Date
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Incidents
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January 1
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The 8th Maratha Regiment
recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted under
the Chalingi Railway Bridge in between Gohpur and Dubic Railway
Station in the Sonitpur District.
A United Liberation Front of Asom
(ULFA) linkman, Sanjay
Sarkar, was arrested by the Kokrajhar District Police and Army
from North Rangapara village under Fakiragram Police Station.
The Interpol issued a red corner
notice against ‘chairman’ of the anti-talks faction of the National
Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), Ranjan Daimary, who was wanted
as Doimary Ranjan alias Ronsaigra Nabla Doimari alias
D.R. Nabla.
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January 2
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Unidentified militants shot dead
three persons, including two pro-talks NDFB
cadres, identified as Jwngsar Brahma alias B. Jwhwlao (28)
and Losen Brahma (27) of Serfanguri designated camp, and one college
student, Bilifang Basumatary (20), at Mukuldang under Gossaigaon
Police Station in Kokrajhar District. A truck driver and two other
students were also injured in the gun attack.
Shankar Gupta informed the Police
that his son, Raja Gupta (22), was abducted by suspected cadres
belonging to the Ranjan Daimary faction of the NDFB from his father’s
tea estate at Sapoi in Sonitpur District on December 21. He had
not immediately informed the Police about the abduction of his
son, since he was threatened to remain silent by the abductors.
Sources said that he had been asked to pay a "hefty amount" by
the NDFB for the release of his son.
A relative of a pro-talks ‘commander’
of the NDFB was shot dead by unidentified militants of Ranjan
Daimary fraction of the NDFB at Silapur village in the Balijuri
area under Sootea Police Station in Sonitpur District along the
Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The victim was identified as Udai
Mushahari, brother of NDFB ‘commander’ M. Failou.
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January 4
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Assam Tribune
quoting The New Age reports that Bangladeshi High Commissioner
to India, Tariq A. Karim, in a recent letter to Bangladesh Government,
said a possible backlash from ULFA and religious extremists in
Bangladesh has made the mission’s compound in New Delhi extremely
vulnerable.
Unidentified militants
open fire on a Police convoy, killing a Constable and injuring
two others, including a Sub-Inspector, near Impui Basti on the
Haflong-Mahur road in the North Cachar Hills District. Two siblings,
one of them a 10-year-old girl, also die in the ambush after they
are caught in the cross-fire as the Security Forces
(SFs) retaliate after
the gunmen, hiding in the foliage on both sides of the road, open
fire on the two-vehicle Assam Police convoy.
A 52-year-old schoolteacher, Lilabati
Basumatary, was shot dead by suspected cadres belonging to pro-talks
faction of the NDFB at Harisingha Deolguri in the Udalguri District.
Lilabati was the elder sister of Ranjan Daimary, who is leading
the anti-talk faction of the NDFB.
An unidentified NDFB militant
was shot dead by Security Forces (SFs) at Bamundittari village
under Mukalmua Police Station in Nalbari District.
Two People’s Revolutionary Party
of Kangleipak (PREPAK)
cadres, arrested by the 11 Field Regiment of the Red Sheild Division
at Fulertal under Lakhipur Police Station, were produced before
the CJM Court at Silchar in Cachar District.
The ‘publicity secretary’
of the Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF)
Razak Dera said that that they were open for immediate peace talks
with the Centre but demanded that Union Home Minister should be
present in that talk. He said that the outfit's cadres, who were
for a separate Karbi State, would not surrender but only deposit
their arms.
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January 5
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A 65 year old person, Debeswar
Barman, was killed and his 13-year old son, Nirmal, was wounded
when a bomb was exploded by suspected militants at their residence
in Gakulkata village of Kokrajhar District along the Assam-West
Bengal border.
A cadre belonging to Ranjan Daimari
faction of the NDFB
was shot dead by SFs near Belsiri tea estate under Misamari Police
Station in Sonitpur District. The SFs were reportedly assisted
by cadres belonging to pro-talks faction of the NDFB.
The North Cachar Hills
District Police confirmed that National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang
(NSCN-K)
had carried out January 4 ambush on a Police convoy to avenge
the killing of two of its cadres near Haflong in December 2009.
A constable of the Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police and
two siblings were killed in the attack near Mahur town.
A cadre belonging to ‘3rd battalion’
of the NDFB led by Ranjan Daimary alias D. Nabla, identified
as Bipul Boro, was arrested by troops of 65 Field Regiment of
the Red Horns Division of the Army while traveling in a passenger
bus near Namkhola in Darrang District.
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January 6
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Sentinel reports
that the office of the Jorhat basin manager of the ONGC received
an extortion note demanding INR five million from the ‘finance
secretary’ of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Unification
(NSCN-U) outfit recently. In the extortion note, the outfit ‘served’
December 29, 2009 as deadline for paying the money.
The ULFA threatened
to attack SFs and vital installations in Assam ahead of the Republic
Day celebration on January 26. "We are going to step up our offensive
and target security forces and other vital installations," self-styled
ULFA ‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh Baruah said in an e-mailed statement.
The pro-talk faction of the NDFB
denied hand in the killing of Lilabati Basumatary, sister of Ranjan
Daimary ‘chief’ of anti-talk faction of the outfit, who was shot
dead by unidentified gunmen at her residence at Harisingha Deolguri
in Udalguri.
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January 7
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Assam Police described ULFA ‘commander-in-chief’
Paresh Barua’s threats as nothing but old wine in new bottle while
asserting that Security Forces (SFs) were on high alert and prepared
for any challenge. Reacting to the threats, Assam Director-General
of Police Shankar Barua said "Threats from ULFA are always there
and there is nothing new in his statement."
The Eastern Air Command (EAC)
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Air Marshal K. K. Nohwar said,
"Our bases have perimeter walls and tiered-security layers to
thwart any possible attack." The EAC Chief added, "All our commanders
have been briefed to remain professional and retain combat edge.
They have to be operationally ready at all times".
The ULFA ‘commander-in-chief’
Paresh Baruah, who joined Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) as
a porter in 1978 and went underground a few months later, was
sacked by the Indian Railways.
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January 8
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Shillong Times
reports that tension has gripped Bodoland Territorial Council
(BTC) areas in the wake of January 4 killing of NDFB anti-talks
faction ‘chief’ Ranjan Daimary's sister Lilawati Basumatary by
unidentified gunmen at Harisinga in Udalguri District.
A senior leader of the ULFA, identified
as Bhim Kanta Buraguhain alias Mama, was produced in Tezpur
court.
Assam Rifles (AR) Director General
Lieutenant-General K. S. Yadava, addressing the 175th
anniversary of the AR said, "United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)
was raised in Assam on the slogan of `Assam for Assamese'. But
it's no longer what it was. My personal perception is that 50%
of the lower cadre of ULFA is from across the border''. He added
that the `hardcore cadre' of ULFA was now down to just about 200
or so.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said, "Some positive signals are there that they are willing to
hold discussions with us. We are expecting something in writing
from ULFA."
One businessman, Rakesh Prasad
(20), was abducted by suspected militants belonging to anti-talk
faction of the NDFB at Misamari area in Sonitpur District.
Bangladesh
Local Government Ashraful
Islam said that former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had
a secret meeting with jailed ULFA leader Anup Chetia during a
visit when the then Premier Khaleda Zia belonging to the Bangladesh
Nationalist Party (BNP) was in power.
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January 9
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The SFs arrested one Zakir Hussain
(35) from Chakragram of Darrang District and recovered a hand-made
pistol and eight rounds of ammunition including four rounds belonging
to AK-47 from his possession.
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January 10
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Two suspected ULFA militants were
killed in an encounter with the SFs at Na-Kuchi under Khetri Police
Station in the Kamrup (urban) District.
Two suspected All Adivasi National
Liberation Army (AANLA) cadres were killed in an encounter with
the Police in between Merabil and Shillongkhuti villages under
Mazbat Police Station in Udalguri District.
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January 11
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Assam Government invited
leaders of the Black Widow (BW) for "advanced talks" on the outfit’s
demands. "We have had several rounds of talks till now on how
best to meet their demands and rehabilitation. Tomorrow’s [January
12] discussions are of an advanced nature. We are hopeful of a
major breakthrough very soon. Things are on track and moving ahead
smoothly," a Government source said.
The Assam Police arrested a key
conspirator in the killing of Lilabati Basumatary, elder sister
of Ranjan Daimary, 'chief' of the anti-talks faction of the NDFB.
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January 13
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Two NDFB militants, identified
as Robinson Sangma and Santiram Brahma, were killed in an encounter
with the SFs at Jaldoba under Kazigaon Police Station in Kokrajhar
District.
Unidentified militants exploded
one crude bomb near a shop at Station Chariali in Sibsagar Distrct.
An NDFB cadre, identified as Dinesh
Boro, was arrested near the ISBT under Gorchuk Police Station
in Guwahati.
One .303 rifle along with six
rounds of ammunitions of an SLR rifle were recovered by SFs from
Rangagarh Bisimari village near Orang National Park under Dalgaon
Police Station in Darrang District.
SFs conducted a search operation
in a cloth store at Chak Bazar under Dhubri Police Station in
Dhubri District on an unspecified date and recovered a country-made
pistol from the shop. The Police also picked up a person for investigation.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina, replying on the issue of handing over top ULFA and NDFB
leaders, said India and Bangladesh are working on an extradition
treaty. The report adds that India and Bangladesh on January 11
signed agreements on Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters,
Transfer of Sentenced Persons, and Combating International Terrorism,
Organised Crime and Illicit Drug Trafficking.
The top leadership of the United
Peoples' Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) stated that uncertainty
on the peace talks with the outfit is likely to disappear by mid-February,
the tentative date fixed for holding the next round of parleys
with the Centre.
Assam Tribune quoting official
sources reports that the Government of China is yet to extend
cooperation to India to prevent militant groups of the Northeast
region from procuring weapons from that country, while, reports
of frequent visits of the militant leaders to China has also become
a matter of serious concern.
One militant belonging to ceasefire-group
of the ULFA, identified as Dilon Dowerah, and one Army trooper,
Havaldar Dayal Singh, were killed in an encounter at Talpathar
village under Pengeri Police Station in Tinsukia District.
The Army, however, said that another
member of the gang might be injured in the encounter.
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January 14
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Two Muslim United Liberation Tigers
of Assam (MULTA) cadres, identified as Abdus Salam and Noor Islam,
were arrested by SFs from Rakhaldubi area under Baguan Police
Station of Goalpara District.
One NDFB cadre, Sinnat Nursery,
was arrested by SFs from Dhigolipur under Bismuri Police Outpost
in Kokrajhar.
Telegraph reports that
the Assam Government has decided to modify its rules for recruitment
of constables in Assam Police to accommodate surrendered militants
who fail to qualify for being overage or for lack of academic
aptitude.
A Congress party leader, Arun
Sarkar, nominated from Mazbat Assembly constituency to Assam Pradesh
Congress Committee (PCC), was shot dead by suspected militants
belonging to anti-talks faction of the NDFB at Khusurabari in
Udalguri District.
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January 15
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One person, identified as Gagan
Das (38), was killed and 13 others injured in a blast near the
Swahid Vedi area of Udalguri District. The deceased was a former
'organising secretary' of Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad
(AJYCP).
The Army arrested four suspected
ULFA militants from Surya Pahar under Naranarayan River Police
Station of Goalpara District.
Telegraph reports that
Tinsukia District Police registered at least six cases of abduction
and extortion against a group formed by surrendered ULFA militants
and a gang of insurgents who managed to escape from the outfit's
designated camps.
Telegraph quoting SF sources
reports that China's own political exigency in Myanmar was the
factor responsible for ULFA ‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh
Barua finding a safe haven along the China-Myanmar border.
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January 16
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A cadre belonging to Ranjan Daimary
fraction of the NDFB was shot dead by the Police at Veragaon,
a village 5 kilometres from the Udalguri town. Another militant
managed to escape from the incident site. Both were involved in
the January 15 grenade blast in Udalguri town killing one person
and injuring 10 others.
Two unidentified militants shot dead Khagen Kataki
(44), former leader of the All Assam Students Union (AASU), near
Punia Bridge in Rangamati of Darrang District. Kataki hailed from
Borthekeribari village under Mangaldai Police Station in Darrang
District.
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January 17
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The dead body of a businessman,
identified as Prabhu Choudhury, was recovered from Mohgaon village
under Pengeri Police Station of Tinsukia District. He was reportedly
abducted by suspected ULFA militants with the help of a surrendered
militant, Dilon Duara, from Kakopathar on October 28, 2009.
The Congress party in Assam asked
its activists in the Bodo area not to venture out after sunset,
after two recent killings and Police inputs that the Ranjan Daimary
faction of the NDFB may target them. The warning came ahead of
the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections, likely to be
held in April.
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January 18
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An unidentified militant belonging
to the NDFB was arrested by SFs in Lakhimpur District.
The formal surrender of arms by
the KLNLF was postponed till the second week of February, instead
of the earlier schedule of January 26. Sources said there was
a marked difference between the Assam Government’s assessment
of the outfit’s strength and the figure provided by the group.
The other reason for the delay was the KLNLF’s insistence to surrender
arms in the presence of Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram.
The ULFA stated that its jailed
leaders would not jump parole, if freed from prison to facilitate
peace talks with the Government. The jailed ULFA leader Pradeep
Gogoi responded following reports that the Assam Government was
contemplating granting parole to at least eight top jailed ULFA
leaders to facilitate peace talks, but the Centre is apprehensive
that the militant leaders might jump parole and go underground.
A surrendered ULFA militant, Kamal
Nath, stated that the Congress party was behind the secret killings
during the Prafulla Kumar Mahanta regime.
A militant belonging to anti-talk
faction of the NDFB, identified as Ananta Brahma alias
Posima (30) from Kochugaon area, was killed at Amlaiguri under
Salakati Police Station in Kokrajhar District.
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January 19
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Three militants of the anti-talks
faction of NDFB were shot dead by Security Forces (SFs) in two
separate incidents of Kokrajhar District. Four militants, including
three women, were also arrested by the SFs from the incident site.
Unidentified militants shot at
Charu Prasad Das, branch manager of United India Insurance Company
in Kokrajhar District.
The ULFA 'vice-president' Pradip
Gogoi and 'publicity secretary' Mithinga Daimary filed petitions
in the special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention)
Act (TADA) Court seeking bail.
The ULFA stated that autonomy
would divide the State. In its mouthpiece Freedom, the outfit
criticised the State Government for its alleged failure to punish
the "secret killers". The ULFA mouthpiece also said that the outfit
would continue to attack the Border Security Force (BSF), Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP),
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Sashastra Seema Bal
(SSB), Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and the Army.
One
ULFA militant, identified as Santosh Rabha (22), was arrested
by the Assam Police at Japorigog area in Kamrup District. This
arrest assumes significance in the light of ULFA’s threats of
attacks ahead of Republic Day.
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January 20
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A businessman, Rakesh Prashad
of Missamari area, who was abducted by suspected militants of
anti-talks faction of the NDFB on January 8, was released at Golai
centre near Sonai-Rupai sanctuary of Sonitpur District.
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January 21
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A suspected militant belonging
to anti-talks faction of the NDFB was killed by SFs during an
encounter at Jhingabil area under Mazbat Police Station in Udalguri
District.
Ruling junta of Myanmar assured
that it plans to launch coordinated operations with India to flush
out Northeast militants from its territories and has promised
to help track down elusive ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Baruah.
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January 22
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A joint boycott call against January
26 Republic Day celebration was given by militant outfits based
in Manipur, Assam and Tripura such as Manipur People’s Liberation
Front, ULFA, National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), Kamtapur
Liberation Organisation (KLO) and NDFB.
Unidentified militants exploded
a remote-controlled IED on a subway at Garibangha area under Bijni
Police Station of Chirang District along the India-Bhutan border.
Two Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) members, Daneswar Goyary
and James Basumatary, along with some officials managed to survive
an attack.
The Unified Command asked the
Assam Government to move the Centre and the Nagaland Government
to rein in Naga militants and stop them from venturing into neighbouring
States.
SFs have zeroed in on Rowta reserve
forest in Udalguri District following reports that cadres of the
anti-talks faction of the NDFB have set up temporary camps in
the area.
One militant belonging to the
'28th battalion' of the ULFA, identified as Dipak Saikia (33)
alias Bhai, was arrested by the Police from Elengmora area under
Pulibor Police Station in Jorhat District.
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January 23
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The Police recovered an IED from
Lalmati area under Basistha Police Station in Guwahati City. Police,
however, failed to arrest the ULFA cadre, identified as Lakhi
Das alias Jishu belonging to the '109th battalion' of the outfit.
An IED weighing 15 kilograms was
recovered by SFs from a bus coming from Tangla to Guwahati at
Mahilipara, around 18 kilometers away from Mangaldoi of Darrang
District. Ismail Ali, the driver of the bus was also arrested
following the recovery of the IED.
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January 24
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A suspected militant belonging
to anti-talks faction of NDFB was shot dead by the Police during
an encounter at Nijara centre in Jhingabil area under Mazbat Police
Station of Udalguri District.
Another unidentified militant
of the same anti-talks faction of the NDFB was shot dead by SFs
at Sesapani village in Kokrajhar District.
Suspected cadres of anti-talks
faction of the NDFB exploded a bomb on the railway tracks at Deka
Mising Gaon under Simenchapari outpost in Dhemaji District.
An IED weighing 2.5 kilograms
was recovered and subsequently defused by the Army at Gandhoiguri
village under Khowang Police Station in Dibrugarh District.
Two ULFA militants, identified
as Hiteswar Kachari and Maheswar Rabha, were arrested by SFs from
Goalpara District.
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January 25
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Official sources reports that
a suspected NSCN militant was lynched and five others were injured
by local people when they came to abduct a businessman in Golaghat
District along the Assam-Nagaland border.
An IED weighing 10 kilograms was
recovered by SFs from a Dhubri-bound Assam State Transport Corporation
bus coming from Siliguri at Chagolia inter-State check post in
Dhubri District.
An IED was recovered and later
defused by SFs at Kordoiguri in Dibrugarh District.
One militant belonging to the
'109th battalion' of the ULFA, identified as Donjison Rabha, was
arrested by the SFs in Krishnai area of Goalpara District.
The ULFA in its changed strategy
has moved men from '109th and 709th battalions'
to Upper Assam to carry out subversive activities around Republic
Day.
A ULFA militant, who was also
the most wanted bomber of the outfit, identified as Prithvi Raj
Rabha, was arrested by SFs during a search operation in Goalpara
District.
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January 26
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Assam Governor J.B. Patnaik on
the occasion of Republic Day celebration appealed the insurgent
groups to abjure violence and come to the negotiation table for
settling all the issues raised by them, if their love for the
State is genuine.
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January 27
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Two militants belonging to ‘28th
battalion’ of the ULFA were arrested by the SFs at Dhodang Chapari
area under Pulibar Police Station of Jorhat District .
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January 28
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Over 125 kilograms of Neogel-90
explosives were seized by a patrolling team of the CRPF and Assam
Police personnel from a truck, enroute to Itanagar, at Khelmati
outpost of Lakhimpur District.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA) reviewed the security scenario in the State in a high level
meeting with the officials of the Assam Government. Discussion
was centered on activities of the BW, National Socialist Council
of Nagalim-IM (NSCN-IM), and a newly formed militant group United
Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA).
The managerial staffs of nearly
six tea estates located in the fringe areas of Chariduar reserve
forest in Sonitpur District were constantly harassed by militants
of anti-talks faction of the NDFB.
A low-intensity explosion was
triggered by suspected militants on the tracks between the tribal
majority Sungajan area and Bokajan stations in Golaghat District,
causing minor damage to a goods train.
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January 29
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ULFA 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa
has said that a decision on a dialogue with the Government would
be taken soon. Mrinal Hazarika, 'commander' of 28th
battalion' of the outfit said that both sides should not impose
any precondition as it may create hurdles in holding dialogue.
He also appealed to the Government to release the jailed central
ULFA leaders to facilitate early talks.
The pro-talk faction of the NDFB
announced it would participate in upcoming council elections in
Assam.
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January 31
|
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
rejected the demand for a separate Bodoland State. Instead he
advocated the need for a greater Assamese society where people
of all communities can live together.
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February 1
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One body guard of Ranjan Daimary,
'chairman' of anti-talks faction of the NDFB, identified as Prabin
Boro alias B.Phandai was arrested by the Police from Fancy Bazar
in Guwahati City.
A delegation of the pro-talks
group of the NDFB met the Centre's interlocutor, P.C. Haldar,
to press for an early solution to the decades-long impasse by
creating a separate State for the indigenous tribal people of
Assam.
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
said that the Centre is ready for a dialogue with the pro-talks
groups of both ULFA and the NDFB even without their top leaders
Paresh Barua and Ranjan Daimary.
The ULFA said that it would discuss
the offer made by Home Minister P. Chidambaram for peace talks
with the jailed rebel leadership. Jailed ULFA 'vice-chairman'
Pradeep Gogoi said that they had to discuss the matter and he,
alone, couldn’t make any comment on the Home Minister's offer.
The ULFA started moving some of
their camps in Myanmar deep into the dense forest areas, apprehending
a crackdown.
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February 2
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Two suspected ULFA cadres were
shot dead by troops of 65 Field Regiment of Red Horns Division
during an encounter at Dakkhin Bhokelikanda under Kalaigaon Police
Station in Udalguri District. A six year old boy was killed in
crossfire of the encounter. A trooper was also injured in the
encounter.
A hardcore militant belonging
to '709th battalion' of the ULFA was arrested by SFs
personnel from the Talap area in Tinsukia District.
The Police rescued a doctor, Nani
Gopal Dutta (70), who was abducted by suspected NDFB militants
from the Thakurbari area of Rangapara in Sonitpur District.
Official sources said that the
KLNLF with nearly 400 of its cadres slated to surrender would
be publicly decommissioning its arms at Diphu in Karbi Anglong
District on February 11.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said that the Assam Government is ready for peace talks with the
ULFA, but the outfit has to give to its written assurance that
is ready for peace talks.
The ULFA 'chairman'
Arabinda Rajkhowa said that they could not talk with the Government
while in custody. ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua on the
other hand, in an e-mailed statement, came down harshly on people
he described as 'local dalals and ‘India-loving intellectuals'
who
were playing a
devious game to derail the outfit's freedom movement.
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February 3
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A NDFB cadre, Siman Basumatary,
was caught by the residents of Daranga and Roumari in Chirang
District when he was trying to collect money from a businessman.
An ULFA militant, Diganta Sonowal,
was arrested by Teok Police from Kaliapani in Jorhat District.
ULFA 'publicity secretary' Mithinga
Daimary denied the outfit's 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Baruah's
statement that 'some broker intellectuals' of the State have been
putting mental pressure on the jailed ULFA leaders on peace talks
with the Government.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to
India Tariq Ahmed Karim hinted at handing over jailed ULFA 'general
secretary' Anup Chetia, but wanted Indian Government to reciprocate
by deporting some of its wanted terrorists allegedly hiding in
India.
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February 4
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Five militants of the Manipur-based
People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) outfit were
arrested by the Assam Police from Jorabat on the outskirts of
Guwahati.
The cease-fire pact with the UPDS
was extended for another six months up to July 7 following discussion
between the militant outfit, Centre and Assam Government.
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February 5
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A suspected ULFA militant was
shot dead by SFs at Chakrashila reserve forest near Choaikhola
in Kokrajhar District.
A NDFB militant, P. Mushahary,
was shot dead in an encounter with the SFs at Ulubari in Chirang
District.
The Centre convened first meeting,
involving high-profile officials in Delhi since the arrest of
several ULFA leaders, including 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa,
to review the ongoing counter-insurgency operations in Assam,
with focus on efforts to draw ULFA to the negotiating table.
Two linkmen belonging to the ‘3rd
battalion’ of anti-talks faction of the NDFB were arrested by
SFs from Nalkhamara village in Udalguri District.
The SFs conducted a raid in the
house of Arun Daimary of village Kahibari and recovered 45 kilograms
of marijuana and five blank extortion pads of the NDFB.
Security agencies have drawn up
a list of 22 ULFA and NDFB militants whose arrest or elimination
would deliver a terminal blow to the network of operatives of
both the outfits within Assam. Both the militant outfits are operating
in tandem in several Districts of Assam.
A meeting of the top Union Ministry
of Home Affairs (MHA), Intelligence Bureau and Assam Police officials
held in New Delhi decided to continue counter-insurgency operations
against ULFA in Assam till the outfit agreed to talks.
The Assam Chief Minister Tarun
Gogoi, endorsing the stand of the Centre on the peace process,
emphasised the need for a written communication from the jailed
leaders of ULFA.
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February 6
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A ULFA militant was shot dead
in an encounter at Garobasti in Goalpara District.
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February 7
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At least three persons were wounded
when an unidentified militant opened fire on them at Khargaon
area in Kokrajhar District.
A ULFA militant was arrested by the SFs from Majapara
village in Goalpara District.
One NDFB militant was arrested
by SFs from Bhaitapara village in Chirang District.
Altogether 403 KLNLF cadres, including
the outfit’s ‘chief’ Habe Tokbi, reached Karbi Anglong District
headquarters Diphu, ahead of their scheduled surrender on February
11.
The arrested prime accused in
the Bangladesh's biggest ever arms haul case, Hafizur Rahman,
claimed that former Bangladesh Premier Khaleda Zia's son Tarique
Rahman was involved in an abortive smuggling of weapons, believed
to be meant for the ULFA militants.
The Assam Chief Minister Tarun
Gogoi called for strict vigilance along the India-Myanmar border
following reports of ULFA ‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh Baruah seeking
to regroup the remaining ULFA cadres in a bid to derail the peace
process.
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February 8
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An NDFB militant was arrested
by SFs from Ramfabil bazaar in Kokrajhar District.
