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Incidents
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January 1 |
A tribal village priest, identified
as Irma Kabasi (45), was killed by CPI-Maoist cadres at Supalu
village near Poteru in the Kalimela area of Malkangiri District.
BSF personnel and a group of Maoists
exchanged fire in Biriguda forest under Boipariguda Police Station
limits in Koraput District.
Police neutralized an inter-state
gang of racketeers involved in circulating FICNs and arrested
three persons near Zero Road bus stand in Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh).
CPI-Maoist cadres killed two villagers
near Moraina Pahari under Banke Bazar Police Station area of Gaya
District.
SFs arrested two hardcore Maoist
cadres along with arms and explosives from a hideout at Gurania
village in East Champaran District.
Three hardcore CPI-Maoist cadres
and one of their arms suppliers was arrested in a joint Police
and CRPF raid at Kolad forest under Namkum Police Station area
of Ranchi District.
Two KPLT militants surrendered
along with some arms in front of the SP and other District administration
officials in Karbi Anglong.
A group of unidentified, armed
miscreants killed a local businessman, Kulbahadur Giri, at Bagmara
under Amguri police station in Chirang district. Police suspected
the involvement of the NDFB-IKS in the incident. In a press statement,
the ‘spokesman’ of the NDFB-IKS, B R Ferengga, alleged that some
government-sponsored extremist elements have been carrying out
criminal activities like killings of small traders and businessmen
from different communities.
Two powerful bombs exploded in
Shingjamei area near Imphal. The IED was exploded through a remote-controlled
device when people were celebrating New Year Day around 5.30am.
A team of police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) rushed
to the spot and cordoned off the area before launching a search
operation. Different social organisations have appealed to militants
not to explode bombs in crowded area.
A Chinese hand grenade wrapped
inside a plastic bag was found outside the house of one Huidrom
Ongbi Chandrakala Devi, head of a village in the Wangbal area
of Thoubal District.
Five cadres of KLO/KLA which is
under tripartite SoO pact with the State Government and the Government
of India fled from their designated camp taking along with them
10 weapons. The five cadres fled from their Shamusong designated
camp located within Saikul sub-division of Senapati District,
informed a source.
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January 2 |
SFs unearthed a full-fledged gun-manufacturing
unit run by the CPI-Maoist cadres deep in the forests of Simdega
District.
NTSZC of the CPI-Maoist has given
a call for bandh (general shutdown strike) in Telangana Region
on January 3 expressing apprehensions over the death of Telangana
Praja Front president Akula Bhoomaiah in a road accident in the
city a few days ago.
Indian intelligence agencies have
alerted anti-terror agencies across the country, including Maharashtra,
of a possible escalation of terror activities in 2014.
Substantial sums of money are
flowing into terrorists’ coffers from Karachi (Pakistan) and Riyadh
(Saudi Arabia) to revive the IM parent organisation, the SIMI,
the IB has warned the states’ law enforcement agencies.
Three suspects in the Dilsukhnagar
(Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) twin bomb blasts (February 21, 2013)
are still at large.
The SSB has found numerous border
pillars missing or badly damaged along the India-Nepal border
in Uttarakhand.
Assistant Constable Rup Singh
Thakur (35) was allegedly abducted and killed by CPI-Maoist cadres
in Matda village of Bijapur District.
BSF and Narayanpatna Police personnel
unearthed a CPI-Maoist dump in the Siriguda forest area of Koraput
District bordering Viziangaram District of Andhra Pradesh.
Police arrested a gang of three
members at Adam Sahib Street in Royapuram (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
for circulating FICNs of INR 1,000 denomination for the last six
months in different parts of Chennai, including shopping hubs
in T. Nagar and Purasawalkam.
Narcotic smuggling have increased
across the India-Pakistan frontier with the BSF recorded its highest
seizure of drugs in recent years, netting over 322 kilograms of
heroin in 2013 that would be worth over INR 16.10 billion in the
international market.
Special NIA court, Patna (Bihar),
extended the remand of the three of the Patna serial blasts accused
Imtiaz Ansari alias Alam, Umer Siddiqui and Azharuddin
Quraishi till January 15, 2013.
A group of civilians, social activists,
writers, research scholars and professors have begun a 10-day
Shodh Yatra (search mission) in CPI-Maoist affected tribal villages
of Gadchiroli District.
Two NSCN-IM cadres and two civilians
were killed in the crossfire between Assam Rifles and militants
at Holam village in Khonsa of Tirap District. Two AK-47 rifles,
a sniper rifle and an M-16 rifle were recovered from the incident
site. An Assam Rifles official based at Khonsa said another militant,
who was injured in the encounter, escaped but a search was on
to track him down. An operation was launched early in the morning
following specific information about the presence of a group of
militants in the village.
Employees of Public Health Centre
of Khumbong in Imphal West District staged sit-in-protest to denounce
alleged extortion notice served by an armed group. Some of the
employees present at the protest site mentioned that two unidentified
persons showed up at the Centre recently and demanding that each
of the employees cough up INR 10,000 and also insisted that the
collected amount should be handed over within December 31, 2013.
Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam,
who is also in-charge of Home Department, stated that the Army
authorities’ intimation to the State Government they would not
like to house former militants in their camps any longer is being
studied between the State Government and the Ministry of Home
Affairs.
The ANVC-B said that three of
its cadres, including two women, have gone missing while they
were coming back to the camp after shopping for the “new year
feast”. The ANVC-B also called upon all its ‘officers’ and cadres
to report to the camp before January 7. “This is an emergency
call. Those who fail to report will be listed as absconding or
as deserters and action will be taken as par the organization’s
law,” the ANVC-B leader Doang Shira said.
A hurried decision to bring ANVC
cadres to main stream ahead of last Assembly elections coupled
with red tape have delayed any immediate solution to the long
pending peace pact with the ANVC and ANVC-B. It was on January
5, 2012, the Government signed a draft peace pact with both ANVC
and ANVC-B. The Centre had sought clarification on how forty seats
will be allocated in the new empowered district councils as per
the demand of the ANVC. At present all the three district councils
in the state comprise of 30 seats each and the ANVC wanted an
increase of ten more seats which was included in the draft peace
pact.
SFs arrested a militant, ‘captain’
Moirangthem Boboi Singh (37), of Manipur based group PREPAK,following
a raid conducted, at Lumshiap Nongmynsong in Shillong (East Khasi
Hills). SFs also seized two laptops, four pen drives, eight cheque
books of different banks, three sim cards, two debit cards, mobile
phones and an iPad among others.
Sumi Hoho, (the apex organisation
of the Sumi community) in Nagaland, has declared December 28 as
“Martyrs’ Day” to honour two Sumi volunteers who died during the
three-day siege of the NSCN-IM’s camp at Mukalimi in Zunheboto
District.
DGP C Balasubramaniam said that
NLFT and ATTF still have 16 or more hideouts in Bangladesh. Most
of these hideouts were concentrated at CHT in the neighbouring
country, Balasubramaniam said. He said about four to six hideouts
were adjacent to the Indo-Bangladesh border while others were
far away from it. The DGP said, “The NLFT headed by Biswamohan
Debbarma is still a powerful outfit running around 15/16 hideouts
in Bangladesh. One camp is still maintained by the ATTF that too
by two women.”
Admitting that insurgents were
using Tripura-Mizoram- Bangladesh tri-junction as corridor, he
said security agencies including Assam Riffles have been trying
hard to stop infiltration of militants from across the border.
Asked about security arrangement along the border keeping in mind
the recent unrest in Bangladesh, the DGP said the BSF and District
Police authorities were asked to maintain strict vigil along the
border so that militants could not enter into the Indian soil.
SFs arrested two Over Ground Workers
(OGWs) of HM, identified as Zahoor Ahmad Bhat and Manzur Ahmad
Ganai, from Putshahi Kuloosa area of Bandipora District and recovered
arms and ammunition from them. One Chinese make pistol, 10 pistol
rounds and two Chinese grenades were recovered from the duo. Sources
said that the two are active for past 5-7 months and had come
to Bandipora.
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January 3 |
Military intelligence warned of
a possible attempt by the IM to hijack an aircraft in order to
barter the release of its arrested ‘Indian operations chief’ Yasin
Bhatkal.
A self-styled CPI-Maoist ‘area
commander’, identified as Sanjay Ram, was arrested during a Police
raid at Khaira village, adjacent to a thermal power site of NTPC
subsidiary, Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Ltd of Aurangabad District.
The UMHA is gearing up for joint
jungle operations with the Police forces of three southern States
to combat the suspected activities of CPI-Maoist at the tri-junction
of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
IM ‘India operations chief’ Yasin
Bhatkal and his close aide Asadullah Akhtar were remanded in Police
custody for 10 days by a Delhi court in connection with a case
lodged against them for the September 2010 Jama Masjid terror
attack.
IM is more lethal and resilient
because of the support it receives from Pakistan, according to
a new report titled 'Jihadist Violence: The Indian Threat' by
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
To ensure free, fair and efficient
probes into criminal cases, Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil
announced INR 150 million as investigation fund to Maharashtra
Police.
LeT operative Abdul Karim Tunda
withdrew his bail petition filed before a Delhi court.
To avoid grave fall outs of ad
hoc handling of hostage crisis, the Centre informed the Supreme
Court that it has formulated a standard operation procedure to
deal with kidnappings of politicians and VIPs by terrorists, militants
and Maoists to demand release of jailed comrades-in-arm.
The NDFB-PTF demanded updating
of the NRC in Assam. Gobinda Basumatary, ‘General Secretary’ of
NDFB-PTF which is holding negotiations with the government for
many years now said that this should be done keeping 1951 as the
base year instead of 1971 fixed by the government. Criticising
violence by the anti-talk I K Songbijit group, he said “we do
not support their acts at all. If reports are to be believed,
they are indulging in rampant extortion, kidnapping and killing
of innocent people.” Stating that acts by the rival faction could
not be termed a revolution, he said “Revolution should be carried
out on ideology. But their actions are completely unwanted.
Unidentified armed persons suspected
to be cadres of NSCN-IM robbed a passenger bus carrying a consignment
of betel leaves at Maram Centre in Senapati District. The passenger
bus was travelling from Guwahati to Imphal. After stopping the
bus, the armed persons pulled down betel leaves put inside five
plastic buckets. It is suspected that the armed cadres confiscated
the betel leaves in connection with monetary demand.
A Myanmar national, identified
as Mohamad Nasiruddin (23), who entered the state with forged
documents was arrested by Police. Mohamad Nasiruddin was travelling
in passenger van from Imphal to Moreh when the vehicle was halted
at Pallel in Thoubal District by Police.
A new militant outfit has been
formed in the Garo Hills under the name of ANCA. The members of
the new outfit, who claimed to have recently celebrated Christmas
with the elders and youth, said that the organization has been
formed to fight for the rights of the Garos.“We hope and believe
that our people will continue to remain united in the fight for
the cause of our motherland so as to overcome all obstacles,”
said ANCA ‘publicity secretary’ Bilgrak A Sangma in a press release.
The 13 pro- ILP pressure groups
are likely to meet next week to take a call on the State Government’s
invitation for a fresh dialogue on the issue of influx scheduled
for January 15.Stating that there were yet to receive any official
communiqué from Government in this regard, a KSU leader on January
3 said, “We are likely to meet sometimes next week to elicit the
views of all the pressure groups on the invitation.”
The BSF has heightened vigilance,
while other Security Forces in Tripura are keeping a close watch
on India’s border with Bangladesh in view of the political turmoil
ahead of parliamentary polls in that country.
“The government has asked the
BSF (Border Security Force) to keep maximum alert along the border.
We have asked the superintendents of police of bordering districts
to take necessary measures to deal with the situation,” Tripura
Director General of Police C. Balasubramanian told reporters.
“Mobile Task Force (MTF) officials and troopers were also engaged
in round-the-clock patrol along the bordering areas to prevent
any untoward elements from (coming) across the border,” he said.The
said that top officials of Tripura Police, BSF and intelligence
officers were reviewing the situation from time to time.
SFs arrested seven KPLT linkmen
from Bokajan subdivision in Karbi Anglong District on January
3 for their involvement in the recent violence in the district.
All of them are linkmen of the KPLT and were carrying out subversive
activities on behalf of the outfit. A country-made single barrel
muzzle loading (SBML) gun and some gunpowder were also found on
them. According to Police, the arrested persons were allegedly
involved in burning down houses of Rengma Naga villagers at several
places in the subdivision on December 27, 28, and 29.
Troops of BOP Lailong deployed
in East Jaintia Hills District, apprehended one Bangladeshi national
identified as Doynal Abdin (21) hailing from Sylhet, Bangladesh,
while he was trying to cross the international border from India.
During search, party recovered 24000 betel nuts and one cell phone
with one Bangaldeshi SIM from his possession.
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January 4 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Tulsi Ram Pujari, carrying a cash reward of INR 5,000 on his
head, was arrested in forests near a village under Jangla Police
Station area in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
The CRPF has launched a civic
action programme in Latehar District with the objective of effectively
combating and countering LWE and to bridge the gap between villagers
and security personnel.
A team of the ATS is reaching
out to educational institutes in Pune (Maharashtra) in an attempt
to counter the phenomenon of college and school campuses being
recruitment ground for terrorists.
Delhi Metro security has been
doubled after a December 31, 2013 Military Intelligence (MI) warning
of a possible November 26, 2008 (26/11) type attack in the first
10 days of 2014, according to CISF sources.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
stressed peace efforts with Pakistan, the keystone of his foreign
policy.
A special court of National Investigation
Agency (NIA) in Patna issued an arrest warrant against Muzibullah
Ansari, an important part in the Patna blasts, from whose hostel
room in Ranchi a sizeable haul of live explosives was recovered
on November 4, 2013 but Ansari has escaped to Nepal.
Miscreants killed a person, identified
as D C Rongpi, son of a village headman in Karbi Anglong District.
The man was fired upon by a few persons who claimed to have come
in search of a dog from Karagaon village which is about 10 km
from Dimapur in neighbouring Nagaland this evening, they said.
Suspected MNPF militants, ambushed
a patrolling team of the Border Security Force near Misihoubi
in between Laikoiching and Moirangpurel about 9 km south west
from Lamlai Police under Imphal East District.
The MNPF has in the meantime claimed
that the outfit had launched an attack on the 49th Battalion C-Coy
BSF using IED.A statement of the outfit has said that the attack
was carried out by a select team of the outfit’s army, MNPA. The
outfit has further claimed that four Security Force personnel
were killed during the attack. However, other reports claim no
casualties during the attack.
SFs arrested a GNLA cadre and
four OWG of the militant outfit from Tura in West Garo Hills.
The GNLA cadre identified as Johny A Marak alias Goera (21) was
arrested while he was trying to extort money from businessmen.
Highly decomposed bodies of nine
persons, who were blindfolded with hands tied and shot from close
range, have been found in a gorge area in Dimapur District. One
of the bodies was identified to be of a missing Karbi student
leader from Bokajan in Assam, the other eight bodies were yet
to be identified.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
stressed peace efforts with Pakistan, the keystone of his foreign
policy. He publicly acknowledged that secret envoys from the two
countries had almost arrived at an agreed resolution to end the
conflict in Kashmir.
Fissures have surfaced in APHC-M,
as its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq terminated the membership
of some key constituents represented by some senior leader.
A threat letter received at the
office of SP of the CPI-Maoist affected Mirzapur District of Uttar
Pradesh has brought the officials on their toes.
SFs arrested six militants of
the RNHPF from the Borpathar area in Bokajan subdivision of Karbi
Anglong district. SFs recovered five Chinese grenades, as many
rifles and ammunition from them. According to Police, the arrested
militants were allegedly involved in the recent violence in the
hill district.
SFs arrested four KPLT linkmen
from the Bokajan subdivision of Karbi Anglong district. Sub divisional
Police officer (Bokajan) Sankar Raimedhi said the newly deployed
10 companies of CRPF, in association with Police, detained 40
persons from separate locations and started interrogation. "After
interrogation, we arrested four of them. They are KPLT linkmen
and did some subversive activities on behalf of the militant group.
We have found some materials against them," he said.
Three NDFB-IKS militants, identified
as Sadem Narzary (19), Kanteswar Boro (20) and Anjala Basumatary
(26), surrendered in Chirang District. During the surrender, they
also handed over three grenades.
SFs arrested a KYKL militant,
identified as Maibam Chaoba alias Rojen alias Iboton (31), while
conducting a search operation at Pechi area of Yairipok in Thoubal
District. One 9mm pistol with three live rounds was recovered
from his possession.
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January 5 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre was shot dead
in an encounter with the SFs at Pathakchak village under Sikandara
Police Station in Jamui District of Bihar.
There are two intelligence inputs
about possible terrorist strikes ahead of Republic Day. The first
pertains to a joint strike by LeT and IM with imported explosives,
the second talks about IM plan to storm Police special cell office
in Lodhi Road (New Delhi) and free ‘Indian operations chief’ Yasin
Bhatkal.
CISF has intensified security
at Patna (Bihar) airport after the Intelligence Bureau (IB) alerted
Bihar Police about the threat of a plane hijacking by the IM.
Malkangiri Police have sought
additional central forces following the recent spurt in Maoist
activities in the District.
IM operative Asadullah Akhtar,
is believed to have claimed that a SIMI ideologue, Mufti Sufiyan
accused of masterminding the 2003 killing of former Gujarat Minister
Haren Pandya, was present at a meeting the operative attended
in Karachi (Pakistan) last year.
The terror attack in and around
Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya on July 7, 2013, was targeted at
international Buddhist tourists to avenge the killings of Rohingya
Muslims in Myanmar, according to arrested SIMI and IM suspect
Mohammed Umair Siddiqui.
Accusing UN of succumbing to the
pressure of super powers, Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M)
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said the world body has miserably failed in
Kashmir and now the Hurriyat will move ahead with “various alternatives”
to find a solution to Kashmir issue.
Bihar Police claim that two CPI-Maoist
cadres were killed in the encounter at Pathakchak village under
Sikandara Police Station in Jamui District of Bihar.
Kannur Range (Kerala), IG, Suresh
Raj Purohit, who recently took over 'Thunderbolt', the anti-CPI-Maoist
operations in the State, by the 'special commando force', said
it was beyond any doubt that there was a meticulously woven Maoist
network in the jungle zones of the State.
A 45-year-old man, who was brutally
murdered by unidentified persons at Simanijor along Dumka-Rampurhat
road in Dumka District of Jharkhand in the night of January 5,
has now been identified as a CPI-Maoist cadre involved in last
year's killing of former Pakur SP Amarjit Balihar and five other
Policemen.
The RNPC, the apex Rengma Naga
body of Rengma Hills of Assam, has demanded bifurcation of the
KAAC administrative area into two parts - one representing the
Rengma Hills and the other representing the Hamren subdivision
of the erstwhile Mikir Hills (Karbi Anglong). RNPC also said it
doesn't recognize the KAAC.The RNPC issued a statement setting
forth its political agenda to the people of Assam, signed off
by the body's president, Shahi Rengma, and general secretary K
Solomon Rengma. The RNPC said in the statement that the Rengma
Hills, covering an area of approximately 8,724 square kilometres,
will be the homeland of non-Karbi communities, including Rengmas,
Dimasas, Adivasis, Kukis and Nepalis and mainland Indian communities,
while the Hamren subdivision will be under the jurisdiction of
the Karbi people.
SF arrested another KYKL cadre,
Athokpam Tomba alias Huikap Tomba Meitei (45), while conducting
a search operation at Sekmaijin area in Thoubal District. SFs
recovered one .9mm pistol along with two live rounds of ammunition
and a mobile handset from him.
Police arrested four persons,
following the killing of a village headman's son in Assam's Karbi
Anglong District, from Rotomi village of Zunheboto District. The
four persons were picked up in connection with the killing of
DC Rongpi, son of Karagaon village headman Sar Rongpi on January
4. The four have been identified as Zhutovi Seme, Yeheka Chobhy,
Yehakato Chobhy and the prime suspect Zakato Choby.
The SIT constituted by the State
Government to probe killing of nine persons, whose highly decomposed
bodies were found blindfolded with hands tied and shot from close
range in a gorge in Dimapur, began its probe, with police still
trying to establish the identities of eight victims. In its first
meeting during the day, the SIT discussed among other issues,
the process of investigation and motive for the murder, Additional
SP of Dimapur and a member of the SIT, Watichuchang Jamir said.
Based on specific information,
SFs arrested one extortionist, Ricky Ao a.k.a. Maotemsu (27),
from Chumukedima in Dimapur District. SFs recovered one .22 Pistol
with seven live rounds and two Mobile phones from him.
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January 6 |
Two country made bombs with detonators
were found in a gunny bag in Kodiyur village near Maniyambadi
in Kadathur block (Dharmapuri District) of Tamil Nadu.
A Delhi court issued fresh non-bailable
warrants against Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman
Headley Headley, his accomplice Tahawwur Rana, LeT 'founder' Hafiz
Saeed and 26/11 Mumbai (Maharashtra) attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman
Lakhvi, who are accused of carrying out terror attacks.
Two major hydro-electric power
projects in Jammu and Punjab and a vital bridge have come under
the radar of militants, according to an Intelligence agency report,
which has prompted security agencies to further step-up their
security.
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah
said that reduction of footprints of SFs and phased withdrawal
only needs a "courageous statesman" and not referendum.
The leadership crisis in the Mirwaiz
faction of separatist conglomerate APHC worsened with a group
of dissidents holding a separate meeting, challenging their expulsion
by Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
CPI-Maoist cadres put up posters
in Kutul village, Abujhmad area of Narayanpur District, Chhattisgarh,
prodding its residents to protest against alleged attempts of
CRPF personnel and SPOs to outrage the modesty of a teenaged girl
during a search operation last week.
The final word on bifurcation
of Andhra Pradesh is still yet to come, and even as efforts are
on to keep the State united, the Police force is mentally prepared
to face the eventualities.
The CPI-Maoist cadres killed a
contractor, identified as Sarat Subudhi, and injured another person,
identified as Upendra Pandu, after branding them as 'police informers'
at Balipeta village in Koraput District of Odisha.
Odisha Government at a meeting
of the Unified Command, presided over by Chief Secretary J K Mohapatra,
has decided to improve road connectivity in southern districts
of the State to take on the Maoists, who have been targeting civilians
in certain pockets of these areas.
Farmers of Padia block in Malkangiri
District of Odisha are feeling the heat of Maoist violence as
not a single agency has come forward to procure their paddy though
the administration opened markets since December 26.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant
Soren said Naxalism in the State would end within five years.
The State Government plans to
build 17 fixed Police pickets, manned by Assam Police and CRPF
personnel, will be posted in three subdivisions in Karbi Anglong
District. "The government will pay a compensation of INR 600,000
to the families of those killed in the clash. Chief Minister Tarun
Gogoi has already announced a CBI [Central Bureau of Investigation]
probe into the killing of the nine persons in Nagaland," State
Forest Minister, Rokybul Hussain said.
Five members of a faction of Manipur-based
militant outfit KCP were arrested from different locations in
Guwahati city. Senior Superintendent of Police (City) AP Tiwari
said that initially two cadres of the outfit were arrested from
two hotels in Guwahati in the morning. Later, another three cadres
were arrested, he said. "All the five cadres of the outfit have
been taking shelter in the city in disguise," he said adding that
they have already been handed over to Manipur Police.
Over 3,000 people from the Karbi
and Rengma Naga tribes have been taking shelter in relief camps
in the Bokajan area of Karbi Anglong district since December 27
due to violent clashes between the KPLT and the RNHPF. Karbi Anglong
Superintendent of Police Mugdhajyoti Mahanta told that as on January
6, 3,131 people had been taking shelter in nine relief camps.
Of them, 1,683 are Rengma Nagas and 1,448 are Karbis.
The State Government has lodged
formal complaints with the MHA and the Nagaland Government accusing
the Isak-Muivah faction of militant group NSCN-IM of being involved
in the brutal killing of nine Karbi youths, whose bodies were
recovered from a drain near Dimapur in Nagaland on January 3.
Fearing a backlash in Karbi Anglong District, the State Government
has asked for 25 additional companies of Central Armed Police
Forces from the Centre, of which 10 have already arrived. A high-level
security committee formed in Karbi Anglong on January 6 also ordered
immediate setting up of Police pickets and intense patrolling
in as many as 17 areas in the troubled Bokajan subdivision of
the District. However, the NRHPF has reportedly claimed responsibility
for the Dimapur killings.
India is looking for KLO leaders
in Nepal and Myanmar where the outfit has spread its wings in
nexus with other militant outfits.Security agencies have seen
the threat perception rise substantially in the past months in
north Bengal and northwest Assam, sources said. The Bengal and
Assam Governments, central agencies and Military Intelligence
are coordinating to neutralise the upsurge in the KLO's activities.
Persons lobbed a hand grenade
at the House of PWD Executive Engineer Pukhrambam Mani located
at Thamnapokpi under Moirang Police Station in Bishnupur District.
Although there is no report of human casualty, two cars (Maruti
800 and i-10) were partially damaged by the blast. It is suspected
that the attack was related with monetary demand.
SFs rescued one Jangkholun Guite,
village secretary of Haokip Champhai of Saikul under Sagolmang
Police Station in Senapati District, who was kidnapped on January
2 by suspected KNA-I cadres. Guite was rescued by the SFs from
Kholjang village under Kangpokpi Police Station in Senapati District.
Further, SFs arrested two militants of KNA-I along with one 7.65mm
pistol, live rounds and two letters on the latter pad of KNA-I.
The Kuki militants conglomerate,
URF celebrated its second raising day at their Loitang Khunou
designated camp.
GNLA 'commander-in-chief' Sohan
D Shira has ordered the closure of all dry fish markets in Williamnagar
town in East Garo Hills District for non-payment of the amount
demanded from them. Sources have informed that the GNLA is demanding
INR 300,000 from each of the dry fish sellers which they are unable
to pay. Other business persons too have received extortion notes
but have refrained from giving any information to the police for
fear of retribution from GNLA. However police are in the know
since most dry fish shops have decided to down their shutters.
Additional police forces have
been deployed in Williamnagar Market to instil confidence among
the dry fish merchants. Police have been patrolling the bazaar
area during business hours. It is also learnt that representatives
of the dry fish merchants and other business persons deliver the
extorted amount to the family members of Sohan.
The ATF, a newly formed militant
outfit from Garo Hills, has threatened of retaliatory actions
against a GNLA for alleged unprovoked killing of some of its cadres
in Songsak, Napak A'pal village in East Garo Hills District.
BSF troops of BOP Bagli, deployed
in South West Khasi Hills District, apprehended one Bangladeshi
boy identified as Karim Sheikh (12) hailing from Bagli under Sunamganj
District in Bangladesh, while he was trying to cross the international
border from Bangladesh. During search, the troops recovered Indian
currency worth INR 6,200 and around 200 Grameen Phone recharge
coupons from his possession.
Four of the nine unidentified
dead bodies, recovered from Pachaspura in Dimapur District, were
identified. The first body to be identified was that of Harlongbi
Ingti, was a missing KSA leader from Bokajan, a town. Nagaland
Police on January 6 declared that all the nine dead bodies are
of ethnic Karbi people from Karbi Anglong District of Assam.
State Minister for R&B, Kuzholuzo
Nienu admitted that the Pachaspura killing in Dimapur District
have shocked the State Government.
The PAC of Nagaland Government
has asked the Centre to expedite the peace process with the NSCN-IM.
The PAC during its first meeting held adopted a resolution to
appeal to the Govt of India and NSCN-IM to expedite the peace
process.
Naga Hoho, (an apex tribal body
in the state), on the issue of recovery of nine dead bodies of
Karbi tribals in Dimapur, "condemning the act warned that Naga
people would not tolerate the use of Nagaland as a killing field."In
a statement issued, Naga Hoho 'president' P Chuba Ozukum and 'general
secretary' Mutsikhoyo Yhobu said "this hideous act was beyond
human comprehension which has tarnished the hospitable image of
Nagas."
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January 7 |
The interrogation by Delhi Police
of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah
Akhtar revealed that IM planned to set up a module in Nepal, where
Bhatkal claimed to have recruited around a dozen men and got support
of the "like-minded" to finance terror.
Two Muslim clerics from Haryana
arrested for alleged links to the terror outfit LeT tried to recruit
men from riot-hit Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi Police
sources have said.
Kochi is turning out to be the
cybercrime capital of Kerala, registering an almost 75 per cet
increase in such crimes in 2012 compared with 2011.
Two persons, identified as Abdul
Yusuf Mandal and Jahandaz Sheikh were arrested by the SOG for
carrying FICN from Nizampura area of Vadodara in Gujarat.
The Delhi Police claimed that
those approached by terror group LeT were not victims of the Muzaffarnagar
(Uttar Pradesh) communal riots, confirming that two people have
been arrested till now in connection with the case.
Sources in the Union Ministry
for Home Affairs said there was no intelligence input to suggest
Pakistan based ISI approached victims in Muzaffarnagar riot relief
camps.
TADA court in Ajmer remanded alleged
LeT bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda in CBI custody for six days
in a case relating to tiffin box blasts in Jaipur on September
30, 1993, in which a teenager was seriously injured.
ASI, identified as Kafeel Ahmad,
was killed and three Policemen were injured in a fierce encounter
between SFs and militants in Sopore town of Baramulla District.
A HM spokesman while speaking to a local news service claimed
responsibility for the attack on the SOG party at Sopore.
A LeT militant was killed in an
encounter in Beighpora area of Awantipore town in Pulwama District.
In order to boost the morale of
the State Police personnel serving in Maoist-infested areas, Odisha
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik assured the State Government would
give the Police personnel due recognition in shape of career advancement
and other benefits.
Gondia District Police of Maharashtra
took a RFO into custody for supplying materials to the CPI-Maoist
from a rest house at Navegaon Bandh area in Gondia District.
A 'sub zonal' commander and three
other cadres of JPC were arrested in Palamu District of Jharkhand
and remanded in judicial custody on January 8.
Dismissing rumors about economic
blockade to be imposed along National Highway (NH)-36 & 39, Karbi
Students Association (KSA-Mirjeng Kro faction) said it has no
plans to impose any kind of blockade against Nagaland. However,
KSA has instead set a 72-hour deadline beginning January 6 on
Nagaland and Assam Governments to comply with its demand of paying
adequate compensation to the families of the Rengma and Karbi
victims of the recent attack and assistance to the displaced persons
for rehabilitation.
Refuting the claim of the MNPF
that four BSF personnel were killed in an offensive launched against
troops of 49 BSF on January 4 at Laikoiching, the BSF authority
on January 7 said that the claim was totally baseless.
Two police personnel sustained
bullet injuries when their team was attacked by ANVC-B militants,
during a visit to the outfit's camp, at Edenbari, on the outskirts
of Tura in West Garo Hills. The firing from the militants' side
caught the police team by surprise and two police personnel, Sub-Inspector
Starson Sangma and Head Constable Chittaranjan Banai, who were
leading the group, were hit.
According to the District Superintendent
of Police, the ANVC-B had filed a missing report with Tura Police
on Monday mentioning that some of their cadres were missing with
possible abduction by rival outfits. Based on the FIR, a police
team was deputed from Chandmari beat house, under which Edenbari
falls, to ascertain details when they were attacked. Security
forces accuse the outfit of attempting to destroy crucial evidence
after a firing incident.
Sumi Baghi Hoho (Sumi general
public meeting) on January 7 at the Town Hall Zunheboto, under
the aegis of the Sumi Hoho passed four resolutions among which
was to delink all ties with NSCN-IM with immediate effect and
therefore, all forms of taxations from Sumis to the NSCN-IM shall
cease to exist.
Reacting to the recent standoff
between Sumi public and NSCN-IM and the siege of Mukalimi designated
camp (Zunheboto), NSCN-IM 'yaruiwo' (president) Isak Chishi Swu
said NSCN respected and welcomed the people to understand issues
together but could not accept "any forced imposition" on the group.
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January 8 |
Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply
and Transport (BEST) have been incurring a loss of nearly INR
2, 00,000 every year due to FICN being provided by bus commuters.
The undertaking received 568 FICN from commuters in 2012.
Two persons were arrested along
with FICN with the face value of INR 19,500 from Coimbatore city
of same District.
Three top separatist leaders Shabir
Shah, Nayeem Khan and Azam Inquilabi have quit Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led
faction of the Hurriyat Conference after the amalgam's leader
wrote a letter to its PoK chapter accusing the trio of "indiscipline".
The CPI-Maoist is planning to
enforce "poll boycott" in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls by disrupting
the election process in Maoist affected states.
A sub-zonal 'commander' of TPC
was arrested from Palamu District's Nawadih area when he along
with a companion was trying to overtake Congress MLA KN Tripathy's
car, said Palamu SP N K Singh.
CPI-Maoist suffered a major blow
when the secretary of the DKSZC Gumudavelli Venkatakrishna Prasad
alias Gudsa Usendi, who was considered a member of the party's
top think tank, surrendered before the Police. Prasad and his
wife Raji gave themselves up reportedly on health grounds to the
anti-Maoist SIB of the Andhra Pradesh Police.
SFs, in an encounter, killed two
militants of the NDFB-IKS, Pranab Basumatary and Angw, at Jumduar
Bongaon in Kokrajhar District. SFs recovered two grenades and
one 7.65mm pistol from the duo.
The UKLF has urged the Govt to
stop entertaining new armed groups into the SoO pact as the present
trends are likely to encourage the formation of more and more
armed groups in the days to come.
Tura Police have filed an FIR
and registered a criminal case under the Arms Act against the
(ANVC-B) militants who attacked Policemen from Chandmari beat
house when the latter had gone to investigate a missing persons
report leading to bullet injury on two Police personnel.
ANVC-B asserted that the outfit
had no intention to attack any policemen but the 'provocation'
on the cadres who were already feeling insecure after the disappearances
of their cadres was a 'little too much'. In a statement issued
in Shillong, ANVC-B 'member' Doang Shira defended his cadres saying
that they were defensive and not offensive.
The State government has sent
the official invitation to the pro- ILP pressure groups for January
15 talks. Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma on January 8 informed
that the State Government sent the official communiqué to members
of the pressure groups on Janaury 7.
NNC-NA has opposed any probe by
the NIA on the Pachaspura killings of nine Karbis. NNC-NA also
stated that the killings which the NRHPF claimed responsibilities
alleging the victims were supplying arms to the KPLT and has also
apologised to the Nagaland Government.
SFs arrested one NSCN-K cadre,
"Captain" Avikho Angami (31), from Jail Colony in Kohima District.
SFs also recovered one 9mm Pistol with seven rounds from the possession
of the arrested cadre.
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January 9 |
UMHA Sushil Kumar Shinde said
India is in talks with the FBI to bring back underworld don and
1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Dawood Ibrahim.
Three persons were arrested from
Old Market Road in Angamaly of Ernakullam District while shopping
with FICN with a face value of INR 1000.
Sources said the RAW will play
a major role in the FICN Coordination Group, which has been set
up under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, to collect and share
intelligence among the various agencies to prevent the circulation
of the fake notes. "The currency paper and ink are procured through
foreign firms and the RAW has been asked to check the background
of the companies involved in the supply chain. There is a strong
suspicion that groups based in Pakistan have managed to source
similar papers and security ink from some foreign countries,"
they said.
According to intelligence inputs,
the FICN printed in Pakistan is brought to India through couriers
in Malaysia, Thailand and the UAE. The RAW has been asked to generate
intelligence on these operators and coordinate with the foreign
intelligence agencies to crackdown on the cartel involved in the
smuggling of the counterfeit currency.
An IB dispatch, which was shared
with all the agencies, had categorically mentioned that the FICN
smugglers were using a circuitous route to smuggle in the currency
bundles printed in Pakistan. The couriers are mostly using Bangkok
(Thailand), Kathmandu (Nepal) and Dhaka (Bangladesh) airports
to ferry the illegal consignment to the Indian cities.
A man and his son were killed
inside a hut at Bagam village under Narayanpatna block in Koraput
District, Odisha.
Security Forces seized weapons
from a hideout of CPI-Maoist in Nawra village under Nauhatta Police
Station area in Rohtas District of Bihar.
Delhi University Assistant Professor
GN Saibaba was questioned over his alleged CPI-Maoist links nearly
four months after Police searched his home and days after top
Maoists leader GVK Prasad surrendered in Andhra Pradesh.
SFs arrested an AANLA linkman,
Kamal Halder, from Helem in Sonitpur District.
Police arrested one KPLT militant,
in connection with Khowani village killing on December 27 from
an undisclosed location.
SFs deployed in the strife torn
Rengma Naga inhabited areas of Karbi Anglong have claimed the
situation was under control, particularly in Chokihola and Santipur
area of the district since January 9.
The NRHPF, which claimed responsibility
for killing nine persons, whose bodies were recovered near Dimapur,
was floated by the NSCN-IM for protection of the Rengma Naga people
living in Karbi Anglong.
The KPLT observed its raising
day in two separate undisclosed locations - one at the central
headquarters in east Karbi Anglong and the other at the general
headquarters in west Karbi Anglong respectively, Ranam Lijang,
'general secretary in-charge' of the militant outfit informed.
A powerful bomb hurled by the
militants exploded at the construction site of a railway line
at Nungba area in Tamenglong District. No casualty was reported
in the powerful explosion which took place.
SFs raided a NSCN-K camp near
Lungchai village of Tamenglong district. Taking advantage of darkness
and forested areas as well as alarm from their local sympathizers,
the cadres managed to escape, leaving huge cache of arms and ammunition.
The indefinite ban imposed on
Times of India newspaper in Manipur by the MSF has been lifted.
However the ban on the RSS for demanding extension of the AFSPA-1958
shall continue.
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January 10 |
In a bid to crackdown on the circulation
of the FICN the Centre has asked the RAW to carry out a security
audit of the foreign firms supplying ink and paper for printing
currency.
IM 'India operations chief' Yasin
Bhatkal was sent to Tihar Jail (Delhi) by a trial court for the
first time.
The CBI produced LeT terrorist
Sayed Abdul Kareem alias Tunda in TADA court after four days,
stating that they have completed interrogation of the accused.
The CBI produced LeT terrorist
Sayed Abdul Kareem alias Tunda in TADA court after four days,
stating that they have completed interrogation of the accused.
Dawood Ibrahim is in Pakistan
and joint efforts with the US were being made to nab him, Union
Minister for Home Affairs, Sushilkumar Shinde said.
A court in Delhi extended the
Police custody of a suspected LeT operative, Mohammad Rashid till
January 15, 2014 after the Police said it was required for interrogating
him.
SFs launched a massive operation
in Cherhar forests of Marble area in Sopore town of Baramula District
after receiving information about the presence of a group of militants
in the forests. Sources said that acting on information about
the presence of a group of JeM militants, Army's 27 Rashtriya
Rifles (RR) and SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police cordoned off the
area.
Army said that they arrested a
militant from South Kashmir and recovered a weapon from him after
locals lodged a complaint with the local unit of the Army.
The Jharkhand HC again directed
the State Government to dispose of all pending applications for
compensation in cases of death in Naxalism related violence within
six months and latest by one year in cases where enquiries are
pending.
Identifying the CPI-Maoist activities
in Odisha as the single 'major challenge' for State Police, DGP
Prakash Mishra asked the senior officers to act tough against
the offenders.
Senior CPI-Maoist leader GVK Prasad
alias Gudsa Usendi surrendered before Andhra Pradesh Police after
taking due permission from CPI-Maoist chief Ganapathy and was
allowed to go unharmed in view of his seniority and loyalty to
the party.
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar
Shinde welcomed the surrender of Gudsa Usendi, a top CPI-Maoist
leader, saying other Maoist leaders should also follow his example.
The CPI-Maoist cadres killed a
villager in Jaguguda, 20 km from Bandhugaon Police Station limits
of Koraput District, Odisha.
More than 19,000 foreigners who
came to the state between 1966 and March 25, 1971, have not registered
their names with the FRRO as stipulated by the Citizenship Act,
1955. The state political department on Thursday issued an instruction
to these people to register their names with the FRRO at the offices
of the superintendents of police in their districts by January
16.
UHM Sushilkumar Shinde said the
situation is under control. Replying to questions while presenting
his monthly status report today, Shinde declined to term the law-and-order
situation as good. Though it would not be proper to say the law-and-order
situation is good in Karbi Anglong but the situation is under
control, he said.
AR and suspected cadres of the
ZUF were engaged in a 20 minutes long gun battle at Langkhong
Khunthak in Tamenglong district. According to a source, AR troops
launched an assault in order to drive out some suspected ZUF cadres
who have opened a temporary camp at Langkhong Khunthak. Later,
the armed militants fled from the scene. There is no report of
casualty on either side.
Some unidentified persons attacked
a team of 143 CRPF by lobbing a hand grenade followed by a volley
of gunfire at Irang along NH-37 in Tamenglong District. The CRPF
team escaped unhurt. It was suspected that the assailants were
ZUF cadres driven out by AR troops.
The ANVC-B claiamed that its 'chairman'
Rimpu Marak had a role retaining Mukul Sangma as the Chief Minister
when there was a tussle for power during the last term. The ANVC-B
also threatened to go back to jungle and return only to bring
down Mukul Sangma -led Government.
Dimapur Police arrested RNPC 'general
secretary' K. Solomon Rengma from his residence at Nepali Kashiram
in Dimapur District on January 9. Rengma Hoho(apex body of Rengma
Tribe) has condemned the arrest on January 10.
The State Government has directed
the deputy commissioners of all the 11 Districts to take necessary
action to ensure the security of persons belonging to the Karbi
community. Nagaland commissioner Banuo Z. Jamir said the law and
order situation in Karbi Anglong district of Assam and the recovery
of nine bodies of members of the Karbi community from Assam in
Dimapur District had triggered tension and apprehension.
NSCN-KK of 'Zeliangrong Region'
has said today that the local contractors and individuals should
benefit from contract works and development schemes and not 'outsiders'.
The NSCN-KK, 'Zeliangrong Region' said that local ministers, Member
of legislative Assembly (MLA)s and authorities should award the
schemes and contract works only to the local people. "We have
been witnessing numerous cases where 'outsiders' have benefited
from the local funds especially in Zeliangrong Region.
NNC-NA cautioned all rank and
file, both civil and army wing, not to indulge in any kind of
taxation in the name of NNC-NA without the knowledge and authorization
of 'chaplee department' [Finance].
SFs launched a search operation
and arrested NSCN-K militant, "2nd lieutenant" Akuto,from Jail
Colony of Dimapur District. The team also recovered one 7.65mm
pistol with six rounds from the cadre.
Chief of Army Staff' of NLFT-BM
Pasaram Tripura alias Parshuram alias T.Thomas alias Wathak (51)
surrendered before the Director General of Police at State Police
Head Quarter in Agartala in West Tripura District. He joined undivided
NLFT in the year 1994 and was holding the rank of 'Chief of the
Army Staff' of NLFT. He underwent several trainings in Pakistan.
According to a Police Sources,
Parshuram Tripura was the principal coordinator between the NLFT
and several other NE insurgent groups for clandestine violent
activities of NLFT militants in Tripura as well as for procurement,
purchasing of fire arms illegally from across. He was one of the
principal policy makers of the outfit. He carries a cash reward
of INR 100,000 and a red corner notice was also issued against
him by the Union Government.
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January 11 |
The property of top fugitive IM
operative, Tahseen Akhtar alias Monu, considered being brain behind
Patna and Bodh Gaya serial blasts in the State,at Maniyarpur village
under Kalyanpur Police Station in Samastipur District.
Security Forces detected an IED
planted by militants by the roadside at Janbazpora in Baramulla
District.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
asked the Police to intensify anti-CPI-Maoist operations in eight
Districts of the State.
A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
during an exchange of fire between the Maoists and BSF personnel
in Ralegada panchayat area under Paparmetla Police Station, a
cut off area of Balimela reservoir bordering Andhra Pradesh, in
Malkangiri District of Odisha.
Nine more Maoists, including two
with bounties on their head, were arrested in separate operations
by the State Police in Narayanpur District, Chhattisgarh.
Karbi Anglong Superintendent of
Police, Mugdha Jyoti Mahanta announced the arrested of a KPLT
"corporal" Sarhon Teron from Karbi Anglong. Mahanta further stated
that the arrested militant led the Police to recreate the crime
scene of the Khowanigaon attack which led to the Karbi-Rengma
Naga violence.
The Karbi Anglong District administration
said the process to send the Rengma Naga and Karbi villagers taking
shelter in relief camps back to their homes will begin tomorrow.
There are 3,131 people taking shelter in nine relief camps.
SFs killed four militants of the
ANVC-B at Dobasipara area in West Garo Hills District.
Suspected ANVC-B rebels lobbed
a crude bomb at a petrol pump in Hawakhana area in Tura of West
Garo Hills District. Though there were no casualities in the explosion,
two vehicles were damaged.
A day after making allegations
of a nexus between Chief Minister Dr. Mukul Sangma and ANVC-B
'chairman' Rimpu Marak, the outfit seems to be turning into a
divided house, with its 'publicity secretary' Doang D Shira on
January 11 negating all claims of the nexus made by ANVC-B 'political
secretary' Ajaju R Marak.
JuD ‘chief’ Hafiz Mohammad Saeed
warned the Pakistan Government over striking a "secret deal"
with India on the Kashmir issue.
Suspected armed cadres of KNF-N
abducted four persons who are engaged in construction of road
near Singda Dam.
UNC had called for a 48-hour
general strike in the "Naga populated" areas of the
state beginning from January 16-midnight. The UNC said that the
strike was called on to protest against the lack of positive response
and sincerity by the Union Government on its demand for the alternative
arrangement. However, no further information about the strike
is available.
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January 12 |
A key CPI-Maoist 'commander' Rupjee
alias Sobhrai Potai surrendered at a BSF camp in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh.
An explosive of medium intensity
exploded near the AR transit camp at Minuthong in Imphal East
District. The bomb exploded just 30 metres away from the eastern
gate of the transit camp behind the western compound wall of Khuman
Lampak Sports complex .However, no casualty was reported during
the incident.
The ANVC-B has claimed that four
of their cadres were killed in a "fake encounter" on January 11.
"The killing of B cadres is a "fake-encounter". ANVC-B cadres
were tied to a tree and killed in cold blood by the police. One
cadre escaped with bullet injuries," ANVC-B 'publicity secretary'
Doang D Shira stated in an e-mailed statement.
The idea of Janathana Sarkar (Peoples
Government) born out of the concept of Naxalbari movement in West
Bengal in the 1960s would be popularised across the country by
songs, literature and peoples’ movements, said Viplava Rachaitala
Sangham (Virasam) leader G. Kalyan Rao in Warrangal District.
NIA and Bihar Police attached
the property in Khiryawa village of Aurangabad District of Bihar
of another operative Haider Ali, accused in bomb blasts in Patna
and Bodh Gaya after he failed to surrender.
Four men, involved in the circulation
of FICN, were arrested by the Airport Police in Pune and fake
currency with a face value of approximately INR 46,000 was recovered
from them.
JuD ‘chief’ Hafiz Mohammad Saeed
warned India will have to leave Kashmir just like the United States
has been compelled to pull out from Afghanistan.
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January 13 |
Panaji town Police seized 33
FICN of 1,000 denomination and arrested four persons, Yusuf Shaikh,
Junarul Haque, Munsaf S.K. and Abdur Rahim Shaikh hailing from
Kolkata (West Bengal) in Margao (South Goa District).
Condemning the surrender of State
Committee member of Dandakarnya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC)
GVK Prasad alias Gudsa Usendi alias Sukhdev, the CPI-Maoist said
that the “renegade spokesperson” has left the party without discussion
and “concocting stories” of his differences with the party.
NIA attached properties of two
accused, Numan Ansari and Taufeeq Ansari in the Patna blasts of
October 27, 2013 case at Seethio in Dhurwa District of Jharkhand.
In the backdrop of the Union
Home Ministry recently pulling up Bihar for its “failure” in controlling
Naxal violence, the CRPF has now deployed close to 200 commandos
of its special CoBRA battalion to bring lethality in its offensives
in the State.
BSNL plans to install mobile
towers in Naxal affected areas by the end of this year, for which
the company has selected a vendor and identified 450 locations.
A ‘divisional commander’ of JeM
was among three foreign militants killed in an encounter with
SFs in Dooru village in the foothills of Cherhar forests in the
Sopore area of Baramulla District. During the searches of the
encounter site three matrix sheets, three AK-47 rifles, three
pouchs, seven magazine, four grenades, 120 rounds of AK ammunition,
one wireless set and dry fruit and chocolates were recovered.
Army foiled an infiltration bid
along the LoC in Krishna Ghati Sector of Poonch District forcing
a group of three militants to retreat to PoK from where they had
been launched.
Army Chief General Bikram Singh
said that the circumstances prevailing in J&K demanded that
the armed forces stay on in the valley till the time situation
improves.
Army Chief General Bikram Singh
rejected allegations that the Indian Army was not retaliating
strongly during ceasefire violations by Pakistan.
Police arrested four persons
including a juvenile in connection with the recent desertion of
five cadres of KNO/KLA along with weapons from the outfit’s designated
Sinai Camp in Senapati District. A source said that the four persons
were arrested by personnel of Imphal Police Station from New Lambulane
in New Checkon area in Imphal East District.
SFs arrested one PREPAK militant,
‘Chapel’ Kamjam Milan Singh alias Somendro (21), in Wangjing Bazar
area. One .32 pistol with three live rounds was recovered from
the possession of the arrested militant.
The Commissioner and Secretary
in-charge Home (Police) Jopthiaw Lyngdoh said that the breakaway
faction of ANVC-B ‘chairman’ Rimpu R Marak had signed the agreed
text of settlement [signed on January 5,2013] as a member of the
ANVC.To a question whether they will adopt the same yardstick
in case the GNLA wants to be part of the text of settlement especially
when the outfit ‘commander in chief’ Sohan D Shira was a signatory
to the tripartite agreement, Lyngdoh said the inclusion of GNLA
in the agreement which had already been signed, is now out of
question.
NNC-NA ‘ministry of chaplee affairs’
through its ‘chaplee kilonser’ has cautioned all the ranks and
files of both ‘civil and army wings’ not to indulge in any kind
of taxation especially in Dimapur and Kohima in the name of NNC
without the knowledge and authorization of chaplee department,.
In a press release, NNC-NA ‘finance kilonser’, Hetoi Chophi said
the order was initiated due to rampant collections, contributions
and donations made by individual which have been viewed as “multiple
taxation”.
Personnel of 31- AR, arrested
one NSCN cadre, identified as Mongang Phom, from Old Police Point
at Longleng in Longleng District
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January 14 |
Police personnel at six Police
Stations in Nilambur region of Malappuram District are being exclusively
trained to handle AK-47 rifles in a bid to tackle the CPI-Maoist
threat in Police Stations along forest borders.
A cadre of the CPI-Maoists, Ramesh
Munda, was killed and another, Lalmohan Munda, was arrested in
an encounter with Security Forces in Lobed village in Adki block
in Khunti District.
To reduce the burden on the State
exchequer, CRPF deployed in the Left wing extremism affected areas
of Jharkhand in anti-Maoist operations will be phased out within
a period of five years.
CRPF will undertake more coordinated
offensives in the CPI-Maoists, violence-affected States in order
to flush out the Maoists and create pressure on them to surrender.
A group of CPI-Moist cadres late
set ablaze two vehicles belonging to a road construction company
in the Konch Police Station area of Gaya District.
Massive search operation continued
in the Cherhar forests of Sopore area of Baramula District against
the group of JeM militant group, three members of which were killed
in an encounter in Sopore.
A KLO leader said the outfit
was ready for “unconditional” talks with the state and the Centre
as it wants peace.
The leader who identified himself
as KLO ‘assistant general secretary’ Pradeep Roy alias P.N. Koch
spoke over phone from an undisclosed location.
