Date
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Incidents
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January 1
|
Four National Democratic
Front of Bodoland (NDFB)
terrorists are killed in an encounter with the Army along the
India-Bhutan border at Paharpur under Darrangamela police station
limits in Nalbari district.
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January 2
|
Army Chief General
N C Vij states in Guwahati that at least 650 terrorists have been
neutralised during the December 2003 military operations in Bhutan.
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January 3
|
Ten terrorists, including
six United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA),
two Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA)
and two NDFB cadres, surrender separately at Laipuli in Tinsukia
and Bengtol in Kokrajhar district.
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January 4
|
ULFA ‘chairman’ Arabinda
Rajkhowa reacting to the Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonpo Jigmi
Thinley’s speech at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
(SAARC) Summit in Islamabad, Pakistan, in a press statement, labels
him as ‘a liar dictated by New Delhi’. He claims that there was
absolutely no truth in the Bhutanese Premier’s assertion that
the Kingdom "suffered from the presence of three armed extremist
outfits of northeast." He adds that the kingdom would not
be able to "sleep peacefully" after straining its relations with
its "neighbours".
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January 5
|
Eight NDFB terrorists
surrender before the Army at Salbari camp in the Barpeta district
with a large quantity of explosives and ammunition.
|
January 5
|
Six ULFA and two
Muslim United Liberation Front of Assam (MULFA) terrorists surrender
to the Army along with small arms and ammunition at Laipuli under
Tingkhong police station limits in the Dibrugarh district.
|
January 5
|
North East Peoples’
Forum (NEPF), a conglomeration of 16 political parties in the
region, urges the ULFA to hold talks with the Union Government.
|
January 8
|
Ten security force
personnel are injured in twin ULFA strikes near Krishnai in the
Goalpara district and Ghilabari in the Kamrup district.
|
January 10
|
Suspected ULFA terrorists
trigger an explosion targeting an over-ground crude oil-carrying
pipeline of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) at Fakumharmoti
in the Sivasagar district.
|
January 11
|
Army personnel recover
a large cache of ammunition, including 90 gelatin sticks, four
magazines and 176 bullets, belonging to the NDFB from Serfanguri
in the Kokrajhar district.
|
January 17
|
Suspected terrorists
of the anti-talk faction of the United People’s Democratic Solidarity
(UPDS) kill four woodcutters
and injure another in Rangadubi reserve forest in Karbi Anglong
district.
|
January 18
|
UPDS terrorists kill
three Kuki women and injure three others and set ablaze seventeen
huts at Basamilik village under Howraghat police station limits.
|
January 19
|
ULFA terrorists explode an Improvised
Explosive Device (IED) targeting a crude oil carrying pipeline
of the Oil India Ltd (OIL), embedded seven feet under the ground,
at Na Pathar village in the Sivasagar district.
|
January 23
|
Three NDFB terrorists
are killed during an encounter at Santhaibari under Sorbhog Police
Station limits in the Barpeta district.
|
January 23
|
33 terrorists, including
26 ULFA and seven NDFB cadres, surrender at Udalguri in the Darrang
district.
Separately, five
NDFB terrorists, including self-styled corporal B. Bhudang, surrender
at Saraibil in the Kokrajhar district.
|
January 25
|
Five NDFB terrorists,
including B. Bambrima alias Bhuban Basumatary, the Dhubri ‘district
commander’ of the outfit, surrender at Monglajhora in the Dhubri
district.
|
January 28
|
Four ULFA terrorists
trying to enter into Assam from Bhutan are killed in an encounter
at Paharbasti under Tamulpur police station jurisdiction in the
Nalbari district.
|
January 28
|
13 terrorists, including
one ULFA, ten NDFB and two MULTA cadres, surrender separately
in the Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Barpeta districts.
|
January 30
|
Three ULFA, two Bengali
Tiger Force (BTF) and one NDFB cadre surrender at Barpeta Road
camp in the Barpeta district.
Separately, three
NDFB terrorists surrender at Taraibari in Kokrajhar district.
|
January 31
|
156 terrorists including,
53 ULFA, 91 NDFB, four BTF and four MULTA cadres, surrender at
Tamulpur in the Nalbari district along with 56 assorted weapons.
|
February 2
|
Security
force personnel recover 200 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition from
the Panbari and Mahamaya reserve forests in Dhubri district.
|
February 6
|
Decomposed
bodies of two businessmen, abducted on December 14, 2003, by suspected
NDFB terrorists are recovered from Number 9 forest ride near the
India-Bhutan border in Kokrajhar district.
|
February 6
|
Five
ULFA terrorists, including two women cadres, are arrested from
a Nagaland-bound private vehicle near Borhola in the Jorhat district.
|
February 9
|
Eleven
ULFA cadres, hailing from the Nalbari and Nagaon districts, surrender
before the Deputy Commissioner of Nalbari and the Commanding Officer
of 136 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), after fleeing from
their Bhutan camps following the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) operations
in December 2003.
|
February 10
|
Three
People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
terrorists, hailing from Lakhipur subdivision of Cachar district,
are arrested from a private hospital in Silchar.
|
February 10
|
Suspected
Kuki terrorists set ablaze 26 houses in two villages, Rangsinglaktha
and Baliramlaktha, under Bokajan police station in the Karbi
Anglong district.