UNI quoting security sources
reports that a cache of ammunition, suspected to be meant for
militant groups, was recovered by a team of CRPF from a vehicle
near the Assam-Meghalaya border. Five unidentified persons were
also arrested.
One suspected
linkman of anti-talks faction of the NDFB, identified as Bipul
Ramchiary of village Murmela, was arrested by the troops in Udalguri
District.
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February 9
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Unidentified NDFB cadres, in an
extortion-related attack, shot at and injured a businessman, Nepali
Banik, at Beltola Market under Kaki Police Station in Nagaon.
The Assam Rifles personnel recovered
and subsequently defused a 6 kilogram bomb, planted under a wooden
bridge in the Bagaribari area on the Dhekiajuli-Singri road in
Sonitpur District. An official of the 3rd Assam Rifles said, "The
bomb was no doubt planted by the NDFB probably to target security
forces."
SFs seized gelatine sticks weighing
around 2.5 kilograms, five detonators, and some Cordex wires from
the godown of grocery shop owner, Gosai Aich of Chapakhowa town
in Sadiya sub-division of Tinsukia District.
Four militants of anti-talks faction
of the NDFB, identified as Kumar Narzary, Biswanath Charali, Sanjib
Basumatary and Densereng Daimary, were arrested by SFs from Oiramghat
in Dhemaji District. Dhemaji Superintendent of Police, Satyaraj
Hazarika, said, "All of them had accepted to have been involved
in the January 23 blast on a railway track near the village."
Two unidentified militants of
the Rabha Viper Army (RVA) and a linkman with arms and ammunition
were arrested by the Army from Mantapara village of Kokrajhar
District.
Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai
said, "We are trying to apprehend Paresh Baruah who is in the
Kachin region bordering China. We are putting pressure on Myanmar
for this. Paresh Baruah is trying to establish links with China
for shelter and arms."
The main opposition party of Bangladesh,
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), denied reports that its key
official and party chief's son Tarique Rahman had met Indian fugitive
militant Paresh Barua.
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February 10
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Three anti-talks faction of the
NDFB militants were shot dead by SFs in an encounter at Jaulia
Centre near Jingabeel under Majbat Police Station in Udalguri
District.
One Steten Kustut, suspected to
be an AANLA militant, was arrested by troops of BSF in Golaghat
District.
BSF personnel deployed along India-Bangladesh
international in Dhubri District neutralised an intrusion bid
of unidentified miscreants from Bangladesh.
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February 11
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The KLNLF surrenders in a formal
surrender ceremony at the Kasa stadium in Diphu, the headquarters
of Karbi Anglong District.
Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai
in Kokrajhar District expressed concern over the deteriorating
law and order situation in Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC)
region and said that the Centre would take steps to stop the gun
culture.
Three cadres of anti-talks faction
of the NDFB were arrested by the troop in two separate search
operations in Udalguri District.
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February 12
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A day after the KLNLF gave up
its arms, the Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi asked the ULFA,
NDFB and other militant groups to lay down their arms to build
a peaceful Assam founded on the ideals propagated by Sankardev,
in Titabor of Jorhat District.
The pro-talks group of the ULFA
described the Government’s decision to drop the arms surrender
term for talks as a step in the right direction, which might even
prompt the ULFA outfit to consider coming forward for talks.
One of the kingpins of a fake
currency racket, identified as Dinesh Singh (27) of Tanger in
Bishenpur District of Manipur, was arrested by the SFs from the
Tarapur residential area of Silchar. He is also believed to be
linked with some militant organization.
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February 13
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A forest guard Nazimuddin Laskar
and some casual workers accompanying him were abducted by unidentified
militants in South Hailakandi area bordering Mizoram. However,
the militants later on let the casual workers free, but ‘detained’
Laskar and went into the forest.
Two NDFB militants were arrested
in a joint operation by the Police and Army in Jonai Cement Chapori
of Dhemaji District and others managed to escape.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
in Guwahati said that ULFA's self-styled 'commander-in-chief'
Paresh Baruah is trying to regroup the cadre to derail the peace
process initiated in Assam. He further said that the activities
of NSCN-IM were on the rise in the border Districts of Assam including
North Cachar Hills, Karbi Anglong, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sibsagar
and Tinsukia. Another disturbing factor, he added, was attempt
by Maoists to influence adivasi and other tribal youths
in the State.
The 'chairman' of ULFA, Arabinda
Rajkhowa, said that his outfit was not for peace talks but was
keen to resolve long-drawn contentious political issues through
negotiations.
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February 14
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A suspected militant belonging
to '709th battalion' of the ULFA was arrested by the
Police from Adamgiri Hill at Maligaon in the Guwahati city.
A group of unidentified militants,
who attacked Dariyaghat village in Hailakandi District along Assam-Mizoram
border, were chased away by local villagers.
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February 15
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Two cadres of anti-talks faction
of the NDFB were arrested by SFs from Bamungaon in Chirang District.
An army official said, "The park
[Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary in Sonitpur District] has also
turned into a hotbed of militancy. We have reports of the Ranjan
Daimary faction of the NDFB having a strong base inside the sanctuary."
The Assam Government asked the
Centre to equate ULFA with the NSCN when it comes to setting pre-conditions
for cease-fire and subsequent talks.
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February 16
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Tina Marak (36), a carrier of
illegal weapons, was arrested by the Police from Fancy Bazaar
in Guwahati city.
A designated Terrorist and Disruptive
Activities (TADA) court deferred its decision on bail applications
of ULFA ‘vice-chairman’ Pradip Gogoi and ‘publicity secretary’
Mithinga Daimary by a few days.
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February 17
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Two cadres of the Manipur-based
KCP outfit, identified as 'sergeant majors' Nongmaithen Naobi
alias Ramesh Singh and Digvijay Singh alias W. Dyak,
were arrested by the Police from Manipuri Basti area in Guwahati
City.
A person, Ajay Rajkhowa, was arrested
by the Police from Nazira of Sibsagar District for demanding money
from a businessman in the name of ULFA.
An unnamed spokesman of the newly
formed outfit United Democratic Liberation Front of Barak Valley
(UDLFBV) claimed that "Reangs are not involved in the kidnapping
of forest guard Nizamuddin Majumdar." He said that it might be
the handiwork of Atabur Bahini, a gang of goons operating along
the Assam-Mizoram border of South Hailakandi.
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February 18
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Three NDFB cadres were arrested
by SFs from two different places in Baksa District.
Police said that two unidentified
NDFB cadres were arrested from Dholpur in Lakhimpur District.
Two MULTA cadres were arrested
by the Army from Agomoni in Dhubri District.
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February 19
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An unidentified ULFA cadre was
shot dead by the Army at Lakhopur village in the Helecha-Lakhopur
area in Nalbari District.
Subrata Nath was injured when
unidentified militants opened fire at him at Samuguri village
under Howraghat Police Station in Karbi Anglong District.
One KLNLF militant, identified
as Babu Rongphar, was arrested by BSF from Golaghat.
SFs recovered three kilograms
of explosives, a pistol and ammunition from Simen Chapori Naokata
area in Dhemaji District.
The designated TADA court granted
bail to ULFA 'vice-chairman' Pradip Gogoi on conditions in three
cases registered against him.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
in Guwahati said: "We haven't got any indication from the ULFA
for peace talks as yet, and without any indication from the outfit
we can't move ahead. The outfit is adamant on its stand that talks
can't be held in handcuffs and from jail. We know this difficulty,
but can't do anything before the initiation of peace talks."
On the strategy formulated
by the bureaucrats to initiate the negotiation process, Assam
Chef Minister Tarun Gogoi said, "In the past, bureaucrats used
to formulate strategies for such purposes. But these days, we
(political heads) formulate strategies for the purpose."
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February 20
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Acting on tip off about NDFB cadre
carrying explosive materials on a train, a joint team of the Army
from Borengajuli Camp and Police recovered one kilogramme of explosives
from UP Intercity Express train at Tangla Railway Station in Udulgiri
District.
Suspected militants made a failed
attempt to abduct Naren Das, a farmer, from his residence at Lalcherra
in militancy affected South Hailakandi area.
Two self-styled 'sergeants' of
NSCN-U, identified as Anoto alias Anabo and John
alias Lucky, surrendered before SFs at Moran in Sivasagar
District.
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February 21
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The Assam Government
transferred ULFA's political ideologue Bhimkanta Buragohain alias
Mama to the Guwahati Central Jail from Tezpur in an attempt to
allow all the top jailed leaders of the outfit to meet inside
the prison to chart out a road map for peace talks.
A person, Amit Agarwalla,
was arrested by Gabharupathar Police from Kusum Guest House near
Paltan Bazar area in Dibrugarh District.
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February
23 |
A NDFB cadre, Rajib Brahma, was killed
in an encounter with security personnel at Balukmari in Kokrajhar
District.
The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities
(Prevention) Act, court released two top ULFA leaders, 'vice-chairman'
Pradip Gogoi and 'publicity secretary' Mithinga Daimary on bail.
Truck driver, Makran Ali, an employee
of Bulbul Enterprise, was abducted by militants. An unknown caller
reportedly claiming himself as Abdul Salam, 'chief' of the United
Revolutionary Army of Barak Valley, contacted one Hilal Uddin,
a hotelier at Ghatmura, and asked him to inform the owner of Bulbul
Enterprise to hand over INR one million for safe release of the
truck driver.
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February
24 |
Jamira Police along with Hailakandi
Superintendent of Police Vivekanda Das were fired upon by militants
at Khulinala in south Hailakandi bordering Mizoram and were compelled
to return as they had gone to the place to recover the truck of
an abducted driver.
A NDFB cadre was arrested by SFs
from Sialmari village under Serfanguri Police Station in Kokrajhar
District.
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February
25 |
Modalities for ULFA talks may figure
at the meeting slated to be held between Assam Chief Minister
Tarun Gogoi and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi.
After meeting with Union Home Minister
P. Chidambaram, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in Delhi reiterated
the outfit's need to drop the issue of sovereignty and abjure
violence before any parley.
After six years in prison, the ULFA
'publicity secretary', Mithinga Daimary (43), was released.
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February
26 |
Nazimuddin Majumdar, the forest guard
who was abducted by unidentified militants from Jhalnacherra on
February 13, was released.
The dead bodies of two militants
were recovered, when the Police raided the hideout of an armed
group, Atabur Bahini, at Sudhurtal between Jhalnacherra and Betcherra
in Hailakandi District bordering Mizoram.
Reports indicate that a new outfit,
consisting of cadres belonging to Muslim and Reang communities,
had been formed. Some local sources said a splinter group of Atabur
Bahini led by Abdul Salem had formed a new outfit called the United
Revolutionary Army of Barak Valley with the help of some Reang
tribals.
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March 1
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Four suspected militants of Bengali
Tiger Force (BTF) were shot dead in an encounter with SFs at Chereng
Chapori in Darrang District. This is the first major incident
involving BTF militants in the State after a majority of their
cadres laid down arms in 2006.
The dead body of abducted trader,
Sujit Paul (30), from Joypur area of Lakhipur bordering North
Cachar Hills District, was recovered from the dense forests of
Dijung hill in the neighbouring District in Assam. Sources said
that he was abducted and later killed by suspected NSCN-K militants.
A NDFB cadre was arrested by the
Army from Bhalukpong village in Sonitpur District.
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March 2
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Two Naga youths, suspected to
have links with militant outfits, were arrested by Police from
a Mokchung-bound night bus during a routine check near the office
of Cement Corporation of India at Bokajan in Karbi Anglong District.
A suspected MULTA militant was
arrested by SFs from Silongoni of Nagaon District.
Assam Governor J. B. Patnaik during
the Budget Session of the State Legislative Assembly said that
the Government is ready for talks with the militants within the
framework of the Constitution of India.
Security sources said that ULFA
‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh Baruah has started reorganising the
outfit.
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March 3
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Two ULFA cadres were arrested
by the Police at Barpara in Bongaigaon District.
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March 4
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The founder ‘vice-chairman’ of
ULFA, Pradip Gogoi, was released from jail after 18 years and
he called for initiation of the peace process to end insurgency
in Assam.
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March 7
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The Union Government may not be
willing to allow ULFA ‘commander in chief’ Paresh Baruah to "hold
talks to hostage" for an indefinite period if the other leaders
of the outfit express their desire to solve the problems through
discussions, highly placed official sources said.
Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC)
Chief Hagrama Mahilary held talks with ULFA ‘publicity secretary’
Mithinga Daimari at the latter’s residence at Nizzuluki near Barama
of Baksa District.
The ‘chairman’ of the ULFA’s women
wing Kaberi Kachari, who is also the wife of the ULFA ‘chairman’
Arabinda Rajkhowa, also held dialogue with Mithinga Daimari at
Nizzuluki. Kaberi met Mithinga along with Runumi Chetia, wife
of ULFA’s ‘foreign secretary’ Sasha Chaudhury.
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March 8
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Unidentified militants lobbed
a grenade at the residence of Congress party leader Pranjit Uzir
at Hadukata in Baksa District.
Two crude bombs, probably from
the Assam agitation days, were recovered from the drawer of a
table in the Economics Department of Gauhati University in Guwahati
in the afternoon.
A ULFA linkman was arrested by
the SFs at Sivasagar.
A NDFB cadre of Village Nigoam,
was arrested by the SFs in Bhalukpong of Sonitpur District.
The Assam Government assured the
Assembly that all efforts were on to trace the ‘commander-in-chief’
of BW, Niranjan Hojai, who had gone missing from a designated
camp about two months ago. So far, 15 BW militants, seven DHD
militants, 40 NDFB militants and five ULFA cadres have fled their
designated camps.
Bhutan would lift the travel restrictions
imposed on students and patients of his country after Operation
All Clear in 2003 to restore good relations with Assam.
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March 10
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Two suspects, of Phek District
of Nagaland, were arrested by the SFs at Bokajan town in Karbi
Anglong District.
Suspected KLNLF militants abducted
the supervisor of a private company, from Deothar under Santipur
Police Station in Karbi Anglong District.
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March 13
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Three unidentified cadres belonging
to anti-talks faction of the NDFB were arrested with arms by the
SFs from Maydungsire village in Sonitpur District.
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March 14
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A NDFB militant, Ronen Brahma,
was arrested by the Bhutan Army near Chirang District.
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March 15
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Assam Tribune quoting
security sources reports that the interrogation of the Communist
Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders arrested in recent
past indicated the game plan of the groups to extend cooperation
to militant groups in Northeast.
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March 16
|
Two suspected NDFB cadres were
shot dead by SFs at Majuli village in Udalguri District.
A NDFB militant, arrested by the
Bhutan Army near Chirang District on March 14, was handed over
to the Indian authorities.
Saurav Gogoi, surrendered ULFA
leader, was arrested by the Police following an instruction from
the Union Government on the charge of threatening Brahmaputra
Crackers & Polymers Limited (BCPL) officials. He was, however,
released on bail later on.
The outlawed outfit ULFA hoisted
a flag of the outfit, on the occasion of the ‘Military Day’ of
the outfit in the District headquarter town of Darrang at Mangaldai.
The flag was subsequently seized by the Police.
The ULFA is busy reorganizing,
in a bid to emerge as a force to reckon with ahead of the Assembly
elections, due early next year (2011).
More than 10,000 militants surrendered
before the Government in Assam since 1998. As per the list submitted
by the Assam Government in the State Assembly, the ULFA topped
the list of surrendered militants as during the period from 1998
to March 5, 2010, more than 4260 militants belonging to the outfit
have laid down arms.
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March 17
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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
of 4 Corps Lieutenant General Gyan Bhusan at Tezpur said the outlawed
ULFA in Assam is a spent force and has lost its sting following
sustained counter-insurgency operations and people's apathy towards
the insurgent group now.
The NSCN-K ‘area commander’ of
North Cachar Hills District in Zeliangrong M. Kamei condemned
the extortion drive carried out by some unidentified miscreants
using its fake and forged letter heads.
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March 19
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A NDFB militant, involved in timber
smuggling in Chariduar reserve forest, was killed in an encounter
with the Army at Abhoi centre near Batasipur in Sonitpur District
along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The militants hurled
a grenade at the Army team, resulting in splinter injuries to
two troopers.
The UPDS members, including ‘general
secretary’ Sai Ding-Eh, left for New Delhi to conduct meeting
with P.C. Halder, Central Government Peace Interlocutor.
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March 21
|
Two suspected cadres belonging
to the ‘27th battalion’ of the ULFA, were arrested by the SFs
for demanding money from a person in Dispur area of Guwahati city.
Three NDFB militants were arrested
by the SFs from Azara area in Guwahati city on the same day.
The Manipur-based militant outfits,
PLA and United National Liberation Front (UNLF), are on recruitment
drive in order to consolidate their bases in Barak Valley.
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March 24
|
A three-member team of the 'B'
company of the '28th battalion' of the ULFA led by
Sujit Mohan is reportedly holding talks with the Assam Police
on a possible ceasefire agreement.
One NDFB cadre, identified as
Bishnu Mushahary, was arrested by SFs at Simulguri under Bijni
Police Station of Chirang District.
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March 25
|
One person was arrested by the
SFs from Udalbakra area in Guwahati city along with five kilogrammes
of ammonium nitrate, 21 detonators, three gelatin sticks, 23 pieces
of explosive wire and splinters.
The Assam Government would constitute
a ministerial committee to make recommendations to the Union Government
on the demands raised by the UPDS during talks with the Union
Government's interlocutor P.C. Haldar.
Police recovered dead bodies of
two quilt-makers from Bihar, who were killed by suspected NDFB
militants in Koilajuli area of Sonitpur District.
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March 26
|
An NDFB militant, was lynched
and another seriously injured when they were attacked by a mob
at Pabhoi tea estate in Biswanath Chariali town in Sonitpur District.
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March 27
|
Two militants of anti-talks faction
of the NDFB were arrested by the SFs from Santipur area in Chirang
District.
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March 28
|
The Assam Government would have
to take the lead role in early completion of talks with militant
groups of the State, which already signed cease-fire agreements
for peaceful solution of the problems.
Sources said that India along
with Myanmar is planning a joint military action against Northeast
militants.
One US carbine, a gun and ammunition
were recovered by the BSF from the house of ULFA linkman, M. Lotha
at Binapur in Golaghat District.
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March 29 |
One 'commander' of the '27th
battalion' of the ULFA, was killed in an encounter with the SFs,
at Madeligaon village near Dalongghat under Kalaigaon Police Station
in Udalguri District.
Assam Forest Minister Rockybul
Hussain in the State Legislative Assembly said that among the
active militant groups, the ULFA has a strength of 875 cadres,
while the anti-talk faction of the NDFB has 225 cadres, AANLA
has 30 cadres, Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) has 40 cadres, Hmar
People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D) has 50 cadres, MULTA has
110 cadres and Assam unit of the Harkat-ul-Mujaheedin has 45 cadres.
The Minister said that two outfits,
Bircha Commando Force (BCF) and Adivasi Cobra Force (ACF), are
in suspension of operation with the State Government and two others-
BW and KLNLF laid down arms to join the mainstream.
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March 30 |
A 15 kilogramme of IED was recovered
by the SFs from the house of Sheikh Abdul Khandakar at Uttar Raipur
village underGolokganj Police Station of Dhubri District and the
bomb was subsequently defused.
SF personnel recovered a rifle
and ammunition hidden in a drain at Tiphuk tea estate of Sivasagar
District.
The KLNLF said that it would not
compromise on its demand for a separate State.
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April 1 |
A MULTA was arrested by SFs from
Diabari village under Bilasipara Police Station of Dhubri District.
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April 2 |
Two MULTA cadres were arrested
by the SFs from the Patgaon Jainaryarea under Serfanguri Police
Station of Kokrajhar District.
A NDFB militant was arrested by
the SFs from Daikarguri village under Bijni Police Station in
Chirang District.
A gang of 11 KLNLF militants snatched
away some arms from a camp situated at the Panbari Reserve Forest
of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Golaghat District on an unspecified
date.
KLNLF 'publicity secretary' Rejak
Dera said: "Seventy-five per cent of forests in Karbi Anglong
have been cleared by DHD(N) cadres, now lodged at the designated
camp at Dhansiri in Karbi Anglong. These militants have been selling
timber from Karbi Anglong to Nagaland."
One ULFA cadre was arrested by
SFs from Pithalibam village in Dibrugarh District.
MHA states that Manipur continues
to be the hotbed of insurgency followed by Assam as
150 violent incidents have been reported in the two States in
first three months of 2010, claiming 100 lives.
A MHA official said, "Though there
is a declining trend in the incidents of violence, both Manipur
and Assam continue to be the most troubled States in
the North east."
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April 3 |
KLNLF 'chairman', P. Dili, arrested
from Shillong in Meghalaya in May 2009, was released from Diphu
jail.
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April 4 |
An exchange of fire took place
between the Army and suspected ULFA militants at Litong Betoni
village under Pengeri Police Station in Tinsukia District.
Two persons were arrested by the
Army in Dhubri for possessing illegal arms.
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April 5
|
A NDFB militant was killed by
SFs in an encounter in Monglajhora under Bogribari Police Station
of Porbotjhora sub-division of Kokrajhar District.
Headmaster of Dengaon High School
under Dokmoka Police Station was rescued alive during operation
launched by SFs and Assam Police from Panjuri hill area of Karbi
Anglong District. He was abducted by a group of suspected NDFB
militant on March 28 from his residence.
ULFA is said to have stepped up
activities across some pockets in Upper Assam with a group entering
Borhat in Sivasagar District and the Kakopathar-Pengeri areas
in Tinsukia District. The sources added that the group had come
from the Myanmar camps of the outfit and entered Assam through
Tirap District of Arunachal Pradesh
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April 6
|
A cadre belonging to the outfit’s
‘28th battalion’ of the ULFA was arrested by the Police
from Lakhimpur.
ULFA celebrated its ‘31st
raising day’ with supporters and suspected cadres unfurling the
proscribed outfit’s flag in various places across Assam.
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April 7
|
Army personnel recovered explosives
suspected to be RDX from a Jorhat-Doomdooma bus at Rajmai in Sivasagar
District.
Suspected ULFA cadres hoisted
the outfit’s flag in Rajgarh market, while supporters of the outfit
tried to hoist the flag in an open field near the Tinsukia deputy
commissioner’s office.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said that operations against ULFA would continue because the outfit
was still recruiting cadres.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said
that the Maoists had attempted to infiltrate the border areas
of Assam over the past few years but failed because of "preventive
measures".
ULFA leader Arabinda Rajkhowa’s
former personal bodyguard, Dilip Barman, was attacked in Dhubri.
He was a central committee member of Dhubri Zila Praktan ULFA
Samannayrakshi Samiti (an organisation of former ULFA cadres).
The ULFA hoisted its organizational
flag at Bakaliaghat in Karbi Anlong District.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to
India, Tariq Ahmed Karim said, "The world has seen our resolve
to fight terrorism and India has acknowledged it at the highest
level. We shall not allow any terrorist act against India to be
carried out from our territory."
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April 8
|
The Union Government said it will
not enter into any kind of dialogue with splinter militant groups
operating in the Northeast nor accept their laying down of arms
in a public function.
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April 9
|
The Dhubri Zila Praktan ULFA Samannayrakshi
Samiti has called a 12-hour Dhubri District bandh (general shutdown)
beginning from 5am. It asked Assam Governor J.B. Patnaik to use
his office to get ULFA, ‘general secretary’, Anup Chetia, extradited
from Bangladesh.
A new militant outfit, Liberal
Democratic Council of Misingland (LDCM), was formed in Mising-inhabited
areas.
Two ULFA cadres were arrested
by the Police from Deotala under Narayanpur Police outpost in
Lakhimpur District.
State election commissioner Biren Dutta
said that the overall estimated turnout was 75 per cent and repolling
was ordered in 16 of the 2,685 polling stations in the 40 Bodoland
Territorial Council (BTC) seats.
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April 10
|
A Bodoland People’s Front (BPF)
party member was injured in a clash between the BPF and the ceasefire
group of the NDFB.
Two former ULFA militants, who
laid down arms in 2000, were arrested by the Goalpara District
Police from Salpara for acting as linkmen.
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April 11
|
A Policeman of 19 India Reserve
Battalion (IRB) was killed and another seriously injured in an
encounter with the ULFA militants at Kochgaon Tinthengia in Dibrugarh
District.
A militant managed to escape after
a brief encounter with SFs at Kulapathar in Tinsukia District
along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
has been putting pressure on the ruling United Progressive Alliance
(UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
for the initiation of direct talks with the ULFA.
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
also said, "Our efforts are on to bring Paresh Baruah to
the table for talks. However, nothing can be said with certainty
so long as Paresh Baruah is at large."
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April 12 |
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
admitted the links between insurgent groups like ULFA and the
CPI-Maoist.
Security sources earlier said
that if the guns used in the massacre at Dantewada in Chhattisgarh
were not all snatched from local SFs; chances are that some of
them came from the Northeast, ferried in oil tankers.
Assam Chief Minister said that
the Government would wait for some more time to have ULFA 'commander-in-chief'
Paresh Baruah in the proposed peace dialogue, but hinted that
the talks could start without him as well.
The Assam Government has to spend
around INR 7.59 million a month for the 4,006 militant cadres
who have been staying in various designated camps in the State.
Two persons were arrested by the
SFs with ammunition near Nanja in Karbi Anglong District. The
SFs suspect that they are involved in illegal arms dealing and
associated with the Manipur-based outfit Kuki Revolutionary Army
(KRA).
One ULFA linkman was arrested
by the Army from Nampara village in Goalpara District.
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April 13 |
Ajay Rajkonwar, brother of ULFA
'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa, sent a fax message to Assam Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi requesting him to allow Arabinda Rajkhowa
to go home to meet his ailing mother during Rongali Bihu festival.
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April 14 |
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said that Assam Government will have no objection in allowing
jailed ULFA 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa to visit his ailing 90-year-old
mother, especially with people celebrating Assamese New Year or
Bohag Bihu.
