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Meghalaya Timeline - 2010

Date Incident

January 3

The Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) accuses the Union Government of delaying discussion on its demand for constitution of a separate Garoland Autonomous Council (GAC), a self-governing body for the Garo Hills.

January 4

Superintendent of Police of East Khasi Hills District Claudia Lyngwa denying the reported revival of the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) in Meghalaya said, "One swallow doesn't make a summer….The outfit is down and its dares to operate only in areas where the businessmen receiving demand notes don't cooperate with the police out of fear."

The former HNLC 'chairman' Julius Dorphang said that to use the surrendered militants was not a right approach and instead he asked the Government to initiate peace talks directly with the outfit. After the December 23, 2009 hit-and-run by the HNLC militants in East Khasi Hills, which left a coal baron dead and his wife injured, Meghalaya Director General of Police S.B. Kakati had suggested that the Police might ask surrendered HNLC militants for their help to search for the hideouts. The Police wanted to take the help of surrendered cadres to track the militants who take shelter with Khasi villagers inside Bangladesh after carrying out criminal activities in the State.

January 11

The Meghalaya Police foils an attempt by a group of seven persons, led by two surrendered National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) cadres, to abduct a trader for ransom in capital Shillong. According to Police sources, the abduction plan was hatched in Assam in the last week of December 2009. Two of the arrestees are suspected by the Meghalaya Police to be cadres belonging to anti-talk faction of the NDFB.

January 13

Meghalaya Police arrest the self-styled 'commander-in-chief' Shembhalang Dkhar and self-styled 'chairman' Roy Kupar Marbaniang of a newly formed militant outfit Hynniewtrep Liberation Front (HLF) from their respective residences at Demthring and Madanriting localities in capital Shillong. They are arrested after a National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militant Nickson Khang, who was arrested on January 10, revealed the presence of two active militants of the outfit in the city.

January 15

Meghalaya Police decide to lodge a complaint with the Union Government to rein in NSCN-IM cadres, currently under cease-fire with the Centre, so that they do not create any law and order problem in the State. In the wake of the NSCN-IM's supporting a newly formed Khasi militant outfit, Hynniewtrep Liberation Force, Additional Director-General of Police B. Kezo said that the Naga militants would be considered criminals in Meghalaya as there was no cease-fire with them in the State.

Meghalaya Chief Minister D.D. Lapang rejects media reports that HNLC's top leaders, including the outfit's 'general secretary' Cheristerfield Thangkhiew and 'spokesperson' Sainkupar Nongtraw, were about to surrender before the State Police. There were reports that the two top HNLC leaders had managed to escape from their base in Bangladesh to Meghalaya to surrender.

January 16

Two Liberation of Achik Elite Force (LAEF) militants are killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in Songsak area in East Garo Hills District bordering South Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills Districts.

Assam Police arrest a ULFA militant, identified as Pradip Kalita, from Woodland Hospital in capital Shillong. Pradip Kalita is suspected to be a member of the '27th battalion' of the ULFA.

January 17

Meghalaya Police arrest a HLF cadre, Randall Nongrum, from Madanrting in East Khasi Hills District.

January 18

A Police team from Shillong arrests one person suspected to be a cadre of the HLF from Mynso village in Jaintia Hills District. Sources said that he along with one of his friends had arrived in the village posing as construction workers and were possibly intending to recruit more cadres for the militant outfit. The arrested militants revealed that they had links with NSCN-IM which was providing guidance to the HLF outfit in mobilising cadres for training in Nagaland.

A HLF cadre, identified as Livingson Khongsti alias 'Mike' alias 'Leesen', surrenders before the Superintendent of Police of East Khasi Hills District.

January 23

A National Youth Award winner, Andreas H. Marwein, was arrested by the Meghalaya Police in capital Shillong for his linkage with the HNLC. Police said Marwein, who had received the National Youth Award in 2009, was recently arrested for working as an over ground worker of the militant outfit. According to Police, Andreas had collected nearly INR 10 million over the last five years for the HNLC and helped mobilize youths to join the outfit.