SFs arrested one KYKL cadre,
Koijam Nimai Singh (53), at Manaingkhol area in Imphal West District.
Four live rounds of 5.56 mm and a SANSUI mobile phone with three
SIM cards were recovered from his possession.
SFs arrested one PREPAK Over
Ground Worker, as Huidrom Deban alias Yambung (45), at Upokpi
area of Imphal West District.
CM, Mukul Sangma said that the
GNLA can also be part of the agreed text settlement if they agree
to come under the ambit of their parent organisation, the ANVC.
CM, Mukul Sangma has denied having
links with ANVC-B and termed the allegation made by the outfit’s
political secretary against him as malicious and distasteful.
ANVC-B claimed that it never
filed any FIR over missing cadres with the administration. The
outfit has also stated that there was a strong possibility that
one of the four cadres killed by Police at Daren Agal on January
11 may have been its ‘political secretary’ Ajaju R Marak. So far
none of the four bodies have been identified and no family member
has come forward to claim them.
Thirteen members of ‘Naga armies’
from NSCN-KK have joined NSCN-K.
NSCN-KK has suspended one of
its cadres, ‘Razou Peyu’ [Assistant Commissioner] Vumkholam, indefinitely
for indiscipline and misuse of ‘government property’. According
to a release by ‘kilo affairs’ of NSCN-KK, the suspension order
has been issued as per the recommendation letter received from
the ‘Regional Administrative Officer (RAO) of the ‘Kuki region’.
70 Bru tribals from at least
three villages in Mamit District have fled to Tripura or taken
refuge in nearby villages for safety after MZP, a powerful students’
union begins a mass voluntary search operation from January 14.
The exodus took place from at least three villages including Damdiai,
Tumpanglui and New Eden in the past few days as Bru families fear
a repeat of the 1997-Bru-Mizo ethnic violence.
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January 15 |
A 35-year-old man, believed to
be a SPO of Chhattisgarh Police, was stabbed to death by suspected
militia members of the CPI-Moist during a cockfighting event near
Kommanapalli village in Dummugudem mandal (administrative unit)
in Khammam District close to the inter-State border with Chhattisgarh.
A CPI-Moist cadre, identified
as Hemla Baksu (35), was arrested from a forest under Jangla Police
Station limits in Bijapur District during a joint search operation.
Meanwhile, three alleged Maoist
couriers, including a village headman, were arrested from Raipur
District while they were allegedly carrying ammunition for Maoists.
A special court issued non-bailable
warrants against 12 Pakistan nationals wanted for their alleged
involvement in the 26/11 terror attacks case.
The posters, now being displayed
at many Police Stations, beat chowkies and important junctions,
also have the photograph of Indian Mujahideen's (IM) arrested
‘India operations chief’ Yasin Bhatkal.
The Karnataka Police moved to
Patiala House Court in New Delhi seeking custody of IM ‘India
operations chief’ Yasin Bhatkal in connection with the April 17,
2010 Chinnaswamy Stadium blast case.
A Delhi court sent a suspected
LeT operative, Mohammad Rashid to judicial custody till January
21, 2014.
According to BSF data, there
has been an increase in narcotics smuggling, especially heroin
in International Border in Punjab sharing with Pakistan.
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief,
Northern Command Lt. General Sanjiv Chachra said that major challenge
was ahead for the Army in the J&K in 2014, in view of forth-coming
elections and also in the wake of pull out of foreign troops from
Afghanistan while the militants reaching in J&K via Nepal
are posing a major security threat.
Sanjiv Chachra said the talk
of withdrawal of the AFSPA from J&K was "pre-mature",
even as the state's political parties mounted their opposition
to the law.
ULFA-I executed one of its leaders
accusing him of involvement in activities detrimental to the group.
ULFA-I’s Arunodoi Asom said the executed leader, Partha Asom alias
Partha Pratim Gogoi, was the ‘assistant finance secretary’ and
an ‘operational commander’ in the outfit.
A cadre of UTLA-SK Thadou was
killed and three others injured in an attack by a rival ULTA-Robert
Singson in between Leingangpokpi and Phaital in Imphal East District.
Unidentified miscreants exploded
a bomb outside the private residence of Nambol MLA Nameirakpam
Loken, located at Sangaiprou in Imphal West District. No casualty
was however reported.
Two Mizos, Sanglianthanga and
Lalzawmliana, who were abducted along with a non-tribal, Deep
Mondal, by the Bru militants and the NLFT on November 23 2013
were released. The trio was abducted by NLFT and BNDFM from the
abandoned Chikha anti-poaching camp inside Mamit district's Dampa
Tiger Reserve on the Mizoram-Bangladesh-Tripura border. Police
said the three persons were held captive inside Bangladesh for
55 days. Deep Mondal, who worked with a private telecom company,
has not been released yet, a senior state Police official said."The
released hostages and their guides are likely to reach the Mizoram-Bangladesh
border by Friday. They were kept in a forest in Bangladesh as
the abductors feared the state police might make a rescue attempt,"
the official said.
State Government officials said
that around 250 Reang tribals, including women and children, have
fled to Tripura from nearby western Mizoram,."Out of fear
and because of prevailing tension, around 250 tribal people have
fled to Tripura from nearby Mamit district in western Mizoram
Monday and Tuesday," North Tripura District Magistrate Prashant
Kumar Goel told by phone. He said: "Tripura officials have
immediately rushed to Kanchanpur along the Tripura-Mizoram border
(195 km north of Agartala) and Mizoram officials are also coming
to the areas where the refugees are now staying. Officials of
both the states would persuade the refugees to return to their
villages in Mamit district."Goel said that he has already
talked to his Mamit district counterpart and requested him to
take appropriate steps to take back the tribals to their villages
-- Damdiai, Tumpanglui and New Eden.
Tension was prevailing in Reang-dominated
villages in Mamit district over the kidnapping of three people
Nov 23, 2013 by the NLFT militants, aided by suspected Reang militants.
After the exodus of about 900
Bru tribals from Mizoram to neighbouring Tripura in the last three
days, the Mizoram administration has agreed to provide security
to Bru families in the western part of Mizoram to prevent more
Brus from leaving Tripura. This decision was taken at an officer-level
meeting at Kanchanpur in North Tripura on Janaury 15.North Tripura
District magistrate and collector Prashant Kumar Goel said, "About
247 Bru families comprising 900 people from three villages of
western Mizoram have fled to Tripura in the past three days."
Following this, the district administration held urgent meetings
with their Mizoram counterpart for safe repatriation of the families
and action to prevent fresh exodus.
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January 16 |
In the Dumaria Police Station
area of Gaya District, Manohar Bhuyian, alleged to be a cadre
of the CPI-Maoist, was arrested by the police during the ongoing
anti-Maoist operation.
Mumbai Police recently issued
new posters of the terror suspects who fled from a jail at Khandwa
in Madhya Pradesh on October 1, 2013.
Security Force personnel arrested
two persons from a forest in Kotagarh Police Station area in Kandhamal
District bordering Rayagada District following an encounter with
the cadres of CPI-Maoist.
Security Force personnel recovered
an that had been planted on a road in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum
District.
Four persons were arrested along
with FICN at Kulgoria area of Bardhaman District.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, who have
allegedly been handling urban operations of the outfit, were arrested
from Chhattisgarh's Kanker District.
Two junior-level cadres of the
CPI-Maoist surrendered themselves to the District Police in Narayanpur.
Abu Faisal, the alleged chief
of IM Madhya Pradesh module and his gang were holed up in a CPI-Maoist-infested
forest in Odisha for more than a week after escaping from a prison
in Khandwa District.
Central and State security forces
have been put on high alert after massive movement of CPI-Maoist
cadres was detected in Balaghat District of Madhya Pradesh.
BSF and Ferozepur Police have
seized one kg heroin, a pistol and cartridges near the Border
out Post (BOP) of Dona Telu Mal, close to the IB in Ferozepur
Sector of same District.
A cache of arms and ammunition
was recovered after a prolonged exchange of fire between Security
Force personnel and CPI-Maoist cadres in Kondagaon District of
Chhattisgarh.
J&K DGP Ashok Prasad said
a well-planned strategy has been chalked out to thwart militant
attacks in the State.
The RNPC, the apex body of the
Rengma Nagas in Assam, urged Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar
Shinde to immediately initiate a probe by the NIA into the recent
violence in Karbi Anglong as well as the killings in Dimapur (Nagaland),.
A representation, signed by RNPC ‘president’ Shahi K Rengma and
general secretary K Solomon Rengma, stated that the Karbis have
also accused the NSCN-IM of orchestrating trouble in Assam. They
added that the allegation needs to be investigated since it relegates
the sufferings of the Rengma Nagas and their decades-old agitation
for political identity to the sidelines.
The ‘chairman’ of UTLA, S K Thadou,
who was injured in an ambush at Jiribam in Manipur on Janaury
15, is undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit of the
SMCH. Sources in SMCH on Thursday said the injured militant leader's
condition continues to remain critical. UTLA- S K Thadou is a
SoO signatory.
Hundreds of people raised slogans
against ULFA-I ‘Commander-in-Chief’ Paresh Baruah at ULFA's birthplace
in Sivasagar as they escorted the body of the outfit's assistant
finance secretary, Partha Partim Gogoi, who was executed Baruah's
orders for 'conspiring with Assam Police" against the outfit.
The manager, Bharat Singh Rathore
(48), of Pabhoi tea estate was abducted by militants from his
bungalow in Sonitpur District.
Differences have begun to surface
within the ranks of the ANVC-B with its new ‘political secretary’
accusing the group’s ‘chairman’ Rimpu N Marak and the Meghalaya
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma of doing little to take the peace
process forward. The accusation against Rimpu Marak by one of
his own leaders appears to show the open rebellion taking place
within the organization with even the ‘chairman’ himself recently
claiming that a few other leaders such as Rangdo, Nado Marak and
Ajaju Martak had left the outfit unhappily.
A day after DGP Peter James Pyngrope
Hanaman displayed the Police FIR given by the ANVC-B to enquire
into the disappearance of three cadres; the outfit on January
16 claimed that the FIR was fake. In a statement issued, ANVC-B
leader Doang D Shira claimed that the cadres named in the missing
report were still with the outfit when the police team attacked
the outfit’s Edenbari camp.
The body of senior leader of
the ULFA-I, Partha Pratim Gogoi, who was killed by his colleagues
on January 15, was recovered in Upper Tiro village under Naginimora
Police Station in Mon District.
MBDPF ‘president’ A Sawibunga
alleged that a group of Mizo youths perpetrated violent against
Brus living in Damdiai, Tumpanglui and New Eden villages on January
13, accusing the latter of maintaining clandestine relation with
banned militant outfits. "They beat up the Brus and set at
least 13 house on fire, forcing the Bru families to flee the place
and take shelter in camps in Tripura," he alleged.
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January 17 |
BSF has decided to set up ground
sensors to pick up movement along the frontier in Punjab.
Left Wing groups abroad have
stepped up support for the Indian Naxalite [Left Wing Extremism
(LWE)] movement and their so-called people's war.
Meanwhile, three days after the
arrest of three CPI-Maoist couriers, Chhattisgarh Police claimed
to have narrowed down on a massive urban network of CPI-Maoists
with the arrest of a businessman who was allegedly engaged in
arranging supplies of ammunitions, electronic gadgets and also
working as a mediator between industrial groups and Maoists.
The 14 alleged SIMI activists,
who were arrested in a crackdown following arrest of two persons
in connection with a plot to assassinate Gujarat Chief Minister,
Narendra Modi, while campaigning in the state in November, were
further remanded to judicial custody till January 31, 2014.
NIA court allowed the plea by
Karnataka Police and remanded IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal in its
custody till January 28 in connection with the blasts at the Chinnaswamy
Stadium in Bangalore in April, 2010.
A latest alert from IB says Pakistan's
spy agency ISI has given a huge fund to IM and its associates,
around INR 800 million to carry out terror strikes in India.
Gumla District Police arrested
a CPI-Maoist cadre from Baghima village in the District.
A sessions court at Khamgaon
in Buldhana District (Maharashtra) upheld conviction by a lower
court of a SIMI leader, Sayyad Wasimoddin, and sentenced him to
one-month imprisonment for possessing literature and other items
pertaining to SIMI.
IM is planning to abduct Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for release of its ‘India operations
chief’ Yasin Bhatkal who was arrested from India-Nepal border
on August 27, 2013.
J&K CM Omar Abdullah said
perception about his State needs to be changed as there has been
a constant decline in infiltration as well as violence.
Sonitpur SP, Arabinda Kalita
on the abduction of Bharat Singh Rathore (48), Manager of Pabhoi
tea estate said, “We gather Adivasi militants were involved in
the abduction and a search operation is on to rescue the tea estate
manager”.
At least six persons were killed
when suspected NDFB-IKS militants pulled down about a dozen persons
from a bus and opened fire at them at Serfanguri in Kokrajhar
District. An Assam Police official said the bus was on its way
from Siliguri in West Bengal to Shillong when a group of armed
militants intercepted it on NH-31 at Athiabari under Serfanguri
Police Station.
SFs, in an encounter, killed
a hardcore NDFB-IKS militant in Kokrajhar District.
The AANLA, currently in ceasefire
with the Union and State Governments, on January 17 alleged Government
apathy towards the problems faced by the Adivasis.
Director General of Police, Khagen
Sharma said that the ULFA-I led by Paresh Baruah is trying to
regroup insurgent outfits and CPI-Maoist and might convene a meeting
of the groups next week. The DGP said, the Government would like
to see Paresh Baruah participate in the ongoing peace talks with
the ULFA faction headed by Arabinda Rajkhowa. To a query on which
subversive group was the biggest threat to Assam now, Sharma said,
“The Maoists are the biggest threat. They have about 100 trained
cadres in the state and many supporters.”
NSCA militants killed Tea tribe
leader Niranjan Patra inside his house at Sekoni tea estate in
Nagaon District. Nagaon Superintendent of Police Bibekraj Singh
said preliminary investigations had revealed that the youths who
killed Patra were known to the victim. The SP said three Adivasi
youths of Patra’s locality had floated an outfit, Adivasi Tribal
Force [ATF], in 2013 to launch an extortion drive. Soon after,
they were arrested and after about three months, released on bail.
Subsequently, they are suspected to have floated the NSCA”.
One NSCN-IM cadre, Hormi (30),
who sustained injuries in a gun fight with ZUF cadres at Bhalok
village of Tamenglong District on November 12, 2013 succumbed
to the injuries at Shija Hospital in Imphal. Notably, three ZUF
cadres were also killed in the gun fight.
South Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner
Chinmay P. Gotmare had a narrow escape from the attack of unidentified
militants at Matcha Nokpante area in South Garo Hills District.
Suspected ANVC militants fired
on the vehicle of an unnamed Government official who was travelling
from Tura (West Garo Hills District) to Baghmara (South Garo Hills
District). The official, however, escaped unhurt.
A top leader of Biswa Mohan faction
of NLFT-BM's, Kwima Reang, surrendered before BSF in Agartala.
He deposited a .9 mm carbine with ammunition and incriminating
documents. BSF officials said Kwima joined NLFT in March, 2012.
He was trained in various camps at Rangamati in Bangladesh.
Suspected militants belonging
to Zakir Bahini, UDLA, abducted two traders, Nishith Das (27)
and Tiklu Kumar Das (28), from Ramnathpur under Katlicherra block
in Hailakandi District. Further, Security Forces were ambushed
by militants when they reached the remote Boincherra village on
the other side of Dholewari River on Janaury 18 morning.
Unidentified militants abducted
a driver of a mini-truck and a labourer from near Kanglatongbi
temple under Sekmai police station in Imphal West District.
The GHSMC has announced that it
would resume its demand for a separate Garoland State on linguistic
lines the decision for which was taken during its executive meeting
held recently. In a statement issued in Tura the General Secretary
of the GHSMC, Augustine R Marak however assured that it would
not be organizing NCMs, picketing and other forms of strong agitations
until the upcoming examinations and Parliamentary Election are
over.
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January 18 |
Militants opened fire on a ROP
of CRPF on Hyderpora Bypass of Srinagar city of same District.
Suspected CPI-Maoist fired at
an MI-17 IAF chopper at Chintagufa in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh
carrying an Inspector-General of CRPF.
Two hand grenades and 26 live
cartridges were found in a dustbin of a residential society on
Rest Camp Road at Deolali Camp in the Nashik District.
The Panchayat (local bodies)
elections in the three mandals (administrative unit) of Visakhapatnam
District, which could not be held in July-August 2013 due to the
CPI-Maoist threat, went off peacefully.
Militants opened fire on a ROP
of CRPF on Hyderpora Bypass of Srinagar city of same District.
NDFB-IKS militants attacked Muslim
villagers, killing one Imran Ali, and injuring four others in
the Panbari area of Chirang District.
Suspected NDFB-IKS militants
killed Bishom Sharma, a Hindi-speaking barber, near his salon
at Harisinga in Udalguri District.
NDFB-IKS militants shot at and
injured a trader, Bikram Rai, at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur District.
The KLO has said that they are
not ready for tripartite talks with the Government of India and
the reports appeared in certain newspapers could be the sinister
design of Government to create mistrust among the community.
Unidentified assailants exploded
a hand grenade at the residence of one Moirangthem Indrasana alias
Indrasen in Thoubal District.
SFs arrested one KCP-MC cadre,
Haojam Kiran Meetei (25), while conducting a search operation
at Ningthoukhong Awang Khunou in Bishnupur District.
In a follow up operation at Kumbi
and Saiton villages in Bishnupur District, three more cadres of
the KCP-MC, Oinam Sobha Singh (55) Wahengbam Nokulchandra Singh
(43) and Thongbam Umakanta Singh (39), were arrested. One CPU
which is used for printing demand letters of the KCP (MC) was
recovered from the possession of Thongbam Umakanta Singh.
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January 19 |
CPI-Maoist cadres opened fire
on a Police patrol party in the Shiv Mandir hills near Bijepaar
armed outpost (AOP) under Salekasa Police Station in Gondia District
but they fled after security forces retaliated, a senior police
official said. However, nobody was injured in the exchange of
fire.
BSF personnel seized one pistol,
one magazine, seven rounds, one country-made pistol, a mobile
phone and a Pakistan SIM card along with 17 kilograms of heroin
valued INR 850 million after an encounter with Pakistani smugglers
on the Indo-Pak border in Punjab's Amritsar District.
Most of FICN in circulation is
printed in government-controlled printing presses in Pakistan
and the ISI has a major role in it. "On the behest of ISI,
the FICN are printed in government-controlled printing presses
at Karachi, Multan, Quetta, Lahore and Peshawar.
Pakistan Army has re-activated
the BATs along the LoC opposite twin border Districts of Poonch
and Rajouri with a view to commit some action in the forward areas.
NDFB-IKS militants shot dead
a trader, Gaur Kundu (38), at Mangolchora bazaar under Bogaribari
Police Station of Dhubri District.
Security sources have reportedly
admitted that among all the active militant groups in Assam, the
NDFB-IKS has the strongest presence on the ground and the cadres
of the outfit are also well trained. Sources revealed that the
outfit has strong presence in the areas along the border with
Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh and around 100 of its members are
operating within Assam.
Assam DGP, Khagen Sarma, stated
that the ISI is behind the unification bid of Northeastern militants.
DGP, Khagen Sarma said, “It is the Pakistani ISI and other external
forces that are behind the fresh initiative taken by ‘commander
in chief’ of United Liberation Front of Assam (anti-talks) to
form a common force on all the insurgent groups based in Northeast
to fight Indian security forces.”
The State Government will intensify
action against the NDFB-IKS in the BTAD by carrying out joint
Army-Police Counter-Insurgency operations in the aftermath of
the sudden spree of killings in the Bodo belt. Assam Parliamentary
Secretary (Home) Atuwa Munda said the decision was taken at a
meeting of the Unified Command held in Guwahati on January 19
in which the security scenario of the State was reviewed.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi ordered
intensification of operation against NDFB-IKS in coordination
with Army and CAPF.
Reacting to the Manipur-based
UNC, the apex body of the Nagas in Manipur, threat of agitation,
Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Shambhu Singh
issued a stern warning to the outfit saying it will not tolerate
any disturbance of national projects, Trans Asian Railway line
and 400 KV power grid transmission line in the State. The Joint
secretary ruled out any immediate talks with the Naga outfit.
South Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner
Chinmay P. Gotmare said that he would send a security assessment
report to the Government.
Four persons who were abducted
by suspected KNF-N militants were released at Koirengei in Imphal
West District. All the four persons were abducted from a work
site from Singda in Senapati District. Sources said they were
asked to pay INR 10 million.
SFs arrested a woman cadre of
KCP, identified Naorem (N) Athokpam (O) Bandana Devi (42), from
Khongman Zone II in Imphal East District. Two .9mm calibre pistols
and 17 live rounds were recovered from her possession.
ANVC-B 'commander-in-chief' Mokus
Marak alleged 'nexus' between the Chief Minister and ANVC 'chairman'
Dilash Marak.
The ANVC has urged all militant
groups operating in Garo hills to come forward to participate
in the peace process.
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January 20 |
Yasin Bhatkal, IM 'India operations
chief', has reportedly confessed before Bangalore Police about
his involvement in many terror activities, including the blast
at Chinnaswamy stadium in 2010.
Bombay High Court recused itself
from hearing confirmation of death penalty awarded to IM operative
Himayat Baig in the German Bakery blast of February 13, 2010.
One top HM commander, identified
as Javed Ahmad Mir alias Javed Salfi, was killed in an encounter
with Police in Qazigund area of Anantnag District.
One top HM commander, identified
as Javed Ahmad Mir alias Javed Salfi, was killed in an encounter
with Police in Qazigund area of Anantnag District.
Two troopers of CoBRA battalion
were injured following a gun battle with CPI-Maoist cadres who
had opened fire in the jungles of Chintagufa Police Station in
Sukma District of Chhattisgarh while the SFs were on search operation.
Huge quantity of arms and ammunition
were sized from Bhanupratappur area in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh
on the instance of Maoist couriers who were arrested by Raipur
Police.
Huge quantity of arms and ammunition
were sized from Bhanupratappur area in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh
on the instance of Maoist couriers who were arrested by Raipur
Police.
Surrendered CPI-Maoist leader
Gumudavelli Venkatakrishna Prasad alias Gudsa Usendi feels the
time has come for the CPI-Maoist to reshape its strategies and
course of action failing which the party will continue to suffer
reverses.
Four IEDs were recovered in a
Gomia forest in Bokaro District of Jharkhand during a joint operation.
The ABMSU observed 24-hour bandhs
(General strike) in the BTAD in protest against the NDFB-IKS attacks
in the State. Also, the AABYCP a 36-hour bandh from 5 AM on January
20 protesting the killing of Hindi- speaking people by NDFB-IKS.
The ABMSU observed 24-hour bandhs
(General strike) in the BTAD in protest against the NDFB-IKS attacks
in the State. Also, the AABYCP a 36-hour bandh from 5 AM on January
20 protesting the killing of Hindi- speaking people by NDFB-IKS.
MCP-M called a 12-hour bandh
(general strike) on January 26 which will commence from 5 am on
January 26.
Alleging increasing crimes in
the area, nearby villagers of Loitang Khunou Spinning Mill, where
cadres of a militant KCP group under Suspension of Operation (SoO)
have been lodged at a camp of Security Force personal, demanded
shifting of the cadres from the area on January 20.
UNC has clarified that the Republic
day (January 26) is not being boycotted. A peaceful abstention
from participating in the Republic Day has been called by the
UNC besides other civil actions to demonstrate the displeasure
of the Nagas in Manipur over the alleged wilful insult to the
Naga people and to the democratic process of dialogue, it said
in a press release. To register our protest against the provocative
statement of the Joint Secretary, MHA, the civil action of a peaceful
rally scheduled to be held in all Naga District Head Quarters
on the 23rd January, 2014 has been cancelled and would be replaced
by a total 12 hour shut down from 6 am to 6 pm on the same day
i.e. 23rd January, 2014.
The West Garo Hills District
administration will announce a magisterial probe on January 21
on the recent encounter at Darengagal, near Chunmati Dobasipara,
where four cadres of the ANVC-B were killed. West Garo Hills Deputy
Commissioner Pravin Bakshi on January 20 said, "After sending
reports to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), we were
waiting for their directive. So far, we have not received any
directive. However, we will formally announce a magisterial probe
tomorrow."
State Minister for Roads & Bridges
and Parliamentary Affairs Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu on January 20
called for a consultative meeting and a threadbare discussion
on ways to tackle the influx of illegal immigrants into the state.
Over 2,423 Bru (Reang) tribals,
including women and children, belonging to Reang tribe in Mizoram,
have taken shelter in Tripura.
An official in Agartala said,
"Over 2,423 men, women and children comprising 368 families late
Sunday evening took shelter in four villages in Tripura," a Tripura
relief department official told .He said: "Civil and top police
officials of Tripura government have rushed to the areas and officials
from Mizoram government are expected to come to persuade the refugees
to return their villages."Tension was prevailing in Reang-dominated
villages in Mamit district of western Mizoram over the kidnapping
of three people Nov 23, 2013, by the National Liberation Front
of Tripura (NLFT) militants aided by suspected Reang militants.
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January 21 |
A red alert has been sounded
on Indo-Nepal border after intelligence reports of increased terrorist
activities and IM's conspiracy to kidnap the Delhi Chief Minister,
Arwind Kejriwal on Republic Day.
According to sources in the Police,
JeM, LeT and IM have joined hands to disturb peace in UP.
BSF troops deployed in the area
of BOP Naushera Dhalla in Amritsar shot dead three Pakistani smugglers
and recovered 20 kiligram narcotics and ammunition.
In another incident in Ferozpur
sector BSF recovered 16 kilogram heroin and ammunition during
the search operation that followed the gun battle.
Delhi Police told a court in
New Delhi that alleged LeT operative Abdul Karim Tunda is involved
in 33 terror attack cases between 1994 and 1998 in Delhi and other
states.
Police said that divisional commander
of the LeT is the brain behind killing of SHO of Chadoora area
in Budgam District and arrested three militants who were responsible
for his killings.
Militant outfit LeT supported
the strike call on January 26 given by APHC-G 'Chairman' Syed
Ali Shah Geelani.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed
and a cache of arms was seized following a prolonged encounter
between the SFs and the insurgents in the forests of Gudabeda
and Nichebeda villages under the Koyalibeda Police Station limits
Kanker District, Chhattisgarh.
Around 70 hand grenades and 25
live pipe bombs were recovered in a joint operation launched by
CRPF and Bihar Police in Munger and Jamui Districts.
The decomposed body of a brick
kiln owner, Santosh Sao (32), who was allegedly abducted by PLFI
on November 25, 2013, was recovered at Topa Pahar in Palamu District
of Jharkhand.
Police arrested a PLFI activist,
Prem Paswan, in connection with the Santosh Sao case.
Police arrested a PLFI activist,
Prem Paswan, in connection with the Santosh Sao case.
An NDFB-IKS 'release' alleged
that the repeated killing of innocent Bodo civilians by the security
forces had made the outfit restless. It warned security forces
against "violating human rights and killings innocent civilians".
State DGP Khagen Sarma held a
meeting in the conference hall of the Chirang SP office at Kajalgaon
with top officials of the SSB, BSF, CRPF, Army and SPs of five
Districts - Bongaigaon, Chirang, Kokrajhar, Dhubri and Goalpara
to discuss measures to be taken against the militant groups active
in the five lower Assam districts.
The KLO has threatened to target
Bengali-speaking refugees in lower Assam and North Bengal areas,
if SFs continue their alleged torture of Koch-Rajbongshis.
In a recent press release by
the KLO 'general secretary' Kailash Koch, the organisation has
threatened the Bengal and Assam governments that it might target
refugees in north Bengal and lower Assam districts, if the alleged
torturing of the Koch-Rajbongshi did not stop. Unless the Bengal
and Assam Governments stop this and release the arrested people,
we might be compelled to take action against Bengali refugees,"
the statement said.
SFs arrested a ULFA-I militant,
identified as Raju Haloi, from the Guwahati city's Basistha area
(Kamrup Metro). Police said that Haloi was planted there by ULFA-I's
'western commander' Drishti Rajkhowa to trigger a blast.
Suspected KLO militants shot
dead a businessman, identified as Sudhangshu Sarkar (52), at Khukshi
Bao Bazaar under Fakiragram Police Station in Kokrajhar District.
Police arrested 'commander-in-chief'
of KNLA,Ysong Bey, along with two other militants from a hideout
near Diphu Railway Station in Karbi Anglong District. Police seized
two foreign-made pistols of 7.6 caliber and three bullets from
the arrested ultras, along with mobile phones and incriminating
documents. According to Police, the other two arrested have been
identified as Arjat Enghi and Tensing Ronghang.
The manager of Pabhoi Tea Estate
at Biswanath Chariali in Sonitpur District, Bharat Singh Rathod,
who was abducted from his bungalow in the garden on January 16,
was released by his captors at Namara near the Assam-Arunachal
Pradesh border. NDFB-IKS is suspected to be behind the incident.
11 militant outfits of the North
East have jointly given a call to boycott the Republic Day (January
26) and to observe a general strike.
In a joint statement, CorCom,
an umbrella organization of Manipur-based militant groups, ULFA-I,
NDFB-IKS,NLFT,KLO and HNLC have called upon the people of the
region to boycott the Republic Day to fight together against the
"colonial rule" of India. CorCom consists of KCP, KYKL, PREPAK,
PREPAK-Pro, PLA and UNLF.
SFs defused an IED in Jiri bazar
of Jiribam Lamkhai in Imphal East District.
SFs arrested a RPF/PLA cadre,
Maisnam Khamba (35), at Ngaikhong Khunou in Bishnupur District.
URF a conglomerate of five different
factions of the KCP, 'home secretary' Ruhini Meitei categorically
stated that none of its cadres were involved in any of the criminal
and unlawful activities that took place at Loitang Khunou and
surrounding areas in Imphal West District.
Various Tangkhul Naga bodies
have announced their support to the 12 hours UNC bandh (General
Strike) called on January 23 in all the Naga inhabited areas against
the 'provocative' statement of Joint Secretary of (MHA) and to
expedite the Alternative Arrangement (AA) demand of the UNC.
11 militant outfits of the North
East have jointly given a call to boycott the Republic Day (January
26) and to observe a general strike.
In a joint statement, CorCom,
an umbrella organization of Manipur-based militant groups, ULFA-I,
NDFB-IKS,NLFT,KLO and HNLC have called upon the people of the
region to boycott the Republic Day to fight together against the
"colonial rule" of India. CorCom consists of KCP, KYKL, PREPAK,
PREPAK-Pro, PLA and UNLF.
Some armed persons targeted a
non-Manipuri migrant scrap dealer in Sagolband area in Imphal
West District. However, the targeted migrant workers escaped when
the pistol of the armed person got jammed.
The State Home Minister Gaikhangam
Gangmei warned some tribal militant groups that if they do not
stop abducting innocent persons for extracting ransom there may
be untoward incidents between the tribals and non-tribals. He
said that of late there had been a spur of kidnappings in some
hill areas. At the moment, five non-tribals are in the custody
of some tribal militant groups. These persons should be released
immediately without any condition.
Police commandos were bombarded
by RPG explosions when they raided a hideout of the GNLA in remote
Nanalbibra region of South Garo Hills District. There were, however,
no casualties during the raid. The encounter took place after
police teams launched a search operation to nab a large group
of GNLA militants who had been collecting extortion money from
coal trucks and quarries in Gare Nawak area of Nangalbibra region
in South Garo Hills District.
The additional district magistrate
DD Shira will head the magisterial inquiry into the alleged fake
encounter which led to the killing of four ANVC-B cadres by Police
on January 11 in West Garo Hills. The magistrate has been given
four weeks time to complete the probe, the West Garo Hills Deputy
Commissioner Pravin Bakshi informed over phone from Tura.
The ANVC-B claimed to have inputs
and evidence of ANVC's contacts with GNLA, UALA and other terrorist
organisations including the Pakistan spy agency the ISI.
South Garo Hills Police are investigating
the sequence of events that unfolded on January 17 night in which
militants fired and damaged an education officer's car and also
reportedly targeted the South Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner Chinmoy
P Gotmare's official vehicle. Preliminary investigation has indicated
involvement of the GNLA-F led by former 'finance secretary' Redding
T Sangma.
SFs arrested a girl, Rettilish
R Marak (19), for allegedly serving demand notes and collecting
extortion money on behalf of Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA)
in Tura in West Garo Hills District.
11 militant outfits of the North
East have jointly given a call to boycott the Republic Day (January
26) and to observe a general strike.
In a joint statement, CorCom,
an umbrella organization of Manipur-based militant groups, ULFA-I,
NDFB-IKS,NLFT,KLO and HNLC have called upon the people of the
region to boycott the Republic Day to fight together against the
"colonial rule" of India. CorCom consists of KCP, KYKL, PREPAK,
PREPAK-Pro, PLA and UNLF.
The two Mizo drivers who were
abducted on November 23, 2013 returned to Mizoram after spending
60 days in captivity in the jungles of Bangladesh.
The two men, Sanglianthanga and
Lalzamliana, were brought to Silsuri, a border village in western
Mizoram. From there, they were brought to Mamit, said Mamit Superintendent
of Police (SP), Rodingliana Chawngthu.Taxi driver Sanglianthanga
of Mamit and truck driver Lalzamliana of Kolasib were jointly
abducted by the National NLFT and Bru National Democratic Liberation
Front of Mizoram, along with 25-year-old telecom professional
Deep Mandal, a resident of West Bengal. Mandal is yet to be released.
11 militant outfits of the North
East have jointly given a call to boycott the Republic Day (January
26) and to observe a general strike.
In a joint statement, CorCom,
an umbrella organization of Manipur-based militant groups, ULFA-I,
NDFB-IKS,NLFT,KLO and HNLC have called upon the people of the
region to boycott the Republic Day to fight together against the
"colonial rule" of India. CorCom consists of KCP, KYKL, PREPAK,
PREPAK-Pro, PLA and UNLF.
Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla has said
his Government is keen to take back the Bru refugees sheltering
in makeshift camps in Tripura for the past 17 years. "We are always
ready to take back the refugees from Tripura and rehabilitate
them in their villages. Those refugees, who have returned to their
villages, were rehabilitated and are living peacefully and satisfactorily,"
Lal Thanhawla told reporters on January 21.
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January 22 |
The Union Ministry for Home Affairs
has decided to send an alert to all the states and Union territories,
seeking tighter surveillance and security at crowded places and
vital installations in the run-up to Republic Day.
NIA Special Court dismissed the
anticipatory bail petition of an accused in the Kasargod FICN
case.
The Patna city Police of Bihar
arrested a CPI-Maoist operative, identified as Mantu Paswan, when
he came to meet his outfit's self-styled zonal commander in Patna
Medical College and Hospital.
In a decision set to cause a
flutter among Maharashtra Government officials, especially those
working in the state's western parts, the Nagpur bench of Bombay
High Court ruled that employees who never worked in tribal or
Naxal affected areas should be posted there at least once during
the course of their service.
SFs, in an encounter, killed
a militant of ULFA-I in Goalpara District along the Assam-Meghalaya
border. According to information, the encounter took place day
after Police arrested an ULFA-linkman.
The 22-hour Kokrajhar District
bandh (general Strike) call given by the All Assam Bengali Youth
Students' Federation (AABYSF) in protest against the killing of
a trader, Sudhangshu Sarkar (52), hit the normal life in Kokrajhar
District.
In the wake of NDFB-IKS increasing
its violent activities, the MHA has asked SSB to begin undertaking
special counter-insurgency operations in the State and check the
actions of the group. SSB has been asked to create a Special Operations
Group (SOG) in its battalions which will take on the NDFB primarily
in the Districts of Chirang, Udalguri, Kokrajhar and Baksa.
Central Government has warned
the NDFB-RD that its cadres straying out of designated camps without
approval would be treated on a par with militants from the NDFB-IKS.
JFA appealed to the people of
the North East to defy the diktat of separatists and celebrate
Republic Day on January 26. The JFA, in a statement, also urged
various local press clubs, press guilds and other media organisations
across the region to celebrate the Day.
Guwahati City Police's operations
wing released images of two ULFA-I militants who they suspect
have possible entered the city with explosives.
The URF, a conglomerate of five
different factions of the KCP, announced a statewide bandh (general
strike) from 12am to 5pm of January 26. A statement issued by
the 'publicity secretary' of URF, Sanajaoba Meitei said that essential
services would be exempted from the purview of the bandh. URF
consists of KCP-MC, KCP-Military Task Force -Sunil Meitei, KCP-Chingkei
Nganba, KCP-MC-Lamyanba Khuman and KCP-KK Nganba.
Amid a call by militant outfits
in the northeastern region to boycott the Republic Day celebrations,
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said people have always defied such
diktats.
A year after the draft peace
pact, a tripartite meeting among the ANVC and its (ANVC-B, the
State and Central Government officials will be held on January
23 in Shillong to ensure that there is conducive atmosphere in
Garo Hills before arriving at a permanent settlement. Top leaders
of ANVC and ANVC-B, officials of the Home Departments of State
and MHA will attend the meeting. The meeting will also scrutinize
the ground reality after the draft peace pact was signed in January
5, 2013.
Student associations and NGO
s in Mizoram issued a strong warning to a group of Bru rebels
operating in the State. The group has allegedly been involved
in abduction of Mizos and other non-tribal people working in the
State. The student organizations and the NGOs said that such crimes
in future would result in a major confrontation.
Troops of 37- AR arrested one
arms dealer, identified as, H Hukato Laboh (34), in Dimapur District.During
the operation AR personnel.
According to intelligence sources,
on January 22, 2014 a Tamil Nadu-born person had left for Syria
to fight alongside the Islamic fundamentalists. In 2013, the same
person had trained with the Chechen jihadis and had recruited
two Chennai college students for Jihad in Syria as well.
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January 23 |
Two persons were arrested for
circulating FICN with the face value of INR 35,000 in Chennai.
Pakistan's ISI has roped in IM
to create mayhem during Republic Day by using magnetic explosive
device for spectacular strikes.
SFs arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre
after a gunfight with Maoists near Todka village in Bijapur District
of Chhattisgarh.
CPI-Maoist would soon find it
difficult to launch surprise attack on camps of SFs in jungles
of Chhattisgarh as the forces plan to acquire state-of-the-art
ground sensor system that would warn them of any Maoist movement.
SFs arrested one KPLT militant,
identified as Son Taro alias Bulet Taro, from the Langparpan area
under Howraghat Police Station in Karbi Anglong District.
SFs arrested a KLO militant,
Indrajit Roy alias Dabang, from Chhagulia in Dhubri District.
Tension prevails in and around
Kokrajhar following the attack on a motorcycle rally taken out
by the BPF's youth wing by some minority community youths at Monakosha
village in Kokrajhar District. According to sources, some minority
community youths attacked the motorcycle rally with lethal weapons
and damaged a number of vehicles, besides injuring some Youth
BPF members. Soon after the incident police rushed to the spot
and controlled the situation. Four youths were arrested in this
connection.
KPLT has called for a 96-hour
Karbi Anglong bandh starting January 24 from 5 a.m. The bandh
has been called to boycott the Republic Day celebrations in the
district. In a statement, KPLT's 'acting general secretary' Ranam
Lijang termed the "Indian Republic as worthless body and...should
be viewed as black day. People should abstain from observing Indian
Republic day".
The NIA has registered an open
First Information Report (FIR) against ULFA-I under various sections
of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
President of the BSS, Kameswar
Brahma said the recent attacks by the NDFB-IKS and other militant
groups in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) areas have tarnished
the reputation of the Bodo community. "Acts of violence in the
BTAD have also posed a barrier to the overall development of Bodos.
All militants groups must act sensibly and shun violence in order
for the Bodo community to be established as a force to be reckoned
with," Brahma said.
A daily wage earner, identified
as Pradip (14), escaped with mild injuries when suspected NDFB-IKS
militants lobbed a grenade near a petrol pump at Dhekiajuli in
Sonitpur District.
Ten unidentified gunmen abducted
two civilians, a head mason, Oinam Kellon (56) and a labourer,
Thangjam Dillip (54), from New Boljang Lower Primary school in
Sadar Hills under Saikul sub-division in Senapati District.
Two persons, Maibam Tomba (33),
mini truck driver of Nepra Company and Thongam Shanta (40), who
were abducted on January 17 by some Kuki suspected militants were
rescued by a team of commando from Koubru Leikha in Senapati District.
Police retrieved a hand grenade
from the courtyard of Dr Sachindra Laishram (40) located at Kwakeithel
Makha Thokchom Leikai in Imphal .Dr Sachindra is a consultant
of Shija Eye Care Foundation. Sources said a KCP-Nganba faction
led by Nganba had served a demand note to the doctor to pay INR
500,000 to the militant outfit on December 16, 2013.
The 12 hours bandh (General strike)
called by UNC at the Naga inhabited area of Manipur against the
provocative statement of Joint Secretary MHA and also to expedite
the Naga people movement for alternative arrangement outside the
Government of Manipur had a crippling effect in Ukhrul district.
There was total shut down of markets, transport service, offices,
schools and colleges for 12 hours.
SFs arrested six cadres of the
UNLF, including three women, during a search operation conducted,
at Oksu under Lamlai Police Station in Imphal East District.
CM Mukul Sangma said that peace
accord with ANVC would be signed at the earliest. "At the present
pace and with the coming forward of other groups and splinter
groups, final and lasting peace will shortly be ushered in the
Garo Hills," Dr Sangma said while welcoming the outcome of January
23's tripartite meeting on peace pact. The CM said that certain
modalities such as detailing the number of cadres and tabling
an inventory of arms and ammunition must be completed for the
process to move on.
ANVC-B 'Chairman' Rimpu Marak
said, "We don't know when it is going to be finalized but it is
going to happen soon, maybe another two months".
ANVC 'Publicity Secretary' Arist
Sengsrang N. Sangma also said that the pact would be tabled in
the upcoming Parliament session.
The ANVC-B has accused the Tura
police of implanting IEDs and arms against the militant outfit
on the outskirts of Tura where four ANVC-B cadres were killed
in an encounter with the Police. ANVC-B 'Chairman' Rimpu Marak
said, "We are not an armed organization and those IEDs and arms
were planted against us.
Six men abducted Nokma (Village
Headman) of Songsak Bonegre village, Kredinath M Sangma (41),
in East Garo Hills District. His abduction is believed to be for
ransom since he had recently obtained compensation to the tune
of INR 7.8 million. Police have identified the abductors as a
gang of dacoits numbering 6-7 who are going by the name of ANLCA.
One of Sumi Volunteers, Nipulo
Chishi (19), injured during the December 28-30, 2013 confrontation
between a group of people and cadres of NSCN-IM at Mukalimi village
in Zunheboto District (Nagaland) died in Shillong (Meghalaya).
He was shifted to Shillong recently after his condition deteriorated
because of an injury in his abdomen.
Assam Rifles apprehended one FGN
cadre, 'lieutenant' Yongnyu Phom, from Tamlu Village in Longleng
District. The FGN cadre was involved in extortion and 'tax collection'.
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January 24 |
Pakistan is printing FICN in
government owned print factories, according to intelligence inputs
received by Indian Intelligence organisation.
IM has sourced explosives for
its bombs from at least three places in the country. The revelations
were made by Intelligence agencies after analyzing transcripts
of the chats between (IM) 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal
with Riyaz Bhatkal. The transcripts also include alleged chats
of IM operative Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi. The chats, sources
said, indicate the IM did not always find it easy to source explosives.
Two days before the Republic
Day, the CPI-Maoist announced its presence in Burdwan District
of West Bengal by issuing an "open letter" calling upon the people
to join them in overthrowing the Indian state through an armed
struggle.
Two staff of a school, run by
a private organisation have been kidnapped by CPI-Maoist cadres
in Koraput District of Odisha.
CPI-Maoist leader and Spokesperson
of 'Dandakaranya special zonal committee' GVK Prasad alias Gudsa
Usendi has identified the attackers who carried out the Darbha
massacre on May 25, 2013, killing the top Congress leaders in
Chhattisgarh.
Two suspected ULFA-I militants
were killed in a blast at about 7 kilometre from Umrangshu area
in Dima Hasao District when the bomb they were carrying in a vehicle
exploded. Umrangshu Police believe the two were on their way to
Meghalaya from Lanka in Nagaon District. The Police have identified
them as Sahabuddin and Aminuddin of Lanka (Nagaon District).
State Police announced cash rewards
of INR 6.2 miilion for those who can provide information about
11 militants of the KLO and seven cadres of the NDFB-IKS. The
KLO list includes four top leaders, 'commander-in-chief' Nityananda
Sarkar alias Shyam Ray, 'general secretary' Keshab Barman, 'assistant
organising secretary' Lal Chand Deka and 'cultural secretary'
Digambar Rai alias Jibon Koch. Cash rewards of INR 500,000 each
have been announced against the quartet while INR 300,000 each
will be given for information provided on another seven cadres.
The Gauhati High Court asked
the Central Government and State Government to clear their stand
on granting ST status to the Koch Rajbongshi community within
the next two months.
AKRSU 'president' Biswajit Ray
asked Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh to clear their stand on granting Scheduled Tribe status
to the community and creation of Kamtapur on Republic Day (January
26).
SFs arrested a KPLT militant,
Kensing Ronghang, from Karbi Anglong District.
SFs recovered two IED from Okshongbung
and Kangvai area of Bishnupur District.
The KNF-N is all set to boycott
the Republic Day (January 26) celebration of 2014 in five hill
Districts of the state. KNF-N said their boycotting of the Repubic
Day will be done "separately of our own excluding the CorCom (conglomerate
of Manipur valley based militant outfits) or the collective bandh
called by North East insurgent groups.
The KNF-N is all set to boycott
the Republic Day (January 26) celebration of 2014 in five hill
Districts of the state. KNF-N said their boycotting of the Repubic
Day will be done "separately of our own excluding the CorCom (conglomerate
of Manipur valley based militant outfits) or the collective bandh
called by North East insurgent groups.
NNC-NA mourned the demise of
Nipulo Chishi. In a condolence message, NNC-NA 'NGO kilonser'
'brigadier' LXK Achumi and 'MIP kilonser' Dr. Amento Chishi said
Nipulo's love for the people was "highly acceptable" and would
be remembered in the history of Sumi Tribe.
NNC-NA has opposed the use of
alcohol and drugs as well as other illegal activities in the "nation".
Appealing to the right thinking citizens to come forward and join
hands and work under one umbrella, NNC-NA 'secretary' 'union Territory
(UT)-I', K.T Zhimomi in a press release stated that every person
both in political and religion should eliminate the social menace
in the Naga society.
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January 25 |
Maharashtra ATS, Pune unit is
on the lookout for a man identified as 'Ibrahim' for allegedly
supplying gelatine to IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal
at Swargate in Pune District.
Police
arrested four persons, identified as Abeed Khan alias Parvez,
Sohail Khan alias Golu, Irshad Khan alias Raja and Quadir Hussain
along with FICN with a face value of INR 92,000 from the premises
of Bada Tajbagh in Nagpur (Maharashtra).
Army and Police launched a massive
search operation at Nathal village near Kaleeth area in Akhnoor
tehsil (revenue unit) of Jammu District following reports given
by the civilians that they had spotted movement of four suspected
militants.
Army foiled an infiltration bid
along the LoC at Balakote area of Mendhar sub-sector in Poonch
District.
Four Government workers including
three panchayat (local self government institution) level staff
and a PMRDF were taken hostage by CPI-Maoist cadres from Nakania
village in Pirtand block in Giridih District of Jharkhand.
NSCN-K has observed that Arunachal
Nagas now did not want to identify themselves as Nagas and has
condemned the wisdom of their leaders in the strongest terms for
the current state of affairs. In a statement, NSCN-K reminded
that the tribes inhabiting Arunachal's Tirap, Changlang and Longding
Districts like Nocte, Wancho, Ollo, Tangsa, Tutsa and their subdivision
into smaller groups residing on both sides of the international
border formed the largest and biggest group among the Nagas of
Eastern Nagaland. These tribes had played significant role in
Naga political movement. However, due to vested interests, they
do not now want to associate with the Nagas, it said.
SFs arrested three KPLT cadres,
'area commander of Diring area' Bijoy Terang, Robin Engti, Lawrence
Terang, from Dolamara locality under Borpathar Police Station
of Karbi Anglong District. SFs recovered one 7,65 mm pistol and
few bullets, four mobile phone and large quantity of extortion
notes from them.
SFs arrested one NSCN-IM militant
and one overground worker of the outfit from Lodi Village of Dima
Hasao District. The security men recovered one .9 mm pistol, three
.9 mm live rounds and two mobile handsets with three SIM cards.
Public nabbed one NDFB-IKS militant,
identified as Prem Kumar Basumatary (18), at Tungkurmari area
under Sidli Police Station of Chirang District. SFs detected an
IED near a culvert between Torbung Bangla and S Kolin village
in Bishnupur District.
Acting on specific intelligence,
SFs raided a meeting of top NSCN-K and NNC cadres being held in
Nonei Part-V in Tamenglong District leading to the arrest of 'sergeant'
M Ading Rongmei (37) of NSCN-K and Paujokdai Malangmei alias Jenchui
(38) of NNC. One 7.65 mm pistol with 10 rounds, one .22 pistol
with five rounds, one 7.65 SLR magazine with 10 rounds and five
mobile phones were recovered from the arrestees.
Another operation was launched
by SFs leading to the arrest of 'sergeant' John Yangemei alias
Karin of NSCN-IM in Tamenglong District. One .22 pistol (US made)
with five cartridges and two mobile phones were recovered from
the individual, who reportedly came to Nonei in the District to
collect extortion money.
One suspected KNF cadre was arrested
along with arm and ammunitions by 43 Assam Rifles on January 25
from Buning Village in Tamenglong District. A source identified
as one Mangkho Sitlhou alias Casper, a 'sergeant major' of KNF,
from whom one AK Rifle and 12 live rounds have been recovered.
A meeting comprising of citizens
from all the Districts of Garo Hills and NGOs of the region was
held on January 25 to form the 'Unified Peace Movement for Garo
Hills' to fight for peace within the region. The body will take
up the clarion call for peace with people, Government and the
anti-establishment outfits.
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January 26 |
Worried over the proliferation
of FICN and near perfect technology employed by counterfeiters
especially for INR 500 and INR 1,000 notes, the government is
planning the introduction of an anti-photocopying technology called
Omron.
Pakistan Army violated the ceasefire
and resorted to unprovoked firing along the LoC at Kaman post
of Uri Sector in Baramulla District.
CPI-Maoist cadres torched three
trucks in Gumla District of Jharkhand for not paying the levy
demanded by them.
SFs arrested two hardcore cadres
of NDFB-IKS, Subaw Daimari and Agar Swargiary, from a hideout
of Borthol locality of Karbi Anglong District. One A K 47 rifle
with 21 bullets and one .32 pistol along with 2 magazines and
11 bullets were seized from their possession.
Assam Governor Janaki Ballav
Patnaik appealed the underground militant groups to abjure violence
and come to the discussion table to solve the issues for an overall
development of the state.
An IED exploded at Abhoynagar
area in the outskirts of Agartala city in Tripura West District.
Police source said that the officials rushed to the spot shortly
to find four unexploded IED in a dilapidated half finished construction
site. However, nobody was injured in the blast.
On the occasion of the 65th Republic
Day, J&K Governor N N Vohra observed that till a peaceful environment
emerges the SFs shall continue to enforce constant vigil along
the frontiers without lowering their guard.
SFs arrested three KNLA militants
from different locations in Karbi Anglong District. Konglong Tisso
alias Muzari and Joy Bey were arrested at Baghpani under Dokmoka
Police Station. In another incident, Kangbura Bey was arrested
under the Chokihola Police Station in the District.
