
and two hand grenades and eight detonators with fuses were recovered
from Laoga Basumatary and Girish Soren.
|
Non-Violent |
January 26 |
Electronic city/Bangalore
|
Bangalore Crime Branch arrested
B. Sibigiri alias Sanju Bordoloi, 'organising secretary'
of NDFB-IKS. rom Electronic city in Bangalore. NIA Guwahati has
sought his custody and he allegedly confessed to have participated
in the recent attacks in Assam
|
Non-Violent |
January 27 |
NS
|
RPF claimed that the serial blasts
from January 20 to 26 was a part of boycott announced against
the celebration of Republic Day , by CorCom , KLO , ULFA-I and
NDFB-IKS.
|
Non-Violent |
January 27 |
Kusrabari/ Udalguri
|
SFs arrested two militants of
the NDFB-IKS in Kusrabari village in Udalguri District Militants
identified as Dhananjay Basumatary alias Didum and 'section
commander' Sanjay Basumatary alias Jingabil. Two pistols,
three hand grenades, four rounds of ammunitions and an ignitor
set were recovered from them.
|
Non-Violent |
January 27 |
Sarakpur/Sonitpur
|
SFs arrested 3 NDFB-IKS militants
identified as Nitul Daimary alias Naihab, Runilush Daimary
alias Mwnthai and Sukson Basumatary alias Jondesh from
Sarakpur Dhuli Nalah, a remote village in Sonitpur. An AK-47 a
Chinese rifle and a hand grenade were recovered. Nitul Daimary
was 'deputy commander' of 'third battalion' and was allegedly
involved in the killing of former ASP Gulzar Husain
|
Non-Violent |
January 28 |
NS
|
MHA official stated that stated
that more than 70 militants of NDFB-IKS have been arrested since
December 23 2014. Sources said there have been reports that some
militants gave themselves up in the face of sustained operations.
But most of the militants managed to hide their weapons. It is
also reported that the militants managed to bury some sophisticated
weapons.
|
Statement |
January 29 |
Ripu/Kokrajhar
|
A militant of NDFB-IKS identified
as 'sergeant major' Jornaluis Narzary alias Jankla was
killed in an encounter with Police at Ripu Reserved Forest under
Kachugaon Police Station in Kokrajhar. Arms and ammunition including
.65 mm pistol, a magazine, and two grenades were recovered from
him. He was a close associate of G Bidai, the 'commander in chief'
of NDFB-IKS
|
Violent |
January 29 |
Chirag
|
Two NDFB-IKS militants were arrested
from Chirang One of the arrested militant has been identified
as Sansuma Brahma. One 7.65mm pistol, two-country made revolvers,
crude bomb and two hand grenades were recovered during the operations.
|
Non-Violent |
January 29 |
Kokrajhar
|
Three OGWs of NDFB-IKS were arrested
from Kokrajhar
|
Non-Violent |
February 1 |
NS
|
Army is facing a tough challenge
in tracking down few NDFB-IKS militants who are based in a 15,000
square km area and have mixed among villagers. Intelligence sources
said G Bidai, is believed to have escaped to West Bengal. Some
leaders have also escaped to Nagaland. Besides Bidai, the SFs
are also in look out for leaders like Batha, Madan and Soha. Army
sources said many of the cadres have fled to the foothills of
neighbouring Bhutan.
|
Non-Violent |
February 2 |
Taga/Myanmar
|
Movement of Myanmar Army towards
the Taga area created panic among the militant groups of the North
East, who are taking shelter in Myanmar. Highly placed security
sources state that Myanmar Army personnel started moving towards
the Taga area on January 18. As most of the camps of the militant
groups such ULFA-I and NDFB-IKS.
|
Non-Violent |
February 3 |
NS
|
Over 70 NDFB-IKS militants have
been arrested since December, after the crack down began against
them. , NIA found that among those arrested were at least seven
militants, who were wanted for their involvement in the killings
in Baksa on May 1 and 2.
|
Non-Violent |
February 4 |
Manas/Chirag
|
Three NDFB-IKS militants, including
Ringsar Basumatary were arrested from Manas Reserve Forest of
Chirang District a combined team of Assam Police and Indian Army.
Ringsar who is an active terrorist of the outfit and was recruited
in 2010.One 7.65mm pistol, two hand grenades and large quantity
of ammunition were recovered
|
Non-Violent |
February 4 |
NS
|
NIA court extended the remand
period of NDFB-IKS militant Bikunas Narzary alias Birlangbai,
who was arrested on January 19, for 12 days. NIA source stated
that "He is an important member of the outfit. Further interrogation
will reveal more about the outfit's presence at Manas National
Park and in areas along the Assam-Arunachal border,".
|
Non-Violent |
February 4 |
Barbari/Baksa
|
16 NDFB-RD cadres joined NDFB-P
at Barbari designated camp in Baksa District. This is the third
time that the members of NDFB-RD have joined NDFB-P.
|
Non-Violent |
February 5 |
Baksa
|
Two NDFB-IKS militants identified
as Lwmsao Narzary and Sistu Basumatary were arrested from Baksa
and 12 KG of RDX was recovered from them.
|
Non-Violent |
February 5 |
NS
|
Fearing human casualty Army and
SFs are yet to go full throttle against top NDFB-IKS 'army chief',
B Bidai who ordered the massacre of Adivasi villagers on December
23. MHA fear that final assault by the Army in these areas could
result in the killing of civilians.
|
Non-Violent |
February 5 |
NS
|
According to a senior Army official,
only a handful of the outfit's cadres are left but tracking them
down is proving to be a challenge. Security agencies estimate
that the cadre strength of NDFB-IKS would be less than 300
|
Statement |
February 9 |
Borsimaluguri/Baksa
|
Previous week, Five NDFB-IKS militants
were beaten up by a mob when they had come to extort money during
a function in Borsimaluguri village in Baksa and was handed over
to Police.
|
Non-Violent |
February 9 |
Manas/Chirag
|
Army recovered huge cache of arms
and ammunition from Manas Reserve Forest in Chirag. The recovered
items include an IED documents with details of extortions being
carried out by NDFB-IKS and details of important and linkmen of
NDFB-IKS.
|
Non-Violent |
February 9 |
Fulkumari/Kokrajhar
|
NDFB-IKS militant identified as
Orga was killed in an encounter with SFs at Fulkumari forest in
Kokrajhar. One 7.65 mm pistol, two magazines, one hand grenade,
9 live rounds of 7.65 pistol, 10 detonators, one magazine of Ak-47,
five live round ammunition of AK 47 were recovered from HIM
|
Violent |
February 10 |
NS
|
MHA directed Police and SFs engaged
in counter-insurgency operations to continue with sustained operations
against NDFB-IKS. MHA also said the forces should not be complacent
with the recent success of the operations against the militant
|
Non-Violent |
February 10 |
NS
|
Sources have revealed that 'chairman'
of NDFB-IKS, IK Songbijit, commander-in-chief G Bidai and a few
others are abroad. Songbijit is in Myanmar, while it is believed
that Bidai managed to escape to Bhutan. However, around 40 to
50 hardcore members of the outfit are still hiding in the jungles
inside Assam
|
Non-Violent |
February 11 |
NS
|
An army source stated that only
about 50 per cent of success in finishing off NDFB-IKS has been
achieved has been achieved despite arrest of around 150 cadres
and over ground workers.
|
Statement |
February 11 |
NS
|
On reports that some militants
moved into Arunachal Pradesh, Army sources said that as per provisions
of the Disturbed Areas Act, the Army can move into 20 kilometres
inside the state and operations are going on in those areas.
|
Statement |
February 15 |
NS
|
Security Sources stated that after
the operations were launched following December 23 massacre, senior
NDFB-IKS leaders who were in Assam , managed to escape. Security
agencies involved in operations state that there was a need for
a full-scale and well-coordinated operation in Bhutan to nab the
senior leaders of NDFB-IKS
|
Statement |
February 17 |
NS |
Army expressed hope that it would
be able to wipe out NDFB-IKS as operations were on against them
after the December 23 massacre. Major General C P Mohanty stated
that over 171 NDFB-IKS militants have been arrested so far during
continuing successful operations against the group.
|
Statement |
February 17 |
NS |
BSF IG Meghalaya Frontier, Sudesh
Kumar stated that a section of middle rank cadres of NDFB was
in Bangladesh.
|
Statement |
February 17 |
NS |
BSF IG Meghalaya Frontier, Sudesh
Kumar stated that IK Songbijit was not hiding in Bangladesh.
|
Statement |
February 19 |
Rangajan/Sonitpur |
SFs arrested 4 NDFB-IKS militants
from Rangajan village in Sonitpur. The arrested militants were
identified as Rohit Narzary, Prosen Basumatary, Asish Basumatary
and Rajib Uzir.Biswanath Chariali Superintendent of Police Manobendra
Roy stated that a 7.65 pistol, six bullets, some documents, a
few SIM cards and handsets were seized from the militants.
|
Non-Violent |
February 23 |
Seppa/ East Kameng |
Arunachal Pradesh Police arrested
an extortionist identified as Tagyung Yangfo from Seppa in East
Kameng District. Police recovered a 7.65 auto pistol with 12 live
rounds from him. He also has the history of his connections with
the NDFB group in Assam for arms smuggling.
|
Non-Violent |
February 25 |
Biswanath Chariali/Sonitpur |
NDFB-IKS militant Dorjoi Goyari
alias doctor was arrested from Biswanath Chariali in Sonitpur.
SP) Biswanath Chariali stated that the arrested militant used
to provide medical facilities to members of the militant group.
INR 50000 was recovered from him.
|
Non-Violent |
February 24 |
Kachugaon/ Kokrajhar |
NDFB-IKS militant, identified
as Habel Basumatary, was arrested from Kachugaon in Kokrajhar
District. A 7.65 pistol was recovered from him. Times of India
further adds that he is believed to have been maintaining communication
with the top leaders of NDFB-IKS.
|
Non-Violent |
February 27 |
Biswanath Chariali/Sonitpur |
Assam Police arrested a linkman
of NDFB-IKS identified as Hakil Narzary from Biswanath Chariali
in Sonitpur.
|
Non-Violent |
March 1 |
Kokrajhar |
SFs arrested two NDFB-IKS militants
from Kokrajhar District The duo was identified as Swmkwr Mushahary
alias Sugum and Swmkwr Basumatary.
|
Non-Violent |
March 2 |
Guwahati
|
Governor P B Acharya stated that
Security forces have arrested at least 167 terrorists and linkmen
allegedly involved in the serial attacks on Adivasi people in
many districts across Assam in the last two months. "Two of their
leaders were also killed during the action by the security forces.
