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Assam Timeline - 2012


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Incidents
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January 1
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It is not possible for the leaders
of the militant groups of North East including 'Commander-in Chief'
of ULFA, Paresh Baruch to stay in China without the knowledge
of the Chinese authorities, said former GOC of the 4 Corps of
the Army, Lt Gen (Reid) DB Shekhatkar.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said
the insurgency situation in the State was under control, reports
The Telegraph. The ULFA-ATF e-mailed a video to the media houses,
showing about 50 cadres taking part in a parade in battle fatigue
at an unknown hideout surrounded by hills and jungles. The video
did not reveal anything about the group's intention of sending
it or its future plans.
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| January 2 |
ULFA-ATF militants exploded a
grenade injuring three persons, one of them critically, on GNB
Road in Tinsukia town.
SFs recovered a 5-kilogram IED
from a winger at Chabua in Dibrugarh District.
KRA, asked the KPLT to refrain
itself from getting involved with the internal strife between
KRA and UKDA.
KLO has decided to abandon the
armed struggle.
BW 'commander in chief' Niranjan
Hojai had bought a one-storey house at Dharan city in Nepal with
extortion money.
SFs arrested an ULFA-ATF militant,
identified as Hemakanta Changmai, from Lekhapani in Tinsukia District.
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| January 3 |
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to the NDFB-RD, identified as Bohin Narzary alias Barswm,
from Athiabari village under Serfanguri Police Station in Kokrajhar
District.
SFs arrested one Shiva Gogoi from
Sadiya in Tinsukia District. SF claimed that Gogoi has links with
CPI-Maoists, had received six-month training at a NSCN IM camp
in Manipur, and was involved in the arms snatching case from forest
guards at Dibru-Saikhowa National Park.
Local people foiled an extortion
bid by two extortionists belonging to NDFB-RD in Laogaon area
under Bijni Police Station of Chirang District.
Security has been beefed up in
Karbi Anglong on the eve of elections to the KAAC following reports
of threats to some INC candidates by the KPLT.
SFs arrested two suspected militants
belonging to NDPA from Dihangi in Dima Hasao District. The duo
was identified as Bivojit Haflongbar (20), a resident of Suratnagar,
and Pranab Jidung (21), a resident of Gunjung in the same District.
ULFA-ATF has taken to moral policing.
ULFA-ATF 'chairman' Abhijeet Barman, in an emailed statement said,
"We also want to know from the people about their suggestions
on what exemplary punishment would be suitable for those who commit
crimes that contribute to overall degradation of society."
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| January 4 |
SFs recovered and defused a powerful
IED weighing more than half Kilograms from Barpeta Railway over
bridge in Barpeta District.
During a search operation, SFs
arrested a KLNLF militant, identified as James Engleng, along
with 50 pieces of ammunition in Diphu town in Karbi Anglong District.
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| January 5 |
SFs arrested KLNLF 'general secretary'
Thong Teron from Diphu in Karbi Anglong District.
State home department has sounded
a high alert in Upper Assam Districts, following intelligence
reports that the ULFA-ATF may try to target the Hindi-speaking
population in the run-up to Republic Day (January 26).
Security agencies are inquiring
into the possible investments by members of various militant outfits
of the North Eastern region in Guwahati.
MHA stated that it does not have
direct evidence of the KMSS having any kind of nexus with the
CPI-Maoist in the anti-dam protest as alleged by the State Government.
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| January 6 |
SFs arrested one RVA militant,
identified as Pulendra Rabha (21), from Kachudola village in Kokrajhar
District.
BNC asserted that a "third force"
is carrying out extortion and abductions in the BTAD in a bid
to derail the efforts to initiate peace process with the NDFB-RD.
BNC 'chairperson' Hagrama Mohilary said, "In the BTAD area, the
situation has reached such an alarming level that even the poor
villagers are not being spared. We have reports that in some areas
the extortionists are collecting anything between Rs 50 and Rs
100 from each village household."
Militant groups operating in the
Northeast have realised that violence will never pay and the only
way to solve their problems is peace negotiations, Union Home
Minister P. Chidambaram said.
Chidambaram said peace agreements
have been signed by the Government with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
in West Bengal, UPDS in Assam and again it was on the verge of
concluding another agreement with at least two groups in Assam.