|
February 12
|
Three
suspected ULFA terrorists are killed near the Assam-Meghalaya
border under Boko police station jurisdiction in the Kamrup district.
|
February 12
|
Three
Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) terrorists are killed at Saijong
village under Bokajan police station limits in the Karbi Anglong
district.
|
February 19
|
Atul
Barooah, ‘Finance Secretary (Western Zone)’ of the ULFA, is killed
during an encounter at Bhangadali Sikarghat under Golakganj police
station limits in the Dhubri district.
|
February 24
|
Twelve
NDFB terrorists surrender at Hatigor in Darrang district.
|
February 25
|
Assam
Government extends the period of ‘general amnesty’ to cadres of
the terrorist organizations- ULFA, NDFB, anti-talks faction of
the UPDS and anti-talks faction of the Dima Halim Daoga (DHD)
- till March 31 to enable them to surrender and join the mainstream.
|
February 26
|
Self-styled
‘organizing secretary’ of the newly formed Islamic Independent
Army (IIA), also a 'district commander' of the Muslim United Liberation
Tigers of Assam (MULTA), identified as Sayed Sabir Ahmad, is arrested
at Balibhumi under Itasali police station in the Nagaon district.
|
February 27
|
The
anti-talks faction of UPDS in a statement issued by its general
secretary, H E Kathar, agrees to initiate a dialogue with the
Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) if NSCN-IM ‘acts as the mediator
and guarantor’.
|
February 28
|
Security
force personnel arrest five UPDS terrorists, including three women
cadres, and also destroy a camp of the outfit during a search
operation at an unspecified village near Dissama forest range
in the Karbi Anglong district.
|
March
3
|
Four
ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter with troops of the
Red Horns Division of the Army at Tepkilobana in the Kamrup district.
Assam
Police recover a huge cache of arms and ammunition, kept buried
by ULFA terrorists in Bishondoi village under Golokganj police
station in the Dhubri district. 12 AK-56 rifles, one US carbine,
one rocket launcher, 28 rounds of AK-56 ammunition, seven universal
machine guns magazines, one camera, some wireless sets, six rocket
launcher cells and documents relating to arms training are recovered.
Eight
ULFA and one NDFB cadre surrender at the Udalguri army camp of
the 62 Field Artillery Regiment in the Darrang district.
|
March
4
|
Two
security force personnel and a ULFA terrorist are killed in an
encounter at Doholapara village under Sarbhog police station in
the Barpeta district.
|
March
7
|
A
goods train coming from Ledo to Guwahati is derailed when suspected
ULFA terrorists explode an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on
the railway track at a place between Bhojo and Sufrai railway
stations under Sonari police station in the Sivsagar district.
|
March
16
|
Three
members of a family belonging to the Nepali community are killed
by suspected KRA terrorists at Thailung village under Diphu police
station in the Karbi Anglong district.
|
March
17
|
Five
terrorists, including NDFB ‘finance secretary’ Nileswar Basumatary
alias B J Jabda, second-in-command of the ‘3rd Battalion’, Khanindra
Daimari alias Khaumtha, surrender at the Assam Police special
branch headquarters in Guwahati.
Suspected
Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) terrorists abduct Pratul
Chandra Deb, a local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),
along with his two associates from Baicherra in the Hailakandi
district.
|
March
19
|
Suspected
terrorists of the anti-talks faction of UPDS kill six Kuki tribals
and set ablaze seven houses at the remote Thengbong village in
the Singhasan hills area of Karbi Anglong district.
|
March 24
|
Suspected terrorists of the Kuki Revolutionary
Army (KRA) kill at least 33 Karbi villagers in three separate
places in the Karbi Anglong district.
|
March 29
|
Two ULFA terrorists are killed during an encounter
with the Army’s Red Horn Division at Aranga Nala in Kamrup district.
|
March 31
|
Speaking to the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh Foreign
Minister M Morshed Khan rules out the possibility of handing over
ULFA leader Anup Chetia, who is now in jail, to the Indian authorities.
|
April 3
|
Twenty people are wounded in a bomb explosion
triggered by suspected ULFA terrorists inside a movie hall at
Simaluguri in the Sivasagar district.
|
April 4
|
Two ULFA terrorists, identified as Bhaba Gogoi
and Navajyoti Gogoi, are killed in an encounter with the police
at Changpur in Golaghat district.
|
April 6
|
Nine police personnel are injured in a bomb
blast, suspected to be carried out by the ULFA, at Ghuguha in
the Dhemaji district.
|
April 9
|
Two NDFB terrorists are killed during an encounter
at Singrabari Gaon under Kumarikata police station limits in the
Nalbari district.
|
April 10
|
Three ULFA cadres are killed in an encounter
with the troops near Hahim in Kamrup district along the Assam-Meghalaya
border.
|
April 14
|
Two persons, including a child, are killed when
suspected ULFA terrorists hurled a grenade targeting a group of
security force personnel at Ganeshguri in Guwahati city.
|
April 26
|
Two ULFA terrorists are killed during an encounter
with the Army at Lakhopur village in the Nalbari district.