On the insistence of the state government, the NIA has taken up
investigation and registered four cases against the terrorists,"
Acharya said. At least 81 persons, including Adivasis, Bodos and
Bengalis, were killed in serial attacks by NDFB-IKS terrorists,
retaliatory violence and police firing across many districts in
December 2014.
|
Statement |
March 2 |
Chirang Reserve Forest /Chirang
|
SFs arrested an Over Ground Worker
of the NDFB-IKS, Milan Basumatary alias Khununga, from Shimlabagan
village in Chirang Reserve Forest area of Chirang district. SFs
recovered about 12.5 kilogram TNT explosives from him.
|
Non-violent |
March 3 |
Sonitpur
|
Three militants were injured,
in a shootout, which took place between Police and NDFB-IKS militants
in Sonitpur district.
|
Non-violent |
March 3 |
Laizaguri/ Chirang
|
The Police raided the house of
a senior NDFB-IKS 'leader' named Mendala in Laizaguri village
recovered arms and ammunitions in Chirang district. Police recovered
three country made AK-type rifles along with ammunitions and 50
rounds of ammunition and gunpowder from the house. Mendala is
absconding; however, Police arrested a linkman of the outfit identified
as Markas.
|
Non-violent |
March 6 |
Rangajan /Golaghat
|
Police arrested a woman NDFB-IKS
militant at Rangajan in Golaghat District and seized cartridges
of INSAS rifle.
|
Non-violent |
March 6 |
NS
|
Police are pressing for help from
neighbouring Bhutan and Myanmar to arrest top leaders of NDFB-IKS.
The 'chairman' of NDFB-IKS IK Songbijit, is suspected to have
fled to Myanmar, his close associate G Bidai and other top leaders
are believed to be in Bhutan. Sources said Bidai, the mastermind
of December 23 massacres was last seen somewhere near Thimphu
in Bhutan. Minister of state for Home affairs Kiren Rijiju recently
said in Parliament that till February 28 this year, 214 cadres
of NDFB-IKS have been arrested.
|
Statement |
March 7 |
New Delhi
|
The two-month deadline given by
the Central Government to the Police and Security Forces to "finish
off" the NDFB-IKS has expired, but the UMHA has made it clear
that there would be no relaxing of the operations till the top
leaders of the outfit fall in the security net.
|
Statement |
March 8 |
Karibil area /Sonitpur
|
SFs arrested a suspected NDFB-IKS
militant, Manas Swargiwari, from Karibil area in Sonitpur District.
A US-made 7.65 mm pistol, its magazine, live ammunition and some
documents were recovered from the cadre.
|
Non-violent |
March 9 |
NS |
In an email 'information and publicity
secretary' of NDFB-PTF S Sanjarang claimed that its 'president'
Dhiren Boro alias B Sungthagra, was arrested on the 'false
pretext' of attending to an unknown registered case by the Gauhati
High Court on March 2.
|
Non-Violent |
March 10 |
NS |
State's Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Rockybul Hussain informed that currently eight militant
outfits were active in the State, including NDFB-IKS.
|
Statement |
March 11 |
Barshijhar/Chirag |
SFs arrested two hardcore militants
of NDFB-IKS, Bilifang Brahma and Khampu Brahma, from Barshijhar
area in Chirang District.
|
Non-Violent |
March 13 |
NS |
MHA was likely to reject any more
extension of cease-fire agreement with NSCN-K. GoI also believed
to be upset over a report that other insurgent groups such as
PLA were "getting shelter and allowed to roam freely in the Khaplang
domain in Myanmar.
|
Non-Violent |
March 13 |
Kokrajhar |
SFs arrested three unidentified
militants, including two suspected militants of NDFB-IKS in Kokrajhar
District.
|
Non-Violent |
March 16 |
New Alipurduar /Alipurdar District
/West Bengal
|
SFs arrested, a most wanted militant
leader of the NDFB-IKS Roshish Basumatary, alias Jama was arrested
from New Alipurduar in Alipurdar District in West Bengal. He was
involved in the massacre of Adivasis on December 23, 2014.
|
Non-violent |
March 17 |
Chirang/ Assam
|
SFs arrested two militants belonging
to NDFB-IKS along with a rifle and ammunition from Hadan Bazar
in Chirang District. The arrested militants were identified as
Bathiram Goyari, [number four in NDFB-IKS hierarchy] and Selma
Owari.
|
Non-violent |
March 21 |
Sonitpur
|
Extortion demands in the northern
part of Sonitpur District by different armed groups, including
Bodo and Adivasi militant groups, remains rampant in spite of
the ongoing Counter-insurgency operations in the District. Militant
formations like NDFB-IKS, AANLA, ACMA, BCF, etc remain active
in the area. Recently, the chairman of the Eastern Zone chapter
of the All India MES (Army) Contractors' Association, Rajesh Singh
and a forest official, Gopal Deka, received two demand notes for
huge amounts of money by the AANLA militants under the 'leadership'
of one Dipen Nayak, adds the report. Rajesh Singh further alleged
that many of them had to oblige as the police and the AANLA militants
have a nexus.
|
violent |
March 23 |
Dispur
|
AGP's legislator Padma Hazarika
told the Assembly that NDFB militants were running a parallel
government across a large area in the North Bank (of river Brahmaputra)
where the State government and the administration had little presence.
Hazarika also alleged that there was a nexus between the ultras
and a section of the police, and demanded a probe into it.
|
Non-violent |
March 23 |
Dispur
|
Panchayat & Rural Development
Minister Rakibul Hussain informed the State Assembly that militant
had killed 195 civilians and four police personnel in Assam during
2014.
Hussain informed the House that
eight militant organizations are active in the state as on date
-NDFB-IKS , ULFA-I, KPLT, KLO, HuM-Assam unit, MULTA, CPI-Maoist
and JMB As many as 13 militant groups have declared Suspension
of Operation which include NDFB-PTF, NDFB-RD, ULFA-PTF, AANLA
etc. Among the eight active organizations, NDFB-IKS has about
250-270 cadres, followed by ULFA-I with 240 cadres and MULTA with
140 cadres. The remaining five outfits have cadre strength ranging
from 70 to 20. As many as 6082 violent incidents have been perpetrated
by these eight active outfits in the state since 1991 to present,
of which ULFA has carried out highest 3632 incidents, followed
by NDFB with 2231 incidents. As many as 2059 arms have been recovered
from these eight outfits since 1991, of which 1376 belonged to
ULFA and 561 to NDFB. No arms belonging to JMB have been recovered
yet.
Hussain further informed that
as many as 19, 939 leaders and cadres of these eight outfits have
been arrested since 1991 till date, with the ULFA accounting for
the highest number (14982) of arrests, followed by NDFB's 4059.
No cadre or leader of HuM has been arrested yet.
|
Statement |
March 24 |
Sonitpur
|
SFs arrested a NDFB -RD militant,
identified as Deepjyoti Daimari, from Sonitpur District. The militant
was arrested for physically assaulting a businessman at Charduar
area on March 22, 2015.
|
Non-violent |
March 25 |
Dispur
|
DGP Khagen Sarma said it was possible
that some Police personnel might have nexus with NDFB militants
on personal level. The DGP pointed out that the department had
taken the allegation made by the MLA Padma Hazarika seriously
and the officer in charge of Chariduar Police Station in Sonitpur
District had already been removed from his post. The DGP also
said that NDFB-IKS ultras might try to disrupt forthcoming polls
in BTC. The opposition MLA informed that the militants of the
NDFB-RD which is now in truce mode with the Government of India,
have demanded 'monthly tax' from villagers from Bogijulee village
under Chariduar Police Station which prompted the villagers to
lay siege to the same Police Station on March 22, 2015.
|
Statement |
March 25 |
Kokrajhar
|
Three OGWs identified as Bodosa
Mushahary, Dwinden Basumatary and Dolaharu Narzary of NDFB-IKS
were arrested from Jharbari in Kokrajhar.
|
Non-violent |
March 27 |
Dispur
|
Due to various terror attacks
413 people died in North East India in 2014. Assam accounted for
168 deaths in 246 insurgency incidents. As many as 144 deaths
were at the hands of NDFB-IKS. In the last 3 years insurgent outfits
in Assam have killed 242 people including 14 security personnel.
Of the 40 deaths recorded due
to insurgency in the state in 2013, 16 were in NDFB-IKS attacks.
Comparatively ULFA claimed just three lives while KPLT killed
12.
|
Statement |
March 27 |
Kachugaon/ Kokrajhar
|
Three NDFB-IKS militants were
arrested, near Kachugaon in Kokrajhar. The arrested militants
have been identified as Heita Boro, Ashok Basumatary and Ranjoy
Boro alias Lawdang. The militants were involved in extortion
and were working as linkmen providing food and ration to NDFB-IKS
militants in Ripu Reserve Forest.
|
Non-violent |
March 27 |
NS |
Government has extended AFSPA
to almost the entire State of Arunachal Pradesh, citing a serious
law and order situation in all Districts of the State which border
Assam. As per a new notification issued by UMHA on March 27 by
its Joint Secretary Shambu Singh, all Districts of Arunachal Pradesh
bordering the State of Assam have been declared as "disturbed
area" under Section 3 of AFSPA for next one year.
The new notification says NDFB-IKS
have now set up their General Headquarters and training camp in
Taga, Myanmar and is reportedly contemplating to find out a new
route for arms transshipment from Myanmar via Changlang District.
The notification also adds that there is presence of NSCN-IM,
NSCN-K, ULFA-I, KLO, MPLF along the Assam-Arunachal border and
KYKL, PLA and KCP are helping NDFB-IKS, ULFA-I and KLO movement
of men, material, infiltration and exfilaration.