Republic Day celebrations in
Manipur were marred by four bomb blasts amidst high security measures
after CorCom of six militant outfits called for a boycott of the
day, Police said. However, no one was injured in the explosions.
CorCom has claimed it's the series
of bomb blast on Republic Day morning at Babupara around 8 am,
Moirangkhom around 9 am, Chingmeirong around 10 am and at Singjamei
Chinga Makhong around 11 am. A press statement of the CorCom said
that the series of blast was carried as part of the collective
call of several outfits of the "WESEA region against the Republic
Day celebration on January 26.
Militants ambushed an AR patrol
team in Sajik Tamak area in Chandel District bordering Myanmar
injuring two SFs personnel including a Major and a rifleman. The
attackers first exploded an IED and rained bullets on a foot patrol
team belonging to the AR 21 battalion.
Police in Mizoram have begun
investigations against a Bru leader and a national newspaper that
quoted him as saying Mizos had burned down more than a dozen Bru
houses and assaulted members of the minority community two weeks
ago. A senior Police Official from Mamit District in western Mizoram
said investigators have found no evidence of Mizos burning Bru
houses or assaulting members of the Bru tribe and is seeking replies
from both the newspaper and the Bru leader.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed two
persons, identified as Deba Sodi and Erma Banjarni of Silakota
village under Padia Police Station area in Malkangiri District
of Odisha suspecting them as Police informers.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres, including
a self-styled military company member who was allegedly involved
in the Tadmetla (Dantewada District) incident in which 76 troopers
were killed and carrying a cash reward of INR 100,000 on his head,
were arrested after a prolonged gun battle in the forests between
Kaika and Ghumra under Bijapur Police Station limits of Bijapur
District, Chhattisgarh.
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January 27 |
Delhi Police officially substantiated
the claim in a trial court that IM is plotting to kidnap to secure
IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal's release.
Police arrested a KCP militant,
T.L.Omita Devi, from Katahbari area of Guwahati in Kamrup (metro)
District.
Goalpara Police recovered a huge
amount of arms and ammunitions used by ULFA-I (Independent) from
the Assam-Meghalaya border in the Goalpara District.
Two abducted labourers, identified
as Thangjam Dilip (54) and Oinam Kellon (56) were released from
the custody of suspected Kuki militant at Sagolmang in Imphal
East District. The two labourers were abducted for ransom by suspected
well armed Kuki militants on January 22 from new Boljang village
in Senapati District where the two along with some other labourers
engaged in road construction were staying in their temporary hut.
Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam
has stated that the State Government will not accept any move
that goes against the interest of the State during the upcoming
tripartite talk between the UNC, State Government and the Centre.
To discuss the Alternative Arrangement for the Nagas of Manipur
outside the Government of Manipur pending a final settlement to
the Indo-Naga issue, demand raised by the UNC, the next round
of talk will be held at Senapati District headquarters on February
6.
The State Government has created
a channel to bring GNLA to the negotiating table. While Governor
KK Paul announced during his Republic Day (January 26) speech
that the Government has offered the path of dialogue to GNLA,
the Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, went further ahead saying that
an exercise is on to bring the outfit for talks.
Meghalaya got central clearance
to form its very own special multi-task Police force, which will
be called 'Special Force 10', to deal with internal security challenges
ranging from militancy to disaster management. The strength of
the force will be 1,795 including the supporting staff.
Home Minister Roshan Warjri also
said, the 'Special Force 10' would not only be tasked with counter
insurgency operations but would also be deployed to tackle riots,
communal disharmony and various agitations.
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said
lack of response time rendered the Police less effective in tackling
the challenge of suspected GNLA militants at Shallang in West
Khasi Hills District on January 24. The militants engaged in rampant
looting of coal laden trucks in West Khasi Hills and even challenged
the Police to engage in a fight with them.
In the search operation that
began on January 26 to rescue four abducted persons, one CRPF
trooper died and 11 others suffered injuries when CPI-Maoist cadres
triggered over 12 IEDs explosions in Pirtand block of Giridih
District, Jharkhand.
Chhattisgarh Police paraded suspected
CPI-Maoist cadre Badri Gawde, who claimed to have facilitated
meetings between Delhi University Professor Nandini Sundar and
other Maoists, before the media in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed two
villagers at Kishtapur in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed two
villagers at Kishtapur in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
In the wake of the CPI-Maoist
posters appearing every now and then on heavy vehicles that ferry
Uranium ore from Bagjata mines to Jadugora processing unit, in
Seraikela-Kharsawan District of Jharkhand, the Uranium Corporation
of India Ltd has expressed apprehensions over excavation work.
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January 28 |
IM operative Hyder Ali Shaqoor
is said to have been assigned the task of assassinating BJP Prime
Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. The IB further said that
LeT is also part of the ploy and the duo have detailed plans to
carry out the task.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said
that its decision to withdraw currency notes issued before 2005
was aimed at curbing counterfeits.
Four persons, identified as Saddam
Faizuddin Shaikh, Nobakumar Ravindranath Biswas, Asadul Faijal
Haq Jaman and a 17-year-old youth were arrested along with FICNs
with the face value of INR 50,000 from Pune airport.
Ten persons were killed and eight
others received bullet injuries when encroachers from Arunachal
Pradesh opened fire with hand-made weapons in the Behali Reserve
Forest area of Sonitpur District. Around 100 assailants, armed
with guns and other lethal weapons, attacked the villagers, who
have been camping there to protect those areas from further encroachment,
and started indiscriminate firing at them killing those villagers
on the spot.
Union Ministry of Home Affairs
Joint-Secretary, Shambhu Singh, told television channels that
the NDFB might have a hand in the killing incident in the Behali
Reserve Forest area of Sonitpur District of Assam on January 29.
State Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
ruled out NDFB's involvement and stated that miscreants from Arunachal
Pradesh were responsible for the killings.
Suspected hill based militants
on January 28 fired two lethod shells under construction tunnel
number 27 of the Jiribam-Tupul railway project under Noney Police
Station in Tamenglong District. No casualties were reported in
the attack.
Meghalaya's opposition NPP renewed
its demand for resignation of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma in view
of his alleged nexus with Garo Hills-based militant outfit ANVC-B
besides seeking a CBI or NIA probe into the allegation.
A former Salwa Judum leader,
identified as Bodhiram Machhi (55), was killed by Maoists in Bijapur
District, Chhattisgarh.
Residents of around 500 villages
in the Naxal-hit Jashpur District of north Chhattisgarh have taken
a collective decision to help the Police in anti-Naxal operations.
Various alleged administrative
and financial irregularities worth INR billion have been pointed
out in the execution of development works in Bastar District by
the State Accountant General, Chhattisgarh.
Various alleged administrative
and financial irregularities worth INR billion have been pointed
out in the execution of development works in Bastar District by
the State Accountant General, Chhattisgarh.
Various alleged administrative
and financial irregularities worth INR billion have been pointed
out in the execution of development works in Bastar District by
the State Accountant General, Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman
Singh while attending the inaugural function of 'Dronachary Bhavan'
at Jungle Warfare College in Raipur, Chhattisgarh said the State
would eventually win the war of jungle and added that Maoist violence
and terror in Bastar region would soon come to an end as it ended
in Surguja District of the State.
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January 29 |
A pipe bomb was recovered from
near the house of Union Minister of State for Prime Minister's
Office V Narayanasamy in Puducherry.
In first case where Pakistan's
involvement in printing of FICN has been nailed by forensic evidence,
a NIA special court convicted all six accused.
LeT operative connected to 26/11
accused Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Muzammil was convicted by a
NIA special court in connection with possession of arms and explosives
and plotting to execute terror attacks in Hyderabad on May 7,
2006, in which two persons were injured.
LeT operative connected to 26/11
accused Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Muzammil was convicted by a
NIA special court in connection with possession of arms and explosives
and plotting to execute terror attacks in Hyderabad on May 7,
2006, in which two persons were injured.
Pakistan violated ceasefire by
firing at Indian positions along the LoC in Balakote Sector of
Poonch District. There were no reports of any casualties or damage
on the Indian side.
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah
said there was no "recent evidence" to suggest that Pakistan wants
to negotiate a permanent settlement to the Kashmir issue.
Ten persons were killed and eight
others received bullet injuries when encroachers from Arunachal
Pradesh opened fire with hand-made weapons in the Behali Reserve
Forest area of Sonitpur District. Around 100 assailants, armed
with guns and other lethal weapons, attacked the villagers, who
have been camping there to protect those areas from further encroachment,
and started indiscriminate firing at them killing those villagers
on the spot.
The Sonitpur District unit of
the AAMSU took out a rally in Tezpur against NDFB-IKS attack on
Policemen in the District.
Sonitpur SP Sanjukta Parashar
saying that the three NDFB-IKS militants involved in the ambush
in Thalola-Laodangi have been identified as B Naihab, Chiju and
Bishu and they are still hiding in Batachipur area. She added
that a joint operation is going on to arrest the culprits.
The AABP demanded adequate security
for over two million Bhojpuri-speaking people living in the State
besides formation of development council.
Union Ministry of Home Affairs
Joint-Secretary, Shambhu Singh, told television channels that
the NDFB might have a hand in the killing incident in the Behali
Reserve Forest area of Sonitpur District of Assam on January 29.
State Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
ruled out NDFB's involvement and stated that miscreants from Arunachal
Pradesh were responsible for the killings.
Sonitpur ASP-Security, Gulzar
Hussain (37), and a Police Informer were killed while five Constables
were injured as NDFB-IKS ambushed a patrol at Thalola in the Batachipur
area under Dhekiajuli Police Station in Sonitpur District. Meanwhile,
'spokesman' of the NDFB-IKS, B R Ferenga has claimed responsibility
of the ambush.
A mob later vandalised an office
of the NDFB-PTF at Tezpur (Sonitpur District) and a cadre of the
outfit was beaten up before he was handed over to the Police.
The mob also shouted slogans against the NDFB.
The owner of a two-storey building,
Raju Ali, in Sivasagar town (Sivasagar District) was injured when
a crude bomb exploded. According to Police, Ali was arrested earlier
in connection with extorting money in the name of ULFA.
The ULFA-I executed its 'cultural
secretary', Anjumoni Saikia alias Dalimi Dutta, at the outfit's
Myanmar camp recently. Director-General of Police Khagen Sarma
said the Police have received unconfirmed reports of her death.
Referring to the ambush by the
NDFB-IKS in the Thalola-Laodangi area under Dhekiajuli Police
Station of Sonitpur District that left Additional Superintendent
of Police (security) of Sonitpur District Gulzar Hussain dead
and five other cops injured, the AAPA blamed the "soft attitude"
of the state government towards militants for the incident.
Referring to the ambush by the
NDFB-IKS in the Thalola-Laodangi area under Dhekiajuli Police
Station of Sonitpur District that left Additional Superintendent
of Police (security) of Sonitpur District Gulzar Hussain dead
and five other cops injured, the AAPA blamed the "soft attitude"
of the state government towards militants for the incident.
SFs arrested five militants of
the GNLA, Lasting G Momin, Arnesh G Momin, Bosco Momin, Fedrick
Rongrin and Jaro S Sangma at Dorangre village in West Khasi Hills
District. SFs recovered two .32 pistols, two magazines along with
seven rounds of live ammunition, three mobile phones along with
three Indian SIM cards, 21 numbers of dry cells from the militants.
BSF troops of Kachuadogri Border
Outpost in South West Garo Hills arrested one overground worker,
identified as Kanu Koch of NDFB and ULFA while he was trying to
crossover to Bangladesh in a stolen Bajaj Pulsar. Koch is also
a linkman between two terror groups and is a resident of Sherpur
District in Bangladesh. He has confessed of his membership.
BSF personnel arrested another
Bangladesh national Muhammad Shamnoor Miah (25) while trying to
cross over to India from Zero Point at Borsora in West Khasi hills
District.
A meeting of major NGOs urged
the Central and the State Governments of Mizoram and Tripura to
ensure that all the inmates of the Bru relief camps in Tripura
return to Mizoram by the end of February 2014. In a press statement
issued in Aizawl, the NGOs namely, YMA, MHIP [Mizo Women's Association],
MUP or [Mizoram Elders Association] and MZP [Mizo Students Federation]
said "that the relief camps were breeding grounds for armed goons
indulging in a series of murder, abduction and extortion."
A meeting of major NGOs urged
the Central and the State Governments of Mizoram and Tripura to
ensure that all the inmates of the Bru relief camps in Tripura
return to Mizoram by the end of February 2014. In a press statement
issued in Aizawl, the NGOs namely, YMA, MHIP [Mizo Women's Association],
MUP or [Mizoram Elders Association] and MZP [Mizo Students Federation]
said "that the relief camps were breeding grounds for armed goons
indulging in a series of murder, abduction and extortion."
Scared of being forced to undergo
abortion, a two-month pregnant woman Maoist and her husband surrendered
before Police in Rajnandgaon District, Chhattisgarh.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Dharmendra Yadav, was arrested from Pichhulia village of Aurangabad
District, Bihar. The Maoist was wanted in connection with a landmine
blast near Navinagar area in December 2013 in which eight Policemen
were killed.
A senior CPI-Maoist leader, Anup
Roy, was arrested by the Special Task Force of the Kolkata Police
from the Sealdah area of Kolkata District, West Bengal.
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January 30 |
Police team arrested one person,
identified as Mohammed Musharuf, accused in connection with FICN
racket in Rajkot (Rajkot District) of Gujarat.
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS)
of Maharashtra Police had arrested the accused on May 14, 2009
from near Star Cinema at Mazgoan in south Mumbai, after they received
the tip-off that they were planning to exchange money.
Three SIMI operatives Safdar
Nagori, Kamruddin and Mohamad Shafi were produced before three
different courts in connection with old cases in Ujjain (Madhya
Pradesh).
Arunachal Pradesh is cut off
from the rest of the country as protesters in Assam blocked supply
routes to the state in protest against killings. KMSS, which is
leading the protest, blocked NH-52 at Borgang in Sonitpur District,
which is the only lifeline to Arunachal capital Itanagar.
Arunachal Pradesh is cut off
from the rest of the country as protesters in Assam blocked supply
routes to the state in protest against killings. KMSS, which is
leading the protest, blocked NH-52 at Borgang in Sonitpur District,
which is the only lifeline to Arunachal capital Itanagar.
Out of 25 assorted weapons taken
away by five cadres of KNO/KLA when they fled from their designated
Samushang Camp (Imphal), SFs have recovered 18 weapons from Twichin
village in Senapati District under Lamlai Police Station.
The brother of a Meghalaya legislator
was abducted by suspected GNLA militants in South Garo Hills District,
bordering Bangladesh, Police said. "Naga M Sangma, 39, the younger
brother of Independent legislator Samuel M Sangma, was abducted
by four suspected GNLA rebels about 7.30pm last (January 30) night
from his house at Gasuapara area," Abraham Sangma, the District
Police official of South Garo Hills said.
A two-day 'national assembly'
of the NSCN-K began at its designated camp, Khehoi in Dimapur
of Dimapur District.
NSCN-KK 'chairman' 'general (retired)'
Khole Konyak addressed the inaugural session of the 'national
assembly'. During his address, Khole said in the past God gave
the Nagas the courage and patriotism to trouble the "mighty Indian
Army" and that there was "complete unity among us." As the years
rolled on, Nagas got new provisions of semi and automatic weapons
from "friendly countries" however they had to encounter new adversary
in the form of "our own brothers and sisters who had fallen prey
to enemy's trap," he added.
A contractor, identified as Samarendra
Bisoi alias Tinku (28), was arrested on the charges of supplying
explosives to CPI-Maoist by Kalimela Police in Malkangiri District,
Odisha.
A villager, identified as Manendra
belonging to Uttar Pradesh, was killed by CPI-Maoist cadres, on
the charges of being a 'police informer,' near Nareli Ghat village
of Dantewada District, Chhattisgarh.
The anti-Maoist movement in Jashpur
District of Chhattisgarh got stronger with more villagers joining
the group.
Chhattisgarh Police has claimed
to have choked the main supply chain of weapons, medicines and
other kinds of aid to Maoists operating from their stronghold
in Bastar region of the State.
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January 31 |
One militant was killed in a
fierce encounter and other was arrested at Kangun village in Muran
area of Pulwama District.
A suspected militant allegedly
abducted a person, identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Changa (35) from
Sopore town of Baramulla District.
BSF recovered FICN having face
value of INR 2, 00,000 and approximately two kg Heroin worth INR
100 million along IB in Brahman Bela area under Pargwal belt of
Akhnoor tehsil in the Jammu District.
The ULFA-I confirmed the death
of its 'council secretary' Dalimi Asom alias Anju Saikia. In a
statement emailed to the media by ULFA-I's 'assistant publicity
secretary' Arunoday Asom, the outfit claimed that Saikia had committed
suicide. She had reportedly gone missing from an ULFA camp at
an undisclosed place on January 5 and her body was recovered about
3 kilometers from the camp on January 19, the mailed statement
stated.
Two hand grenades were found
at the residence of Imphal Municipal Council Ward No 10 Councillor
Salam Tiken (53) at Sagolband Sayang Kurao Makhong in Imphal West
District.
Two cadres of the KRA-U, identified
as Letgoulien Chongloi alias Kenedy and Janggouthang Chongloi
alias JC Michael, were executed by their own cadres, a Police
officer said. The rebels were accorded 'capital punishment' by
senior cadres of the outfit for their alleged attempt to desert
the organization's camp at a Kuki-dominated area in Senapati District
and to form a separate faction.
A CPI-Maoist cadre was arrested
with cache of explosives from Palamau District headquarters, Jharkhand.
Kanker SP, Rajendra Das, informed
that a joint team of BSF and District Police arrested a CPI-Maoist
cadre, identified as Balduram Gawde (30), near Metabodli village
in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
A Maoist, identified as Chain
Singh Gond (40), a resident of Lohari, was arrested near the jungles
of Lohari village of Kanker District, Chhattisgarh.
A Maoist, identified as Chain
Singh Gond (40), a resident of Lohari, was arrested near the jungles
of Lohari village of Kanker District, Chhattisgarh.
The two abducted school teachers
were rescued and four persons of a criminal gang which had resorted
to the abduction in the name of CPI-Maoist cadres for extortion
and ransom were arrested in Koraput District, Odisha.
The Hassan Police of Karnataka
conducted combing operations in villages of Sakleshpur taluk with
platoons of the ANF.
Naxal Special Duty wing of the
Dharmapuri District Police in Tamil Nadu seized 332 gelatine sticks
and 600 electric detonators from the house of a farmer in Thonnaiyankottai
near Karimangalam in Dharmapuri District.
Two cadres belonging to KCP-Lamyanba
Khuman identified as Phijam Robi and Tensubam Hoyna alias Pari
alias Shantikumar were arrested by a combined team of Imphal East
Commando and the 40 Assam Rifle along with one Chinese Hand Grenade,
two Magazine of 9mm Pistol and 15 live rounds from an unspecified
location.
Suspected KPLT militants had abducted
two buisneesman, Dhiman Choudhary alias Dhiman Lindo (30) [Karbi
Anglong based] and Sudip Chanda (36), from Zerikingding area under
the Zerikingding Police Station in Karbi Anglong District. KPLT
'publicity secretary', Nokmey Tungjang has, however, informed
that the group was not involved with abduction of the duo.
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February 1 |
A FATF report on money laundering
and terrorist financing across the globe has revealed that India
is one among five countries where the trade accounts of the diamond
business are used to launder illegal funds amounting to millions
of dollars.
A FATF report on money laundering
and terrorist financing across the globe has revealed that India
is one among five countries where the trade accounts of the diamond
business are used to launder illegal funds amounting to millions
of dollars.
SFs killed a 'commander' of KLO,
Brindaban Rajbongshi alias Mukut Ray (22), at Nadangiri hill in
Salakati of Kokrajhar District. Police said two other KLO cadres,
including Samar Roy alias Rambo, escaped in the darkness.
An angry mob lynched a militant,
Rahimuddin (38), belonging to militant group Zakir Bahini, a faction
of the UDLA, at Boinchera in Hailakandi District. He later succumbed
to his injuries at Hailakandi Civil Hospital.
SFs arrested four militants NDFB-IKS
from Lahorijan area in Karbi Anglong District. Later, Police recovered
several arms and ammunition from Hamren area in the same District.
The recovered arms and ammunition were two AK-56 rifles, one pistol,
three magazines and 33 rounds of ammunition.
The Rengma Naga organisations
in Karbi Anglong District have reiterated their demand for the
creation of RHADC through bifurcation of Rengma Hills from Karbi
Anglong based on the original boundary of the Hills and Rengma
Mouzas (a erstwhile term for revenue collection unit) with its
headquarters at Bokajan.
Suspected underground militants
lobbed a hand grenade at the residence of Agriculture Officer
Soibam Ranjit of Sagolband Tera Lukhram Leirak in Imphal West
District. But no one was injured in the blast.
Unidentified persons hurled a
Chinese hand grenade at the residence of Dr Athokpham Lenin of
Irom Pukhri Mapal Thangjam Leirak in Imphal West District.
Unidentified persons hurled a
Chinese hand grenade at the residence of Dr Athokpham Lenin of
Irom Pukhri Mapal Thangjam Leirak in Imphal West District.
Two militants of UALA demanded
'tax' from a civilian ended up in a hospital with injuries leading
to the death of one of them in a botched extortion drive at Darengre
village on the outskirts of Tura town in West Garo hills District.
The deceased Sanjay Ch Sangma and Bijoy Ch Sangma were extorting
money from their victim when villagers rushed in and caught both
of them.
Police claimed to have arrested
a senior CPI-Maoist leader close to central committee member Ramakrishna
and who is allegedly involved in several attacks, including last
year's ambush on a BSF convoy in which four personnel were killed.
Police claimed to have arrested
a senior CPI-Maoist leader close to central committee member Ramakrishna
and who is allegedly involved in several attacks, including last
year's ambush on a BSF convoy in which four personnel were killed.
Suspected members of the CPI-Maoist
set ablaze a generator, transmission equipment and other apparatus
at a cell phone tower of a private cellular company, at Pedaarlagudem
in Dummugudem mandal in Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh.
A person identified as, Rokowulie
was injured when an unidentified assailant fired at him on February
1 at his residence near G. Rio school junction High School colony
in Kohima.
Naga Hoho (apex body of Naga tribes
of Nagaland) opined that the NSCN-IM should openly admit the blunder
particularly at the Sumi people for the crimes committed by its
cadres and also for not complying with the demand of the Sumi
Hoho (apex body of Sumi Tribes) in the aftermath of the December
21 incident.
Naga Hoho (apex body of Naga tribes
of Nagaland) opined that the NSCN-IM should openly admit the blunder
particularly at the Sumi people for the crimes committed by its
cadres and also for not complying with the demand of the Sumi
Hoho (apex body of Sumi Tribes) in the aftermath of the December
21 incident.
ACAUT has reaffirmed to stand
by its October 31, 2013 resolutions on underground tax. ACAUT`s
latest statement came after some businessmen in Dimapur market
had revealed that a Naga militant outfit had served monetary demand
letters to them few days ago. ACAUT held a meeting after BAN received
complaints from its members about the Naga militant outfit`s extortion
notes.
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February 2 |
A divisional commander of HM,
identified as Mubarak Ahmad Wani alias Major Saqib, was arrested
by J&K Police and the CRPF in Hanji Dantar village near Anantnag
town of Anantnag District.
The January 29 attack fatality
along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border increased to 11 after
the recovery of a dead body of a person identified as Lasu Mardi
(65) from Chauldhua in Borgang in Sonitpur District.
The economic blockade against
Arunachal Pradesh for the Behali Reserve Forest killings continued
and the protesters blocked the passage of goods trucks at Chariduar
in Sonitpur District.
Two KPLT militants were caught
by the villagers of Samelangso area under Samelangso Police Station
in Karbi Anglong District. They were later handed over to the
Samelangso Police Station.
DGP Khagen Sarma said operations
against the NDFB-IKS would be intensified to put an end to the
group's subversive activities in Sonitpur District. The DGP further
said that a Police Station would be set up at Dikalmukh (Sonitpur
District) near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh inter-state boundary.
Construction of a border outpost at Behali reserve forest commenced.
On the charge made by the CPI-ML alleging involvement of the NLCT
of Arunachal Pradesh in the Behali massacre, the DGP said that
operation would be carried out against NLCT as well.
'President' of the KNF-N, Napoleon,
has denied the outfit's involvement in the various abductions
in the State over the past few months. The clarification came
in even as people of Charhajar, Sadar Hills staged a sit-in-protest
on February 2 demanding the safe release of a man who was allegedly
abducted on the midnight of January 31.
Police arrested two ANLCA cadres,
Charles D Shira and Salman S Sangma from Mawiaban under Nongstoin
Police station in West Khasi Hills District. Police said, the
duo was involved in the recent abduction of Kredinath M Sangma,
Nokma (village head) of Songsak Bonegre in East Garo Hills who
is yet to be traced.
Police and CPI-Maoist cadres
exchanged gun fire near Kadhaikhodra village in Kanker District,
Chhattisgarh.
A 36-year-old man, identified
as Shivshankar Kavde, who allegedly worked as a Maoist courier,
was arrested from Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh and a cache
of ammunitions was recovered from him.
A group of CPI-Maoist cadres killed
a JVM-P leader, identified as Kapildev Yadav (35), in Giridih
District of Jharkhand.
West Singhbhum District Police
of Jharkhand arrested two hardcore CPI-Maoist cadres.
A pregnant CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Anita, alias Limbu Bodra, was arrested near Chakradharpur railway
station in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
A pregnant CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Anita, alias Limbu Bodra, was arrested near Chakradharpur railway
station in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
The HNLC issued a direct warning
to coal traders doing business in Briwar, Samasi and Nongkhlieh
areas of East Jaintia Hills District asking them to refrain from
getting involved in land disputes. In a statement issued to the
media, HNLC 'publicity secretary' Sainkupar Nongtraw said that
the "show of strength by coal traders has given rise to various
criminal activities which are affecting the normal life of the
common people in the entire area."
Amid the allegation of politician-militant
nexus, the Government is yet to fully probe an alleged case of
Police-militant nexus involving the then Circle Inspector of Williamnagar,
TC Chacko, who is currently posted as the Deputy Superintendent
of Police, Nongstoin. The UALA, a breakaway group of ANVC-B had
alleged that with the support of the Government and Police higher
ups.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker and NPP
leader PA Sangma, demanded an independent and impartial probe
into the killing of four ANVC-B cadres including the 'political
secretary' of the outfit, Ajaju Marak, who revealed the alleged
nexus of Chief Minister, Mukul Sangma with ANVC-B militants.
The security agencies have come
to the conclusion that the recent killing of eleven persons in
the Behali Reserved Forest was a well planned attack. Sources
said that some political leaders and influential persons of Arunachal
Pradesh developed economic interest in the Behali reserved forest
area and even a rubber garden has been set up in the disputed
land.
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February 3 |
A drug trafficking racket, associated
with terrorist outfit HM, was neutralized in Nizamuddin area of
South Delhi District in New Delhi as three traffickers were arrested
with 10 kg heroin valued at INR 350 million.
An IM operative, Abdul Wahid Siddibappa
alias Khan, said to be close to IM 'India operations chief', Yasin
Bhatkal, was arrested by authorities in Abu Dhabi, according to
Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
An IM operative, Abdul Wahid Siddibappa
alias Khan, said to be close to IM 'India operations chief', Yasin
Bhatkal, was arrested by authorities in Abu Dhabi, according to
Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
According to a September 5, 2013
alert from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Azhar has challenged
Advani through a speech in Pakistan posted on some social networking
websites. "Tell me any safe place in India where JeM cannot reach"
Azhar stated.
A SIMI cadre, identified as Juber,
was arrested by The ATS from Nagori Mohalla in Mahidpur area of
Ujjain District. 200 detonators, gelatin rods and explosive powder
were recovered from his possession.
Jharkhand DGP, Rajiv Kumar, described
the Maoists as the biggest internal security threat to the country,
however also warned the Maoists that the SFs would leave no stone
unturned to tackle them.
15 to 20 CPI-Maoist cadres set
ablaze vehicles in Ramgarh District of Jharkhand.
The ANLA militants, killed two
people including one deserter, Ronald R. Marak and his nephew,
Meghnath R. Marak. Police said Ronald R. Marak, a former 'finance
secretary' of the outfit, was abducted in the night of February
1 from his residence at Wageasi (East Garo Hills District) and
his nephew Meghnath R. Marak.
The whereabouts of the brother
of a Meghalaya legislator abducted by GNLA rebels are still unknown,
four days since the abduction. The GNLA has, reportedly, demanded
INR 2 million for his release, even though the family members
of the abducted coal exporter Naga M. Sangma (37) have denied
receiving an extortion call.
The UALA has stated that the two
armed men who were beaten by public at Darengre village near Tura
of West Garo Hills District on February 1 leading to the death
of one, during a botched extortion bid were not members of their
armed organization. "There is no cadre of ours by the names of
Sanjay and Bijoy Sangma. We do not encourage foreign nationals
(Bangladeshi) into our organization," claimed UALA 'commander-in-chief'
Singbirth Marak alias Norrok X Momin in a statement.
The economic blockade against
Arunachal Pradeshby Assam based organisations entered its fifth
day. The protesters blocked trucks at Borgang and Chariduar areas
in Sonitpur District. The blockade has badly affected Itanagar
(Capital of Arunachal Pradesh) and the East Siang, Upper Siang
and West Siang Districts.
The AAGSU, the apex organisation
of Gorkha students, imposed a total economic and road blockade
on various National Highways leading to Arunachal Pradesh at Tinsukia,
Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat and Karbi Anglong in protest
against the killings.
The Central Government told the
Supreme Court that it has agreed to allocate INR 2.88 billion
to the Assam government for updating the NRC across the State.
It stated that already INR 0.25 billion has been released to the
state government for preliminary work.
SFs arrested one cadre of PREPAK,
identified as Yumnam Premanda and a former cadre of PLA, L. Basanta
alias Akash , along with one 9mm pistol and five live rounds.
Premanda was arrested from his residence in Kongba Uchekon Khonuo
and Basanta arrested from Keirao Lairembi Leirak from his residence
in Imphal East District.
SFs also arrested a cadre of the
UNLF, identified as Tekcham Sushil alias Ingo alias Leirol from
his residence at Heirongthong in Imphal.
The NSAB member P.C. Haldar said
that the presence of CPI-Maoist in the Northeast has the potential
to create serious "strategic security complications".
Unidentified militants opened
fire on four persons killing three of them while one survived
with a bullet injury at Nokrek Biospere hills in West Garo Hills
District. One of the victims is said to be former politician and
contractor, Rutherford R Marak of Araimile locality in Tura. The
identity of the rest of the victims has not been disclosed.
The militants had earlier abducted
the two persons from Sasatgre-Chandigre village on February 2.
The militants initially frisked both captives and snatched a sum
of INR 30,000 from the duo along with their mobile phones. The
militants then ordered both captives to arrange INR 1 million
each for their safe release.
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February 4 |
Khalistani terror groups have
now found a new ally in JeM 'chief' Maulana Masood Azhar to foment
trouble in India and to keep alive their demand for a separate
statehood.
Two persons, identified as Irshad
(19) and Zafar Pathan (19), were arrested along with FICN with
the face value of INR 16,500 from Afzalpur area of Mandsaur District.
A court allowed the Mumbai (Maharashtra)
ATS to arrest IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his
aide Asadullah Akhtar in connection with the July 13, 2011 terror
attack in the Mumbai in which 20 persons were killed.
A Delhi court extended till February
18, 2014 the judicial custody of two suspected LeT operatives,
identified as Rashid and Shahid, who were arrested from Mewat
region of Haryana on December 17, 2013.
A school student, missing for
the past one month, is suspected to have been abducted in the
CPI-Maoist-hit Kandhamal District, Police said.
One CPI-Maoist cadre was injured
and nine Maoists, including the injured cadre, were arrested as
Police destroyed a Maoist training camp at Kandani village in
Munger District of Bihar.
SFs recovered two local guns,
called 'bharmar', 53 rounds of ammunition and an IED weighing
5 kilograms after an encounter with CPI-Maoist cadres in the Chintagufa-Bheji
area of Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
SFs arrested three ANLCA cadres,
Twillson D Shira, Latu D Shira and Rikchi D Shira, from Dalbot
A Village in West Khasi hills District. However, one more ANLCA
cadre, Charles D Shira, managed to escape from Police Custody.
Two members of the FKJGP, a pro
inner-line permit ILP group, were released on bail by a Shillong
Court. The released duo identified as Eldie N. Lyngdoh and Reginald
Thabah are the 'information secretary' and 'assistant information
secretary' of the FKJGP central body respectively.
A youth, believed to be from Arunachal
Pradesh, was injured after being attacked by a mob near Barjharani
forest gate in Behali Police Station area in Sonitpur District.
The blockade of roads leading
to Arunachal Pradesh, launched to protest the killings in Behali
of Sonitpur District, entered the sixth day. Assam Home Secretary
G.D. Tripathi told that though the blockade continues, some vehicles
carrying fuel and other essential items crossed into Arunachal
Pradesh with police escort. He said efforts are being made to
persuade the protesters to lift the blockade.
A gunbattle ensued between NSCN-IM
and combined rebels of NSCN-K and ZUF in Oinamlong village in
Tamenglong District.
Explosive devices were recovered
by the Police from Sagolband Tera lukram Leirak and Majorkhul
areas in Imphal West District. In one such incident, a Chinese
hand-grenade was found near the residential gate of SE of MDS
Salam Roopkumar in Sagolband Tera lukram Leirak. In the Majorkhul
incident, a team of Imphal City Police Station recovered a hand-grenade
from near a mobile phone retail outlet.
The State Government delegation
for the 7th round of tripartite talk involving Government of India
on UNC demand for an AA for Nagas of Manipur pending a solution
to the Indo-Naga peace talk scheduled on February 6 may be led
by Industries Minister K Govindas.
Two prominent Kuki bodies, KIM
[apex organization of Kuki tribes in Manipur] and KOHR have petitioned
the Prime Minister saying that they would not accept any outcome
of the proposed AA talk with UNC. Ahead of the proposed tripartite
talks among the UNC, Central Government and Government of Manipur
slated for February 6 at Senapati District headquarters.
KLO described the killing of its
Kokrajhar District 'commander', Brindaban Rajbongshi, as a 'fake
encounter' and called for a 12 hour bandh in 'Kamatapur'.
The RNHPF said peace can return
to Karbi Anglong District only if the Rengma Nagas are given constitutional
protection or a political identity separate from the Karbis. Claiming
responsibility for the killing of nine Karbi youths at Pachaspura
in Dimapur on December 27, 2013, the RNHPF claimed that one of
them was a KPLT arms smuggler while six others were newly trained
militants.
SFs intercepted a consignment
of ammunition for small arms that was reportedly being transported
for the GNLA 'area commander' Jackfruit Ch. Momin at Kherapara
(on the road between Tura and Dalu) in West Garo hills District.
SFs also arrested Chesrang D Sangma and Bardan Ch. Marak along
with the consignment of 100 rounds (.32 ammunition).
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February 5 |
One person, identified as Dinesh
(25), was arrested along with FICN from Hyderabad.
A SIMI cadre, identified as Irfan,
was arrested by the ATS near Ujjain city of Ujjain District.
A joint note prepared by UMHA
and Punjab Police has revealed that there are over 30 Khalistani
militants staying in the UK. The note, dated September 30, 2013,
said that Jagtar Singh Tara, whose terror group Khalistan Tiger
Force (KTF) had claimed responsibility for RDX explosives recovered
from a car in Ambala in October 2011, that was meant to target
1984 riot-tainted Sajjan Kumar, is the new face of Sikh extremists.
Minister of State for External
Affairs Preneet Kaur said in Lok Sabha that an early conclusion
of 26/11 trial is major confidence building measure between India
and Pakistan.
Minister of State for External
Affairs Preneet Kaur said in Lok Sabha that an early conclusion
of 26/11 trial is major confidence building measure between India
and Pakistan.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, Seetha Narasimhulu
alias Johny Salam alias Janardhan, native of Damlonipally village
in Kondapaka mandal in Medak District of Andhra Pradesh, surrendered
before the Police in the District headquarters.
A tribal activist of an NGO, identified
as Sadanand Hantal (25), was killed by CPI-Maoist cadres in the
cut-off area of Balimela reservoir in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
BSF troopers of Purakhasia border
outpost arrested one ULFA over ground worker, identified as Mebel
Sangma, from Purnabazar village near Purakhasia Market under Dalu
Police Station in the West Garo Hills District.
Naga Sangma, the younger brother
of the MLA Samuel Sangma of Baghmara constituency, who was abducted
by suspected GNLA militants from his home in Gasuapara, on January
30, was released unharmed in South Garo Hills District. The family
has, however, denied paying any ransom to the abductors. A sum
of INR 2 million was reportedly demanded by the GNLA for his release.
Police teams have made no breakthrough
in the search operations taking place to locate the dead bodies
of the three persons killed by militants in the Nokrek National
Park of West Garo hills District on January 3. Unidentified militants
opened fire on four persons killing three of them while one survived
with a bullet injury at Nokrek Biospere hills.
Suspected militants belonging
to NDFB-IKS abducted a businessman, identified as Anup Das, from
Dukhungaon under the Runikhata Police Station in Chirang District.
The blockade of roads leading
to Arunachal Pradesh launched to protest the killings in the Behali
area of Sonitpur District, entered the seventh day on February
5 creating shortage of essential commodities in Arunachal Pradesh,
particularly in the capital Itanagar.
CM Tarun Gogoi said that CPI-Maoist
has entered into an understanding with the Northeastern region
of India based militants as well as with Pakistan's external intelligence
agency ISI to spread its network in the state. Tarun Gogoi added
that despite repeated warnings on the issue from the State, the
Central Government is yet to take act on the growing CPI-Maoist
threat in the State.
CM Tarun Gogoi said that CPI-Maoist
has entered into an understanding with the Northeastern region
of India based militants as well as with Pakistan's external intelligence
agency ISI to spread its network in the state. Tarun Gogoi added
that despite repeated warnings on the issue from the State, the
Central Government is yet to take act on the growing CPI-Maoist
threat in the State.
A youth, identified as A. Shepao
was beaten to death at Senapati District Head Quarters allegedly
by NSCN-IM cadres.
A combined team of the Imphal
East and Imphal West Commandos arrested two cadres of the PLA,
identified as Langbaljao Palmei Kabui and Nanda Kamei from Sawombung
Khunjao Bazar in Imphal East District. Two 9mm pistols along with
15 live rounds and two mobile phones were also recovered from
their possession. According to a source, the two were working
under the PLA 'commander' Nilakanta alias Jishu alias Meira.
Two KYKL cadres identified as
'sergeant major' Ningthoujam Ibomcha alias Tomchou and Kuman Tondon
alias Dinesh and a UNLF cadre identified as Heman Aboialias Wangamba
surrendered before the 6th AR of Red Shield Division in an unspecified
location. Sources also said that the three had surrendered along
with three pistols.
Kuki Inpi Manipur (Apex body of
Kuki tribe) said the outcome of UNC's tripartite talk at Senapati,
in whatever form, will not be accepted by the Kukis since the
objective behind the talk is purely for disintegration of Manipur
as well as disturbance of peace and tranquility among the major
ethnic tribes of the State.
Major civil societies in Mizoram
asked the Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath to delete the
names of Bru voters who were in six Tripura relief camps if they
do not return to Mizoram during this month (February). A leader
of the Central Committee of the YMA said that the Joint Memorandum
was submitted to Sampath through the state CEO Ashawni Kumar.
The memorandum stated, that the Brus left Mizoram and migrated
to Tripura on their own will and refused to return on some pretext.
If they do not return during this month, their names should be
deleted from the Mizoram voters lists.
The MHA will soon constitute a
high-level team, comprising representatives from Arunachal Pradesh
and Assam, to probe into the January 29 violence in Sonitpur District's
disputed Chauldhua area.
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February 5-6 |
Suspected Naga underground cadres
armed with sophisticated weapons fired at the Tupul (Tamenglong)
railway line construction site in Tamenglong District, forcing
the security personnel to reiterate, after midnight during the
intervening night. After exchanging fire for few minutes, the
suspected militants slip away, informed a source.
In a joint operation launched
by 37 Assam Rifles (AR) and 11 AR in Medziphema in Dimapur District,
one 7.65mm pistol, six live rounds of ammunition, one magazine,
three gelatine sticks, nine detonators and about 200 grams of
lead pellets were recovered.
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February 6 |
Two landmines, one gun, medicines,
two swords, banners and wires of Maoists were seized from Gumudaput
jungle of Koraput District of Odisha during joint combing operation
by personnel of BSF and Bandhugaon Police Station.
CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze four
bauxite-laden trucks near Sudikona village under Bishunpur Police
Station in Gumla District of Jharkhand.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered
before West Bengal Police along with their arms in an unspecified
location.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Mukka Mandavi and Ayata, were arrested from a forested pocket
of Dharba Police Station in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh.
The UNC has stated that the seventh
tripartite talk and first round of political level talk held at
Senapati District focusing on its primary agenda of AA for the
Nagas in Manipur outside the State Government and pending a final
settlement to the ongoing negotiations between the NSCN-IM and
the Government of India was cordial and positive though the Government
representatives were tightlipped on the issue.
The UKLF has categorically stated
that political leaders of any political parties should be welcomed
if they have a plan to visit Manipur.
The bodies of an abducted contractor,
Rutherford Marak and two unidentified men were recovered at Darechikgre
between Daribokgre and Sakalgre villages in West Garo Hills District
on February 6. According to Manseng, the militants shouted slogans
in the name of ANVC-B while taking Rutherford along with them.
However, the outfit, in an email to media houses, had denied their
involvement in the abduction and killing.
SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS militant,
identified as 'sergeant major' Sohaisula Brahma alias B. Swrji
(33), from Nakhuti of Bokajan area in Karbi Anglong District.
Businessmen and local residents
of Lanka area (Nagaon District) started an economic blockade against
the two hills Districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao at Lanka
citing the failure of SFs in rescuing abducted businessmen from
the area.
The 12-hours bandh (General Strike)
called by the KLO, in protest against the killing of its cadre
Brindaban Rajbongshi (22) in Kokrajhar District, passed off peacefully.
Joint Secretary-Northeast at Union
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Shambhu Singh, was greeted with
a demand for a separate State for Karbi community in Diphu of
Karbi Anglong District on February 6. The Karbi Anglong unit of
Indian National Congress, Hill State Democratic Party (HSDP) and
the Joint Action Committee for Autonomous State (JACAS) moved
Shambhu Singh, separately demanding Hemprek Kanthim, the separate
state for Karbis. HSDP also submitted a memorandum to Singh demanding
quick action in executing the Memorandum of Settlement (MoS),
permanent rehabilitation packages for former UPDS cadres and withdrawal
of criminal cases against them.
Assam based organisations protesting
against the Behali killings lifted the blockade of roads to Arunachal
Pradesh at Borgang and Chariduar in Sonitpur District. The organisations
called off the blockade after submitting a four-point charter
of demands to the administration and serving a 20-day deadline
for their fulfillment. The blockade had stated on January 30.
A committee of the ruling DAN
met a team of the NSCN-KK to push forward the ongoing reconciliation
process between Naga militant groups. The committee will next
meet the NSCN-K, followed by the NSCN-IM, the NNC and the FGN.
Imphal East District Police Commandos
arrested a cadre of PREPAK, identified as Haorungbam Rishijen
alias Lakpati alias Khagemba Meetei along with a 9mm pistol and
a magazine containing three live rounds from his residence at
Lilong Chajing in Imphal East District.
The Bus Association of Senapati,
Kanggui and Motbung ceased passenger service for two days due
to monetary demand of INR 500,000 to the associations by suspected
KNO/KRA. The Association which is not in a position to pay the
demand of the organization ceased the service due to fear, said
a source.
Leaders of Kuki militant organizations
which have entered into the SoO pact with both the Centre and
the State Government have left for New Delhi to press the Central
leaders for initiating political dialogue, their long-standing
demand.
The MHA has deployed a central
Police force along the Assam-Arunachal border following the killing
incident of January 29 in Sonitpur District of Assam. "There is
this possibility. They Songbhijit faction of National Democratic
Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S) might try to establish a foothold in
the region. Some other outfit might want the people to let them
live in the area on the condition that they would protect them,"
said Shambhu Singh, Joint Secretary, North East, MHA.
29 AR personnel arrested one NSCN-KK
cadre, identified as Akato Zhimomi from an unspecified place and
seized one .22 pistol with a magazine and four live rounds from
his possession.
Troops of 29 AR, reportedly arrested
two alleged arms dealer along with one 7.65 mm pistol and one
magazine with two live rounds of 7.65 mm on February 6. Assam
Rifles stated that the two accused identified as Motsuthung Lotha
and W James Singh, were handed over to West Police Station, Dimapur.
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February 7 |
The Centre has renewed the ban
on SIMI under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)
for another five years, saying that if its activities were not
curbed, it would reorganize its activists and threaten the integrity
and security of the country.
Renewed efforts have started to
obtain the custody of an alleged LeT operative, Usman Ghani Khan
alias Abu Anas from Saudi Arabia.
Jammu and Kashmir Policeman Khurshid
Alam, arrested on January 20, 2014 made revelations in his disclosure
statement which have forced sleuths to speed up investigations
into HM modules in India.
The Maharashtra ATS while taking
custody of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his aide
Asadullah Akhtar alias Shakir alias Daniel alias Haddi alias Tabrez
on February 5, for his alleged role in July 13, 2011 (13/7) Mumbai
(Maharashtra) serial blats, focused on two points in court: they
intend to find out the source of hawala (illegal money transaction)
money sent for the blasts and to establish that Yasin was a key
IM man whose custodial interrogation was required.
The Western Naval Command conducted
a review of the coastal security of Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra.
A hi-tech vessel traffic management
system was inaugurated at V O C Port in Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu).
A special MCOCA Court situated
inside the Arthur Road Jail granted bail to one accused, Mushtaque
Ahmed in the Aurangabad (Maharashtra) arms haul case of 2006.
CPI-Maoist called for a complete
Jharkhand bandh to press for the release of Maoist prisoners who
have completed their terms.
The 24-hour bandh call given by
CPI-Maoist crippled normal life mostly in rural areas of Bermo
(Bokaro District) and Giridih District of Jharkhand.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, two from
Prakasam District and one from neighbouring Chhattisgarh State,
surrendered before the Police in Ongole in Prakasam District of
Andhra Pradesh due to ailment besides being disillusioned by the
extremist movement.
An Army booklet, which contains
all the necessary and detailed information about how to make Improvised
Explosive Devices (IEDs), was recovered by Police during an anti-CPI-Maoist
operation carried out in the forest of Haveli Kharagpur in Munger
District of Bihar.
Around 50 CPI-Maoist cadres attacked
the camp of a road construction firm at Mohanpur Misroliya village
under Sakra Police Station limits of Muzaffarpur District of Bihar.
South Garo Hills Police have uncovered
a close nexus between the ANVC-B outfit and the GNLA-F that is
preparing to float a new organization called the UPRA. Police
uncovered the close links between the GNLA-F led by Reding T Sangma
and the ANVC-B after a camp of the latter was busted near Mindikgre
(South Garo Hills District) in the morning of February 7.
West Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioner
Pravin Bakshi has asked Additional District Magistrate (ADM) DD
Shira to complete the inquiry into the incident in which four
ANVC-B cadres were allegedly killed during an encounter with Police
on the outskirts of Tura in West Garo Hills on January 11.
A person identified as Wonson
Horam (35) of Dimapur, Nagaland was shot by some NSCN cadres,
injuring him.
Two executives of the Lakhimijan
Tea Estate in Jorhat (Assam) District were allegedly abducted
by suspected miscreants from Nagaland.
Sitting MLA of Trinamool Congress,
Th Shyamkumar, escaped assassination attempt in Imphal West District,
when suspected militants fire at his vehicle.
The UKLF has urged contractors
within its jurisdiction to maintain quality while implementing
developmental works under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
SFs arrested four suspected GNLA
militants, identified as Sohidul Islam (28), Babul Hussain (27),
Ismail Hussain (25) and Shahjahan Ali (31), from Karbala area
in Goalpara town (Goalpara District). SFs recovered two 7.65 mm
automatic revolvers, two 7.65 mm country-made pistols, nine rounds
of live ammunitions, one vehicle, four mobile phones, eight SIM
cards and some incriminating documents from them.
AASM, an organisation representing
non-Karbi of Karbi Anglong District, urged the MHA Joint Secretary,
Shambhu Singh to send a study team to assess both the present
and future conditions of the non-Karbis if Autonomous State is
created comprising the two hill Districts of Karbi Anglong and
Dima Hasao.
MPP asked the State Government
to disclose the agendas of the tripartite talk involving Central
Government, State Government and UNC held on February 6 at Senapati
town at Senapati District.
The UNC has asked the abductors
of Island Tangkhul village secretary Mathotmi Chahong at the earliest
to avoid any undesired consequences. 45-year-old Mathotmi Chahong
has been abducted by armed men suspected to be KNF-N militants,
from his home.
31 AR troopers arrested a NSCN-IM
cadre, 'khapur' Likok Yanger, from Tsutapela Gate in Longtho of
Mokokchung District.
CPI-Maoist cadres triggered an
explosion inside an abandoned house at Kadrukhuta village in Nawadih
block of Bokaro District, Jharkhand.
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February 8 |
Maharashtra ATS identified IM
'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal as having extensively surveyed
Police establishments and religious institutions in south Mumbai,
apart from Juhu Beach and a branch of the fast-food chain McDonald's
located at the Andheri (West) railway station, for the July 13,
2011 (13/7) serial blasts.
A self-styled 'commander' of CPI-Maoist,
identified as Naresh Paswan, was arrested from Kadhautia Bazar
under Shikarganj Police Station area in East Champaran District
of Bihar.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres of National
Park Supply Dalam (armed squad) were killed in a joint operation
by Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh Police near Bada Kakler village
under Pharasgad Police Station in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Suspected PLFI cadres killed a
businessman, identified as Sohrai Sawansi, in Pidihatu village
under Murhu Police Station area in Khunti District of Jharkhand.
The CRPF battalion stationed in
Gumla District of Jharkhand organized a 'civic action plan' programme
at Silam village of Raidih block.
SFs killed two militants belonging
to the GNLA at Barjhara area along the Assam-Meghalaya border
under Lakhipur Police Station in Goalpara District. SFs also recovered
one .9mm pistol, one 7.65mm pistol, one satellite phone, one watch
phone, live bullets, blank cartridges and two mobile phones from
them.
SFs arrested an unidentified Manipur
based militant of UTLA from Haflong in Dima Hasao District.
The MBDPF on February 8 declared
that repatriation of refugees from Tripura to Mizoram would not
be possible unless three basic demands are not fulfilled. The
basic demands are: financial assistance to each family should
be enhanced from INR 90,000 to INR 150,000, free ration for two
years and allotment of land under the Scheduled Tribes and Other
Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act,
2006.
PLA militants killed an AR trooper
and injured three others near Nambasi village under Chasad Police
Station in Ukhrul District. The personnel were on a road opening
patrol in the mountains when the militants detonated a powerful
bomb. The dead AR trooper was identified as Mehta.
The 11-hour bandh (general strike)
imposed by URF to boycott the visit of BJP's Prime Ministerial
candidate Narendra Modi in Manipur on February 8 evoked a mixed
response in the State. While the markets across the Imphal city
wore a deserted look, others at the outskirt of the Imphal city
and other Districts of the state remained unaffected.
A US made hand grenade was found
lying inside the residential courtyard of a merchant navy at Khagempali
Pankha, Imphal West District.