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April 16 |
One cadre of the Manipur-based
PULF of Makhan Nagar area under Jirighat Police Station in Cachar
District was arrested by the SFs. PULF after lying low in Barak
Valley for long respite has been trying to regroup and spread
its presence.
The Union Government has expressed
concern on the availability of Bangladeshi subscriber identity
module cards along the region's border and called for steps to
check the development.
ULFA 'vice-president' Pradip Gogoi
and 'publicity secretary' Mithinga Doimary visited Barpeta to
know the views of the people of Barpeta about the ULFA and the
Union Government talks before the Sanmilit Jatiya Abhibartan which
will be held on April 24.
An unidentified NDFB cadre was
shot dead by the Army at Goalbil under Barama Police station in
the Baksa District.
Two cadres belonging to anti-talks
faction of the NDFB were arrested by SFs, while conducting extortion
at Khagrabari village in Udalguri District.
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April 18 |
Former General Officer Commanding
(GOC) of the Army's 4 Corps, Lieutenant General (retd) D.B. Shekhatkar
warned that though the fundamentalist forces are lying low at
this moment, the region is virtually sitting on a sleeping volcano,
which may erupt at any time and "one should not be surprised if
a demand for separation comes up by the end of the year 2018."
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April 19 |
Unidentified assailants opened
fired at two Policemen near Mendubi village along the Karbi Anglong-Nagaon
District border.
Two persons, Mangal Mahato and
Mantu Mahato, were arrested by the Police from Hotel Imperial
at Kokrajhar. They were suspected to be Communist Party of India-Maoist
(CPI-Maoist) cadres.
Two ULFA linkmen were arrested
by SFs from Outala and Chamuapara villages under Mangaldai Police
Station of Darrang District.
A suspected Kachin Independent
Arm (KIA) cadre, Sanlim Singpho (35), was arrested by the Dibrugarh
District Police from the doctor hostel of Assam Medical College
(AMC).
ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh
Barua rejected the peace initiative taken by the newly floated
Citizen's Forum stating that the outfit would never compromise
on its demand for sovereignty.
One surrendered NDFB militant was shot dead by
the anti-talks faction of the outfit at Pahijuri under Rangapara
Police Station in Sonitpur District.
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April 20 |
Hiren Gohain, President of the
Preparatory Committee for All Assam Convention for Revival of
Talks between Government and the ULFA, said that ULFA 'commander
in chief' should wait until conditions are suitable for a meeting
of the central committee in a situation free from constraints
before rushing to the press.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
in New Delhi said that the Government will not wait "indefinitely"
for elusive ULFA military 'chief' Paresh Baruah to come for talks
but expects "some good news" in the next few days.
Regarding the ULFA's links with
the CPI-Maoist in Assam, the Chief Minister said that all extremists
groups like Maoists and ULFA are "in the same boat" as all of
them believe in armed struggle, which is not acceptable for a
democratic country like India.
SFs raided a house at Bherbari
village under Tamarhat Police Station in Dhubri District and arrested
two persons who are suspected to be linkmen of the NDFB.
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April 21 |
A suspected NDFB militant, Suresh
Rabha, was arrested by SFs from the Barbari area in Guwahati city.
A suspected ULFA cadre was arrested
from Narangi area of Guwahati.
The ULFA 'commander-in-chief'
Paresh Barua in an e-mail to the newly floated Citizen's Forum's
leader Hiren Gohain, over the panel's plan to hold a convention
on peace, said "There is no question of talks without the issue
of sovereignty on the agenda. Agreeing to hold talks without the
sovereignty issue would be like surrendering to the colonial forces".
The 'deputy commander-in-chief'
of the ULFA, Raju Barua, said that it was the central committee
of the outfit that was empowered to take a decision in a free
and fair atmosphere on holding peace talks with the Government
of India.
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April 22 |
The ULFA 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa,
deputy 'commander-in-chief' Raju Baruah and 'foreign secretary'
Shashadhar Chouhury were produced in the TADA-designated court,
in connection with eight cases pending against them.
The Union Government has clarified
that no formal request for release of the ULFA leaders from jail
has been received by Assam Government.
In another e-mail statement, Paresh
Barua once again criticized some intellectuals of the State for
having failed to understand the ULFA's ideology.
The Assam Public Works (APW) criticized
the ULFA Paresh Baruah for being a stumbling block to the peace
process in Assam.
A trader's son was abducted by
armed men at Hukrajuli under Dhekiajuli Police Station in Sonitpur
District. NDFB was suspected to be behind the act since the outfit
is active in these areas.
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April 23 |
A militant belonging to the MULTA
was arrested by the SFs at Paglahat area in Dhubri District.
ULFA stated that it might soften
its stand on the sovereignty issue, a demand which the group had
set as a precondition for talks with the Government.
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April 24 |
Telegraph reports that
a trader was shot and injured by militants at Batasipur in Sonitpur
District when he resisted an attempt to abduct him from a market
on an unspecified date.
Telegraph reports that
a trader was abducted from Mezengajuli weekly market under Missamari
Police Station in Sonitpur District on an unspecified date.
Amid opposition from the ULFA
'commander-in-chief' Paresh Baruah, a number of intellectuals
and litterateurs of the State are going to hold the Sanmilita
Jatiya Abhivartan at ITA Cultural Centre for Performing Arts at
Muchkhowa in Guwahati.
The NDFB and ULFA formed and nurtured
several radical outfits like MULTA to get logistical support,
shelter and passage in minority-dominated Districts of lower Assam.
The Sanmilita Jatiya Abhivartan
convened at Guwahati by intellectuals and civil society activists
of Assam, adopted several resolutions appealing to the Government
to hold discussion with the ULFA on its various demands, including
the core demands.
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April 25 |
Sources indicate that ULFA 'commander-in-chief'
Paresh Baruah might have returned to Bangladesh recently.
The State level convention organized
by prominent citizens in Assam called for release of the jailed
leaders of the ULFA to enable the outfit to hold its central committee
meeting. Sources said that it would be difficult for the Government
to do so without going through the judicial process.
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April 26 |
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said, "Let the ULFA first respond to the resolutions adopted by
the Citizens' Forum. We have to know what the ULFA thinks about
the forum and also if the outfit's leadership acknowledges the
initiative taken by it."
The dead body of a surrendered
ULFA militant was recovered from near the railway tracks in Chungajan
in Golaghat District.
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April 27 |
The Assam Police detained six
persons from Goalpara and Kamrup Districts, including two from
Guwahati, in connection with ULFA's for plan to carryout bomb
blasts in the Guwahati city.
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April 28 |
Two cadres of the United Democratic
Liberation Front-Barak (UDLF-B) were arrested by the SFs from
Alagapur of Hailakandi District, when they were trying to extort
money from the local people of Algapur market. They were involved
in an extortion racket run by UDLF-B headed by Danya Ram along
with Lamboo Reang.
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April 29 |
Unidentified militants lobbed
grenades on Police in Haflong town of North Cachar Hills District.
The ULFA has launched an extortion
drive and served extortion notices to people in different parts
of Assam.
The MHA has sent a wireless message
to the Assam Director General of Police (DGP) Sankar Barua that
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, State Health Minister Himanta Biswa
Sarma and his brother Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sushanta
Biswa Sarma were on the hit list of the ULFA.
ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh
Barua once again stated, "ULFA will sit for talks only if sovereignty
is included for negotiations. There is no point for the organization
to put forth any further proposal."
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April 30 |
Three persons of a private company
were abducted by unidentified militants from near Ramnathpur village
in Sonitpur District.
SFs arrested three cadres of the
anti-talks faction of the NDFB from Debang reserve forest in Dhemaji
District along the Assam-Arunachal border.
ULFA militant Raja Bora, bodyguard
of outfit's 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa, was produced before
the Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court in connection
with the Bharalumukh blast, Bhangagarh blast and a case relating
to the Special Investigation Team (SIT).
Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai
said that Union Government is waiting for a nod from Chief Minister
Tarun Gogoi to start dialogue with the ULFA - with or without
Paresh Barua.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said that talks between the Government and the ULFA were possible
without Paresh Baruah's participation.
Two cadres of the Manipur-based
outfit United National Liberation Front (UNLF), were arrested
by the Police at Patharquwariri at Guwahati, while planning to
proceed to Myanmar.
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May 1 |
Bangladesh handed over Ranjan
Daimary, the 'president' of the NDFB to India.
The Ex- BLT Welfare Society at
Langhin Tiniali in the Karbi Anglong District said that Ranjan
Daimary faction of the NDFB is actively involved in various anti-social
activities in the District.
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May 2 |
A suspected KLNLF cadre was killed
by SFs during an encounter at Beygaon of Karbi Anglong District.
SFs neutralised an arms and explosives-manufacturing
factory at Kathaldi char (River Island) under Bilasipara Police
Station in Dhubri District. One MULTA militant was arrested.
Two NDFB cadres were arrested
by SFs from Gandhi Basti area under Chandmari Police Station of
Guwahati city.
Anti-talks faction of the NDFB
'chief' Ranjan Daimary was produced before the Court of Chief
judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Kamrup where he was remanded to 12
days of Police custody.
Army sources said that 28 cadres
of the NDFB's anti-talk faction were killed in the first four
months of 2010. Sources also revealed that 13 cadres of the outfit
were killed in the counter-insurgency operations in January 2010,
seven were killed in February, five were killed in March and three
were killed in April. In 2009, more than 70 cadres of the outfit
were killed.
Army sources said cadres of the
NDFB's anti-talk faction are still indulging in extortions and
abductions in the areas bordering Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh
taking advantage of the lack of adequate security cover in the
area.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said that the Government was ready for discussion with the NDFB
minus the demand for sovereignty if the outfit wanted.
A suspected PULF cadre was arrested
by the Police from Hatigaon in Guwahati city.
The Army has launched an extensive
drive to locate the hideouts of criminals who masquerade as militants
and indulge in extortion and abduction in Hailakandi District.
The activities of the armed criminals have recently gathered momentum
in the District with at least three groups - the UDLF-B, Atabur
Bahini and UDLA engaged in the anti-social activities.
Around 150 cadres are believed
to be with Ranjan Daimary faction of the NDFB. The Government
plans to get him to the negotiating table.
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May 3 |
NDFB leader Ranjan Daimary confessed
that the October 30 serial explosions in Assam that killed 100
people and wounded around 800 were carried out under his express
instructions.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said the Ranjan Daimary was responsible for over 90 deaths during
the October 30, 2008 serial blasts in the State.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said
that the case of the two recently-arrested UNLF leaders would
be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Tarun
Gogoi condemned the ULFA for being 'insincere' about the proposed
talks by adamantly insisting on 'sovereignty' as the issue, saying
that no dialogue was possible under the circumstances as sovereignty
was 'non-negotiable'.
Sources said that at least two
batches of NDFB cadres were sent to Pakistan for training with
the support of the ISI.
The NDFB was also maintaining
close ties with different anti-India groups having bases in Bangladesh.
According to an assessment by the SFs, at least a hundred trained
cadres of the outfit are still in Assam, while, around 50 cadres
must be in Bangladesh.
Sources said that after the arrest
of NDFB 'chief' Ranjan Daimary, the Government of India provided
information about the whereabouts of several other militant leaders
in Bangladesh and waiting for the response.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
warned that NDFB and ULFA cadres were looking to carry out subversive
activities jointly in the State, including the capital city.
Reacting to Daimary's arrest,
the pro-talks faction of the NDFB which is in ceasefire with the
Government, said that the development would not have any impact
on the ongoing peace initiative between the outfit and New Delhi.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said that CPI-Maoist were in touch with their contacts in the
State and were trying to set up base in some backward areas.
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May 4 |
Ranjan Daimary said that he was
ready to hold talks with the Government and would do a rethink
on the core demand of 'sovereignty'.
The steering committee formed
by the April 24 Sanmilita Jatio Abhibartan (United National Convention)
said that the ULFA central committee could only decide whether
or not the militant outfit would sit with the Government of India
for negotiation without its 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua.
All Assam Tribal Sangha (AATS)
has said that the Ranjan Daimary should be treated in the manner
the arrested ULFA leaders are being treated.
A tragedy was averted after SFs
intercepted a vehicle carrying an IED weighing eight kilograms
at Harathuta under Gossaigaon Police Station of Kokrajhar District.
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May 5 |
Two NDFB cadres were reportedly
shot dead by the Army during an encounter at Nayabasti in Baksa
District.
One 10th class student
was injured when some ULFA militants opened fire at Pabon Agarwala
at Moran under Moran Police Station in Dibrugarh District.
A suspected gun smuggler was arrested
by the SFs on Goalpara-Ambari Road at Taraibari check post of
Goalpara District.
Bangladesh Government launching
counter-insurgency operation targeting militants of Northeast
taking shelter in that country, the possibility of the militants
trying to sneak into India cannot be ruled out and the personnel
of the BSF have been put on the alert to thwart any such move.
The United Democratic People's
Front (UDPF) asked the Union Government to initiate the peace
process with the faction of the NDFB headed by Ranjan Daimary
by bringing him to the negotiation table.
The BSF informed the Gauhati High
Court that it had no information regarding the whereabouts of
the wife, son and daughter of NDFB 'chairman' Ranjan Daimary.
Plans of a demonstration to seek
the unconditional release of the arrested founder of the NDFB,
Ranjan Daimary, were thwarted after hundreds of activists from
across the Bodo belt were stopped from proceeding to Guwahati
for the meeting.
The Bodo intellectuals have demanded
of the Government to initiate peace talks with arrested NDFB 'chairman'
Ranjan Daimary for restoring total peace and normalcy in the region.
Families of the victims of the
October 30, 2008 blasts in the State have demanded exemplary punishment
to Ranjan Daimary 'chairman' of anti-talks faction of the NDFB.
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May 6 |
Sentinel reports that A
trader was abducted by suspected militants from his residence
at Khusurabari village of Udalguri District on an unspecified
date.
A NDFB cadre was killed in an
encounter with SFs at Gwjwnpuri near Monglajhora under Porbotjhora
sub-division in Kokrajhar District.
A trader was abducted by suspected
militants from Disangmukh in Sivasagar District.
Sources said that the next target
of the banned ULFA to carry subversive activities is Chief Minister
Tarun Gogoi's home District Jorhat.
The All Bodo Women's Welfare Federation
(ABWWF) demanded the Assam Government for the safe return of Lina
Daimary, wife of NDFB 'chairman' Ranjan Daimary, and her two sons.
The United People's Federation
of Assam (UPFA) urged upon the Government of India to expedite
the peace talks with the NDFB, pro-talk ULFA, DHD, KLNLF and other
outfits who are already under ceasefire to solve their problems
politically.
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May 7 |
Two ULFA militants surrendered
before BSF at Salmora BSF camp in Golaghat.
India asked visiting key aide
to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Mashiur Rahman for the custody
of detained ULFA 'general secretary' Anup Chetia.
The Union Government's peace envoy
for the Northeast P.C. Haldar, Assam Principal Secretary (Home)
Subhash Das, Special Branch Additional Director General of Police
(ADGP) Khagen Sarma and KLNLF 'publicity secretary' Rejak Dera
and three others participated in the tripartite talks held at
SB headquarters in Guwahati.
ULFA 'vice-chairman' Pradip Gogoi
said that the decision on the talks process would be taken collectively
by its central committee.
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May 8 |
A suspected KLNLF cadre was killed
in an encounter by SFs at Burapahar under Jakhalabandha Police
Station in Nagaon District.
Ranjan Daimary, arrested 'chairman'
of the NDFB, is now talking of peace and frequently telephoning
his 'commanders' in the forests not to carry out any more violent
strikes in the State.
The All Bodo Lawyers' Forum expressed
their solidarity with the arrested NDFB founder Ranjan Daimary
while the United Democratic Peoples' Front (UDPF) called a 12-hour
Assam bandh (general shut down) on May 10 in protest against the
alleged discriminatory attitude towards the leader.
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May 9 |
The KLNLF has formed a six-member
special committee to prepare its demand charter, which would be
submitted in the next round of tripartite talks likely to be held
later in May 2010.
Union Home Secretary G. K. Pillai
said the Union Government is aware that the CPI-Maoist had been
in touch with some of the other militant outfits in different
parts of the country like NSCN-IM and ULFA.
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May 10
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Two top ULFA leaders said that
the banned outfit would not change its stance on ‘sovereignty’
while opting for talks with the Government, saying ULFA was not
"chasing a dream aimlessly."
The 12-hours Assam bandh (general
shut down) called by the United Democratic People’s Front (UDPF),
in protest against the alleged discriminatory and biased attitude
showed towards NDFB ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary by the State Government,
affected normal life in lower Assam.
The All Assam Tribal Sangha (AATS)
asked the State as well as the Union Governments to initiate peace
talks with the NDFB. The Sangha members, alleging of discrimination
against Daimary by the State Government, said that Daimary should
be given the same status as Arabinda Rajkhowa or Raju Barua of
the ULFA.
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May 11
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An Assistant Manager of Lalcherra
Garden of Dullavcherra Tea Estate under Ratabari Police Station
was abducted by a group of suspected UDLA militants from Balia
plantation in Karimganj District.
Surrendered cadres of the NDFB
feel that they have been given a ‘raw deal’ by the Government.
Boro Women’s Justice Forum (BWJF)
president, Anjali Daimari and general secretary Joysree Daimari,
said that they do not intend to be a party to the controversy
around lawyers’ refusal to provide legal services to NDFB ‘chairman’
Ranjan Daimary, but mentioned the names of lawyers who promised
their services, then withdrew and also the lawyers who came to
meet Ranjan secretly after openly declaring their dislike of him.
The Guwahati Lawyers’ Association
(GLA) refrained from extending any legal help to Ranjan Daimary,
arguing that it had been a party to the October 30, 2008 serial
blasts case as it had lodged a First Information Report (FIR)
in Panbazar Police Station. The Gauhati High Court Bar Association
(GHCBA) said that its members were free to take the case of Ranjan
Daimary or any other persons.
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May 12
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Sentinel reports
that with a view to carrying out extortion drive, the NSCN-IM
recently provided arms training for about 30 Muslim youths from
Barak Valley for three months at its headquarters camp Hebron
in Nagaland. Further, the Naga militant group needs a militant
outfit in the valley, which could be used for pushing its cadres
into Bangladesh.
Telegraph reports that
the MHA has rescheduled its deadline for the completion of border
fencing along the 269 kilometer long border in Assam with Bangladesh
to April 2012.
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May 13
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Assam Tribune
quoting security sources reports that the NSCN played a key role
in the formation of the NDFB, while the outfit also maintained
links with Pakistan’s ISI since the early 1990s. Sources further
revealed that Daimary also stayed in the bases of the NSCN in
Thailand for quite some time and established contacts with some
agents of the ISI in 1993.
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May 14
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The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate
(CJM) in Kamrup remanded NDFB ‘charman’ Ranjan Daimary to another
two days of Police custody after he was produced in a camp court
at the Guwahati Central Jail premises.
The pro-talks faction of the NDFB
which is on a ceasefire mode has accused the State Government
of doing "politics of hatred and discrimination" against
the Bodo community and asked the Government of India to create
"Bodoland" without further delay under Article 2 and
3 of the Indian Constitution.
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May 16
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NDFB ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary
said that he was ready to hold unconditional peace talks with
New Delhi but made it clear negotiations cannot be held with "handcuffs
on".
Sentinel reports that various
non-Dimasa tribes had teamed up to form a new militant outfit,
Hill Tiger Force (HTF), in protest against the State Government’s
decision to rename the North Cachar Hills as ‘Dima Hasao’ District
to appease the Dimasa community.
The CBI secured nine days’ remand
for the Ranjan Daimary, the prime accused in the October 30, 2008
serial blasts. Daimary was produced at the Court of CJM, Kamrup
after remaining in 14 days’ Police custody in connection with
two different cases.
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May 17
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Telegraph quoting sources
which interrogated NDFB ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary reports that
he used to receive nearly INR 0.6 to 0. 7 million every month
from Assam half of which was spent on running a camp at Khagracherri
in Bangladesh and another in Myanmar.
One RVA cadre was arrested in
a joint operation of Goalpara Police and CRPF in Salpara village
under Dudhnoi Police Station of Goalpara District.
SFs arrested the Kokrajhar platoon
'commander' of the anti-talks faction of the NDFB under Serfanguri
Police Station in Kokrajhar District.
Two ULFA were arrested by SFs
operating in Darrang District. The duo was intercepted near Patharighat
in an Army mobile check post.
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May 18 |
Assam Tribune reports that
majority of the militant groups of the Northeast are still getting
weapons manufactured by the Government run ordnance factories
in China, while the weapons offloaded by the Chinese Army is also
being sold to the militants by the clandestine arms dealers.
A MULTA cadre was arrested by
SFs at Tarai bari under Goalpara Police Station in Goalpara District.
Hagrama Mohilary, the chief of
Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) welcomed NDFB leader Ranjan
Daimari's proposal for unconditional talks to resolve the issues
between the Government and the NDFB leadership.
According to delayed report, a
cadre of the Manipur based PULF was arrested by Lakhipur Police
from Labac part-I in Chanpur of Cachar District.
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May 19 |
Two militants were killed in a
gunfight between the Karbi Liberation Tiger Force (KLTF) and Police
at Bokoliaghat village in Karbi Anglong District. The KLTF is
a newly floated group in the Karbi Anglong District, comprising
some cadres of the KLNLF that entered into a ceasefire with Union
Government in 2009. The KLTF is fighting for an independent homeland
for the Karbi tribe in eastern Assam.
A NDFB militant was shot dead
killed by the SFs during an encounter in Udalguri District.
A person returning from "a business
trip" in China was arrested in Bangladesh, prompting the Indian
Government to verify whether he is ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh
Barua.
Unconfirmed reports also said
that ULFA 'general secretary' Anup Chetia, who had been in Bangladesh
for over 10 years, was handed over to Indian authorities in New
Delhi.
Two ULFA cadres were arrested
by the BSF troops during a search operation at Jorhat.
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May 20 |
Telegraph reports that
the pro-talks faction of the NDFB has expressed concern over the
alleged harassment of some of its members by the CBI by trying
to implicate them in the October 30, 2008 blasts.
Suspected NDFB militant was killed
by the SFs during an encounter in the Ambari area under Datigiri
Police outpost in Chirang District bordering Bhutan.
A MULTA cadre was arrested by
SFs during a search operation at Kumri in Goalpara District.
Union Home Secretary G K Pillai
dismissed reports on the arrest of ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh
Barua in Bangladesh.
A tea planter, who was abducted
from Karimganj District by a breakaway Reang outfit on May 11,
was released their hideout in neighbouring Hailakandi District.
Police sources said he was, the assistant manager of Dullavcherra
tea estate in Karimganj, was set free at Betcherra in Katlicherra
block, by the UDLF-B. It is a splinter group of the UDLA, whose
leader, D. Reang, was arrested in 2009.
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May 21 |
Assam Tribune reports that
security sources said that the ULFA has started a massive drive
to extort money to boost its coffers and a number of persons including
businessmen received extortion notes.
Sentinel reports that SFs
operating in Kharupetia in Darrang District neutralised a major
narcotics racket in the area and recovered 85 kilogrammes of contraband
ganja (marijuana) and arrested two persons. Later, with the raid
in Manik's house the Army recovered additional 70 kilogrammes
of marijuana. However, Manik Boro managed to escape. The money
from this illegal drug trade was being used to fund the anti-talks
faction of the NDFB operating in Udalguri District.
A ULFA linkman was arrested by
the SFs during a search operation at Salbari in Kokrajhar District.
A surrendered MULTA cadre was
arrested by the SFs from Lalkura village in Dhubri District. He
was acting as a NDFB linkman.
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May 23 |
A NDFB militant was killed in
an encounter with SFs at Lalborahi under Rangapara Police Station
along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in Sonitpur District.
A large quantity of explosives,
suspected to be belonging to ULFA, was recovered by the SFs from
Joypur reserve forest of Dibrugarh District.
A senior Police official in Kokrajhar
said there was confusion among the NDFB cadres and other second-rank
leaders after the arrest of their 'chairman' and founder Ranjan
Daimary. Kokrajhar Superintendent of Police P.K. Dutta said that
the NDFB was still well-equipped with sophisticated weapons and
can strike hard.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
in Dispur said, "The law-and-order situation has improved and
groups like ULFA and NDFB, besides others have realised the futility
of violence, which is a good sign." while renewing his appeal
to ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Baruah to come for peace talks.
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May 25 |
Self-styled 'lance corporal' of
'28th battalion' of the ULFA surrendered before SFs
in Tinsukia District.
Ranjan Daimary, 'chairman' of
the NDFB was produced before a camp court in the Guwahati Central
Jail. The court has sent him to one-day transit custody under
the Sonitpur Police in connection with the Bhimajuli blast case.
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
in Guwahati said that there had been a dramatic improvement in
the State's security scenario. He also informed that while the
Chief Minister has been asked to carry forward the political process
for negotiation with the militant outfits the SFs have been instructed
'to continue implementing the policy that is in force.'
Union Home Minister said that
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi would take decisions on peace talks
with the ULFA - when, with whom and how- and that the Union Government
would extend all help towards that end.
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May 26 |
Sentinel reports that in
a joint operation, the SFs neutralised a consignment of arms and
ammunition, headed for Dimapur in Nagaland, near Garampani area
of Karbi Anglong District and arrested four persons on an unspecified
date.
The Assam State Cabinet decided
to start the process of talks with the ULFA without Paresh Baruah,
the 'commander-in-chief' of the outfit, who is still maintaining
a rigid stand on the issue of talks.
The CBI released photographs of
nine NDFB militants, who were accused in the October 30, 2008
serial blasts in Assam. The CBI has announced a cash reward of
INR 0.5 million for anyone giving information about the militants.