The notification further adds
that "The left-wing extremism is silently trying to infiltrate
into the State as it is found to be mostly active in areas of
Dhemaji and Tinsukia Districts in Assam bordering with the Lower
Dibang and Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh."
|
Statement |
March 28 |
Sonitpur
|
SFs arrested four militants of
NDFB-IKS from Tharaibari in Sonitpur District. Two of the extremists
Brim Basumatary alias Belashi and Superior Basumatary alias
Maniraj were involved in the massacre of over 80 Adivasis, Biswanath
Chariali Police District SP M D Ray said. The two others were
identified as Pohar Narzary and Pratim Daimary.
|
Non-violent |
March 28 |
NS
|
GoI also intends to "seal" the
border with Myanmar to prevent hit-and-run attacks by NSCN-K.NSCN-K's
rival factions may help SFs in this and this may have a larger
implication as there are routes in Nagaland dominated by NSCN-K
and is used by NDFB-IKS
|
Non-Violent |
March 31 |
Guwahati |
A special NIA court in Guwahati
has sent three militants NDFB-IKS to seven-day NIA remand. "The
militants were involved in the massacre of Adivasi villagers at
Pakhriguri under Serfanguri police station on December 23 and
the killing of Hindi-speaking persons at Athiabari, also under
Serfanguri Police Station, on National Highway 31 on January 17
last year," Police said earlier.
|
statement |
March 31 |
Dispur |
Over 250 militants of NDFB-IKS
have been apprehended, and four killed, in an operation launched
by the UC after the Adivasi massacre in the State on December
23, 2014. The forces have also recovered huge cache of arms and
ammunition.
State Agriculture Minister Rakibul
Hussain, on behalf of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, informed the
house in a written reply that the UC has seized 78 assorted weapons
belonging to NDFB-IKS, which include 13 AK-56 rifles, five AK-47
rifles, an SLR, an M16 rifle, a Chinese rifle, an M22 rifle, a
.303 rifle, an AK semi-automatic rifle, three HK33 rifles and
an INSAS rifle. The findings also include two M20 pistol, 16 7.65
mm pistols, four 7.62 pistols, two .22 pistols, one Mark 30 pistol,
nine 9mm pistols, three 65 mm pistols and seven handmade guns.
Hussain said three of the NDFB-IKS cadres have been nabbed in
Kerala and another three in Nagaland. "At present, there are just
a few NDFB-IKS militants at large and the search is on, inside
and outside the state," the Minister added.
The UC is also simultaneously
searching for illegal weapons in the Bodo areas and has recovered
21 such assorted weapons, 168 rounds of ammunition, six grenades,
seven detonators and two crude bombs from cadres of various other
outfits in and around BTAD.
|
Statement |
March 31 |
Sonitpur |
SFs, in an encounter, killed two
militants belonging to the NDFB-IKS, 'deputy commandant' Sohiasula
and 'sergeant major' Ratan, at Lakhipathar area in Sonitpur District.
|
violent |
April 1 |
NS |
NIA interrogation of IK Songbijit
faction of NDFB-IKS has revealed that Chinese made weapons come
to Manipur through the China-Myanmar-India border. According to
the interrogation report arms consignments are smuggled from the
China border to South Myanmar by the Kachin rebels who hand over
the weapons to NSCN-IM in Myanmar. NSCN-IM then passes on the
weapons to NDFB-IKS in Manipur which are taken to Assam's Bodoland
area, where NDFB operates. Forty six NDFB-IKS militants have been
arrested so far by the NIA after December 2014 massacre of tribals.
|
Statement |
April 3 |
Mumbai/ Maharashtra |
SFs arrested three suspected NDFB-IKS,
Purno Narzary, Samkha Basumatary and Ansai Basumatary alias
Bishu, from Navi Mumbai township of Mumbai city. The trio were
working in a cold storage unit in Taloja area. The trio was reportedly
involved in December 2014 Adivasi massacre.
|
Statement |
April 5 |
NS |
Unlawful Activities Prevention tribunals will
hold separate hearings in Meghalaya this month to decide whether
to extend the ban on ULFA and NDFB. Sources in the Meghalaya Home
Department said the hearing of the two tribunals, one each for
NDFB and ULFA, would be held on April 8 and 19 respectively. Sources
also stated that office of the registrar, UAPA Tribunal, Delhi
High Court, will hold a hearing for examination of more witnesses
on declaring the HNLC a "unlawful association" on April 18. The
ban on militant groups is operational for a period of two years
and subsequently tribunals are set up to review the ban.
|
Statement |
April 18 |
Kokrajhar |
SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS militant, identified
as 'platoon commander of Chirang platoon' Samar Basumatary alias
Sona, from Chetnaguri village in Kokrajhar District. SFs recovered
a 7.65 mm pistol (factory made), three live rounds, one hand grenade
and other war like stores from him.
|
Non-violent |
April 19
|
Sonitpur
|
SFs killed another NDFB-IKS militant,
identified as Engarlang, at Bogijuli in Sonitpur District. Another
NDFB-IKS militant managed to escape into the nearby thick vegetation.
One 7.62 mm pistol, ammunition, two mobile phones, 8 SIM cards
and a Pulsar bike were recovered from the encounter spot.
|
violent
|
April 20
|
Kokrajhar
|
SFs, in an encounter, killed a
senior leader of the NDFB-IKS, identified as Praneshwar Narzary alias Daokhoumwi,
at Kochugaon Pepso Gravel Road of Kokrajhar District. A
7.65 mm pistol with a magazine with three rounds, two fired cases
and a hand grenade were recovered from the encounter site. Search
is on for other militants who were engaged in the gunfight.
|
violent
|
April 21
|
Kokrajhar
|
SFs, in an operation, arrested
five militants of the NDFB-IKS from the jungles of Ripu Reserve
Forest of Kokrajhar District.
|
Non-violent
|
April 21
|
New Delhi
|
The Central Government ruled out
the possibility of holding talks with the ULFA-I and NDFB-IKS
pointing to the groups’ involvement in ‘mindless violence’. The
two militant outfits have been indulging in terrorist violence
from time to time, mercilessly killing innocent people, including
women and children. These outfits are also indulging themselves
in extortion activities and abduction of people for ransom, MoS
for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said in a Lok Sabha (lower
house of India’s parliament) reply to a question by State’s MP
Bijoya Chakravarty.
|
Statement
|
April 21
|
NS
|
Sources have admitted that failure
to nab the senior ‘leaders’ of NDFB-IKS was a matter of serious
concern as there was the possibility that they might try to revive
the outfit. As per information available with the security
agencies, the ‘chairman’ IK Songbijit is still in Myanmar, while
the ‘commander-in-chief’ of the outfit G Bidai, who reportedly
masterminded the December 23 attacks, and is believed to be hiding
somewhere in the jungles along the Assam-Bhutan border areas.
|
Statement
|
April 22
|
Kokrajhar
|
SFs, in an operation, arrested
five militants of the NDFB-IKS from Parbatjhora Reserve Forest
of Kokrajhar District. The arrested militants were
identified as ‘section commander’ Gobla Basumatary alias B
Gwnshwar, ‘section commander’ of Bengtol ‘section of Chirang platoon’
Preg Barmouh, Shamkhar Musahari, Rahul Khaklary, Babul Narzary
and Swarang Boro.
|
Non-violent
|
April 24
|
Myanmar
|
NDFB-IKS, removed its 'president'
Songbijit Ingti Kathar a few days ago and elevated its ‘interim
general secretary’ B Saoraigwra to the top post. A Karbi by ethnicity,
Songbijit is reportedly holed up in Myanmar. He was sidelined
when the outfit took the decision to massacre the Adivasis. The
heinous crime was executed under the direction of G Bidai, ‘deputy
chief’ of the outfit's ‘armed wing’."About four days ago,
we received information that Songbijit has been removed from the
post of the outfit's chairman and made its advisor. B Saoraigwra
is the new chairman of the outfit," a source told the newspaper.
|
Statement
|
April 26
|
Kokrajhar
|
SFs, in a joint operation, busted
a major hideout of NDFB-IKS in the thick jungles of Ripu Forest,
near the Indo-Bhutan border, in Kokrajhar District.
|
Non-violent
|
April 26
|
Chirang
|
A major NDFB-IKS hideout was busted
by Army in Sadiya Ghat area inside Manas Reserve Forest in Chirang
District. The operation was launched on a specific intelligence,
regarding presence of a hideout in of Chirang.
|
Non-violent
|
April 27 |
Guwahati |
A UC meeting held decided to focus on apprehending
two top leaders of the NDFB-IKS, who are believed to be hiding
somewhere deep inside forest on the India-Bhutan border.
A source told that the UC meeting, which was held
in Dispur and attended by senior Army, Police, Paramilitary and
Government officials, discussed strategies to track down and apprehend
the NDFB-IKS duo, G. Bidai alias Bishnu Goyari and Binod
Mushahary alias Batha Mushahary. Security Forces said these
two leaders masterminded massacre of Adivasis on December 23,
2014. "The meeting decided to intensify operations in some specific
areas on the India-Bhutan border to apprehend the duo. The forces
will also step up effort to collect intelligence to pinpoint their
whereabouts," the source said.
|
Statement |
April 29 |
Kokrajhar and Sonitpur
|
SFs arrested three cadres of NDFB-IKS from different
locations in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur Districts. An NDFB-IKS cadre,
Sanjib Basumatary of Kachugaon Lotamari, was apprehended from
Khousi Bazar in Kokrajhar district. Another cadre, Sachin Brahma,
was arrested from Parbatjhora in the same District. A militant,
Dilip Boro, was arrested from Sopay Rowmari in Bishwanath Chariali
under Sonitpur District.
|
Non-violent |
May 1 |
Kokrajhar
|
SFs arrested three militants in two separate operations
conducted in Kokrajhar and Dhubri Districts. The lone NDFB-IKS
militant was arrested from Kokrajhar while two militants belonging
to MULTA were arrested from Fakirganj area of Dhubri.The NDFB-IKS
militant was identified as Jwngdao Basumatary.
|
Non-violent |
May 4 |
Guwahati
|
CM Tarun Gogoi said the state is worried over
the coming together of North East militant groups under one platform
to launch attacks. He added that the Centre should take serious
notice of this development. United Liberation Front of West South
East Asia, the new militant platform, comprises the ULFA-I, NSCN-K,
NDFB-IKS and KLO. These militant groups are based in Myanmar.
NSCN-K 'chairman' SS Khaplang is the chief of this new platform.
|
Statement |
May 6 |
Guwahati
|
Director General of Police Khagen Sarma said that
the State Police have sounded an alert following the unification
of several militants of North East region. He added that police
are concerned about the development and taking steps to check
the ultras. He said NDFB-IKS leader Songbijit has fled the country.