He said most of the Northeast
was today conflict-free and there was no violence in most parts
of Northeast as 2011 witnessed a new low in the level of violence
where in all states together there were only 627 incidents in
which 70 civilians and 32 Security Force personnel were killed.
The Home Minister, however, said
there were still some areas of concern that include extortion
and occasional kidnapping for extortion. "Extortion keeps the
militant groups going. That is their source of funds....I have
been saying this with responsibility that these extortion rackets
must be stopped," he added.
Common people handed over two
boys, identified as Bhutan Brahma (13) and Kalil Narzary (11),
to Police at Karimbazar under Gossaigaon Police Station in Kokrajhar
District. The two boys were allegedly sent by NDFB-RD to collect
money from one Rafikul Islam of Karimbazar.
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| January 7 |
KLNLF called for 24 hours Karbi
Anglong District Strike beginning (today) from 5 am. to protest
against the arrest its 'General Secretary' Thong Teron by SFs.
SFs arrested a NDFB linkman, Sunil
Basumatari (38), from Pansali village under Lakhipur Police Station
of Goalpara District. SFs recovered one .9mm pistol with one round
ammunition from him.
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| January 8 |
An official source in Upper Assam
said that a secret message issued by the Tinsukia District administration
on December 27, 2011 to the State Government and the Police headquarters
informed that extortion notes were served to a few persons in
Ambikapur, including a woman ward member of Ambikapur gaon panchayat
(Village level local self-Government institution).
SFs arrested a ULFA linkman,
Mohammad Saidul Islam (26), at Bhangnamari village in Chirang
District. One .9mm pistol and live ammunition were recovered from
him.
Former SPOs expressed apprehension
that around 70 of the 278 personnel discharged from duty last
year might have joined insurgent groups.
UKDA, a Kuki militant group based
in Karbi Anglong District, declared unilateral ceasefire with
the Central and State Government.
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| January 9 |
Shambhu Singh, Joint Secretary
(North East) of the MHA, said that the MHA has already taken a
decision that a major crackdown should be launched to check the
menace of extortion. Singh added that the MHA's views would be
formally communicated to the State Government shortly.
Singh admitted that the situation
in Manipur is still bad. He said that though the GNLA is on rampage
in Meghalaya, the recent operations yielded results, while, the
inter-factional clashes resulted in deterioration of the situation
in Nagaland.
On the activities of the CPI-Maoist
groups, Singh said that the death of senior CPI-Maoist leader
Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji must have affected
the move of the Maoists to establish stronghold in the region.
He said that according to information available with the Government,
Kishanji visited Assam and Manipur just before his death in West
Bengal.
Intelligence agencies have reportedly
received inputs that the CPI-Maoist has sought the help of Assam
based insurgent group, KLO, indicating a retaliation of an "unprecedented
scale" to avenge the killing of its politburo member Mallojula
Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji in West Bengal on November
24, 2011. A senior Police official said they have received inputs
that "something big" would happen anytime, anywhere. He said Centre
has also informed all Maoist infested states to be on high alert.
Reports said that ground-level
intelligence gathered by Central agencies revealed that top Maoist
leadership has been constantly interacting with KLO in the last
one month.
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| January 10 |
The NDFB-PTF admitted that it
has given a formal letter to the Srirampur check gate along the
Assam-Bengal interstate border, asking for 'donations', and added
that there are many organizations of different communities as
well as NGO that have created syndicates at the gate to collect
illegal money from the gate.
SFs arrested three ULFA-ATF linkman,
at Basbari village of Kokrajhar District.
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| January 12 |
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said
that nine insurgent groups on ceasefire agreements with the Government
would surrender before the Republic Day (January 26). These groups
consist of ACMA, BCF, AANLA, KLA, KRA, UKDA, HPC, STF and ACF.
UPDS has told UHM P. Chidambaram
that it's MoS with Central and State Government has failed. UPDS
'chairman' Longsodar Senar wrote to Chidambaram saying, "As the
Assam government has wilfully refused to honour your solemn commitment
of 'neutral administration' till the election and "level playing
field" during the election, the now ex-UPDS leaders and cadres
can no longer be expected to hold on to a failed experiment."
Tarun Gogoi said that the CPI-Maoists
had formed a 'Mega Dam Resistance Forum' and influencing the anti-dam
agitation at Lower Subansiri.