|
April
27 |
Security
forces recover seven kilograms of RDX planted by suspected ULFA
terrorists underneath the railway tracks at Kurshakati in the Kokrajhar
district. |
May
2 |
Cadres
of the Pnar Liberation Army ambush a security force patrol party
near Damcherra railway station in the Cachar district and in the
ensuing encounter, one of its cadres is killed and a SF personnel
injured. |
May
10 |
Ten
NDFB terrorists led by 'company commander' of the outfit's 'eastern
command', Gabba Basumatary, surrender before the Army's 77 Mountain
Brigade at Charduar in the Sonitpur district along with a large
number of arms and ammunition. |
May
16 |
The anti-talks
faction of UPDS renames itself as Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills
Liberation Front (KLNLF) and its armed wing as Karbi Longri North
Cachar Hills Resistance Force (KNPR).
Suspected
DHD cadres abduct a businessman from Tumpreng under Hojai subdivision
in the Nagaon district of Assam.
|
May
19
|
Assam
Police personnel dig up the remains of two persons, allegedly
killed by NDFB terrorists three and half years ago, from Rupnagar
in the Kokrajhar district.
|
May
22
|
Forty-seven
terrorists, including 20 belonging to ULFA, 25 of the NDFB and
two MULTA cadres, surrender along with 42 assorted weapons to
the Army authorities at Tamulpur in the Nalbari district.
|
May
24
|
NDFB
terrorists abduct a contractor from the Balisang area in Sonitpur
district.
|
May
29
|
ULFA
‘foreign secretary’, Sashadhar Choudhury, in a statement, demands
the release of seven of the outfit’s leaders, missing during the
Bhutan Military operations in December 2003 in exchange for the
release of the Assam State Minister G C Langthasa’s son whom it
had earlier abducted.
|
May
30
|
Three
terrorists of the UPDS (anti-talks faction) are killed in an encounter
at Lanka Lisu village under Howraghat police station limits in
the Karbi Anglong district.
|
May
31
|
Six-surrendered
ULFA and NDFB terrorists are arrested while extorting money from
a private hospital at Udalguri.
|
June
3
|
Three
ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter at Bhalukdabi village
in the Goalpara district.
|
June
3
|
Self-styled
district commander of the ULFA in Nagaon, Siba Rajbongsi alias
Rajen Gohain, is arrested by the Army from Diphu in the Karbi
Anglong district.
|
June
4
|
A
surrendered ULFA (SULFA) cadre is killed by suspected ULFA terrorists
at Chokchoka market in the Barpeta district.
|
June
4
|
Suspected
ULFA terrorists blow up an oil pipeline of the Oil India Limited
at Geetapathar in the Tinsukia district.
|
June
6
|
Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi, speaking to the media at Jorhat, says that
a special package for SULFA cadres would soon be announced by
the Union Government.
|
June
8
|
UPDS
appeals to the ULFA to release Nirmalendu Langthasa, the abducted
son of Assam State Minister GC Langthasa, unharmed.
|
June
8
|
ULFA
chairman, Arabinda Rajkhowa, in an interview with a Guwahati-based
vernacular newspaper says that any negotiation process with the
Government must include a discussion on the ‘sovereignty of Assam’.
|
June
9
|
23
people are wounded when suspected ULFA cadres explode a grenade
inside a cinema hall at Tinsukia. One of the injured dies a day
later.
|
June
9
|
Terrorists
of the UPDS (pro-talks faction) kill three Communist Party of
India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) supporters and injure eight others
at Amlong village near Hamren town in Karbi Anglong district
|
June
11
|
Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi states in Guwahati that, "The recent
understanding between the ULFA and the NSCN-IM is a threat to
the State."
|
June
12
|
Six
persons including officials, employees and two guards of a private
cement manufacturing company, Umrangsu Cement Limited are abducted
by unidentified terrorists from the North Cachar Hills district.
|
June 16
|
Assam
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, in an interview to the Press Trust
of India in Guwahati, says that the outlawed ULFA has shown the
‘first signs’ of coming to the negotiation table to solve the
insurgency problem.
ULFA
'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua, in a telephonic conversation
with the Guwahati-based vernacular daily Pratidin, rejects the
Chief Minister’s statement as baseless.
|
June 17
|
Three
ULFA cadres are arrested from Bordubi in the Tinsukia district.
|
June 18
|
ULFA
serves an extortion demand amounting to Rupees 25 lakh on a business
establishment, SRI Company, in the Mangaldoi town.
|
June 19
|
Suspected
ULFA terrorists trigger an IED and blow up a coal-laden goods
train at Ultapur railway station between Digboi and Margherita
in the Tinsukia district derailing eight bogies. A driver of the
train was injured in the incident.