"Songbijit is in a foreign country and G Bidai is crisscrossing
the borders. There are some difficulties in nabbing him but it's
just a matter of time," Sarma said. He added that at least 300
NDFB-IKS ultras, including its top leaders, are already in police
net.
|
Statement |
May 6 |
NS
|
'commander-in-chief' of the ULFA-I Paresh Baruah,
in a telephone conversation, with a northeast based journalist
Rajeev Bhattacharya, stated that all "anti-India groups" would
get together to form a 'government-in-exile'. Paresh Baruah when
asked about his 'immediate plans' said, 'We will strike wherever
and whenever possible. We also hope to be able to form a government-in-exile
by the end of this year'.
|
Statement |
May 8 |
Kamrup (rural)
|
SFs arrested a senior NDFB-IKS militant, Bisonjit
Mushaharu alias Tarzan, from a roadside restaurant at Chhaygaon
in Kamrup (rural) District.
|
Non-violent |
May 8 |
Kokrajhar
|
Security forces shot dead an unidentified militant
belonging to the NDFB-IKS at Leupani Nala in Chirang Reserve Forest,
approximately three km from Ultapani village in Kokrajhar District.
|
violent |
May 9 |
Maldang area/ Sonitpur
|
SFs arrested four militants of NDFB-IKS at Maldang
area in Sonitpur District. The militants were trained in Myanmar.
An AK-56 rifle, four magazines, 37 rounds of live ammunition,
two hand grenades and three mobile phones were seized from the
militants, Parasar said.
|
Non-violent |
May 9 |
Lakhipathar / Sonitpur
|
SFs arrested two other NDFB-IKS militant, identified
as Julish Basumatari alias Jojai and Sankosh Basumatari
alias Swailsha, from Lakhipathar under Charduar Police
Station in Sonitpur District.
|
Non-violent |
May 11 |
Chirang
|
SFs arrested two OGWs of NDFB-IKS, identified
as Prasanjit Islary and Biton Basumatary, in Kusumdisha area of
Chirang District. The duo was allegedly involved in extortions
on behalf of NDFB-IKS.
|
Non-violent |
May 16 |
Guwahati
|
Local people nabbed two persons, Zamal Badshah
(22) and Samar Das (20), suspecting them to be NDFB-IKS linkmen
in Salbari area of Kadamtala in Bongaigaon Town on May 16 and
handed them over to the Police. Few extortion letters of NDFB-IKS
were recovered from the two men.
|
Non-violent |
May 20 |
Guwahati
|
JSM, a tribal organisation in the State, objected
the decision of ULFA-PTF to switchover from over three decades
fight for independent Assam to demanding ST status for six communities
as 'anti-tribal' and 'anti-indigenous people'. JSM 'advisor' Janaklal
Basumatary described the idea to turn Assam into a tribal majority
State by including six communities in tribal list as an absurd
idea. He said the population of STs even after inclusion of six
communities would not go beyond 50 per cent and it was not possible
to create 80 seats reserved for ST communities comprising less
than 50 per cent population. The tribal leader also said the proposal
of the NDFB-PTF to the Centre for expansion of existing 40 BTC
constituencies to 90 by inclusion of more districts and their
demand of 70 reserved seats for Bodos, 10 each for general and
Adivasis was also an idea of bizarre. He said there could not
be reserved seats on the basis of community.
|
Statement |
May 26 |
Guwahati
|
Director General of Police Khagen Sarma stated
that SFs have arrested 343 cadres of the NDFB-IKS, including 204
active ones, in the last five months during intensified counter-insurgency
operations. As many as 10 cadres of the NDFB-IKS were also killed
in encounters during the period.DGP Khagen Sarma also said that
164 grenades and 625 kilograms of explosives were recovered during
the operations.
|
Statement |
May 29 |
Baksa
|
SFs arrested a militant of the NDFB-IKS, identified
as Irakdao Basumatary from Bagajuli in Baksa District. He was
involved in the massacre of Adivasis in December 2014. A 7.65
pistol, a magazine and six rounds of live ammunitions were recovered
from him.
|
Non-violent |
May 31 |
Kokrajhar
|
SFs, in an encounter, killed NDFB-IKS cadre, identified
as Dada Basumatary(28) alias Khwmta alias Ladar,
at Saraibil area inside the Ripu Reserve Forest in Kokrajhar District.
|
Violent |
June 5 |
Barabari/Chirang
|
Two suspected militants of NDFB-IKS, identified
as Worga Basumatary and Pusho Gayari, were arrested by SFs from
Barabari in Chirang District.
|
Non-violent |
June 6 |
NS
|
The newly formed platform of four militant groups
of the northeast, UNLFW, is out to prove a point to the Government
of India by launching a series of attacks on SFs and the possibility
of the ultras trying to launch such attacks in Assam cannot be
ruled out. The Police and SFs have been put on high alert following
the recent attacks and the Union Government has taken the recent
incidents "very seriously". According to SF sources, with the
formation of the new platform of NSCN-K, ULFA-I, the NDFB-IKS
and the KLO, the outfits are desperate to prove their strength
and the possibility of attacks cannot be ruled out.
|
Statement |
June 9 |
Baksa |
SFs arrested two suspected NDFB-IKS militants,
Lal Bahadur Boro alias Athia and Raju Boro, from Baksa District.
|
Non-violent |
June 10 |
Kokrajhar |
SFs, was killed in an encounter, killed a militant
, identified as B. Laodar, belonging to the NDFB-IKS at Patardubi
under Kazigaon Police Station in Parbatjhora subdivision of Kokrajhar
District.
|
Violent |
June 10 |
Guwahati |
Offensive covert operations led by Special Forces
is on the cards against NDFB-IKS militants stationed along the
Indo-Bhutan border in Assam. "There are about 100 of NDFB (Songbijit)
cadres taking shelter in Manas National Park and the Centre wants
to launch the offensive against them. The Centre is ready to provide
additional forces,'' a security source said. The Manas is a Project
Tiger Park, which extends from Assam to Bhutan, is in the UNESCO's
list of World Heritage Site.
|
Statement |
June 10 |
Sonitpur |
SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS militant, identified
as Sumel Goyary, from Panchlogi in Sonitpur District. Five live
rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition of AK-47 assault rifle were recovered
from the cadre.
|
Non-violent |
June 12 |
Chirang |
SFs arrested a militant of NDFB-IKS, identified
as Amin Rabha, in Chirang Reserve Forest in Chirang District.
A 7.65 mm pistol, one rifle, two 7.65 mm live rounds and one grenade
were recovered from him.
|
Non-violent |
June 13 |
Bangalore/Karnataka |
ISD of Karnataka and Assam Police arrested four
militants of NDFB-IKS from a house in Srigandha Kaval, within
Rajagopalnagar Police Station in Bangalore city. The four militants
were working at a private plastic factory in Peenya Industrial
Area and are said to have been hiding in the city from the past
one year.
|
Non-violent |
June 15 |
Chirang
|
SFs arrested a top member of the NDFB-IKS 'central
council', 'joint secretary' Sumanta Basumatary alias B. Sinaihang,
from Tukrajhar in Chirang District. His responsibility was coordination
of terrorist activities, internal discipline, media interaction
and propaganda.
|
Non-violent |
June 15 |
Udalguri
|
SFs arrested two NDFB-IKS militants; identified
as Dhoneswar Boro alais Onsai and Khansari Boro, from Kahibari
village in Udalguri District. SFs recovered one 7.65 mm pistol
and two grenades from their possession.
|
Non-Violent |
June 16 |
Baksa
|
SFs dismantled an NDFB-IKS camp inside Manas National
Park in Baksa District along the Indo-Bhutan border. Sources said
the operations were continuing in the Manas National Park and
in some areas along the Assam-West Bengal border for the past
few days.
|
Non-violent |
June 17 |
Chirang
|
SFs claimed that NDFB-IKS has at least 10 to 12
women cadres, after they arrested one of them in Chirang District.
Police said they stumbled on the fact following the arrest of
Nijira Basumatary (24) alias B. Nenai, who not only worked
with male cadres but also staged protests against the counter-insurgency
operation by security forces. "Of the 10 to 12 cadres, three are
active in Chirang district. We are looking for the other two,"
Chirang superintendent of police Ranjan Bhuyan said.
|
Non-violent |
June 17 |
Sonitpur
|
Defence spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Suneet
Newton added that the arrested NDFB-IKS, Nijira Basumatary alias
B. Nenai (24), was also spreading negative propaganda against
the government and organised protests against the operations being
carried out by SFs. She was also working as a courier and supplying
ration in the jungles and was involved in the December 2014 Adivasis
massacre. Lieutenant Colonel Suneet Newton further claimed that
NDFB-IKS, ULFA-I and KLO cadres operating in lower Assam had launched
a "propaganda" against the SFs.
|
Statement |
June 18 |
Guwahati
|
NIA produced an NDFB-IKS cadre before a special
court which sent him to seven days of NIA custody. The agency
identified the arrested militant as Jemson Narzary (30), a resident
of Dwsajora village of Kokrajhar District. He was arrested by
the sleuths on June 16.
|
Non-violent |
June 18 |
Guwahati
|
The four suspected NDFB-IKS cadres, arrested in
Bangalore on June 12, were brought to Kokrajhar District on June
18. Police sources said arrested rebels were part of a group of
nearly 40 militants who had spread out in the southern states.