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| January 13 |
APA extended the ceasefire with
State Government but refused to lay down weapons. APA 'commander-in-chief'
Uday Tisku in this regard said, "We don't want to lay down arms,
but want a "double-lock" system for keeping our weapons. We also
want three designated camps and other facilities for our cadres.
Our previous ceasefire period was to expire on January 14 but
we have extended our ceasefire period for the next six months."
DHD-N supremo Dilip Nunisa on
the current impasse in the peace talks with Central and State
Government said, "Instead of demanding all Dimasa-inhabited areas
lying in these districts and also in Nagaland, which was our earlier
stance, only some adjacent areas, where the Dimasa people are
a majority, should be amalgamated with the present Dima Hasao
District. If the government can give away land to Bangladesh without
any question, why can't they include our villages in the council?"
Earlier, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on January 12 said that peace
accord with DHD-N has not yet been singed due to the outfit's
demand to include 96 villages of Nagaon and Cachar District in
the greater DATC.
UKDA has demanded that KRA, which
is under the SoS with Manipur Government sent back to their base
in Manipur.
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| January 14 |
SFs recovered an IED weighing
3 kilograms from Goreswar market in Baksa District.
BCF an Adivasi militant group
has decided not to lay down arms before January 26 as announced
by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi earlier.
SFs arrested a NDFB-RD militant,
identified as Santosh Kerketeri alias Simang (26), from
Dumbruguri under Anandabazar Police Station in Salbari of Baksa
District.
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| January 15 |
Paresh Baruah would expel ULFA
Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and other senior leaders and Central
Committee of the outfit permanently to start afresh the armed
struggle. Further, Senior ULFA-ATF, Drishti Rajkhowa alias
Manoj Rabha and Bijay Das alias Bijay Chinese would now
act as the overall Commander of Lower and Upper Assam region respectively.
SFs arrested three NDFB-RD militants at Amguri
in Kokrajhar District.
ACF 'area commander' Ranjit Murmu expressed shock
on Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi recent statement that nine (including
five Adivasi) groups are going to surrender before Republic day
(January 26).
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| January 16 |
SFs killed a suspected ULAB militant at Piplapunjee
near Bazaricherra in Karimganj District.
SFs arrested one ULFA militant, identified as
Padamdhar Moran alias Poya Kaye (35), at Makum under Makum
Police Station in Tinsukia District.
SFs arrested one arms dealer, identified as Samsul
Hoque (45), from Doboka Burigaon village in Karbi Anglong District.
SFs recovered one 9mm pistol, two magazines of 9mm pistol, one
.32mm pistol, one magazine of .32mm pistol, .32 mm seven rounds
live ammunitions and INR 14,000 in cash along with one mobile
phone from him.
SFs arrested a ULFA militant, identified as Sapring
Rabha (29) alias Khaplang, from Kasumari village under
Krishnai Police Station of Goalpara District.
During the annual Home Secretary-level meet between
India and Myanmar at Naypyitaw on January 19, a joint strategy
to deal with Northeast Indian militant groups, smuggling of drugs,
arms and ammunition will be high on the agenda.
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| January 17 |
Unidentified militants abducted a minor child,
identified as Randip (3), from Phuloni in Karbi Anglong District.
SFs arrested two ULFA linkmen, Robin Biswas (20)
and Rakhal Chandra Biswas (47), from Balajan in Dhubri District.
Golaghat District administration instructed the
CRPF to take all necessary steps to maintain law and order in
the disputed areas in the District along the Assam-Nagaland border.
NSCN-IM militants looted a grocery shop, at Lahdoigarh
under Namtola Police Station in Sivasagar District along the Assam-Nagaland
border. NSCN-IM militants took away INR 50,000 from the shop.
ADGP-SB Khagen Sarma informed the media persons
that the AANLA, ACF, BCF, STF, APA, KLA, UKDA, KRA and the HPC
are going to lay down their arms on January 24. Assam Times
put the figure of the militants who will surrender on January
24 at over one hundred and fifty. Assam Adivasi Peace Movement
representatives (a body approved by AANLA to negotiate) in a meeting
with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and ADGP Khagen Sarma conveyed
the willingness of AANLA to lay down arms on January 24.
Assam Adivasi Peace Movement further put forward
the demand of AANLA which are- removal of inter-State area restriction
Act, to recognize Adivasis as Scheduled Tribes, to form a satellite
Adivasi Autonomous Council in Assam, to allot land and pattas
to the landless Adivasis, to reserve constituencies where Adivasi
voters are a majority, to increase the daily wage of tea garden
labourers to INR 200 per day, to absorb disarmed AANLA cadres
in government jobs and to create an Adivasi Police Battalion.