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May 27 |
Assam Police claimed that three
of the top NDFB cadres, who have also been named in the charge
sheet filed by the CBI in connection with October 30, 2008 serial
blasts, are trying to regroup the unit with their bases outside
the country.
With the Assam Government deciding
in principle to initiate talks with the ULFA, the outfit responded
by saying that any decision on its participation would be taken
by its 'general council'.
Assam Government stated that the
role of the Union Government's interlocutor P.C. Haldar will "remain
intact" despite Union Government handing over the mandate to carry
forward the political process with insurgent outfits to the State
Government.
Three NDFB cadres were arrested
by the SFs from Kokrajhar area. The cadres were reportedly involved
in one of the nine bomb explosions in Bongaigaon on October 30,
2008.
CBI Superintendent of Police,
N.S. Kharayat, said, "All the four [including cadres arrested
in Kokrajhar] arrested are directly linked to the serial blasts
and we consider it a major success and we hope to catch a few
more soon." "Vital clues were provided by NDFB chairman Ranjan
Daimary during our nine days interrogation," he added.
NDFB 'chairman' Ranjan Daimary,
who has been in Biswanath Chariali Police Station since he was
produced in the Biswanath Court on May 16 last in connection with
the October 4, 2009 Bhimajuli massacre, confessed before the Sonitpur
District Police that the action was headed by top hardcore militant
leader I.K. Songbijir alias Songbijir Ingti Kathar.
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May 28 |
Sentinel reports that earlier
PULF cadre was arrested from Lalpani under Jirighat Police Station
on an unspecified date.
ULFA said that it had never agreed
to start a dialogue without Paresh Barua. Its 'publicity secretary'
Mithinga Daimary said that since no formal decision has been taken
by us, the question of leaving out Paresh Barua does not arise.
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May 29 |
NDFB 'chief' Ranjan Daimary has
been sent to three days' Police custody of Rangapara Police Station
against the case No.140/09.The court of first class judicial magistrate,
Tezpur, ordered the three-day remand for him.
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May 30 |
Unidentified miscreants set ablaze
a Nagaland bound truck carrying 70 brand new motor-cycles at Rangajan
in Golaghat District. Sources said that the truck along with the
motor-cycles were set ablaze by the supporters of counter-blockade
prior to the peace talk between the Union Government and the NSCN-IM
which is scheduled to be held from May 31 in Nagaland.
Khargeswar Basumatary alias
Rahul Brahma, one of the prime accused in the October 30, 2008
serial blasts, was sent to CBI custody for eight days by a local
court of Guwahati. Basumatary was arrested from Ziro in Arunachal
Pradesh on May 27.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
asked the ULFA to formally apprise the State Government of its
decision on peace talks to end three decades of insurgency in
the region.
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May 31 |
Sentinel reports that SFs
neutralised an isolated ULFA hideout in a Char (riverine) area
at Bangalpota near Rangamati under Mangaldai Police Station in
Darrang District on an unspecified date. A ULFA cadre and linkman
were arrested in the operation from Char area.
The central committee leaders
of the ULFA, including 'vice-president' Pradip Gogoi and 'publicity
secretary' Mithinga Daimary, met in the central jail on the issue
of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's statement on May 30 that the outfit
should send a formal proposal for peace talks to the Government.
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June 1 |
Two NDFB cadres were killed in
an encounter with SFs at Aodang bazaar under Karigaon Police outpost
in Kokrajhar District.
A Santhali Tiger Force (STF) militant
was arrested by the SFs from Kalasi Jharbari under Serfanguri
Police Station in Kokrajhar District.
A militant of '3rd
battalion' of the NDFB surrendered before the CRPF IGP (NES) R.K.
Singh in Guwahati.
A NDFB cadre was arrested by the
SFs from Matiadol under Bogribari Police Station in Kokrajhar
District.
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June 2 |
After a long 24 years, Ranjan
Daimary, chief of NDFB, entered home town Udalguri amid tight
security. Daimary was produced in Udalguri court and was remanded
to Udalguri Police custody for 14 days.
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June 3 |
Even after the arrest of Ranjan
Daimary, cadres of the anti-talk faction of the NDFB are indulging
in abduction to extort money. According to Police, at least nine
persons are in the captivity of the outfit in the forest areas
along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.
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June 5 |
Sentinel reports that another
militant outfit masquerading as HTF has appeared in Dima Hasao
District. The report adds that floating of HTF cannot be viewed
in isolation. With the naming of North Cachar Hills as Dima Hasao
and as approved by the State Government, united voice of resentment
and protest by various non Dimasa bodies has been raging across
the District.
Unidentified militants exploded
two grenades near the public health engineering office at Haflong
in North Cachar Hills District of Assam around 8 pm (IST).
A cadre and two linkmen of the
anti-talks faction of NDFB were arrested from Sesapani and Kagrabari
villages under Dotma Police Station in the Kokrajhar District.
A police team recovered a cache
of explosives from a banana grove at Chinatoly village under Gaurisagar
Police Station in Sivasagar District. The recovery includes 12
IEDs, 24 detonators, five batteries, fuse wire and flexible wire.
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June 6 |
NDFB 'chief' Ranjan Daimary would
be interrogated soon by Kokrajhar Police, informed Kokrajhar Superintendent
of Police P.K. Dutta. Dutta also revealed that there were evidences
establishing links between NDFB militants and political parties
like Bodo People's Progressive Front (BPPF), which was of serious
concern.
Dutta also referred to specific
inputs that KLO 'chief' Jiban Sing was presently roaming in the
border areas of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Dhubri Districts of
lower Assam keeping nexus with ULFA cadres to strengthen militant
activities.
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June 7 |
The report submitted to the Union
Government by the IB stated that the ULFA is no longer a force
to reckon with.
Telegraph reports that
the ULFA is unlikely to formally express its willingness to sit
for the proposed peace talks with the Government until Bangladesh
hands over its 'general secretary' Anup Chetia, despite the apparent
desire of its leaders in Assam to start the process at the earliest.
Counter blockade imposed by the
supporters of All Assam Manipur Students' Organization on vehicles
going to Nagaland from Assam set on fire an oil tanker heading
towards Makokchung at Golaghat.
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June 8 |
Assam Tribune quoting security
agency sources reports that the newly constituted Eastern Region
Bureau of the CPI-Maoist had been entrusted with the task of establishing
foothold in the Northeast.
Another loaded truck carrying
essential commodities was overturned at Amarjan in Karbi-Anglong.
A Joint Action Committee (JAC)
formed by 12 organisations under the aegis of the All Assam Manipuri
Students' Organisation imposed a 36-hour counter blockade from
Numaligarh in Golaghata and Nagaon to Dimapur in Nagaland against
imposition of economic blockade in Manipur by Naga bodies.
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June 9 |
Assam Tribune quoting sources
revealed that the total strength of the ULFA cadres in Myanmar
would be around 100 or so.
Eight goods laden trucks heading
toward Dimapur in Nagaland were reportedly targeted and damaged
by unidentified persons at Amarjan along National Highway 39 in
Karbi Anglong District in protest against the ongoing economic
blockade in Manipur.
The Naga Students' Federation
(NSF), the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and the North East
Students' Organization (NESO) met in Guwahati and appealed to
the organizations that have called Manipur blockade to resort
to democratic agitation and get their problems solved through
talks.
A 52-year-old person was shot
dead by unidentified militants at Gobardhona in Baksa District.
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June 10 |
HPC-D and the KNF have increased
their activities in North Cachar Hills District bordering Nagaland.
Police sources said two militant outfits are believed to be involved
in three blasts in the District within the last one month.
A ULFA linkman was arrested by
the SFs from Paikan in Goalpara District.
The first round political dialogue
on the charter of demands submitted to the Government by the KLNLF
was held at Parliament Street in New Delhi with the Union Government's
peace interlocutor P.C. Halder and a delegation of the KLNLF.
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June 11 |
Telegraph reports that
militant outfits from Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh had served
extortion notices to small tea growers of Assam who own gardens
along the border with the two States.
Two women of Garo Hills, Meghalaya,
were arrested by the SFs in Dhubri District and being interrogated
for their role in June 1 explosives haul from Sanjib Marak and
Trilok Marak.
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June 12 |
A ULFA cadre was arrested by the
Police from Amingaon area under Jhalukbari Police Station in Guwahati
city.
A KLNLF linkman was arrested by
the BSF under Bokakhat Police Station in Golaghat District.
A senior cadre of the '109th
battalion' of the ULFA, Dimbeswar Roy, surrendered before Kokrajhar
Police.
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June 13 |
A MULTA cadre was arrested by
the SFs in a joint operation at Saopata village under Bilasipara
Police Station of Dhubri District.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said
that the ULFA had formally expressed its willingness to open peace
talks with the Government to end more than three decades of violent
insurgency in the State.
Suspected anti-talks faction of
the NDFB cadre was shot dead by the SFs at Khoksaguri in Kokrajhar
District.
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June 14 |
A trader, Dulal Das (50), was
abducted by three unidentified gunmen armed with sophisticated
weapons at Dingdinga market under Gossaigaon Police Station in
Kokrajhar District.
A youth, Dipak Boro (26), resident
of Tamulpur in Baksa District was arrested by the Noonmati Police
with a huge cache of explosives in the Narengi area of the Guwahati
city. According to Police sources, the youth had come to the city
to deliver the explosives to NDFB militants who are holed up in
Guwahati.
The body of former ULFA leaders,
All Assam Prakton ULFA Samannayarakshi Sommittee, said that talks
between the Government and the outfit should be held without any
precondition set by either side. The association also said that
the rights of the indigenous people should figure in the peace
talks failing which the former ULFA cadres would resort to andolan
(movement) once again.
Assam Tribune added that
the association further warned that if the State Government fails
to meet their demands on rehabilitation packages and withdrawal
of the TADA cases within a month's time, they will go for a State
wide 'militant democratic' agitation. The former ULFA members,
who have returned to the mainstream either by surrendering or
without surrendering before the authorities, number around 14,000.
Suspected Santali Tiger Force
(STF) militants shot dead a Birsa Commando Force (BCF) cadre at
Betbari under Sapkata Police Outpost in Gossaigaon subdivision
of Kokrajhar District.
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June 15 |
Four suspected militants of a
Muslim insurgent outfit were arrested by the Police as they were
coming from Sonitpur District, from the 6th Mile area of the Guwahati
city.
A NDFB cadre was arrested from
Madatijhara in Kokrajhar District.
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June 16 |
The former Director of Intelligence
Bureau, P.C. Haldar, would be appointed as the interlocutor for
the negotiation with the ULFA. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
suggested his name to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram.
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June 17 |
A senior ULFA cadre was killed
by SFs during an encounter at Gondhia Gharmora village in Lakhimpur
District.
A cadre belonging to '709th
battalion' of the ULFA was arrested by the Police from Panjabari
in Guwahati city.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said that the ULFA outfit was heading for a split and sharp cracks
have surfaced. He said that half of the central committee members
were in jail and the rest are outside Assam. He admitted that
it was not numbers, but the ULFA military chief's firepower and
the potential to create trouble that is bothering the Government.
The Chief Minister also ruled
out the possibility of declaring a unilateral cease-fire, asserting
that the Government had information that Paresh Barua's group
was still trying to foment problem in the State.
A group of ULFA militants attacked
the Bajrangpur tea estate and attempted to kill manager Indra
Kumar Baruah in Tinsukia District. Intelligence sources said that
the attack by ULFA militants showed that the outfit was in the
process of recovering lost ground in the Tinsukia District. The
attack was said to be the fallout of the garden authorities' refusal
to pay INR one million demanded by the outfit in January, 2010.
The sources also said Arindam
Saharia alias Bijoy Kalita - who was arrested in Siliguri
of West Bengal, along with former commanding officer of the outfit's
'28 battalion' Mrinal Hazarika and later granted bail rejoined
the outfit and had been leading the cadres to re-establish bases
in Upper Assam, particularly in Tinsukia District.
Manik Chandra Baishya, senior
engineer of the technical branch of the State Agriculture Directorate,
Khanapara of Guwahati city, was abducted and killed for money.
The Police subsequently arrested three persons, including the
driver of Baishya, on the charge of committing the crime. The
Police confirmed that the ULFA had demanded money from Manik Chandra
Baishya, but said that only investigation would reveal if the
outfit was involved in the killing of the engineer.
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June 18 |
Sentinel reports that a
group of ten ULFA cadres has entered the Guwahati city to carry
out extortion and subversive activities as per directions from
commandant of '709 battalion' Hira Sarania.
Assam Tribune reports that
the CBI had been given only a limited mandate to into the root
of corruption in the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council. Sources
revealed that during the course of investigation of a case of
use of Council funds for procurement of weapons by the BW militants.
A MULTA cadre was arrested by
the SFs from Chirakuti village in Dhubri District.
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June 21 |
Assam Tribune reports that
the anti-talks faction of the NDFB is planning to trigger off
explosions in different parts of the State to show its strength,
while the SFs are being kept on high alert to thwart such a move
after receiving inputs in this regard. The Police said that the
strength of the outfit would be around 300 and the 'zonal commanders'
were taking most of the decisions on their own after the arrest
of NDFB 'chief' Ranjan Daimary.
In its meeting with Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh in New Delhi slated for to explore the possibility
of opening peace talks with the ULFA, the six-member steering
committee of the Sanmilita Jatiya Abhivartan (SJA) led by Hiren
Gohain would raise the issue of release of the jailed ULFA leaders
so as to enable the outfit to take a decision of peace talks with
the Government, sources said.
Assam Tribune reports that
the anti-talks faction of the NDFB is planning to trigger off
explosions in different parts of the State to show its strength,
while the SFs are being kept on high alert to thwart such a move
after receiving inputs in this regard.
The Police said that the strength
of the outfit would be around 300 and the 'zonal commanders' were
taking most of the decisions on their own after the arrest of
NDFB 'chief' Ranjan Daimary. The outfit is still maintaining its
bases in the Khagrachari area of Bangladesh, while the newly set
up bases of the outfit in Myanmar are being maintained with the
help of Manipur-based KYKL. The NDFB still have a number of trained
cadres as 26 batches of boys were trained in Bangladesh since
2004 and a number of trained militants are still at large, which
is a major concern for the SFs.
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June 22 |
Suspected NDFB militants abducted
a timber trader from his house at Ballimari under Bijni Police
Station in Chirang District.
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June 23 |
Two NDFB militants were shot dead
by SFs and a camp belonging to the outfit was neutralised in Sonitpur
District.
One suspect was arrested by the
CRPF in Dhubri District. SFs recovered one kilogramme gelatine,
two detonators and explosives from his house.
Two NDFB cadres were arrested
by SFs from two different places in Dhemaji District.
The UPDS along with its political
partner Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) and several non
political organizations of different communities that have inhabited
the Karbi Anglong are jointly campaigning in different places
of the District for a long lasting peace and immediate political
solution of the UPDS's issue.
The Union Government said it wanted
ULFA leaders to come for a dialogue with "dignity" but left the
issue of the release of those in jail to the judiciary and the
Assam Government.
Pro-talks leader and former commanding
officer of the outfit's '28th battalion' of the ULFA, Mrinal Hazarika,
said, "There is no question of frustration. It is totally immaterial
as to who did what. We have maintained right from the first day
when we declared unilateral ceasefire that we will be happy to
even sacrifice our lives if Assam can have permanent peace. That
statement still stays. The basic thing is that we all want peace,
that's all."
One ULFA cadre was arrested by
the troops from village Balipota under Kalaigaon Police Station
in Darrang District. The cadre is an active member of the 'publicity
wing' of '27th battalion' of the ULFA and was reportedly
operating in Sonitpur District.
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June 24 |
Union Ministry of Development
of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Minister B.K. Handique said the
peace initiatives with the ULFA is in right direction, but demand
of NSCN-IM for Greater Nagaland can not be met.
The ceasefire group of ULFA reiterated
its demand before the Union and the State Governments to expedite
the peace process with the outfit, during a celebration at the
Kakopathar designated camp to mark the completion of the second
year of the unilateral ceasefire.
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June 25 |
Kapchi Zeme Naga, the self styled
'president' of HTF claimed responsibilities of the blasts in Haflong
and denied the media report that a Kuki militant outfit was behind
the recent grenade blasts. Kapchi further threatened that until
their demand for bifurcation of the North Cachar Hills into two
separate autonomous Districts was fulfilled, the HTF would continue
their violent activities, targeting Government establishments
as well as public places.
In a setback to the efforts of
a civil society group in reviving talks with the ULFA, the outfit
said the body of senior citizens and intellectuals do not represent
the common people. ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Baruah rejected
the recent move of Sanmilita Jatiya Abhibartan (SJA) to move the
Union Government to hasten the talks process. "It is the view
of ULFA and we have nothing to say," Gohain said on arrival from
New Delhi in reply. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had on June 24
said peace talks with ULFA would take place even if Baruah stays
away.
A ULFA area 'commander' was shot
dead by SFs during a counter-insurgency operation at Udalguri.
One surrendered NDFB cadre was
killed by unidentified assailants at Gauripur in Dhubri. The surrendered
NDFB demanded a judicial inquiry into the killing of its member.
The Police arrested eight militants,
including four ULFA cadres, from various parts of the Guwahati
city. The other four arrested militants include two cadres of
the UNLF and as many cadres of Liberation of Achik Elite Force
(LAEF) in Meghalaya.
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June 26 |
Eight Halom National Liberation
Army (HNLA) militants surrendered before troops in Haflong.
The chief convener of the steering
committee of the Sanmilita Jatiya Abhibartan (SJA) Hiren Gohain
said that they had very little to say on the reaction of ULFA
'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua to their effort to resolve the
vexed ULFA insurgency issue. However, he described the reaction
of Paresh Barua to their effort as 'entirely negative.'
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June 27 |
The pro-talk faction of the NDFB
led by Gobinda Basumatary as the chairman has been named as NDFB-Progressive
(NDFB-P) so as to differentiate it from the one led by Ranjan
Daimary.
Two ULFA cadres surrendered before
SFs in Lakhimpur.
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June 28 |
One NDFB linkman was arrested
by the Army, who was sent to extort INR 0.5 million from a tea
estate manager in Sonitpur on an unspecified date. In another
incident, another NDFB linkman was arrested by the Army, while
he tried to extort INR 300, 000 from a contractor at Mazbat in
Udalguri District.
Two cadres of the anti-talks faction
of the NDFB were arrested by SFs from near the Mazbat railway
station in Udalguri District.
The families of those reportedly
killed in blasts and other violent activity of the ULFA have demanded
punishment to the cadres of the outfit as per the Constitution
of India involved in the killings. They also opposed any move
to release the jailed ULFA leaders in the name of peace talks.
Former Lieutenant General D.B.
Shekhatkar observed that insurgency in Northeast should never
be equated with that in Jammu and Kashmir. While dealing with
insurgency in the Northeast states, the Government of India should
adopt different strategies for different states depending on the
ground situation instead of clubbing the same together, he said.
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June 29 |
"Bodoland, as demanded by the
NDFB, will ensure security and rights of all linguistic ethnic
groups living within this land and no one should have doubts regarding
this," said Govinda Basumatary alias B Swmkhwr, 'general secretary'
of NDFB-Progressive while addressing a group of media persons
of Bodoland Journalists' Association at the designated camp of
the outfit at Chandana village under Udalguri Police Station.
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June 30 |
The Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
said in New Delhi that the detained ULFA leaders could talk with
the Government from the prison.
|
July 1 |
Suspected ULFA militants assaulted
the manager of a tea garden and an employee before setting ablaze
two mini trucks and a motorcycle in the estate at Bijulibon under
Pengeri Police Station in Tinsukia District.
A NDFB linkman was arrested by
the SFs at Simultapu of Kokrajhar District along with a cash of
INR 1.8 million.
The Government indicated that
it will not release the jailed ULFA leadership to facilitate the
peace process.
The Union Government in New Delhi
extended the ceasefire agreements with the pro-talk faction of
the NDFB and Nunisa faction of the DHD for six months till December
31.
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July 2 |
Tinsukia Superintendent of Police
Diganta Bora told that the two ULFA cadres, Amjad Chetia and Akon
Moran, had teamed up with a heavily armed ULFA group after roaming
around with the AK-series rifles and other arms and ammunition
they had fled with for some time. Both had fled the designated
camp of the pro-talks faction of the ULFA at Kakopathar in Tinsukia
District in early 2009.
ULFA has suddenly become active
in Tinsukia District, the latest being targeting the tea industry
for money, sources in SFs and intelligence agencies said. The
SFs identified certain zones like the Tarani-Sikorajan-Kenduguri-Mohong-New
Mohong-Maithong-Betoni as the focal points for their operations
as intelligence agencies have reported frequent movement of the
ULFA group in these areas.
A NDFB militant was shot dead
by the police in an encounter at Kahirabari in Baksa District
of Assam.
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July 3 |
Niranjan Hojai, 'commander-in-chief'
of the BW was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA)
from a place near Nepal capital Kathmandu and brought to New Delhi.
A cadre belonging to anti-talks
faction of the NDFB was killed in an encounter with joint forces
of the Army and Police at Narayanpur in Chirang District.
The Autonomous State Demand Committee
(ASDC) Dima Hasao District and Dimasa Student's Union (DSU) blamed
the Government that instead of releasing the 'chief' of the BW
Jewel Garlosa and other BW leaders from judicial custody and granting
general amnesty to the BW leaders to enable the BW leaders to
hold peace talks with the Government, the Government had arrested
Niranjan Hojai and has not yet lifted the ban on the BW.
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July 5
|
Sentinel reports that seven
cadres of anti-talks faction of the NDFB gave up arms at a ceremony
in Golaghat District on an unspecified date.
Atul Bordoloi of Pulibor area
under Pulibor Police Station of Jorhat District was arrested on
charges of an extortion case by Jorhat Police. Police sources
said the arrested person is involved with extortion from various
persons of the District with the help of ULFA.
The steering committee of the
SJA has asked the Government to issue a clear and unequivocal
statement forthwith on objectives and modalities of the proposed
talks between it and the ULFA, and to allay the fears of the general
public on the issue.
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July 6
|
Two NDFB cadres were shot dead
by the SFs in an encounter inside the Rowta Reserve Forest under
Mazbat Police Station in Udalguri District. Two militants lobbed
grenade on the SFs before they were shot dead.
A NDFB linkman was arrested by
the SFs from Namkhola Village under Khairabari Police Station
in Darrang District.
SFs claimed of having foiled a
plan by the anti-talks faction of the NDFB to carry out blasts
in Assam following the recovery of a huge quantity of explosive
materials in Udalguri District.
An employee of Gouripur P.B. College
of Dhubri District and a local Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) party
leader died of his injuries. Two motor-cycle borne NDFB militants
had fired at him on June 26.
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July 7
|
The BW suspended its indefinite
bandh (general shut down) in the Dima Hasao District for seven
days in view of the inconvenience faced by the people.
Several long-distance trains,
including Rajdhani Express, were stranded at various stations
in lower Assam and Bengal from 9am in the wake of a three-hour
rail rook (shut down) called by the Ex-BLT Welfare Society and
Surrendered NDFB Welfare Association, demanding proper implementation
of the Bodo Accord.
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July 8
|
One minor was killed and six wounded
in an explosion on a railway track at Babubil in Kokrajhar District
that ripped apart a coach of a passenger train, officials said.
Police blamed the NDFB for the bomb blast.
In the bomb explosion on a railway
track at Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar District, number of injured persons
increased to 23. This blast came within hours of another explosion
on railway tracks in Sonitpur District.
SFs recovered an IED planted on
the railway track over the Panchnoi bridge under Mazbat Police
Station bordering Udalguri-Sonitpur District around 5:30 am. Another
IED was recovered at Rakshamari in Udalguri District.
Two arms dealers were arrested
by the Army from Kalaincherra Cachar District. During search operation
a large quantity of explosives and detonators were recovered by
the Army.
Assam Tribune reports that
the recent arrest of an agent of Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence
(ISI) agent in Tripura foiled a game plan of the Pakistani agency
to create a new network in the Northeast States including Assam.
A cadre of '709 battalion' ULFA
was arrested by Police from Beltola area in Guwahati on charges
of extortion,
Two NDFB cadres surrendered before
Seema Sashastra Bal training camp at Salonibari, in Sonitpur District.
The anti-talks faction of the
NDFB said that they could not be stopped despite the tall claims
of the Government. The NDFB statement said the attack was in response
to the shabby treatment meted out to its leader Ranjan Daimary
and the killing of innocent Bodo youths by the SFs.
The Ex- Bodo Liberation Tigers
(BLT) Welfare Society today demanded that the Government should
arrest United Democratic People's Front (UDPF) spokesman Pradip
Kumar Daimary who is also the MCLA of Bodoland Territorial Council
(BTC) for his alleged nexus with the rebel outfit NDFB.
A suspected KLO militant was arrested
by the SFs from Kherbari village in Dhubri District.
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July 9
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Official sources said that the
Government of India is likely to wait for the ULFA leaders to
make the first move for talks.
An IED weighing nearly 15 kilogrammes
was recovered and subsequently defused by Assam Rifles near Nagda
market at Itakhola in Sonitpur District Army sources said they
suspect the NDFB hand in the incident.
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July 10
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The reports of extortion in Digboi
and Tinsukia were received following the extortion threat to Oil
Company Canoro operating in Sonari area. Canoro has sought Union
Government’s help after it received an extortion note demanding
INR five million. ‘Sergeant Major’ of ‘28th battalion’
of ULFA Pradip Baruah alias Rajib Das along with an 11-member
group is allegedly operating in Lakhimpur and other Upper Assam
Districts.
The ULFA has condemned July 8
bomb blast on the rail track at Gossaigaon Balubil and also termed
it as an "inhuman" act. In the statement, signed by
its ‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh Barua, the outfit also mourned
the death of minor boy in the incident.