17
people are wounded as suspected ULFA terrorists trigger an explosion
at Chamber Road in the Tinsukia town. One person later succumbs
to his injuries.
|
June 20
|
Assam
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in an interview to The Telegraph says
that the Union Government is keen to have negotiations with the
ULFA and the NDFB on the lines of the dialogue with the NSCN-IM.
|
June 21
|
Cease-fire
with the Adivasi Cobra Force (ACF) is extended up to February
2005 following an agreement between the ACF leadership and the
Government of Assam in Dispur.
|
June 21
|
Anti-talks
faction of the UPDS calls for an indefinite rail and road blockade
in the Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills district demanding
an inquiry into the killing of its cadres in ‘fake’ encounters.
|
June 21
|
ULFA
triggers a bomb blast in the premises of the Telephone Exchange
cum Post Office of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) at
Tengakhat in Dibrugarh district. The explosion partially damages
the office although no casualty is reported.
|
June 24
|
Seven
bus passengers are killed and fifteen others sustain injuries
as suspected ULFA terrorists detonate a bomb inside a passenger
bus at Majgaon under Mathurapur police station limits in the Sibsagar
district.
|
June 24
|
Pranab
Nunisa of the Dima National Army, armed wing of the DHD, reportedly
ousts Jewel Garlossa from the outfit and wrests control of the
organisation.
|
June 25
|
Eight
youths are injured in a grenade attack by suspected UPDS (Anti-talks
faction) terrorists at Sariahjan Chariali in Diphu, district headquarter
of Karbi Anglong.
|
June 28
|
39
terrorists including four women cadres of the ULFA and the Bodo
Tiger Force (BTF), surrender at North Lakhimpur along with 10
assorted weapons.
Union
Minister of State for Defence, B K Handique, speaking to the press
in Guwahati rules out the possibility of the Union Government
announcing any unilateral cease-fire with the ULFA.
|
June 29
|
17
terrorists belonging to the ULFA, NDFB and Tiwa Liberation Tiger
Force (TLTF) surrender at Misa in the Nagaon district.
|
July 1
|
A
senior Assam Government official and a police constable are killed
by militants of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah
(NSCN-IM)
in an attack on the police and civil officials during an eviction
drive in the Dhansiri Reserve forest area of Karbi Anglong district.
|
July 2
|
Assam
Government requests the Centre to shift the Hebron camp of the
NSCN-IM situated near the Assam-Nagaland border.
|
July
4
|
Suspected
cadres of the UPDS (anti-talks faction) kill a tribal youth and
injure four other members of his family at Doigrung village under
Bokajan police station limits in the Karbi Anglong district.
|
July
6
|
UPDS
(pro-talks faction), in a press release, warns its breakaway faction
to "return to its fold or face its military strength."
|
July
7
|
An
Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agent, identified as Nasir Ali
alias Raju Ali, is arrested while planting a bomb near the Simuluguri
weekly market in Sibsagar district.
|
July
9
|
ULFA
terrorists shoot dead two local leaders of the Congress party
at Santipur Milan Chowk under Barama police station limits in
Nalbari district.
|
July
10
|
Twelve
persons are wounded in a grenade explosion at a cinema hall by
suspected ULFA terrorists.
|
July
14
|
ULFA
terrorists kill a SULFA cadre, namely Monul Haque, at Hajo in
the Kamrup district.
|
July
15
|
Six
persons, including three Assam Police personnel, are injured when
suspected ULFA terrorists hurl a hand grenade near the Bongaigaon
civil hospital in Bongaigaon district.
Two
persons sustain injuries during a bomb blast in the Machkhowa
locality of Guwahati city.
Suspected
ULFA terrorists blow up an oil pipeline belonging to the Oil India
Limited at a village near Tengakhat in Dibrugarh district. They
also blow up the gas pipeline of the Assam Gas Company at Bismile
in Dibrugarh district.
|
July
16
|
Unidentified
militants fire at the residences of three ULFA terrorists in Sibsagar
city.
ULFA
terrorists trigger a blast targeting a telephone exchange at Chabua
in Dibrugarh district, causing extensive damage to the telephone
exchange.
|
July
17
|
Media
reports indicate that 25 northeast terrorists, including several
ULFA cadres, have been killed in separate attacks by unidentified
assailants in various localities of Dhaka city. However, Bangladesh
Government denies the occurrence of any such incident.
|
July 19
|
An assistant manager of a tea
garden and his personal security officer are killed by suspected
NDFB terrorists near Sootea in the Sonitpur district. The terrorists
escape after looting Rupees 1.5 lakh, which the deceased manager
was carrying.
|
July 21
|
ULFA terrorists kill two activists
of the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party at Jagun in the Tinsukia
district.
|
July 22
|
ULFA ‘district commander’ of Bongaigaon,
Hitesh Rai, is killed during an encounter at Majigaon.
|
July 30
|
The Union Government extends its
cease-fire with the UPDS for another year up to July 31, 2005.
|
July 31
|
Assam Police arrest Ripuni Ao,
'revenue kilonser' (minister) of the NSCN-K, along with five of
his associates from Joyanagar area under Dispur police station
in Guwahati.
|
August 2
|
Assam Police arrests Simanta Phukan
alias Bastav Deodhai Phukan, chief of ULFA’s 'Enigma unit' and
commander of the outfit’s ‘28th battalion’ along with his associate
Dulal Baruah, from Napam Mising village under Gaurisagar police
station in Sibsagar district.
|
August 3
|
Six cadres of the anti-talks faction
of the UPDS, including a ‘commander’, surrender before Army authorities
at Mariani in the Jorhat district.
|
August 6
|
The Assam State Legislative Assembly
passes a unanimous resolution opposing the inclusion of Assam’s
territory in the proposed ‘Greater Nagalim’ by the NSCN-IM.
|
August 8
|
ULFA explodes five powerful improvised
explosive devices targeting two transmission towers of the Power
Grid Corporation of India Limited and Assam State Electricity
Board at Titabor in the Jorhat district.