January 27

The Meghalaya Police arrested nine HNLC cadres, including an ‘area commander’ Alex Hahshah, during a search operation at Parmodan village in West Khasi Hills District.

January 31

A senior Police official said that with coal business thriving in West Khasi Hills, the HNLC is luring innocent young men to work for the militant outfit taking advantage of the large scale unemployment and backwardness of the District. The HNLC has gone on a massive recruitment drive along the Meghalaya-Bangladesh border to meet the huge vacuum in the organisation, he added.

February 1

One militant belonging to ‘28th battalion’ of the ULFA surrendered before the Border Security Force (BSF) in Shillong.

February 3

A senior Police officer said that new HLF outfit, backed by the NSCN-IM, has been neutralised at the nascent stage.

February 7

Meghalaya Chief Minister D.D. Lapang in the Conference of Chief Ministers on Internal Security asked the Centre to go for a tripartite political and development accord with the ANVC to bring the ongoing peace process to a logical conclusion. He also stated that insurgent outfits like ULFA, National Socialist Council of Nagaland, NDFB and United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) are not only supporting groups like LAEF, but also providing them arms, ammunition and training.

The former chairman of the HNLC, Julius Dorphang, demanded a review of the rehabilitation package for surrendered militants, saying there were many drawbacks in the system.

February 8

Three suspected HNLC militants, identified as Ribonlang Nongbri (21), Ekliar Nongbri (26) and Thringstar Nongbri (35), were arrested by the Police from Lewduh area in Shillong city.

February 10

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tariq Ahmed Karim said in Shillong that Anup Chetia, ‘general secretary’ of the ULFA, under detention in Bangladesh, after serving a jail term, would be handed over to India soon. He further claimed that there were no camps of Northeast militants in Bangladesh at present.

A person was wounded when unidentified militants hurled a petrol bomb at office of a vernacular Khasi newspaper Nongsain Hima in Shillong city. The office building, two computer sets and a scanner were damaged in the explosion.

February 11

Inspector General of BSF for Assam-Meghalaya frontier Prithviraj said, ''Of course there are anti-India elements in the BDR [Bangladesh Rifles] with specific agendas and many at times they are the cause of trouble along the border and try to harm friendly ties between the two nations.''

February 15

A cadre belonging to anti-talks faction of the NDFB, identified as Godadhar Hajong, was arrested by the Border Security Force from Debojani village in West Garo Hills District along India-Bangladesh border.

A NDFB cadre, Doki Sangma, was also arrested. Two cellular phones and several subscriber identity module cards were recovered from his possession.

February 23

The Union Government modified the previous decision of indefinite cease-fire extension with the ANVC to that of periodical extensions in a Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) meeting at Tura.

February 24

The West Khasi Hills District Police arrested a cadre of newly formed Nongstoin Red Army outfit, identified as Kassol Blah (48). He sent a threatening note to Khlieh Mawlieh village secretary Khroling Stone Blah.

February 25

A ULFA cadre was shot dead and another cadre arrested when the SFs neutralised a hideout at Chachinat village in East Garo Hills District.

March 7

A three-day conclave of the ANVC concluded at Balonggre, in the outskirts of Tura town in West Garo Hills District, to discuss ways to push forward the tripartite peace talks.

March 8

The ANVC said that it would seek a plebiscite on whether to continue with the tripartite peace talks, after the Centre took an ‘arbitrary’ decision to extend the cease-fire only periodically.

March 11

Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Mukul Sangma asked Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to initiate all steps for peace and development of the Garo Hill Districts for a logical conclusion of the tripartite accord with the ANVC.

March 13

The ANVC denied its involvement in the abduction of a coal trader Nokma Chongrin Marak of Garo Hills and instead accused the GNLA outfit of attempting to derail the ongoing peace process.

March 14

The ANVC asked for holding the peace talks at Tura in West Garo Hills District instead of capital Shillong.

 

 

 

 

 
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