All Police Stations in upper Assam
were asked to beef up security and to remain alert following Intelligence
reports indicating alleged entry of ULFA cadres of the ‘28th battalion’
in Majuli a few weeks ago and fanning out from there.
A NDFB militant was killed in
an encounter with SFs at the Hijuguti area under Rangapara Police
Station in the same District.
A NDFB militant suspected to have
been involved in the July 8 blast which caused the derailing of
the Kolkata-bound Garib Rath Express was arrested by SFs in Chirang
District.
An ISI agent was arrested by SFs
from Guwahati city. Das was associated with ISI agent Moniur Rahman
who was arrested in Tripura
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July 11
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A suspected cadre belonging to
anti-talks faction of the NDFB was killed in an encounter with
the Police and Army at Sapoi Rowmari in Sonitpur District bordering
Arunachal Pradesh.
SFs recovered one improvised explosive
device (IED) weighing 15 kilogrammes planted in a culvert connected
with 200 metre long electric wire. The IED was located in Gutibari
area of Tinsukia District.
The Union Government decided to
hold talks with jailed leaders of militant outfits in "special
jails", thus ruling out the possibility of releasing them
for starting a dialogue.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said that peace process with the ULFA was "on the right track".
"There is no stalemate and the peace process is definitely on
the right track," he said.
Right to Information Act (RTI)
activist Akhil Gogoi claimed having dug out two files that reveal
Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma was arrested in 1991
for his alleged links with the ULFA.
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July 12 |
Assam Environment and Forest Minister
Rokybul Hussain informed the State Legislative Assembly that militants
killed 1,549 civilians and 205 SFs between 2001 and June 2010.
Further, he said the House that six militant outfits are active
in the State at present. According to him seven new outfits are
also active.
A KLO cadre was arrested by Security
Forces during a search operation at Tamarhat in Dhubri District.
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July 13 |
Nagaland Page reports that
four militant groups of Manipur, ULFA and NSCN- K have jointly
decided to put up a joint front against the NSCN-IM in Manipur,
following a senior level meeting held in Bangladesh recently.
The PLA emphasized on the aspect
of having good nexus with the CPI-Maoist, insurgent groups of
Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast.
Assam Accord Implementation Minister
Bhumidhar Barman in written reply informed the State Legislative
Assembly that between January 1, 2001 and June 31, 2010, 14,586
people were identified as foreigners in Assam.
ULFA linkman was arrested in a
joint operation by the Police and the army from Kamargaon village
in Barpeta District.
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July 14 |
An encounter between three ULFA
cadres and Police was reported from Deodhaigaon Bezapathar under
Khowang Police Station in Dibrugarh District. However, all the
three militants managed to escape from the encounter site. An
ULFA linkman was subsequently arrested by a joint team of the
Police and Army from the village.
Intelligence agencies had earlier
received reports that a 15-member ULFA group had entered Dibrugarh
District from Myanmar through Tirap District of Arunachal Pradesh.
They said the group has hardcore cadres like Samudra Nirmaliya
and Gojen Konwar. However, the 15 to 20-member group was not moving
together.
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July 15 |
Suspected militants exploded a
bomb in Udalguri District senior Police official in Udalguri said
the blast was triggered at a railway bridge near a forest, about
three kilometers from Rowta, around 1am. Train services were suspended
in that section connecting Arunachal Pradesh with Assam.
Suspected militants planted another
bomb at Fancy Bazar in Guwahati. The Police said that three women
were seen leaving the Fancy Bazar area soon after the bag containing
the bomb was spotted by an ice-cream vendor, Ratan Lal Lohar,
around 9 p.m.
Troop claimed of having established
a link between NDFB and the Manipur-based PLA with the arrest
of three PLA militants, including self-styled captain R.K. Tumba
alias Benjamin, from a rented house at Chandmari in Guwahati.
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July 16 |
The frequent alerts and advisories
to suspend running of trains has affected the Northeast Frontier
Railway's (NFR) operation.
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July 17 |
A suspected cadre of the anti-talk
faction of the KLNLF was killed during an encounter by SFs at
Uttamji of Loring Thipi outpost under Howraghat Police Station
in Karbi Anglong District.
The NDFB denied its involvement
in July 15 bomb blast at Fancy Bazar, Guwahati and accused the
State machinery of blaming the outfit needlessly.
The ISI agent Munir Khan, arrested
from West District, has admitted besides, spreading anti-Indian
activities in Guwahati, ISI had widened its net in south Assam
and Manipur.
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July 19 |
A cadre of the anti-talks faction
of the NDFB was killed in an encounter with the SFs at Amteka
Chauthang Bazar in Bijni subdivision of Chirang District.
A kilogramme of RDX, an electronic
detonator and a clock were recovered from two scooter-borne suspects
at Bardua check post in Kamrup District, reports Sentinel. The
explosive materials were brought from Assam-Meghalaya border.
Two suspects were arrested by the Police.
The NIA took further remand of
'commander-in-chief' of BW Niranjan Hojai to take him to Delhi
for "scientific tests". The court of the special judge, Adhir
Kumar Das, extended the custody for seven days.
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July 20 |
A ULFA militant was shot dead
by SFs in an encounter at Jokai Ghitiapathar, Borbeel village
in Dibrugarh District. He is the first cadre to be killed by the
SFs after he rejoined the outfit after fleeing from the Kakopathar
designated camp. Dibrugarh Additional Superintendent of Police
(ASP, Headquarters) Debasish Sarma said the Police had received
clues about the presence of the ULFA militant from another cadre
of the outfit who was arrested from Namrup on July 19.
SFs recovered a bomb-like object,
believed to be from the World War II era, from the Kamenbari area
along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in Sonitpur District.Police
said the 100 kilogramme object was kept hidden in the area by
cadres of the anti-talks faction of the NDFB.
HTF called a 12-hour Dima Hasao
District bandh (general shut down) on July 21.
A self-styled 'commander-in-chief',
Bipul Bora (35) of a lesser-known outfit, Sanjukta Rakta Bahini,
was arrested by the Police from the Narayanpur area under Bihpuria
Police Station of Lakhimpur.
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July 21 |
Former Director of Intelligence
Bureau (IB), P.C. Haldar, who was appointed an interlocutor for
talks with the ULFA, arrived at Guwahati on a three-day visit
aimed at preparing the ground for negotiations with the outfit.
A 15-member delegation of the
Indigenous Peoples Forum (IPF) met Assam Chief Secretary N.K.
Das to press for the demand to bifurcate Dima Hasao (formerly
North Cachar Hills) District.
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July 22 |
An arms and explosive supplier,
identified as Sanu Singh, was arrested by the Army from the village
Rangirgath part III under Sonai Police Station in Cachar District
along with six power gelatin sticks and detonators when he was
going to supply it to the militant group.
BW 'commander-in-chief' Niranjan
Hojai rejected the narco-test on him as suggested by the National
Investigation Agency (NIA).
Centre's peace interlocutor P.C.Haldar
met BW 'chief' Jewel Gorlosa at Kahilipara.
President of the pro-talks faction
of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Mrinal Hazarika,
said that July 21 Barpeta violence was a pre-planned act by certain
sections to stop updating of the National Register of Citizens
(NRC) of 1951, reported Assam Tribune.
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July 23 |
Peace interlocutor P.C. Haldar
met the jailed members of the central executive members of the
ULFA at the Guwahati Central Jail. Haldar also had a meeting with
the members of the Sanmilita Jatiya Abhibartan (SJA) where six
members of the SJA participated.
P.C. Haldar also met the representatives
of the BW where a thorough discussion on the charter of demand
took place.
P.C. Haldar held a discussion
with a two-member KLNLF delegation at Circuit House in Guwahati..
Sources quoted Haldar as saying, "A separate State as demanded
by the KLNLF is not possible." The KLNLF expressed unhappiness
over the stand of Haldar on its demand for a separate State.
SFs claimed of neutralizing an
extortion racket with the arrest of five KLO militants from Guwahati.
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July 24 |
Three ULFA were arrested by the
Police from Bijni in Chirang District.
The ULFA appealed to its jailed
leaders not to give up the demand for sovereignty. In a release,
the ULFA said that there is no alternative to sovereignty of Assam
and if the outfit gives up the demand, it would mean bowing down
before the enemy.
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July 25 |
KLNLF militant was arrested by
SFs from Singh Ingti village, under Santipur Police Station, in
Karbi Anglong District.
One more KLO cadre was arrested
from the Sapatgram area of Dhubri District. He was one of the
18 KLO cadres running the extortion network in Dhubri and West
Bengal's Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling Districts over cell phones.
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July 25 |
Security Sources said that the
entire India-Bangladesh border is still not fenced and though
the strength of the Border Security Force (BSF) has been increased,
there is need for further increasing of the strength of the border
guarding force so that one Border out Post (BOP) of the force
is visible from the next. There is urgent need for increasing
patrolling in the riverine international border.
Sources further said that so far,
the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and other forces
inimical to India have not sent their operatives to Assam to carry
out subversive activities as the militant groups active in the
State are indulging in such acts, but such possibility in future
cannot be ruled out.
Five ULFA linkmen were arrested
by the Army on National Highway 37 at Tiplai while they were travelling
to Rongjuli from Dhupdhara in Goalpara in a Tata Sumo.
Two hard core militants of the
anti-talk faction of the NDFB were arrested by the Army while
they were carrying out extortion in the areas of Tangla, Dimakuchi
and Bhergaon area of the Udalguri District.
On the basis of the information
revealed by the arrested militants, Shamla Boro of Village Rowmari
No. 2 under Khairabari Police Station was arrested.
A Nepali youth was arrested during
a joint raid by the Army and Police on suspicion of having links
with the NSCN Belbari area in Dibrugarh District.
The All Kamtapur Students' Organisation
has claimed that the youths recently arrested from Guwahati and
Dhubri and labelled activists of the KLO, were innocent.
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July 26 |
Four Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
personnel, including an assistant commander, were killed and three
others injured in an ambush by the Ranjan Daimary faction of the
NDFB at Amlaiguri under Panbari Police Station in Chirang District
along Bhutan border.
Pro-talks ULFA 'chairman' Mrinal
Hazarika has sought legal action against the All Assam Minority
Students' Union (AAMSU) leaders involved in the Barpeta incident
and said that the Bangladeshi issue has assumed serious proportions
in Assam only because of the Jamiat.
An anti-talk faction of the NDFB
camp was neutralised during a joint operation launched by the
Assam Police and Army at Panjuri under Dokmoka Police Station
in Karbi Anglong District.
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July 27 |
A security alert had been sounded
across the State in view of the "Swahid Divas" (Martyrs' Day)
of the ULFA and the Independence Day on August 15. The Police
sources said ULFA and NDFB militants might be holed up in the
city waiting for an opportunity to set off bombs and other violent
activities.
Five suspected NDFB linkmen were
arrested by the Dhemaji Police from various parts of the Dhemaji
District.
Assam has registered 138 terror
incidents in 2010. SFs in Assam have killed 77 extremists and
arrested 160. During the year, 25 civilians and two security personnel
were killed in terror incidents, said Minister of State for Home
Affairs Ajay Maken in a written reply in the Lok Sabha (lower
house)..
In Northeastern States, 192 terror
incidents took place in Manipur followed by Assam where 138 incidents
took place.
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July 28 |
Two cadres of the HPC-D were arrested
by the Army from Bara Arkap village in southern Dima Hasao District.
One of them was a local area 'commander' of the outfit.
Union Minister of State in the
Ministry of Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran, in a written
reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha (upper house of Parliament,
"The Government is aware that the normal lives of common people
do get affected due to activities of certain militant groups who
indulge in various insurgent activities including kidnapping for
ransom, extortion, etc." "Unified Command has been set up in the
States of Assam and Manipur to ensure coordinated operations,"
he said.
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July 29 |
A militant belonging to the Manipur
based militant outfit KCP was arrested by the SFs in Guwahati.
The anti-talks faction of the
NDFB is recruiting tech-savvy youths to carry out their illegal
activities through cyberspace. The report adds that four cadres
of the faction belonging to Udalguri District were arrested by
the SFs in Guwahati.
Three NDFB cadres were arrested
by the Army in Baksa District. Two of them were arrested from
Kumarikata and 2.5 kilogramme explosives recovered from their
possession. Their arrest led to the arrest of another cadre from
Paharpur.
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July 30 |
At least five CRPF troopers were
killed and 33 others injured, when the ULFA triggered an IED blast
by damaging a bus at Bhalukdubi under Goalpara District. Intelligence
sources, however, did not rule out the possibility of the anti-talks
faction of the NDFB militants executing the blast at the behest
of ULFA.
'Publicity cell' of the NDFB outfit
was neutralised in Guwahati. An 'assistant publicity and information
secretary', B. Barbai alias Bakul Brahma alias B. Bihung, was
arrested at Lankeswar under Jalukbari Police Station on July 30.
A woman cadre was also arrested along with him.
The Tea Association of India (TAI)
has sent a distress message to the Assam Government seeking security
in the wake of extortion notices being served by anti-talks faction
of the NDFB and AANLA to several of its member gardens in Sonitpur
and Darrang Districts recently.
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
said that the anti-talk factions of the ULFA and the NDFB might
be responsible for July 30 bomb blast in Goalpara District in
Assam where five CRPF troopers were killed.
P. Chidambaram said factions of
ULFA and NDFB were not ready for talks with the Centre. "Not all
rebel groups have come to the table. One faction of the NDFB and
another of Ulfa are against talks," Chidambaram told reporters.
Union Ministry of Home Affairs
sources indicate that militancy-related violence in the Northeastern
region has come down during the first six months of 2010 as compared
to the same period in 2009. Of the Northeastern States, Assam
and Manipur continue to remain trouble-torn, although the incidence
of violence has come down during the past six months.
An IED weighing about eight kilogrammes
was recovered by the Police from near a railway crossing at Udalguri
town.
Two NDFB militants were arrested
by the Kamrup Police from Boko area of Kamrup District.
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July 31 |
An ULFA linkman, Taimur Ali, was
arrested by the Army from Barkuriya area under Rangia Police Station.
Security has been beefed up in
lower Assam ahead of Independence Day following intelligence reports
that NDFB and ULFA militants would carry out subversive activities.
The militants have brought in huge quantities of RDX and other
explosives in the region, official sources said quoting the reports.
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August 1 |
A bomb expert of '709th
battalion' of the ULFA was arrested from a rented house at Bodo
Basti in the Noonmati Police Station area.
An ULFA militant was arrested
by SFs from Barama in Baksa District and several extortion notes
and documents were recovered from him.
The Indian Forest Service (IFS)
official of the Maharashtra cadre, V.S. Bardekar, who was abducted
from a village in Arunachal Pradesh by the anti-talks faction
of the NDFB, was released at Dhekiajuli.
A central intelligence source
said Goalpara Police appeared to be confused as Union Home Minister
P. Chidambaram had on July 30 condemned the bomb blast in Goalpara
without specifying any outfit. Sources said that NDFB and ULFA
have been on extortion drives jointly in lower Assam Districts,
particularly in Goalpara and Kamrup.
The ULFA leaders asked the cadres
to target SFs and Central Government installations. However, the
ULFA cadres were asked to avoid killing of civilians as far as
possible, Police sources said.
The '28th battalion'
of the ULFA is concentrating more on launching extortion drive
in recent times. The '709th battalion' headed by Hira Sarania
has not indulged in major act of violence in recent times and
Police believes that Sarania is closer to the ULFA 'chairman'
Arabinda Rajkhowa and the possibility of his agreeing for talks
in future cannot be ruled out.
A 10-member group of the ULFA
built tent on some chaporis (sandbars) along the Brahmaputra River
close to Majuli Island to intensify its operations in the Upper
Assam Districts.
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August 2 |
RDX weighing five kilogrammes
was recovered by the Security Forces from Majuli, the River Island,
at Morihuti under Jengraimukh Police Station in Jorhat District,
bordering Lakhimpur District.
An IED was recovered from near
national highway in Singara Jalebara area, Boko in Kamrup District.
The Police recovered a crude bomb
weighing nearly 2.5 kilogrammes from Gukulkata under Gossaigaon
subdivision in Kokrajhar District. According to sources, some
villagers noticed a bomb-like object near the boundary wall of
the house of a 'commander' of the pro-talk faction of the NDFB,
Loknath Narzary, and informed the Police.
Two ULFA militants belonging to
the '907th battalion', identified as self-styled 'sergeant'
Rajesh Barman and self-styled 'corporal' Puja Barman surrendered
before Dhubri District Superintendent of Police Dipak Choudhury.
The jailed leaders of ULFA told
Sanmilita Jatiya Abhibartan (SJA) spokesman Hiren Gohain during
his visit to the Guwahati Jail that they were not in a position
to make any public statement from inside the jail. Gohain said
that he had been told by the jailed leaders of the outfit that
scopes were there to misinterpret their public statements from
inside the jail as something made under pressure.
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August 3 |
One major ULFA leader surrendered
with arms along with his wife and lone minor daughter before the
Superintendent of Police (SP) of Dhubri District.
Contrary to reports of the INR
50 million ransom demands by Bodo militants to ensure his release,
senior forest official Vilas Bardekar said the militants did not
seek any money from the Maharashtra Government.
The Union Government extended
cease-fire with the UPDS for six months till December 31, an official
spokesman of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced in New
Delhi. Tripartite talks on the demands of UPDS are continuing,
added the spokesman.
Four women cadres of the anti-talk
faction of NDFB were arrested along with a two-year-old child
by a team led by Superintendent of Police Jitmol Doley at the
Assam State Transport Corporation bus stop in Tezpur in Sonitpur
District.
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August 4 |
Security has been tightened in
Kokrajhar District ahead of Independence Day (August 15) celebrations
to keep any subversive attempts by any of the militant outfits
at bay. The District administration has geared up for the peaceful
celebration of the Independence Day.
In a reply to reports of Pakistan's
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) establishing links with insurgent
outfits, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, M. Ramachandran
said there are inputs of some of the militant groups operating
in the Northeast have developed links with ISI. The Centre admitted
to reports of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) seeking
to establish links with the region's insurgent outfits.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram
admitted that there were intelligence report to show that arms
are smuggled across the border from Myanmar and Bangladesh. "These
borders are porous. Fencing work is going on in the India-Bangladesh
border," he said.
On the links between insurgent
outfits and China, Minister of State for Home affairs, M. Ramachandran
said there were no specific inputs. However, the Government of
India is aware that some Indian insurgent groups are procuring
arms and explosives and establishing camps in the territories
of some neighbouring countries.
In a reply to reports of Pakistan's
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) establishing links with insurgent
outfits, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, M. Ramachandran
said there are inputs of some of the militant groups operating
in the Northeast have developed links with ISI. However, the Minister
said that there were no inputs from foreign intelligence agencies
about some cadres of terrorist outfits sneaking into India to
create problems in the Northeast.
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August 5 |
Telegraph reports that
The anti-talks faction of the NDFB is touring Nepal to set up
base there and carry forward its armed movement for a 'sovereign'
Bodoland, just months after setting up its general headquarters
in Myanmar. According to documents available with the daily, the
outfit's general meeting held in July had decided on the move.
One suspected militant belonging
to anti-talk faction of the NDFB was shot dead by Assam Rifles
during an encounter at Asrabari inside the Rowta Reserve Forest
under Mazbat Police Station in Udalguri District. However, two
cadres of the outfit managed to escape leaving behind one sophisticated
rifle in the encounter site.
A bag containing 10 hand grenades
was found at Guwahati railway station, raising fears of militant
attacks in the run-up to Independence Day (August 15). It is suspected
that the grenades were brought in by either ULFA or NDFB militants
to carry out strikes in the city ahead of Independence Day.
Another grenade was recovered
from in front of the office of the Superintendent of Police at
Goalpara District. The explosive was subsequently defused by the
bomb disposal squad.
A bomb was recovered at Dhekiligaon
under Titabor Police Station of Jorhat District.
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August 6 |
Sentinel reports that an
arms smuggler of Lakhinagar village of Hailakandi District was
arrested by troops under Ramkrishna Nagar Police Station in Cachar
District along with one 12 bore pistol on an unspecified date.
Jewel Garlosa, 'chief' of BW,
along with 12 others was produced before the NIA Special Court
in connection with North Cachar Hills scam. Jewel is keen to evade
the Enforcement Directorate inquiry into hawala transactions that
such an inquiry would impact the peace process.
The 10 hand grenades recovered
from Guwahati railway station on August 5 may have been stolen
from the SFs. A source in Assam Police said bomb experts have
confirmed after examination that the grenades were made in the
country and manufactured in one of the factories under the Indian
State Ordnance Factory Board.
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August 7 |
SFs recovered a powerful IED weighing
five kilogrammes from a bus at Haraputa in Gossaigaon sub-division
of Kokrajhar District. One Ratan Baskey was arrested.
SFs arrested two ULFA cadres from
Mohkhuti area under Demow Police Station in Sivasagar District.
Two cadres of the pro-talks faction
of the ULFA were arrested by the Police in connection with an
attempted robbery case in the Arikuch area of Nalbari District.
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August 8 |
Two ULFA cadres managed to escape
from the outfit's Myanmar camp recently and are currently taking
shelter at the Moran-based designated camp of the ceasefire group.
Peacenik Jiten Dutta said the duo, hailing from the Disangmukh
area in Sivasagar District, was in touch with the ceasefire group
for some time and had expressed their desire to join them.
Two suspected arms dealers, Dominique
Hasda and Koko Roy, were arrested by SFs from the Sesapani area
in Baksa District.
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August 9 |
Guwahati city Police arrested
two suspected militants, identified as Jeherul Islam and Abdul
Hai and recovered seven detonators and some gelatin sticks from
their possession in New Railway Colony.
A ULFA cadre was arrested by Jorhat
Police from Dhodang Sapori area of the District. The arrested
ULFA cadre is from the '28th battalion' of the outfit
and was coming from a Myanmar-based training camp to allegedly
carry on subversive activities in the District ahead of Independence
day.
Four suspected ULFA cadres, including
a woman, were arrested by the Tingkhong Police from No 1 Dhamal
Gaon under Tingkhong Police Station of Dibrugarh District.
Hatigaon Police arrested an ULFA
linkman, Upen Deka. Chandmari Police arrested another ULFA linkman
identified as Dilip Kalita in the Guwahati city.
Teok Police arrested one Mithon
Doley of Dergaon under Golaghat District in connection with a
case of extortion. Police said that Doley demanded INR 0.4 million
from Ajit Bora, a physician of Teok FRU, on July 20 over telephone
introducing himself as an ULFA cadre.
Two ULFA linkmen were arrested
by the Police from Hapjan in Tinsukia District for allegedly demanding
money from a businessman.
A NDFB cadre was arrested by SFs
from near Dangtol railway station in Chirang District when he
was on his way to collect extortion money from a trader.
A NDFB militant, Janil Brahma,
was arrested in a joint operation launched by the Army and local
Police from Tulsijhora village in Kokrajhar District.
BW 'commander-in-chief' Niranjan
Hojai and cadres Ashringdaw Warisa and Samir Ahmed have been on
a 24-hour hunger strike in the jail from 6 am August 9 demanding
immediate release of all BW cadres now in jail. They set a deadline
for the Government to release them by August 19, failing which
they would resort to a fast unto death.
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August 11 |
Security Forces claimed to have
foiled an attempt by the NDFB militants to blow up the railway
track between Kamakhya and Jogighopa railway stations in following
recovery of a powerful bomb from a group of cadres of the outfit
in Goalpara District.
Security sources informed that
five NDFB militants were arrested from their hideout at Amjunga
near Dhupdhara in Goalpara District the same day and an IED weighing
five kilogram was recovered from them along with a revolver and
ammunition.
The Army and Police neutralised
an arms manufacturing factory of the NDFB at Rangapara in Sonitpur
District and arrested two women cadres of the outfit.
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August 12 |
SFs recovered two powerful IEDs
on a railway track about three kilometres west of Khoirabari railway
station in Udalguri District, averting a major disaster ahead
of Independence Day (August 15).
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August 13 |
Diphu Police recovered decomposed
bodies of two missing female cadres of the KLNLF near Diphu Lumding
Road in Karbi Anglong District. The KLNLF has blamed the involvement
of third party in the incident.
Altogether 12 militants belonging
to the United Democratic Liberation Tigers (ULDT), also known
as Atabur Bahini, surrendered before the Army at Masimpur cantonment
in Cachar District.
Two cadres belonging to anti-talks
faction of the NDFB surrendered at the Thakurbari military garrison
in Sonitpur District.
SFs averted a disaster by defusing
a timer device planted at a bus terminus in Sivasagar District.
The bomb was concealed in a bag and placed between two buses.
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August 14 |
A powerful IED was recovered by
the Security Forces from Kokrajhar District. Army personnel recovered
the five kilogramme bomb from Malaguri near Gossaigaon in the
lower Assam District and arrested a youth Sunil Hembram.
In a joint operation, the Army
and Police recovered a powerful IED from the residence of Sadar
Ali at Bidyapara village under Krishnai Police Station in Goalpara
District. Subsequently, the bomb was defused.
A hardcore militant of '28th
battalion' of the ULFA surrendered before the Army in Sivasagar
District. He deposited a 9-mm pistol and ammunition.
BSF arrested a Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami
(HuJI) militant on the India-Bangladesh border as he was infiltrating
into Dhubri District. The HuJI militant was picked up from a person’s
house in a village under Golokganj Police Station in Dhubri.
Militants from across the Arunachal
Pradesh boundary fired at an Assam Police team which had gone
to take stock of the situation at the site where a 100-strong
mob, allegedly backed up by goons and Naga militants, damaged
an under-construction Police Station in Sivasagar District
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August 15 |
The Assam Government asked the
ULFA and NDFB militant groups to accept the offer for talks to
end the insurgency problem afflicting the State.
Expressing readiness to carry
forward talks with insurgents in the Northeast, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh said his Government had a special responsibility
towards the region.