ULFA 'commander-in-chief', Paresh
Barua, in a telephonic conversation, with Guwahati-based newspapers
says that the outfit is "willing to come down even to Dispur
(Guwahati), as long as the agenda for talks revolved around his
group's demand for ‘sovereignty’ of Assam."
|
August 9
|
Suspected NDFB terrorists kill
two persons suspecting them to be police informers at Oujuli Rangagarh
in the Sonitpur district.
|
August 10
|
Two ULFA terrorists, a SULFA cadre
and a police personnel are killed in an encounter at Jorabat in
the Kamrup district.
|
August 11
|
The UPDS (pro-talks faction) threatens
to take up arms if the Government fails to protect the Karbi people
from Kuki militants.
|
August 13
|
Two NDFB terrorists are killed
in an encounter at Moinaguri under Kachugaon police station limits
in the Kokrajhar district.
|
August 14
|
One civilian is killed and 18
others sustained injuries as suspected ULFA terrorists trigger
a grenade blast inside a cinema hall at Gauripur in Dhubri district.
The Assam Government and Birsa
Commando Force (BCF) sign a cease-fire agreement for a year following
negotiations in Guwahati.
|
August 15
|
17 persons, including 16 school
children, are killed as ULFA detonates explosives at the venue
of Independence day celebrations in Dhemaji town.
|
August 19
|
Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, speaking to
the press in Guwahati, says that the upsurge in ULFA violence
indicates that the outfit is working at the behest of certain
foreign agencies to subvert the nation from within.
|
August 19
|
ULFA 'Commander-in-Chief', Paresh Baruah, in
a statement to the media denies his outfit’s involvement in the
August 15-explosion at Dhemaji. He says, "The ULFA is not
behind the blast. But we cannot rule out the involvement of other
groups sympathetic to our cause."
|
August 25
|
One person is killed and 10 others, including
two police personnel, are wounded in a grenade attack by ULFA
terrorists in front of a movie theatre at Dibrugarh town.
|
August 26
|
ULFA triggers off a series of bomb blasts in
different districts of Assam, killing six persons and injuring
80 others.
In the first attack, an explosive device placed
inside a passenger bus, on its way from Sapatgram in Dhubri district
to Cooch Behar in the State of West Bengal, explodes at Gossaigaon
in the Kokrajhar district killing two persons and injuring at
least 50 others.
Two security force personnel and the daughter
of an Army Officer are killed and 17 people sustain injuries when
an IED explodes and damages a bus carrying Border Security Force
(BSF) personnel from Tura to Guwahati, at Paikan village in the
Goalpara district.
Another IED blast occurs in front of a bookstore
at Tangla Chariali in Darrang district in which seven people are
injured.
ULFA terrorists trigger a bomb explosion targeting
a powerhouse at Chapakhowa in the Tinsukia district.
ULFA detonates two IEDs on the railway tracks
near the Noonmati Oil Refinery in the Guwahati city injuring eight
persons, including six policemen and a photojournalist. Two of
the injured police personnel succumb to their injuries on August
28.
|
August 26
|
Seven terrorists, including the self-styled 'foreign
secretary', Benu Boro, of the NDFB, four Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami
(HuJI)
cadres and two ULFA terrorists surrender before the Assam Police
in Guwahati
|
August 27
|
70 terrorists, including 47 ULFA, 11 NDFB, eight
BTF and four MULTA cadres surrender at the Assam Rifles camp at
Chardwar in Sonitpur district
|
August 28
|
Assam Chief Minister, speaking to the press in
Guwahati, terms the ULFA’s offer of talks on sovereignty of Assam
as ‘untenable’. "By sticking to sovereignty, the outfit has
itself negated the offer. How can Delhi discuss sovereignty with
any group and yet maintain the integrity of the country",
said Gogoi.
|
August 29
|
Two army personnel are killed in an IED explosion
by suspected ULFA terrorists at Shantipara-Sakumari in the Kamrup
district.
|
September 5
|
70 surrendered NDFB cadres residing at the Dimwlgaon
camp in Kokrajhar town threaten to take up arms alleging lack
of clear-cut policies for their rehabilitation by the State and
Central Governments.
|
September 7
|
Two ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter
at Balatarigaon in the Barpeta district.
|
September 11
|
Two NDFB terrorists are killed during an encounter
at Batasipur Reserve forest in the Sonitpur district
|
September 12
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Two ULFA terrorists, including a self-styled
lieutenant, Rakta Cheleng, are killed in an encounter at Mulong
Pahar under Ledo police station in the Tinsukia district. A huge
quantity of arms and ammunition, including two AK- 47 rifles,
one Chinese made pistol and 15 kg of RDX were recovered from the
encounter site.
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September 15
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Two ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter
with the security forces at Khilakimari village under Golokganj
police station in the Dhubri district.
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September 19
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A joint team of the Assam Police and Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF) arrest 18 BNLF cadres from Satkarakhal
Punji under Dholai police station limits in the Cachar district.