Four over ground workers of the
PREPAK were arrested by a team of the Imphal east police commandos
along with two 9mm pistols and five live rounds, one .38 pistol
with nine live rounds and three mobile phones from their respective
residences.
Furious mob ransacked the regional
office of NSCN-IM, Shepoumaramth Region in Senapati District headquarter
following the killing of a civilian identified as one A Shepao,
from Makhrelui village of Senapati town brutally beaten to death
allegedly by NSCN-IM cadres.
Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio after
his five-day visit to Myanmar, said his visit was to promote peace,
better understanding and development. Nagaland Government has
been urging both the Governments of India and Myanmar to focus
on the suffering of Nagas in Myanmar, said Rio and appreciated
Myanmar for giving recognition to the Naga community there and
constituting the Naga Self-Administered Zone.
The EDBA, said it was 'very concerned'
that despite the ban based on the people's mandate, NSCN-IM was
'selling calendars in its jurisdiction.'
Around 30 CPI-Maoist cadres attacked
the camp office of a private road and bridge Construction Company
of Shashi Kumar Singh, leader of ruling Janata Dal-United, at
Phulwar village under Banjariya Police Station in East Champaran
District of Bihar.
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February 9 |
DRI officials arrested two persons,
identified as Sajebul Sheikh and Alam Sheikh from a bus at Maithi
toll plaza on NH-57 near Muzaffarpur (Muzaffarpur District) and
recovered FICN with a face value of INR 3, 98,000 from them.
The interrogation of IM 'India
operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar
alias Tabrez revealed that after the July 13, 2011 (13/7) incident,
the accused went on to procure 4 kilograms of explosives containing
RDX (Research Department Explosive) for more terror strikes.
CRPF Deputy Commandant Nihil Alam
and Constable Rajiv Rawat were killed and ten others suffered
serious injuries when Maoists triggered a blast and fired at a
team of security personnel near Bhejji in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to AANLA, Amar Singh Karmakar alias Amar Gogoi (29), from Deberapara
area of Mariani in Jorhat District. The arrested militant was
giving extortion threats to ONGC's gas gathering station number
1 located at Khorghat area, along the Assam-Nagaland border, under
Uriamghat Police Station in Golaghat District. SFs, in an encounter,
killed an over ground worker of GNLA, identified as Kraibing Sangma
at Mitapgre village in Chokpot region of South Garo Hills District.
The troops of 30 Assam Rifles
of 9 Sector AR under the aegis of IGAR (South) launched an operation
at Pangai and apprehended one PREPAK. The apprehendee was identified
as Konjengbam Narendra alias Dumba.
Chhattisgarh Police have arrested
five CPI-Maoist conduits, part of an urban network, from their
native places under Bhansi Police Station limits in Dantewada
District of Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh Government has decided
to setup a 'district' and an 'additional district' court in Narayanpur
and Dantewada Districts respectively.
Evidence of CPI-Maoist presence
in Kerala was established following the recovery of a pair of
uniform allegedly being worn by CPI-Maoist cadres in Wayanad District,
Kerala.
Referring to LWE-affected Districts
in the State, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur said that
a total of 10 Districts are hit by "red-sponsored terrorism" which
has hampered development in these areas.
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February 10 |
IM top operative Yasin Bhatkal
during interrogation said that he and his accomplices had recced
the McDonald's Andheri outlet twice with a terror attack on their
mind in 2008 because the place is always crowded but was discouraged
by the CCTVs and security.
Security Forces recovered a 9mm
pistol and lethod bomb from Heinoukhong Lamkhai near the Inganglok
stream at Heirok village in Thoubal District. The arms were packed
in a black plastic bag.
One hand grenade was found at
Sagolband Moirang Leirak Machin, Imphal West District, at around
5.30 am.
KSDC resolved to reiterate its
resolute demand for a separate Kuki state while undertaking that
Kuki people will never bow down under any circumstance till a
Kuki state is created. The KSDC in its general body meeting at
the state capital resolved unanimously to start poster campaign
and mass mobilization including 'nation tour' to enliven and reinstate
the legitimate demand of the Kuki people for creation of a separate
Kuki state.
CRPF recovered acid bulbs, chargers,
megaphones and around 1680 bullets of .22mm rifle from a CPI-Maoist
hideout during a search operation in Gaya District of Bihar.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Milap alias Nilap alias Nilam (28), was arrested during a search
operation conducted in the forests of Durgkondal in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh.
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February 11 |
The Delhi Police filed a chargesheet
in a Delhi court against LeT operative Abdul Karim Tunda in connection
with a case pertaining to the January 17, 1994 recovery of explosive
substances in Delhi's Malviya Nagar area.
A MCOCA court dropped charges
against a prime accused, Firoz alias Hamza Abdul Hameed Sayyed,
in the August 1, 2012 Pune (Maharashtra) blasts case.
Army Chief General Bikram Singh
called the infiltration matter from Bangladesh border a matter
of "grave concern" and a threat to national security.
Minister of State for Home R.P.N.
Singh told the Lok Sabha, that Indian hinterland continues to
remain the prime focus of Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, particularly
the LeT and the IM.
Parliament was informed that FICN
worth INR 1.07 billion have been seized in three-and-half years
till June 2013.
Unidentified militants detonated
a crude bomb at a petrol pump in Williamnagar in East Garo Hills
District damaging the pump's meter machine. There were no casualties.
Police from Mendipathar in North
Garo Hills District raided a jungle hideout of militants near
Damas and confiscated four crude bombs, two factory made detonators
along with some incriminating documents. Police strongly believe
the hideout belonged to the UALA headed by Norrok X Momin.
Ashish M Sangma, the Project Director
of the District Rural Development Agency in South Garo Hills escaped
unhurt when suspected GNLA-F fired at his vehicle at Rongdotchi
area in South Garo Hills District, Police said. No one was injured
in the attack.
The Central Government has sanctioned
four companies of additional forces for counter insurgency operations
in Garo Hills. Sources from the State Government said that the
four companies would be used exclusively for counter-insurgency
operations in Garo Hills.
With the home department banking
on deployment of additional forces to tackle insurgency, the Acting
Chief Secretary Barkos Warjri, said, "Force is not the only means
to tackle militancy as there are also other means including development
initiatives, creating social awareness and launching confidence
building measures for the people".
The State Police has indicated
that it has obtained some vital leads from the ongoing investigation
into the execution of three civilians who were killed by Garo
militants inside the Nokrek National Park in West Garo Hills on
February 3. "Police are working on the matter and have got some
leads which can only be revealed at a later stage," official sources
said.
After the ANVC-B submitted the
list of cadres to the Police, the State Government is planning
to rehabilitate the militants, around 150 of them, in camps to
be opened shortly. Though the list of around 150 cadres was submitted,
the ANVC-B cadres are yet to handover the weapons to the Police.
Militants exploded a grenade inside
the house of the superintending engineer of Manipur Development
Society, Salam Rupa Kumar at Tera area in Imphal West District.
However, no fatality or casualty was reported. Monetary demand
from the official was the reason behind the explosion, sources
said.
Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee
(NPCC) Political Affairs Committee (PAC), on February 11, demanded
that the State Government impose "total ban on all forms of illegal
taxation in the state carried out in the form of entry tax, wholesale
tax, retail tax, syndicates, commission agents etc. on essential
commodities to rescue the people from the clutches of unbearable
miseries." Reiterating that over 16 years of "Indo-Naga" political
peace talk has failed to provide any signs of breakthrough, the
committee urged the government of India and the negotiating parties
to arrive at an early settlement without any further delay.
Train services were disrupted
in lower Assam region due to the 12-hour railway blockade call
by the ABSU at Basugaon Station in Chirang District, demanding
resolution of the 'Bodoland' issue. The blockade was later reduced
to six hours after the ABSU received a formal invitation from
the Central Government for the third round of tripartite talks
on February 21. Apart from the ABSU, leaders of allied organisations
like the NDFB-PTF, BPPF, UDPF, PJACBM also took part in the blockade.
State Forest Minister Rockybul
Hussain stated that the State Government is committed to resolve
the problem of insurgency without seeking any political mileage.
"A total of 234 NDFB-IKS cadres have been apprehended since 2013,
while 29 have died in encounters with police and security forces.
Police also seized 73 firearms, nine bombs and 68 grenades during
the period," he added.
State Government admitted that
over 1,300 families, who were affected during the Bodo-Muslim
clashes in the BTAD in 2012, were yet to be rehabilitated. In
a written reply to the State Legislative Assembly, State Revenue
and Disaster Management Minister, Prithibi Majhi said that a total
of 18,823 families lost their houses completely, while 999 houses
were partially damaged.
CRPF troopers recovered four IEDs
weighing 3 kilogram each from Barwadih area in Latehar District
of Jharkhand.
Two landmines planted by CPI-Maoist
were recovered during combing operation by the personnel of the
CRPF from Nishikhal jungle under Tikiri Police Station limits
in Rayagada District, Odisha.
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February 12 |
After the RBI issued guidelines
to return currency notes printed prior to 2005 by March 2014,
Pakistan's ISI have started making efforts to pass FICN printed
prior to 2005 into the Indian border.
Police arrested two persons, Sukhpal
Singh and Ravi Khan and seized FICN with a face value INR 3, 17,
000 at Kothe Rohi Lopo village under Nihal Singh Wala sub-division
of Moga District.
The NIA arrested an accused, Shihab
H.K. from Bushra Manzil in Kanhangod town of Kasargod District.
He is the seventh accused as per the FIR in Thaliparamba FICN
case.
The Maharashtra ATS officers claim
that wanted accused Waqas Ahmed was not the only Pakistani roped
by IM for India operations as with most IM operative being arrested,
the outfit has done a lot of recruitment of Pakistani nationals.
During the interrogation of IM
'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and Asadullah Akhtar, Police
learnt that they had conducted recce of Goa beaches before 13/7
triple blasts. "While Yasin had conducted a recce once, the second
reconnaissance was carried out by Waqas and Asadullah. Goa beaches
were on their target list because they were frequented by foreigners,"
said another ATS officer.
IM is planning to carry out terror
strikes at several historical and religious sites in Bihar like
Nalanda and Bihar Sharif.
NSCN-K has withdrawn assignments
of its five members, who were assigned to collect "national subscribe
taxes", for 'not working honestly' and failing to submit 5 percent
'tax' and 'business tax' during 2013. In a press release, NSCN-K
'deputy kilonser' (minister) A. Langkhuh Konyak stated that withdrawal
Azha (order) came into immediate effect in all four Districts
of ENPO areas i.e Mon, Tuensang, Kiphire and Longleng with regard
to "Naga National subscribe taxes."
A group of senior GNLA leaders
led by former 'finance secretary' Reding T Sangma have broken
away from the outfit's military 'chief' Sohan D Shira and formed
their own organization christening it ASAK. The 'commander-in-chief'
(C-in-C) of the new outfit, Reding T Sangma, gave in detail the
reasons for parting ways with Sohan D Shira. He blamed Sohan for
the fratricidal killings within the GNLA group and for targeting
other 'revolutionary' outfits like the ANVC-B and the Norrok X
Momin led UALA making them sworn enemies.The new outfit ASAK,
which literally means the vanguards of Garoland has named its
headquarters as Grikram.
The State Government has till
date dispatched copies of 15 Acts relating to influx out of a
total of 52 to the pro- ILP pressure groups for their perusal.
Earlier, the Political Affairs department had asked the pro-ILP
pressure groups to provide the names of all the 52 Acts which
were sought by them during the January 15 meeting with the Government.
Minister of State for Home R.P.N.
Singh told Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) that
CPI-Maoist are trying to set up organisational bases in the North-east
to forge ties with other insurgent groups to meet their military
needs and the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border has emerged as another
theatre of Maoist activities.
A three-member team of JACAS met
with MHA officials at North Block, New Delhi on the issue of Autonomous
State consisting Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao Districts of Assam.
Unidentified men abducted one
person, identified as Pintu Aditya (24), of Basugaon in Chirang
District.
The tripartite agreement signed
between three valley based militant outfits, the State Government
and the Government of India has completed one year. During this
one year, leaders and cadres of the outfits experienced many trials
and tribulations, said a joint press release issued by Taibanganba
of KCP-MC, Athouba KYKL-MDF and Lanheiba Meitei of URF.
A NSCN-K cadre, Wangdon Wangpan,
surrendered before the Police and District administration in Longding
District. He joined the outfit in 2010.
Advisor of the MNPF and six other
cadres of the same outfit were arrested by troops of 24th Assam
Rifles at Khudengthabi (Chandel District) along Imphal-Moreh highway.
Apart from advisor and former MNRF 'chairman' Khasao Shimray,
'defence secretary' and PRO Joy Kasung and civil PRO Khangam Kashung
have also been arrested. In addition to the three leaders, four
others were also arrested.
Two landmines planted by CPI-Maoist
on a road passing through Muraliguda Forest under Motu Police
Station limits in Malkangiri District of Odisha were unearthed
by personnel of BSF.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Bachandeo Yadav, who was involved in the killing of the then
Munger SP K C Surendra Babu was arrested from Banka forest (Banka
District of Bihar), by a joint team of CRPF and Bihar Police.
An assessment prepared by JIC
Chairman Ajit Lal, titled as "Left-Wing Extremism: Trends in 2013,"
has warned of resurrection of a CPI-Maoist in the near future
due to poor counter-Maoist efforts by the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar
Government.
371 Policemen (including Central
Armed Police Force and State Police) died in Naxal violence since
2011, according to the Union Ministry for Home Affairs.
Naxals have been extorting money
to the tune of INR 1.4 billion annually from contractors, businessmen
and corporate houses besides their front organisations are suspected
to be receiving foreign funds clandestinely, Minister of State
for Home R.P.N. Singh informed Rajya Sabha.
Karnataka Home Minister K.J. George
said that the Government was giving priority to recruiting Police
personnel in the State.
On talks with the CPI-Maoist,
George said the Government was ready to talk to the Maoists if
they wished to join the mainstream.
Chhattisgarh Government said that
43 people, who were part of the urban network of the CPI-Maoist,
were arrested in the State during past five years.
Medziphema Police arrested one
extortionist, Asu Nchang alias Namhutkia (57),
from Jalukie B Village under Peren District. The arrest was made
after police received a complaint from citizens of Medziphema
town (Dimapur District) that some of them were harassed and threatened
by an unknown extortionist making demands over phone since December
2013 for payment of INR 500,000 from them.
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February 13 |
The ATS will be Goa's exclusive
investigative agency to register FIR and investigate terrorism
related cases, as declared. The ATS will investigate cases in
respect of offences relating to the Official Secrets Act, 1923,
the Explosive Substances Act 1908, the Arms Act, 1959 and the
Foreigners Act 1946, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA),
1967, the Information Technology Act, 2000.
SFs killed two unidentified IK
Songbijit faction of NDFB-IKS militants near Aiepowaliat Runikhata
in Chirang District.
State Government on February 13
charged its counterpart in Arunachal Pradesh with carrying out
"some activities and implementing some schemes" at Behali area
in its territory. Issuing an official statement at the ongoing
State Assembly session, Environment and Forest Minister, Rockybul
Hussain said, "Though the Behali Reserve Forest is inside the
Assam border, Arunachal Pradesh is doing some activities and implementing
some schemes there."
An explosion took place in under
construction campus of the NIT, at Langol in Imphal West District,
when suspected militants lobbed hand grenade. No casualty was
reported in the blast. Police suspect the bomb attack related
with monetary demand from the contractor engaged in the construction
and development of buildings and infrastructures of the NIT campus.
the newly-floated Garo militant
outfit the ATF has demanded equal 'tax' as its counterpart, the
GNLA from the Traders of Williamnagar in East Garo Hills District.
ATF 'area commander' of East Garo Hills, Mikkim Arengh said that
the GNLA had been receiving huge amounts of money as 'taxes' from
the traders of Williamnagar adding that it too deserved the same
treatment from the traders.
The ANVC-B has said that initiative
is still on to reach out to several groups for lasting peace in
Garo Hills.
MHA has referred the text of the
draft settlement agreement to be signed with the ANVC, a ministry
official said on February 13. "We have submitted the draft settlement
agreement to be signed with the ANVC to the Cabinet Committee
on Political Affairs headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for
the final approval," Shambhu Singh, joint secretary (northeast)
in the home ministry said. "Once the Cabinet Committee on Political
Affairs gave its sanction to draft agreement, the Centre will
finalise the date for final signing of the peace accord with the
ANVC," he said.
Alleging that seven persons, allegedly
involved in killing of nine Karbi people whose bodies were recovered
in the Pachaspura area near Chemukedima in Dimapur District in
January, were hiding at the NSCN-IM headquarters at Camp Hebron
in Dimapur District, the CFMG asked the organisation to hand them
over to the Police.
After NCD paved the way by resolving
that the words "under the aegis of Naga Council" would no longer
be used for ACAUT and in the light the February 13 resolution
at the public rally organised by CCCTA in Dimapur District, ACAUT
media cell has announced that it would henceforth be named as
ACAUT Nagaland.
Nagaland Government constituted
the three-member HPEC on January 4 to probe into the recovery
of nine bodies from Pachaspura area, Chumekedima, Dimapur, while
the Nagaland Home Department said the HPEC has been constituted
along with Police investigation of a SIT, which has identified
seven NSCN-IM cadres behind killings.
CPI-Maoist has been ranked fourth
among the top 10 most active non-state armed groups in 2013, according
to study released this week by IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency
Centre.
Frequency of Left Wing Extremists
holding jan adalats (people's court/Kangaroo courts) has gone
down considerably in Palamu District of Jharkhand.
After simultaneous CPI-Maoist
led hunger strikes by 1,100-1,500 prisoners across central and
District jails in Palamu, Hazaribagh and Garhwa Districts last
week, the Jharkhand Sentence Review Board has recommended the
release of 53 lifers who have completed 14 years.
In the backdrop of intelligence
report regarding life threat to Kannur range (Kerala) Inspector
General of Police (IGP) G. Suresh Rajpurohit, who oversees the
anti-CPI-Maoist operations in the State, the Police have strengthened
his security.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's
Advisor T.K.A. Nair visited the CPI-Maoist infested pockets in
Chhattisgarh and praised the efforts taken by the State Government
to deal with the Maoists.
Based on specific information
about the movement of armed individuals in Gholapatti, Dimapur
District, 29 AR personnel launched an operation in the wee hours
of February 13 and arrested two persons moving in a car, identified
as Andrew N Yepthomi (27) and Hoto Chishi (27) along with one
.22 pistol along with a magazine.
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February 14 |
Police arrested six persons with
FICN worth INR 11,500 while they were trying to sell the notes
to a vendor in Jaipur.
Three residents of Nelnar, about
40 km from the District headquarters of Narayanpur District of
Chhattisgarh, have been killed in an incident which the family
and other villagers say is a fake encounter, an allegation rubbished
by the Police, who called the three as CPI-Maoist cadres.
Police in Hazaribag District of
Jharkhand arrested the 'area commander' of the JPC, breakaway
faction of CPI-Maoist, identified as Sushiljee alias Ranjan Kumar
at the Bahimar Chowk under the Katkumsandi Police Station.
Also, based on specific
inputs regarding extortion by miscreants in Chumukedima in Dimapur,
37 AR arrested one extortionist identified as Zasiratuo Doze.
According to a press release, during the operation, the individual
and his car, one .22 pistol along with one magazine, two live
rounds and other miscellaneous items were also recovered.
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February 15 |
An Arunachal Pradesh based militant
outfit, NLCT has claimed the responsibility for the attack in
Behali Reserve Forest in Sonitpur District of Assam and said that
the attack was in retaliation to "illegal eviction carried out
by Assam in the area". In a statement, the outfit warned that
more blood-shed could be seen in that area. The outfit also said
that the Central Government as well as the Governments of Assam
and Arunachal Pradesh were not interested in finding permanent
solution to the boundary dispute.
Two unidentified men hurled a
handmade bomb on Pritam Dabnath (24), a shopkeeper, in Mahur market
in Mahur area of Dima Hasao District. Pritam Dabnath sustained
injuries in his left eye and ear due to the blast and was admitted
to Haflong Civil Hospital.
10 Kuki militants surrendered
to BSF in Churachandpur District.
The Bihar Police arrested a CPI-Maoist
leader Ram Pravesh Baitha alias Satish, allegedly in charge of
Bihar operations, along with Pravesh Mishra, an alleged arms supplier
to the Maoists.
An unidentified CPI-Maoist cadre
was killed in an exchange of fire with the Security Forces in
the forest between Tamodi and Madpal villages under the Mirtur
Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh during
a search operation.
Chhattisgarh Police arrested three
more alleged Maoist conduits, identified as Dashrath Mandavi,
Rajkumar Mandavi and Laxman Mandavi and seized cash and ammunition
from them in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
SFs in Bihar are using UAVs to
ensure the safety and security of their men in field operations.
‘Education kilonser (minister)’,
James Anar NNC-NA, has informed all government schools in Nagaland
that it would not to allow any ‘proxy teachers’ either in town
or village.
SFs exchanged fire with OMP cadres
at Merikote reserve forest in Ganjam District of Odisha during
a combing operation.
Information gathered from two
arrested cadres as well as proof from the camp of the OMP-led
by Sabyasachi Panda inside Merikote reserve forest near Salimagochha
under Badagada Police Station limits in Ganjam District of Odisha
hints that the outfit now has less than 10 members.
As per the details given by Ganjam
District SP Ashis Kumar Singh regarding the successful operation
on February 15, both the arrested OMP cadre were from Harichandanpur
Police Station area of Keonjhar District of Odisha and in their
early 20s.
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February 16 |
Indicting LeT operative Abdul
Karim Tunda for the terror strikes in Indian cities between 1994
and 1998, the Delhi Police blamed Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence
(ISI) for masterminding the attacks.
Maharashtra State government declared
the Mumbai Police Commissioner on the last day given by the Election
Commission. Rakesh Maria, a 1981 batch Indian Police Service (IPS)
officer, was declared as the Mumbai Police commissioner.
UK in its consolidated list of
organisations involved in terror activities or terror financing
brought out on February 14, 2014 has named International Sikh
Youth Federation (ISYF), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Babbar Khalsa
and Khalistan Zindabad as organisations that requires total financial
sanctions.
Unidentified militants triggered
a grenade attack at the residence of MPCC Vice-President Sagolsem
Achou in Wangoi area of Imphal West District. No casualty was
reported in the blast.
An indefinite economic blockade
of Manipur called by Emboi Serto led ATSUM begun. ATSUM has been
demanding delegation of full powers to Autonomous District Councils,
presentation and clearance of the Bill for changing tribal reservation
rules by the State Assembly and conversion of IGNTU-Manipur Campus
into a full- fledged university.
Five militants of three different
militant formations surrendered to BSF along with arms and ammunition
in Bishnupur District. Out of the five surrendered militants,
three belonged to UNLF and one each to RPF and PREPAK.
The 'eastern area commander' of
GNLA, Ajan Momin alias Jimmy accused its former 'finance secretary'
Reding T Sangma, who went on to form a new outfit called ASAK,
of fund misuse. "He invested INR 70, 00,000 for coal trade and
rubber plantations. All that money was taken from the organisation,"
claimed the GNLA 'eastern area commander'.
A CoBRA trooper of 204 Battalion
was injured in an encounter between SFs and Maoists in the forests
under the Basaguda Police Station limits in Bijapur District of
Chhattisgarh.
Police arrested a 24-year-old
woman, identified as Priya Chauhan, with FICN worth INR 12,500
from Jamalpur market area of Ahmedabad.
Three militants of NLFT-BM faction
surrendered before the authorities of BSF at Malda Kumarpara Border
Outpost under Gandacherra subdivision in Dhalai District. The
three militants were identified as Jospeh Reang, Basajay Aslong
and Angiakrai Reang. BSF sources added that the militants had
deserted their hideout because of food shortage. They were also
not paid their salaries for a long time. During the surrender,
the trio deposited one revolver to the authorities.
The newly formed vigilante group,
APVC headquartered in Ampati, South West Garo Hills, while terming
the talks with the Garo Hills based militants as unconstitutional,
has asked the Centre to send additional forces to the region to
tackle the militants and end the sufferings of the people. In
a letter addressed to Anil Goswami, Secretary, Union Ministry
of Home Affairs, APVC convener, Che Guevara Marak said that Council
was formed with the mission of establishing peace in Garo Hills.
The Centre has dubbed the deteriorating
law and order situation in Garo hills of Meghalaya as “worst”
and found that “underestimating” the problem in the beginning
by the state administration led to mushrooming of militant outfits
and its inability to tackle the situation.
Rise of cyber crime cases in Assam
has become a matter of serious concern as the number of such cases
registered increased sharply during last few years. According
to sources, around 500 such cases were registered in the year
2013. Sources said that earlier, cyber crime cases were registered
only in the cyber crime cell of the CID but with growing number
of such incidents taking place, all the Police Stations are now
asked to register cases and the cell provides technical help in
investigation of the cases.
An engineer, Pankaj Kumar, who
was abducted by suspected cadres of CPI-Maoist near Bundu in Khunti
District of Jharkhand, was set free.
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February 17 |
The joint team of CRPF and Police
made a recovery of arms and ammunition during a combing operation
in the forest of Nalraja temple along the Karmnasha river under
Pannuganj Police Station in Sonebhadra District.
Maharashtra has the highest number
in the registration of cases that involved violation of the Information
Technology Act and other cyber crime laws in the last three years.
A Delhi court extended till March
3, 2014 the judicial custody of a Jammu and Kashmir Police constable
and two others, arrested for their alleged roles in narcotics
trade through which money was used to fund banned terror outfit
HM.
Suspected NDFB-IKS shot at a businessman,
identified as Babu Ali (32), at Lengraghat Bazaar in Kokrajhar
District. Police said two persons came on a bike and shot at Ali.
He was later taken to hospital.
Welcoming Meghalaya Governor K.
K. Paul’s offer of peace talks, GNLA ‘commander in chief’ Sohan
D Shira maintained that it can happen only if their ‘chairman’
Champion R Sangma is released from prison and leads the group
in the deliberations. Champion R Sangma is currently lodged in
Shillong jail for subversive activities. He has obtained bail
in several cases but needs to secure bail in two more cases to
walk out free.
Referring to ASAK, Sohan D Shira,
said, “We have reliable source that the floating of new outfit
ASAK was masterminded by surrendered GNLA Mingran T Sangma”. Mingran
was previously the ‘chief training instructor’ of GNLA, but had
deserted the group with over a dozen cadres and substantial number
of weapons.
The ‘deputy commander-in-chief’
of ASAK, Chue Dilsrang, refuting the allegations made against
outfit’s ‘commander-in-chief’, Reding T Sangma by GNLA of fund
misuse in a statement issued on February 17, claimed that during
his stint as the ‘finance secretary’ of the GNLA, Reding was prevented
from executing his duties as per his designation and had never
extorted money for his own benefits.
The joint team of CRPF and Police
made a recovery of arms and ammunition during a combing operation
in the forest of Nalraja temple along the Karmnasha river under
Pannuganj Police Station in Sonebhadra District of Uttar Pradesh.
SFs seized 3,400 kilograms of
ammonium nitrate, used for making IEDs and explosives along with
detonators during an anti-Naxal operation in Bihar’s Rohtas District.
Twenty one militia members of
the CPI-Maoist, including a woman, surrendered before the Vishakhapatnam
District, Andhra Pradesh, SP Vikram Jeet Duggal following the
arrest of five militia ‘commanders’ from the Agency area during
a combine operation.
Duggal admitted that migration
from Chhattisgarh was on the rise. We are verifying as to why
the tribal people were migrating. At present, the situation “is
not alarming”. He expressed the view that the protests by tribal
people seeking closure of ‘police outposts’ was ‘not correct’.
It was the duty of the Police to protect the people.
Two landmines weighing 20 kilograms
and 15 kilograms each and three SBML guns were recovered in an
anti-CPI-Maoist operation in the Nishikal area of Rayagada District,
Odisha.
Aiming to disrupt the forthcoming
General Elections, the Naxals-are planning extensive mining in
their strongholds to target political leaders and SFs as a bounce-back
strategy after their failure to execute poll-boycott plans in
Chhattisgarh in November 2013, according to an alert sounded by
the MHA.
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February 18 |
The NIA has filed a chargesheet
at the NIA Special Court against two accused, Abdul Kalam alias
Azad and Abdul Majeed in the Nedumbassery (Ernakulam District,
Kerala) FICN case of March, 2010.
IM operative and September 13,
2008, Delhi serial blasts accused, Faizan Ahmed Sultan, was arrested
by Dubai Police in Dubai.
A suspected LeT operative Mohammad
Umer Madani, who was recruiting youths in India in the name of
Jihad, has been sent to jail for five years by a Delhi court for
possessing FICNs and supplying money for terrorist activities.
A special MCOCA court extended
the custody of IM operatives Yasin Bhatkal and Asadullah Akhtar
till February 28.
India's most wanted militant,
Dawood Ibrahim, figures prominently on Britain's latest list of
banned terrorist and terrorist groups facing financial sanctions
along with Pakistan based groups like JeM and terrorist outfit
IM.
Minister of State for Home Affairs
R.P.N. Singh told the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament)
that India and the US have agreed to cooperate to crack the financial
network and fund raising activities of Pakistan-based terror outfits
and also in tackling counterfeit currency and illegal financial
transactions.
ASAK 'commander-in-chief' Reding
T Sangma accused GNLA 'commander-in-chief' Sohan D Shira of collecting
‘tax’ from highway construction firm. ASAK leader claimed that
Sohan D Shira had taken a sum of INR 100 million from BSC C&C
Joint Venture (JV) which has bagged the tender to built and widen
the Tura to Shillong road via Jengjal, Songsak, Nongshram, Shallang,
Nongstoin route that has been named National Highway 44 E.
Reding T Sangma also accused,
“Sohan demanded and took INR 1 billion from A’king Nokma who had
received compensation from government for parting with their land
for the Balpakram National Park. He bought a plot of land in Nongrim
Hills locality of Shillong and has also purchased an apartment
in Guwahati.”
The ANVC-B has alleged that attempts
are being made to mar the peace process in Garo Hills which has
already witnessed bloodshed.
The UNLF has refuted any connection
with the three persons who reportedly surrendered to 54 Battalion
BSF. The names of Pinao alias Tejmani, O Kokchaba alias Tomba
and Simon Kuki are not found in the enrolment list of both UNLF
and Manipur People's Army (MPA) and they are unknown to the party,
said a press release issued by M Sak Hen of the outfit’s 'department
of publicity'.
Two militants of the Breakaway
faction of the ANVC-B, identified as Belbong and Raga, were killed
in West Garo Hills, a Police official said. “Two ANVC-B cadres
were gunned down by GNLA (Garo National Liberation Army) rebels
at Sankinigre area this morning allegedly for extorting money
in the name of the GNLA,” said West Garo Hills District SP Mukesh
Kumar Singh.
ANVC-B expressed doubt over the
role of APVC, the newly formed vigilante group, and source of
the footage that was leaked to media where a GNLA cadre executed
an unidentified victim mercilessly. The ANVC-B also added that
if the GNLA is willing to join the peace talks, Government must
process necessary steps at the earliest to bring them on board
in the best interest of Garo hills.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul
Sangma said that the government will examine the demand of the
GNLA to release its jailed chairman for peace talks. “We need
to evaluate everything in hand before moving forward and examine
their (GNLA) demand,” Sangma told journalists.
SFs launched operation at S Bongyang
area in Senapati District and arrested one overground worker of
KLA, identified as Seiphu Khongsai.
SFs arrested four suspected ULFA-I
militants, in Goalpara District.
Two Policemen were arrested for
smuggling arms from Williamnagar in East Garo Hills District.
They have been identified as Balkera Sangma and Hawaldar Major
Rakesh D Shira of the 5th and 1st battalions of the Meghalaya
Police respectively. The Policemen were ferrying arms for the
newly-floated militant outfit, ASAK, said a source in the Police.
Police recovered 30 magazine pouches and rifle schilling in a
carton.
Seven CPI-Maoist cadres were killed
in an encounter with Maharashtra Police near Alitola village in
Gadchiroli District.
A CPI-Maoist leader, identified
as Bhagat Jaade (27) and his wife, Vanoja alias Tejo Netam (21),
surrendered before Police in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh.
The Bokaro District Police of
Jharkhand and CRPF troopers, led by officer-in charge of Mahuataard
Police Station, Manilal Rana, arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Ganga Ram Manjhi alias Surendra Tuddu.
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The department-related Parliamentary
Standing Committee on MHA said the Gujarat coast is highly sensitive
due to its close proximity to a very vulnerable part of International
Maritime Border Line.
Deputy NSA Nehchal Sandhu said
Nepal has played a very constructive role in helping India keep
track of wanted terrorists and helping our law enforcement agencies
in getting them.
A HM militant, identified as Tauseef
Ahmad Dar, was killed in an encounter with Army in Dalwan village
in Chrar-i-Sharief area of Budgam District.
J&K CM Omar Abdullah said
there is no proposal under consideration by the State Government
to grant amnesty to any militant and terrorist or any person involved
in any heinous crime.
Minister of State for Home Affairs
R.P.N. Singh told the Lok Sabha that the central Government was
holding regular talks with Mirwaiz led Hurriyat Conference of
Jammu and Kashmir.
The State Police, arrested four
cadres belonging to the newly formed militant outfit, the ASAK
from West Garo Hills District. “We arrested two ASAK militants,
including the militant outfit joint secretary Lucky. R. Natal
from a bus while they were proceeding towards Chokpot area in
South Garo Hills, bordering Bangladesh to meet their leaders,”
West Garo Hills District SP Mukesh Kumar Singh said.
The UPF has claimed that Mizoram
Police and IRB from Mizoram entered neighbouring Manipur and conducted
operation at a village called Parvachawm in Churachandpur District
bordering Mizoram leading to arrest of five cadres of HPC-D. HPC-D
is one of the outfits under the umbrella organisation of UPF which
is engaged in the SoO term with the Government of India and Manipur
Government.
Suspected militants triggered
a grenade explosion at the gate of Naga People's Front (NPF) legislator
Samuel Risom's private residence at Dewlaland in Imphal in the
evening of February 19. A boy identified as Ram Kumar Rai sustained
injuries in the blast. Condemning the attack, Manipur unit NPF
secretary Athuan Abonmei said the perpetrators should not carry
out such acts in future. Police suspect Manipur Naga Revolutionary
Army (MNRA) hand behind the incident.
The HNLC confirmed that former
KSU vice president Frederick Kharmawphlang and 13 others had joined
the outfit, with its publicity secretary Sainkupar Nongtraw claiming
that they had joined the outfit since they were hunted by the
police for demanding implementation of ILP.
A day after KSU vice president
created a storm by announcing that he has resigned from the influential
students’ body and has joined the HNLC, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma,
said that the Government would verify whether the former KSU leader
had been maintaining prolonged association with the militant outfit
before joining the group.
Forest and Environment Minister,
Prestone Tynsong, has claimed that the 13 pro-ILP pressure groups
during a meeting on January 15 have agreed to look into a mechanism
beyond ILP to tackle the problem of influx.
The Eastern ‘area commander’ of
GNLA, Jimmy Ch Momin, accused the breakaway faction, ASAK chief,
Reding T Sangma, of deserting the ANVC and joining the GNLA merely
for monetary gains as well as in fear of action being taken against
him by the ANVC leadership for his misdeeds,. He also alleged
that Reding had the history of drifting from one militant group
to the other adding that the current militant group, ASAK was
the third that he had switched allegiance to.
SFs recovered an IED weighing
25 kilogram during an anti-CPI-Maoist operation in West Singhbhum
District of Jharkhand.
Three persons, identified as Mangal
Khan Vardhe, Md. Laddu and Nandlal Mandal, accused of supplying
arms to CPI-Maoist were arrested in Munger District of Bihar.
Naxals in India have close links
with Maoist organizations in the Philippines, Turkey and a few
other countries and possibility of their front outfits getting
foreign funds cannot be ruled out, the Central Government said.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed a man,
identified as Lalsu Dasru Kumoti (65), at Manewara village in
Etapalli tehsil of Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra.
A self-styled ‘central zone area
commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Ram Raj Yadav alias
Punjabi, was arrested from Imamganj Police Station area in Gaya
District of Bihar.
An alleged CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as W Jainta Singh alias Dilip alias Lakapa, a resident of Imphal
(Manipur), was arrested from Raxual area bordering Nepal in East
Champaran District of Bihar.
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February 20 |
Two persons, identified as Jeevan
Prakash and Ramesh were arrested from a bank in Gangadeeswarar
Koil Street in Purasawalkam in Chennai for circulating FICN with
a face value of INR 11,000.
The NIA filed its second chargesheet
against IM ‘India operations chief’ Yasin Bhatkal and his associate
Asadullah Akhtar in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy
to carry out terror acts in India According to court sources.
Yasin Bhatkal used a social networking
site ‘Nimbuzz’ to deceive Indian security agencies and send messages
to other militants, the Maharashtra ATS has found.
The Union MHA said India has not
made any formal request to the US on sharing information on Dawood
Ibrahim.
India and Bahrain have decided
to launch an annual security dialogue to strengthen information
and intelligence sharing apart from working closely to combat
terrorism.
Minister of State for Home Affairs
RPN Singh told the Rajya Sabha that there has been an increase
in attacks on SFs in J&K in 2013.
The Ministry of Defence remarks
in its booklet titled "Brief Statement on Activities &
Achievements of Ministry of Defence" during 2013, which has
been tabled in Parliament said that the security situation in
J&K is "fragile" with Pakistan's "proxy war"
continuing in the state amid a rise in incidents of ceasefire
violations and terror infrastructure remaining intact in the neighbouring
country.
Meghalaya Police ruled out any
nexus between the KSU and the HNLC following reports that a KSU
leader had joined the outfit. Reports surfaced that KSU vice-president
Frederick Kharmawphlang had left the students' union to join hands
with the HNLC. He had reportedly tendered his resignation letter
to KSU president Daniel Khyriem wherein he mentioned that he would
join the outfit.
A ‘deputy commander’ (southern
command) of the NDFB-IKS identified as B. Thaijou alias Kamaram
Brahma was killed in an encounter with Security Forces at Makrijhora-Malatijhora
area of Parbhatjora subdivision in Kokrajhar District on February
20. The militant had a bounty of INR 30, 0000 on his head. The
Police said three militants managed to escape.
Pointing towards the creation
of a separate State of Telangana, the NDFB-PTF asked the Centre
to adopt the same strategy and create a separate State of Bodoland
without the approval of the Assam Assembly. The third round of
tripartite talks among the Centre, Assam Government and NDFB-P
was held on February 20, where the ceasefire with the Bodo militant
outfit was extended for another six months.
The Centre meanwhile, is holding
three separate rounds of dialogues with ABSU and associated organisation,
BPPF, BNC and BPF.
the UDP on expressed surprise
over Chief Minister Mukul Sangma’s call to the party to provide
evidence of his alleged nexus with militant groups.
The State government is yet to
create a designated camp for ANVC-B and its cadres are scattered
all over for want a safer place to reside. In a statement issued,
ANVC-B said that the group submitted the list of cadres but the
Government dilly dallies in setting up of designated camps is
causing inconveniences to its cadres.
James R. Lyngwa, the Rangbah Shnong
of Nongrim Hills (East Khasi Hills) has said that it has verified
the news report on GNLA leader Sohan D Shira possessing a plot
of land at Nongrim Hills and found that he didn’t own the same.
A powerful explosion damaged an
old building at Borabazar area in Aizawl city. Although no one
was injured in the explosion, it caused severe damage to the building
and the impact resulted in the collapse of a retaining wall nearby.
NSCN-KK has reiterated its demand
for the release of all its members held under National Security
Act (NSA) for possession of arms. NSCN-KK, in a statement also
alleged that one “Isak Sumi belonging to the Khaplang group” (NSCN-K)
has been responsible for “master-minding” incidents of violence
in Dimapur, Kohima and Zunheboto Districts. They said number of
incidents had taken place in Dimapur, Kohima and Zunheboto where
people and business establishments were “threatened with death
and bomb threats.”
NIA is probing 15 cases in the
North East region dealing with arms smuggling, providing arms
to the militant groups by Police personnel amongst others.
In the past four years, militants
called for 18 Assam bandh (general strike. In 2013 nine such bandhs
were called, followed by four, three and two bandhs in 2011, 2010
and 2012 respectively. Out of 18, the ULFA had called for seven
such bandhs.
Number of local bandhs called
by militants stood at 75 (2010), 85 (2011), 79 (2012) and 113
(2013). The KPLT, a militant outfit operating from Karbi Anglong,
has called the highest number (nine) of local bandhs during this
period.
MHA has sent a message to the
EC of India urging it to conduct the upcoming general election
first in the Naxal infested areas.
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February 21 |
Police arrested a six member gang
involved in printing and circulating FICNs and seized from them
FICN worth INR7, 50,000 along with printing equipments.
In order to strengthen cyber security
programmes and safeguard secrecy of internet communication, the
Government is encouraging Indian IT firms to set up their servers
in the country; the Parliament was informed.
IM operatives Yasin Bhatkal and
Asadullah Akhtar alias Tabrez were brought to the Mumbai Crime
Branch headquarters for recording of their confessional statements
before the DCP.
One civilian, identified as Waseem
Meraj Malla, was killed by two militants in Kranshawan Colony
of Sopore town in Baramulla District. Sources said that Army recovered
two AK-56 and one AK-47 rifles and four pistols in Shadhra area
of Kamal Kote near LoC in Uri Sector of Baramulla District.
Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief
Minister (CM) Omar Abdullah said that 11 security personnel were
killed while 24 others were injured in 208 incidents of firing
from across LoC in Jammu region in 2013.
SFs killed three suspected GNLA
militants at Kachumari under Krishnai Police Station, in Goalpara
District. Three .9 mm pistols with 15 rounds of live ammunition
and explosive materials weighing around one kilogram were reportedly
recovered from the unidentified slain ultras.
The NCHISF and IWF warned for
an indefinite Dima Hasao bandh (general strike) from February
26, 2014, if the Group of Ministers does not submit its report
to the State Government within February 25, regarding their demand
of a separate District with Autonomous Council.
The ABSU 'general secretary' Romeo
P. Narzary described tripartite talks among Central and State
Governments and ABSU, on Bodoland Statehood issue, as inconclusive.
Narzary added that the next round of tripartite talks will be
held on February 27 where Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde
will be present.
Mizoram Police confirmed the arrest
of five suspected militants belonging to the Manipur-based HPC-D
in Parvachawm area (Churachandpur District) of Manipur. The arrested
militants were involved in an explosion near the State Assembly
Secretariat on January 30, said the Police. The arrested militants
were later handed over to the Assam Rifles.
Militants exploded a hand grenade
at Laiharaoba complex of Lainingthou Khamlangba at Sagolband Moirang
Leirak Machin in Imphal West District. Police have recovered the
lever of the grenade from the Laiharaoba complex.
The KYKL militant, W Jayanta alias
Lakpa, who was arrested in Patna (Bihar) on February 19, has been
brought to Imphal by a team of CBI sleuths. Sources said that
Jayanta is an expert in arms dealing and had deserted his party
earlier. The State Government had announced a cash prize of INR
500000 for his arrest while the CBI too had announced a cash prize
of INR 100000 for the same. Interrogation is underway.
NSCN-K has informed that “all
kinds of taxation” have been “banned in Naga country”, “till further
order comes into effect probably in the month of March, 2014”.
In a press release, it said “the decision in this regard came
into force following the Azha (order) of the council”.
According to sources major cases
under investigation by the NIA in the region are related to smuggling
of weapons and ammunition from the Police armoury in Nagaland
by some Police personnel to both factions of the NSCN. The second
major case is the recently registered case (RC-04/2013) against
the 'commander-in-chief' of the Independent ULFA-I Paresh Baruah
and others. Another NIA case in the region relates to the big
cache of smuggled weapons seized in Mizoram.
SFs arrested a militant of Manipur
based PREPAK, Leishungbam Bheigyachandra Singh (35), from Saokuchi,
under Garchuck Police Station in Guwahati in Kamrup (Metro) District.
One Maoist, identified as Damba
Mallick alias Raju (42), a cadre of the Odisha Maobadi Party,
was arrested by CRPF from Krupagadi village in Ganjam District
of Odisha.
Karnataka State Police and anti-LWEs
force have launched search operations in the forests around Kukke
Subramanya in Dakshina Kannada District after a group of six suspected
CPI-Maoist cadres was spotted.
An emergency meeting of NNC senior
leaders and central executive council (CEC) members was held February
21 at Dimapur on the theme “In Restrengthening the NNC”. According
to a press release issued by the NNC ‘chairman’, Temjenyanger
Aier, many veteran leaders from different region attended the
meeting and discussed a wide range of future political development
and present Naga situation.
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GOC-in-Chief of the 15 Corps,
Lieutanant General Gurmit Singh commented, “The Army has been
successful in eliminating militant leaders in Kashmir. Army has
killed 11 militants including some top commanders since January…The
security situation in Kashmir as well as on the Line of Control
(LoC) is well under control”.
Four highly-decomposed bodies
were recovered today by locals from the jungles of Chaoldhowa
under the Behali Reserve Forest in Sonitpur District. The bodies
identified to be of Maneswar Munda, Burha Teron, Bishoni Teron
and Suren Kramcha, according to Sonitpur SP Sanjukta Parasar.
The ECI, agreed to send more forces
to Garo Hills ahead of the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament)
polls in view of the spurt in the activities of militant groups.
The MHA Joint Secretary (Northeast)
Shambhu Singh said, “They (insurgent outfits) need to understand
that it is a no win situation for them. Groups are groups. Their
numbers are limited. If it comes to handle them militarily, the
might of the Government is always more than what they can muster”.
A man was killed by a stray bullet
during a five-hour encounter between CPI-Maoist and Police in
Gaya District of Bihar. The fighting erupted after nearly 100
CPI-Maoist cadres attacked a Police Station near Grand Trunk Road
in Gaya District.
A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
in an encounter with SFs under Dhaudai Police Station limits of
Abhujmar region in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
A cache of explosives and Maoist-related
material was recovered during a search operation from the forest
of Jakke and Kumurkatta villages under Khadgaon Police Station
limits in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh.
Police neutralised a CPI-Maoist
camp and recovered cache of arms and ammunition in Giridih District
of Jharkhand.
Chhattisgarh State Police and
CRPF destroyed 'memorials' built by Naxals and seized explosives
during a joint operation in Bijapur District.
The Centre is all set to constitute
a HLC in the next ten days armed with the mandate to study in
detail the demand for an “alternative arrangement” for the Nagas
in Manipur and recommend practical measures to settle the issue.
The demand was made by the UNC of Manipur which has been demanding
“executive, financial and judicial power” for the Nagas within
Manipur. A four-member delegation of the UNC headed by its president
L Adani and general secretary Gaidon Kamei met MHA Joint Secretary
Shambhu Singh, on February 20, in his chamber in the North Block
and discussed the constitution of proposed committee.
A surrendered HNLC cadre outraged
the modesty of a woman inside a beauty parlour at Mawlai Mawdatbaki
in East Khasi Hills.
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February 23 |
A team of Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Police arrested a key suspect, K Sahul Hameed alias Paravi Badusha
wanted in connection with a bomb blast on April 17, 2013, outside
a BJP in Bangalore (Karnataka), from his hideout in Anchal in
Punalur of Kollam District. Police also seized a pistol and 17
kg of explosive substances from him.
The 272-page chargesheet filed
by NIA against IM Indian operations ‘chief’ Yasin Bhatkal states,
he asked Riyaz Bhatkal whether a "small nuclear bomb"
could be arranged to nuke Surat (Gujarat), to which Riyaz replied
"anything can be arranged in Pakistan.
IM India operations ‘chief’ Yasin
Bhatkal planned to strike India soon after he fled to Nepal following
the Mumbai July 13, 2011 (13/7) blasts in 2011.
Protestors set ablaze two vehicles,
including one belonging to the Assam Police, at Borgang in Sonitpur
District. However, the passengers escaped unhurt. An indefinite
curfew was clamped in Gingia Police Station limits and the Borgang
Police Outpost in Sonitpur District following the recovery of
four more dead bodies. The NH-52 was blocked at Borgang and Bedeti
by the activists of AKSU, AAGSU and other student organisations
in protest against the incident.
Five Bodo groups, including one
militant group, NDFB-PTF along with other four, ABSU, PJACBM,
BPPF and UDPF announced that movement for a separate Bodoland
State will intensify if the fourth round of tripartite dialogue
scheduled on February 27 fails to come up with a permanent solution
to the long-standing demand of different Bodo groups.
CPI-Maoist Malkangiri Division
of Odisha appealed to the people of the District to boycott the
upcoming General Elections protesting the Government’s apathy
towards the region.
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February 24 |
Two IM operatives, identified
as Fakhruddin and Ahmed, who procured explosives for the blasts
at Narendra Modi's October 27, 2013 rally in Patna and sheltered
its prime accused Haidar Ali, were arrested by the NIA from Mirzapur
in Uttar Pradesh.
An Army jawan (trooper), Sepoy
Harmeet Singh, posted in the 73 Armoured unit at Hisar (Haryana)
cantonment was sent to judicial custody following his arrest on
February 20 for allegedly transporting illegal weapons to KLF
militants.
LeT terrorist Azam Cheema, who
was laying low because of an illness, is back on track, said sources
in CIA and ATS.
IM has established a new module
in Rajasthan and operatives of the outfit were "highly motivated"
to carry out terrorist activities in the country, the NIA has
said in its charge sheet filed in a Delhi court.
Yasin Bhatkal was inspired by
al Qaeda ‘chief’ Osama Bin Laden and used to motivate youngsters
for sacrificing their lives in the name of 'jihad' through the
videos of the slain terrorist, NIA has also said in its charge
sheet.
Maharashtra Police succeeded in
reducing the effects of Naxalism in Gadchiroli, Gondia
and Chandrapur Districts of the State, said Governor K Sankaranarayanan.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Sukhdeyi (48), head of the Kongera CPI-Maoist Janatana Sarkar
and a wanted woman cadre who carried a reward of INR 5,000 on
her head and Dasu Ram Salaam (24), a member of the Daula Local
Operation Squad, were arrested from Maraskol forest area under
Dhaudai Police Station limits of Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
A wanted CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Mate Bai, a member of the Chema Jan Militia who carried
a reward of INR 5,000 on her head was arrested from his residence
in Maalnar village under Mardapal Police Station limits of Kondagaon
District, Chhattisgarh.
At least 13 people were injured
when suspected NDFB -IKS militants triggered two blasts in Gasbari
daily market near Baihata Chariali in Kamrup (Rural) District.
BPF and BNC have welcomed Government’s
decision to set up a one-man committee to look into the viability
of a Bodoland state and issues related to land. However, the ABSU
and its allied organisations have rejected it.
The 72-hour bandh (shut
down strike) along Silchar-Imphal road or National Highway 37
imposed by the KSO and KWU in Tamenglong District has come to
an end but the highway will continue to be affected for the next
72 hours as another tribal organisation sponsored chakka
bandh of hill Districts begins from midnight of February
24. Earlier, KSO and KWU, had announced the bandh strongly
objecting the perpetual encroachment of the ‘tribal lands’ which
is in Tamenglong district contiguous with Jiribam sub division
of Imphal East District, in connivance with the Police and the
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Jiribam.
The KNO, celebrated its 27th Raising
Day at Kholmun in Churachandpur District.
The State Government has ordered
an inquiry into the incident in which two SFs were arrested for
allegedly supplying arms to ASAK in Garo Hills. Confirming this
on February 24, Home Minister Roshan Warjri said, “Action would
be taken against the accused if the inquiry confirms their involvement
in supplying of arms to the militant outfit.”