Assam Adivasi Peace Movement added that about 100 cadres of AANLA
under 'deputy commander in chief' Peter Dung were putting up in
a camp at the D-sector along the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat
District while other cadres were outside the State.
60-militants of HPC, including women, came down
from the Borail Peak to Retzaul Basti in Dima Hasao District.
The group will lay down arms on January 24 in Guwahati.
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| January 18 |
Central Government extended the ceasefire agreement
with the DHD-N and NDFB-PTF for another six months up to June
30, 2012.
SFs recovered 600 gelatine sticks, 600 detonators
and 360 feet of fuse wire four unclaimed bags at platform number
2 of Lumding Railway Station in Nagaon District.
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| January 19 |
ABSU 'President' Promod Bodo said that the Bodos
can no longer live under the suppression, domination of ruling
community in the state and ABSU is firm to carry forward the Bodoland
state movement with new strategy, and policy until the demand
is accepted. ABSU 'President' Promod Bodo said, "The movement
of the Bodos will not be man to man conflict nor it will go against
the interest of certain community but it wants equal live equally
with other people of the country". The BTC signed in 2003 was
given 40 departments but the state government has yet to hand
over the power and functions to BTC authority. Besides, the State
Government released only INR 2.89 billion from plan fun to BTC
although it received INR 90 billion from the centre from plan
fund in the current financial year, Boro said adding that the
BTC should have get at least INR 10 billion on the basis of population
pattern.
The assistant manager of Panbari tea estate, identified
as Ramen Bora, was abducted and subsequently released by his abductors
seven hours after he was abducted from his garden bungalow in
Sonitpur District. Bora was abducted by five armed men but it
was not clear whether any militant outfit was behind the abduction.
During the Home Secretary level meeting between
the two countries on January 19, Myanmar has assured India that
steps would be taken against the Northeastern militants using
its territory.
Myanmar has sought India's help for implementation
of several road projects, which would facilitate free movement
of the troops to the areas where the militants are taking shelter.
Myanmar has also sought India's help in completing the trilateral
highway linking India, Myanmar and Thailand.
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| January 20 |
The central jail in Jorhat has been put on high
alert following an intelligence report about a purported ULFA-ATF
plan to attack a state minister inside the jail premises during
his customary visit there after hoisting the Tricolour on Republic
Day (January 26).
Security has been beefed up in Guwahati following
apprehension that the ULFA-ATF and NDFB might carry out subversive
activities in the Dispur ahead of Republic Day.
The ULFA-ATF announced that henceforth all the
surname of its leaders and cadres would be same and the common
surname will be 'Asom'. In a statement issued to the media through
e-mail, the ULFA-ATF said to replace the surnames of its members
with 'Asom' was aimed at reflecting the outfit's commitment to
expedite the evolution of the 'great Assamese nation' irrespective
of caste, creed and religion.
Unidentified militants released the abducted worker
of stone crusher unit of Triveni Construction, identified as Dharmendra
Yadav (22), near Lungting in Dima Hasao District.
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| January 22 |
SFs arrested two militants belonging to PREPAK
and KYKL in Jalukbari area of Guwahati City.
SFs arrested a top ULFA militant,
identified as Dipak Rabha alias Shankar from Sonapur area
in the suburb of Guwahati city.
The security has been beefed up along the interstate
border with Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland to frustrate
any attempt by the militants to sneak into the State.
DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said that Police
is preparing strategies to tackle the growing CPI-Maoist threat
in the State.
KNA (apex body of the Kuki community) stressed
on the need for a fresh census of the Kuki tribe living in Singhason
Hills of Karbi Anglong District to validate the demand for an
autonomous council.
Bhutan 'Prime Minister' Jigme Y Thinley said that
there is no camp of any militant formation of the northeast in
his country. He further asserted that Security Forces are on alert
to thwart any such potential attempts by the militants.
CorCom of seven militant outfits of Manipur have
joined hands with five other Militant groups of the Northeastern
and called for a mass boycott of Republic Day celebrations on
January 26 in the entire northeast. Five other outfits include
the ULFA-ATF, HNLC, KLO, NLFT and ATTF.
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