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September 21
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Eleven unidentified terrorists were reportedly
arrested by a joint team of the Assam Police and CRPF after a
brief encounter in the Karbi Anglong district.
ULFA terrorists kill a civilian at Rashigaon
in the Bongaigaon district.
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September 22
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Two ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter
with the army personnel at Singimari under Palasbari police station
in the Kamrup district.
One civilian is killed and seven others sustain
injuries during a bomb blast at a vegetable market in the Chowk
Bazaar area of Dhubri district.
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September 23
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Two ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter
with the troops at Nayapara under Krishnai police station in the
Goalpara district.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, speaking to
press persons in Guwahati, says, "The state government has no
objection if ULFA directly contacts the Central Government for
talks".
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September 24
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An ‘area commander’ of the NDFB, Biju Basumatary
alias B. Sijou, is killed in an encounter with the security forces
at Dangapara Rabhabasti in the Kokrajhar district.
Suspected cadres of the Karbi Longri North Cachar
Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) killed one person and injured two
others at the Dalamara Tea Estate in Karbi Anglong district allegedly
for their refusal to pay extortion money to the militant outfit.
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September 25
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An NDFB terrorist is killed in an encounter
with security forces at Saralpara in the Kokrajhar district.
CRPF personnel kill two NDFB cadres following
an encounter at No. 3 Namati under Bijni police station in the
Chirang district.
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September 29
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A ULFA terrorist, identified as Lohit Chandra
Roy alias Akon Hazong, is killed in an encounter with the Assam
Police at Bidyapur Rabhapara in the Bongaigaon district.
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September 30
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Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announces that
his Government is prepared to declare a cease-fire with the ULFA
if it reciprocates similarly. He also gives the outfit a time
limit for the purpose with the appeal to declare its stand on
the issue by October 15. He also informed that his Government
is not opposed to the idea of holding talks with the ULFA in a
third country.
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October 2
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Suspected NDFB and ULFA terrorists trigger a
series of bomb blasts and open indiscriminate firing at various
places in lower Assam killing at least 24 people and wounding
over 40.
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October 3
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Fourteen more persons are killed and at least
58 others sustain injuries in separate incidents of terrorist
violence in Assam for the second consecutive day.
The ULFA rejects Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's
conditional cease-fire offer.
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October 4
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Six civilians are shot dead and seven others
sustain injuries when terrorists affiliated to the outlawed NDFB
opened indiscriminate firing at Gelapukhuri village in Biswanath
Chariali.
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October 5
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Suspected terrorists of the National Democratic
Front of Bodoland shot dead at least ten civilians and wounded
seven others in the Jalabila village of Dhubri district.
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October 8
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The NDFB announces a unilateral ceasefire from
October 15 for a period of six months in response to the Assam
government’s offer for negotiations.
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October 9
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Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, talking to
the media in Guwahati, terms the NDFB ceasefire announcement as
‘a step in the right direction’. He, however, asserts that counter-insurgency
operations against the outfit would continue until the outfit
formally approaches the State Government with its offer.
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October 10
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The All Bodo Peace Forum, a Bodo organization,
offers its assistance to help the Assam Government establish ‘direct
contact’ with NDFB.
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October 11
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Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi rejects the
offer of mediation from the All Bodo Peace Forum in the peace
talks between the Government and the NDFB.
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October 12
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Suspected ULFA terrorists kill two civilians
at Mridongpara in Tinsukia district.
The Telegraph, quoting a surrendered ULFA cadre,
reports that the outfit has begun preparing to launch a political
party before the State Legislative Assembly elections in 2006.
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October 13
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The general secretary of the All Bodo Peace Forum
(ABPF), Bhramon Baglari, accuses the Assam Government of not being
sincere in responding to the unilateral ceasefire offer by the
NDFB.
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October 14
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The Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi announces
in Guwahati that NDFB has officially communicated its ceasefire
offer to the government. He acknowledges the receipt of a letter
from NDFB ‘chairman’ D.R. Nabla to this effect.
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October 15
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The Assam chief minister informs newspersons
in Guwahati that the ceasefire with NDFB would be in the similar
lines as those with the BLT and the NSCN-IM.
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October 16
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The Assam State government transfers 39 subjects
under the jurisdiction of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC)
at a function held at Kokrajhar.
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October 19
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Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi promises to
offer safe passage to the representatives of the NDFB for talks
with the government.
Troops of the Army’s Red Horn division arrests
the ‘commander’ of the ULFA’s Bongaigaon unit, Pulak Bharali,
alias Uday Das from Utamar village in the Dhubri district.
The opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) alleges
several Congress ministers including Health Minister, Dr Bhumidhar
Barman and WPT & BC Minister, Bharat Chandra Narah of links
with ULFA and claims that the party has evidence to prove this
nexus.
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October 20
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The Sanmilita Janagosthiya Sangram Samity (SJSS)
demands its inclusion in the proposed peace process with the NDFB.
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October 21
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Assam Chief Minister meets the Union Home Minister,
Shivraj Patil, in New Delhi and informs him of the NDFB's offer
of talks.
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October 25
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The Assam government asks the NDFB to depute
representatives to finalise the ground rules of ceasefire.