At least half the group members were employed in southern states,
most of them in Bangalore.
|
Non-violent |
June 25 |
NS
|
SFs arrested a militant of NDFB-IKS, identified
as Ronsai Boro, from an unidentified location. He is wanted by
police and other security agencies on numerous charges of killings,
firing and extortions in Udalguri and Baksa Districts.
|
Non-violent |
June 25 |
Myanmar
|
A group led by former 'general secretary' B Saoraigra
of NDFB-IKS has dissolved the NDFB's 'interim council' formed
in 2012, forming a new 'general council' ousting IK Songbijit,
reports The Sentinel on June 26. In an e-mailed statement to the
media, B Saoraigra, the new 'president' of the 'general council'
said, "The 'general assembly' (of the outfit) held on April 14
and 15 has vowed to revamp our national struggle and declare that
the former interim national council of NDFB is dissolved.
|
Statement |
June 25 |
NS
|
A group of around 30 NDFB-IKS militants headed
by 'vice chairman' of the outfit G Bidai, are constantly on the
run after a narrow escape from the Ultanapi Reserve Forest in
May,. The militant outfit is also facing a severe financial crunch
after the fund flow has been squeezed and the debt burden for
running the camps in Myanmar crossed INR 10 million.
|
Statement |
June 28 |
East Jaintia Hills/ Meghalaya
|
Police arrested four militants of NDFB-IKS cadres
from East Jaintia Hills.
|
Non-Violent |
June 29 |
Assam
|
State Police have taken custody of the four militants
of NDFB-IKS cadres from Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills. The four
militants were arrested.
|
Non-Violent |
June 30 |
Baksa
|
Police arrested three militants of NDFB-IKS, in
the Salbari area of Baksa District.
|
Non-Violent |
July 1 |
Kokrajhar
|
SFs, in an encounter, killed an NDFB-IKS cadre
identified as Khumtai Goyari was killed at Kachugaon in Gossaigaon
subdivision of Kokrajhar District.
|
Violent |
July 6 |
Sonitpur
|
Two linkmen of NDFB-IKS, identified as Sanjoy
Boro and Khungkhaigiri Basumatary were arrested from no.2 Shantipur
of Batasipur in Sonitpur District. Eleven rounds of live cartridge
were recovered from them.
|
Non-violent |
July 8 |
Kokrajhar
|
SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS linkman from Gossaigaon
in Kokrajhar District. One 7.65 pistol, one magazine and bullets
were recovered from the arrested militant.
|
Non-violent |
July 11 |
Guwahati
|
Assam has highlighted the increasing "ground rule
violations" by cadres of at least nine militant groups in ceasefire
to press the Centre for a "realistic political" solution to their
issues and "holistic" socio-economic rehabilitation. Gogoi had
named the NDFB-PTF, NDFB-RD, ULFA-PTF, the AANLA, APA, UKDA, KRA
and KLNLF for truce violations.
|
Statement |
July 12 |
Kokrajhar
|
SFs arrested two militants belonging to the IK
Songbijit faction of NDFB-IKS, identified as Gautam Basumatary
and Sankang Basumatary from Titaguri area in Kokrajhar District.
SFs recovered one pistol, a hand grenade, five rounds live ammunition
and other war like stores in possession from them.
|
Non-violent |
July 13 |
Guwahati
|
The NIA filed a chargesheet of the case related
to killing of more than 30 persons belonging to the Adivasi community,
against four militants belonging to the NDFB-IKS.
|
Non-violent/ statement |
July 14 |
Kokrajhar
|
SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS militant, Sohan Basumatary,
from Surenderpur Ghat in Gossaigaon subdivision of Kokrajhar District.
|
Non-violent |
July 15 |
Baksa
|
The NIA filed chargesheets in two cases of killing
of persons by militants belonging to the NDFB-IKS in Gobardhana
area in Baksa District on May 1, 2014.
|
Non-violent/ statement |
July 17 |
Kokrajhar
|
Police killed a 'deputy commander' of the NDFB-IKS
at Chautara under Gossaigaon Police Station in Kokrajhar District.
The slain militant identified as Sijoy had a bounty of INR 500,000
on him earlier. "
|
violent |
July 17 |
Kokrajhar
|
SSB troopers arrested three NDFB-IKS militants
at Kajalgaon in Kokrajhar District. SSB officials said the three
suspected militants lobbed a grenade while they were trying to
run away. "Fortunately, the grenade did not explode. We also recovered
a 9 mm pistol and ammunition from them," added an SSB official.
|
Non-violent |
July 17 |
Kokrajhar |
SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS militant from Kokrajhar
District. "Based on specific intelligence, the Army launched a
joint operation with the police at Labanyapur in Kokrajhar district
on July 17, 2015," a Defence statement said. The militant has
been identified as Puspa Lal Brahmo alias Madula, the statement
said adding a hand grenade was seized from him.
|
Non-violent |
July 21 |
Chirang
|
SFs, in an encounter, killed a suspected NDFB-IKS
militant at Amteka in Chirang District. The slain militant is
yet to be identified. SFs recovered a .9mm pistol and two grenades
from his possession.
|
Non-violent |
July 21 |
Kokrajhar
|
SFs arrested NDFB-IKS terrorist, involved in massacre
of Adivasi villagers in December 2014, from the dense forest of
Ripu Reserve Forest in Kokrajhar District. The arrested militant
was identified as Nipul Brahma.
|
Non-violent |
July 22 |
Guwahati
|
NIA filed a chargesheet against four suspected
cadres of the NDFB-IKS before its special court in Guwahati. They
were arrested in connection with their alleged involvement in
the attacks at Hatijuli and Shantipur villages, inhabited by Adivasi
community under Dhekiajuli Police Station in Sonitpur District,
on December 23, 2014.
|
statement |
July 23 |
Guwahati
|
NIA has filed charge sheet in five cases this
month against 26 militants of NDFB-IKS accused in the killing
of tribal villagers and members of the minority community in 2014.
|
statement |
July 25 |
Sonitpur
|
Police arrested a militant of the NDFB-IKS from
Brahamapur area under Biswanath Chariali Police Station in Sonitpur
District. The detained rebel has been identified as Sanjay Basumatary
(24).Police recovered a pistol from him.
|
Non-violent |
July 29 |
Tini Pukhuri/Nalbari
|
An NDFB-IKS militant identified as Bipul Bodo
was arrested from Tini Pukhuri village in Nalbari District. A
detonator and a hand grenade were recovered from him.
|
Non-Violent |
July 29 |
Kahibari/Darrang
|
Later, based on his statement another NDFB-IKS
militant was arrested in Kahibari village in Darrang District.
The arrested militant was identified as Samiran Bodo alias Jabrang.
Both militants were involved in extortion.
|
Non-Violent |
August 1 |
NS
|
State Home Department an alert that a joint team
of NDFB-IKS and ULFA-I has been planning to abduct executives
of tea estates along Indo-Bhutan Border
|
Non-Violent |
August 4 |
Serfanguri/Kokrajhar
|
SFs arrested six linkmen of NDFB-IKS from Serfanguri
in Kokrajhar District. According to Police they were helping a
militant in abduction and subversive activities in the run-up
to Independence Day.
|
Non-Violent |
August 6 |
Gopsarai/Sonitpur
|
A linkman of NDFB-IKS identified as Langrai Wari
was arrested from Gopsarai village in Sonitpur. A .22mm pistol,
a Chinese grenade and six rounds of live ammunition were recovered
from him.
|
Non-Violent |
August 9 |
NS
|
An official stated that ULFA-I has teamed up with
KLO and NDFB-IKS to carry out the attacks. An official stated
that "While, normally the rebel groups are seen to target the
period before or on Independence Day, this time they reportedly
plan to strike even between 18 August and 25 August, if they fail
on the eve of 15 August. The militants will try to take advantage
of the relaxation of the security after Independence Day"
|
Statement |
August 17 |
Patabari/Chirag
|
NDFB-IKS militant identified as Suranjoy Mushahary,
was arrested from Patabari village in Chirang District.
|
Non-Violent |
August 24 |
NS |
Highly placed security sources stated that more
than 180 militants of NDFB-IKS and 280 couriers and sympathizers
have been arrested since the crackdown on the organization was
launched after December 23 massacre.
|
Non-Violent |
August 24 |
NS |
Sources said that 25 militants headed by Bidai
are still inside Assam and they are hiding in thick jungles near
the Manas National Park. The group narrowly escaped on May 7 when
the forces busted their camp and since then the group is on the
run. According to information available with the security agencies,
the group managed to sneak into Bhutan on July 2 and stayed in
that country for a month or so before returning back to the State.
|
Non-Violent |
August 24 |
NS |
To avoid arrest, the group has split into two
parts. One part is headed by Bidai, while the other is by the
'commander' of the 'third battalion' of the outfit. Security sources
also said that, after arrest of two militants identified as B
Birdao alias Bipin Brahma and Philip Basumatary, they revealed
that militants were facing severe shortage of food and medicines.
But the group has a number of sophisticated weapons including
AK series rifles and they are using solar panels to charge their
phones. They are mostly using mobile phones of Bhutan.
|
Non-Violent |
August 24 |
NS |
More than 120 cadres, including 25 women, of NDFB-IKS
have resorted to farming of potato and paddy for their survival
inside the wild forest of Myanmar. Referring mobile intercepts
and conversation of the NDFB cadres, security sources said that
the outfit has also generated a huge debt, as ULFA-I was lending
money for ration and other necessities of the NDFB cadres in the
Myanmar camps. Security Sources also added that B. Bidai was also
willing to surrender but tough stand of Government has created
a fear psychosis among the NDFB leadership.
|
Non-Violent |
August 26 |
Nukhuwa/ Kokrajhar |
SFs killed an NDFB-IKS militant Lulumud Brahma
alias Lachit, at Nukhuwa in Kokrajhar. A pistol was recovered
from him.
|
Violent |
August 27 |
Jwngmapuri/Kokrajhar |
SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS militant Sudem Borgoyary
alias Gorom from Jwngmapuri in Kokrajhar. SFs also recovered one
7.65 mm pistol (Factory made), three 7.65mm live rounds from him.
|
Non-Violent |
August 27 |
Dalgaon/Darrang |
Villagers over powered an 'area commander' identified
as Anil Basumatary alias B Shandil of NDFB-RD and handed him over
to the Police in an area near Orang National Park under Dalgaon
Police Station in Darrang. He allegedly tried to abduct a local
businessman. However, his accomplices managed to escape from the
spot, along with their vehicle, under the cover of darkness. Police
reportedly seized a 7.65 mm pistol from him.
|
Non-Violent |
September 2 |
Bagansali village / Chirang
District |
Chirang District Magistrate Rupak Kumar Mazumdar
has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the encounter that took
place on July 21, 2015 at Bagansali village in Chirang District
where a NDFB-IKS cadre identified as Ringsar Basumatary alias
Gaitha, was reportedly killed in exchange of fire between SFs
and the militant.
|
Non-Violent |
September 3 |
Saumukhi Nala / Diglipara
village / Kokrajhar |
One militant belonging to NDFB-IKS, identified
as Bhaigo Boro alias B. Bilaigra (22), was killed in a
joint operation by the Army, Kokrajhar Police and CRPF in general
area Saumukhi Nala near Diglipara village in Kokrajhar. One AK-56
Rifle (factory made) with magazine, two hand grenades No 36, one
handbag, 18 fired cases and 32 live rounds were also recovered.