The GNLA said that the outfit
is coming for talks not due to the fear of operations against
its cadres by the SFs. “We did not beg for peace talks. We were
invited by Governor KK Paul. After several meetings held among
the leaders, well wishers, area commanders and cadres, GNLA resolved
to accept the invitation of the Governor,” ‘political affairs
secretary’ of GNLA, Bikdot Nikjang Marak, said in a statement.
CM, Manik Sarkar said that altogether
72 persons were abducted and three others killed during the past
three years in insurgency related incidents. Sarkar said the insurgency
was on the wane as none was killed by the militants in 2013 and
10 persons were abducted during the time, but all of them had
returned. In the last three years 92 insurgents of different underground
groups have surrendered, he said. However, the CM said, there
was no room for complacency and security forces remained alert
to thwart any attempt by insurgents of any such attack.
A hand grenade lobbed at the servicing
centre of a motor vehicle dealer exploded, damaging at least three
vehicles (cars) at the service centre. No casualty was reported
in the blast.
Three IEDs were recovered from
different places in the State. In the first incident, a powerful
IED planted inside an Anganwadi Centre at Andro Machengpat, Imphal
East District was detected while Army recovered another IED from
Khengjang in Churachandpur District. The third IED was found at
the residence of special contractor Thingujam Munindro at Khongman
Zone IV in Imphal East District.
SLR ammunition and radio set
were recovered from a residential compound of Elangbam Shyamsunder
in Imphal East District during a search operation conducted by
Imphal East District Police and Thoubal District Police at Hiyanglam
Mayai Leikai in the morning of February 24. Moreover two over
ground workers of PREPAK identified as Elangbam Shyamsunder and
Mayanglambam Sobha of the same locality have also been arrested.
One over ground worker of the
PLA, identified as Maimom Bajanta has been arrested by Imphal
East commandos.
A GNLA cadre, identified as Harison
M Sangma alias Ranja, alias Rabal
surrendered to Dainadubi Police.
The ANC, a combined forum of more
than 20 Adivasi organisations called a 48-hour bandh since
5 pm of February 24 in protest against Rahul Gandhi’s visit and
in protest against the failure of the INC-led government to fulfil
the demands of the Adivasis in Assam.
Manipur Governor VK Duggal, in
his first ever address in the Manipur Legislative Assembly, on
February 24, said his Government is taking steps to make Manipur
a peaceful and prosperous State with all the communities living
harmoniously. He said Manipur has been affected by insurgent activities
spread over a period of over four decades where more than 60 militant
outfits, including factions, are operating. Insurgency has adversely
affected development, he said.
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February 25 |
Delhi's Akshardham temple and
Pune's cantonment area were on top of IM’s list of places to be
targeted, the NIA has said in its charge-sheet against IM's India
operations ‘chief’ Yasin Bhatkal and his three aides.
IM initially started as a small
group called “Usaba” in Bhatkal, Karnataka, and got its present
name from media reports after its 2007 terror strike in Uttar
Pradesh, according to the NIA chargesheet.
NIA arrested two more suspects,
Anil Pandey and Mohammed Raju from Manda near Mirzapur (Mirzapur
District) in Uttar Pradesh for providing explosives for the Patna
blasts that targeted BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra
Modi's rally on October 27, 2013 in Patna (Bihar).
The chargesheet further stated
that, splinter group of IM had plans to form a group called Tehreek-e-Taliban
Hindustan, along the lines of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed an elected
sarpanch of Balapam panchayat under Chintapalli
mandal in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh for
contesting the elections against their order.
A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
and many were injured in an encounter in the forests of Gumla
District of Jharkhand.
The UMHA has recommended to the
EC that polls in 33 Districts with Naxal-strongholds, be conducted
in the first phase itself to facilitate maximum possible deployment
of SFs.
RPF President, Irengbam Chaoren
has categorically stated that only a sustained armed struggle
can secure independence of Manipur.
A cadre of PREPAK-Pro cadre, identified
as Leishungbam Bheigyachandra alias LB Singh alias Bheigyo alias Aries alias Inao,
who was arrested by a combined team of Imphal East District Police
and Guwahati City Police from a rented room of Lokha, Guwahati
(Assam) on February 23 was brought to Imphal. It is said that
Bheigyachandra took key roles in the party’s fund collection.
Chairman of ZUF Kamson, on the
occasion of their 3rd raising day, said that the
‘present Zeliangrong struggle’ is not seeking for an isolation
or secession from India but within the Constitution of India for
a common homeland of ‘fragmented’ Zeliangrong community in different
states. “This was the dream of Haipou Jadonang and his Lieutenant
sister Rani Gaidinliu,” said the ZUF chairman in his message at
the outfit’s head quarter in Tamenglong District.
The 13 pro- ILP groups, on February
25, rejected the claim of the State Government that the 52 existing
laws are enough to tackle the problem of influx of illegal migrants
into the State saying a strong legislation like ILP is the need
of the hour to curb the problem of influx. “The existing laws
are not enough to tackle the burning issue of influx. There are
around 15 laws which deal with the problem influx, but they work
in isolation,” HNYF general secretary Sadon K Blah commented.
Blah said, adding that there is a need to synergize and integrate
the various laws to tackle the menace of influx.
The State Government has decided
to suspend Balkera Sangma of the 5th battalion who was arrested
for allegedly supplying arms to a new militant outfit ASAK in
Garo Hills. According to sources, Balkera Sangma would also be
placed under the Meghalaya Preventive Detention Act (MPDA) for
supplying arms to the militant outfit.
The Assam bandh (General
Strike) called on the day of INC Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s
visit to the State by various ethnic groups for various reasons,
affected several Districts is both lower and Upper Assam on February
25. The affected areas were North Lakhimpur, Tinsukia, Bongaigaon
and Chirang Districts. The TAYP and the AKRSU called the bandh in
protest against alleged exploitation and negligence towards the
indigenous people of the State by the INC. Further, the BYCP called
the Assam bandh to raise the Doubtful Voter (D-voter)
issue.
A GNLA ‘deputy chief’, identified
as Lethri T Sangma alias Harara was arrested
by Mendipathar Police from Salpara, East Garo Hills District.
KLO stated that its 'publicity
secretary', Rajiv Kathai alias Bimal Roy alias Sonu,
has deserted the outfit on February 18 and is assisting the Indian
Army. The 'general secretary' of the KLO, Kailash Koch said that
Bimal Roy joined the KLO in the month of July, 2011 and before
it, he was the in the Indian Army.
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February 26 |
Top IM leaders have joined al-Qaeda
and are “fighting in Afghanistan-Pakistan border” and Afghanistan,
the NIA stated in the chargesheet against IM India operations
'chief', Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar.
According to the chargesheet,
the IM has split into two groups, one of which is led by “Sajid
Sheikh @ Bada Sajid, 27, of Azamgarh, UP”, and the other by “Iqbal
and Riyaz Bhatkal”.
IM terrorists had on their target
some tourist spots, a royal train and some other places in the
state, especially in western Rajasthan including Jodhpur, Barmer
and Jaisalmer, sources said.
Police arrested eight members
of two separate gangs, involved in the circulation of FICN in
Vishakhapatnam.
The UMHA Sushilkumar Shinde said
in Kozhikode District of Kerala that incidents of CPI-Maoist perpetrated
violence have come down in the country in the past one to two
years.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Mangal Topno (40), was killed and two others were injured,
one of them critically, in an exchange of fire with PLFI cadres
along Odisha-Jharkhand border at Biramitrapur in Sundergarh District
of Odisha.
The people of Mendima, North Garo
Hills District caught two operatives of ANLCA and killed one of
them identified as Jehan Momin. Another assaulted cadre has been
identified as Sengran Sangma.
The ‘commander-in-chief’ Sengpan
Marak of ANLCA, and his close-aide Grewingston Marak who was involved
in the January 23 kidnapping of a Nokma (village
head), was arrested by Police in East Garo Hills District. A bundle
containing 68 live rounds of 7.62 AK- rifle ammunition was also
recovered from Sengpan Marak.
A woman who challenged a GNLA
militant of extortion at Tura in West Garo Hills District, received
a call from the ‘deputy commander’ of GNLA on the same day threatening
to eliminate her and her family.
Two IEDs weighing around 3 and
8 kilograms each have been detected by the Assam Rifles (ARs)
on the periphery of AR’s 27 Sector headquarters at Tuibuong in
Churachandpur District.
Leaders of the UNC
have rushed back to New Delhi on February 26 to hold further meetings
with the MHA officials in connection with the ‘Alternative Arrangement’
for the Nagas of Manipur outside the State Government.
An NDFB-IKS militant, Swmkwr Basumatary
(26), surrendered before the Police in Kokrajhar District.
A round of tripartite talks between
Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Assam Government and four different
Bodo organisations scheduled to be held on February 27 has been
postponed till February 28 due to the unavailability of Home Minister
Sushilkumar Shinde.
Members of ACAUT, at the invitation
of Tetso College Dimapur, visited the college and carried out
an interactive session with the college students. In a press release,
media cell, ACAUT stated that the members spoke on the reasons
for the formation of ACAUT and its vision based on October 31,
2013 resolution.
Police conducted an operation
at Goreng area in West Khasi Hills District and arrested two UALA
militants, identified as Anand and Laksan Arengh in connection
with the Dacoity case of February 2.
SFs arrested a MULTA militant,
Anwar Hussain (37), from Santipur in Nalbari District. One .62
mm pistol, two magazines and eight rounds of ammunition were also
seized.
The Central Government set up
an expert committee to study and examine the demand for Bodoland
state to be carved out of Assam. The one-man expert committee
of former Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai will submit a report
in nine months after consulting all sections of society on the
viability of creating Bodoland.
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February 27 |
IM India operations 'chief' Yasin
Bhatkal’s associate Asadullah Akhtar confessed that they had planned
three blasts in Dilsukhnagar (Andhra Pradesh).
Special NIA court in Patna (Bihar)
sent Ahmad Hussain, Fakhruddin, Anil Pandey and Mohammed Raju
on judicial remand till March 12, 2014 in Patna serial blasts
case of October 27, 2013.
CIA has tipped off Delhi Police
about the presence of a "wanted terrorist" of IM in
Bihar or Kerala who could be arrested soon, a local court has
been informed.
The arrest of four accused in
connection with the Patna serial blasts has again pointed towards
the region (Uttar Pradesh) as a hub of flourishing illegal trade
in explosives.
IB alerted Andhra Pradesh about
possible terror strikes by IM and the LeT, during the 2014 election
campaign.
A squad member of the Korukonda
‘area committee’ of the CPI- Maoist and five militia members of
the party surrendered before Visakha Rural Police in Visakhapatnam
District of Andhra Pradesh.
Over 63 percent polling booths
in Ranchi District of Jharkhand have been identified as ‘hypersensitive’
during a pre-poll security assessment conducted by the Ranchi
District Police.
OMP 'chief', Sabyasachi Panda
was injured in Ganjam District of Odisha on February 15. The revelation
came with the arrest of three female OMP cadres.
A Central Government team, led
by MHA Joint Secretary Shambu Singh, visited Changlang District
to discuss the proposal for the creation of PAC. Singh was accompanied
by Union Tribal Affairs Ministry Director S N Sahai, DoNER Ministry
Director Uma Kant and MHA's Deputy Secretary S Saha, official
sources said in Itanagar on February 2. The State Government had
proposed the creation of MAC, comprising West Kameng and Tawang
Districts, and PAC, comprising Tirap, Changlang and Longding Districts,
under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
Suspected militants entered Itchapur
village (inhibited by Dimasa tribe) and set ablaze seven houses
of the village which fall under Diphu subdivision of Karbi Anglong
District. Though the Karbi Anglong District administration suspects
that people opposed to the blockade might have committed the act
but officially no details were revealed.
The indefinite economic blockade
against Nagaland in both the National Highway (NH) 39 and NH-36
since February 25 has been imposed by KSYC, ADSU, AAGSU, Karbi
KUYA and other Karbi Anglong based organisations in protest against
the alleged encroachment of Assam’s territory by people from Nagaland.
A hand grenade lobbed by some
unidentified persons exploded at the residence of Mayang Langjing, Gram
Panchayat Pradhan Khangenbam, Sanaton (42) at Mayang
Langjing Taning Makhai Leikai under Lamsang Police station in
Imphal West District on February 27. Hoever, there was no report
of any casualty.
One URF cadre, involved in the
assassination of MPP vice-president Haobijam Manisana who contested
the Assembly election thrice has been arrested, stated Deputy
Chief Minister and Home Minister Gaikhangam.
The KIM and Kuki Organisation
for Human Rights (KOHR), have apprised the Union Miniter for Home
Affairs in a memorandum that constitution of ‘a high level committee’
(HLC) on ‘Alternative Arangement’ for Nagas in Manipur is sowing
seeds of communal disharmony and ushering in divide and rule policy
amongst the people of Manipur and aimed at reviving violence against
innocent people.
The newly-floated militant outfit
in Garo Hills ASAK opposed peace talks between the GNLA and Government.
Dura Marak, ‘general secretary’ of the outfit accused GNLA
leader Sohan Shira of making money in the name of Garo people
even as he said that Shira was not fit to represent Garo people.
Three MTF militants surrendered
in front of Chirang District SP Ranjan Bhuyan. The three militants
were identified as Shah Ali, Madan Ali and Samser Ali. The trio
also deposited one AK series rifle, one 9 mm pistol, one 7.65
mm pistol and 11 rounds of cartridges.
Life in Dima Hasao District was
partially disrupted during the first day owing to a 100-hour bandh (General
Strike)called by NCHISF that began at 5 am on February 26. The bandh,
which was called, seeking bifurcation of the hill District, evoked
partial response, said a Police Officer. While shops and business
establishments were closed, government offices and banks were
open. However, attendance was thin. Traffic was off the road in
Haflong, the District headquarters.
In the FNR sponsored meeting,
in Dimapur, 31 Naga organisations while unanimously appreciating
the hard work and valuable contributions of the FNR for safeguarding
the ‘Naga family’ at a time of deep crisis, have extended their
full support to the Naga reconciliation process and urged the
FNR to continue strengthening and pursing the task of Reconciliation.
The Naga bodies also said they implore all Naga tribe and civil
society organizations to consciously work towards reconciliation
in the spirit of forgiveness towards a shared future. “Recognizing
that reconciliation is a continuous process, we urge all Naga
political groups to join Naga reconciliation; and to unitedly
pursue the Naga political and historical rights for the common
good of all,” the Naga organisations recommended. During the meeting,
the FNR updated the Naga civil organisations about the processes
and progresses of the Naga reconciliation.
Tura Municipal Board CEO, Z.J
Sangma, lodged a complaint at Tura Police Station (West Garo Hills
District) stating that on February 26, one employee of the Board
received a telephone call, in which the caller claimed himself
to be a GNLA 'Commander' and demanded INR 5,000 and later reduced
the amount to INR 3,000 with instruction to pay the money at Tura
Municipal Board office at about 12 noon on the same day.
Minister for planning and coordination,
evaluation, geology and mining T.R.Zeliang asserted that unless
all ‘Naga Political Groups’ (NPGs) joined hand and come together,
solution or settlement of the Naga issue would be difficult to
achieve and urged all tribal hohos to give sincere efforts in
bringing different factions to one platform.
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February 28 |
NIA revealed that Kolkata (West
Bengal) has been an important hub for the activities of IM.
Haddi added that he got arms training
and learnt how to make explosives at a training camp conducted
by Pakistan's ISI.
Haddi and Bhatkal had revealed
that the 'Bihar module' was the first thing to come up under the
leadership of Yasin Bhatkal and Mohammad Tariq Anjum Hasan.
According to the Mumbai ATS, Bhatkal
played a very important role in procuring explosives and making
IED used in 2011 Mumbai terror attack.
IM was keen on 26/11 suicide attack,
targeting Police and politicians, instead of planting bombs and
running away. IM operative Mirza Shadab Baig and Asadullah Akhtar
had discussed that bomb explosion killing common people had little
impact as the government moved on after paying compensation to
victims.
According to the chargesheet filed
by NIA, Riyaz Bhatkal and Yasin Bhatkal were particularly impressed
with what Maoists had achieved in Darbha, Chhattisgarh where a
Congress cavalcade was ambushed killing 27 people, including the
party's top leaders. They had discussed that IM, too, should do
something similar that would shake the government.
Five Policemen, including a Police
Sub-Inspector, were killed and three others injured in a CPI-Maoist
ambush in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
Fearing Maoists, contractors are
not keen to take up an irrigation project, worth INR 30.3 million,
at Karanjanala village in Muniguda block of Rayagada District
of Odisha.
A CPI-Maoist ‘sub-zonal commander’
was killed in Garwah District of Jharkhand. The body of Kameshwar
Singh alias Brajesh ji (35) was found from a forest under
Chiniya Police Station area of the District.
A civilian, identified as Soro
Khaibam Romen (28) was injured in an IED blast incident that occurred
at Langthabal Kunja in Imphal West District, along Imphal-Moreh
stretch of NH-2. The vehicle in which the injured civilian was
sitting also suffered partial damage due to the explosion.
After the meeting between the
UNC leaders and the officials of the MHA in New Delhi, two names
from the UNC 'executive' have been submitted to MHA to be included
in the ‘HPC as requested by the Central Government,.
SFs arrested two suspected KPLT
linkmen, Orjen Ronghang (40) and Korop Ronghang (24), from Sanbe
Teron Gaon in Karbi Anglong District.
The 100-hour bandh (general
strike) called by NCHIPF in Dima Hasao District from February
26 will further delay the Lumding-Silchar broad-gauge conversion
project. The bandh called by the NCHIPF to demand the bifurcation
of the present Dima Hasao (formerly North Cachar Hills) Autonomous
District Council into two separate Autonomous District Council.
The eight students’ groups of
Karbi Anglong called off the indefinite road blockade against
Nagaland on National Highway 39 at Silonijaan and Sariahjaan on
National Highway 36 in Karbi Anglong District from February 28
morning. The decision to lift the blockade was taken after a meeting
of the high-level officials of both the states, which included
Dimapur Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police and their
Karbi Anglong counterparts. The blockade was earlier called on
February 25 alleging that some miscreants from Nagaland side had
encroached a vast area of the Daldalli Reserve Forest in the District.
GNLA threatened to eliminate people
who are extorting money in its name. “I have ordered all
our area commanders to look for those persons who are misusing
our name and execute them at once,” Sohan D Shira, the 'commander-in-
chief' of the GNLA said. “We have been getting lots of information
about some people misusing our organisation’s name and we will
not spare them.” he added. Shira has taken exception to the reports
that a GNLA cadre has tried to extort money from an employee of
Tura Municipal Office.
Police arrested a suspected NDFB
militant, Sanjay Mooshahary, from Iew-Umpleng’ near Jaintia Cement
in East Jaintia Hills District. Police also seized one pistol
(.9mm) loaded with 11 (7.5 mm) live ammunition from his possession.
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March 1 |
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres shot
dead two men in Simdega District of Jharkhand.
Chhattisgarh Police arrested another
Naxal conduit, identified as Shatrughan Manilal Vaishnav
alias Bhola Doctor (40), from Raipur who was providing
medical aid to the LWEs as a registered medical practitioner.
Supporters of NCHISF, which has
given the Dima Hasao bandh (general strike) call, set ablaze a
railway bridge near Migrendisa Station under Haflong Police Station
in Dima Hasao District on March 1 during its 100 hour bandh, reports
Business Standard. Railway communication was completely disrupted
between Lumding (Nagaon District) and Badarpur (Karimganj District)
with the bandh supporters also damaging the tracks near Bageter
station in Dima Hasao District, the Police said. The bandh was
called by NCHISF from February 26, demanding bifurcation of Dima
Hasao into two Districts and protesting over renaming of NC Hills
to Dima Hasao.
Militants hurled a hand grenade
at the residence of an assistant engineer of the Manipur Development
Society, in Konthoujsm Dhaneshore at Kwakeithel Thiyam Awang Leikai
in Imphal West District. A car of the engineer parked at the garage
was damaged by the impact of the blast even though there was no
human casualty. Police suspect monetary demand of a militant group
from the engineer behind the blast
Two unidentified militants hurled
a hand grenade at the residence of a businessman’s residence at
Marwari Patti in Dimapur (Dimapur District). Official sources
said there was no report of injury or loss of properties as the
hand-grenade failed to explode. In addition, the ACAUT Nagaland
condemned the incident of ‘grenade throwing by two unidentified
miscreants’ at the resident of the businessman.
Four cells of the ruling NPF party,
Legal Cell, Life Membership Cell, Farmers’ Wing and Minority Cell,
have appealed the Central Government and the negotiating parties
to bring about early political solution to the Naga issue at the
soonest possible.
NNC-NA Ato Kilonser 'prime
minister ' Hozheto Chophy, said that taking strong exception of
some 'anti national element' in “our organization to disrupt the
smooth functioning” of NNC-NA the authority in the organization
would impose the highest penalty against any one going against
the dictate of the Ato Kilonser. Hozheto further said,
“The revocation order passed against kilonser Khehoto Zhimo, kilonser
Imkong Jamir and kilonser T Ovung by the ato kilonser” which appeared
on the daily paper on March 1 “stands final.
The UNC blamed two 'valley based'
organisations, the UCM and AMUCO, for all the ills afflicting
Manipur in connection with the 'Naga political issue'.
GNLA reacting to the ASAK 'general
secretary' Dura Marak's claims that GNLA 'commander-in-chief',
Sohan D Shira could be hunted down within a week if the Police
conduct a tight operation in the Durama Hills, said that it had
enough arms and fire power to meet any kind of challenges and
situations.
SFs during a joint operation in
Chainejan near Kulajan in Wokha District arrested two NSCN-KK
cadres along with arms and ammunition on March 1. One .22 Pistol
with magazine, seven .22 mm live rounds and five .5.56mm live
rounds were recovered from the two identified as Leacy Chumbemo
Kikon and Rajaoeo Robema Yanthan.
A band of CPI-Maoist cadres killed
a villager, identified as Channu Madavi in Kuthegaon village in
Dhanora sub-division in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
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March 2 |
Police arrested four people, identified
as Shanmugham, Murugesan, Subramani and Thangarak and seized 250
gelatin sticks and 150 detonators from an undisclosed location
of Tamil Nadu
A man was arrested with FICN near
Reghia in Nichloul area of Maharajganj District when he was trying
to enter India from Nepal.
IM India operations 'chief' Yasin
Bhatkal seems unrepentant and he told Police during interrogation
that if released he would again set off bombs across India and
that he did not regret what he did.
3,000 pages of internet chats
between top IM leaders accessed by the NIA revealed its grand
plans to strike terror across India, its growing differences with
Pakistan's ISI, split within the group, IM's links with Taliban
and Al Qaeeda, its hideouts in other countries, plans to run a
kidnapping syndicate to raise funds and striking a possible deal
with the Maoists- the entire tale is hidden in over.
IM operative Asadullah Akhtar
alias Haddi has revealed that a member of al Qaeda is working
with IM for operations in India.
The NIA has declared INR 10,00,000
reward on any information leading to Waqas’ arrest. Investigators
say he needs constant medical attention due to partial paralysis
of the face.
A perfume shop of Yasin Bhatkal
in Karnataka became IM hub in 2001 for establishment of the Darbhanga
module, the NIA has said.
NIA charge sheet stated that around
December 2001, Yasin had opened the shop 'Almohtasham' near Noor
Masjid. "The perfume shop was very popular amongst the students
of Anjuman Engineering College.
SFs defused IEDs weighing 50 kg
during an anti-Naxal operation in Rayagada District of
Odisha.
Four Assam Rifles troopers were
injured, in an ambush by militants of the NDFB-IKS, at Jabolia
centre in Udalguri District. The injured troopers were identified
as Prakash Singh (49), Ashok Kumar (35), M. Hazarika (32) and
Vijendra Singha (38). Singh and Kumar, who are critical, have
been airlifted to Guwahati for treatment.
Suspected militants placed a Chinese
hand grenade at the makeshift shelter of labourers at Nongpok
Sekmai area in Thoubal District. Police later searched
and recovered the grenade from the spot.
Police wielded batons on protesters
to remove them from the tracks at Fakiragram junction in Kokrajhar
District on March 2 which left one agitator and at least five
Police personnel injured. The SJAM, a conglomeration of 19 non-Bodo
organizations, stopped movement of trains through BTAD as a part
of its eight-hour blockade opposing the formation of the appointment
of one member G K Pillai panel and creation of Bodoland.
The MNRF celebrated its third
Raising Day at its headquarters. During the celebration, the MNRF
pledged to uphold unity, social justice, harmony and development
in the Naga society of Manipur, according to a press release issued
by its Information and publicity secretary, Rex.
Police arrested one Bangladesh
national, identified as Muhammad Sabuddin (21), on March 2, during
vehicle checking at Ratacherra in East Jaintia Hills District.
Former KSU Vice-president Fredrick
Kharmawphlang and 13 others, who recently joined the HNLC, are
believed to be somewhere in Meghalaya and are yet to cross over
to Bangladesh, BSF officials informed. The BSF personnel have
been asked to augment their vigil in the border in view of the
development
The rift within the ANVC-B has
come to light with the formation of another group, Matchadu
Matchabet, a popular phrase used in Garo hills, meaning an
animal which looks a bit like a tiger and a bit like a man.
Troops of 23 AR neutralised "an
arms factory" and arrested a person, Hatho Khimunagan, in Noklak
area under Tuensang District. AR Public Relation Office (PRO)
stated that three .22 pistols, seventeen rounds of live ammunition
and tools used in manufacturing arms were recovered from his possession.
NSCN-KK strongly opposed the approval
of issuing of licences to oil companies for extraction and exploration
by the State Government. In a statement, the outfit said that
it was of the view that the "rich oil fields being the only lifeline
for the Naga generation", even if explored, the refinery should
be set up in Nagaland. The group advised the allotted companies
to perform the work at their own risk.
NSCN-KK, said that the State Government
"for once" should think of establishing a medical college in Mon
or Tuensang District to enable students from "advanced tribes"
to pursue academic excellence in Eastern Nagaland.
CPI-Maoists attacked a Police
outpost in Hedri village in Etapalli tehsil in Gadchiroli District
of Maharashtra. They threw hand-grenades and opened fire at the
newly established outpost.
Two prisoners, including a CPI-Maoist
cadre, identified as Phogra Munda, serving life sentence, escaped
from court premises at Ghatsila in East Singhbhum District of
Jharkhand.
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March 3 |
NIA Special Court dismissed the
bail petition of Aboobacker Haji alias Masthigooda Aboobacker,
the fourth accused in the Taliparamba (Kannur District of Kerala)
FICN case.
NIA Special Court dismissed the
bail petition of Aboobacker Haji alias Masthigooda Aboobacker,
the fourth accused in the Taliparamba (Kannur District of Kerala)
FICN case.
Police arrested two suspected
ULFA cadres from Ganeshghat in Tezpur town of Sonitpur District
on charges of collecting ransom from a panchayat (village level
local self Government institution) member. The two cadres were
identified as Pranjal Bharali and Rakesh Sarmah. Police recovered
INR 15,000 which was paid by the panchayat member.
SFs, in an encounter, killed one
KPLT militant, Suleman Rongpi (22), under Anjul Pani area under
Rongmongwe Police Station at Karbi Anglong District. Further,
two KPLT militants, Joiram Timung (19) and John Timung (20), were
arrested during the encounter.
The 13 pro- ILP pressure groups
have decided to propose for the introduction of an ILP regime
which would suit the local conditions. FKJGP president Jo Marwein
after a meeting of the pressure groups on March 3 said that they
would propose in their charter the introduction of an ILP in the
State which is different from the ILP system that is already in
force in Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.
New underground organizations
mushrooming in the Garo Hills are wooing the ANVC-B cadres who
are frustrated over the failure of the Meghalaya Government to
set up designated camps for them, according to the ANVC-B leadership.
In a statement, ANVC-B resented that the Government was yet to
finalize designated camps for its cadres. ANVC-B is in a peace
pact with the government since January 2013.
GNLA 'political secretary' Bikdot
Nikjang Marak claimed that the formation has recently refused
the offer of INR 50 million from a road construction company so
that development work in the area is not affected.
Police arrested four persons,
including one militant, identified as FGN 'captain' Huraipi Zeliang
alias Robert (41) who are regularly involved in highway
abductions from Chumukedima town in Dimapur District on March
3. One .22 pistol along four live rounds were also seized from
the arrested persons. The three others were identified as Ajangpau
Rongmei (37), Chuba Chang (41) and Ahungbe Zeliang (24).
Two Policemen were killed in a
militant attack outside a court complex of Pulwama town in Pulwama
District.
A Policeman was injured in a knife
attack by a suspected militant at Pampore area in Pulwama District.
SFs arrested five PLFI cadres
and recovered cache of arms and ammunitions in Ranchi District
of Jharkhand.
Two cadres of the CPI-Maoist,
including one carrying a reward on his head, were arrested in
the forests of Burji in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
A sum of INR 2.9 million, ammunition
and electronic gadgets were recovered from Maoist hideouts in
Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh.
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March 4 |
A Delhi court extended till March
6, 2014 the judicial custody of two suspected LeT operatives,
Rashid and Shahid who were arrested from Haryana's Mewat region
in December, 2013.
A Delhi court extended till March
6, 2014 the judicial custody of two suspected LeT operatives,
Rashid and Shahid who were arrested from Haryana's Mewat region
in December, 2013.
Three persons were injured when
people of a minority community pelted stones at the vehicles coming
to take part in the BPF rally at Angthihara and Sapkhata in Gossaigaon
subdivision of Kokrajhar District.
The SJAM and several other non-Bodo
organisations called a 12-hour BTAD bandh (general shutdown) on
March 4 in protest against the constitution of the expert committee
to look into the demand for creation of Bodoland State, which
evoked total response in Kokrajhar.
Security sources stated that the
NDFB-IKS is the most active militant outfit in lower and northern
Assam region and the recent killing of an Additional Superintendent
of Police in Sonitpur Gulzar Hussain on January 28 gave the outfit
a new lease of life.
GK Pillai scheduled visit to Kokrajhar
did not happen due to some 'logistical reason' .
SWAT personnel of East Khasi Hills
arrested a top ANLCA cadre, identified as Rex Briller R. Marak,
from a tea stall at Police Bazar in Shillong. He was active in
Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills.
One ANLCA cadre, identified as
Charles D. Shira surrendered before the Police. Shira surrendered
before East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police M Kharkrang and
deposited one AK-56 rifle, one magazine of AK-56, eight rounds
of 7.65mm live ammunition, one round of 7.62mm live ammunition,
eight rounds of .303 ammunitions and one .32 pistol magazine.
The State government is working
on the modalities of peace talks with the GNLA, Chief Minister
Mukul Sangma said on March 4.
GHSMC held a meeting recently
and resolved to organize a public rally at Selsela in April, 2014
to intensify the demand for Garoland Statehood in a democratic
way. The demand for Statehood is in line of Linguistic Act 1956
and State re-organisation Act 1956, the General Secretary of GHSMC
Augustine Marak said. "On behalf of the people of Garoland we
appeal our beloved brothers of GNLA, ANVC-B, UALA, LAEF, ASAK,
ATF, Matchadu Matchabet, ANLCA, ANCA and other splinter groups
to turn to the main stream", Marak said.
Reaffirming its earlier decision,
Steering Committee of the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation
(ENPO) at its consultative meeting held at Lempong Convention
hall Longleng District Headquarter, declared to re-strengthen
its resolve for a separate Frontier Nagaland state carved out
of present Nagaland, as a reiteration that Eastern Nagaland people
lived free as 'Naga Hill Tuensang Division and un-administered
area' before the British rule of India.
Two suspected CPI-Maoist cadres
were killed during an encounter with SFs inside the forest under
the Pottangi Police Station area of Koraput District of Odisha.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Sanjay Bhuiyan, member of Roshanji-squad, was arrested with
arms and ammunition from Rangai village in Palamu District of
Jharkhand.
12 Policemen, including an Assistant
Sub-Inspector, were suspended in connection with the escape of
two under-trial prisoners, including a hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre,
serving life sentence from court premises in Ghatsila of East
Singhbhum District.
A magisterial probe has been ordered
into a gunfight between SFs and Maoists near the Michewada Hills
in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh in which two militants were
killed. The report will be submitted in a month.
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Police officials from UP and Nepal
held a meeting in Lucknow and discussed issues of smuggling of
fake currency and drugs.
The CBI signed a MoU with DSCI
with a view to seek expert services from the latter in managing
the challenges in cybercrimes and updating officials with the
latest technology.
SFs in a joint operation, arrested
five Manipur based PLA cadres and recovered a large cache of arms
and ammunition from their possession from Pongchau area in Longding
District. The arrested militants were identified as Pongsiba Dingam,
Jackson Kuki, Diwang Chawang, Monglemba Meitei and Ngongo Meitei.
SFs also recovered two AK M-22 rifles, two AM-T81, one 3G81 LMG
along with 631 rounds bullets, 13 magazines, one magazine box
and cash of INR 22,000 from their possession.
Atmosphere in BTC areas in Assam
has turned restive in the wake of Centre constituting a one-man
panel headed by former Union Home Secretary G K Pillai to examine
the demand for a separate Bodoland state in Assam.
SFs killed a GNLA militant identified
as Niksrang Sangma alias Rondik Sangma at Gosaigadhowa
in Goalpara District. SFs also arrested a GNLA militant identified
as Binat Sangma during the operation.
SFs arrested three suspected KPLT
militants from Kheroni area in Karbi Anglong District. The Police
also recovered two motor cycles (Pulsur) and one TVS bike, mobile
phones and some amount of cash from their possession. The trio
was arrested in connection with the January 31 Zerikinding abduction
of two ginger traders Dhiman Lindo (30) and Sudip Chanda (35).
According to sources, a total of INR 1.5 million were paid to
the kidnappers by the family members of Sudip for their safe release.
Sources also added that all the dealings were held at Lengri in
Karbi Anglong District.
SFs arrested two Ceasefire Unit
of AANLA militants, John Terkey (16) and Ajit Khozur (18), from
Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur District. AANLA militants had served extortion
demand to a contractor Laxman Pachuwan who was involved in construction
work at Don Bosco School located in Dhekiajuli. SFs also recovered
demand note of AANLA (Cease fire), two mobile phones and one SIM
card from the arrested duo.
Troops of 23 AR arrested an armed
cadre of FGN, identified as T. Mushiu Meyo, from Tuensang (District)
market. The cadre was found in possession of a pistol.
Odisha has sought additional SF
battalion to ensure free and fair Lok Sabha and State Assembly
elections on April 10 and April 17, the state's CEO said.
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March 6 |
Six people, including two women,
were arrested along with arms and ammunition on their return from
Pakistan on the Samjhauta Express at the Attari Railway station
in Amritsar District.
Police arrested three persons
identified as Jhony Rabiullah Shaikh (22), Sanaullah Shabakh Shaikh
(27) and his wife Sharina (20) at the NMMT bus stop near the APMC
fruit market in Navi Mumbai, along FICN with a face value of INR
2, 64,000.
A Delhi-based estate agent, Dinesh
Singh alias Megh Singh who is believed to be a key link
with FICN racket was arrested by the CIU in Mumbai.
A Delhi court dismissed the bail
plea of a suspected LeT operative, Shahid who was arrested from
Haryana's Mewat region in December, 2013 and directed Police to
conclude investigation in the case by March 26, 2014.
Investigation by NIA found that
during the June 2012 conflict in Assam, IM contributed to the
flare-up by spreading text messages and online posts falsely claiming
atrocities against Muslims.
The charge-sheet details a chat
between Bhatkal and his associate Afeef Mota (in Pakistan) on
July 12, 2013 which talks about a certain member of the outfit
having participated in spreading fake news about atrocities against
Muslims at the hands of northeastern people.
JuD 'chief' Hafiz Muhammad Saeed,
the founder of LeT offered the 68 Kashmiri students, suspended
over cheering for Pakistan in Sunday's Asia Cup match against
India, 'full scholarships' to study anywhere in the world.
SFs killed an NDFB-IKS militant,
Kenduguri 'section commander' N-Wongtinlang, at Odang village
near Karigaon in Kokrajhar District. SFs also recovered a 7.65
mm pistol, two magazines, eight rounds of ammunition and three
live grenades were recovered from him. Another militant was injured
in the encounter but managed to escape into the nearby jungles.
SFs, in an operation, arrested
two KNLA militants, identified as Robindra Tokbi and Bikram Bey,
from Thokvam village under Uttar Borbil Police Outpost in Karbi
Anglong. The ultras were on an extortion drive in the area.
The doctors and staffs of Haflong
Civil Hospital of Dima Hasao District are receiving threatening
calls and SMSs in the name of one Jek Dimasa, 'Haflong commander'
of DHD-Action since 1st week of February' 2014. The Doctors and
Staffs of Haflong Civil Hospital on March 6 have submitted a memorandum
to the Deputy Commissioner of Dima Hasao District requesting him
to look into the matter.
Former NSCN-K 'kilonser
(minister)' Kughalu Mulatonu along with 'colonel' Vikato and 'Zunheboto
town commander' 'Major' Heikhu and three cadres have arrived at
Khehoi camp in Dimapur District of the NSCN-KK in a bid to join
the outfit. However, he said the NSCN-KK was yet to take a formal
decision, since its high ranking leaders were yet to sit down
and discuss about the development.
SS Khaplang 'president' of NSCN-K
inducted S.Hrepuni Vemai into the formation's 'council of kilonsers'
[council of ministers] as a 'cabinet kilonser' on February 6,
2014.
BSF personnel, engaged in anti-Maoist
operations raided a forest hideout of Maoists and seized huge
quantity of blank paper to be used to print propaganda material
ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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Unidentified miscreants shot and
injured a medical practioner, Dr Taruni of RIMS Medicine Department,
at her home clinic at Uripok area in Imphal West. Reports said
that she was shot in the head but the injury is not serious, as
the bullet grazed her head. Police fear that some militants might
have tried to kill her as she perhaps refused to pay illegal tax.
It is believed that she had received extortion threats from some
underground organisations.
The GNLA approved the name of
the 10 person panel to hold talks with the Government. Rev. The
names approved include Fr Januarius Sangma, Rev. Bro. Einstein
Marak, former minister Jova Marak, Mariam D. Shira, Heneritha
Marak, activist Jaynie Ningring Sangma, Babyana Sangma and Marilyne
D. Shira, NPP leader Roger Benny A. Sangma and advocate Sujit
Dey.
NSCN-IM 'chairman' Isak Chisi
Swu and 'general secretary' Thuingaleng Muivah will return to
Nagaland from New Delhi on March 9. Swu and Muivah along with
ten other NSCN-IM leaders will return as the formal talks between
the Government of India and the Naga outfit is not possible now
due to the ensuing Lok Sabha (lower house of India's Parliament)
elections and with the code of conduct coming into force.
NSCN-IM 'chairman' Isak Chisi
Swu and 'general secretary' Thuingaleng Muivah will return to
Nagaland from New Delhi on March 9. Swu and Muivah along with
ten other NSCN-IM leaders will return as the formal talks between
the Government of India and the Naga outfit is not possible now
due to the ensuing Lok Sabha (lower house of India's Parliament)
elections and with the code of conduct coming into force.
ZUF has issued 'directives' "for
compliance" on safeguarding its land and people and kin tribes.
In a statement, ZUF 'regional secretary', Makuilongdi Region,
said the lands, people and cultural heritage should be protected
at all cost.
Three terrorists of NLFT-BM, who
had fled from their hideouts in Bangladesh, have surrendered to
the Security Forces in Kalyanpur in West Tripura District. The
surrendered militants were identified as Dilip Debbarma (28),
Bikram Debbarma (32) and Dhiren Debbarma (28). During surrender
they deposited two hand grenades and Bangladeshi currency of 500
taka with some incriminating documents.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Ramchand (20) and Sampat, were arrested from the forests of
Mardapal Police Station limits in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh
during an area domination operation.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Vijay Modi alias Vijay Burnwal, was arrested from near the
Jharkhand-Bihar border under Bhalwaghati Police Station in Giridih
District of Jharkhand.
Ahead of Lok Sabha polls,
the Centre reviewed the security situation in CPI-Maoist-affected
States and directed Security Forces to foil any attempt by the
rebels to disrupt the election process.
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March 8 |
IM made attempts to spread communal
hatred across India; according to the NIA chargesheet filed against
IM 'India operations cheif' Yasin Bhatkal.
Taking serious note of the spurt
in attack on Government officials, contractors, doctors and business
establishments by 'fictitious underground groups' as well as militant
groups under the SoO pact, both valley and hill based, in connection
with their extortion notices, the Union MHA has issued a series
of instructions to all concerned to approach the law enforcing
agencies and the authorities concerned.
Police arrested two women CPI-Maoist
cadres, Hita Kendruka and Sangita Mandangiri, during a combing
operation in Chintaguda forest under Koraput District of Odisha.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, Deva
Padiami alias Sandhya (30), surrendered in Malkangiri District.
Sandhya is the wife of Andhra Odisha Border State Zonal Committee
chief strategist Anil Kumar, who was recently arrested in Koraput
District of Odisha. Sandhya carried a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh
on her head.
Kovasi Satyam alias Jagadeesh
(25), a member of CPI-Maoist Sabari Area Committee, surrendered
before Bhadrachalam ASP N Prakash Reddy in the Khammam town of
Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh.
The CPI-Maoist cadres killed an
unidentified person at Jorasimar village under Gawa Police Station
limits of Giridih District of Jharkhand.
Wayanad District Police chief
Putta Vimaladitya issued a lookout circular against 10 suspected
CPI-Maoist in connection with cases registered against them in
various Police Stations in the District.
Eighteen militia members of the
CPI-Maoist, who were involved in the blasting of coffee pulping
units of the Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation at
Chapagedda in GK Veedhi mandal in Vishakhapatnam District
of Andhra Pradesh on January 28, surrendered to Superintendent
of Police Vikram Jeet Duggal in Vishakhapatnam.
Addressing the opening day
of the Budget session of the Meghalaya Assembly, Governor K.K.
Paul expressed concern about the activities of GNLA in the Garo
Hills. According to the Governor, the activities of HNLC
had seen a decline during the past one year because of the constant
pressure mounted by the State Police.
Tileshwar Sahu, a senior leader
of the All Jharkhand Students Union, was shot dead by three suspected
cadres of PLFI in the Barhi area of Hazaribagh District while
he was addressing a rally. One person has been arrested and a
weapon was seized from him.
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Smuggling of Pakistan-printed
FICNs from abroad has shown an increase. The DRI has found that
neighbouring Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh among others have
fast emerged as new routes for smugglers to push Pakistan-printed
FICNs.
The BSF handed over to the BGB
a list of 66 terror camps in Bangladesh of militants operating
in India's Northeast. Camps of HNLC, ULFA, NDFB, PLA and a few
other groups were operating in districts like Mymensingh, Maulvibazar
and Rangamati. IG BSF Sudhir Kumar Srivastava said, "The number
of these camps has decreased." Some of the camps had now been
shifted towards Myanmar due to pressure from Bangladesh authorities.
Reacting to a query on the status
of border fencing, Srivastava informed that there were 13 gaps
along the fencing which could not be completed due to its riverine
nature and other logistical problems. The Bangladesh Government
had allowed the construction of single-line fencing along the
border.
The BSF in 2013 seized FICN worth
INR 548,000 and seized nearly 500,000 bottles of cough syrup Phensdyl
worth INR 30 million and a large quantity of Ganja (marijuana)
along the India-Bangladesh border.
KNLA, a Karbi militant formation,
has called for a 48-hour Karbi Anglong bandh (general strike)
beginning from March 9 (5am). In a statement, KNLA informed that
the bandh has been called in protest against the arrest
of two KNLA cadres by Security Forces involved in counter insurgency
operation.
The BSF handed over to the BGB
a list of 66 terror camps in Bangladesh of militants operating
in India's Northeast. Camps of HNLC, ULFA, NDFB, PLA and a few
other groups were operating in districts like Mymensingh, Maulvibazar
and Rangamati. IG BSF Sudhir Kumar Srivastava said, "The number
of these camps has decreased." Some of the camps had now been
shifted towards Myanmar due to pressure from Bangladesh authorities.
Reacting to a query on the status
of border fencing, Srivastava informed that there were 13 gaps
along the fencing which could not be completed due to its riverine
nature and other logistical problems. The Bangladesh Government
had allowed the construction of single-line fencing along the
border.
The BSF in 2013 seized FICN worth
INR 548,000 and seized nearly 500,000 bottles of cough syrup Phensdyl
worth INR 30 million and a large quantity of Ganja (marijuana)
along the India-Bangladesh border.
A bullet riddled body suspected
to be that of a cadre of KNF-P faction was on retrieved by the
Police from Leingangpokpi village in Senapati. The body was found
blind folded with both hands tied with a rope, Police said.
KNF-N, categorically stated it
would keep a 'strict vigil' on implementation of PMGSY works as
well as other development programmes taken up by the State and
Central Governments, in their area. KNF-N 'publicity secretary'
Gogou Vaiphei saying that they have no intention to disturb development
activities, explained that they have been constrained to 'monitor'
all kinds of development works because of the dubious nature of
implementing development programmes by firms/agencies or contractors.
JeM militants hurled two grenades
and fired indiscriminately on an Army Colonel's vehicle in the
Khoshipora forests of Baramulla District. The officer, however,
escaped unhurt. Though the Army fired back, the militants managed
to escape. Army subsequently, conducted searches and recovered
one Pistol and two grenades from the area.
JKLF 'chairman' Muhammad Yasin
Malik, has urged the J&K people to boycott the forthcoming so-called
elections in the territory to convey the message to India that
they reject its illegal occupation on J&K.
Suspected cadres of the ZUF and
6 Indian Reserve battalion (IRB) battalion personnel exchanged
fire when ZUF attacked the post of 6 IRB battalion located near
a railway tunnel construction site at Tupul in Tamenglong District
in the night of March 9. No casualty was reported in the gunfight
which reportedly lasted for a few minutes.
Seven Bangladeshi illegal immigrants
were slapped with Rigorous Imprisonment for 160 days and a fine
of INR 10,000/- each within four days by the District & Sessions
Court, Senapati District. Judge G Gaiphulshilu convicted the seven
illegal Bangladeshi immigrants under Section 14 (A &B) of
the Foreigners Act.
NDFB–IKS has denied the presence
of its base camps in neighbouring Bangladesh after the organization’s
split. In a press statement issued, the 'director of intelligence
of military wing' of the 'Bodoland Army' of the NDFB–IKS, D Rebgon
said “The allegation of SK Srivastava, Inspector General of the
BSF (Assam Frontier), that we have base camps at Rangamati, Kakrachari
and Mymensing areas of Bangladesh, as published in the media,
is baseless.”
Five PLFI cadres, including a
‘sub-zonal commander’ of Eastern region were arrested from various
places of Khunti and Ranchi Districts.
Palamu Police arrested a CPI-Maoist
‘sub-zonal commander’, identified as Ankit Yadav alias
Girender Yadav, and seized arms and ammunition in a joint operation
with the CRPF. A pistol and three cartridges were seized from
Yadav, who has 13 cases against him and is wanted in Bihar.
The East Champaran District Police
arrested eight members of Azad Hind Fauj at Delho village under
Madhuban Police Station area in the District.
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A ‘divisional commander’ of LeT,
identified as Abu Huraira, and his associate, identified as Abu
Talha, were killed and an Army officer of counter-insurgency Kilo
Force was injured in a gun battle between militants and SFs in
Handwara area of Kupwara District.
Police recovered dead body of
a JeM militant, identified as Arshad Bhia alias Chotu, near Jamia
Masjid Tral in Pulwama District.
Maharashtra Police arrested two
persons along with "high quality" FICNs worth INR 200,000
from Loha city of Nanded District.
IB inputs suggest that the terror
strike could happen in either Uttar Pradesh or Bihar during electioneering.
A chargesheet filed by the NIA
has claimed that IM had attempted putting in place a local module
on the border of Jodhpur-Nagaur Districts in 2013.
Arrested IM top operative Yasin
Bhatkal during interrogation said that Pakistani spy agency, ISI,
wanted IM chief Riyaz Bhatkal to convince his family in Karnataka
to cross borders and join him in that country.
Maharashtra ATS suspects that
the money required to orchestrate the 13/7 Mumbai blasts was
sent to IM operatives through the hawala route (illegal money
transfer) and it came through Pune.
IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and
his aide Asadullah Akhtar were refused bail in connection with
a September 13, 2008, Delhi serial blasts case by a court which
allowed the plea of Police seeking 15 days time to complete its
probe against them.
A team of Thoubal District Police,
on March 10, rescued two abducted drivers of the ABCI, who were
reportedly abducted from Somrei village under Yairipok Police
station in Ukhrul district on March 2, from Chaningpokpi village
under Senapati District. Police brought Debasish Mandal (35) of
West Bengal and Ch Ajit Singh of Assam’s Cachar District to Yairipok
Police Station after securing their release from the clutch of
the abductors at Chaningpokpi village, around 20 kilometres East
of Yairipok Police station.
A coal mine supervisor (Sordar)
of a coal mine at Pass Phut around 20 kilometres from Byndihati
village in East Jaintia Hills District was allegedly abducted
for ransom in the evening of March 9. On March 10, the kidnappers
called up his wife and demanded INR 1 million for his safe release.
East Garo Hills District Police
intercepted a sports utility vehicle carrying arms consignment
that had been dispatched from Karbi Anglong (Assam) for the GNLA
in Williamnagar in East Garo Hills District in the evening of
March 10. Police found three AK rifles with five magazine containers
and 124 rounds of live ammunition.
ANVC-B in a statement has alleged
that the Government is secretly continuing operation against ANVC-B
cadres. “There seems to be lack of sincerity in restoring peace
and normalcy in Garo Hills”, the ANVC statement added. The ANVC-B
also urged the Government to finalize the designated camps for
the cadres at the earliest.
A suspected militant of the ANVC-B,
identified as Wansimphang Snaitang, was arrested by Borsora Police
in South West Khasi Hills District while he was extorting money
from traders at gunpoint.
Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan
Warjri told the State assembly on March 10 that the Centre needs
to be consulted before initiating peace talks with GNLA, since
GNLA was a banned organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act 1967.
Meghalaya’s opposition UDP asked
the Government to institute a probe into the alleged nexus between
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma with a militant outfit. “It has been
revealed in the media that the Chief Minister (Mukul Sangma) has
the support of the militant outfit ANVC in order to help him remain
in power,” Opposition Leader Donkupar Roy told the Assembly.
The civil society
in Tura (West Garo Hills District) has now stood up against the
deteriorating law and order situation in the Garo Hills. A number
of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), including church organizations
and leaders, under the aegis of the Unified Peace Movement for
Garo Hills (UPMGH) organized in Tura, on March 9, a “Mass Prayer
and Peace Rally,” aimed at bringing back peace in the area as
well as appealing to those who had joined militant groups to return
to the mainstream. The rally, held at the Chandmary Playground
in the town, was attended by over 2,000 people.
the next hearing of the special
court to deal with the Inner Line Permit (ILP)-related cases has
been fixed on April 14. The Special Court headed by First Class
Judicial Magistrate R Rymbai was constituted to recover over INR
310 million from 13 pressure groups for the damage caused during
the ILP-related agitations and subsequently court issued notices
to all the pressure groups. Except CSWO, which submitted a statement
before the special court on March 10, none has responded to the
notices till date.
Seven militants belonging to NDFB-IKS,
surrendered at Agia in Goalpara District. Arms and ammunition
laid down by the militants include six pistols, live ammunition
rounds, hand grenades and other war like stores.
The Central Government has cautioned
the State Government against the NDFB-IKS's plans to target candidates
of national parties and disrupt the coming Lok Sabha election,
particularly in its area of operation on the northern banks of
the Brahmaputra. A security source further said that there were,
however, no inputs of any threats from the ULFA-I, led by Paresh
Baruah.