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October 27
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Eight ULFA cadres surrender before the district
administration at Sibsagar along with an AK-56 rifle, one hand
grenade, one gun, magazines, live cartridges and a wireless set.
The AGP seeks the intervention of President of
India on the alleged nexus of the state congress ministers with
the ULFA militant involved in the Dhemaji blast on August 15 last,
Rashid Bharali.
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October 29
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Five ULFA terrorists, members of the outfit’s
‘Action Group’, are killed in an encounter at Kasojuli village
under Laluk police station limits in the Lakhimpur district. A
large quantity of arms and ammunition are recovered from their
possession.
13 ULFA terrorists, including a women cadre surrender
before the police at Dibrugarh along with an AK-56 rifle, a .56
pistol, a wireless set and several rounds of ammunition.
Five ISI agents, suspected to be involved in
the twin explosions in Dimapur in Nagaland on October 2, arrested
at Bokakhat in Golaghat district.
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October 30
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ULFA threatens to target Congress ministers,
MLAs and other district and local-level leaders of the party to
avenge the killing of five cadres of the outfit in Lakhimpur district
on October 29 by the security forces.
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November 1
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An army personnel is killed following an encounter
with ULFA terrorists at Lakhrakhan under Sepakhati police station
in Sibsagar district.
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November 2
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Suspected KLNLF terrorists lob a grenade at a
market near Bokajan town in Karbi Anglong district, seriously
injuring one person.
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November 6
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NDFB threatens to pull out of the unilateral
ceasefire 'if the government does not stop killing its cadres.'
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November 7
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The Assam Government says that it would not declare
a formal ceasefire with NDFB unless the ground rules for the truce
are formulated through discussions with representatives of the
outfit.
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November 9
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ULFA ‘second lieutenant’, Tulu Bora is killed
following a gun battle with the troops of Red Horns Division at
Chiramoga in Goalpara distinct.
The Assam state cabinet approves a proposal for
recruiting 1000 security personnel by the Oil and Natural Gas
Commission (ONGC) in view of the threat posed by various terrorist
groups to the oil sector.
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November 10
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Altogether thirteen terrorists including six
ULFA and seven KLNLF surrender before the Army at Missa in Nagaon
district along with one AK-56 rifle, two hand grenades, one-pen
pistols, one nine mm pistol and three SBBL guns.
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November 12
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24 people are injured in a grenade attack by
unidentified terrorists at Lanka in Nagaon district. Cadres of
either the KLNLF or the DHD are suspected to be involved in the
attack.
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November 13
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In a press statement signed by its spokesman
S. Sanjarang, the NDFB says that it is not interested holding
talks with the Assam government and that it would like to enter
into direct negotiations with the Government of India.
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November 15
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ULFA terrorist Amal Barua alias Jiban Sarma is
killed in an encounter with the police at Milanpur village in
Golaghat district.
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November 16
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Talking to The Sentinel over the phone, the ULFA’s
‘commander-in-chief’, Paresh Barua says that any talks with the
Central government must have ‘sovereignty’ as the core issue to
make it a meaningful exercise.
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November 19
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Three ULFA terrorists, belonging to its ‘Enigma-B
group" including a woman cadre surrender before the army
and police authorities at Tamulpur in Nalbari district.
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November 21
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Two ULFA terrorists, a ‘general secretary’ of
the Dhubri district unit, Atul Baruah alias Arabinda Nath and
Sushen Bepari, a ‘lieutenant’ in the outfit’s ‘central communication’,
surrender before the Dhubri Superintendent of Police at Dhubri.
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November 22
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Two ULFA terrorists, Praneshware Rabha and Bokul
Rajkhowa, are killed in an encounter with the army at an unspecified
place along the Assam-Meghalaya border in Goalpara district.
Addressing a press conference at Guwahati, the
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rules out holding any talks with
ULFA on the issue of sovereignty of Assam.
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November 23
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A ULFA terrorist, Biswajit Bora and three of
his aides are arrested by the security forces following an encounter
at Maskhowa under Deberapar police station in Jorhat district.
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November 25
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ULFA terrorist Nomal Gogoi is killed and another
terrorist is arrested following an encounter at Dhingchapari near
Sadia in Dibrugarh district.
ULFA, on the eve of the ‘protest day’, triggers
a series of explosions in different parts of the State injuring
six persons.
Three DHD cadres are arrested by the security
forces from an unspecified place in the Cachar district. Five
AK-47 rifles, one SLR and a huge quantity of ammunition are recovered
from them.
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November 26
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Three ULFA terrorists surrender before the Tinsukia
district administration at Tinsukia.
The NDFB ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary, in an interview
with the Press Trust of India expresses his keenness for peaceful
solution to the conflict. He said, "We want to give a chance
to India for a peaceful resolution of the conflict."
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November 27
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Three ULFA terrorists including a woman cadre
and a doctor working for the outfit are arrested from Tengapukhuri
under Mathurapur police station limits in Sibsagar district.
ULFA 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa, in a press
statement, demands a plebiscite on the issue of sovereignty of
Assam. He assures that the outfit would follow the verdict of
the plebiscite and urged the Government of India to do the same.
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November 29
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Suspected ULFA terrorists trigger an explosion
at an unspecified place in Tinsukia district, damaging two electric
poles.