|
Violent |
September 3 |
Kokrajhar |
The Commanding Officer of the 3rd Rajput Regiment
Colonel I P Singh said in a press meet that the strength of the
NDFB-IKS was decreasing day-by-day after 'Operation All Out' was
launched on in December, 2014 against the banned outfit and other
terrorists groups active in the BTC and lower Assam. Strong security
measures had been taken to wipe out terrorism. He said that the
top leaders of the NDFB-IKS would be arrested soon.
|
Statement |
September 3 |
Ai Poali area / Chirang |
Army and Police in a joint operation arrested
a NDFB-IKS cadre, identified as Sanjay alias N Saiklung
from Ai Poali area in Chirang District. Defence PRO Suneet Newton
in an emailed statement said that the arrested militant is a 41st
batch Myanmar trained cadre. One 9 mm Pistol with magazine, four
live rounds of ammunition and two hand grenades were also recovered
from his possession.
|
Non-Violent |
September 6 |
Swargapuri area / Sonitpur |
The Biswanath Police arrested two linkmen of the
NDFB-IKS, identified as Jaharlal Basumatary alias Lengra
and Rajkumar Pradhani alias Pradhan from Swargapuri area
in Sonitpur District along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The
arrested linkmen were involved in distributing extortion letters
of NDFB-IKS.
|
Non-Violent |
September 6 |
Karigaon / Kokrajhar |
Based on specific intelligence input, Army launched
a joint operation with Police and arrested one NDFB-IKS militant,
identified as Buddhiram Basumatary alias Birkw from Karigaon
of Kokrajhar District. An Army official said that one 7.65 mm
pistol and three 7.65mm live rounds of ammunition were recovered
from his possession. The official added that he was trained in
Bhutan this year and joined the outfit after training.
|
Non-Violent |
September 9 |
Patabari / Chirang
|
A NDFB-IKS militant, Biron Narzary alias N. Bapeibai,
senior cadre of the outfit and ex-PSO of most-wanted NDFB-IKS
militant G. Bidai was arrested from Patabari in Chirang District.
|
Non-Violent |
September 9 |
Sishubari / Chirang
|
In a separate operation, another NDFB-IKS militant,
identified as Swmkwr Basumatary alias B. Sukao was arrested from
Sishubari in the Chirang District. Police recovered arms and ammunition
from both the militants. IGP L.R. Bishnoi said that the two militants
were involved in the December 23 killing of Adivasis. They were
also directly involved in the kidnapping of two Bhutanese citizens
in September 2002.
|
Non-Violent |
September 10 |
Assam
|
According to highly placed security sources, the
tough stand adopted by the GoI against the militants involved
in December 23, 2014 massacre has brought down the level of violence
in Assam. Though initially, the operation was aimed against the
NDFB-IKS, which was involved in the massacre, the operations seriously
affected the other militant groups active in the State. In the
past, such operations launched after killings of innocents were
not sustained for a long time, but because of the tough stand
of the GoI, the operations have been sustained and the force level
on the ground has also not been reduced.
|
Non-Violent |
September 10 |
Assam
|
Sources said that in the operations against NDFB-IKS,
so far, around 30 hardcore militants have been killed, while more
than 190 have been arrested. More than 250 sympathisers and overground
workers of the outfit have also been arrested. Report said that
till May 2015, senior NDFB-IKS leader G Bidai, who allegedly masterminded
the December 23 attack, was moving around with around 40 cadres
and the strength of his group has dwindled to less than 10 now.
They very often get into the Manas National Park to avoid arrest
by the SFs. Small groups of NDFB-IKS men are also located in Gossaigaon,
Saralpara, Udalguri, Sonitpur, etc., but they are not in a position
to come out of the jungles. Abduction for ransom was the main
source of income of the NDFB-IKS, but the outfit could not abduct
anyone since the operation was launched against the outfit last
year.
|
Non-Violent |
September 10 |
Assam
|
Sources said that under serious pressure, NDFB-IKS
leader G Bidai has sent feelers to the Government through a few
NGOs expressing his desire to go for a ceasefire. But the Government
is not willing to take the offer. "The Government's stand on the
issue is very clear. If Bidai and any other member of the outfit
wants to surrender, they will be arrested and they will have to
face the law. There will be no ceasefire with the outfit," sources
added.
|
Non-Violent |
September 13 |
Khagrabari area / Dhaligaon Police Station / Chirang
|
Police arrested an NDFB-IKS militant, identified
as Thopsa Narzary (28) from Hagrama Bridge over Aie river at Khagrabari
area under Dhaligaon Police Station of Chirang District. SP Chirang,
Ranjan Bhuyan said that the militant was directly involved in
the killing of Adivasi people in December 23, 2014 massacre and
several other kidnapping cases. One 7.65 mm pistol, two rounds
ammunition and one hand grenade were also recovered from his possession.
|
Non-Violent |
September 13 |
NS
|
The NDFB-P, in ceasefire and peace talks with
the Centre, criticised the BJP-led NDA Government for not keeping
its promise on the Bodoland issue. The outfit raised its voice
against the Centre's notification allowing "non-Muslims" from
Bangladesh and Pakistan to stay in India without valid documents.
|
Non-Violent |
September 14 |
NS
|
The NDFB-IKS observed its 'Martyrs Day' at an
undisclosed location. According to reports, KLO chairman Jeevan
Singh alias Timir Das, along with other senior NDFB-IKS
leaders like IK Songbijit, NDFB-IKS 'president' B. Saoraigwra,
and 'general secretary' B. Ferenga attended the event.
|
Non-Violent |
September 14 |
NS
|
In a statement via e-mail to the media, B. Saoraigwra
claimed that the outfit was still strong enough and rubbished
the claim of the SFs that the outfit was no longer a strong force
after the 'Operation All Out'. In his address, he said the outfit
would continue to work against the illegal immigrants who had
occupied the land of the indigenous people, making them a minority
in their own land. He said over the years, Bodo and other tribal
people had lost their land and had been reduced to landless agricultural
labourers.
|
Statement |
September 14 |
North Gandabilw / Chirang District
|
The NDFB-RD said that the outfit, which was participating
in the peace process, wanted solution of Bodoland issue in the
political level. The NDFB-RD observed the 27th Martyrs' Day at
Khourang in Udalguri designated camp and North Gandabilw in Chirang
District and re- affirmed to make their dream a reality.
|
Non-Violent |
September 14 |
NS
|
The 'organizing secretary' of the NDFB, N. Danswrang
said the NDFB had been fighting for the right to self-determination
since its inception. In the prolonged arms struggle over 3,000
members and well wishers had lost their lives, he said, adding
that they were not sitting with folding hands but continuing the
struggle for creation of Bodoland through peaceful manner. The
Bodo people deserve to live with equal respect and dignity as
others do, but the Bodos had been being suppressed and dominated
by the government for which they took up the arms struggle, he
said adding that they always remembered the members who had lost
their lives for the cause of the Bodos. He also urged the GoI
to bring amicable solution of Bodoland issue through political
dialogue.
|
Statement |
September 14 |
NS
|
In a press release, NDFB president B Saoraigwra
claimed that KLO chairman Jeevan Singh is alive and attended the
outfit's Martyr's Day programme on behalf of KLO along with leaders
of NSCN-K and ULFA-I.
|
Statement |
September 15 |
Chirang District
|
Assam Police and Army in a joint operation arrested
a NDFB-IKS militant, identified as Devendro Narzary alias
Selthai from Chirang District. Ten live rounds of AK-47 rifle
and two live rounds of 9 mm Pistol were recovered from his possession.
|
Non-violent |
September 18 |
NS
|
Indian Army and Assam Police launched their biggest
operation - 'Operation All Out' - against Bodo militant outfit
NDFB-IKS, particularly in places close to the international border
with Bhutan.
|
Non-violent |
September 19 |
Chirang
|
Assam DGP Khagen Sarma, after reviewing the security
scenario in Chirang District said that "We launched the biggest
operation against the NDFB militants yesterday (September 18).
In today's (September 19) meeting, we discussed the measures to
be taken against them." The operation against the NDFB-IKS has
been launched in areas under the BTAD in Assam. Indian Air Force
is involved in 'Operation All Out,' operating since January, along
with the Army, Paramilitary Forces and State Police to eliminate
NDFB-IKS militants.
DGP said NDFB-IKS commander B. Bidai, who was
involved in the massacre of Adivasis in December 2014, has gone
into hiding. "It is difficult to find out someone if he goes into
hiding, particularly due to the forest areas, which works in their
favour. But if he comes out and tries to attack the security forces,
we are going to catch him," Sarma said. Some NDFB cadres were
still in Myanmar and the SFs were taking maximum precautions so
that the militants are not able to enter India, he added.
|
Statement |
September 19 |
Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Sonitpur
|
Lieutenant General Chand said that the operation
has been intensified, especially along the Bhutan border, the
forest areas of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Sonitpur with the
deployment of approximately 4,000 security personnel since January
2015. "As a result of these sustained and surgical intelligence-based
operations, 18 terrorists were neutralised, 539 terrorists or
overground workers were apprehended, and 175 assorted weapons,
180 hand grenades and seven IEDs were seized," he said.
|
Statement |
October 4 |
Sonai / Udalguri town / Udalguri District
|
NDFB observed the 29th Anniversary at an NDFB
designated camp at Sonai near Udalguri town in Udalguri District.
During the anniversary programme the NDFB supremo, Ranjan Daimari
informed that since 1986, around 3000 NDFB 'soldiers' were killed
and many were taken away from their home without trace leaving
behind their wives as widows and their children as orphan besides
many parents as childless.
|
Non-violent |
October 4 |
Sonai / Udalguri town / Udalguri District
|
Ranjan Daimari said that "We participated in several
rounds of talk with central government in the last ten years,
but no solution come till date", adding, "If the Indian government
repeatedly betrays the demands tabled by the NDFB then the outfit
might be compelled to re-consider the ongoing peace talk". "The
demand of separate state of Bodoland is not only for the Bodos'
but for the all round development, peace, unity and integrity
of the whole communities residing in the proposed separate state
of Bodoland", Daimary said.
|
Statement |
October 7 |
Kaurbaha village / Tamulpur Police station / Baksa
District
|
The Army and Police in a joint operation arrested
an NDFB-IKS militant, identified as Maidee Basumatary (26) from
Kaurbaha village under Tamulpur Police station in Baksa District.