Police arrested a member of disbanded
UPDS, Sagar Chism, from Guwahati (Kamrup metro District) and recovered
INR 122,900 in cash from his possession which was sent by GNLA
'commander-in-chief' Sohan D. Shira as advance payment for the
arms and ammunition. Sagam's whereabouts was revealed by two of
his arms smuggler associates who were arrested in Williamnagar
in Meghalaya with a cache of arms and ammunition meant for GNLA.
The MNPF celebrated its first
rising day at its headquarters. A statement issued by the ‘Assistant
Publicity Secretary’ of MNPF, Thomas Numai urged all revolutionary
organisations of the State to unite against the common enemy.
Urging the people not to indulge in unrealistic dream of carving
‘Homeland’ and ‘Alternative Arrangement’ demand by drawing maps,
the statement said that the solution to such dissension only lies
in increased violence in the State.
GSU leader, identified as Dreambirth
has reportedly been abducted by suspected GNLA militants over
differences in coal auction in East Garo Hills District. Dreambirth,
GSU leader from Mendal in North Garo Hills, was on a visit to
his family home in Dobetkolgre locality of Williamnagar (East
Garo Hills) on March 10 when he was reportedly abducted by a group
of unidentified men. He remains untraceable. It is said that the
abducters have placed a INR 10 million ransom demand for
his safe release.
A Kommu Koya (tribal) dance troupe
organiser Patra Mutyam (55), an activist of the CPI-Marxist, was
allegedly shot dead by suspected cadres of CPI-Maoist at the remote
Tummala village in Chintur mandal of Khammam District.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
from different places of Aurangabad District. Acting on a tip-off,
Police arrested an ‘area commander’ Devilal Yadav along with his
associates, identified as Dularchand Yadav and Madeshwar Yadav,
from an area under the Khudwa Police Station.
A CPI-Maoist cadre Jamadar Yadav
was arrested from Hikshanbigha under Daudnagar Police Station
area.
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BSF personnel seized a cache of
arms and ammunition in the Amritsar sector of Punjab along with
41 kg of heroin worth an estimated INR 2.05 billion.
FICN in denominations of 500 and
1000, amounting to INR 5,62,00,00 were seized from a 49-year-old
man, identified as Ashok Kumar by a Police patrol team in Flower
Bazaar in Chennai.
IM 'Indian operations chief' Yasin
Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar were denied bail in September
2010 Jama Masjid (Delhi) terror attack case.
The Enforcement Directorate registered
a money laundering case against ten people, including Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
'chief', Syed Salahuddin, for allegedly funding terror activities
in the country from across the border.
An NSCN-K source claimed that
one of its cadres was shot dead in Arunachal Pradesh during an
encounter with the Assam Rifles. The place of the incidence was
however not specified.
Three militants of Meghalaya based
outfit UALA were beaten to death by villagers at Majhipara village
along the Assam–Meghalaya border in Goalpara District. Police
said the three had recently served extortion notes to the people
of the area. "The militants came to collect the extortion
money. However, the locals caught them and beat them up leading
to their death,” Police said.
Three militants of Meghalaya based
outfit UALA were beaten to death by villagers at Majhipara village
along the Assam–Meghalaya border in Goalpara District. Police
said the three had recently served extortion notes to the people
of the area. "The militants came to collect the extortion
money. However, the locals caught them and beat them up leading
to their death,” Police said.
Two Assam Rifles personnel,
identified as Warrant Officer Murli and Rifleman MT Santosh have
been killed while two others survived with injuries in a bomb
attack carried out by suspected PLA cadres at Kambang Khullen
in interior Chandel District. Two other Riflemen who sustained
injuries were identified as Ngamei Abhi and Pramod Kalai.
The Presidential Council of the
UNC reaffirmed its positions as resolved in the Joint Meeting
of Representatives of political parties, the UNC, Tribe Presidents,
Presidents of Regional and Frontal Organisations held at Tahamzam
in Senapati District on December 15, 2011.
The Kuki civil society organisations
within Sadar Hills (Senapati District), collectively and unanimously
resolved in a general body meeting held at Kanggui not to endorse
and give any type of ‘taxes’ or donation to any militant organisations
other than KNO/UPF.
An Khaplang faction of NSCN-K
source claimed that one of its cadres was shot dead in Arunachal
Pradesh during an encounter with the Assam Rifles. The place of
the incidence was however not specified.
A cadre of NSCN-KK was reportedly
injured in a firing incident that took place between NSCN-K and
NSCN-KK near the High Court area, Kohima District. Police also
recovered one .32 live round from the spot.
ANVC-B continues to have in its
arsenal an assortment of weapons, including over three dozen AK
series assault rifles, along with small arms and hand grenades,
a cadre of the outfit who was arrested on March 9 revealed. He
also told the Police that the two assault rifles stolen from slain
BSF jawans (troopers) during an ambush in November,
2013, are currently hidden inside the general headquarters of
the group. The militants had also looted from the jawans 100
rounds of ammunition and a walkie-talkie handset.
Fifteen SF personnel were killed
in a CPI-Maoist ambush in Sukma District of south Chhattisgarh.
One civilian, Vikram Nishad, also died in the crossfire, while
three were injured.
An internal document prepared
by the Central leadership of the CPI-Maoist has asked its cadres
to boycott the Lok Sabha elections and specifically names
12 political leaders who are to be targeted along with SFs.
Jammu and Kashmir Police neutralised
a FICN racket and arrested 12 persons along with FICN with the
face value of INR 885000 from Srinagar city of same District.
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Delhi Police filed a supplementary
charge sheet against LeT operative Abdul Karim Tunda in connection
with a case lodged in 1994 relating to recovery of explosives
in Delhi.
Securities and Exchange Board
of India (SEBI) tightened norms aimed at countering money laundering
and terror financing through the capital markets and asked market
entities to conduct detailed risk assessment of their clients,
including those linked to countries facing international sanctions.
Three Motorcycle borne UALA militants
opened fire on a petrol pump in Mendipather town of North Garo
Hills District injuring an employee Umesh Nath. Three men came
up to the petrol station on a motorcycle and demanded money at
gunpoint. On failing to receive any cash they opened fire hitting
pump employee in the stomach.
A student organization leader,
public secretary of the JSM, Sambormi Lyngdoh from East Jaintia
Hills District has joined HNLC. This was also confirmed by the
HNLC’s 'publicity secretary', Sainkupar Nongthraw through a post
in Facebook. Sambormi is a resident of Khliehriat
East of East Jaintia Hills District.
The GNLA has denied having any
hand in the abduction of a GSU leader, Dreambirth G Momin, who
was abducted from Williamnagar in East Garo Hills District.
Miscreants exploded a hand grenade
at the residence of rice supplier, Kh Sanju (34), at Khurai Chingangbam
Leikai in Imphal East District. Although nobody was injured in
the incident, a car (Hyundai Santro) suffered minor damage as
the grenade landed near the garage of the house. It is suspected
that the attack might have been carried out in connection with
a monetary demand
Unknown persons placed a hand
grenade at Thamnapokpi Awang Leikai residence (Bishnupur District)
of Public Works Division (PWD) Executive Engineer Pukhrambam Mani
(50). A team of Manipur Police Bomb Disposal Squad retrieved the
grenade and exploded it safely. The bomb is suspected to have
been planted in connection with monetary demand.
33 AR arrested three NSCN-IM militants
from Coal Mines near Naginimora area in Mon District along with
arms, ammunition and “other war like stores". The NSCN-IM
cadres have been identified as Panreishang Tangkhul and Yalem
Konyak from 'military wing' and Simon Konyak from a 'civil wing'.
29 AR also recovered illegal arms
and ammunition from a house belonging to a militant, Qhevihie
Chishi Swu, from general area Model Colony in Purana Bazar of
Dimapur District. One .9mm pistol, one point 38 revolver, five
magazines of different arms and 146 rounds of ammunition were
recovered.
The KPLT has warned that Nagaland
would be held responsible in case of any retaliatory action from
Karbi Anglong to check intrusion of Naga people inside Assam.
KPLT's statement came after an alleged incursion bid by a section
of people from Nagaland inside forest area of Karbi Anglong and
torching of two houses in a bordering village.
Condemning the “encroachment of
Karbi Anglong land by people of Nagaland”, KPLT 'general secretary'
Ranam Lijang accused the people and government of Nagaland for
illegal land grabbing and termed the recent bid as “motivated
by evil intention.
Unidentified militants hurled
a hand grenade at the residence of one Thangpao Haokip near Galngam
Lentol at Moreh in Chandel District. There grenade failed to explode
and was later retrieved by Police.
An IED weighing around three kilograms
was detected at Keirenphabi along Moirang-Kumbi road under Moirang
Police Station in Bishnupur District.
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma admitted
that the State had not been able to free itself from the mushrooming
of militant outfits. Replying to the debate on the Governor’s
address, he said many youths were joining insurgent groups for
the sake of earning easy money. “Root cause of militancy is complex
and it requires concentrated efforts from all concerned,” Sangma
said even as he admitted that the State Government had not been
able to provide the required support to the Police.
The BTC-regional committee of
AAGSU organized a protest rally in Kokrajhar town (Kokrajhar District)
against the massive extortion, abduction and killings in BTC area
by various militant elements, especially by NDFB-IKS.
The CPI-Maoist cadres had an encounter
with the SFs in Sukhakani Barhahad forest near Dangteka village
of Sambalpur District. After the encounter the SFs also neutralised
a Maoist camp and recovered various materials.
Assam Rifles arrested one NSCN-K
cadre, identified as Wilson H Chishi, ‘regional secretary’ of
Sumi Region in Zunheboto (District) town and seized one pistol
and some other documents from his possession.
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A MCOCA court granted ATS the
transit remand of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal to
take him to Pune (Maharashtra), where his custody would be sought
in the 2010 German bakery blast case.
Four cadres of UNLF including
a ‘lieutenant’ were arrested by Thoubal District Police commandos
from Wabagai Lamkhai under Kakching Police Station in Thoubal
District. A source said that the arrested 'lieutenant' of the
UNLF has been identified as Leishangthem Umakanta of Singjamei.
He was arrested along with a woman cadre and two others.
Remaining fourteen cadres of Nongdrenkhomba
group of KCP-MC surrendered to Assam Rifles with arms and ammunition
before Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and Deputy Chief Minister
Gaikhangam. The cadres belonged to the fighting group of the faction
who had not taken part in the en-masse surrender of cadres of
the group on the day of signing the MoU on September 9, 2013.
GSU leader, Dreambirth G Momin,
who was abducted on March 10, was released unharmed by suspected
militants at Samanda, East Garo Hills.
The Chief Minister made it clear
that the Government would not allow pressure groups demanding
introduction of ILP system in the state to resort to violent agitations.
Replying to the debate on the Governor’s address in the assembly,
he advised the pressure groups rather to engage in dialogue with
the Government. “We are not hostile to our people,” the Chief
Minister asserted.
The NDFB-IKS released a video-clipping
to announce the launch of an 'operation' to assassinate State's
politicians, DGP and SPs, reports The Times of India. The video-clipping
revealed that NDFB-IKS has sent its 35-member "Iragdao
Brigade" to launch "2nd Urailang Operation"
in the State. Sources said the militants have been asked to sacrifice
their lives if need be to accomplish the mission.
A supervisor of Coastal Project
Private Limited, identified as Subodh Kumar Das engaged in railway
construction work from Jiribam to Tupul under the North Eastern
Frontier Railway has been abducted by some unidentified armed
persons from Khulbung village of Tamenglong District in the night
of March 13. It is not yet clear which militant group is behind
the abduction.
Shallang (West Khasi Hills District)
Police is on the lookout for GNLA militants numbering around 12
to 14 who were involved in an encounter with the force on March
11 at Agitchak village, around 30 km from Shallang. Police informed
that two units of the SWAT Team are conducting search operations
in the thick forests of Agitchak area.
A militant leader and second-in-command
of NLFT-BM, Panther Debbarma alias Pandit surrendered
before Police along with his wife and an associate at Kanchanpur
under North Tripura District on March 13.
After the Indian border guards
started using non-lethal weapons instead of sophisticated fire
arms, crimes along the India-Bangladesh border have increased,
an official said at the State’s capital, Agartala.
The MBDPF has sought arrangements
of polling booths in all the seven Bru relief camps of North Tripura
District so that they could exercise their franchise in the forthcoming
parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on April 9 next without
any trouble.
The three-day bi-annual Inspector
General-level Border Co-ordination meeting between the BSF and
BGB was held at the headquarters of BSF Meghalaya frontiers in
Shillong,. While the Indian delegation was led by BSF IG of Assam
frontier, Sudhir Kumar Srivastava, the 20-member Bangladesh delegation
was headed by Brigadier General Mohammad Habibul Karim.
During the meeting, the BSF handed
over a list of 66 camps of northeast insurgents to the Bangladesh
delegation, seeking action against them.
Reacting to the warning issued
by KPLT that Nagaland would be held responsible in case of any
retaliatory action from Karbi Anglong to check intrusion of Naga
people inside Assam, the JAC comprising of members from border
villages in Dimapur said KPLT should “exhibit maturity and embrace
realistic/logistic approach” before going to the media by “flexing
muscles and threatening their neighbours”.
Five SFs, including one Police
official, three CRPF personnel, and a SPO suffered injuries when
an IED was triggered while they were trying to remove it in Chatra
District.
Two SFs personnel were injured
when two teams of security personnel engaged in combing operation
at Kuku forest, near Saryu village of Latehar District fired upon
each other on mistaken identity.
CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze a
petrol pump owned by a BJP, MLA and hurled bombs and opened fire
at his residence in Muzaffarpur District. Around 15-20 Maoists
attacked the petrol pump of Ram Surat Rai in Ahiapur Police Station
area, around 10 km from District Headquarters.
In a late night strike a group
of CPI-Maoist cadres abducted six labourers from Navinagar village
in Jamui District close to the border of Lakhisarai District in
Bihar.
Wireless communication equipments
of the CPI-Maoist were seized during an anti-Maoist operation
in Malkangiri District.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police
neutralised an international racket allegedly involved in smuggling
of FICN with the arrest of four of its members and recovery of
FICN with a face value of INR 4,00,000.
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Bhatkal will be produced before
the Shivajinagar court. A senior Police officer from the ATS,
Pune, confirmed Bhatkal's arrest. "We will produce him before
the court on Friday," the officer said.
The central enforcement and intelligence
agencies have commenced surveillance activities to curb high inflow
Hawala (illegal money transaction) money in Kerala.
The counterfeit currency wing
of the Crime Branch of Criminal Investigation Departement (CID)
neutralised a four-member gang who were trying to exchange FICN
with a face value of INR 1,96,500 in Trichy.
A special court remanded IM 'Indian
operations cheif' Yasin Bhatkal in Police custody for 14 days.
The Maharashtra ATS has custody of Bhatkal who allegedly planted
the bomb in German bakery.
NIA officials claimed that the
DNA fingerprints lifted from various hideouts of IM matched with
that those of Asadullah Akhtar and the absconding Tahseen, both
accused in the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts (February 21, 2013).
Security Forces arrested a militant
of NDFB-IKS, identified as Joel Basumatary from Jalubazar area
under Sidli Police Station in Chirang District.
Security Forces arrested a militant
of NDFB-IKS, identified as Joel Basumatary from Jalubazar area
under Sidli Police Station in Chirang District.
Police arrested one person, who
was assigned by HNLC with the task of helping the new militant
recruits to cross over to Bangladesh, from Pyndemsohsaw village
in East Khasi Hills District, reports The Shillong Times. East
Khasi Hills SP M Kharkrang informed that the arrested person was
identified as Paila Snaitang (38).
Five CPI-Maoist cadres have been
arrested at different places in Giridih District and explosives
and gelatine sticks were recovered from them.
An area committee member of the
CPI-Maoist Galikonda area committee, Janni Mohana Rao, who carried
a reward of INR 100,000 on his head, surrendered before Visakhapatnam
(Rural) Superintendent of Police Vikram Jeet.
Four militants were arrested by
Imphal East Police in different operations. According to a Police
source, Imphal East commandos arrested two cadres of PREPAK-Pro,
identified as Khaidem Joy alias and Moirangthem Budha along with
one demand letter from JNIMS main entrance gate. The source further
said that the same team of Imphal East District.
Police arrested one woman cadre
of MTRA from near Khuman Lampak Inter State Bus terminus. The
arrested woman, identified as Thingreiwon Vasom alias Athing was
personally involved in the bomb attack at the residence of MLA,
Ukhrul District, Samuel Risom on February 19, the source added.
The UNLF has refuted the news
report that Thoubal commandos arrested four of its cadres from
Kakching Lamkhai on March 12, saying that the four arrested are
civilians.
The STF of Bihar Police arrested
four CPI-Maoist 'commanders' from Gandakdiara in Muzaffarpur District.
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The Delhi Police in its chargesheet
filed against alleged LeT operative Abdul Karim Tunda said that
a nexus has been surfaced between Dawood Ibrahim and banned militant
groups like LeT, IM and Babbar Khalsa International.
SFs arrested eleven PLFI cadres
including four women cadres, following a gun-battle with them
in a forested region under Shankargarh Police Station area in
Balrampur District.
The Odisha Police said it needs
an additional 50 companies of Central Forces for the upcoming
general - lower house of Indian Parliament - and State Assembly
elections in Odisha and anti-Naxal forces will not to be
used for the polls.
SFs following an joint two day
long operation, busted a CPI-Maoist camp operating in the jungle
under the Raighar Police Station in Nabarangpur District.
JeM and HM militants launched
pads being prepared for cross-border infiltration in areas of
PoK.
Pedestrians, discovered a live
crude bomb lying beneath a tree some 200 yards away from the Jain
Temple and S D Jain School and college in Kohima District and
informed the Police. The bomb was defused later.
Tension ran high along the Nagaland–Assam
border in Dimapur-Karbi Anglong border area after nine houses
were set ablaze allegedly by encroachers in Khukuri basti area
in Nagaland at the wee. According to Additional Superintendent
of Police (SP-Border, Assam) S Ali Ahmed around 100 persons armed
with sharp weapons, bows and arrows came to Khukuri basti village
near Rangapahar border outpost under Dhansiri Police Station and
set on fire nine houses.
A team of Imphal East District
Police conducted a search operation at New Lambulane area and
arrested one cadre of Unification faction of KRA-U, identified
as Nguljalen Haokip alias Len (37) along with
a mobile handset
Ahead of AICC, Vice-President
Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the State, security measures have been
stepped up at various locations in Thoubal District.
Chhattisgarh Police arrested three
CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Somnath, Manaru Badde and Suben
Salam alias Mukhiya, during a search operation near Kondera
village under Benur Police Station limits in Narayanpur District.
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SFs arrested a top LeT terrorist,
identified as Abdul Lateef Rather, from Bandipora in Badgam District.
SFs recovered an AK-47, two magazines and around 60 rounds of
ammunition were also recovered from the terrorist.
HM militant, identified as Mohammad
Ishaq alias Munna, was arrested by Army and J&K Police from
Degwar Trewan area in Poonch District.
‘Chairman’ of NSCN-IM , Isak Chishi
Swu, has ordered that the group’s ‘ministries and departments’
should have “regular concurrence” with the collective leadership
in matters of “tax collection and loan.”. In a ‘standing azha
(order)’, he said the order has been passed in consultation with
the collective leadership and in view of “national necessity”.
The order is mandatory and comes into immediate effect, said the
azha.
According to the MHA the NDFB
killed as many as 70 people in Assam during the last four years
(2010-14). The Central Government has currently provided 10 additional
companies of the CAPF to assist the State Police in containing
activities of the anti-talks NDFB-IKS. Central intelligence agencies
inputs suggest that the militants might target the common people
in the run up to the parliamentary elections. The MHA has given
special instructions to the law enforcing agencies to maintain
strict vigil in areas where the Hindi-speaking people live.
ULFA-I 'commander in chief' Paresh
Barua has expressed his gratitude to NSCN-K, CorCom of Manipur,
KLO, NDFB and other “brotherly organizations” for their cooperation
and help extended to the ULFA over the years.On the occasion of
its ‘army day,’ (March 16) the ULFA 'commander-in-chief' has called
upon senior leaders of the outfit “not to encourage in negative
thinking and instead try to boost the morale of the cadres who
are fighting the enemy valiantly in the field.”
The ULFA-I asked its members to
re-strengthen the outfit. The outfit fears that certain members
are still in close nexus with the security forces and constantly
working to make dents in the outfit adds the report. At least
eight ULFA-I cadres, including its 'commander' Partha Gogoi, were
executed on the instructions of the ULFA-I's 'commander-in-chief',
Paresh Baruah, for 'conspiring with Police and Security Forces
to engineer a mass surrender of cadres in the last four months.
The NLFT-BM is facing its worst-ever
crisis with lower cadres strongly advocating for ceasefire truce
with the Government. Mistrust between top-rank militant leaders
and lower cadres over misuse of fund has been widening with every
passing day and bloody clashes in the hideouts are likely, NLFT-BM’s
‘second-in-command’ Panthar Debbarma, who surrendered before the
Security Forces at Kanchanpur in North Tripura District recently,
told the sleuths of both Central and State agencies.
According to him, two rebel leaders
namely Parimal Debbarma and Rajkant Debbarma have already come
under the radar of the outfit for alleged misuse of funds collected
through extortion as well as ransom.
A CPI-Maoist couple, identified
as Ganga alias Vikas Podyami (25) and his wife Samlo (22),
residents of Nelnad region of Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh,
allegedly conducting a recce of the movement of SFs ahead of the
Lok Sabha polls, was arrested from Parapur village under
Lohandiguda Police Station limits of Bastar District.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Sancharia Ganju alias Sushama (20) belonging to Ranchi
District of Jharkhand, of Saranda ‘sub-committee’ of Sambalpur-Deogarh-Sundergarh
Division surrendered before Sambalpur District Police.
Jharkhand Police along with CRPF
personnel recovered 44 IEDs at Purnapani village in Jhumra hill
of Bokaro District and defused them.
A week after the CPI-Maoist backed
CMAS leader Nachika Linga announced his plan to surrender and
join mainstream politics, the CPI-Maoist leadership in Koraput
District of Odisha have urged the tribals to disown his plan.
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The report by the Financial Action
Task Force showed that India is the one member of the 34-nation
group ringed by the largest number of countries with a patchy
record, surrounding it.
The Indian customs and other border
patrolling agencies have found that the largest source from where
FICN are pushed into the country is Pakistan.
NSCN-KK expressed the belief that
‘Naga Gurkhas’ could blend with Naga history
and play a positive role in future by reminding that over decades
of Naga political struggle attracted many non-Naga sympathizers
from within and outside. In a statement, the outfit said that
the Gurkhas were perhaps the only community whose
members “enrolled and actively participated in guerilla warfare”
in the Naga struggle.
URF said that it would boycott
the AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi’s proposed visit to Manipur
and called for dawn to dusk statewide general strike on March
19.
Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla
has submitted a memorandum to Chief Election Commissioner V S
Sampath urging him not to allow Bru refugees living in relief
camps in Tripura to exercise their franchise in the April 9 elections
to the state’s lone Lok Sabha seat. A press statement
issued by the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee, said Lal Thanhawla
submitted the memorandum to the CEC in Delhi last week. The Chief
Minister said that if the Bru voters wanted to exercise their
franchise, they should cast their votes inside Mizoram, not in
the relief camps through postal ballots.
Songsak (East Garo Hills) Police
arrested one person identified as Ambar R. Marak (23) and recovered
one pistol along with six rounds of 7.65mm ammunitions from his
possession.
31 Assam Rifles arrested one NSCN-K
cadre, identified as ‘lieutenant’ Imtimeren at Phom basti, Changtongya
in Dimapur District. The troops also recovered one pistol, 12
bore gun and ammunition from his possession.
The HNLC received a jolt when
a senior cadre of the outfit, identified as Syiemlieh alias Lungiut,
surrendered before the East Khasi Hills Superintendant of Police.
Syiemlieh, who recently escaped from Bangladesh to surrendered,
did not deposit any arms and ammunition.
HNLC clarified that youths arrested
by Police in Upper Shillong on March 13 did not have any link
with outfit.
Four persons involved in supplying
explosives, ammunition and medicines to OMP led by Sabyasachi
Panda were arrested from Rahaguda forest in Sorada Police Station
area of Ganjam District of Odisha bordering Kandhamal District.
A secret CPI-Maoist camp operating
in forest under Raighar Police Station limits near Chhattisgarh
border in Nabarangpur District of Odisha was neutralised by Security
Forces following an exchange of fire along with seizure of explosives
and arms.
A cache of arms and ammunition
belonging to Sabyasachi Panda-led OMP were seized from number
of dumps in border areas of Kandhamal and Ganjam Districts of
Odisha.
The Kerala Police procured four
Polaris All-Terrain off-Road Vehicles against the backdrop of
the decision to equip themselves with the state-of-the-art technology
especially in the wake of the CPI-Maoist threat.
The Central Government has expedited
the process of shifting the airstrip for aerial reconnaissance
Drones in LWE affected areas.
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IM is planning to abduct a politician
in New Delhi to secure its 'India operations cheif' Yasin Bhatkal's
release.
A special NIA court issued production
warrants against IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and
his close aide Asadullah Akhtar and suspected IM operative Obaid-Ur-Rehman
seeking their presence before it on April 2 in connection with
a case of alleged conspiracy to carry out terror acts in India.
Explosives, grenades and detonators,
were recovered from two persons in Baksa District . Altogether
26 pieces of high explosives, 36 grenades, 19 detonators and a
bomb shell were recovered from the two at Kalajhar under Tamulpur
Police Station, IGP-BTAD L R Bishnoi said.
A resolution on the need to create
a separate Garoland State was defeated by a voice vote in the
Meghalaya Assembly. Moving the resolution, GNC member, Clifford
Marak said that since there was lack of development in Garo Hills,
it would be ideal to create a separate State for Garos. According
to Marak, there was a major disparity between the Garos and the
Khasi-Jaintia population, both socially and economically. It was,
however, rejected by a voice vote in the House.
With the Meghalaya Government
making it clear that it was not keen on a division of the State,
the move of the GNLA to hold talks with the State Government has
hit a roadblock since, the creation of a separate Garo State is
the key demand of the militant outfit.
With civil contractors reluctant
to take up road construction work in CPI-Maoist-hit areas, the
CRPF has for the first time taken upon itself to build a 7-km
stretch in Sukma District of chhattisgarh.
The Centre has deputed 70 IPS
officers of Inspector General level and 6,000 troops to assist
the Election Commission in ensuring free and fair elections in
insurgency prone areas of the country.
Gumla District Police of Jharkhand
arrested two PLFI cadres from two different locations of the District.
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BSF seized FICN of face value
nearly INR 14,00,000 near the Indo-Bangladesh border in the Baishnabnagar
Police Station area of Malda District.
Representatives of NSCN-K, ULFA-I,
NDFB-IKS and the Manipur-based PLA will participate in the deliberations
for creation of an umbrella organisation in Taga of Sagaing division
in north-western Myanmar on March 20. The meeting is likely to
be convened by NSCN-K 'chairman' S.S. Khaplang, an influential
leader in parts of northern Myanmar. However, it is going to be
ULFA-I 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Baruah who will be the main
operator in the group.
The GNLA released the names of
12 people to act as mediators for talks with the Government and
urged upon Meghalaya Governor K K Paul to approve their names.
GNLA ‘commander-in-chief’ Sohan D Shira announced the names of
the 12 mediators through a ‘notification’ from the outfit’s ‘military
affairs’ committee.
Elvis Syiemlieh, an HNLC cadre
who escaped from Bangladesh and surrendered on March 17 before
the Superintendent of Police, East Khasi Hills District revealed
the sufferings of HNLC cadres during their stay with the militant
outfit. Syiemlieh on March 19 revealed that he was getting an
amount of only INR 150 per month during his stay in the camp of
the militant outfit in Chittagong (Bangladesh). He also revealed
that one of the cadres of the outfit, Tensing Syiemlieh even died
in their camp in Bangladesh.
Misappropriation of funds by senior
'commanders', growing resource crunch, food crisis and the wide
gap between the lifestyles of leaders and that of NLFT-BM cadres
have led to situation with disaffection among cadres running high.
NDFB-IKS demanded money from at
least five candidates who are contesting the ensuing Lok
Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) elections. Police
sources said that two of those who received demands from the militant
outfit, Bhupen Bora, the Congress candidate from Tezpur Lok
Sabha constituency and Dr Parvez Ahmed, Trinamool Congress
candidate for Barpeta constituency, have already reported the
issue to the Police and their security has been tightened. However,
the others who reportedly received calls from the militants are
yet to report to the Police, sources added.
Police recovered two AK-56 rifles
meant for NDFB-IKS militants from Chapaguri area in Chirang District.
The arms were brought from Nagaland and were supposed to be handed
over to cadres of the outfit at Barpeta Road.
The CPI-Maoist wants the Election
Commission of India to legalise the citizens' right to boycott
polls.
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A court in New Delhi dismissed
the bail application of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal
and his aide Asadullah Akhtar in the September 13 2008 Greater
Kailash (New Delhi) blast case.
Chief electoral officer Umang
Narula said that due to the prevailing security situation in J&K,
as many as 4,059 polling booths in the state's total 9,633 polling
stations have been declared as critical.
In a handwritten poster, LeT has
named eighteen people, who according to the outfit are indulging
in liquor trade, gambling and drug peddling, in Sopore town of
Baramulla District.
SFs intercepted a vehicle
and arrested four persons, identified as Ramen Gogoi, Kulen Basa,
Bitupan Barua and Arup Chutia, on NH-37 at Tiloinagar in Moran
town of Dibrugarh District. Bitupan and Arup are former ULFA militants.
SFs also recovered an AK-81 rifle, two magazines, a 7.65 pistol,
three phones and four SIM cards from them.
SFs, after an encounter, arrested
a KPLT militant, Mansing Tokbi, from Model village in Karbi Anglong
District. SFs recovered one with one 7.65 pistol, 7 live ammunition
and one mobile hand set from him.
First batch of Rengma Nagas who
were displaced following tension between Rengma Nagas and Karbis
and who took refuge in several relief camps since December 20
,2013 returned home in Chokihola region under Nilip development
block in Karbi Anglong District. Following an official letter
issued by Prasanta Buragohain Deputy Commissioner (DC) Karbi Anglong
on March 14, 542 Rengmas out of the 1002 who have been camping
in Silonijan High School moved out for their homes. “Till now
787 Rengmas were taking shelter in three relief camps said RNSU
President.
SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS militant,
identified as Saitom Rabha (20),from Khetri area of Guwahati and
seized a US-made 9mm pistol and three rounds of ammunition from
him.
The KSU would continue to demand
for the implementation of ILP in Meghalaya to check influx and
illegal immigration, KSU president, Daniel Khyrïem asserted.
NSCN-KK celebrated its 34th Republic
day at Khehoi designated camp in Dimapur with Alezo Venuh, envoy
to the ‘collective leadership’ as the chief guest. Venuh in his
speech highlighted on the ‘significance’ of the ‘Naga Republic
day’ and challenged members present to be more vigilant and to
reaffirm to the National cause with dedication.
At least five Chinese grenades
were recovered from the residential complex of a retired driver,
Chaoba Singh, of the State Police Department at Imphal West's
Uripok area on March 20. The grenades were suspected to have been
kept there by militant cadres to conduct subversive activities
in Imphal valley, he added.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including
two women, surrendered before Police in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Left-Wing Extremism infested areas
in the country are very much under the control of the despite
the fact that the CPI-Maoist cadres killed several CRPF men in
the recent past, said Senior Security Advisor to the MHA K Vijaykumar.
The CPI-Maoist cadres burned a
JCB machine deployed in road construction work at Nekhavaya village
in Kukanar area of Bastar District of Chhattisgarh.
Four suspected CPI-Maoist cadres,
identified as Devsingh Wadde, Amru Potai, Dasu Kachlam and Santer
Salaam, all aged between 25 and 30 years and active members of
Nelnaar-Kohkameta dalam of CPI-Maoist were arrested during
a search operation at Edkamar village in Narayanpur District of
Chhattisgarh.
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One of the two alleged facilitators
of IM has been found to have links with Abu Salem.
Union Home Minister, Sushilkumar
Shinde said the government has no information about possible threat
to BJP leaders from terror groups and adequate protection has
been given to BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
In the October 29, 2005 Delhi
serial blasts case, a trial court sentenced two convicts to five
years' imprisonment for funding the blasts.
NIA opposed in the Delhi High
Court the bail plea of Asadullah Akhtar, aide of IM 'India operations
chief' Yasin Bhatkal, saying he is a member of the banned terror
outfit allegedly responsible of various attacks in the country.
Unidentified militants picked
up a civilian, Harsing Bey (35), from his residence located at
Men Terang village under Dokmoka Police Station in Karbi Anglong
District on March 20 and shot him dead, his dead body was recovered
from a paddy field, about 1 kilometre from his house. Police suspects
that the KNLA militants had demanded money from him and he also
paid a part of the demanded money to the KNLA.
NDFB-IKS termed Bhupen Bora, the
Congress candidate from Tezpur Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian
Parliament) constituency, as “anti-Bodo”. In a statement emailed
to the media, NDFB-IKS leader B.R. Ferenga asked Bodo people not
to vote for Bora alleging he was behind the anti-Bodo and other
anti-tribal organisations in the state. the threat has prompted
Assam Police to review and upgrade Bhupen Bora’s security. Inspector-General
of Police (law and order) S.N. Singh told there was a threat
to Bora’s life from the outfit and additional arrangements have
been made for his security. He, however, refused to divulge what
arrangements had been made.
GNLA shot dead Servison R Sangma,
the cousin of its own ‘chairman’ Champion Sangma for deserting
the outfit even as it claimed that the killing was ‘accidental’.
A 12-member group of armed GNLA militants led by its ‘action commander’
Ajan Ch Marak alias Jimmy Momin came down to Asiragre village,
three kilometres from Williamnagar (East Garo Hills District),
and targeted the home of Servison.
NSCN-IM ‘President’ Isak Chishi
Swu in his address during the 34th ‘Naga Republic Day’ celebration
at Camp Hebron in Dimapur District asserted that “NSCN has never
ever deserted the cause” of the Nagas. He said thousands cadres
were fully prepared to defend the cause of the Nagas in days to
come.
CFMG has issued security instructions
to all NSCN factions in view of the ensuing Lok Sabha (Lower House
of Indian Parliament) election. In a communiqué addressed to all
the NSCN factions, CFMG chairman Lieutenant General (retd.) N.K.
Singh said with the announcement of 16th Lok Sabha elections to
be conducted from April 7 to May 12 across the country and on
April 9 in Nagaland, all District administrations have been issued
instructions that no one other than Security Forces would carry
any fire arms so as to ensure peaceful polls. Therefore, all factions
of NSCN have been asked to conform to the instructions with the
essential objective of ensuring peaceful polls, said Singh.
ACAUT, Nagaland, would begin its
State-wide tour and public meeting starting from March 24.
The displaced people of Bru community
from neighbouring Mizoram, now sheltered in six evacuee camps
in North Tripura District, will be allowed to vote through postal
ballots, the Tripura CEO said. Bru voters, whose names are registered
in the electoral rolls of Mizoram, would be allowed to exercise
their franchise through postal ballot papers from April 1 to 3,
Tripura CEO Ashutosh Jindal said. About 37,000 refugees in the
relief camps belong to 10 assembly constituencies in Mamit, Kolasib
and Lunglei Districts of Mizoram, State election department sources
said.
The flying squads and static surveillance
teams operating under ECI to monitor MCC in respect of ensuing
simultaneous elections in Arunachal Pradesh have seized arms and
ammunitions along with cash and other materials, including IMFL,
during security checking at different parts of the state. The
team has seized cash amount of INR 13,70,800, two .32 revolvers
with 34 numbers of ammunitions, one SBBL gun and 50 ammunitions,
20 sharp weapons, 3,184 bottles of IMFL. Since the inception of
MCC on March 5, 2014, both the squads and Police seized an amount
of INR 71,10,800, 237 numbers of sharp weapons, 89 mobile sets,
opium 50 grams, 4 kg ganja (cannabis), two .32 revolvers with
34 numbers of ammunitions, two numbers of 12 bore SBBL guns with
50 rounds, 21 SBBL gun 4 numbers, sources added. The security
checking would be continued in the state till the casting of ballots
for simultaneous elections to be held on April 9, sources added.
Soldiers from the Army's Red Shield
Division arrested two HPC-D cadres, identified as Laldikshak (27)
and Didi Vanlalthrate (28) during an operation at Tuibong in Churachandpur
District, a defence statement said. Two 7.65 mm pistols and six
bullets were recovered from them; the statement said and added
that they were handed over to Police.
SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS militant
from an undisclosed hotel in Guwahati. SFs recovered a .9mm pistol
and three rounds of ammunition from the militant.
A Maoist carrying reward of INR
5,000 on his head was killed in an encounter with Police in forest
area of Gundipur village under Bijapur Police Station limits in
Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Suspected cadres of PLFI killed
the mukhiya of Bandgaon block in West Singhbhum District
of Jharkhand.
A squad of the CPI-Maoist opened
fire at a social gathering at Khunti District of Jharkhand, 30
km from Ranchi, injuring two villagers, including the younger
brother of a SPO and set fire to a jeep.
Personnel of 29 Assam Rifles arrested
three alleged arms dealers in general area Burma Camp, Dimapur
District. The individuals, identified as Vetatso Chakhesang, Sashi
Aier and Athikho Lea, were arrested along with two 7.65 mm pistols
and four magazines. On questioning, the three revealed that they
were planning to sell those weapons to an unidentified person
in Assam.
Troops of 31 Assam Rifles during
a routine patrol, reportedly arrested one NSCN-IM cadre from 18
Mile Junction, Tuli in Mokokchung District. The cadre, identified
as B Phuhlom Phom was arrested along with one pistol, four rounds
of live ammunition and "some extortion notes".
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Four IM terrorists were arrested
by the Delhi Police Special Cell from Rajasthan. IM top 'commander'
Waqas alias Javed Mohammmad alias Zia Ur Rehman
is a Pakistani who came to India for the first time in September
2010, along with Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi. Waqas was
arrested outside Ajmer railway station when he alighted from a
train, which came from Bandra. His three associates, identified
as Mohammad Mahruf (21), Mohammad Waqar Azhar alias Haneef
(21), both residents of Jaipur, and Shaquib Ansari alias Khalid
(25), were arrested at his instance from their residences with
the help of Rajasthan Police.
Suspected GNLA militants attacked
a SWAT team at Ambari near Shallang in West Khasi Hills District
in the morning. GNLA militants numbering around 12 to 14 carrying
heavy arms came to Songsak toll gate for extorting money to the
trucks. Sallang Police after getting the information about the
presence of GNLA rebels in the area rushed a SWAT team to the
spot. GNLA militants attacked the Swat team as soon as it reached
the spot.
Four militants of the armed ZRF,
including its ‘commander-in-chief’, have reportedly been arrested
by the Police during a search operation conducted on March 22
at National Games Village, Zone-II in Imphal West District. One
7.65 pistol, two magazines and four live rounds concealed inside
a guitar was recovered from them. Identifying the four as ZRF
‘commander-in-chief’ Songlianlal Hangsing alias Lalpu
(52), Kamsuanlian Mantuang alias Michael (39),
Ginlalsiam Phiamphu alias Zonathan (34) and Mawirousanga
Guite (25) the Police maintained that investigation revealed about
the seized arms and ammunition being used in kidnapping and extortion
by the ZRF cadres.
MPP President Sovakiran N has
demanded the closure of the camps of the NSCN-IM located in some
hill Districts of the State. Talking to reporters, he said that
it was a matter of concern that the NSCN-IM had celebrated its
raising day in a camp in Chandel District bordering Myanmar on
March 21.
PLA cadre, Thokchom Kunje, has
been cleared by a Court in Imphal in the IPS officer killing case.
The Court has asked for the release of the PLA cadre as he has
no other cases against him. IPS officer Miss Vandana Malik was
killed in an ambush launched by suspected PLA cadres at Konthoujam
Lamkhai in Imphal West District on April 8, 1989.
SFs arrested two militants of
the NDFB-IKS along with a computer professional in Baksa District.
SFs recovered an AK-56 rifle, a magazine, seven rounds of ammunition,
three grenades, two detonators and some extortion notes from the
trio. The trio was identified as Ratneswar Boro alias Ritha
and Rabiram Basumatary alias B. Rabha, along
with a computer professional, Dipen Basumatary. However, IGP-BTAD
L.R. Bishnoi, following the arrests, said Police arrested two
militants from Kosukata village. The third was also arrested from
the same village based on the confession of the other two.
ULFA-I is desperate to make its
presence felt in the run-up to the ensuing Lok Sabha (Lower
House of Indian Parliament) polls, but the outfit does not have
a strong presence on the ground to continue with a sustained offensive
in any part of the State. The outfit desperately wanted to show
its strength in the run-up to the elections, particularly because
of the fact that the first phase of the polls will be held on
April 7, which is the foundation day of the outfit.
AR along with Nagaland Police
arrested one person identified as Roko Angami (43) in Bayavu Hill,
Kohima District. The team recovered one 7.65mm pistol with nine
live rounds of ammunition.
NSCN-K, Sumi region, has refuted
the claim of AR arresting two of cadres on March 12, saying it
was “false and far from truth.”
Naga National Council/Federal
Government of Nagaland (NNC/FGN) celebrated ‘59th
Nagaland Republic Day’ at Chedema Peace Camp in Kohima District
on March 22.
NNC-NA also observed ‘58th Naga
Republic Day’.
Seven labourers who were abducted
by CPI-Maoist cadres from Navinagar in Jamui District of Bihar
ten days ago were released.
Fresh anti-poll posters put up
by CPI-Maoist cadres have surfaced at Parsali panchayat
office of Kalyansingpur block in Rayagada District of Odisha leaving
local leaders worried over the peaceful conduct of Lok Sabha
and State Assembly elections in the State.
Gajapati District Police arrested
a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Kumuta Gamanga under R Udaygiri
Police Station limits.
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu
Rio asserted that the most important issue before the people of
the State was the Naga political issue. He said that since the
ruling DAN alliance formed the Government for the third term on
March 6, 2013, it was playing a positive role in bringing an early
solution to Naga political settlement and they were still committed
to the issue. However, he said the political issue was between
the Centre and underground forces, adding that the State Government
could not take part in the talks directly.
Police arrested three Bangladeshi
nationals during a vehicle checking at Ratacherra area in East
Jaintia Hills District. The arrested trio was identified as Mohammad
Umar Farukh (18), Mohammad Isub Ali (18) and Mohammad Jaynal Uddin
(18). Police said that they entered into India without valid documents,
with the help of one Indian national Sumba Das (22) who is working
as a Supervisor of coal mine in Khliehriat area of the same District.
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IB issued a specific alert of
a possible “human bomb” targeting a rally of BJP)Prime Ministerial
nominee Narendra Modi.
Criminal Charles Sobhraj claimed
that he worked as an arms dealer for Taliban after befriending
JeM 'chief' Masood Azhar in Tihar (Delhi) prison and was even
associated with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) .
Sources in the Central intelligence
agencies said that in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls,
security agencies and border guarding forces have been told to
particularly be alert to FICN networks becoming over active across
India as the security agencies busy themselves on other fronts.
The ‘chairman’ of JKLF Muhammad
Yasin Malik said that elections in Kashmir are being used to suppress
right to freedom.
Survey Engineer Deep Mondal (25),
who was abducted by Bru men and NLFT militants on November 23,
2013 and was in captivity since then in Bangladesh, was
released by the abductors on March 23 night. Police officials
told PTI over phone from Mizoram-Bangladesh border
that Mondal was brought to the Mizoram border on March 24th morning.
“He would undergo thorough medical check-up before proceeding
towards Aizawl,” the officials said. Mondal, a survey engineer
working with Noida-based Telecom Network Solution, was abducted
from Tuipuibari in Mamit District, near Bangladesh border along
with two Mizo drivers.
SFs recovered an IED weighing
three kilogram from a bamboo yard at Ramnagar area in Sonari in
Sivasagar District.
NTTU alleged that the union members
were under “heavy taxation” imposed by ‘Naga political groups’
as well as the forest department forcing the timber farmers and
traders out of business. The union asked the Naga political groups
whether the route to “sovereignty” or “independence” was through
heavy taxation imposed on their “own brothers” who were tree farmers
and plantation owners and who were trying to make an honest living
by the sweat of their brow.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Kedar Yadav, was arrested from a hideout at Khaira under Garhi
Bazar locality of Jamui District of Bihar.
Noted Muslim cleric Maulana Abdul
Qavi, wanted by Police for the last ten years, was arrested by
Ahmedabad's Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) from New Delhi airport
for alleged anti-national activities and having links with terror
groups LeT and JeM.
Five CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
from a weekly market in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
Security Forces arrested 'Sergeant
Major' of NSCN-K, identified as Gaikhonglung Kamei alias
Khang and recovered one 9mm Pistol and five rounds at Nonei Bazaar
in Tamenglong District.
There have been 30 cases of bomb
blasts between January and March 23, 2014, apart from 27 cases
of planting bombs. According to reports published in Imphal based
daily newspapers, out of the total 57 cases of bomb blasts/plantation,
50 cases were never claimed by any group or individual. State
Home Minister Gaikhangam conceded that the incidents of bomb blasts
have become a serious issue. Even though most of the bomb attacks
were carried out by militant groups, they did not own it for fear
of public wrath. They used young people given to drugs for transportation
of explosives.
The NDFB-IKS has declared 12 hours
Sonitpur bandh (general shutdown) on March 27 in protest
against the visit of Indian National Congress Vice President Rahul
Gandhi at Tezpur in Sonitpur District.
19th Assam Rifles (AR) personnel
arrested a person, identified as Mhasibeituo (20), from T Khel
Market in Kohima town (Kohima District) for extorting money in
the name of NSCN-K.
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Unidentified miscreants launched
a grenade attack at the residence of Mohammad Ramizuddin (42) at
Sangaiyumpham Puleipokpi in Thoubal District. Ramizuddin is a member
of Sangaiyumpham Panchayat (village level local self-government
institution). Part of the house was damaged in the blast although
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Waqas has confessed to undergoing
intense training in Pakistan before he came to India to join IM,
according to sources in the Delhi Police.
All special division CID units
in Tamil Nadu have been urged to keep tabs on activities of suspected
fundamentalists following the arrest of Waqas and his accomplices.
IM 'India operations chief' Yasin
Bhatkal's aide Asadullah Akhtar was in touch with Mohammad Atif
Ameen, who died in the September 19, 2008 Batla House shootout,
for planning Delhi serial blasts, Delhi Police told a court in
New Delhi.
A team of NIA raided the places
of three IM modules in Sanjarpur and one of Kotwali area in Azamgarh
District of Uttar Pradesh on Mrach 24 to begin the process of
their property attachment.
A group of 2-3 militants fired
at an Army patrol at village Dadsara in the Tral area of Pulwama
District. The Deputy Inspector General of Police, South Kashmir,
Vijay Kumar, said, "Army fired back, however, there was no causality
from either side. Militants left behind one pouch, one pistol,
magazines and a bag that was recovered by security forces during
searches."
Ahead of the upcoming Parliamentary
Elections, militant groups operating in the Kashmir Valley have
threatened Sarpanches (head of Panchayats, village level local
self Government institution) and Panches (member of Panchayats)
to resign from their membership.
SFs recovered explosives and wireless
sets from a CPI-Maoist hideout in Munger District of Bihar. Launching
a major combing and search operation against the Maoists in Barkhi
Kanani area of Bhimbandh forest, the SFs recovered over 2,000
electronic detonators, 24 wireless sets, besides uniforms and
literature.
The CPI-Maoist has appointed a
new 'spokesperson' in Dandakaranya in central India.
GNLA has to wait till the formation
of a new Government in Centre to materialize the desire of holding
talks with the Government. Joint Secretary, in charge North East,
MHA Shambu Singh said that only the new Government will take a
call on the talk offer of GNLA.
Based on 'one government one tax'
resolution passed on October 31, 2013, rally in Dimapur, the ACAUT,
Nagaland team began its State-wide tour at Mon District on March
24 to seek the mandate of the public and to get first hand information
on the grievances faced by the public due to unabated taxation
by militants.
Nine villages of Dimapur District,
including Sangtamtilla village, Indisen village, Rilan village,
Kashiram village, Angami Signal village, Aoyimkum village, Kacharigoan
village and Thahekhu village have reaffirmed to stand firmly by
October 31, 2013, public rally against unabated taxation resolution
of "one government one tax" and resolved to pay tax to only 'one
government'.
FNR said that there was a necessity
to acquire 'public opinion' on how to take the reconciliation
process forward. It said that FNR was still hoping that leaders
of different 'political groups' would re-affirm their commitments
to the reconciliation process for a common future even in the
present context while collectively taking up the 'aspirations
of the people'.
Security Forces launched an operation
in Sunrise Ground near Tamil Sangam, Ward Number 4, Moreh in Chandel
District, and arrested one MNPF cadre, identified as Sothangmi
Lungleng.
NSA Shiv Shankar Menon expressed
his concern about the use of smart phones with more advanced computing
capability and connectivity than basic phones by terrorists and
criminal elements. These phones were enabling terrorists as well
as rumour-mongers to communicate with one another faster, leading
to incidents like mass exodus of people of the northeast from
different parts of the country as witnessed in the last communal
and ethnic riots in BTC area [Assam], said Shiv Shankar Menon.
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Tehsin Akthar, who is suspected
to have replaced arrested IM 'India Operations Chief' Yasin Bhatkal,
has been detained by a special team of Delhi Police from Samastipur,
near the India-Nepal border, in Bihar.
Barkat Ali, an alleged accomplice
of suspected IM terrorist Mohammad Sakib Ansari, was arrested
in Jodhpur (Rajasthan).
A well-coordinated network of
IM sleeping cell was in existence in Rajasthan for the past few
months. "It was a completely different module of IM cropping up
in Rajasthan.
Waqas told investigators that
he had burnt two fingers while planting a bomb at Varanasi's Sheetla
Ghat in 2010 as its detonator exploded but he pretended to be
a victim and escaped.
Waqas told investigators that
he had burnt two fingers while planting a bomb at Varanasi's Sheetla
Ghat in 2010 as its detonator exploded but he pretended to be
a victim and escaped.
An advanced team of highly trained
Pakistani terrorists was going to enter India next month to assist
IM disrupt the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) polls,
an intelligence officer claimed on the basis of the interrogation
of Waqas.
As reported earlier, Police arrested
one Barqat Ali who allegedly arranged explosives for IM in Jodhpur.
DIG Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) Range
Sanjai Kakkad said that officials were well entrenched with inputs
from intelligence and other agencies regarding possibility of
terror activities during election period.
DIG Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) Range
Sanjai Kakkad said that officials were well entrenched with inputs
from intelligence and other agencies regarding possibility of
terror activities during election period.
At least three Policemen were
injured when suspected CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine
blast in Khunti District of Jharkhand.
A JAP-3 trooper, Abdul Sattar
Roy, was injured in an encounter with the CPI-Maoist cadres at
Bhumphore village near the bank of Kanahar River under Dhurki
Police Station limits of Garwah District of Jharkhand.
Nine suspected Maoists, including
four women cadres, were arrested by Security Personnel during
an operation in Dalma hill area in Seraikela-Kharswan District
of Jharkhand.
A joint team of CRPF and State
Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Jagan Tudu from
Shiyarbinda village of Belpahari area of West Medinipur in West
Bengal and seized a large cache of arms and ammunition.
The security personnel recovered
a powerful landmine from Maheshduba village under Ghatsila Sub-Division
of East Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
Bokaro Police and the CRPF troopers
were engaged in an encounter with the CPI-Maoist cadres at Kanshidih
forest area in Jhumra under Gomia Police Station of Bokaro District,
Jharkhand.
