January 1
|
Three police personnel killed in an attack by
suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)
terrorists on a camp of the 7th battalion of Assam
police, in Bhumka, Kokrajhar district
|
January 9
|
Three cadres of the Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT)
terrorist outfit arrested by Guwahati police from a hideout in
Gitanagar area.
|
January 9
|
The office of the 28th battalion of
the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)
in Simaluguri area, Dibrugarh district, is detected by police.
|
January 21
|
150 ULFA cadres, six NDFB men and three BLT cadres
surrender in Tamulpur, Nalbari District.
|
January 23
|
Seven civilians are killed by suspected NDFB
terrorists in Darrang District.
|
January 27
|
Suspected ULFA terrorists blow up an over-ground
oil pipeline at Bhadoi pachali near Digboi.
|
January 30
|
Seven ULFA terrorists are arrested in Dhemaji.
|
February 4
|
ULFA and three other Northeast terrorist groups
launch websites, reports say.
|
February 10
|
Rajendra Agarwal, a prominent businessman is
killed and his younger brother abducted by suspected ULFA terrorists
from Bharalumukh area, Guwahati.
|
February 19
|
A State bureaucrat is abducted and three of his
security guards killed by suspected ULFA terrorists at Amayapur
Chowk in Kamrup district.
Diganta Saharia, the ‘District Commandment’ of
the ULFA is killed in an encounter in Ganeshguri area, Guwahati.
|
March 7
|
Usha Court, a residential complex of surrendered
ULFA (SULFA) cadres in Guwahati is attacked with grenades by suspected
ULFA terrorists.
|
March 8
|
Seven family members of ULFA terrorists are killed
in a retaliatory attack by SULFA cadres in Guwahati.
|
March 11
|
Seven women cadres of the ULFA and a male cadre
are arrested in Nagaon. Five hardcore ULFA cadres arrested at
Bongaigaon.
|
March 13
|
Seven policemen killed in multiple ambushes laid
by terrorists belonging to different outfits in the State.
|
March 14
|
NDFB Deputy commander-in-chief arrested from
Santipur Village in Darrang district.
|
March 18
|
Union Home Minister L.K Advani informs the Upper
House of the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha) on the ULFA’s four-point
blockade programme on the exploration of new oilfields in Assam
– (i) obstruction to drilling of new oilfields, (ii) resistance
to pumping out of oil to places outside Assam, (iii) ban on construction
of pipelines and drilling on public and private land and (iv)
resistance to any forcible drilling work.
|
March 26
|
Assam State Agriculture Minister Chandra Mohan
Patowary’s brother is killed by suspected ULFA cadres.
|
March 29
|
A close kin of the Assam State Minister for Public
Health and Engineering and Mining, Utpal Dutta, and his friend
are killed by suspected ULFA terrorists in Lakhimpur district.
|
March 31
|
Asom Jatiyabadi Yuva Chchatra Parishad (AJYCP)
general secretary Apurba Bhattacharya, speaking at a press conference
in Guwahati, urges both the State government and the ULFA to declare
‘unilateral cease-fire’.
|
April 17
|
Army suspends operations against ULFA during
Bihu festival.
|
April 29
|
Jitenjit Gogoi, second-in-command of the central
publicity wing of the ULFA, and Gitika Borah, a Guwahati-based
journalist, are arrested from Chandmari area in Guwahati.
|
May 1
|
Seven NDFB terrorists and an Army official are
killed in an encounter in upper Diring along the Assam-Arunachal
Pradesh border, Sonitpur district.
|
May 14
|
Six ULFA cadres arrested in a raid on the ‘madhya
mandal’ office of the ULFA in Nagaon district.
|
May 23
|
Three ULFA cadres are killed in two separate
incidents in Dhubri district.
|
May 25
|
102 terrorists––-60 ULFA, 16 NDFB, 18 Kuki National
Volunteers (KNV) and
eight BLT––surrender in Nagaon.
|
May 28
|
Three ULFA terrorists,
including a woman cadre, are arrested
in Dispur.
|
June 6
|
Three ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter
in the Batabari reserve forest, Kamrup district.
|
June 13
|
Eight ULFA cadres are arrested in Morigaon and
Nagaon districts.
|
June 15
|
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) frames
charges against 11 ULFA terrorists, including its commander-in-chief
Paresh Baruah, in the Sanjoy Ghosh murder case.