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August 16
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Two ULFA militants were shot dead
by the Police during an encounter a kilometre way from the Office
of the Goalpara Superintendent of Police.
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August 17
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Arunachal Pradesh Police claimed
to have arrested one of the seven abductors of the Indian Forest
Service (IFS) official from Maharashtra, Vilas Bardekar. The abductor
was arrested at Tezpur in Sonitpur District. He confessed that
he along with six other Bodo militants had abducted the senior
IFS official when he entered the forest in West Kameng District.
Anti-talk faction of the NDFB
‘chairman’, Ranjan Daimary, was remanded to judicial custody by
the Guwahati TADA Court. Daimary was asked to be produced in the
court again on September nine for further orders.
BW has threatened a 24-hour fast
from 6 am of August 20 in support of the release of its jailed
leaders and cadres.
The pro-talk faction of the DHD
is contemplating return to the life in jungle, says ‘supremo’
of the outfit Dilip Nunisa.
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August 18
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Two persons were arrested with
explosives at Borihat in Mirza near Guwahati. Police said the
youths were held when they were carrying an explosive consignment
from Meghalaya.
A delegation of the KLNLF met
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and submitted a memorandum demanding
autonomy for the twin Districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao
(erstwhile North Cachar Hills),.
The pro-talks group of the ULFA
said the outfit’s jailed leaders have asked the group to "go
slow" on its peace initiative and wait for the leaders to
join them.
A joint team of the Army and Police
recovered two rocket launchers and three chargers from a namghar
(place of worship) at Dekhibangha village under Baganpara Police
outpost in Baksa District. Two suspected ULFA linkmen were arrested
from the incident site.
Centre’s interlocutor P.C. Haldar
had a meeting with BW ‘commander-in-chief’ Niranjan Hojai in Guwahati,
but the meeting failed to yield any positive result.
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August 18-19
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Around 35 persons entered Assam
through No.1 Charaipung area in the Sivasagar District and set
ablaze some huts of the labourers of a small tea garden. Subsequently,
another group of 50 persons entered Assam through Assinbasti in
same the Charaipung area and set ablaze the house of a small tea
grower. Later, there was heavy exchange of fire across the boundary
between Police in Assam and Naga militants in Arunachal Pradesh.
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August 19
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11 militants, including two women
cadres, belonging to Manipur-based UNLF were arrested by the City
Police from three different places of Motghoria, Chachal and Hengrabari
in Guwahati.
An arms dealerwas arrested at
Joypore Kamar Gaon in Dibrugarh District. The Police recovered
two pistols and ammunition from his possession.
BW ‘chairman’ Jewel Gorlosa, ‘commander-in-chief’
Niranjan Hojai and R.H. Khan, a key accused in the INR 10 billion
scam in the Dima Hasao Autonomous Council, were produced in a
court in Guwahati.
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August 20
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The NSCN-IM cadres opened fire
at a team of Assam Police led by Sivasagar Superintendent of Police
Akhilesh Kumar Singh at Charaipung Bimalapur area within Charaideo
sub-division in Sivasagar District. One Assam Police Battalion
(APBn) trooper was injured, while two NSCN-IM cadres were reportedly
injured in the encounter that followed for half an hour between
the Police and a group of around 30-40 NSCN-IM cadres.
Niranjan Hojai, Partha Warisa
and Samir Ahmed have been on a fast-unto-death agitation at Guwahati
Central Jail, 416 cadres of the outfit have been on a 24-hour
hunger strike at their designated camp at Haflong in Dima Hasao
District (erstwhile North Cachar Hills District).
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August 21
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NSCN-IM militants set ablaze two
houses of a small tea grower of Naharani village in Sivasagar
District.
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August 22
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A laborer of the tea grower Naharani
village in Sivasagar District was abducted by NSCN-IM militants.
A local villager, Babu Das, said, "The NSCN-IM slapped extortion
notices and demanded tax from Assam villagers, but when we refused
to pay, the militants came and started attacking us."
SFs in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
on August 22 launched a joint counter-insurgency operation to
evict NSCN-IM militants involved in raiding border villages in
Sivasagar District, leading to a volatile situation in the past
week.
A rickshaw puller was killed in
crossfire between Security Forces and ULFA militants in Sualkuchi
in Kamrup District. SFs arrested a cadre and recovered a grenade
and several extortion notices from his possession, while the other
escaped.
Two hardcore UPDS cadres were
arrested by Bakalia Police from Mirdupathar near Bakaliaghat Police
Stationin Karbi Anglong District. According to Police sources,
the ceasefire UPDS cadres fled way from Rongcheret designated
camp set up under Hamren Subdivision since last two days.
The economic blockade enforced
on Arunachal Pradesh by the AASU entered the second day. Both
the roads from Nidaigarh in the east of Charaipung in Sivasagar
District and from Jaipur in Dibrugarh District to Arunachal Pradesh
have been blocked by AASU and AJYCP activists for an indefinite
period.
Suspected NSCN-IM militants set
ablaze two houses at No. 2 Charaipung area of Sivasagar District.
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August 23
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Two Districts of Jorhat and Golaghat,
which share their border with Nagaland, including Merapani in
Golaghat District, have been identified as a very sensitive zone
with frequent incursions and killings taking place. In Jorhat
and the two adjoining Districts reserve forests have been destroyed
by almost 60 per cent and occupied by Naga settlements. These
border settlements are favoured hideouts by the militants who
usually come out in support of the Nagas whenever there is a conflict.
Assam Minister of Law, Sericulture,
Handloom & Textile Pronob Gogoi refuted the allegations that
State Government has not taken any effective measure to contain
the growing NSCN-IM influence in the along Assam-Arunachal and
Assam-Nagaland border region. The report adds that suspected NSCN-IM
militants often serve extortion notes to the tea growers. There
are as many as 120 small tea growers in the region.
Following persistent demands from
the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, the Union Government has
finally initiated steps for augmenting security measures along
the international border with China and additional troops are
being moved into the bordering areas, while, a battalion of the
Arunachal Scouts has also been sanctioned.
A seven-member armed group of
suspected ULFA militants abducted a small tea grower, Bhagwan
Swami, from Duarmara Singpho village under Pengeri Police Station
in Tinsukia District.
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August 24 |
Shillong Times reports
that in a large number executives of tea estates in north Assam
Districts of Baksa, Sonitpur, and Udalguri are being constantly
bothered by callers who identify themselves as either cadres of
the NDFB or some Adivasi militant groups, asking for huge sums
of money.
The BCF, an Adivasi militant group
which is now in truce with the Government, asks for monthly payment
of certain amount of money from various tea garden managements
by sending demands in black and white.
Assam Health Minister Himanta
Biswa Sarma and Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain
were fired at during their visit to the troubled region bordering
Arunachal Pradesh after their convoy was blocked by tree trunks
on a dug-up road in Sivasagar District. Nobody was injured.
ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh
Barua described the recent comments of Sanmilita Jatiya Abhibartan
(SJA) spokesman Hiren Gohain on him as harmful to the "national
liberation struggle of the indigenous people of Assam."
The Dimasa People's Council (DPC),
an umbrella organization of the Dimasa civil society organizations,
has appealed to both the Government and the DHD to work towards
the solution of the Dimasa problem, rather than aggravating it.
DHD 'chairman' Dilip Nunisa said
it is unfortunate that the Centre has failed to reciprocate positively
despite the militant outfit showing a great deal of enthusiasm
and will for peace.
The Army detained two suspected
cadres of AALNA from Longsekjan under Bakaliaghat Police Station
of Karbi Anglong District.
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August 25 |
The pro-talk faction of ULFA asked
to begin an economic blockade at Margherita in Tinsukia District,
by closing the Margherita-Changlang road running towards Changlang
District in Arunachal Pradesh for 72 hours, in reacting to the
NSCN-IM threats to evict Assamese people living in Tirap District
of Arunachal Pradesh.
Two ULFA militants were killed
in an encounter with the Security Forces in Naharkatiya in Tinsukia
District. Two pistols were recovered from the bodies of the slain
militants.
The NSCN-IM militants fired at
the agitators who opposed the entry of Arunachalis into Assam
to purchase food items.
The NSCN-IM militants set ablaze
the house of one Putul Tirky at No. 2 Saraipung Salongamara Panikabasti
in Sivasagar District.
The talk between district administration
and representatives of 12 organisations under the banner of All
Assam Students Union (AASU) and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra
Parishad (AJYCP) failed. The organisations have refused to withdraw
the ongoing economic blockade until and unless NSCN-IM cadres
leave the area and restoration of peace and tranquility in the
border areas.
The 72-hour road blockade on the
Margherita-Changlang Road in Changlang District, which started
at 6am on August 25 by the ceasefire group of ULFA, was lifted
after a few hours following a discussion between representatives
of the Tinsukia District administration and Margherita sub-divisional
administration.
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
said that while the year 2009 was a distinct improvement on the
year 2008, it is in the 2010 that we have seen a dramatic decline
in the number of incidents and in the number of casualties in
the Northeast. There have been only 464 incidents until August
15, as against 1,297 and 1,561 for the whole year in 2009 and
2008 respectively.
At least four houses were set
ablaze by suspected NSCN cadres at Charaipung under Charaideo
sub-division in Sivasagar District.
Denying involvement in the border
violence, NSCN-IM said it was under ceasefire and involved in
peace talks, although they have camps nearby.
The growing links between the
CPI-Maoist and some of the militant outfits of the Northeast region
was discussed in detail in the conference of the DGPs and IGPs
of all the States held in New Delhi. Sources said that the CPI-Maoist
has openly supported all the "nationality struggles"
including the struggle of the ULFA. The report adds that Maoists
have started issuing statements supporting the cause of the ULFA
and CPI-Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji recently openly
extended support to the ULFA in an interview.
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August 26 |
A PULF cadre of Bagha Bajar under
Dholai Police Station was arrested by the Army in Cachar District.
A team of pro-talk ULFA visited
Charaipung of Sivasagar District. Mrinal Hazarika, leader of pro-talk
ULFA criticised the State Government for its failure to protect
the geographical boundary of the State.
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August 27 |
A MULTA cadre was arrested along
with three crude bombs by the BSF from number 10 riverine village
of Dhubri District.
In spite of high-level meeting
between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh Governments, the activities
of NSCN-IM have not decreased in Charaipung area within Charaideo
sub-division at of Sivasagar District. The NSCN-IM cadres have
built more bunkers in the area in the last two days.
The economic blockade that started
on August 21 is going on in four routes which connect Tirap District
of Arunachal with Assam. The AASU and AJYCP informed the media
that they would not withdraw the blockade until the State Government
guarantees security of life and property of the citizens of Charaipung.
The Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
Governments decided that the bunkers erected by the Arunachal
Police in the area between Charaipung and the Teok river would
be removed immediately and that both the Assam Police and Arunachal
Police will jointly patrol the area.
The People's Alliance for Peace
Agreement (PAPA) has held Parliamentarian Biren Sing Engti responsible
for the delay in finding a solution to the insurgency issue in
Karbi Anglong District.
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August 28 |
Two cadres of the anti-talks faction
of the NDFB were shot dead in an encounter with Security Forces
in two separate incidents in Kokrajhar District. One militant
was killed at Nayekgaon village. Another NDFB militant was shot
dead at Duligaon in Parbhatjhora subdivision.
A trader and his brother in-law
were abducted by unidentified militants from the Amsing-Jorabat
area under Sashal Police Station in Guwahati.
Suspected ULFA was arrested by
a team of the Army and Tinsukia Police from near Doomdooma.
The 70 day economic blockade against
East Arunachal Pradesh was suspended till September 10.
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August 29 |
A person was injured in a blast
at Mahendra Market in Haflong of North Cachar Hills District.
Two drivers of a goods train bound
for Bhalukpung in Arunachal Pradesh from Assam, were abducted
by the NDFB militants near Gamani in Sonitpur District.
The pro-talks group of ULFA directly
named the NSCN-IM as the main culprit in the recent Charaipung
episode in Sivasagar District. ULFA pro-talks leader Mrinal Hazarika
said that the NSCN-IM has been systematically trying to grab territories
under Assam and Arunachal Pradesh for inclusion in its 'Greater
Nagalim'.
The Police arrested Mithu Chetri
in connection with the abduction of a trader and his brother in-law
from the Amsing-Jorabat area under Chachal Police Station in Guwahati.
Mithu is a former BLT cadre.
Assam Government Health Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the State Government has issued
clear instructions to the Police forces of all the Districts to
take strong action against any NSCN-IM cadre found to be indulging
in any unlawful activity within the geographical territory of
Assam.
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August 30
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One ULFA linkman was arrested
by the SFs from Nij Rangamati village under Mangaldai Police Station
in Darrang District. He served a number of extortion demands in
the locality in the name of ‘27th battalion’ of the outfit.
The NDFB demanded INR 10 million
from the family members of the two abducted train drivers for
their safe release. According to sources, the militants contacted
the family members of the railway employees through their mobile
phones.
Sources claimed that the HTF was
involved at the Mahendra Market blast in Haflong. With alleged
support from the NSCN-IM, the HTF, opposed to either Dima Hasao
(new name of the erstwhile North Cachar Hills District) or demand
for Dimaraji State.
Civil society organizations of
Dima Hasao District organized a massive rally in Haflong town
demanding immediate steps by the Union Government to resolve the
crisis in consultation with Dilip Nunisa faction of DHD which
has been in truce since January 2003.
Members of the All Assam Ex-ULFA
Coordination Committee have threatened to take up arms again in
protest against the alleged Government’s failure to implement
the proposed rehabilitation package for the former militants.
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August 31
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A ULFA cadre was arrested by SFs
in Barundanga village of Dhubri District on an unspecified date.
One 9-mm pistol and other incriminating documents were recovered
his possession.
Two militants of the pro-talk
faction of KRA were arrested by the Police from Mahur town of
Dima Hasao District (erstwhile North Cachar Hills District).
Police also arrested another
person for providing shelter for the militants.
One NDFB militant was arrested
by the Rangapara Police in Sonitpur District. He confessed before
the Police that he and two other NDFB cadres had been involved
in the abduction of the two train drivers on August 29.
KLNLF outfit now in truce with
Government of India has made it clear that it would not settle
for anything less than a separate State for Karbi tribe people
living in Assam.
The anti-talk fraction of the
KLNLF abducted an employee of Bhagawati Tea Estate in the Silonijan
area under Borpathar Police Station in Karbi Anglong District.
An extortion note of INR five million was served on the manager
of the tea estate a couple of months back.
The Army arrested two cadres of
anti-talk faction of the NDFB in Udalguri District. They confessed
of having served the INR 10 million extortion notes to the three
premium tea gardens owned by multi national tea giants of the
area between July to August 2010.
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September 1
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Assam Tribune
reports indicate the ULFA ‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh Barua has
received visa to visit China. Sources told the daily that Barua
received a visa to visit China in January 2010 for a period of
six months and the visa was stamped on the Bangladeshi passport
used by him in the name of Kamrul Zaman. Sources admitted that
the Government is not aware of the present whereabouts of Paresh
Barua.
The Police arrested a cadre of
the anti-talk faction of the NDFB from Kokrajhar town. They were
engaged in collecting money for the outfit when the Police arrested
him.
Two Businessmen managed to escape
from the clutches of their abductors before being rescued by the
Sonapur Police. Kedia and Agarwalla, who were abducted in Guwahati
on August 29, ran away from the abductors in the morning.
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September 2
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Director of Star Cement Private
Limited was reportedly abducted by unidentified militants from
Jorabat-Sonapur area in Guwahati city.
The MHA is of the view that the
Assam Government should play the lead role in starting the process
of talks with the ULFA and the Centre would play the role of facilitator.
Official sources told the daily that the Government of India has
not changed its stand on the issue of talks with the militant
groups including the ULFA.
A militant belonging to the anti-talks
faction of the NDFB was killed in a joint encounter by Chirang
District Police and the Army at Ipoali village under Bengtol Police
Outpost.
The Police arrested Biren Chakrabarty,
a lecturer of Nalbari College, on charge of having links with
the ULFA, from his residence at Shantipur.
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September 3
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ULFA ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa
threatened to call off the peace process if the Government went
ahead with its raids on the houses of the leaders of the Sanmilita
Jatiya Abhivartan (SJA) and the general public in the name of
their manhunt for ULFA cadres.
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September 4
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Two ULFA linkmen were arrested
by the Guwahati City Police from Geetanagar area of the city.
The duo had close links with ULFA cadre Chandan Kalita.
A new militant outfit, DNDF, was
formed in the Dima Hasao (erstwhile North Cachar Hills) District
to protect the Dimasa community from the attacks of the non-Dimasa
tribes.
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September 5
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A ULFA militant was shot dead
by Security Forces in an encounter at Bijilibari near Ontaigwlao
under Kokrajhar Police Station in Kokrajhar District.
A suspected ULFA militantwas arrested
by the Police from near Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC)
counter in Sivasagar District.
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September 6
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The owner of Dhanseri Tea Estate
(TE), Angshuman Das, was shot at and wounded by militants who
were trying to abduct him in Karbi Anglong District.
Militants abducted a child belonging
to a TE employee's family. Militants have virtually robbed the
TEs of Karbi Anglong District of their livelihood by making their
owners and employees live under constant threat and to pay hefty
sums of money to satisfy the militants. Though the cadres of the
anti-talk faction of the KLNLF were initially found to be involved
in such activities, it is now found that the cadres of the pro-talk
faction of the outfit are also involved with these elements, alleged
the affected tea planters.
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September 7
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A ULFA militant was arrested by
the Army at Namtichariali area of Sibsagar District.
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September 8
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Two UNLF cadres were arrested
by the Police during a search operation in Guwahati City.
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September 9
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SFs claimed to have identified
a four-member group of NDFB militants who were involved in the
blast that derailed a goods train in Udalguri District. The driver
and the assistant driver were injured in the incident.
SFs arrested an alleged ULFA militant,
Ratan Loing, from Jalukonibari Chariali in Jorhat District.
Anti-talks faction of the NDFB
‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary was produced before the TADA Court in
Guwahati in connection with the case filed in Udalguri Police
Station.
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September 10
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A fake ULFA cadre was arrested
by the Police from the Broholla area in Jorhat District.
Suspected AANLA cadre Olen Purty
was arrested from Upper Langtha in Golaghat District.
More than 25 Bodo political and
non-political organisations in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts
(BTAD) area, which formed a united platform at Barama in Baksa
District, asked the Assam Government to resume talks with the
militant outfit of both the factions of the NDFB without any further
delay.
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September 11
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An unidentified KLNLF militant
was killed in an encounter with SFs in Karbi Anglong District
of Assam.
Suspected KLNLF militants robbed
an employee of Nahorjan tea estate of INR 1.35 million in Golaghat
District.
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September 12
|
Army arrested the secretary of
Sarabari Anchalik Committee of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) party,
Deben Kalita from Lathapara village under Sipajhar Police Station
of Darrang District for his alleged link with the ULFA.
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September 13
|
The Army arrested two militants
of Rabha Viper Army from village Malaguri in Kokrajhar District.
An unidentified militant belonging
to anti-talk faction of the KLNLF was shot dead in a joint operation
with Assam Police and BSF at Lekthechu Gaon under Borpathar Police
Station of Golaghat District.
The United People’s Federation
of Assam (UPFA) has urged the Assam Government to hold talks with
the militant outfits, including the ULFA and DHD that are in ceasefire
or have offered to sit for a dialogue without further delay for
a solution to the insurgency problem and peace and development
in the State.
The UPFA has also claimed that
some Nagaland-based militant outfits were now trying to destabilise
the peace in Dima Hasao District (erstwhile North Cachar Hills
District), which prevailed after the Black Widow (BW) came into
ceasefire.
The Assam Tea Tribe Students’
Association (ATTSA) asked the District authorities of Karbi Anglong
to provide security to the workers of Bhagawati Tea Estate.
Addressing Combined Commanders’
Conference in New Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in
the Northeast, the situation in general is better today than it
was in the recent past, but some areas of concern still remain.
Four ULFA militants, including
a woman, were arrested by Tinsukia Police on an unspecified date.
They were produced before the Tinsukia court.
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September 14
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A self-styled ‘sergeant’ of the
ULFA, Myke Antony who led the outfit’s medical wing in Myanmar,
surrendered before the Eastern Command Counter Intelligence Unit
of the Army in Tezpur of Sonitpur District.
KLNLF issued a "public notice"
banning export/supply of liquor from its jurisdiction. According
to a statement received in Dimapur (Nagaland) from KLNLF ‘vice
chairman’ H. Tokbi, KLNLF took strong exception of unregulated
and unabated flow of alcohol and drug in and around Bokajan, Khatkhti,
Lahorijan and near by areas, bordering Dimapur, and Dilai area
and its consequences on society.
The ‘vice-president’ of the anti-talks
faction of the NDFB, Rifikhang Goyari, said the outfit had turned
down the offer of peace talks from the Government, as the right
to self-determination, historical rights of Bodo people and the
dreams of the martyrs were not included in the proposed agenda
submitted by the leaders of the pro-talks NDFB.
A six-member group of suspected
ULFA militants abducted a tea planter, Ajay Kumar Subba, at Borbheta
from Mahakali Tea Estate in Tinsukia District.
A ULFA militant was arrested by
SFs during a search operation at Ampung village in Tinsukia District.
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September 15
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Two PLA cadres were arrested by
the SFs during a search operation in capital Dispur.
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September 16
|
Security adviser to Assam Chief
Minister, G.M. Srivastav, said that peace talk initiative between
the ULFA and the Union Government is going on the right track.
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September 17
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Sentinel reports
that a new militant outfit has been formed by the militants belonging
to anti-talk faction of the KLNLF. In a press communique, B. Ejang
has announced the formation with the name Karbi Anglong North
Cchar Hills Liberation Front Anti Talks (KLNLFA).
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September 18
|
Two employees of a tea garden
were shot dead and a security guard of the plantation injured
when more than half a dozen AK 47-wielding suspected United Democratic
Liberation Army militants waylaid their vehicle in Karimganj District.
Government Railway Police (GRP)
personnel recovered an abandoned grenade from near the track at
Guwahati Railway Station.
Five NDFB militants were arrested
at Guwahati Railway Station. The militants were returning from
Dimapur in separate groups with the arms on their way to Bongaigaon.
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September 19
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One group of NDFB militants was
arrested from Jakhalabandha of Nagaon District. The Police arrested
another NDFB cadre from Sarthebari in Barpeta District.
A group of militants belonging
to Muslim community was arrested from the Dohalia area of Karimganj
District. A number of locally made rifles were recovered from
their possession.
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September 20
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Two suspected NDFB militants were
shot dead in an encounter with the Army personnel at Gopchar village
under Goreswar Police Station in Baksa District. They were subsequently
identified as Biswajit Basumatary (26) and Naren Boro (22)
A ULFA cadre was arrested during
a joint operation by Tinsukia District Police and Army. The report
adds that the suspect opened fire at the security personnel to
which they retaliated and injured Neog.
A NDFB militant was arrested by
the Army at Medlatari on an unspecified date.
Alleging that the Government had
failed to keep its promise of releasing Jewel Garlosa, Niranjan
Hojai and other top leaders of BW, the Dimasa militant outfit
which had surrendered on October 2, 2009 threatened to call an
indefinite Dima Hasao District (erstwhile North Cachar Hills District)
bandh (general shut down).
NDFB ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary,
who was in Nagaon jail, was produced before the TADA Court in
Guwahati.
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September 21
|
Ajoy Kumar Subba, the abducted
small tea grower who had been missing since September 14 reached
home after he was released by the abductors at Talap. The Police
claimed that Subba was released by the abductors, a gang of criminals.
Earlier it was reported that he was abducted by suspected ULFA
militants.
A NDFB cadre was arrested by the
Security Forces from Mahamaya Snanghat in Kokrajhar District.
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September 23
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A suspected ‘self-styled captain’
of the ULFA was shot dead by the Army and Police in a joint operation
at Maktaigaon village of Sapkata outpost under Gossaigaon sub-division
in Kokrajhar District.
Two cadres of ‘3rd
battalion’ of the NDFB were arrested at Sonapur in the outskirts
of Guwahati city.
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September 24
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A suspected KLNLF cadre was killed
in an encounter during a search operation by Santipur Police at
Bokajan in Karbi Anglong District.
Claiming responsibility of the
attack on the managerial staff of Dullavcherra Tea Estate that
left two employees dead on the spot, the UDLA threatened that
they would continue such attack until the garden management pays
INR 1.5 million as demanded by them.
Former ULFA cadres, who had abjured
violence and given up arms to join the mainstream, are not satisfied
with the attitude of the present Government. They have decided
to go on the agitational path for wresting their rights.
In a gun battle between UDLA militants
and six smugglers belonging to the Reang tribe coming from Tripura
inside a forest between Riflemara and Damcherra in Hailakandi
District bordering Tripura and Mizoram resulted in the killing
of Khorjungrai Reang, leader of the smuggler gang.
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September 25
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An unidentified militant belonging
to anti-talks faction of the KLNLF was shot dead in a joint operation
by the Assam Police and Army at Napak Ghat under Dakmuka Police
Station in Karbi Anglong District.
Two ULFA militants, including
a woman cadre, were arrested by the Police, when they hiding in
the residence of a person at Borpathar area in Golaghat District.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said
that he was hopeful of engaging the ULFA in a dialogue soon even
as he denied having any information about the 23 hardcore ULFA
militants held in Bangladesh being handed over to the Indian authorities
on September 24.
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September 26
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A KLNLF cadre was killed during
joint operation by the Army and Police at Diring Naharbari under
Kohonra Police Station in Kaziranga area of Golaghata District.
Reports mentioned that a huge
cache of sophisticated arms and ammunition, which was recovered
six years ago in Bangladesh, was procured from a Chinese state-run
arms factory for the ULFA.
The top ULFA leader Mithinga Daimary,
who is on bail, rejected the reports of split in the ULFA.