Jharkhand Police confirmed the
arrest of two cadres of PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist,
who were involved in a landmine blast that injured three security
officials in Khunti District, Jharkhand.
Two SF personnel were injured,
in an encounter with militants of the NDFB-IKS, near Bombay Centre
at Mazbat in Udalguri District. The injured duo was identified
as Sindhe Prasad of CoBRA battalion of CRPF and Joyanta Roy of
Assam Police.
Two SF personnel were injured,
in an encounter with militants of the NDFB-IKS, near Bombay Centre
at Mazbat in Udalguri District. The injured duo was identified
as Sindhe Prasad of CoBRA battalion of CRPF and Joyanta Roy of
Assam Police.
Two BJP leaders from Sonari in
Sivasagar District, Anup Singh Rajpurohit and Bina Rani Bhumiz,
lodged a Police complaint of receiving an extortion demand of
INR 500,000 each from ULFA-I.
Secretary home affairs' of URF
Puyam Ruhini, a representative of three armed groups that entered
into a truce with the government, claimed to be facing threat
from the armed CorCom (six valley based militant outfits) conglomerate
apart from enduring continuous 'harassment' from security personnel.
'Puyam Ruhini who claimed to be the spokesperson of KCP-Taibangnganba,
Athouba group of KYKL-MDF and URF said that the CorCom had not
only threatened to attack cadres of peace deal signatory groups
but also eliminate top leaders of the outfits.
The 13 pressure groups fighting
for the implementation of ILP have expressed surprise over the
delay on the part of the Government to call them for talks. In
a statement issued KSU general secretary Auguster Jyrwa said that
though the pressure groups had sent a reminder to the Chief Minister
Mukul Sangma two weeks back to have a meeting with him, there
was no response from him. The pressure groups demanded that the
Government should immediately call them for talks on ILP.
GNLA militants shot down three
overground workers of the UALA at Darang Dachit village in South
Garo Hills District. The three were reportedly picked on un-confirmed
date from a village in East Garo Hills by the name of Chima Dachitgittim
and then taken across to the South Garo Hills.
SFs arrested three KYKL militants,
Soibam (N) Memcha alias Ibema (35), Mohammad Sakin Ahamad (26)
and Lourembam Dhiren Meitei (36), from Meitei Lamkhai Lilong Chajing
along National Highway (NH)-2 in Imphal West District.
SFs arrested a Manipur Naga Revolutionary
Front (MNRF-Len faction) militant, Athary Hormi Tangkhul (36),
at tri-junction of Mayai Keithel (Yairipok) in Thoubal District.
SFs arrested a UNLF militant,
'lieutenant' Ningthoujam Dhanajit alias Abotomba alias
Bobby (42) while conducting frisking and checking at Arapti
Lamkhai in Thoubal District.
State Government asked militants
under tripartite SoO with the State and Central government not
to involve in the ensuing Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament)
elections and remain in their designated camps. An official source
said that leaderships of the militants groups have been asked
to ensure that they stay away from involvement in the elections
by remaining in their respective designated camps. This was decided
in a meeting was convened with representatives of leaderships
of the underground groups and State Government which was chaired
by State Government's Principal Secretary (Home) J Sureshbabu.
Police personnel manning Peducha
Police check post (Kohima District) arrested two NSCN-KK militants,
'captain' Neisalie (35) and 'corporal' Kughavi (20), for extorting
money from vehicles along the Highway.
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A Delhi court sent IM 'commander'
Tehseen Akhtar in Police remand till April 2, 2014.
NIA which is probing the Vagamon
SIMI camp case had found that one of the accused in the case,
Mansar Imam had close links with Tehseen Akthar.
BSF troops recovered a pistol,
ammunition and six packets of narcotic drugs from the Bhikiwind
Sector of the Amritsar frontier along the India-Pakistan border
in Punjab.
Two suspected Pakistani militants,
identified as Murtaza and Owais, were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh
Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) from Gorakhpur city of Gorakhpur District.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police
dismissed the bail plea of LeT militants Mohammad Rashid and Mohammad
Shahid, who were arrested from Mewat Region of Haryana on December
17, 2013 while allowing the application of Police seeking more
time to conclude their probe against the two.
The ATS of the Rajasthan Police
took over the investigation of IM modules in the state.
The arrest of IM operative Waqas,
a Pakistani national, would help establish the "missing links"
in the probe into the September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack,
Delhi Police told a court.
IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal has
been tapping new recruits in India through social networking sites.
IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal has
been tapping new recruits in India through social networking sites.
SFs neutralised a militant hideout
in Shokbab Sahib area of Bandipora District and recovered large
quantity of arms and ammunition.
A CPI-Maoist 'commander', identified
as Dhansingh Korram (35) alias Sukhdev, who carried a reward
of INR 20,000 on his head, was arrested in Narayanpur District,
Chhattisgarh.
CPI-Maoist has issued warning
to the Judges in Chhattisgarh saying that that they will face
trial in the Jan Adalat (people's court) who award punishment
to the tribals "without any evidence or under instructions from
the Police."
Police have launched combing operation
to trace the GNLA militants who shot down three people at Darang
Dachit village in South Garo Hills recently. South Garo Hills
SP Lakador Syiem confirmed the involvement of GNLA in the killing
of the three men. He also said that it is not clear whether three
people who were shot dead belonged to any militant outfit but
Police suspected the three deceased persons to be overground workers
of the UALA.
The 59th 'Republic Day' of NNC-Singnya
in the 'Western' and 'Eastern sector' was celebrated at Yoruba
National Prayer House and Noklak town (Tuensang District) of Chakhesang
and Khiamniungan regions respectively.
One cadre of KCP-Noyon, identified
as one Chesam Muhammad Abdul Rashid was arrested along with one
Chinese hand grenade during a search operation conducted by Thoubal
Police Commandos at Sangaiyumpham in Thoubal District on March
26. He was reportedly involved in carrying out a grenade attack
at the Sangaiyumpham Puleipokpi residence of SangaiyumphamGram
Panchayat (village level locals self Government) Member Muhammad
Ramizuddin in the intervening night of March 23 and 24.
Hundreds of people businessmen,
students, NGOs and well wishers gathered at Town Hall Mokokchung
District to attend the public meeting cum tour organized by ACAUT.
Imphal West District Police arrested
three KYKL militants in three separate incidents in the District.
One KYKL cadre identified as Thangjam Basanta alias Abu
was arrested from Sagolband Thangjam Leirak. Another cadre of
KYKL, identified as Haobam Sunil alias was arrested from
his residence at Chingamathak Nameirakpam Leikai on the same day.
Another cadre of the same outfit identified as Tongbram Geetkumar
alias Bablu (44) was also arrested from his home at Haobam Marak
Keisham Leikai on the same day.
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The IM planned to hit tourism
in India by targeting famous places like the Taj Mahal in Agra
(Uttar Pradesh) and Pushkar in Rajasthan.
According to sources in the Delhi
Police, Tehseen Akhtar told them during interrogation that two
highly trained fidayeens (suicide attackers) had gone to
Uttar Pradesh.
Official of the Pune District
administration attached the house of terror suspect Mohsin Chaudhary
at Manisha Complex in Mitha Nagar area of Kondhwa.
Militants replenishing their ranks
to around 130 armed and active militants in the Kashmir Valley.
"There are 130 militants active in the valley," Inspector General
of Police (IGP) Abdul Ghani Mir told. However, he said, the Police
have "an upper hand after successful operations in south Kashmir".
An Army soldier was injured in
a firing along the LoC at Nangi Tikri Post in Krishna Ghati Sector
of Poonch District.
About 100 CPI-Maoist cadres blew
up two mobile towers, exploding powerful bombs, at Manjhauli and
Dumaria Bazar villages of Gaya District of Bihar, ahead of BJP
Prime Ministerial Candidate Narendra Modi's election rallies.
Train services between Muzaffarpur
and Sitamarhi in Bihar were disrupted following a bomb explosion
triggered by CPI-Maoist on the railway track.
Four militia members of CPI-Maoist
surrendered before Assistant Superintendent of Police of Pader
in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh.
The Union Home Ministry has alerted
the Kerala State Police about the possibility of the CPI-Maoist
trying to create trouble during the Lok Sabha polls on April 10.
SFs arrested two KPLT militants
along with a linkman at Mentila near Diphu in Karbi Anglong District.
The arrested militants were identified as Songja Teron and Longbiram
Kramsa. The linkman was identified as Rohit Kramsa. SFs also recovered
two 7.65 mm pistols, two magazines and six rounds of live ammunition
their possession.
SFs arrested a suspected KPLT
extortionist Samson Rongpi in Karbi Anglong District. Samson Rongpi
had demanded INR 300,000 from a Diphu based contractor.
GNLA has threatened to disrupt
the poll campaigns of the Congress in Garo Hills and unleash terror
on party workers unless the State Government clarifies its position
on the proposed peace talks within three days. GNLA political
secretary Bikdot Nikjang Marak issued a statement to the media
questioning the two different statements doing the rounds on its
offer of talks. The outfit pointed out that Chief Minister Mukul
Sangma had recently stated in the media that his government had
recommended the names of three mediators to the centre for approval
while a top Central government official from the Ministry of Home
Affairs, Shambu Singh, had denied having any knowledge of such
a move. The outfit has issued a stern warning asking the Congress
to halt its election campaign until the Chief Minister makes a
clarification on the issue.
ANVC which is currently under
ceasefire has decided to play a neutral role in the Lok Sabha
(Lower House of Indian Parliament) elections in Tura in West Garo
Hills District. ANVC 'publicity secretary' Arist Sangma, said
that the militant outfit wanted to maintain neutrality as far
as the poll is concerned. The ANVC leader was hopeful that the
new Government at the Centre, irrespective of which party heads
it, would ensure final settlement of their demands. No militant
groups have extended any support to the political parties in Garo
Hills unlike the 2013 Assembly elections.
ACAUT Nagaland reaffirmed its
stand on "one government, one tax" in a year based on the resolution
adopted on October 31, 2013 in Dimapur. ACAUT has asked various
NPGs to abide its resolution and listen to the voice of the Naga
people on their grievances due to unabated taxation. Speaking
at the ACAUT Nagaland rally at Tuensang District on March 27,
ACAUT vice chairman Joel Nillo Kath cautioned against 'multiple
taxation, gate tax, shop tax and yearly tax, dealership system,
syndicate system', which led to hike on prices of essential commodities.
While reiterating the ACAUT position, he also said asked various
'Naga political groups' to unite and work on a common platform
for the Naga society.
Congress Vice-President Rahul
Gandhi said he will put in all efforts towards resolving the protracted
Naga political problem. "Whatever energy I have, I will put in
for resolving the Naga problem" he said while addressing a rally
at Kohima "…but I cannot promise that it will be solved within
three months. My heart is in trying to get peace and harmony back
in the state," he said.
NDFB-IKS surrendered before the
Police at Panbazar Police Station in Guwahati. The surrendered
militants were identified as Nal Kumar Narzary alias N Nimangsa
(29), Hemanta Narzary alias Lambu (32) and Niran Chumpramary
alias C Naihat (37).
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Five persons were arrested by
the ATS from Sikar (Sikar District) in connection with the ongoing
investigation into the IM Rajasthan module.
Investigations have found out
that IM has already prepared the next leadership for the outfit,
inspite of the arrest of Waqas and Tehseen Akhtar.
Sources in the Special Cell said
that IM planned to attack the Red Fort in the national capital
and some of its operatives recently carried out a reccee of the
Moghul era monument.
At least six persons, including
three militants, two civilians and one soldier were killed in
Kathua District. Sources admitted that the militants were Pakistanis
and cadre of LeT outfit though they didn't carry anything, which
could establish their identity or outfit. The photographs, tactics
of fighting and heavy weaponry and other techniques adopted by
the militants indicated that they were Pakistan cadre of the LeT
outfit.
A militant outfit 'Al Shohada
Brigade', believed to be a shadow outfit of LeT terror outfit,
today claimed responsibility for the terror attack.
Two BSF personnel were injured
when an IED, planted by CPI-Maoist in Malkangiri District of Odisha,
exploded.
CPI-Maoist cadres went on the
rampage at an iron ore mining point at Kirandul in Dantewada District
of Chhattisgarh and set 15 trucks and one JCB machine on fire.
State Police and other Security
Forces stepping counter insurgency operations in view of the ensuing
Lok Sabha election, a huge cache of arms and ammunition were discovered
after Security Forces busted a militants' hideout discovered in
the vicinity of Thoubal Khong, Khoidum Pat in Thoubal District.
KNA-I declared its total ban against
the Congress party in the 16th Lok Sabha Election. According to
a statement signed by the outfit's 'Information and Publicity
secretary' Barak Kuki, Kukis have been living since time immemorial
in their respective dwelling places peacefully while safeguarding
the integrity, identity and culture but the understanding and
peaceful coexistence of the Kukis are being demolished by the
Congress-led UPA Government. While cautioning individuals and
civil organizations to abstain from election related activities
in favor of Congress the outfit warned to take suitable action
against those working or supporting the Congress party.
SFs arrested a suspected CPI-Maoist
and recovered one mobile handset, bomb manufacturing thread and
few small steel pipes from his residence Bambari of Deohall Tea
Estate under Bordubi Police Station in Tinsukia District. According
to police sources, the arrested Maoist has been identified as
Anil Mallick (28). By profession, Anil has been working as a temporary
employee of Deohall Tea Estate.
A two-day reconciliation meeting
of three Naga militant groups including NSCN-IM, NSCN-KK and NNC/FGN
in Dimapur under the banner of FNR concluded with the signing
of "Lenten Agreement". The agreement, signed by six top leaders
of the three groups, stated that, as agreed in the Naga Concordant
signed on August 26, 2011, they have agreed "in principle to form
the NNG".NSCN-IM was led by 'chairman' Isak Chisi Swu and 'general
secretary' Thuingaleng Muivah, the NSCN-KK was led by 'president'
Khole Konyak and 'general secretary' Kitovi Zhimomi while the
NNC/FGN was led by 'president' 'Brig' (Rtd) S. Singnya and 'vice
president' Zhopra Vero. Addressing the media after the meeting,
FNR 'convenor' Dr Wati Aier said it is hopeful that NSCN-K and
others who are yet to join the FNR meet will join in the near
future.
NSCN-KK 'president' Khole Konyak
has said that the NSCN-KK's fiscal policy for 2014-15 must be
based on the policy of "minimal taxation" formally introduced
by "our forefathers" during the initial years of Naga political
struggle.
ACAUT has expressed solidarity
with NTTU and extended support the union with regard to 'taxation'
imposed on timber traders. In a statement, ACAUT media cell said
that the facts given by NTTU corroborated to the reports of the
fact finding committee of ACAUT on other cases.
ACAUT has expressed solidarity
with NTTU and extended support the union with regard to 'taxation'
imposed on timber traders. In a statement, ACAUT media cell said
that the facts given by NTTU corroborated to the reports of the
fact finding committee of ACAUT on other cases.
MHA has identified the entire
state of Manipur and lower Assam region of Assam as the two areas
in the northeast where the coming Lok Sabha election may be disrupted
by militant outfits. While Meitei militant outfits under CorCom
may create trouble in Manipur, it is the NDFB-IKS, which is being
increasingly perceived as a threat in the lower Assam region.
A source said all Meitei militant outfits in Manipur are being
closely monitored as intelligence inputs have suggested that they
would attempt to trigger violence before, and on, the day of polling.
J P N Singh, Director in-charge
North East-MHA said the new Government to be formed after the
Lok Sabha polls would formally sign the agreement with the ANVC
and the ANVC-B. Singh said that the Union Cabinet had cleared
the peace pact with ANVC to pave way for a final settlement before
the announcement of poll dates.
The Centre has decided to extend
the tripartite SoO agreement with the ANVC, for another year.
The fresh extension would come into force from April 1, 2014,
and continue till March 31 2015. The present SoO agreement will
expire on March 31. "We have decided to extent the SoO by one
year during a meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG)," Union
Home Ministry director in charge of North East, informed after
the meeting.
The Centre has decided to extend
the tripartite SoO agreement with the ANVC, for another year.
The fresh extension would come into force from April 1, 2014,
and continue till March 31 2015. The present SoO agreement will
expire on March 31. "We have decided to extent the SoO by one
year during a meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG)," Union
Home Ministry director in charge of North East, informed after
the meeting.
The UALA has announced that a
conglomerate of Garo rebel groups operating in the region is withdrawing
their proposed shutdown of Garo Hills, two days before the expiry
of the deadline given to the Meghalaya government to release a
former militant who after surrendering to authorities was arrested
and allegedly tortured in West Khasi Hills District, reports.
Speaking on behalf of five rebel groups- LAEF, ASAK, ANCA and
ANLCA, the UALA 'Chairman' Chiindik Marak said that the decision
to withdraw the proposed shutdown was taken following positive
steps from the Government side. "We decided to call off our deadline
after receiving positive information that the government has released
from captivity our former cadre Charles D Shira," said the UALA.
The deadline by the joint groups was to expire in the night of
March 30. The ANLCA militant Charles D Shira had surrendered to
Police with arms in Shillong but was subsequently arrested and
taken to West Khasi Hills District where he was allegedly put
through a torture angering the militant groups.
The UALA has warned the GNLA for
continuing its tirade against other militant outfits operating
in the Garo Hills. Taking strong exception to the systematic targeting
of cadres belonging to ASAK, ANLCA, ANCA, LAEF and UALA, it warned
that similar response would be given unless the GNLA halted its
attacks. The UALA has taken strong exception to the killing of
cadres Winsing D Shira, Tengmil D Shira and Markush S Marak, all
hailing from Darichit village in South Garo Hills, who were recently
executed by GNLA militants.
Two NLFT-BM militants surrendered
before the BSF at bordering Acharjee Para village under Sidhai
Police Station of West Tripura District. BSF sources said, two
surrendered NLFT-BM militants identified as 'warrant officer'
Amrit Debbarma alias Avatar and Jugal Debbarma alias Jham
had joined the NLFT in 1998 and 2002 respectively and escaped
from militants hideout in Bangladesh just couple of days ago.
Security Forces launched an operation
at a house in Golaghat road (Ghora Patti) in Dimapur District
and arrested "captain" Hokheto G Zhimomi of NSCN-IM and recovered
illegal arms and ammunition. One pistol along with magazine and
seven live rounds of ammunition were also recovered from his possession.
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Meanwhile, a construction worker,
identified as Yambem Sanathoi has reportedly been abducted by
unknown gunmen from a worksite located at Heitroipokpi under Yairipok
Police station in Thoubal District on the intervening night. The
abduction is suspected to be connected to monetary demand from
the armed group concerned.
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The five youths who were arrested
from Sikar used to self finance their terror activities and arrange
accommodation and logistics for IM trainers by collecting money
from among themselves every month, ATS officials said.
A letter purportedly sent by banned
terror outfit IM, was received by Welham Girls' School in Dehradun.
A villager was found dead with
his throat slit, hours after CPI-Maoist had abducted him and four
others from Dhabatar village of Jamui District of Bihar.
Three wagons of a goods train
and its engine got derailed after Maoists allegedly ruptured a
railway track in Dantewada District, Chhattisgarh.
Maoists dug up roads, felled trees
and dropped pamphlets to disrupt traffic in remote areas of Bastar
division during a bandh that adversely hit normal life.
High alert was sounded in Patna
District of Bihar after two posters of CPI-Maoist were recovered
from Punpun railways station in the night of March 28.
A ZRA cadre suffered injury in
retaliatory firing by Assam Rifles troops and his three other
accomplices were arrested. The incident happened when the ZRA
cadres opened fire at a group of 7 AR troops near the Axis Bank
ATM Booth located at Old Bazaar of Lamka town in Churachandpur
District. While the injured cadre was identified as Lulun Nuala
Paite, the three arrestees have been identified as D Paula Vaiphei,
Amilan Paite and Pumkan.
PREPAK has greeted all the people
of Kangleipak (Manipur) as well as Manipuri people settled outside
Kangleipak on the occasion of Sajibu Nongma Panba Cheiraoba (the
New Year of the Manipuris who follows indigenous Sanamahi religion).
NSCN-K and NSCN-IM cadres engaged
in heavy gun battle at Akhoya village jurisdiction, in Mokokchung
District. There are no reports of any casualties from either side.
Later, villagers from Akhoya village, numbering around 500 and
armed with daos and spears, chased away armed groups of the NSCN-IM
and NSCN-K from the vicinity of the village. The Ao Senden (apex
body of Ao tribes) president Prof Sangyu Yaden while strongly
condemning the gunfight maintained that such 'factional fights'
are detrimental to the peace process and reconciliation efforts,
especially at a time when all Naga people are crying for peace
and reconciliation.
NSCN-KK, NSCN-IM and NNC/FGN signed
an agreement recognizing the need for all Nagas to come together
for achieving their political aspirations. The agreement was signed
by NSCN-M 'chairman' Isak Chishi Swu and 'general secretary' Thuingaleng
Muivah, NSCN-KK 'chairman' Khole Konyak and 'general secretary'
Kitovi Zhimomi and NNC/FGN 'president' 'brigadier' Singnya and
'vice president' Zhopra Vero.
GNLA) headed by Sohan D Shira,
has urged six other Garo outfits to shun the path of violence
and enter a peace dialogue with Government in the interest of
peace and development of the region. The suggestion by the GNLA
comes just a day after the Central government acknowledged that
it had received three names from the Meghalaya Government for
the mediator's role to initiate peace talks between Government
and the outfit. The six outfits are LAEF, UALA, ATF, ASAK, ANLCA
and ANCA.
The 13 pressure groups are preparing
a charter of demands to be presented to the Meghalaya Government
which will reiterate the need for introduction of the ILP in the
state, KSU general secretary Auguster Jyrwa said. Jywra informed
that KSU would observe the Khasi National Awakening Day on April
4 across the Khasi-Jaintia hills.
Five bullets were recovered from
the entrance gate of MBB College Stadium in Agartala city by Police
in the night of March 29.
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One suspected IM terrorist, identified
as Addas was arrested by Sikar District Police from Sikar in connection
with the ongoing investigation into IM's Rajasthan module.
Pakistan's ISI gave around INR
26 crore to IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal in the last three years
for anti-India operations, a recent intercept from Pakistan by
central intelligence agencies revealed.
SFs busted a militant hideout
in Tangmulla forests of Rafiabad in Baramulla District and recovered
huge quantity of arms, ammunition and war like stores.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres put
up wall posters at Chinamidisileru village in Charla mandal
in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of March
30 urging people to boycott the upcoming local body and general
elections.
Ganjam District of Odisha has
a total of 2,856 booths of which 20 are sensitive due to CPI-Maoist
activities and 541 because of political activities and rivalries,
said Southern Range DIG Amitabh Thakur.
A combined team of Imphal East
commandos and troops of 40 Assam Rifles arrested a PULF cadre
from Keirao Litan Makhong in Imphal East District. The cadre has
been identified as one Sikander Shah alias Panthoi (27)
and one point 32 pistol was seized from his possession.
Another team of Imphal East commandos
also arrested an over ground worker of YKL-MDF, identified as
Brahmacharimayum Krishna alias Pui Sharma from his Palace Compound
residence in Imphal East District.
The UKLF, a constituent member
of the UPF and one of the signatory of SoO pact with the Central
and State Governments celebrated its 19th Raising Day at Nazareth
Camp, Muvanphoi in Chandel District.
The 12-hour curfew which was imposed
from 6pm on March 29 in areas under Bijni and Amguri Police Stations
of Chirang District following the Rejina Mashahary suspected rape
and murder incidence, was relaxed for two hours from 4pm.
NDFB-RD strongly condemned the
Chirang incident where a tribal girl was raped before being murdered.
According to the outfit, a particular group has been trying to
repeat the 2012 communal clash. NDFB-RD appealed to the government
to punish the culprits and adequate compensation to the deceased
family.
NDFB-IKS warned that it will take
action against the culprits who are involved in the rape and murder
of a Bodo girl studying in HS 1st year at Amguri College if the
Assam Police fails to arrest the rest of culprits in inhuman act.
ANVC-B leadership has directed
its cadres to return to the base of the outfit at Eden Bari in
West Garo Hills District, since the outfit leaders intend to avoid
any untoward incident that could disrupt the forthcoming Lok Sabha
elections. In a statement issued on March 30, the ANVC-B also
expressed its displeasure that the Meghalaya Government had not
finalized the camps for its cadres.
EC officials said that despite
opposition in Mizoram against allowing tribal Bru refugees in
Tripura's relief camps to cast postal ballots, the EC is firm
on its decision. "The Election Commission has appointed seven
observers to oversee the voting of the tribal refugees from April
1 to April 3 in seven relief camps," Tripura Chief CEO Asutosh
Jindal told reporters in Agartala.He said the EC observers have
already arrived in Tripura and visited the refugee camps in north
Tripura, 190 km north of Agartala.
BSF foiled an infiltration attempt
from across the International Border near Attari.
CPI-Maoist cadres are using SMS
service to appeal to people to boycott the upcoming Lok Sabha
polls in Bihar and Jharkhand.
Four children were injured in
an explosion when they opened a bag containing crude bombs near
a stream at Laskari village of Barhi block in Hazaribagh District
of Jharkhand. The bombs are suspected to have been left behind
by CPI-Maoist cadres.
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The 'commander-in-chief' of the
Santhali Tiger Force , Shivlal Murmu (33), was shot dead by unidentified
assailants at Padumpukhuri under Gossaigaon Police Station in
Kokrajhar District.
'Area commander' of NDFB-S, identified
as Medra Boro was killed while three other fled with injuries
following an exchange of fire between the Police and a group of
NDFB-S militants at Kamargaon under Sorbhog Police Station in
Barpeta District.
Police arrested a senior cadre
of the KLO, Krishna Barman alias Circuit (24), from Kodaldhowa
under Fakiragram Police Station in Kokrajhar District.
Police arrested a senior cadre
of the KLO, Krishna Barman alias Circuit (24), from Kodaldhowa
under Fakiragram Police Station in Kokrajhar District.
A trader running a hardware store
in Rongrikkimgre village of Chokpot in South Garo Hills was abducted
at gunpoint in broad daylight during the weekly market day.
Police arrested a smuggler of
drugs and FICN from Barmer.
A suspected IM operative, Afsal
alias Binu Varghese was arrested by the NIA officials from the
Medical College Hospital (MCH) in Thrissur (Thrissur District).
Police arrested one Gently Wahlang
(54) from Nongwah village in Ri-Bhoi Distrcit, for possessing
a gun without proper documents. Police have seized the gun.
GNLA has denied any involvement
in the recent abduction of a trader from Rongrikkimgre Village
of Chokpot in South Garo Hills.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Phool Singh (25) and Pareshwar (26), were arrested from Dhaudai
Police Station limits of Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
Two more Maoists, identified as
Sukalu (34) and Ratiram (36), were arrested by a joint contingent
of BSF and local Police from Kodapakha forests of Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh.
Naresh Ram, a hardcore Maoist
and the prime accused in the Pariyari incident of August 2002
in which three persons were killed, was arrested from Nirakhpur
village in Arwal District of Bihar.
Sources in Odisha Chief Electoral
Office said out of 30 Districts of the State nine have been put
under the 'very highly vulnerable' category list due to the threat
posed by CPI-Maoist.
The Giridih Police in a joint
operation with the 7th battalion of CRPF recovered cache of explosives
following a raid conducted at a Maoist bunker near Tisro forest
under Lokainayanpur Police Station of Giridih District of Jharkhand.
Security Agencies have observed
movement of 20 to 25 militants across Balnoi and Balakote area
in Mendhar Sector of Poonch District, who were fully geared up
to intrude into this side of the LoC
HM has claimed responsibility
for the March 28 attack that killed a soldier, two civilians and
three militants in Kathua District.
The Maoists had entered the forest
range office of Lakhanpur in Bargarh District and robbed two pistols
from the office.
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A threatening letter demanding
the release of suspected IM terrorists arrested from Rajasthan
over the past few days was delivered to the Kota Superintendant
of Police's (SP's) office.
Yasin Bhatkal, IM 'India operations
chief', wanted to carry out a jihad in the country using 'gulels'
(catapult/slingshot), the NIA has found in its course of investigations.
NIA team came to know that leader
of a gang involved in inter-country movement of extremists might
have a direct hand in the October 27, 2013, Patna (Bihar) bomb
blasts.
IM operative Zia-ur-Rahman's alias
Waqas came in touch with LeT while studying at Government College
of Technology in Faislabad (Punjab province of Pakistan.
Two motorcycle-borne suspected
militants lobbed a grenade near a bus station at Williamnagar
in East Garo Hills District.
BSF seized arms and ammunition
along with 27 kilogram heroin valued around INR 1.35 billion in
the international market in Abohar sector (Fazilka District).
Troops of 37 Assam Rifles recovered
one .22 pistol along with war like stores in the forests of Kukipani
Nala near Sitikima on March 21.
Polling in all six Reang refugee
camps in Kanchanpur subdivision of North Tripura District in Tripura
began amid tight security, according to official sources.
Bihar Police arrested a person
after 12,000 electronic detonators and 129 kilogram of explosives
were recovered from his car on the Grand Trunk Road in Kaimur
District.
Police arrested another person,
Satyendra Yadav and seized 75 detonators, gelatin sticks, one
pistol and two bullets from his house at Dularpur in Nawada District.
A top HNLC cadre, Phyranilang
Swer alias Pastor stated to be the 'area commander' of the outfit
in Jaintia Hills District, was arrested by Police on the outskirts
of Kolkata (West Bengal) in the evening of April 1 Pastor was
picked by the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police from
Kalikapur area after getting inputs from Shillong Police.
On the prosecution's request,
the special MCOCA court, issued production warrants against two
IM operatives, Tahseen Akhtar and Waqas in connection with the
July 13, 2011 Mumbai (Maharashtra) serial blasts.
A militant belonging to Songbhijit
faction of NDFB-S, identified as Sanjib Basumatary, was arrested
by Security Forces from Nutun Basti in Chirang District bordering
Bhutan in the evening.
Even as other rebel groups operating
in Manipur remain silent, the Maoist Communist Party-Manipur (MCP-M),
announced 'political strike' as part of boycott to the ensuing
parliamentary elections in the State.
A Police team from Shillong has
left for Kolkata (West Bengal) to bring back HNLC cadre Phyranilang
Swer and his companion Nand Kishore Thakur who were arrested by
the Special Task Force of Kolkata Police.
There has been no news on the
fate of two other coal export firm employees who were abducted
from Lower Gasuapara in the night.
Phyranilang Swer, an HNLC cadre,
who was arrested along with his accomplice Nand Kishore Thakur
from Kolkata (West Bengal), has been remanded to eight days of
Police custody.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres opened
fire at the SDPO of Jhargram Police District of West Bengal. SDPO,
Vivek Verma, was returning from work around Belpahari in the same
District when bullets were fired at his car.
Bihar Police arrested a person
after 12,000 electronic detonators and 129 kilogram of explosives
were recovered from his car on the Grand Trunk Road in Kaimur
District of Bihar.
In a separate incident, Police
arrested another person, Satyendra Yadav and seized 75 detonators,
gelatin sticks, one pistol and two bullets from his house at Dularpur
in Nawada District of Bihar.
A tiffin bomb weighing 5 kg suspected
to be planted by CPI-Maoist cadres to target SFs during the upcoming
Lok Sabha elections was found under Bayanar Police Station limits
of Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
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April 2 |
Shallang Police arrested Geren
R Sangma an overground worker of Breakaway faction of ANVC-B and
recovered arms and ammunition from his at Bokchung Village near
Shallang in West Khasi Hills District.
Meghalaya and Assam Governments
have agreed to increase security along the inter-State border
in view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament)
election. The decision was taken in a joint meeting of the Chief
Electoral Officer of Meghalaya, Prashant Naik and Additional Chief
Electoral Officer of Assam RC Jain in Shillong (East Khasi Hills).
South West Garo Hills District
Police has stepped up operations along with the CRPF, BSF, video
surveillance team and flying squad teams to maintain law and order
during the entire election process and to ensure free, fair and
peaceful elections in the District.
Various organizations have lauded
the NPGs- NSCN-IM, NSCN-KK and NNC/FGN for signing of the "Lenten
Agreement."
Three persons, including a woman,
working at a construction site, were killed while one was injured
when suspected NSLA militants fired upon them at Babubil under
Gossaigaon subdivision in Kokrajhar District.
AASU, said the Bangladeshis infiltrating
into Assam from across the border is the prime factor behind the
change in the State's demographic pattern and these illegal nationals
play the role of a kingmaker in the time of elections.
Two persons were abducted at gun
point from a coal depot at Gasuapra near the India-Bangladesh
border in South Garo Hills in the night.
IED spotted by a patrolling team
of 16 Assam Rifles from near Murei bus waiting shed on the Imphal-Ukhrul
road under Lamlai Police station has been safely exploded by police
bomb squad.
Former Minister Khasim Ruivah
and his son Asung Ruivah, who were reportedly abducted on April
1 by suspected militants, were released in the night of April
2.
Troops of Red Shield Division
conducted two successful operations resulting in the arrest three
armed cadres of different militant groups.
A special NIA court issued production
warrants against IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, his aide Asadullah
Akhtar and two others for their presence before it on April 15
in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy to carry out terror
acts in India.
Delhi Police told a court that
IM operative Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu was planning to carry out
a terror strike in the national capital Delhi with the help of
other members of the outfit.
Imphal West District Police Commando
Unit arrested a cadre of KYKL, identified as Maisnam Sundaram
alias Jiban (48) from his residence at Singjamei Wangma Kshetri
Leikai in Imphal West District.
Bishnupur Police commandos arrested
a militant of People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK),
identified as Ayekpam Loijingamba Singh alias Ibomcha alias Itao
while conducting a search in Langjing area in Bishnupur District.
Two armed assailants in a motorcycle
went to the construction site of the Inter-State Bus Terminus
(ISBT) at Chasingre, outskirts of Tura in West Garo Hills District,
and abducted the company's manager, identified as Rakesh Pandey
at gunpoint in the night.
Civil societies and student bodies
hoisted a black flag in the office of the Mizoram Election department
in protest against the Election Commission of India's decision
allowing the Bru voters to exercise franchise inside the relief
camps in Tripura.
CPI-Maoist cadres have killed
a tribal youth, identified as Raju Hantala, accusing him of being
a Police informer at Ralegada village in Malkangiri District of
Odisha.
A tiffin bomb weighing 20 kg suspected
to be planted by CPI-Maoist cadres to target SFs during the upcoming
Lok Sabha elections, was found under Daundi Police Station
limits of Balod District of Chhattisgarh.
A powerful can-bomb weighing 30
kg planted on a road was recovered from Gundijora village under
Jaraikela Police Station limits of West Singhbhum District of
Jharkhand.
Two Samajwadi Party workers were
severely beaten up by the CPI-Maoist cadres when they were holding
a meeting under Chandua Police Station area in Latehar District
of Jharkhand.
A bunch of wall-posters, written
in the name of CPI-Maoist Venkatapuram 'area committee', surfaced
near Suraveedu and Vijayapuri colony in Venkatapuram mandal
of Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.
Bihar Police arrested a CPI-Maoist
cadre, identified as Adhik Yadav, on the charge of trying to plant
a landmine under Barhat Police Station limits of Jamui District
of Bihar.
Pakistan's envoy to India, Abdul
Basit, has invited several Kashmiri separatists, including Syed
Ali Shah Geelani, Yasin Malik and Mirwiaz Umar Farooq, for a meeting
at the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi.
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April 3 |
A militant was killed in an exchange
of fire with the Police while another was captured near Nangalbibra
in South Garo Hills District
Armed ultras opened fire on a
wine store at Williamnagar in East Garo Hills, injuring one Sunil
A Sangma.
An active member of the BJP identified
as Anam Zimik, who was the former president of the party in Ukhrul
District, was abducted by suspected armed rebels. His whereabouts
are not known.
A Kuki based underground faction,
KNA-I, also banned Congress in the forthcoming Lok Sabha (Lower
House of Indian Parliament) elections in the Outer Manipur (Reserved)
constituency, blaming it of jeopardizing the peaceful existence
of the Kukis in the State.
UNC has declared that it would
uphold the rights and political aspiration of all who are suppressed.
Saying that one kilonser (minister)
and members of NSCN-IM steering committee have been campaigning
for a certain political party, Manipur Naga People's Front (MNPF)
has criticized NSCN-IM's sudden turnaround with regard to elections
held under the Constitution of India.
Arms and ammunition along with
heroine worth INR 650 million were seized by BSF personnel at
border outpost Mullakot, Amritsar sector on the Indo-Pakistan
border in Punjab.
Police arrested two persons, identified
as Deenabandhu Barman and Shine Mandal hailing from West Bengal
along with FICN to the tune of INR 56,500 at Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam
District.
NSCN-KK held a short programme
in honour of "home coming members", which was led by Kilonser
(minister) Kughalu Mulatonu and 'colonel' Vikato Sumi.
Ahead of the general elections,
the BSF has deployed additional forces along Indo-Bangla international
border in Tripura to keep tab on movement of people in the territory,
official sources said.
Delhi Police filed two chargesheets
in the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial blasts case naming 29 terrorists
belonging to LeT and IM.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs
has given notification to the NIA Special Court I in Kochi (Kerala)
to resume trial of NIA cases registered in the state.
The accused persons in the Vagamon
SIMI case are believed to be behind the Ahmedabad bomb blast case
with some of them having links with top leadership of the IM.
NIA told a court in New Delhi
that arrested IM operatives Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rehman alias
Waqas were actively associated in the "planning" and "planting"
of two IEDs which exploded at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad in 2013.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha (Lower
House of Indian Parliament) elections, the AKRSU has renewed its
demands for a separate Kamatapur State and the ST status to the
ethnic community.
The student organisation has started
its protest campaign called 'Pratibadi Janajagaran Sabha' from
April 3 in all the District headquarters of the State to raise
its various demands. The campaign will continue till April 20.
Police in Varanasi have planned
a sector security scheme to replace the standard operating procedures
in their 'war' against terror attack.
There has been abduction from
Gasuapara in South Garo Hills with one more coal export firm employee,
identified as Mumtaz M Sangma taken away at gunpoint by armed
militants.
SFs launched a joint operation
at Tabungkhok in Imphal West District, and arrested one cadre
belonging to Zoungam faction of Kuki National Front (KNF-Z), identified
as '2nd Lieutenant'.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Manoj Yadav was arrested from Kharagpur Police Station area
of Munger District of Bihar.
Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha
election, the UMHA announced to reward any person providing information
about IEDs or anti-personnel landmines laid by the CPI-Maoist
in Maoist-affected areas.
The Eastern Regional Bureau of
the CPI-Maoist has come up with its 'short-term vision' document,
appealing to the masses to decide if they want "real democracy"
or go ahead with the existing "pseudo-democratic system" by casting
their franchise to form the 16th Lok Sabha.
A 25-kg IED, suspected to have
been planted by CPI-Maoist cadres was recovered in Kondagaon District
of Chhattisgarh.
A detonator and 70 metre wire
were also recovered from Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
SFs and CPI-Maoist cadres exchanged
fire at Gudguda forest under Meghapal panchayat of Sambalpur
District of Odisha.
In a major anti-CPI-Maoist operation
conducted along the Andhra-Chhattisgarh border in Khammam District
of Andhra Pradesh, the CRPF arrested six suspected Maoists and
seized over 1,000 booby traps and shrapnel aimed to ambush SFs.
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April 4 |
Union Minister of Home Affairs
Sushilkumar Shinde said IM has been "almost finished.
SFs recovered an Improvised Explosive
Device (IED) from Torbung Govindpur under Phoubakchao Ikhai Police
Outpost in Bishnupur District.
SFs arrested a PREPAK cadre identified
as 'Captain' Sorokhaibam Raja alias Maramba from Kakching Bazar
in Bishnupur District.
Troops of Red Shield Division
arrested two cadres of different militant groups.
Reacting strongly against the
alleged diktat imposed on the public by NPF candidate Soso Lorho
and his canvassing squad in Manipur Outer parliamentary constituency,
the ZUF warned those elements from intimidating the people especially
in 'Zeliangrong areas'.
ECI has accepted the proposal
of arranging postal ballots in the designated camps of the surrendered
militants in Manipur.
Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi
Singh, , said the current situation in the State was not conducive
to withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
Delhi Police said that the bombs
used for setting off serial blasts at New Delhi on September 13,
2008, had been manufactured at Vittalamakki in Koppa tehshil (revenue
unit) of Chikmagalur District in Karnataka.
The spate of arrests of senior
IM operatives in recent months was the result of a long-drawn
intelligence operation by Indian agencies, specially Research
and Analysis Wing (R&AW), which has, in the process, uncovered
an ambitious Pakistan-sponsored terror effort plotted in collusion
with Indian fugitives in the aftermath of the November 2008 Mumbai
attack.
The SULFA Coordination Committee
alleged that KMSS president Akhil Gogoi has links with the Communist
party of India (CPI-Maoist) outfit and also had received training
from the outfit in Jharkhand along with four other KMSS members
in 2009.
IGP-administration Arvind Deep,
said that steps have been initiated in co-ordination with the
Army, Central Para Military Forces and local Police to neutralise
the activities of underground elements in troubled Tirap, Changlang
and Longding Districts of the State.
Civil societies and student bodies,
decided to boycott elections to the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat
to be held on April 9 and called for a 72-hour statewide bandh
(shut down strike) from April 7, protesting against voting by
displaced Bru tribals from relief camps in Tripura.
At least 7,987 votes (70.04%)
were polled in six Bru relief camps of Tripura for election to
the Mizoram's single Lok Sabha seat.
Naga civil society organisations
expressed their appreciation on the 'Lenten Agreement' of the
three major Naga underground groups.
ACAUT, Nagaland has alleged that
a genuine Naga businessman was being victimized by non-local operated
syndicate backed by the NSCN-IM.
NIA has increased surveillance
since last few months and its major priority is to stop the flow
of FICN during elections.
Around 80 CPI-Maoist cadres fired
on a CRPF camp at Burkapal village in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh,
injuring a trooper.
SFs recovered 27 powerful landmines
under Imamganj Police Station area in Gaya District of Bihar.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre was
arrested from Gamharia village of Aurangabad District of Bihar.
Jharkhand Police arrested five
PLFI cadres including a 'commander' from different locations of
Gumla District of Jharkhand and seized a cache of arms and ammunition,
mobiles sets, SIMs and chargers.
A major militant hideout was busted
and six weapons and eight kg of RDX were recovered from Puneja-Bhaderwah
forests of Doda District.
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April 5 |
A senior cadre of the breakaway
faction of the ANVC, identified as Apsal M. Sangma alias Dokrak
(26), was arrested during a raid conducted by Special Weapons
And Tactics (SWAT) personnel, at Grace Hotel in the Khyndailad
area.
A senior cadre of the breakaway
faction of the ANVC, identified as Apsal M. Sangma alias Dokrak
(26), was arrested during a raid conducted by Special Weapons
And Tactics (SWAT) personnel, at Grace Hotel in the Khyndailad
area.
Nagaland Post reports that Personnel
from the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad along with Dimapur
Police recovered a grenade in a dustbin near the entrance at a
shopping mall, Jasokie market, Dimapur District.
Two cadres, one each of NSCN-K
and ZUF were arrested by troops of Red Shield Division at Noney
part-II area of Tamenglong District.
Delhi Police Special Cell brought
Waqas, and Tehseen Akhtar to 'When Will You Stay,' a home-stay
facility in Old Munnar (Edukki District) where they had once stayed,
to gather evidence.
Three more companies of CRPF were
deployed in Gudguda forests under Meghapal panchayat in
Sambalpur District of Odisha following two recent encounters with
CPI-Maoist cadres.
CPI-Maoist cadres have ordered
the closure of Janata Dal (U) and BJP election offices at Dumaria
block headquarters in Gaya District of Bihar.
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April 6 |
Security Forces, arrested NSCN-KK
cadre, identified as Hokugha Yeptho from Alhauto Colony, Zunheboto
District.
Kuki militant groups which are
under trilateral Suspension of Operation pact with the Government
of India and Government of Manipur have decided to support the
Congress candidate in Outer Manipur.
Both Congress and BJP have lodged
complaints with the Election Commission of India saying that NSCN-IM
cadres and leaders have been openly campaigning for the Naga Peoples
front (NPF) candidate in Naga dominated areas of the State apart
from threatening village chiefs.
Mizoram Police arrested two persons,
one of them a resident of Aizawl and another from Tahan in Mynamar,
while another suspected Myanmarese national is still absconding
and seized four AK-47 assault rifles and one M-4 A-1 Carbine machine
from the Mizoram-Myanmar border Champhai town, Police sources
said.
With the increased activities
of militant groups in the Dima Hasao District in the run up to
general elections, the Security Forces arrested one person, identified
as Basudev Hojai along with a pistol and live ammunition from
Harangajao market of Dima Hasao District while he was travelling
in a Bolero on his way to Silchar.
KPLT, a Karbi Anglong-based militant
group called an indefinite Karbi Anglong bandh (shut down strike)
from April 8, 2014.
HNLC has called a 12-hour bandh
(shut down strike) along with a poll boycott in the Khasi and
Jaintia Hills on April 9, the day Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian
parliament) elections are due in Meghalaya
Election department asks voters
to ignore HNLC bandh call.
HNLC cadres Phyrmailang Swer
and Nandkishore Thakur, who were arrested from Kolkata by West
Bengal Police, are suspected to have gone to Kolkata to escape
the Meghalaya Police and find customers to sell their weapons
and fake notes.
A trial court has given Delhi
Police 20 more days to complete its investigation against IM 'India
operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar.
Tehseen Akhtar and Waqas had visited
two places in Kochi in December 2013. The Delhi Police provided
the information that Tehseen and Waqas visited Marine Drive and
a shopping mall at Edappally during their stay in Munnar.
The NIA source say, "till recently,
higher denomination notes dominated the fake market, but now printing
smaller denominations like INR 10 and INR 20, which are harder
to detect or seize, have the potential to cause a loss of confidence
in the Indian rupee."
According to NIA, after being
printed in facilities across the border, the consignments are
smuggled into India through a well-established channel in Nepal,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, and the United Arab
Emirates.
A Police patrol party narrowly
survived two bomb blasts triggered by CPI-Maoist cadres in Malkangiri
District of Odisha but two cows ended up dying.
In a statement, Abhay, spokesperson
of the CPI-Maoist central committee, said the party was not against
peace talks with the Government. This is the first time in almost
four years that the outlawed party is taking the initiative for
talks.
Militants shot at and injured
the former CMO, Dr Ghulam Qadir Sofi in Pulwama town of Pulwama
District.
Forty three per cent polling stations
in Poonch District have been placed under sensitive or hyper sensitive
categories in the wake of militancy threats following melting
of snow from upper reaches.
SSB has arrested four Kashmiri
militants, hailing from Srinagar soon after they crossed over
into the Indian Territory from Nautnawa village in Gorakhpur District
of Uttar Pradesh from Nepal.
Yasin Bhatkal revealed about Dawood
lbrahim linkages before the Bangalore Police's Anti-Terrorist
Cell and the NIA.
During Yasin's first visit to
Pakistan in 2005 he underwent 50-day terror training in the Balochistan
area.
Yasin told investigators that
he was in Mumbai during the 26/11 attack.
The CPI-Maoist has condemned the
killing of Sai Reddy, eminent journalist of south Chhattisgarh,
who it earlier said was murdered by party cadres on December 6,
2013, for “closely working” with the Police to dislodge the party
in south Bastar. In a new press statement issued in question-answer
format on April 6, Abhay, 'spokesperson' of the central committee,
said a certain decision regarding Sai Reddy was “not passed” to
the lower ranks properly, and the resulting misunderstanding between
the cadres and the leadership led to the killing.
Besides condemning the killing
of Sai Reddy and Nemichand Jain, the party criticised its cadres
for planting IEDs on the body of a CRPF trooper in Latehar District
in Jharkhand in 2013.
The CPI-Maoist cadres are illegally
mining and selling coal from coalfields owned by Coal India Limited,
causing revenue losses of up to INR 6000 million a year, according
to a top executive.
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April 7 |
A CRPF Sub-Inspector - Mahendra
Singh Meena - was injured when CPI-Maoist cadres attacked a camp
of paramilitary forces in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
Militants lobbed a hand grenade
at National Institute of Technology Director Sarungbam Birendra’s
residence at Nambol Bazar Makha Leikai in.
Unidentified militants lobbed
a hand grenade at the residence of Sapam Ranjan, candidate of
the Indian National Congress (INC) candidate from Konthoujam Assembly
Constituency in the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly
election, at Konthoujam in Imphal (Imphal West District).
A brief encounter between
troops of Assam Rifles and suspected militants took place at
Chahong Khullen village under Kamjong subdivision in Ukhrul District
around 12.30 pm.
Around 200 rebels who are now
under the tripartite Suspension of Operation (SoO) agreement with
the State and Union Government will be exercising their franchise
in the upcoming general election across seven designated camps
in Churachandpur District while another 3224 servicemen will cast
their votes through the postal ballot.
Two persons, identified as Mohammed
Kashi and Shalu, were arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation
from New Delhi-Farakka Express with FICN having face value of
INR 300000 allegedly being brought into the country from India-Bangladesh
border.
A division bench of Andhra Pradesh
High Court set aside the conviction of six persons in 2005 Arms
Procurement Case related to terror outfit HM and acquitted all
of them, while the main accused Mujeed Ahmed's conviction of life
imprisonment was upheld.
Five persons, including one Army
officer, two Policemen and Two LeT militants, were killed and
six security personnel were injured in a fierce gun battle with
militants in Zunreshi area of Chowkibal in Kupwara District.
An Army officer, identified as
Major Rahul Singh was killed in anti-militancy operations in Anantnag
District.
SFs launched a search operation
in Sherpora and Sultanpora Kandi area of Baramulla District. “One
AK-47, 2 magazines and 50 rounds and pouch was recovered from
cow shed of Bashir Ahmad Beg of Sherpora Kandi, Baramulla”, sources
said.
At least three CRPF personnel
were killed and eight others, including Dhibra Police Station
SHO Amar Kumar, were injured in a landmine blast near Baranda
Mor under the Dhibra Police Station area in Aurangabad District.
The deceased were identified as CRPF Deputy Commandant Indrajeet
and Constables Pawan Deha and T Sona Ram. The three were airlifted
to Ranchi for specialized treatment where they succumbed to injuries.
Responding to a truce offer by
the CPI-Maoist, the Central Government asked the outfit to first
withdraw its call for boycott of the ongoing Lok Sabha
elections and shun violence to create conditions for peace talks.
In a statement on April 6, the CPI-Maoist 'spokesperson' Abhay
said it was not against peace talks with the Government.
Police recovered two cane bombs
weighing 20 kg each in Gaya District during a search operation.
A group of CPI-Maoist cadres set
ablaze several road construction equipments worth INR 4 million
after attacking a camp of a contractor at Lakhanpur in Bargarh
District. The Maoists arrived at the camp late in the night and
asked the workers to leave the place. Then, they set ablaze a
JCB machine, two tractors and a mixture machine.
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April 8 |
The first phase of the Lok
Sabha (Lower house of Indian Parliament) polls held in five
parliamentary constituencies of the State -- Tezpur, Kaliabor,
Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur recorded an overall voter turnout
of 75 per cent.
ULFA-Independent unfurled its
flag on the outskirts of Tezpur town on its 35th foundation
day but remained silent on the Lok Sabha elections, which
was conducted in five seats in Assam.
A team of the 22 Assam Rifle Road
Opening Party detected an Improvised Explosive Device weighing
around two kilogram from the road side of the Imphal Sugnu road
at Wangjing Khonou under Sugnu Police station in Chandel District.