Two hand grenades, four detonators, two fuse wires and some extortions
letters were also recovered from his possession. Maidee, who hails
from Nakhuti Laxmigaon village in Golaghat District, told the
reporters that he joined the NDFB-RD in 2007 and was trained in
Myanmar. He was associated with NDFB-IKS in 2012. Maidee was operating
under 'captain' Abki Basumatary in Sonitpur District. He was involved
in extortion cases in Golaghat and Sonitpur Districts besides
in Nagaland. He sneaked into Baksa District a few days back, report
said.
|
Non-violent |
October 8 |
Mazbat / Udalguri District
|
An NDFB-IKS militant, identified as Thopsa Basumatary
alias B Onsai was killed in an encounter with Police in Mazbat
area of Udalguri District of Assam. IGP L R Bishnoi said that
"based on tip-off regarding movement of NDFB-IKS militants, a
team led by Udalguri SP Bir Bikram Gogoi conducted an operation
during which a fierce exchange of fire ensued with a group of
NDFB-IKS militants at River Rowta near Rowta Gate, under Mazbat
Police station." In the gun-battle, one militant of NDFB-IKS's
'43rd' batch died of bullet injuries, while others fled under
cover of darkness, he said. One 7.65 caliber pistol with magazine,
four rounds of 7.65 caliber live ammunition, two empty cases of
7.65 caliber ammunition and two mobile handsets were recovered
by the Police from the encounter site. Search operation was on
to apprehend the escaped militants.
|
Violent |
October 8 |
Bongaigaon
|
An NDFB-IKS cadre was arrested from Bongaigaon
in Bongaigaon District.
|
Non-violent |
October 11 |
Chirang District
|
An NDFB-IKS linkman, identified as Sombaru Basumatary
was killed by militants of the outfit during an encounter with
SF that busted their camp in a dense forest in Chirang District.
IGP L R Bishnoi said that a joint team of Police and CRPF's CoBRA
unit busted the NDFB-IKS camp inside Manas Reserve Forest under
Panbari Police Station in Chirang District. Acting on a tip off,
the Police arrested Sombaru from Amlaiguri village and during
interrogation he confessed to supplying ration to the NDFB-IKS'
camp and agreed to take the force to the spot. As the security
personnel approached the area on foot through dense jungles, the
militants started firing on them from automatic weapons and one
of the bullets hit Sombaru who was in the front showing the way,
Bishnoi said.
Security personnel and NDFB-IKS militant exchanged
fire for 15 to 20 minutes before they escaped taking cover of
the dense forest. Police then found a temporary camp and preliminary
investigations revealed that NDFB-IKS 'vice chairman' G Bidai
along with six militants - Bidai, Batha, Jarimin, Birbai, Jwetwn
and Jewthi - had been staying there, the IGP said.
From the camp, Police recovered 45 rounds of
AK ammunition, 19 rounds of M-16 ammunition and other household
items.
|
Violent |
October 11 |
NS |
Sources said that life is not easy for the militants,
particularly those belonging to the ULFA-I and the NDFB-IKS as
the outfits are facing severe financial crunch.
The situation is even worse for the NDFB-IKS and
the outfit has reportedly gone into heavy debt as the flow of
funds has been totally squeezed. The main source of income of
the outfit was kidnapping. But after the massive crackdown launched
against the outfit in December last year (2014), NDFB-IKS was
not being able to indulge in any kidnapping.
According to information available with the security
agencies, at least 200 cadres of the NDFB-IKS are staying in the
camps in Myanmar, including two batches of new recruits. The outfit
is not in a position to send them to Assam, while, the leaders
are finding it tough to sustain the camps in Myanmar. Facing severe
financial crunch, the NDFB-IKS militants are now engaged in cultivation
near the camps in Myanmar. Sources, however, admitted that both
ULFA-I and NDFB-IKS do not have shortage of weapons and they may
resort to selling of arms and ammunition to other militant groups
in near future.
|
Non-violent |
October 14 |
Kokrajhar District |
A joint team of the Army and the Police launched
an operation and arrested an NDFB-IKS militant, identified as
Joytun Narzary alias Jaila in Kokrajhar District. A 7.62
mm pistol with some ammunition was recovered from his possession.
Narzary was trained under NDFB-IKS's top leader Batha along with
180 other cadres near the border with Arunachal Pradesh. He was
allegedly involved in last December's attack on Adivasi villagers
in Sonitpur and BTAD, a Defence spokesman said. Narzary was said
to be hiding in West Bengal, Delhi, Gujarat and Bangalore for
the last nine months to escape arrest.
|
Non-violent |
October 16 |
Meghalaya |
Meghalaya Government will focus to ensure that
the terrorist and other anti-national elements cannot use the
state as the safe haven, was stated by the Meghalaya CM Mukul
Sangma while citing that the ULFA and the NDFB-S are using the
state as temporary refuge or transit bases. "Meghalaya have always
been seen as one of the safe heaven by many anti-nationals. Today
the government is engaged in ensuring that Meghalaya is no longer
safe heavens for these anti-national elements," the CM stated,
adding, "All along we are all aware that the training camps of
the local terrorist organizations were actually jointly used by
ULFA and NDFB." "We will ensure that Meghalaya no longer remain
as the safe heavens for all these anti-national elements. There
is a concerted effort to create law and order situation so that
the focuses of the security agencies who are engaged in neutralizing
these anti-national elements are diverted, dislocated," CM asserted.
Talking about the aggressive pursuits of the government which
he claimed to have been visible on the ground, the Sangma concluded
by saying that there is no space for criminals and anti nationals
in Meghalaya.
|
Statement |
October 26 |
Basugaon town / Chirang District
|
The Kokrajhar Police arrested two extortionists,
identified as Krishna Debnath and Utpal Pandit for trying to extort
money from a contractor at Harigaon by identifying themselves
as NDFB-IKS members from Basugaon town of Chirang District.
|
Non-violent |
October 27 |
Dimruguri / Kokrajhar District
|
A militant belonging to NDFB-IKS, identified as
Pankaj Brahma, was arrested from Dimruguri in Kokrajhar District.
|
Non-violent |
October 28 |
Daoraighabnai /Runikhata / Chirang District
|
SFs arrested four militants belonging to NDFB-IKS
from Daoraighabnai under Runikhata Police station in Chirang District.
The arrested militants were identified as Rajeev Basumatary alias
Mwrgwng, allegedly involved in the attack on adivasis in
December 2014, Hitesh Narzary, Mohanto Narzary and Antho Narzary.
A 7.65 mm Pistol, some ammunition and two grenades were also recovered
from them.
|
Non-violent |
November 1 |
Assam |
The Central agencies warned the Assam Government
about the possibility of the militants belonging to the NDFB-IKS
indulging in poaching to ensure survival of the members of the
outfit in the face of severe financial crunch.
Highly placed security sources said that the security
agencies recently received a disturbing input about the possibility
of the militants belonging to NDFB-IKS indulging in poaching and
the input was immediately shared with the Assam Government and
all the forces engaged in counter-insurgency operations.
Sources said that according to the input, the
NDFB-IKS has gone into heavy debt in Myanmar as the flow of funds
from Assam dried up following sustained operations against the
outfit. The NDFB-IKS has not been able to pay the debts to the
NSCN-K for using the facilities of the outfit in Myanmar. Recently,
the NDFB-IKS leaders requested the NSCN-K to provide some weapons,
but the request was denied because of the failure of the outfit
to repay the outstanding debts.
|
Non-violent |
November 2 |
Basbari / Kokrajhar |
SFs arrested a NDFB-IKS militant, identified as
Kamakhya Daimary (23) from Basbari in Kokrajhar.
|
Non-violent |
November 2 |
Baksa |
One NDFB-IKS militant, identified as Bidyaram
Brahma (30) was arrested from Baksa.
|
Non-violent |
November 2 |
Kakkodi Mukku / Kozhikode
District / Kerala |
A team of the Kerala State Special Branch (Intelligence
Wing) arrested the State (Assam) 'organising secretary' of NDFB-IKS,
identified as Dimga alias Lidion Basumatary (34) from Kakkodi
Mukku in Kozhikode District. Dimga, hailing from Chirang District
of Assam, was arrested after the police received an intelligence
input about his stay at a rented house at Kakkodi Mukku for the
past two weeks.
|
Non-violent |
November 4 |
Kokrajhar District |
The NIA named six militants of NDFB-IKS in the
latest chargesheet filed by it regarding December 23, 2014 massacre
of adivasi (tribal) villagers in Kokrajhar District. Top NDFB-IKS
militants Keshab Basumatary, Jemson Narzary, Tupil Borgoyary,
Prahlad Narzary alias Mandela, Samar Basumatary alias Sona
and Pradip Swargiary alias Doctor, were named in the NIA
chargesheet. All of them were arrested this year (2015) and are
currently in judicial custody.
|
Non-violent |
November 6 |
Assam |
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi claimed that militant groups
like NDFB-IKS and ULFA-I have been considerably weakened with
most of its top leaders either eliminated or captured. "The outfits,
earlier active in the state, have been thoroughly marginalised
and now they are trying to merge together and organise themselves,"
he said.
|
Non-violent |
November 7 |
Shimaluguri village / Udalguri
District |
Acting on a reliable intelligence, a team of Army
along with Police launched a joint operation and arrested a Myanmar-trained
hardcore cadre of NDFB-IKS, identified as Bengal Davrao alias
Sansuma alias Susrwn along with one 7.65mm pistol with two live
rounds from Shimaluguri village in Udalguri District. Bengal Davrao
is a listed cadre of NDFB-IKS and was out of District for the
last few months. Davrao is one of the most dreaded names in the
Udalguri platoon of NDFB-IKS and is wanted in many firing and
extortion cases under Bhergaon Police Station.
|
Non-violent |
November 9 |
Maslapara village / Kokrajhar District
|
Indian Army and Assam Police, in a joint operation
arrested a hardcore militant belonging to NDFB-IKS, identified
as Sanjiv Wari alias Akas from Maslapara village of Kokrajhar
District. One 9mm pistol with magazine, some live rounds and a
Chinese grenade were recovered from him.
|
Non-violent |
November 12 |
Batiamari area / Baksa District
|
Baksa Police in a pre-dawn raid arrested a hardcore
militant of NDFB-IKS, identified as Jimsar Boro alias Gobla (22)
from Batiamari area under Tamulpur Police Station in Baksa District.