Arun Dahutia, who was made ‘publicity
secretary’ of the ULFA after Mithinga Daimary, had said in a statement
that ULFA ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa would be responsible for
any split in the outfit if he had hatched any conspiracy to bring
the 23 ULFA leaders and cadres to Assam from Bangladesh.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
confirmed the reports that the ULFA militants and their family
members had neither been arrested nor had they surrendered, according
to Telegraph.
Union Government’s P.C. Haldar
held talks with some leaders of the outfit inside the jail, including
Arabinda Rajkhowa and Sasha Choudhury, who are likely to play
critical roles in the proposed peace process.
G.M. Srivastava, Security Advisor
to Assam Chief Minister, said the ‘commander-in-chief’ of the
ULFA, Paresh Barua, who is still adopting a hardline on the issue
of talks, will be sidelined in the days to come with more and
more of his close aides coming back to Assam from abroad.
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September 27
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Three NDFB cadres were arrested
by the SFs at Lalmati under Bakalia Police Station in Karbi Anglong
District.
A woman ULFA cadre was arrested
by the SFs during a search operation at Bilotiagoria Chapori in
Jorhat District.
The Union Government interlocutor
P. C. Haldar met the jailed leaders of the ULFA in the Central
jail, Guwahati for a detailed discussion on the possibility of
initiating the process of talks, while, three more cadres of the
militant outfit returned from Bangladesh.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
exuded the hope that the talks with ULFA could be held within
the next two months. He was making this statement after his meeting
with P.C. Haldar, at his Khanapara official residence in Guwahati.
The Chief Minister said that efforts are also on to involve ULFA
‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh Barua in the negotiation process.
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September 29
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A cadre of the Santhali Tiger
Force (STF), identified as Mose Mardi (35), was arrested by the
Army from Dingdinga area in Kokrajhar District.
A divisional engineer has fled
from Rangapara station in Sonitpur District after suspected NDFB
militants served him with an extortion demand.
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September 30
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The family members of jailed ULFA
‘deputy commander’ Raju Barua moved a bail petition before the
designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) (TADA)
court in Guwahati.
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October 2
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Four persons were abducted by
half-a-dozen unidentified militants from Bhaicherra village in
Hailakandi District.
The NDFB-Progressive, under a
cease-fire pact with the Centre, said it would not compromise
on the issue of a separate Bodoland and asked the Bodo people
to unite and fight for it.
The anti-talks faction of the
NDFB extended a hand of friendship to the NDFB- Progressive, asking
for a helping hand in their fight for ‘liberation’.
The surrendered BW cadres called
for a 48-hour bandh (general shut down) in Dima Hasao District
from October 5 in protest against the alleged Government’s apathy
towards their demands. They would put an embargo on the movement
of trains on the Lumding-Silchar rail line during that period.
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October 3
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The Police shot dead four NDFB
cadres during an encounter at a thickly forested area at Dekatan
in Dhemaji District and rescued an abducted trader, Cotton Nandy.
Police sources said that at least
10 persons are still in the captivity of the anti-talk faction
of the NDFB. The sources also said that as many as 23 cases of
abduction by the anti-talk faction of the NDFB were reported in
2010 and 28 persons were abducted.
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October 4
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Intelligence sources said that
six top ULFA leaders entered Nagaland from the neighbouring Myanmar
and Bangladesh, and they are in favour of peace talks with the
Government, according to Sentinel.
The family members of ULFA ‘deputy
commander-in-chief’ Raju Baruah filed a petition in the Additional
Sessions court for the release of Raju Baruah on bail.
Though ULFA has lost almost all
its key shelters in Bangladesh with the incumbent Bangladesh regime
extending cooperation, the outfit’s base in Myanmar has remained
a cause for concern and major hurdle in facilitating peace talks
with the group. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi indicated similar
attempt to bring in ULFA cadres based in Myanmar to Assam ‘could
take some time’.
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October 5
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The probe into money laundering
in North Cachar Hills by the Directorate of Enforcement was stalled
as the officials of the investigating agency were not yet able
to question the two top leaders of the BW.
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October 6
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The Police rescued a BBA student,
from Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur District early in the morning who
was abducted on October 4 from the Guwahati city. Nine youths,
including two students of a city college, who had allegedly abducted
him to hand him over to the NDFB militants, were arrested.
ULFA cadre surrendered before
the Army at the Joysagar Army camp in Sivasagar District. Speaking
to the media, Changmai said that he returned from Myanmar in 2009
and stayed at Mon District in Nagaland for a year.
Asserting that more and more ULFA
men were favouring a negotiated settlement of the outfit's grievances,
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the Government had received
feelers from ULFA camps based in Myanmar to that effect.
The 48-hour bandh (general shut
down) of Dima Hasao District (erstwhile Karbi Anglong District)
called by the BW has passed off without any untoward incident.
Two crude bombs, one near the
cinema hall in Golokganj town and the other near the Police watch
post in Agomoni in Dhubri District, exploded. No one was injured
in the blast.
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October 7
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The Government of Assam planning
to facilitate release of the jailed leaders of the ULFA in phased
manner to pave the way for talks, the senior leaders of the militant
outfit have started filing bail petitions and two such petitions
will be heard by the court.
Militants belonging to Reang community
released Badrul Islam Laskar, the driver of a Sumo, and Farid
Uddin Laskar who were abducted from Bhaicherra in Hailakandi and
Mizoram border on October 2. However, the whereabouts of two other,
employees of a Guwahati-based construction firm Sweety Real Estates,
who were also abducted on October 2, could not be traced. Sources
said, suspected UDLA had demanded INR four million from the construction
company, for release of teo employees.
Sasha Choudhury, ‘foreign secretary’
of ULFA was produced before the TADA court in Guwahati.
Suspected militants belonging
to Reang community had threatened the Dullavcherra Tea Estate
garden staff as well as labourers to pay money before Durga Puja
festival. Sources said, some tribal militants appeared at the
Lalcherra division of Dullavcherra Tea Estate in Hailakandi District
and threatened the labourers with dire consequences if the authority
does not fulfil their demand.
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October 8
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Troops arrested a Garo National
Liberation Army (GNLA) cadre, along with his three three accomplices
from Gonglangre along Assam Meghalaya border on an unspecified
date.
After being in judicial custody
since 2003, ULFA ideologue and ‘political advisor’ Bhimkanta Buragohain
was granted bail by a District court.
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October 9
|
One unidentified militant of the
anti-talks faction of the KLNLF was killed during an encounter
with the Assam Police and the Army at the hill top near Tarabasa
of Uttarbarbil Outpost under Howraghat Police Station of Karbi
Anglong District.
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October 10
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One KLNLF cadre was arrested by
Jakhalabandha Police from Ahutoli Silimkhowa along the Nagaon-Karbi
Anglong border.
A ULFA cadre was arrested by the
Border Security Force (BSF) at Mancachar of Dhubri District.
One militant belonging to the
anti-talks faction of the NDFB was arrested by the Army and Police
in a joint operation at Mohanpur village in Kokrajhar District
on an unspecified date.
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October 11
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A PLA militant, Kabrabam Inaobi,
was arrested by a combined force of the Assam Police and CRPF
from Paltan Bazar in Guwahati.
Two AANLA and one ULFA militants,
surrendered before the Army at the Laipuli of Tinsukia District.
The Army unearthed an extortion
racket run by a cadre of the Ranjan Daimary faction of the NDFB
after tracking calls made by him from cellular phones from his
hideout in Bangalore in Karnataka. Dedung Daimary alias Khangur,
said to be a nephew of NDFB ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary, was reportedly
arrested by the Bangalore Police on October 10 along with two
others — Nisha Daimary and Johny Dung..
The Satradhikar (head) of Natun
Kamalabari Satra (hermit) in Majuli of Jorhat District, Narayan
Chandra Goswami, alleged that a few "rebel" cadres led
by Prabhat Bora, who had levelled charges of financial irregularities
and dictatorial attitude against him, had conspired to assassinate
him with ULFA help in 1997.
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October 12
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Two UNLF militants were arrested
by the Police from a rented accommodation at Panbazar area in
Guwahati. They were identified as Jai Singh and Ashok Singh. Several
cell phones, laptops, and extortion demand notes were recovered
from their possession. "The duo was here to extort money from
businessman having business interests in Manipur," the official
said.
Dedung Daimary alias Khangru
a leader of the Ranjan Daimary NDFB, his wife Nisha Daimary and
their associate Johny Dung who were reportedly arrested by the
Karnataka Police from Bangalore, were brought to Mangaldai of
Darrang District.
The ‘deputy commander-in-chief’
of the ULFA, Raju Baruah, was granted bail in connection with
a case relating to killing of a Superintendent of Police.
The Assam Government is yet to
receive any formal communication from the Union Government on
the issue of release of the jailed ULFA leaders to pave the way
for talks with the militant outfit. However, the State Government,
on its own, has decided to facilitate the release of the jailed
central committee members of the ULFA in phased manner by not
opposing their bail petitions.
ULFA ‘deputy commander-in-chief’
Raju Baruah alias Hiten Kalita and ‘cultural secretary’
Pranati Deka was produced in the TADA Court in Guwahati. The Court
would give its final hearing in the cases lodged against the two
on October 13. The court would also give its decision on the bail
plea of Baruah on the same date.
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October 13
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One NDFB cadre belonging to anti-talks
faction identified as Gajenser, was killed when the troops foiled
an attempt to abduct a contractor from Mazbat in Udalguri District.
The contractor was rescued. The slain militant was a wanted militant
and in-charge of ‘finance’ of the NDFB in Udalguri. One pistol,
extortion notes and documents about extortion-related activities
of the outfit were recovered.
Two ULFA militants, identified
as Prabhat Baruah and Miya Bora, were arrested at Dergaon in Golaghat
District on. Both hailed from Majuli.
The bail petition of ULFA leader
Raju Baruah in connection with three TADA cases, which was supposed
to be heard was deferred till October 26. Other jailed ULFA leaders
including the outfit’s ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa, ‘financial
secretary’ Chitraban Hazarika and ‘foreign secretary’ Sasha Choudhury
and ‘cultural secretary’ Pranati Deka were produced before the
Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup in connection with
different cases.
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October 14
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Unidentified miscreants on a motorcycle
shot at and wounded two cadres of the pro-talk faction of the
NDFB at Sarenapara in Baksa District. The wounded cadres were
identified as Bijoy Narzary and Dinesh Narzary.
Four cadres of the anti-talk faction
of NDFB were arrested by a joint team of the Police and Army at
Behali area under Bishwanath Chariali sub-division in Sonitpur
District, when they were on their way to create disturbances during
the Durga Puja festivities. The arrested militants were identified
as Apu Basumatary, Bija Singh, Tris Mushari and Rabi Rahman. A
stolen vehicle along with some documents was recovered from their
possession.
ULFA ‘second lieutenant, Arunodoi
Dahotia, an aide of ULFA ‘commander-in-chief, Paresh Barua warned
a section of its leaders to keep away from influencing its cadres
in Bangladesh and appealed to all to focus on their objective.
"While we are eagerly awaiting the release of senior leaders
of the outfit, including ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa, a section
of the leaders, at the behest of the enemy, are trying to influence
our cadres in Bangladesh either by giving money or by threatening
them with dire consequences. These leaders have also been putting
pressure on our cadres by threatening their family members,"
Dahotia said, adding that these would have a bad impact on Assam
as a whole.
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October 15
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A portion of a railway track was
damaged when suspected anti talk factions of the NDFB militants
triggered a blast near Singimari, five kilometre from Kokrajhar
railway station in Kokrajhar District, around 9.30pm (local time),
even as security measures were beefed up in the Bodo belt and
lower Districts of Assam. Police personnel recovered another bomb
packed in a gas cylinder and a 50-metre electric wire from the
blast site. The blast partially damaged a two-metre stretch of
the track near Salakati railway station. A railway source said
the blast occurred when a goods train was scheduled to pass the
area.
The Sanmilita Jatiya Abhibartan
(SJA), a forum of prominent senior citizens, intellectuals and
organisations, said that the peace initiative between Dispur and
ULFA was moving in the right direction and some "concrete"
results could be expected by November 2010. The claim comes in
the wake of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s announcement in September
2010 about talks with the outfit getting off the ground within
two months.
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October 17
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KLNLF threatened of blockade along
NH-39 at Karbi Anglong, if its leader Augustine Kramsa, who was
allegedly abducted by the NSCN-IM, was not released "unharmed
and unconditionally" at the earliest. Addressing a press
meet, KLNLF ‘publicity secretary’ R. Tera disclosed that the outfit’s
leader Augustine Kramsa alias Arnold Ronghang was abducted
from his Purana Bazar Dimapur residence by 15 to16 NSCN-IM cadres
on October 16 at around 11 AM.
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October 18
|
The legal cell ‘chief’ of the
Black Widow (BW), Maurong Dimasa (35), was shot at and injured
by unidentified assailants in a Dimasa-dominated village under
Haflong Police Station in North Cachar Hill District. Dimasa and
two of his colleagues were attacked by unidentified assailants
at Topodisa, 3 kilometres from Haflong town.
An ULFA militant, Raju Das alias
Rajen Boro, was arrested by Guwahati City Police from the Gauhati
Medical College and Hospital. He was undergoing treatment in the
GMCH after sustaining bullet injuries. He had joined the outfit
in 2006, say the Police sources.
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October 19
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The peace talk with the ULFA would
likely to start in December, 2010, declared the Assam Chief Minister
Tarun Gogoi. "We want the talk process to be initiated and
it should be started by December," said the Tarun Gogoi.
The Centre’s interlocutor P. C. Haldar would be given the signal
to formally start the peace process in couple of days’ time. The
modalities for the talks are expected to be worked out by Haldar
in consultation with the State Government and the detained ULFA
leadership.
The ULFA’s cultural secretary
Pranati Deka was granted bail by the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
The bail plea of ULFA ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ Raju Barua,
has, however, been rejected by the CJM.
The anti-talks faction of the
NDFB tied up with the little-known Liberation Democratic Council
of Mising Land (LDCML) in order to strengthen its base area. The
outfit has started providing arms training to its cadres in makeshift
camps in the hills along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. According
to news reports Security Forces obtained evidence of cadres of
NDFB and LDCML operating jointly in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Majuli
subdivision in Jorhat District where the Mising community has
a sizeable population.
The KLNLF leader Thong Teron said
that the outfit was not planning any economic blockade against
Nagaland in connection with the abduction of its member Augustine
Kramsa in Dimapur on October 16 by NSCN-IM. Teron also said that
the KLNLF wanted to develop "excellent relation" with
Naga community and to live as good neighbors.
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October 20
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The NDFB-Pro-talk sought support
from the Koch Rajbongshi United Forum (KRUF), a forum of 11 different
outfits of the Rajbonghsi community, for the creation of a separate
state of Bodoland at a meeting held at Amola Bhavan in Kokrajhar
District. NDFB general secretary Gobinda Basuamtary said that
their talk with the Central Government was progressing well. A
far-reaching outlook to take care of the past misunderstanding
was also discussed at the meeting.
Three suspected militants of the
anti-talk faction of the NDFB, led by Ranjan Daimary, identified
as Suresh Moochahary, Subhash Basumatary and Vicky Vishwakarma
were arrested near the Balaji Temple in Lokhra of Sonitpur District.
According to Police sources, these NDFB militants had come to
Guwahati from Dimapur (Nagaland) for extorting money from businessmen
in the city.
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October 21
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Centre’s peace interlocutor P.
C. Haldar met jailed ULFA leaders in Guwahati to discuss the modalities
of the proposed peace talks. Sanmilita Jatiya Abhibartan (SJA)
convener Hiren Gohain also met jailed ULFA leaders. The SJA, formed
at the initiative of Gohain and other intellectuals, is campaigning
for peace talks between the ULFA and the Government.
P.C. Haldar said that there were
several issues which were yet to be sorted out before formal talks
could begin between ULFA and the Government. "We cannot contradict
what Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said about talks starting
in December but neither can we say with any conviction that it
would. There are certain issues which need sorting out...with
some luck talks might start soon," he said.
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October 22
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Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said
that Union Government’s peace interlocutor P.C. Haldar had informed
his Government that top ULFA leaders had given him a ‘‘positive
signal’’ for peace talks with the Government.
The ‘commander-in-chief’ of ULFA
Paresh Baruah extended his support to the agitation of the KMSS
against mega dams in Arunachal Pradesh and urged the people of
Assam to back the KMSS in its agitation. In a statement issued
to the press, he said that it was beyond doubt that the Lower
Subansiri Project would do heavy damage to Assam.
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October 24
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14 cadres of the NDFB anti-talk
faction were arrested on October 24 from two places in Nagaland.
According to the Police sources, among the 14 arrested, 10 newly-recruited
cadres of NDFB were arrested in Mon District while they were entering
the State through Tizit inter-State check gate in wee hours. They
were believed to be on their way to training camps in bordering
Myanmar.
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October 25
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Police recovered two powerful
IEDs from Tulsuibari area in Rangiya town about 40 kilometres
away from Guwahati city. The IEDs weigh about 8 kilograms.
Special Operation Team personnel
arrested two ULFA militants along with a linkman from their hideout
in Guwahati and recovered two grenades and several incriminating
documents from their possession. According to the sources one
of the arrested militant was identified as Paresh Deka, a self-styled
‘sergeant major’ of 27th Battalion of the outfit. The arrested
militants were suspected to be involved in a bomb blast in Goalpara
District that killed four Sashastra Seema Bal personnel.
NSCN-IM released Augustine Kramsa,
a leader of KLNLF, who was taken hostage by NSCN-IM from his Purna
Bazar residence in Dimapur, on October 16. Addressing a press
meet at the KLNLF camp in Diphu (Assam), Kramsa informed that
he was not abducted by the NSCN-IM but was taken to Hebron camp
to clarify on certain accusation leveled against him by some vested
interest person.
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October 26
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A special Tamil Nadu Police team
arrested a NDFB militant, identified as Laimwn Boro alias
Langdong (29), near the Karnataka border. Superintendent of Police
A.G. Babu told that Boro was arrested near SIPCOT in Hosur on
a tip-off from the Assam Police.
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October 27
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A powerful explosion triggered
by unidentified militants derailed four coaches of the 5963 Down
Barak Valley Express on Lumding-Silchar metre gauge hill section
between Lower Haflong and Bagetar stations in Dima Hasao District
of Assam at 12:15pm. The blast took place on the day when the
first Jatinga International Tourism Festival was inaugurated in
Jatinga village of North Cacher Hills District located about 40
kilometers away from the blast site.
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October 28
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The KLNLF-Anti talk decided to
test its support base among the general people of Diphu District
by calling for 24 hours District bandh (general Strike) on October
30. The bandh will commence from 5am on October 30 till 5am October
31. The KLNLF called the bandh as a mark of protest against the
alleged killing of its cadres by Security Forces in league with
KLNLF rank and files presently under Ceasefire.
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October 29
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An NDFB- Anti talk militant was
shot dead by Security Forces at Singirmari under Kazigaon Police
station in Parbhatjhora subdivision of Kokrajhar District. A pistol,
six rounds of live bullets, two mobiles, and extortion notes were
recovered from the slain militant. The militant is yet to be identified.
Two NDFB-anti talk militants involved
in the serial blasts in Assam in 2008 were arrested in Nagaon
Distric. The militants are identified as Haitha Basumatary and
Rajendra Basumatary who were involved in the serial blasts which
left over 90 persons dead and another 500 injured in Kokrajhar,
Barpeta and Bongaigaon Districts, besides Guwahati in October
30, 2008.
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October 30
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The Meghalaya Police recovered
three grenades – commonly known as Australian pineapples – and
125 rounds of live ammunition, belonging to the United Liberation
Front of Asom (ULFA), from Assamese Navodaya Vidyalaya located
at Madan Laban in Shillong. Later on, a search conducted by the
Police also recovered two AK-47 assault rifles, five Kilogram
of RDX, two walkie talkies, a flash gun, two detonators and six
magazines, besides incriminating documents, all wrapped in plastic
bags and kept underground below the permanent stage of the school.
The documents found revealed that the arms and explosives were
procured and delivered to one Young Changmei by ULFA ‘commander’
Drishti Rajkhowa way back on May 13, 1998.
An NDFB militant along with two
other were arrested by Police in Assam's Morigaon District. The
militant was allegedly involved in several subversive activities.
The Police recovered several arms and ammunitions along with some
documents from the militant.
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November 1
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The NDFB threatened to kill 20
or more people for every NDFB cadre killed by Security Forces.
"From today onwards, if any innocent NDFB cadres were killed
by the Indian Army in the name of fake encounter, the armed wing
of the NDFB will take action against any Indian," B Jwngkhang,
deputy chief of the NDFB Army, said in an e-mailed statement.
"An innocent Bodo will be equal to 20 Indians or maybe more
and we don’t care who they are, maybe Indian civilian or Indian
Forces," the statement said. "Anytime and any moment
we are ready to strike. Remember this warning, and be serious
before killing any innocent Bodo people," the statement warned
the State Government.
The BTC deputy chairman Khampa
Borgoyari who led a delegation to the NDFB chairman Ranjan Daimary
informed that Daimary assured the delegation that he would respect
any decision to be taken by the Bodo convention. The two-day Bodo
convention slated from November 11 at Kokrajhar District has been
convened with a view to uniting the Bodo community.
The Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram
backing Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi stated that he has the liberty
to take a call on the timing of the talks with the ULFA. "I
have left to the Chief Minister of Assam to decide, when and how
the talks should begin. So the Chief Minister of Assam is in touch
with the ULFA leaders, or the other way around – the ULFA leaders
are in touch with the Chief Minister," the Home Minister
said.
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November 2
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In reaction to the threat call
by the anti-talk faction of the NDFB- Anti talk the security arrangement
has been beefed up in entire Kokrajhar District. According to
a highly placed Police sources, the security has been stepped
up along the 70 Kilo Metre railway track in the District and as
many as 45 railway culverts have been put under strong vigil.
It is also revealed that a strong contingent of NDFB cadres has
banned out across a few inaccessible hideouts in some vulnerable
pockets with the aim of carrying out subversive activities in
the area.
NDFB chairman Ranjan Daimary said
that he had no knowledge about the threat issued to the State
Government by the NDFB on November 1. Daimary said: "I have no
link with other leaders of my organization for the past few months.
I can’t say anything on the issue now." When asked on peace talks
between the Government and the NDFB, Daimary said: "Right now,
I can’t say anything on that."
The hardliners of the ULFA headed
by the ‘commander-in-chief’, Paresh Barua are trying to launch
a fresh recruitment drive to increase the strength of ULFA. Highly
placed Police sources said that the outfit has been able to start
the recruitment drive in the upper Assam Districts. However, sources
said that the ULFA has not been able to recruit large number of
youths as was the case before.
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November 3
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Four ULFA militants snatched two
AK-47 rifles and a carbine from Police personnel at Rajgarh of
Dibrugarh and fled the scene.
Assam Government again informed
the Ministry of Home Affairs about the involvement of members
of NSCN-IM in illegal activities like extortion in the State.
The matter was also reported to the cease-fire monitoring committee
involving representatives of the Central Government and the militant
outfit.
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November 5
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According to the Police sources
CPI-Maoist has established links with Adivasi People’s Army (APA)
raised in Sonitpur District through ULFA. This was revealed during
the interrogation of Tarjan Majhi, the Sonitpur District ‘commander’
of the APA. Majhi was arrested with five others on November 3
at Bhairabguri under Dhekiajuli Police station of Sonitpur District.
Majhi claimed that an ULFA self-styled sergeant Major Das had
provided arms training to APA cadre in Majbat area of Udalguri
District and helped them contact the Maoists. The APA ‘District
commander’ from Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar District claimed he had
recruited a large number of APA members and procured some firearms.
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November 7
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The 28th battalion of the ULFA
is on a recruitment drive in Jorhat, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh and
Tinsukia Districts. According to intelligence sources, ‘sergeant
major’ Rupantar Kakoti is overseeing the recruitment drive. Sources
have also revealed that the ‘area commander’ of ULFA Sivasagar
division, Bidyut Baruah, is on an extortion spree.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said that peace with the ULFA may not start in December, 2010.
Talking to media persons in Guwahati he said: "We have only
expressed our hope to start the peace process in December. Before
the initiation of peace talks, all jailed ULFA leaders have to
be released on bail, which we can’t. Though the State Government
isn’t against the release of the jailed ULFA leaders on bail,
it depends on the Court."
Member of Parliament from Kokrajhar
constituency S. K. Bwiswmuthiary in a press meet held at Titaguri
expressed apprehension that the visit of former Jharkhand Chief
Minister Babulal Marandi to Chirang reserve forest under Holtugaon
forest division on November 4, 2009 could encourage the existence
of Maoist militants in Bodoland forests, especially in Ripu and
Chirang reserve forests. Bwiswmuthiary said the State Government
should take effective measures to deal with the problem.
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November 8 |
At least 19 persons, including
13 Hindi-speaking people, were killed and several others injured
when militants of the anti-talks faction of the NDFB, led by Ranjan
Daimary went on a killing spree in four places in Northern-Assam.
The victims included two women.
Police recovered two bombs from
a Guwahati-bound passenger bus at Amingaon on the outskirt of
the city.
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November 9 |
Three persons were shot dead by
the anti-talk faction of the NDFB militants in Assam taking the
toll to 22. The militants shot dead two Hindi-speaking persons
of a minority community at Ultapani in Kokrajhar District on the
Indo-Bhutan border and shot dead a cycle mechanic, identified
as Paran Mondal, at his residence in Domgaon village bordering
Chirang District, Police said. So far the killings have been reported
from seven Districts.
One person who was shot at by
the NDFB militants on November 8 succumbed to injury.
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November 10 |
The anti-talk faction of the NDFB
shot dead a woman, identified as Kalwa Chauhan and injured three
civilians at Jamuguri village in Kokrajhar District. With this
the death toll in the violence since November 8 has increased
to 24.