|
June 22
|
Nine persons, including two security force personnel,
are killed in an explosion set-off by suspected ULFA terrorists
at the New-Jalpaiguri Railway station in West Bengal.
|
June 29
|
Seven police personnel are killed in an explosion
set-off by BLT terrorists in two separate villages near Rangiya,
Kamrup district.
|
August 7
|
27 Islamist militants belonging to various outfits,
two ‘officers’ and two agents of Pakistan’s external intelligence
agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), are arrested from
different parts of Assam.
|
August 7
|
ULFA publicity secretary Mithinga Daimary, in
a statement released to the press, identifies 108 police officials
for selective attacks.
|
August 9
|
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Dhubri
parliamentary constituency Pannalal Oswal is abducted.
Night running of several trains suspended following
an explosion set-off by suspected NDFB terrorists under a railway
bridge in Kokrajhar.
|
August 15
|
224 terrorists––178 ULFA, 23 NDFB, 22 Rabha National
Security Force (RNSF), one BLT––surrender in different places
of the State along hand-over arms and ammunitions in their possession.
|
August 18
|
External affairs office-cum-international publicity
wing of the ULFA is detected by Assam police in Byrnihat, Meghalaya
State, following information provided by the arrested second-in-command
of the cultural department of the outfit, Khirode Bora alias Bijoy
Phukan.
|
August 20
|
Five tea estate executives abducted by unidentified
terrorists from Barpeta and Cachar districts.
|
August 23
|
Unidentified terrorists launch a bomb attack
on a vehicle of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) killing
four men, including a deputy commandant, near the Maithang Bridge,
Kakopathar police station limits, Tinsukia District.
|
September 1
|
Union government invites banned BLT terrorist
outfit for talks to resolve the Bodo problem.
|
September 17
|
92 ULFA and two BLT terrorists surrender in Guwahati.
|
September 24
|
Abducted BJP candidate from Dhubri parliamentary
constituency Pannalal Oswal is killed.
|
September 25
|
28 ULFA, two NDFB terrorists surrender at Darrangmela
in Nalbari district.
|
September 30
|
Four persons killed in an attack by ULFA terrorists
on a campaign party of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) at Dholpur
Chapori, Mangaldoi district.
|
October 2
|
Four personnel of the CRPF and another are killed
in an explosion set-off by ULFA terrorists near the Pengeri-Kathalguri
reserve forest.
|
October 3
|
Five police personnel killed in an attack by
ULFA terrorists near Rupasi in Barpeta district.
Nine CRPF personnel are injured in an explosion
targeting their vehicle at Baharghat in Nalbari district.
|
October 11
|
Five BLT terrorists are killed and the body of
an abducted tea estate executive is recovered following an operation
in Baghmara village, Barpeta District.
|
October 22
|
Assam Governor Lt Gen (Retd) SK Sinha offers
‘safe passage’ to ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa while paying
a visit to his parents at Nazira in Sibasagar district.
|
October 30
|
Governor Sinha offers ‘safe passage’ to the ULFA
commander-in-chief Paresh Barua to enable him to meet his family.
|
November 2
|
Barpeta Deputy Commissioner Swapnanil Baruah
escapes unhurt in an ULFA attack on his vehicle.
|
November 4
|
Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta announces
a 10-day 'safe passage' offer to terrorists of all outfits from
December 21 to enable them to visit their parents and relatives.
|
November 5
|
ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah, in a telephonic
interview to a regional daily, Asomiya Pratidin, rejects the 10-day
safe passage offer of the Chief Minister and asks for a plebiscite
on sovereignty for Assam.
|
November 7
|
Three police personnel are killed in an attack
by unidentified militants in Boko area, Kamrup district.
|
November 10
|
The coordination committee of surrendered ULFA
(SULFA) cadres, through a statement in Guwahati, asks both the
ULFA and the government to announce an immediate and unconditional
cease-fire to pave the way for negotiations.
|
November 14
|
Nalbari district Superintendent of Police’s (SP)
convoy is ambushed by ULFA terrorists in Madhuri Chowk, Barpeta
district. The SP, A J Baruah, escapes unhurt.
|
December 5
|
117 ULFA and 17 BLT terrorists surrender in Baihata
Chariali, Kamrup district.
|