Acting on intelligence input, a team of Police led by Tamulpur
SDPO Asif Ahmed raided the area and arrested the militant. Three
hand grenades, two extortion letters and some incriminating documents
were recovered from his possession. Police suspected the militant
leader was involved in the Adivasi massacre on December 23, 2014.
|
Non-violent |
November 12 |
Kokrajhar District
|
NDFB-IKS denied killing of Anup Basumatary, a
surrendered cadre of the outfit and resident of Soraibil in Rangapara
in Kokrajhar District. 'President' of the NDFB-IKS, B. Saoraigwra,
in an emailed statement said that the NDFB-IKS was not involved
in the killing of Anup Basumatary. "We strongly condemn it", he
said adding that the allegation brought by the villagers and deceased
family was totally false.
He also said the 'Operation All Out' against
NDFB-IKS has given a golden chance to the SFs to kill the Bodos
and to harass the common people. The 'President' strongly warned
the Indian SFs not to kill the innocent Bodo people and stay away
from barbaric killing. He also urged all the Bodo people to stand
united against the operation in BTC.
|
Statement |
November 13 |
Chirang District
|
A 'commander' of the NDFB-IKS wanted by NIA for
his involvement in the 2014 December massacre at Kokrajhar, identified
as Jaola Basumatary was killed in an encounter with a joint Army
and Police team in Chirang District. The pistol which the terrorist
used for firing at the SFs has been recovered along with some
ammunition, the spokesman said.
|
Violent |
November 15 |
Pekuanala / Kokrajhar
|
A suspected NDFB-IKS militant, identified as Nicholas
Borgoyary, was arrested from Pekuanala in Kokrajhar District.
|
Non-violent |
November 17 |
Batachipur / Dhekiajuli Police Station / Sonitpur
District
|
Army and Police in a joint operation killed the
Sonitpur 'District Commander' of NDFB-IKS, identified as Kham
khang in Batachipur near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border under
Dhekiajuli Police Station in Sonitpur District. Defence spokesman
Lieutenant Colonel Suneet Newton said "Kham khang had become a
synonym for terror in the area and he was particularly known for
kidnapping for ransom, extortion and killings. He was a key figure
involved in planning and execution of the gruesome Adivasi massacre
last year". A pistol and some live ammunition were recovered from
the slain militant.
|
Violent |
November 22 |
NS
|
The NIA arrested two wanted NDFB-IKS militants,
identified as LankeswarBoro alias LangthaBoro alias
B Laswi (25) and Santosh Kherkatary alias K. Simang Baksa
in connection with terrorist attack on Narsingbari village in
Baksa District in which three people killed and two injured on
May 1, 2014.
|
Non-violent |
November 24 |
Rajgarh Dhekiajuli / Lakhimpur
|
A businessman by profession, identified as Teg
Bahadur Rai was shot dead inside his house by two suspected NDFB
militants at Rajgarh Dhekiajuli in Lakhimpur District. According
to the sources, the two suspected militants who claimed themselves
as NDFB cadres had been demanding money from the victim since
a long time but on November 24, he was killed because he allegedly
failed to meet their demand.
|
Violent |
December 1 |
Tamulpur / Baksa District
|
Tamulpur Police arrested three linkmen of the
NDFB-IKS, identified as Mithinga Narzary alias Naga (20),
Amit Boro (29) and Ajoy Boro (20) at Tamulpur in Baksa District.
The three are believed to have provided vital information on the
massacre of Adivasis by the outfit last year (2014) in BTAD and
Sonitpur District. "We are interrogating them, but cannot share
any detail yet," said a Police official.
The arrested linkmen were involved in extortion
cases in the area. Tamulpur SDPO Asif Ahmed said that detained
Mithinga worked for the NDFB-RD prior to come into contact with
the IK Songbijit faction. Police said five extortion letters,
mobile phones and SIM cards were found on the detained linkmen.
|
Non-violent |
December 2 |
Duliajan / Dibrugarh District
|
SFs arrested a cadre of NDFB-IKS from Duliajan
in Dibrugarh District.
|
Non-violent |
December 8 |
Silaimatha forest area /Parbatjhora / Kokrajhar
District
|
A militant belonging to the NDFB-IKS, identified
as Nerswn Brahma alias B. Naidaw (28) was killed in an
encounter with SFs at Silaimatha forest area under Bagribari Police
station under Parbatjhora sub-division in Kokrajhar District.
Police sources said that the killed NDFB-IKS cadre was trained
in Bangladesh and was involved in the 2012 violence in Lower Assam.
One AK 47 rifle with two magazines, 44 live ammunition, two bags,
two mobile phones, extortion notes, solar plate, clothe, blankets
and other incriminating materials were recovered from the slain
militant.
|
|
December 8 |
Indo-Bhutan border / Daigund / Chirang District
|
Chirang Police and Army in a joint operation arrested
a female hardcore NDFB-IKS cadre, identified as Mizingk Basumatary
(23) from the Indo-Bhutan border at Daigund in Chirang District.
Police sources said that Mizingk is the wife of Jwala Basumatary,
a most wanted hardcore NDFB-IKS cadre. "She is a 40th batch Myanmar
trained cadre of 2013 of NDFB-IKS. One hand grenade along with
few documents have been recovered from her possession," added
sources.
|
Non-violent |
December 8 |
Tangla / Udalguri District
|
Police and Army from Borengjuli launched an operation
and arrested two NDFB-IKS militants, identified as Ashique Daimary
and Nerswn Boro from Tangla in Udalguri District.
|
Non-violent |
December 9 |
Goroibari / Udalguri District
|
SFs, based on arrested militants (on December
8) inputs, launched another operation at Goroibari under Udalguri
District and arrested NSCN-IM's self-styled 'sergeant major' Vihuto
Sumi, NLFB's 'deputy commander-in-chief' Ajit Biswash, NDFB-IKS
militant Jipirush Narzary and NDFB cadres Lalchand Mandal and
Ratanlal Mazumdar. The SFs also recovered a large cache of arms
and ammunition in the operation. The recovery included two 7.65mm
pistol, four magazines, 100 live rounds and seven mobile phones.
|
Non-violent |
December 10 |
NS
|
The 'president' of NDFB-P, Dhiren Boro, said the
outfit will not compromise on its demand for a separate Bodoland
state in its ongoing peace talks with the Centre. Dhiren Boro
said he had approached former Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga
to help the outfit in its negotiations with the Centre. Zoramthanga
will place the outfit's demands before the central leadership,
he added. Nothing short of a separate Bodoland state would be
acceptable to the indigenous people of the region, Boro said.
He also demanded that the Centre upgrade the talks to the political
level.
|
Statement |
December 12 |
Tangla / Udalguri District
|
Army troops along with Tangla Police arrested
a hardcore cadre of NDFB-IKS, identified as Poone Basumatary from
a public transport vehicle in Tangla in Udalguri District. Basumatary
was involved in numerous extortion and murder cases in Udalguri
and was in the wanted list of Darrang, Udalguri, Chirang and Baksa
Districts. One 7.65 mm pistol, one magazine, 10 live rounds, one
mobile phone and incrementing documents were recovered from the
arrested cadre.
|
Non-violent |
December 15 |
NS
|
The Global Terrorism Index 2015 stated that Assam
witnessed 25 per cent of the terror attacks carried out in the
country last year (2014). Massacres by the NDFB-IKS figure prominently
in the report. The index, prepared by the IEP, an international
NGO, and released recently, said of the 416 deaths in 763 terror
incidents in India, 106 took place in Assam. "India's Northeast
region has, for the last three decades, seen continual ethno-political
unrest from ethnic secessionist movements. The NDFB-IKS, which
killed seven people in 2013 and 80 in 2014, was the second deadliest
group in India in 2014 (CPI-Maoist being the worst). Assam recorded
106 deaths in 2014 which is 25 per cent of the total deaths (in
India)," the report said.
The report, titled 'Peace Measuring and Understanding
the Impact of Terrorism', the third such index released, provided
a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns
in terrorism. The NDFB-IKS was held responsible for rampant abductions,
extortions and attacks in the BTAD and neighbouring Sonitpur District
till 2014 but the number of such attacks has come down since SFs
launched an operation in December 2014. Although the report said
the outfit killed 80 persons in 2014, Assam Police said the number
was more as the NDFB-IKS was responsible for the massacre of 46
minorities in Baksa and Kokrajhar Districts in May and 66 Adivasis
in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Sonitpur Districts in December. It killed
many others in Chirang, Baksa and Sonitpur Districts last year
(2014).
|
Non-violent |
December 18 |
Assam
|
The NIA arrested a cadre of NDFB-IKS, identified
as Jangsha Borgayari from an undisclosed place in Assam. Jangsha
Borgayari was directly involved in massacre of Adivasis
in Pakriguri village of Serfanguri area in Kokrajhar District
on December 23, 2014. The NIA team also recovered two SBBL guns
from him.
|
Non-violent |
December 18 |
Takampur area /Kachugaon / Kokrajhar District
|
SFs arrested a NDFB-IKS cadre, identified as Nadip
Narzary alias Daniel Narzary from Takampur area under Kachugaon
Police station in Kokrajhar District. He was involved with extortion,
kidnapping, recruiting of new cadres and nefarious activities
in the area. A pistol (factory made), two live ammunitions and
grenade were also recovered from him.
|
Non-violent |
December 20 |
Gossaigaon / Kokrajhar District
|
SFs conducted an operation and arrested an NDFB-IKS
link man, identified as Prabal Narzary alias Bangappa from
Motambil area in Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar District. A country made
pistol and two live ammunition wax recovered from him.
|
Non-violent |
December 22 |
Runikhata area / Chirang District
|
District Police and Army, in a joint operation,
arrested one hardcore cadre and two over ground workers of NDFB-IKS
from Runikhata area of Chirang District. The arrested cadre was
identified as Erenon Basumatary (40) and the two over ground workers
are Butabenga Basumatary (42) and San ban Wari (44). One country-made
pistol, one hand grenade, four live ammunition and extortion money
amounting to INR 548,000 was recovered from their possession.
|
Non-violent |
December 29 |
Khasiabari / Kokrajhar District
|
A militant belonging to NDFB-IKS, identified as
Majendra Narzary (41) was arrested from Khasiabari under Kokrajhar
Police Station in the Kokrajhar District. One pistol along with
one live round was recovered from him.
|
Non-violent |
December 31 |
Chetri Basti / Kokrajhar District
|
A joint team of CRPF and Police arrested a member
of the UGPO, identified as Dipak Kumar Newar from Chetri Basti
under Serfanguri Police Station in Kokrajhar District. Newar allegedly
was involved in extortion and providing administrative support
to NDFB-IKS cadres.
|
Non-violent |