An NDFB cadre, Gwmchar Daimary,
was arrested by the Police from Latakata under Bashistha police
station of Sonitpur District along the Meghalaya border along
with a linkman. Two kilograms of RDX was seized from the militant.
Following the arrest of Gwmchar Daimary, the Security Forces claimed
that Guwahati was next on the NDFB's hitlist.
An arrested NDFB militant, identified
as Hagrama Basumatary revealed the method of the November 8 incident.
Explaining how groups of three systematically carried out the
carnage before slipping into Arunachal Pradesh forests with help
from Bodo settlers. During interrogation, Basumatary revealed
that in each of the "operations" conducted in Sonitpur and Udalguri
Districts, three-member trained squads were involved.
The Union Government asked the
Assam Government to take stern action against the NDFB militants.
In a communique, the Ministry of Home Affairs asked the State
Government to launch an all-out offensive against the NDFB militants
who are believed to have been hiding in the dense forests along
Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The ministry also assured the
State Government of all help in arresting those involved in the
killings.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister
Dorjee Khandu said that Assam should take action against the NDFB.
'It is unfortunate that militants are resorting to killing of
innocent civilians. Assam should take action against the militants,'
Khandu told journalists. Khandu said Arunachal Pradesh and Assam
Government officials are scheduled to meet November 15 to review
the overall security situation along the inter-state border following
the killing of Arunachal Pradesh Government employees by the NDFB
militants.
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November 11 |
The anti-talk faction of the NDFB
issued fresh threat to all communities residing in the Bodo belt,
Security Forces or "other Indian communities", warning of more
"heinous and horrible results" if they make "any mistake or crime
against the NDFB,". The 'Organising secretary' of the outfit B.
Naison extended the outfit's support to the Bodo National Convention
to be held on November 18-19. In a statement, he urged the Bodoland
People's Front, the Bodo Sahitya Sabha, the All Bodo Students'
Union and other Bodo organisations to protest alleged killings
of innocent Bodos by Police and SFs.
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November 12 |
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram
directs all-out action against NDFB. Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
chairing the meeting of the Unified Command in Guwahati reviewed
the law and order situation in Assam. Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
asked SFs to launch an "all-out" operation against the ultras
and tackle them with an "iron hand".
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November 15
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Suspected militants of the ULFA
abducted a tea planter, identified as Om Prakash Chowkhani and
his son Atulya from Tinsukia District of Assam. The whereabouts
of the duo is not known.
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November 16
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The Union Minister of State for
Home Affairs Ajay Maken said in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of
the Parliament) that a total of 660 incidents have taken place
during the period of January 1, 2010 and October 31, 2010 in North
Eastern States. "The number of civilians killed, in the North
Eastern Region, up to October 31, 2010 is 65 as compared to 225
civilians killed during the corresponding period of 2009. Similarly,
the number of SFs killed up to October 31, 2010 in the North East
Region is 18, whereas 36 SFs were killed during the corresponding
period in 2009," Maken said.
TADA Court wanted to know if the
Government had any objection to granting of bail to ULFA ‘deputy
commander-in-chief’ Raju Baruah. Government counsel K. Munir said
the Government had no objection to Baruah’s bail plea because
the Government favoured release of some ULFA leaders, including
Baruah, from jail in view of their willingness to sit for peace
talks.
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November 18
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One of the militants belongs to
NDFB-ATF, involved in the killing of 24 persons in different parts
of the State November 8-10 was arrested by the Police. Security
Force personnel have reportedly identified the militants.
The cadres of the NDFB-PTF distributed
a map depicting a separate Bodoland to the participants in the
Bodo national convention. The map included nine Districts. The
NDFB cadres insisted that a resolution be passed by the convention
on the basis of the map.
TADA Court in Guwahati is reportedly
going to grant bail to ULFA ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ Raju Baruah
on November 19 when it conducts the final hearing of three TADA
cases pending against him.
Assam is unlikely to get the additional
CPMFs it had asked for after the NDFB-ATF killed 24 people. Sources
said the Centre was not in a position to spare forces given the
large scale deployment of CPMFs in Maoist-affected States and
in Bihar for Assembly polls.
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November 19
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The verdict on the bail petition
of ‘Deputy Commander-in-Chief’ of ULFA Raju Baruah in connection
with three TADA cases will be delivered on November 23 by the
designated Court in Assam.
As many as 43 Bodo political and
non-political organisations came together to form the Bodo National
Conference – a common platform to solve the various issues affecting
the Bodo people. The Conference was formed in a bid to convince
the National Democratic Front of NDFB-ATF chairman Ranjan Daimary
to come forward for peace parleys and also to ensure peace and
unity among the Bodo people and also with those living in the
area.
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November 21
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Several Mising organizations objected
to the inclusion of Dhemaji and Lakhimpur Districts in the proposed
map of Bodoland that was unveiled by the NDFB-PTF at the Bodo
National Convention held in Kokrajhar on November 18-19, 2010.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi that
anybody, including himself, can demand a separate State. "The
question of resignation of three ministers for supporting the
Bodoland demand does not arise because anybody can demand a separate
State. I can even demand a separate State, but I haven’t said
that I will accede to any demand for a separate State. If the
State Cabinet takes up this issue someday, it will have to take
a negative decision on the matter" said Gogoi referring to
the Opposition demand for dropping of three ministers for supporting
creation of Bodoland from his Cabinet.
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November 23
|
The designated TADA Court in Guwahati
granted bail to the ULFA ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ Raju Baruah
against a sum of INR 100,000 with two sureties in connection with
three cases, i.e., TADA case Nos. 32/01, 43/01 and 350/91. The
Court also imposed four conditions on Baruah while granting the
bail. These are: the accused shall not leave the Court till disposal
of the cases and shall deposit his passport, if any, with the
Court; shall not leave Assam without informing the officer-in-charge
of the local Police Station where he is a resident; shall not
threaten the victims and their near and dear ones besides the
witnesses of the cases; and shall not commit any offence during
pendency of the cases.
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November 24
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The Assam Police sounded a warning
of the NDFB-ATF strike plans against Hindi-speaking people at
Dhekiajuli in Soniptur District in the next 72 hours and even
asked members of the community to move out of vulnerable areas
to safer places.
An operational plan against NDFB-ATF
was firmed by the MHA following a meeting with the Assam Government.
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November 26
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The deputy ‘commander-in-chief’
of ULFA Raju Baruah was granted bail by the CBI ad hoc Court in
Guwahati. The Court granted bail to Baruah while hearing the last
case (50 K06) pending against him.
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November 27
|
ULFA cadre Jayanta Moran alias
Juganta (19), of Bokapathar village under Pengeri Police Station
in Tinsukia District, surrendered before Security Forces. He surrendered
a 9mm pistol with six rounds of ammunition, two kilograms TNT,
some fuse wire, four detonators and two Chinese hand grenades.
The peace talks between the ULFA
and the Centre is expected to begin in January, 2011, Assam Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi said.
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November 29
|
Former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla
Kumar Mahanta told newsmen in New Delhi that the Government should
grant amnesty to the jailed leaders of the ULFA and the NDFB if
it really wanted the peace process to start. He also said that
the Assam Government might use the absconding prisoners against
the Opposition parties in the coming Assembly elections in the
State.
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December 2
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Police arrested two suspected
NDFB cadres during a routine checking in Baska District. Police
seized a pistol from them.
The detained ULFA ‘general secretary’
Anup Chetia is likely to be handed over to India by Bangladesh
before talks with ULFA commences in January, 2011. Inspector-General
of Border Security Force (BSF) (Assam and Meghalaya frontier),
R.C. Saxena, said that efforts are still on to get Chetia handed
over to India before commencement of the tripartite talks, adding
that a team from the Ministry of home affairs had gone to Dhaka
to discuss the modalities of the hand-over with the Bangladesh
Government.
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December 3
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The Self-styled chairman of UNLF
Rajkumar Meghen alias Sana Yaina was produced before the
Special NIA Court, Guwahati where he was remanded to 13 days’
custody. The NIA had sought custody of 20 days on the strength
of NIA case number 10/10 under section 120(B)/121/121(A) -122-468
Indian Penal Code and under Sec 10/13 of Unlawful Activities(Prevention)
Act. The next hearing is fixed on December 16. He also revealed
that he was detained in Bangladesh on September 29, 2010, rubbishing
the NIA’s claim that he had been arrested near Motihari in Bihar
on November 30.
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December 5
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The Political Adviser of ULFA,
Bhimkanta Buragohain alias Mama, was released from Guwahati Central
Jail on December 5 after spending nearly seven years behind bars.
Following the release Mama said, "The peace talks are moving
in the right direction. Paresh Barua is the military chief of
the organisation and, hence, he is very relevant in any matter
relating to the outfit, including peace talks." Buragohain,
who was in jail since his arrest during a crackdown on the ULFA
in Bhutan by the Royal Bhutan Army in 2003, is the fifth senior
leader of the outfit to be released on bail. Four other senior
ULFA leaders who have been released on bail are Vice-chairman
Pradip Gogoi, cultural secretary Pranati Deka, central publicity
secretary Mithinga Daimary and deputy ‘commander-in-chief’ Raju
Baruah. Now three other top leaders — the outfit's chairman Arabinda
Rajkhowa, foreign secretary Sasha Choudhury and finance secretary
Chitraban Hazarika — are awaiting release.
The commander of ULFA’s 709 battalion,
Hira Sarania, issued a statement to media houses saying the battalion
would actively cooperate with the outfit’s central leadership’s
efforts towards a peaceful settlement of the Indo-Assam political
conflict.
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December 6
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A militant belonging to NDFB-ATF,
identified as Robin Narzary, was injured in an encounter with
Police near Dhekiajuli in northern Assam's Sonitpur District.
Police recovered a pistol, a mobile, a walkie-talkie set, bomb
making materials and tools to make country guns from the spot.
SFs arrested Jaharlal Mushahari,
an NDFB-ATF militant and close aide of general secretary of the
outfit Rifikhang, from Koilajuli area under Biswanath Police station
in Sonitpur District following an encounter. Police recovered
INR 650,000 in cash, a pistol, ammunition, mobile and SIM cards
from him. "He is one of the most wanted cadres who were involved
in several crimes, including the recent killings," the Superintendent
of Police, Sonitpur, A.K. Tiwari, said.
Five militants of the UKDA surrendered
before the Army in Assam's Karbi Anglong District. The militants
laid down their arms before Brigadier A. Bhuyan, in the presence
of Karbi Anglong Deputy Commissioner S. N. Barman and Superintendent
of Police K K Sarma, at ceremony organised by the Five Rajputana
Rifles. The militants surrendered two AK-47 rifles, one M-20 rifle,
a US made Carbine and a pistol. The militants have been identified
as self styled Sergeant Seiteinmang Gangte, Corporal Lamminlal
Gangte, Lamngul Hmar, Thanglenkap Khongsai and Khikhohao Sitlhou.
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December 7
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The vice-chairman of the ULFA
Pradip Gogoi said that ULFA is firm in its stand that peace talks
would be possible only when all the leaders of the outfit were
released from jails unconditionally. "After all the jailed
leaders are set free, we will certainly decide for holding parleys
with the Centre," he said.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said
that Government needs to create an environment conducive for talks
and then make its stand clear on discussing the issue raised by
ULFA. "When we sit for talks, ULFA will also see that the
demands, issues and aspirations of various ethnic communities,
intellectual societies, non-governmental organisations, religious
groups, minorities etc of the State are brought out for discussion,"
Gogoi said.
Political advisor of the ULFA,
Bhimkanta Buragohain alias Mama said that ULFA is not just
seeking peace through dialogue but wants that the exploitation,
oppression, negligence and draining of wealth from the State by
the Centre comes to halt.
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December 8
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The Chief of the Black Widow (BW)
Jewel Gorlosa, along with two other cadres of outfit, will be
interrogated by the Directorate of Enforcement in connection with
the diversion of funds meant for the NC Hills Autonomous District
Council (NCHADC) to other States through hawala (illegal money
transfer).
Suspected militants belonging
to the KLNLF-ATF abducted a schoolboy, identified as Sujit Pathak,
(10), from Japarajan in Bokajan sub-division of Karbi Anglong
District. According to sources, Sujit was in front of his Japarajan
residence when a four-member team of KLNLF-ATF militants accosted
him and took him along with them.
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December 9
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DHD-PTF met the Centre’s interlocutor
for peace talks, P.C. Haldar, in New Delhi on the demand to upgrade
their District into "a mini state within a state". The
talks are likely to continue. Dilip Nunisa is leading the four-member
delegation of the DHD. Nunisa said that his team would reiterate
its demand for the amalgamation of the Dimasa-inhabited areas
in the Assam Districts of Cachar, Nagaon and Karbi Anglong and
also in some portions of Dimapur.
Police personnel recovered as
many as 300 gelatine sticks and fuse wire and arrested four persons
near Jatinga bridge of Cachar District. The explosive were being
ferried to Harinagar in the Cachar-Dima Hasao District border
in a truck loaded with sands. One Hating Zeme, who is believed
to have hired the vehicle, was arrested along with Arifuddin Barbhuiya,
Ainul Haque and Akbar Hussain.
Two militants of the KLNLF-ATF
were arrested by the Kherani Police from Umtai Etabhata of Nagaon
District of Assam. The two militants were identified as Dhan Teron
alias Sarcho Teron (20) and Bidyasing Rongphar alias Apo Rongphar
(19) and one pistol, three live cartridges along with many incriminate
documents were recovered from their possession, Police sources
said.
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December 11
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As a mark of respect to the leaders
and cadres who lost their lives in the course of their armed struggle
for creation of a separate land for Karbi people, the UPDS observed
its 13th ‘‘martyrs’ day’’ in all its three designated camp (Diphu,
Deopani, Rongbin), in Karbi Anglong District.
Five suspected ULFA linkmen were
arrested in a joint operation of SFs from Hahkhati in Tinsukia
District of Assam.
SFs arrested the self-styled deputy
‘commander-in-chief’ of the NDFB-ATF, George Boro, a key accused
in the October 30, 2008, serial blasts from Aizawl in Mizoram.
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December 12
|
The self-styled ‘deputy commander-in-chief’
of the NDFB-ATF B. Jwangkhang alias George Boro, a prime accused
in the October 30, 2008 serial blasts who was arrested in Aizawl
by a joint team of Assam Rifles and Information Bureau on December
10, was brought to Guwahati.
The 28th battalion of ULFA extended
its full support to the proposed peace talk between the ULFA and
the Centre. Self-styled ‘commander’ of the battalion, Bijoy Chinese
alias Bijoy Das, in a statement issued to the press, he favoured
peaceful solution to the three-decade-old conflicts through dialogue.
Chinese reiterated that his battalion would only extend direct
cooperation to the proposed talks if it would be held in a conducive
and honourable atmosphere.
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December 13
|
‘Deputy commander-in-chief’ of
the NDFB-ATF B. Jwangkhang alias George Bodo and his body
guard S. Baglari were produced before the Court of Special Divisional
Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup where the duo was remanded to 14 days
Police custody. The custody was permitted on the strength of Basistha
Police station case number 439/10, which relates to an extortion
demand of INR 2 million.
Police arrested a self-styled
sergeant major of the UNLF, identified as S. Romel Singh alias
Kulla alias Biren in Bhakatpur of Silchar District. Romel
had been staying in Silchar in a rented house for the last couple
of months as he was undergoing treatment for his broken leg. Silchar
Court sent him into Police custody on December 14. According to
Police sources, Romel had been arrested in Manipur in 1995 and
later released on bail. Since then, he had been absconding.
ULFA claimed that two of the ULFA
leaders have been arrested by Indian intelligence agencies in
Bangladesh. In a statement e-mailed to the press, ULFA ‘publicity
cell manager’ Arun Dohotia said, "ULFA captain Upen Buragohain
alias Antu Chaudang and second lieutenant Pradip Chetia
were arrested by Indian intelligence agencies in Bangladesh on
December 13. Buragohain and Chetia have gone missing since then."
The Assam Police has, however, expressed ignorance about the arrest
of the two ULFA leaders.
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December 15
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The ULFA is likely to seek answers
from the Union Government on its leaders who went missing during
‘Operation All Clear’ in Bhutan in December 2003. ULFA’s
adviser Bhimkanta Buragohain and ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ Raju
Barua told that the ULFA leaders would discuss the matter and,
if subsequently talks are held, seek answers from the Government.
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December 16
|
The judgment on the bail petition
of the ULFA’s self-styled ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa in connection
with six TADA cases would be pronounced on December 20 by the
TADA Court in Guwahati. This comes after public prosecutor representing
the State Government filed the no-objection petition against the
release of the ULFA leader on bail.
ULFA’s ‘finance secretary’ Sasha
Choudhury was also produced before the Court. Similarly, UNLF
self-styled ‘chairman’ Rajkumar Meghen has been remanded to judicial
custody by the Special NIA Court, Guwahati, after the expiry of
13 days NIA custody.
In a joint operation, Security
Forces comprising of Assam Police and troops of 15 Dogra Regiment
based in Gossaigaon of Kokrajhar District arrested four militants
of the ANLA from Kandanapara under Gossaigaon Police Station of
Kokrajhar District. As per Police sources, the arrested militants
have been engaged in abduction, extortion and possession of weapons
illegally. Police also recovered one 7.62 mm factory-made rifle,
one .22 mm factory-made rifle along with two live rounds of bullets
of 9 mm pistol.
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December 17
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Meanwhile, the Centre’s interlocutor,
P.C. Haldar said that the proposed talks between the ULFA and
the Government will be held in three weeks.
The ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa
suggested that ULFA general secretary Anup Chetia should be brought
to Assam from Bangladesh and all the ULFA leaders, now in jail,
be released before the peace talks.
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December 18
|
In a joint operation, the Security
Force personnel comprising of Assam Police and troops of 15 Dogra
Regiment based in Gossaigaon of Kokrajhar District, arrested two
militants belonging to the ALNA. A factory-made 9-mm revolver
along with three live rounds of bullets has been recovered from
the militants.
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December 20
|
Arabinda Rajkhowa, the ‘chairman’
of the ULFA, is likely to get bail on. The State Government had
on December 16 told the Court that it would have no objection
to granting of bail to the ULFA chief.
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December 21
|
The breakaway faction of the ULFBV,
UDLA led by Dhanyram Reang has stepped up its extortion exercise
by issuing notes demanding INR 300 per household in the areas
like South Hailakandi, Dullavcherra and Karimganj Districts. Dhanyram
had threatened the villagers with dire consequences. It is to
be noted that ULFBV, led by Panchuram Reang, laid down arms with
his 305 rebels to the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on November 30,
2008.
ULFA Bhimkanta Buragohain made
an appeal to the state Government not to politicise the issue
of peace talks even as the designated TADA Court deferred ruling
on ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa to December 22.
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December 22
|
Three militants belonging to the
NDFB-ATF were arrested from Bhalukpung in Arunachal Pradesh. The
arrested militants were suspected to be involved in the killing
of eight Hindi-speaking persons in Boimara near Seijusa on the
Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border on November 8, 2010. The three
were arrested during a joint operation of Assam and Arunachal
Pradesh Police, said Sonitpur District Superintendent of Police
Anand Prasad Tiwari. Three 9mm pistols with live ammunition were
recovered from them.
The DNDF, a newly raised militant
outfit, was behind the abduction of two survey assistants and
a cook of a seismic survey company in the Manja area under Maibong
subdivision in Dima Hasao District, Police said. The three who
were abducted on December 5, 2010, were released on December 22.
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December 23
|
A militant belonging to the NDFB-ATF,
identified as Sanjib Basumatary, was arrested in Harinaguri area
of Kokrajhar District. According to Police the arrested militant
was allegedly involved in the killing of three people.
The ‘commander-in-chief’ of the
ULFA Paresh Barua claimed that his son has been ‘kidnapped’ and
blamed the authorities for using blackmailing tactics with his
son as a bait. He, however, did not clarify from where or when
the kidnapping took place.
ULFA’s ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa
and ‘finance secretary’ Chitrabon Hazarika were granted bail by
the Guwahati High Court in connection with the Special Operation
Unit police station case number 1/95 registered u/s 120(B)/121(A)/122
IPC read with 10/13 of the Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act.
This came after A.K. Phukan, Advocate General submitted that the
State Government has no objection in the ULFA leaders being granted
bail in view of the peace talks.
Central Government agreed in principle
with the demand of Karbi militant outfit UPDS for an "upgraded"
Karbi Anglong territorial council with more powers. The demands
of the outfit were discussed in detail in New Delhi during a tri-partite
meeting between the UPDS and central and State Government representatives.
Finally, the Centre and the state Government agreed to the formation
of an upgraded territorial council in Karbi Anglong with additional
departments and powers.
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December 25
|
The BDR claimed to have neutralised
a suspected ULFA hideout close to the Indian Meghalaya border,
seizing mine manufacturing equipment, radio sets and propoganda
material. The hideout suspected to be that of ULFA separatist
group was busted in the hilly forest areas in northern frontier
area of Sherpur, close to country's border with Meghalaya.
The ULFA said that its ‘commander-in-chief’
Paresh Baruah’s son Arindam, who was kidnapped on an unspecified
date, had been held hostage with his face covered with a black
cloth, physically tortured and threatened with death by his kidnappers
before being released.
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December 27
|
The crackdown on the ULFA in Bangladesh
will force its elusive ‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh Baruah to rethink
his intransigent stand, R.C. Saxena, Inspector General of Border
Security Force (Assam-Meghalaya). "Baruah is under tremendous
pressure because of the crackdown by Bangladeshi authorities.
He will give up some day," he added.
The hearing of ULFA 'chairman'
Arabinda Rajkhowa's bail plea was on December 27 deferred till
December 30 following submission of an affidavit in the TADA court
on the rebel leader's latest status. On December 24, the court
had asked the home and political department to submit an affidavit
regarding the latest status on him.
Two top militants belonging to
the NDFB-ATF sent feelers for talks in the wake of Assam Government’s
intensified efforts to bring the NDFB-ATF to the negotiating table.
The outfit’s vice-president, Rajen Goyari alias G. Rifikhang,
and the commander of Bodoland Army (the armed wing of NDFB) I.K.
Songbijit, as well as some other senior members of the faction
have sent feelers to the Government for negotiation, a highly
placed source said.
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December 28
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The ‘chief’ of the NDFB-ATF Ranjan
Daimary was granted bail by the Court of Sub Divisional Judicial
Magistrate,Biswanath Chariali in connection with the Biswanath
Chariali case number 151/09 related to Bhimajuli massacre in which
12 persons were killed in Sonitpur District on October 4, 2009.
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December 29
|
In a special operation, troops
neutralized a camp of the KLNLF-ATF in South of Dalamara in Karbi
Anglong District and recovered large cache of arms and ammunition.
Army recovered one 7.65 mm Pistol, two 7.65 mm Pistol ammunition,
four .303 ammunition, blankets, rations and mosquito nets from
the site.
With the Bangladeshi SFs intensifying
operations against the ULFA, at least ten ULFA cadres entered
Guwahati via Assam-Meghalaya border from Bangladesh. The ULFA
militants who sneaked into Guwahati from Bangladesh were led by
‘sergeant’ Jitu Goswami and his wife Sadhana Rabha. The others
include ‘sergeant major’ Antu Chowdang’s wife Alisa Chowdang and
their two children, 2nd lieutenant Pranjit Saikia’s
wife Arsita Saikia, Pradip Chetia alias Robel’s wife and
‘sergeants’ Hasan Ali and Siraj Ali.
The ‘chairman’ of the NDFB-ATF
Ranjan Daimary was granted bail by the Tezpur chief judicial magistrate’s
Court in the Bhalukpung blast case on July 13, 2009. Daimary was
released on two sureties of INR 25,000 each as the public prosecutor
for the Government did not object to the bail plea. This is the
third bail granted to Daimary out of the 10 criminal cases filed
against him.
The Centre announced extension
of the cease-fire pact with DHD-N for another six months. An official
spokesman of the Ministry of Home Affairs said that it has been
decided and mutually agreed to extend the Suspension of Operations
(SoO) agreement with DHD-N group for a further period of six months
up to June 30, 2011.
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December 30
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The TADA Court, Guwahati granted
bail to the chairman of the ULFA Arabinda Rajkhowa, in connection
with all the six TADA cases registered against him. The ULFA chief
was allowed to go against a bail amount of INR 1 lakh with two
sureties of the like amount. The TADA Court granted the bail on
condition that the accused shall not leave the country till the
case is disposed of and must also deposit his passport, if any,
to the TADA Court.
Chief Minister of Assam Tarun
Gogoi invited ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa to join politics,
saying that let him serve people through politics. "Let Rajkhowa
join politics if he wants to serve people."
The chairman of the UNLF, Rajkumar
Meghan and three other militants of the outfit — Ibohal Singh,
Rakesh Singh and Joy Singh — were produced before the special
National Investigative Agency (NIA) Court that sent them to judicial
custody. The case against the trio will be heard on January 11,
2011.
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December 31
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ULFA rejected the Assam Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi’s proposal of safe passage to militant outfits
in the State during the ensuing Bhogali Bihu celebrations as an
initiative to start the peace talks. "Safe passage is offered
to thieves and dacoits. Dacoits of Chambal accept safe passage
offer, not freedom fighters," an e-mail signed by self-styled
‘second lieutenant’ Arunodoi Duhotia stated.
The ‘General Secretary’ of the
ULFA, Anup Chetia, currently in custody in Bangladesh, is likely
to be handed over to India within the next four months. PTI
reported. According to official sources, around 30 to 50 middle-level
leaders of ULFA are also all set to move out of Bangladesh and
enter India within the next two days. Anup Chetia was arrested
on December 21, 1997 in Dhaka for illegally entering into Bangladesh
and possessing two forged passports of that country.
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