ULFA ‘commander-in-chief’, Paresh Barua claims
that at least 150 ULFA cadres have been working in various security
force establishments in the country. In an interview to the Sentinel
Baruah says, "As the Indian security forces have sneaked
in their members into our organisation, we are also adopting a
similar policy."
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November 30
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The KLNLF announces a weeklong campaign against
the controversial December 4, 2000 pact, signed between Holiram
Terang led faction of the Autonomous Sate Demand Committee (ASDC)
and the Kuki National Assembly (KNA) that promises a separate
‘homeland’ to the minority Kuki tribe within the Karbi Anglong
district.
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December 4
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Three ULFA terrorists, including a woman cadre,
surrender to the army authorities in Dibrugarh along with some
arms and ammunition.
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December 5
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Two ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter
with the army personnel at Kumarbari under Palashbari police station
limits in the Kamrup district.
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December 7
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Unidentified terrorists attack a CRPF patrol
party at Kheroni in Karbi the Anglong district.
The Union Government invites the ULFA for unconditional
talks to resolve the insurgency problem in the State. A letter
to this effect is handed over to mediator Indira Goswami by the
Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
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December 8
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Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, speaking in
the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament), refutes the claim
by the ULFA Chief that at least 150 ULFA cadres have been working
in various security force establishments in the country. Mukherjee
says, "We should not take such claims too seriously. It is
very easy for Paresh Baruah sitting in Dhaka to make such statements.
Let us not be agitated over such claims".
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December 9
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The ULFA rejects the PMO’s invitation for peace
talks. Talking to various media houses in Guwahati over telephone,
the ULFA ‘commander-in-chief’, Paresh Baruah says that the PM’s
letter is ‘self-contradictory and confusing’.
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December 9
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An unidentified ULFA terrorist is killed in an
encounter with the Army at Merkuchi village in the Nalbari district.
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December 10
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The ULFA Pariyal Committee, an organization of
family members of ULFA cadres, criticizes the outfit’s rejection
of the peace offer by the PMO. In a statement, the organization
says "By rejecting the offer, Baruah has closed all avenues
of progress for the State."
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December 11
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The UPDS imposes a ‘ban’ on bamboo trade in the
twin districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts
with effect from December 12.
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December 13
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Two police personnel are killed and eight others
sustain injuries in two explosions detonated by suspected ULFA
terrorists in front of the Hatigaon police outpost under Dispur
police station in Guwahati city.
ULFA ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa, appeals to
the international community for intervention in order to bring
peace in Assam. In an e-mail message to various newspaper offices,
he said that the outfit had never rejected peace offers.
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December 13
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Minister of State for Home, S Regupathy, says
in Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) that the Union Government
has received the appeal for peace talks with the ULFA from Indira
Goswami.
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December 14
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Suspected ULFA terrorists engineer a series of
explosions in Morigaon, Nagaon, Tinsukia and Kamrup districts
leading to the death of three persons and injuries to several
others. The targets include the security force establishment,
house of the State Labour Minister Rameswar Dhanowar, and an office
of the Congress Party in Tinsukia.
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December 15
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At least nine persons are injured during a grenade
explosion at Silapathar in the Dhemaji district. The blast occurred
when suspected ULFA terrorists hurled a grenade targeting a police
team engaged in frisking people and vehicles.
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December 16
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An ‘area commander’ of the United Liberation
Front of Barak Valley (ULFBV), identified as Chintamoni Reang,
involved in extortion, is reportedly lynched to death by residents
of Dholai block in the Cachar district.
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December 17
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Minister of State for Home, Rockybul Hussain,
informs the State Legislative Assembly that during the last eight
months from April to November 2004, terrorists triggered 78 bomb
blasts in Assam killing at least 54 people and injuring 294 others.
During the same period, 68 terrorists, including 43 ULFA and 16
NDFB cadres, were killed in separate encounters with the security
forces.
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December 18
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Six persons are wounded as suspected ULFA terrorists
lobbed a grenade targeting a vehicle in the Noonmati area of Guwahati
city.
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December 22
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The Assam Police shot dead a ULFA cadre, identified
as Ujjal Roy alias Aliul Islam, at Bhaibazar in the Dhubri district.
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December 26
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At least three ULFA terrorists are killed following
an encounter with the police at Mornoi Garchouk along the Assam-Nagaland
border in the Jorhat district of Assam.
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December 27
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The UPDS-pro-talks faction threatens armed operations against
the traders who had violated its ban on bamboo felling.
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December 28
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ULFA terrorist Dipak Das is killed during an encounter with the
Army personnel at Aagsia village in the Kamrup district.
Cease-fire agreement between the Government of India and the
DHD is extended till December 31, 2005, following a tripartite
meeting between the rebel group, the State Government and the
Centre in Guwahati.
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December 30
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UPDS terrorists kill two persons and injure four others for their
alleged defiance the outfit's ban on bamboo felling near Rangmongvey
in the Karbi Anglong district.
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December 31
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Assam Police personnel recover the bodies of two persons, suspected
to have been shot dead by UPDS terrorists for defying its ban
on cutting bamboo from Silvetta in the Karbi Anglong district.
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