A team of Thoubal District Police
arrested two cadres of People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak
including one woman from Lilong Kaleikhong area under Lilong Police
Station in Thoubal District.
A man, identified as Deepak Rai
was arrested along with FICN with a face value of INR 2,25,000
from Gol market in Mahanagar in Lucknow.
A team of Delhi Police officials
brought suspected IM terrorists Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas
and Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu to Mangalore (Karnataka) to
collect more evidence on their stay in the city.
ICICI Bank in Lucknow has alleged
that FICN with a face value of more than INR 100 million
were deposited in its different branches between 2006 to 2014
in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Police said.
Militants shot at and critically
injured a Policeman at Lal chowk in Anantnag town of Anantnag
District and decamped with his service rifle.
Jail officials raided the high-security
Parappana Agrahara central prison, Bangalore and seized FICN worth
around INR 15,000 from Barrack No. 8.
Nearly 80 percent polling booths
in the CPI-Maoist affected Bastar constituency of Chhattisgarh,
which goes to polls in the first phase on April 10, 2014 have
been categorized ‘critical’ by the EC. The State Chief Electoral
Officer Sunil Kujur said of the 1,797 booths in Bastar, 1,407
booths are ‘critical’ and all steps were being taken to ensure
free and fearless polling.
SFs and CPI-Maoist cadres exchanged
fire during an encounter in Jamui District. A CRPF battalion and
Jamui Police intercepted a group of CPI-Maoist cadres after receiving
intelligence input that the Maoists were trying to slip into Jamui
District to disrupt the April 10 Lok Sabha polls.
SFs recovered a large quantity
of explosive materials following an encounter with the Maoists
in Mahuar forest region of Nawada District. The encounter between
the Maoists and the SFs went on for an hour during which several
rounds were fired.
Six landmines planted by the Maoists
in Tandwa area of Gaya Lok Sabha constituency were recovered.
Police recovered a landmine and
cache of explosives suspected to be planted by CPI-Maoist cadres
from Songupt road under Roopjhar Police Station limits in Balaghat
District.
The CPI-Maoist called for a boycott
of the Lok Sabha polls across the country and also for
the assembly elections being held simultaneously in some states.
In a statement issued by the CPI-Maoist central committee 'spokesperson
Abhay, the banned organisation asked people not to vote for any
of the national or regional parties and also included AAP in its
list to be boycotted.
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April 9 |
Deputy Speaker of Manipur Legislative
Assembly M K Preshaw Shimray escaped bid on his life as suspected
militants triggered a powerful blast apparently targeting him
at Leingangching near MATA farm under Litan Police Station in
Ukhrul District at around 3 PM.
The personnel of 44th
Assam Rifles came under attack at Nambisia under Kamjong in Ukhrul
District at around 4.30 pm.
In addition, an IED was found
near the residence of Inner Manipur Lok Sabha (Lower House
of Indian Parliament) Member of Parliament (MP), Thokchom Meinya
at Khumbong Joypur Khul in Imphal West District.
Further, a joint security team
of Imphal East District Police commandos and troops of 30th
Assam Rifles recovered one AK-47 rifle, 30 AK ammunition, one
lathod gun and two hand grenades in a search operation conducted
at B Gamnom, Chitjang, Chungphei and Bongbang Khullen villages
under Yairipok Police Station in Ukhrul District.
Around 73 per cent of the total
9,11,699 voters in Outer Manipur constituency on April 9 cast
their ballots as polling to one of the two constituencies in the
State passed off peacefully. No poll related violence has been
reported so far
All international airports, ports
and land borders in India have been put on alert by Directorate
of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to check circulation of FICN and
black money during ongoing Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian
Parliament) elections.
Three personnel of the CoBRA unit
of the CRPF were killed and three others injured in a CPI-Maoist
ambush near Chintagufa village in Sukma District. The incident
happened when a team of the CoBRA and Sukma Police was returning
after dropping a poll party, official sources said.
Three personnel of 85 battalion
of the CRPF were injured when two pressure bombs exploded near
Kikler village in Bijapur District.
Suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist
set ablaze a mobile phone tower of a private telecom company at
Gannavaram village in Bhadrachalam mandal in Khammam District.
It comes just 20 days ahead of the general elections in the District
slated for April 30.
The Police arrested seven persons,
including an active cadre of the CPI-Maoist in Chintapalli mandal
in Visakhapatnam District. The Maoist cadre has been identified
as Gabilingi Appa Rao, head of the panchayat committee of the
CPI-Maoist of Balapam village in Chintapalli mandal.
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April 10 |
Counterfeit rackets are pumping
more FICN into the Indian market than ever before.
A Pakistani national, identified
as Mazhar Iqbal (38), was arrested along International Border
near Makwal Border out Post (BoP) in Jammu District.
MHA has decided to provide INR
970 million Plans and Non-Plan assistance for the modernization
of Jammu and Kashmir Police during the financial year 2014-15
and Police Headquarters (PHQ) is going to submit State Action
Plan by the end of April.
A commando unit of Imphal West
District Police arrested a cadre of United Revolutionery Front
(URF), identified as Taorem Thangjam Bimola Devi alias
Mola alias Nene in front of IMC Office in Imphal West District.
Two CRPF troopers were killed
and three others were injured when Maoists triggered an explosive,
when they were on way to a polling station in Jamui District parliamentary
constituency.
Barring a few stray incidents
of violence, polling in 10 Lok Sabha and 70 Assembly constituencies
in Odisha passed off by and large peacefully. A large number of
people came out to vote defying the CPI-Maoist threat and the
voters’ turnout was provisionally put to be around 67 per cent.
The percentage of votes polled was likely to increase as details
were not received from many polling booths located in remote areas.
The 10 Lok Sabha constituencies
spread over 19 Districts of the State, where polling was held
in the first phase in the State were Kalahandi, Balangir, Sambalpur,
Bargarh, and Sundargarh in western Odisha and Koraput, Nabarangpur,
Berhampur, Aska and Kandhamal in the southern region. According
to officials sources, Angul District recorded the highest voters’
turnout of 73 per cent, while Maoist-affected Malkangiri District
recorded lowest of 55 per cent.
Though 1,601 polling stations
were identified as vulnerable out of the total 17,266 booths in
view of the presence of Maoists in about 50 Assembly segments
spread over the two regions, no major incidents of violence was
reported.
In Koraput District, EVMs of two
booths were allegedly snatched away by miscreants but polling
was peaceful in Narayanpatna Block of the District.
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April 11 |
Turf war between militant factions
in five Districts of Garo hills in Meghalaya has made the counter
insurgency operations of the Security Forces being extended beyond
the realms of the recent operationalised areas. The splinter
groups of the ANVC and the GNLA have taken over certain bases
of the mother organisations and extended their areas of operations
beyond those known coal belts that have been the hot bed of extortion
and abductions.
Around 69 per cent turnout in
both parliamentary constituencies in Meghalaya, with no incidents
of violence reported in the State.
Nagaland had 84.64 per cent of
voter turnout for the poll.
A NDFB-S militant, identified
as Dabla, was killed in an encounter with Assam Rifles and Assam
Police at Asraibari under Mazbat Police Station in Udalguri District.
Separately, a cache of arms and
ammunition were recovered in a joint search operation by Assam
Rifles and Police from a forest near Kebalo village, some 3.5
kilometres from Haflong in Dima Hasao District in the evening.
The troops of 44th
Assam Rifles recovered three Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs)
from the track leading from Nampisha to Phaikoh in Imphal while
carrying out Road Opening Party (ROP).
The troops of Red Shield Division
conducted a successful operation in general area Rongkhong I of
Imphal and arrested one National Socialist Council of Nagaland
– Khaplang (NSCN-K) cadre.
The poll percentage in Outer Manipur
which went to polls recorded 83.48 and in some polling stations
the number of votes polled was greater than the total number of
electors listed in electoral roll.
Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh has
asserted that though the State Government is not a party in the
peace talks between the NSCN-IM and the Union Government, his
Government will not remain as an onlooker to the violence and
crimes perpetrated by the NSCN-IM cadres.
MHA gave Delhi Police Special
Cell charge to handle the case regarding two IM operatives.
A court in New Delhi allowed the
plea of Delhi Police seeking 15 days time to conclude investigation
against suspected LeT operatives Mohammad Rashid and Mohammad
Shahid after the investigators said the efforts to arrest wanted
accused Abdul Subhan were still going on.
According to Police, "Wanted
accused Abdul Subhan is still absconding and non- bailable warrant
against him has been issued by the court. With the arrest of this
wanted accused, the missing links in the conspiracy are likely
to be established which require that period of investigation and
judicial custody of these accused (Rashid and Shahid) be extended”.
Polling for Mizoram’s Lok
Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) seat went off peacefully
with around 60 per cent voter turnout.
SFs recovered huge cache of arms
and ammunition at Sangri Top area of Harbang forest area in Bomai
of Baramulla District.
APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
said Kashmir issue can never be resolved by elections and People
should stay away from the polls in the Valley.
Commando unit of Imphal West District
Police arrested a United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF) cadre, identified
as Limminal Mate alias Lalpu while conducting frisking
and checking in Imphal city area in front of BSNL Office, Babupara
along NH-2 in Imphal West District.
One Police Constable, identified
as Giridhar Atram, was killed and five others were seriously injured
when the CPI-Maoist cadres opened fire on a Police team in Gadchiroli
District. The incident took place when a team of Jimalgatta Police
Station, was rescuing the polling party of Dambrancha polling
booth at around 1 pm, said Gadchiroli Police.
A day after polling in Bastar
Lok Sabha seat, two SF personnel were injured in a pressure
bomb blast carried out by CPI-Maoist in Bijapur District of the
region. The blast occurred when a joint Road Opening Party of
CRPF and District force was on an operation for sanitising the
area for the movement of polling party returning to their fold
after voting in Dubaiguda forest of Awapalli region, Bijapur Additional
Superintendent of Police Abhishek Meena said.
The CPI-Maoist cadres have abducted
a sarpanch and two former panchayat members in Malkangiri
District.
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April 12 |
KPLT called off its three-day
indefinite bandh (general shutdown) that began on April
8, at the Karbi Anglong District under Autonomous District constituency
thus allowing April 12's scheduled second phase polling there.
Two militants were killed in an
encounter with troops of 44 Assam Rifles (AR) at Nampisha in Ukhrul
District.
Troops of 9 AR launched an operation
in H.Mongjang village in Tengnoupal Sub Division of Chandel District
and arrested six cadres of PREPAK.
In another incident, troops of
18 SIKH launched an operation in Irong Chessabal of Imphal West
District and arrested a cadre of PLA.
Two days after polling in Bastar
Lok Sabha constituency, the CPI-Maoist struck twice in an hour,
killing 14 people, including seven polling officials and five
CRPF personnel, as they blew up a bus and an ambulance in Bijapur
and Bastar Districts.
Maoists first triggered a powerful
blast, targeting a bus when a polling party was returning, between
Kutru and Gudma in Bijapur District. Seven members of the polling
party were killed in the blast and subsequent firing which also
left five others injured. Sources said around 75-100 armed Maoists
were involved in the ambush on the polling party.
Within an hour, Maoists struck
again and blew up an ambulance, killing five CRPF personnel,
a medical attendant and the driver on the spot in Darbha on Jagdalpur-Sukma
national highway in Bastar District.
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April 13 |
At least four persons, including
two Policemen and two militants, were killed in a militant attack
on a resident of National Conference (NC) youth leader Yawar Masoodi
in Khrew area of Pulwama District. Deputy Inspector General (DIG)
of Police, South Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar said that two militants
of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) attacked the residence of Yawar Masoodi
at around 2:20 pm. Masoodi, who was inside the premises, remained
unharmed but his Police guards, Vinod Kumar and Abdul Hamid were
killed. Al-Shohada brigade in a statement issued to a local news
agency claimed responsibility for the attack.
A powerful bomb exploded near
an abandoned pan shop at Wangkhei Keithel Ashangbi, Imphal East
District under Porompat Police station.
Some unidentified persons lobbed
a hand grenade at the residence of one Thangpao (60) of Moreh
Ward No 2 in Chandel District in the morning.
IED exploded at Taobungkhok Mayai
Leikai in Imphal West District. A Police source said that the
blast took place at around 8.20 pm near Patsoi Lower Primary School.
In another incident, a hand grenade
was recovered by Police from the courtyard of an active worker
of Congress, identified as Angom Sobhamani from Kakching Khunou
Tampakyum Lai Leikai under Waikhong Police Station in Thoubal
District in the morning.
Two landmines were recovered by
SFs in Bokaro District. The District officials also issued an
advisory to security personnel not to defuse the landmines but
hand over the task to bomb disposal squads.
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April 14 |
Members of a joint team of IB
and NIA are camping in Darbhanga and Kataiya block of Muzaffarpur
in Bihar search of Abdul Mikas Afzal, a IM operative who is absconding
for a long time.
The Crime Branch registered the
second complaint in connection with the INR 700 crore hawala
(illegal money transaction) racket unearthed by the enforcement
directorate (ED) in March, 2014.
The Union Home Ministry has ruled
out discussion on creation of Garoland, which is the key demand
of the GNLA. JPN Singh, Director in charge North East, Ministry
of Home Affairs (MHA) during his recent visit to Shillong told
that the demand for a separate Garoland is non-negotiable.
The anti-talks faction of the
ULFA called for celebrations of Rangali Bihu, the most
popular spring festival in Assam celebrated for a week from mid-April,
with traditional ethos and characteristics so as to hold the rich
culture of Assamese people in high esteem.
Two LeT militants were killed
and two Policemen injured in a 22 hours gun battle at Shadab Colony
in Ahmad Nagar area of Srinagar. A Police Spokesman identified
the two militants as Chota Hafeez and Huzaifa Sindhi. The injured
Policemen are Constable Qazi Maqsood and Constable Tanzeem.
A JuM 'spokesman' told that two
JuM militants were hiding in a house at Ahmad Nagar and both had
a constant contact with their militant headquarters till the gun
battle erupted.
The government forces in Jammu
and Kashmir launched massive searches in Hasanwani village, five
kilometers from Pulwama town of Pulwama District to track LeT
'district commander', Molvi Bilal and his associate. Police believe
a group of LeT militants is hiding in the village.
The UMHA summoned J&K DGP,
Ashok Prasad and top Intelligence Bureau officials to discuss
security situation causing March 29 militant attack.
ULFA-I, called for celebrations
of Rangali Bihu, the traditional Assamese festival. However, in
a statement e-mailed to the media, the ULFA called upon Rangali
Bihu celebration organisations and all artistes in Assam to refrain
from facilitating showcasing of 'outside culture' including singing
of Hindi movie songs as part of Bihu celebrations throughout the
state.
A total of 42,600 security personnel,
including 152 companies of CPMFs and 74 companies of Bihar Military
Police besides 226 companies of armed personnel and 20,000 home
guards would be on poll-related duties along with two choppers
and one air ambulance as standby during the second phase of polling
in seven Parliamentary constituencies spread over 11 Districts
in Bihar on April 17, said Chief Secretary A K Sinha.
Chhattisgarh State Intelligence
Bureau has received inputs about CPI-Maoist cadre movement in
large number in parts of Mahasamund, Kanker and Rajnandgaon areas
that goes to poll on April 17 indicating another attack in the
offing.
Police arrested a Maoist cadre,
identified as Ramu Manjhi, son of Budhan Manjhi, from Telaiya
village under Bishnugarh Police Station of Hazaribagh District.
Bhawnathpur Police of Garwah District
unearthed a mini-gun factory and arrested two persons in this
connection at Sikiyalewa village under Arsalli Panchayat (village
level local-self government institution) of the District.
A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
in an exchange of fire with Security Forces in Nuapada Districts
of Odisha.
The female CPI-Maoist cadre killed
in an exchange of fire with SF personnel inside Sunabeda sanctuary
in Nuapada District on April 14 was identified as Jayanti, an
armed cadre of Mainpur-Nuapada 'divisional committee' of the CPI-Maoist.
The CPI-Maoist cadres attacked
a BSF camp and triggered an explosion at Bhejangiwada under Kalimela
Police Station limits in Malkangiri District. A group of 60 to
70 heavily-armed Maoists surrounded the camp and fired from different
directions.
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April 15 |
IM operative Tehsin Akhtar alias
Monu and Pakistani national Waqas alias Zia-ur-Rehman were
planning to carry out blasts in Delhi in 2012 with the help of
the LeT, Delhi Police told a court in New Delhi.
DGP Ashok Prasad said that only
Pakistan based outfits are active in the region. The Police Chief
stated that most of the militants operating in valley hail from
Punjab area of Pakistan and there are no reports with the security
establishment that the ultras are from any third country like
Chechnya, Bosnia or Afghanistan. The militants operating in valley
are either from PoK or Pakistan, he added. He remarked that there
are three main militant groups active in valley: LeT, HM and JeM.
DGP Ashok Prasad stated that there
is no Al-Shuhada brigade operational in Kashmir and the name is
being used by the banned militant outfits like JeM and others.
Two tiffin bombs, suspected to
be planted by CPI-Maoist cadres to target Security Forces and
polling parties during Lok Sabha elections, were found in Kanker
District of Chhattisgarh.
At least three bombs were recovered
from a forest in Jharkhand's Ramgarh District. According to the
Police, the bombs were found in a forest near the national highway
connecting Ranchi to Patna in the Kuju area of the District.
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April 16 |
Army thwarted a plot to disrupt
Parliamentary elections in Udhampur-Doda constituency, scheduled
for April 17 by recovering a consignment of explosive from Pul
Doda in Doda District which the militants abandoned after being
observed by people. Two Chinese grenades, four to five kilograms
urea with high explosive content, one Pathani suit and a pressure
cooker improvised explosive device (IED) filled with explosive
material were recovered from the spot.
The important candidates in this
constituency include Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare
Ghulam Nabi Azad (Congress), Jitendra Singh (BJP) and Arshad Malik
(PDP). Spread over 17 Assembly segments and 2051 polling stations,
the constituency has 109 critical polling stations, majority of
them-75 falling in Kathua District, mostly along the International
Border, 32 in Doda District and one in Kishtwar District.
Army recovered a cache of arms
and ammunition from Lampathri forest in Bandipora District. The
recovery included one AK 47 along with three magazines, three
Chinese pistols, 3 pistol magzines, 28 UBGL grenades, 8 hand grenades,
4 Chinese hand grenades, one radio set, one GPS and other administrative
stores.
Troops foiled infiltration attempt
twice by the militants on the LoC along Tarkundi Nullah in Balakote
sector in Mendhar of Poonch District.
The administration is concerned
over the use of illegal weapons in BTAD. Election is scheduled
to be held in BTAD that falls under Kokrajhar (ST) LS seat on
April 24. The NDFB-IKS faction is active in the region. IGP (BTAD)
L R Bishnoi said, "More than 90% licenced arms in BTAD have
been collected following the Election Commission's safety norms.
The rest will be collected in a day or two." However, the
use of illegal weapons by Bodo militants and some activists of
political parties are worrying the administration. "In Baksa
district, at least 29 illegal arms have been seized so far, besides
several grenades and explosives. We have intensified our operation
against NDFB (S) and police have succeeded in eliminating at least
five ultras. Incidents of violence among political parties are
also worrying us," Bishnoi said. In Chirang, Police have
so far seized two AK-56 guns, two pistols and two grenades, he
added. At least six cases of violence between supporters of BPF
and BPPF have been reported in the last few days. Bishnoi said,
"Besides the existing force, eight additional companies of
security forces have already been deployed in BTAD. Of them, four
are in Baksa, two in Udalguri and one each in Chirang and Kokrajhar."
Independent candidate Urkhao Gwra
Brahma Brahma filed a complaint with the chief electoral officer
and returning officer of Kokrajhar (ST) parliamentary constituency
against the BPF and its president Hagrama Mohilary accusing him
of indulging in large scale violence and intimidation by using
sophisticated arms. In his complaint letter, Brahma, the consensus
Independent candidate of the All Bodo Students' Union and its
allies, said the situation in Baksa District was volatile and
not conducive to free and fair elections if the situation spun
out of control. Sporadic incidents of pre-poll violence were reported
from several parts of Baksa under Kokrajhar constituency, forcing
the District administration to order a flag march in the evening
of April 16.
Election Commission ordered re
polling in nine polling stations of Karimganj and Silchar Lok
Sabha constituencies where polling could not take place on April
12 due to malfunctioning of EVMs and law and order problems.
HNLC asked people of Nepali community
to quit from the entire Districts of Khasi and Jaintia Hills,
and especially from Langpih, with immediate effect, on the ground
that "the illegal Nepali foreign settlers in Langpih"
were causing "huge damage" to the indigenous people.
Accusing militant groups from Karbi Anglong in Assam of threatening
indigenous people of Meghalaya in Block-I and Block-II areas,
the HNLC also said the HNLC would not tolerate any interference
by the outside groups into its territory." The release, issued
in the name of HNLC 'publicity secretary' Sainkupar Nongtraw,
said that "the illegal Nepali foreign settlers in Langpih
had time and again caused huge damage to our people in Langpih.
Meghalaya Police will not take
the threat perception to creep into the Nepalese community following
the quit notice issued by the HNLC.
MHA has pulled up the Meghalaya
Government for its tardy approach to completing fencing of the
Bangladesh border, around 70 kilometer remaining to be fenced.
During a recent coordination meeting, the ministry asked Meghalaya
Government officials to expedite fencing work as the area was
prone to infiltration by militants and illegal migration. Meghalaya
shares a 443-km border with Bangladesh, of which around 70 km
is unfenced and has terrain difficult to patrol. From 2008 to
2013, the state government identified around 18,000 illegal Bangladeshi
migrants who were deported.
NIA is hoping to extract information
from gunrunner Wuthikorn Naruenartwanich to Thailand, to effectively
nail. leader Anthony Shimray on procurement of Chinese weapons
for the outfit. Shimray, who was arrested by the NIA from Nepal
in 2010, is currently lodged in a Delhi jail. A source in the
NIA said they are hoping to extract some vital information from
Willy on the supply of Chinese weapons not only to the NSCN-IM
but also to other Northeast insurgent groups.
The Maoists blew up a bridge near
Padnatand village in Giridih District, a day ahead of the polling
for six Lok Sabha seats from the State.
Police also found five landmines
from Ambatar village in Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand.
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April 17 |
IM operatives decided to take
a new route to escape to Pakistan due to constant watch of Indian
security and intelligence agencies at Nepal and Bangladesh borders
for the past one year.
In a letter sent by terrorist
group LeT, addressed to Station Superintendent of Pathankot station,
a man has threatened to kill both Punjab Chief Minister Parkash
Singh Badal and his son Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Militants killed a sarpanch in
Pulwama District. The killing comes after the separatists warned
people to stay away from Lok Sabha elections on April 24.
Around 72 per cent electorate
cast their vote for Kathua-Udhampur parliamentary constituency
in the second phase of elections in the state. This was an increase
of 27 percent more than the polling percentage of last parliamentary
election in 2009 which registered 45 percent voter turnout.
KNLA militant with sophisticated
arms was arrested by Dokmoka Police from Baghpani paharline in
Karbi Anglong District. The arrested KNLA reported to be as 'Deputy
Commander in chief' of the outfit, was identified as Rensing Rongpi.
One M-16 rifle (LMG), one magazine and one mobile were recovered
from his possession.
ULFA-PTF disowned one of its leaders,
Naba Kumar Sarania who has contested the current parliamentary
election from Kokrajhar constituency in Assam as an Independent
candidate. ULFA appealed to the voters in Kokrajhar constituency
not to vote for him as he had 'made mockery' of extreme sacrifices
made by hundreds of martyrs of ULFA who laid down their lives
for the 'national struggle.
Re-poll in the two polling booths
of 117 Jogaimathura ME School in Lakhipur assembly segment and
the other 59 Balighat LP School in Borkhola assembly segment under
Silchar Parliamentary seat was peaceful. On an average, 66% of
voters exercised their franchise in all the nine polling booths
amidst tight security.
The Goalpara District administration
has geared up for smooth conduct of the ensuing Lok Sabha polls
to be held in the third phase in the State on April 24 for the
two Lok Sabha segments, Dhubri and Guwahati.
GNLA militant, Brijio M Marak,
escaped from Civil Hospital in Tura town in West Garo Hills District
in spite of the presence of two State Police personnel assigned
to guard him. Marak was undergoing treatment at the hospital after
he, along with another militant Ringrang A Sangma, were beaten
by an angry mob at Ampati in South West Garo hills District on
April 16
Meghalaya chief minister Mukul
Sangma invited 13 pressure groups, who are demanding the implementation
of the ILP to combat the illegal immigration. Several members
of the pressure groups are in judicial custody in cases related
to murder, attempted murder, arson and others arrested during
the four-month long agitation that began in August 2013.
One militant of a new underground
outfit, [surfaced in West Khasi Hills District named as United
North East Liberation Army (UNELA)], was killed while his aides
managed to escape in an operation conducted by Police at Nongshram
(West Khasi Hills District) under Shallang Police Station. He
was identified as Muhammad Abul Mandal (36) from Jagighopa of
Goalpara District. Police have seized one .22 Pistol with 6 lives
ammos, one SLR Rifle with 7 lives ammos and two pieces on UNELA
demand notes from the vehicles.
In a joint operation, the CRPF
and the Bihar Police arrested six CPI-Maoist cadres in East Champaran
District.
54 per cent polling was reported
in the second phase of polling in Bihar (fifth phase overall)
when seven constituencies - Munger, Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Patliputra,
Ara, Buxar and Jehanabad - went to the polls. The percentage of
voter turnout constituency-wise was 54 in Munger, 55 in Nalanda,
53 in Ara, 57 in Buxar, 56 in Jehanabad and 52 each in Patna Sahib
and Pataliputra. In the 2009 general election, the voter turnout
was 41.64 in Munger, 33.04 in Nalanda, 33.64 in Patna Sahib, 41.16
in Pataliputra, 35.77 in Ara, 46.5 in Buxar and 46.92 in Jehanabad.
Two Maoists, carrying reward of
INR 5,000 each on their head, were arrested from Narayanpur District.
Barring an odd incident of exchange
of fire between CPI-Maoist cadres and the Security Forces in Mohla
Manpur in Rajnandgaon District, polling in second phase of elections
in Chhattisgarh (fifth phase of the general election) remained
by and large peaceful.
The three Lok Sabha constituencies
of Chhattisgarh - Kanker, Rajnandgaon and Mahasamund- that went
of polls, witnessed a record turnout with an average of 67 per
cent of the 45,33,778 voters exercising their franchise.
According to chief election officer
Sunil Kujur, the three constituencies on an average recorded a
voting of 65 per cent. "The final tally will be available
only on Friday [April 18]. Voting trends, however, indicated a
turnout of 68 per cent in Rajnandgaon, 67 per cent in Mahasamund
and 65 per cent in Kanker," he said.
The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up
a stretch of railway track between Dania Railway Station in Bokaro
of Jharkhand and Jageshwar Station of Bihar under South Eastern
Railway in Bokaro District disrupting train services.
Three CRPF troopers and a civilian
were injured in a landmine blast triggered by CPI-Maoist cadres
under Gomia Police Station limits of Bokaro District.
The Maoists carried out IED explosions
in two locations of Giridih District. In the first incident, the
Maoists triggered two IEDS about 300 metres away from Harladih
CRPF camp under Kukhra Police Station limits. In a separate incident,
the Maoists triggered seven IEDs near Gamhariya village under
Pirtand Police Station area.
Polling was disrupted at a booth
in Gadih High School under Sonua Police Station limits of West
Singhbhum District after a high intensity bomb was recovered from
the site.
A polling booth had to be relocated
in Kasiabeda area in Ghatsila Sub-Division of East Singhbhum District
on suspicion that a landmine was planted near the original venue
by Maoists to disrupt parliamentary elections.
The six Lok Sabha constituencies
in Jharkhand that went to polls on April 17 amid heavy security
recorded an impressive 61 per cent voter turnout - an increase
of 12 per cent over the 50.45 per cent recorded in the 2009 parliamentary
elections.
Though there was peaceful re-polling
in 15 booths in CPI-Maoist-hit Chitrakonda Assembly seat in Malkangiri
District of Odisha, however no votes were cast in eight polling
stations mostly due to Maoist fear.
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April 18 |
HDFC Bank launched a cybercrime
response training programme for Delhi Police, to help enhance
the knowledge and understanding of law enforcement authorities
when it comes to tackling cyber related economic offences.
IM arrested terrorist Mohammed
Mahruf had put the pictures of 2009 Gopalganj (Bihar) riots on
social networking site Facebook to instigate violence in India
on the instruction of Afif Bhatkal alias Atta.
Clashes between 'protesters' and
Police erupted at Baramulla (Baramulla District) after Friday
prayers- affecting the normal life in the town at large. The 'protesters'
were protesting against the alleged detention of several youth
of the District by the Police.
Supporters of Pro-ULFA leader
Naba Kumar Sarania who is consensus candidate of the Jonogosthiyo
Oikyo Moncho from Kokrajhar constituency staged a protest at Mushalpur
in Baksa District demanding immediate arrest of those involved
in the attack on the election office of Sarania at Sathesanka
in the District in the evening of April 17.
Expressing concern over the spurt
in violence in BTAD areas, BSS alleged that the Congress Government
could be behind it to create confusion among voters.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including
a self-styled zonal commander, were arrested from Chaudi village
under Daudnagar Police Station area in Aurangabad District.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Babulal Sao, was arrested with INR 79,500 at Ranka in Garhwa
District. District SP Sudhir Kumar Jha said the cash, extorted
from a contractor, was to be handed over to a sub-zonal commander'.
Four IEDs were recovered from
an unused polling centre at Kasiabeda in East Singhbhum District.
Three minor boys were allegedly
killed by a group of LWEs in Bero block of Ranchi District.
JPC, a breakaway faction of the
CPI-Maoist, cadres allegedly killed a 36-year-old farmer, Kiran
Thakur, in Bhandartola forest of Keredari block in Hazaribagh
District.
Two gelatin sticks fitted with
detonators were recovered from a main road, about six km from
the venue of TMC chairperson and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's
rally at Suri in Birbhum District.
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April 19 |
A non-bailable warrant and a red-corner
notice were issued against Willy in this NIA case in 2011. The
Indian government had requested Thailand for Willy’s extradition
through a diplomatic channel and Indian officers had testified
against him in the Thai court.
The Rajasthan ATS
brought three suspected IM operatives Mohammed Mahroof, Mohammed
Waqar and Mohammed Saqib to Jaipur and taken them on Police custody
for interrogation.
Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah
Akhtar were chargesheeted by Delhi Police in connection with the
September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack case.
An alleged LeT operative, Imran
Ahmad Dar and his associate Mudasir Ahmad Shah were arrested for
a failed abduction of a young girl in Sopore town of Baramulla
District. SOG and Army's 22 Rashtriya Rifles also recovered an
AK-47 rifle from them.
SJA, a conglomeration of at least
20 ethnic and linguistic groups based in BTAD has alleged that
the pro-talks faction of ULFA has asked all its members not to
vote for independent candidate Hira Sarania in Kokrajhar constituency.
A leader of the pro-talks group, Sarania entered the fray even
though his organization is in peace talks with the Centre.
Nongstoin Police conducted a vehicle
checking at Maweit area, around 17 km from Nongstoin and arrested
three LAEF cadres from Mawlait village in West Khasi Hills District.
No weapon was found in their possession except for an LAEF demand
note. Police informed that the cadres had been serving demand
notes to the businessmen of the area for the past four days.
The arrested HNLC cadre Phyrnai
Swer and his associate, Nand Kishore Thakur were engaging in several
business activities in the State. Phyrnai owns a petrol pump in
Jaintia Hills besides carrying out other business activities and
his associate Kishore helps him in his business ventures. Both
were arrested on April 1 Kolkata Police from Kalikapur area.
A meeting would be held on April
24 with the ANVC-B leaders especially to discuss the ways and
means to rehabilitate the ANVC-B cadres. The meeting might also
discuss the need to enter into a formal ceasefire with the militant
group. A ceasefire agreement was signed with ANVC in 2004, but
the State Government failed to ink any ceasefire agreement with
the breakaway group ANVC-B though a draft peace pact was signed
by the Government.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre was
arrested by the STF from Buxar and levy money of INR 63,000 recovered
from him. The IG added that Paswan told his interrogators he was
'secretary', 'Sone Vindhyachal Zonal Committee.
East Singhbhum District Police
recovered an eight kilogram live can bomb from Baghpathar village
under Ghatshila Police Station area.
Police arrested a cadre of KNLA,
identified as Long Ram Rongpi from a hideout in Karbi Anglong
District.
Also, the District Magistrate,
Kokrajhar, Nitin Khade by an order has promulgated section 144
CrPC in Kokrajhar District across the International Boundary with
Bhutan to prevent subversive activities of the militant outfits
ahead or during the third phase of Lok Sabha elections
slated for April 24,. In the order, the District Magistrate cautioned
that there has been information from different sources of likelihood
of movement of extremists near the Indo–Bhutan border on Indian
side especially during the period of April 23 to April 24.The
order would be in force with effect from 6 am of April 23 and
will remain till 6 am of April 25.
MLP personnel from the 4th MLP
Battalion, identified as Bithar Stone R Marak was arrested along
with four others on suspicion of being linkmen and arms suppliers
to the GNLA. It may be noted that five people, including Marak,
were arrested along with 130 rounds of live ammunition of AK series
assault rifles from near Jorabat in Ri-Bhoi District along Assam-Meghalaya
boundary on April 19. They were identified as Bikunjoy Longmailai,
Horizon Gayari, Tapan Baishya alias Pinku, Bithar Stone
R Marak and Joy Sonowal.
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April 20 |
Ahead of polling in areas along
the borders of Pakistan and Bangladesh, the Union Ministry of
Home Affairs alerted Security Forces to step up vigil due to fears
that FICN and drugs could be smuggled into India and supplied
to voters.
Two Indian Mujahideen operatives,
Tehsin Akhtar and Waqas visited Bhubaneswar, Puri and Cuttack
in January, 2013. Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra, confirmed the news
saying, "Delhi Police wanted to know the purpose of their
visit to Odisha. We cooperated with them in their investigation."
Six GNLA militants were arrested
by SFs at Borjhara village in Goalpara District. Four 7.65 mm
pistols two country made rifles, two swords, number of live rounds,
five mobile phones and three motorcycles have been recovered.
The Army and Police had intensified its patrolling along Assam-Meghalaya
border based on a tip-off that these terrorists, who operate in
Williamnagar and Chokpot in Meghalaya, were to visit their home
on the occasion of Good Friday and were also tasked to disrupt
the Parliamentary elections in Assam scheduled on April 24 in
the areas adjoining Meghalaya.
BSF recovered a firearm and gelatin
sticks from two separate locations along the International Border
with Bangladesh. BSF troops deployed in East Jaintia Hills District
recovered one muzzle loaded single barrel gun from Umkiang area.
BSF troops deployed on international border in South West Khasi
Hills District, arrested one person, identified as one, Pradip
K Polin and seized six detonators, six Dorica Gillatine type Indian
explosive 25 mm in size and weighing 125 gm and 11 safety fuses.
Dimapur Police arrested three
persons in connection with a FICN racket from a hotel in Dimapur
District. . SOT recovered 81 notes of INR 100 denominations from
their possessions. The team also recovered foils meant for making
"machine readable security threat" on the fake currency.
NLFT Militant identified as Dhanujoy
Tripura, surrendered to the State Police. He surrendered without
any arms.
A special Police team arrested
a CPI-Maoist squad member, an armed militia member, and three
militia members in two separate incidents in Visakhapatnam District.
An encounter took place between
two rival LWE outfits - the CPI-Maoist and TPC - near Phulwaria
village in Palamu District. The encounter lasted for about three
hours said Deputy Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar.
An Ultra Left outfit killed the
site-in-charge of a road construction company at Peeding village
near LWE-affected Saranda forest range in West Singhbhum District.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed one of
their former comrades, Vitha Kulmethe (41) at Jimulgatta weekly
market in Gadchiroli District.
Two UPLF militants , identified
as Dingdigao Dimasa and Debajit Nunisa were shot dead by a former
DHD militant in Dhansiri in Karbi Anglong District .Three UPLF
cadres came to Dhansiri area to collect money and forcefully entered
the house of Nilendu Dimasa, former cadre of DHD. The former DHD
cadre confronted the UPLF cadres and the two cadres were gunned
down by him. Another UPLF cadre managed to escape from the spot.
With numerous members of militant
groups under ceasefire agreements with the Government staying
in designated camps, the Assam Police is taking adequate measures
to ensure that they cannot come out of the camps to create disturbances
during the final phase of the polls on April 24. Highly placed
police sources stated that more than 4,000 members of 13 militant
groups under ceasefire agreements are now in the designated camps
and majority of them are in the areas where the final phase of
the polls will be held. However, some members of such groups are
also staying in their residences. Sources revealed that arrangements
have been made to ensure that the militants staying in the designated
camps are not deprived of their rights to cast vote and they are
being given facilities to cast vote through postal ballot.
Five inmates of a Government run
children home were arrested by a Police team on the charge of
being activists of a militant group. A hand grenade and mobile
phones were seized from the minors between the age of 11 to 14.Alleging
that they were activists of KCP-Noyon. Source said that they were
picked up by a team of Police commandos attached with Imphal West
District Police during the raid at the children home at Takyelpat
under Lamphel Police Station of Imphal West District. The raid
was conducted based on specific input that some inmates of the
home were indulging in anti-social activities like, serving demand
letters and threatening individuals with bombs, source added.
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April 21 |
Intelligence agencies still consider
Yasin Bhatkal to be a major threat because of his capability to
motivate youths to join the terror network.
IM operatives Tehsin Akhtar and
Waqas, revealed to Delhi Police that terror groups in India, are
relying more on indigenously made weapons and ammunition, from
underground ‘arms factories’, rather than smuggling them in from
abroad, an official said.
Members of SIMI, LeT and other
Kashmir-based terror groups used to procure arms and ammunition
from overseas. But the IM has changed its strategy,” Srivastava
said. “The IM men are able to easily get country-made weapons
from local criminals. This strategy also puts them at a low risk
of arrest,” said the officer.
The Special Cell of the Delhi
Police got custody of SIMI cadre, Safdar Nagori from an Ahmedabad
(Gujarat) court in a 13-year-old case, but sources say central
intelligence agencies will interrogate him along with Delhi Police
about his links with top IM operatives and his plans to revive
SIMI.
The main terror suspect of IM
module in Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Mohammad Saqib Ansari has been
remanded to 10 days' Police custody.
Five months after the February
13, 2010 bomb blast at Pune, IM planned to carry out a terror
strike at German Bakery in Delhi on August 1 but the plan was
aborted as one of the executors, Quateel Siddiqui (who later died
in Yerawada Jail of Pune) sustained bullet injuries due to accidental
firing, Delhi Police said.
Central intelligence agencies
have found that China has emerged as a new transit hub for Pakistan-based
operators to circulate FICN which was also being routed in 'diplomatic
bags' to Pakistan High Commission in Colombo (Sri Lanka) and via
two leading courier services.
Pakistan based operators are sending
the FICN by air carriers not only to Nepal and Bangladesh but
also routing it via Dubai, Kuala Lampur, Bangkok and Sri Lanka,
the report said. Smuggling of FICN is also being routed to India
via Vietnam and Malaysia, the sources said.
A sarpanch and a village official
were shot dead by militants in separate incidents in Tral area
of Pulwama District. Militants barged into the house of Congress
sarpanch Ghulam Nabi Mir at Batagund in Tral area and opened indiscriminate
fire killing Mir on the spot. Militants shot at Mohammad Anwar
Sheikh (60), who was working as Numberdar while he was coming
out of a mosque at Amlar in Tral area.
At least 12 persons including
Policemen got injured as clashes erupted between youths and Police
at several places. The clash caused due to a day-long strike call
given by Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani
against detention of separatist leaders and youth campaigning
for boycott of Parliament elections. Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mohammad
Ashraf Sehrai, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Peer Saifullah
and Ayaz Akbar and others were placed under house arrest. Mohammad
Yasin Malik and Mushtaq ul Islam were arrested couple of days
ago.
Separatist Yasin Malik headed
JKLF has printed more than 1,00,000 pamphlets with pictures of
militants Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat to seek a pledge of boycott
of Lok Sabha elections. An on-line poll boycott campaign sees
thousands of anti-polls posters on walls of social networking
sites, recalling killings of civilians to seek pledges from prospective
voters against polls.
UJC 'chief' Syed Salahuddin has
asked separatists to step up poll boycott campaign.
The Enforcement Directorate has
attached properties of Syed Salahuddin, 'chief' of the banned
outfit HM in Jammu and Kashmir.
Several GNLA cadres who were having
a picnic, escaped after an exchange of fire between them and Police
at Resubelpara, North Garo Hills.There has been no report of casualty.
ANVC-B may skip April 24 meeting
with the Government since it is yet to receive any official communication
from the State Government in this regard. 'Publicity Secretary'
of the outfit, Daong D Shira,notified the press.
LAEF informed that the cadres
arrested by the Police in West Khasi Hills on April 19 do not
belong to LAEF. LAEF 'commander in chief' Riksrang G Momin said
that the arrested persons were not their cadres and asked LAEF
'commander' of Khasi Hills Agustine Marak to carry out operations
against those who misuse the name of LAEF.
SFs launched search operation
in Burma camp in Dimapur District and arrested one NSCN-KK cadre
identified as Sakato Swu (33) and recovered one 9mm pistol along
with magazine from his possession.
NSCN-KK and the Government of
India will be signing an agreement for extension of ceasefire
for another year on April 25 in Dimapur. The Ceasefire with the
NSCN-KK was signed in New Delhi in April 2012. Ongoing cease-fire
between the GoI and NSCN-KK expires on April 27, 2014.
CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a state-run
Bojhayat middle school in Jamui District. Jamui Superintendent
of Police Jitendra Rana said a group of armed Maoists used "cylinder
bombs" to blast the school building.
A CPI-Maoist leader wanted in
several cases of murder was arrested from Gadopur in Arwal District.
Two suspected CPI-Maoist cadres
were arrested by Police during a search operation in Bijapur District.
A group of over 50 Maoists set
ablaze vehicles deployed for construction work on Dechlipetha-Jimalgatta
road near Dechlipetha village in Jimalgatta subdivision of Gadchiroli
District.
CPI-Maoist cadres operating in
Nuapada District had given a call for Nuapada bandh. Releasing
a Press note, the 'spokesperson' of the Nuapada Divisional Committee
stated that the Maoists are observing Nuapada bandh in protest
against the recent killing of a woman Maoist cadre by the Police
in Sunabeda.
Dipen Terang suspected to be KPLT
militant was arrested after a brief encounter in Karbi Anglong
District .
Separately, the President of ABSU,
came down against the divisive politics of Independent candidate
Hira Sarania alias Naba Kumar Sarania (a leader of ULFA-PTF)
and said that Hira playing narrow politics with Bodo and non–Bodo
votes, is not at all a good sign for the integrity of the people
of the region.. ABSU President Promod Boro said ULFA leader Hira
Sarania has created an atmosphere of hatred among the Bodos and
non–Bodos by trying to divide the communities.
Meanwhile, one hand grenade was
found at the residential gate of a businessman James Kashung at
Tangkhul Avenue in Imphal East District on April 21, reports
The Sangai Express. It is suspected that the grenade was lobbed
by some unidentified persons in connection with monetary demand.
GNLA cadres, who were having a
picnic, escaped after an exchange of fire between them and Police
at Resubelpara, North Garo Hills in the evening. However, there
was no report of casualty.
Further, the breakaway faction
of ANVC (ANVC-B) may skip April 24 meeting with the Government
since it is yet to receive any official communication from the
State Government in this regard. ‘Publicity Secretary’ of the
outfit, Daong D Shira, emailed to the press, saying ANVC–B leaders
will attend the meeting only if an official communication is made
to its leaders
LAEF has informed that the cadres
arrested by the Police in West Khasi Hills on April 19 do not
belong to LAEF. In a statement issued to the media on April 21,
the LAEF ‘commander in chief’ Riksrang G Momin said that the arrested
persons, Phijo Marak, Chang K Marak and Thiuss G Momin were not
their cadres. “We condemn their illegal activities being carried
out in the name of LAEF”, Momin said. Momin further asked the
LAEF ‘commander’ of Khasi Hills Agustine Marak to carry out operations
against those who misuse the name of LAEF by way of engaging in
illegal activities.
SFs launched search operation
in Burma camp in Dimapur District and arrested one NSCN-KK cadre
identified as Sakato Swu (33) and recovered one 9mm pistol along
with magazine from his possession
Meanwhile, NSCN-KK and the Government
of India will be signing an agreement for extension of ceasefire
for another year on April 25 in Dimapur, reports The Sangai
Express. Joint Secretary (Northeast), Shri Shambu Singh told
that NSCN-Khaplang (NSCN-K) leadership are also expected in Dimapur
for the same. The Ceasefire with the NSCN-KK was signed in New
Delhi in April 2012. Ongoing cease-fire between the GoI and NSCN-KK
expires on April 27, 2014.
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April 22 |
The economic offences cell (EOC)
of the Goa Police booked unidentified persons for circulating
over INR 25, 00,000 FICN in Goa.
Security agencies in Kolkata are
worried about a possible terror threat from Rohingyas in Myanmar.
The Delhi Police commenced arguments
on framing of charges in a special court against Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT) operative Abdul Karim Tunda in a case lodged in 1994 relating
to recovery of explosives in Delhi.
The Enforcement Directorate sources
said, that the major portion of money in the INR seven billion
hawala (illegal money transaction) racket that was unearthed
recently in Gujarat belonged to Delhi and Mumbai businessmen and
share brokers of Gujarat, who were utilizing it to smuggle in
gold.
Meanwhile, ED officials on April
22 froze five bank accounts of Afroz Hassan Fatta, main accused
in the hawala racket, in Surat and Mumbai.
The security at Tirumala temple
in Chittoor District has been increased with reports of a ‘visit’
of two IM operatives to Jagannath temple in Puri of Odisha.
Chief secretary Jugal Kishore
Mohapatra convened a high-level meeting to review the existing
security arrangements at the Puri temple complex.
India was the top target for phishing
attacks in 2013 across Asia-Pacific Japan (APJ) and Oceania, resulting
in an estimated loss of more than USD 225 million.
Police detained six relatives
of HM militants from Tral area in Pulwama District following the
killing of a Sarpanch, his son and a Numbardar in two spate incidents
on April 21. They were detained during raids at Dadsara, Hayen,
Laribal, Ruthsuna and Hundura hamlets. Among those detained are
a Policeman and an engineer.
DGP Ashok Prasad claimed that
HM was involved in Tral killing. He said initial findings reveal
that the HM was involved in Tral attacks. On threats to separatist
leaders, he said security inputs have revealed that both factions
of All Party Hurriyat Conference have no security threats at present.
A HM militant was arrested and
some ammunition recovered from him in Baramulla District of north
Kashmir. An AK-47 rifle, a magazine and 20 rounds of ammunition
were recovered from Bhat, a resident of village Bhatpora in Kunzar
area of Baramulla.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres killed
a 30-year-old tribal man, identified as Nupa Shiva, at Angarigudem,
a tribal settlement under Karakagudem Police Station limits in
Pinapaka mandal of Khammam District.
A 30-year-old Government School
contract teacher, identified as Ranveer Salame, was killed by
CPI-Maoist cadres at a weekly market in Teregaon village of Rajnandgaon
District.
Kuleshwar Singh (30), 'chief'
of Sangharsh Jan Mukti Morcha, a splinter group of CPI-Maoist,
was killed in a gunbattle with TPC cadres in Latehar District
when his group was engaged in a war of supremacy over the terrain.
Three Maoist leaders were arrested
with arms and ammunition from Shahpur village of Palamau District.
Security has been increased in
the lower Assam Districts and the entire BTAD area in view of
the April 24 polls. Several battalions of paramilitary forces
have been deployed in the BTAD and the lower Assam Districts apart
from regular patrolling by Police. Checking has been intensified
by the Police to keep a tab on anti-social activities. The Army
and the SSB have been keeping a strict vigil on the inter-State
boundaries and the 526-km long Indo-Bhutan international border
areas to check infiltration of militants during election time.
A cadre of KNF-S a constituent
of KNO presently a signatory of the Suspension of Operation with
the Government, was attacked at near Tribal Museum at Thangzam
Road in Lamka area of Churachandpur District of Manipur. The cadre
identified as Lulun Haokip was injured.
A person identified as Kanti,
a resident of GS Road, in Dimapur town of Nagaland, was injured
when unidentified assailants lobbed a grenade inside a shop reportedly
Maruti trading company at around 7.10 p.m Police suspected that
the incident occurred due to non compliance of “monetary note”
issued to the shop. ACAUT Nagaland secretary, Solomon L. Awomi
while condemning the incident, said this was the fourth incident
of grenade blast in the same area. Several organizations have
vehemently condemned the incident.
SFs arrested one NSCN-K from Techa
Colony, Mon District and recovered a .22 pistol with one mag and
five live rounds from the cadre.
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April 23 |
Delhi Police Special Cell took
alleged Madhya Pradesh 'chief' of SIMI Abu Faisal alias
'Doctor' in custody.
HM has put up posters in the Tral
area of Pulwama District of J&K warning people and Gram Panchayat
members against participating in the election. Tral is a part
of Anantnag Parliamentary constituency, which is going to polls
on April 24. The posters also warned the people against joining
the election rallies of the mainstream political parties.
At least 25 Sarpanches in South
Kashmir have resigned publicly after two separate attacks on Panchayat
members in the region since April 17. Apart from the April 21
Tral incident, as reported earlier, unidentified militants shot
dead a PDP Sarpanch in Awantipore area of Pulwama District on
April 17.
Security personnel arrested two
women cadres of CPI-Maoist from Dumasil village of Narayanpatna
block in Koraput District.
BSF personnel seized three SBML
guns, explosives and food materials from a cave in Kedupari forest
near Maidalpur village of Papadahandi block in Nabarangpur District.
Two shot dead by NDFB-IKS in at
Bhogjhra village in Kokrajhar District
The Kokrajhar District has altogether
622 polling stations out of which 80 polling stations have been
identified as sensitive, 45 polling stations have been identified
as very sensitive, 100 polling stations have been identified as
hypersensitive, 20 polling stations have been identified as vulnerable,
while 68 polling stations have been identified as critical.
Polling will be held to decide
the fate of 74 candidates, including nine women, in Kokrajhar
(ST), Dhubri, Barpeta, Mangaldoi, Gauhati and Nowgong spread over
the districts of Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Nalbari,
Baksa, Chirang, Darrang, Udalguri, Morigaon, Nagaon, Kamrup (Metro)
and Kamrup (Rural). Security has been tightened across all six
constituencies, particularly in Kokrajhar district
75 companies of security forces
being deployed. Security has been tightened along the international
border with Bangladesh and Bhutan in Dhubri, Barpeta and Mangaldoi
constituencies too
Seven NDFB cadres surrendered
before the Sonitpur District Superintendant of Police. The surrendered
militants deposited 12 AK 47 rifles, one 7.65 pistol, one 9 mm
pistol, one .22 pistol, eight Indian grenades along with magazines.
Separately, with the fight for
Kokrajhar boiling down to the issue of a separate Bodoland State,
which has been raised by the rivals ofBPF. the State’s chief minister
had rejected rejected further division of the state.
NSCN-IM has reissued guidelines
regarding the contractual works undertaken through the State and
Central Government in the Naga areas of Manipur
Attempt to attack the residence
of Autonomous District Council (ADC), Ukhrul Chief Executive Officer
Tangkhul by lobbing a hand grenade at Phungreitang West, Ukhrul
District in the morning. Even as the explosive device failed to
explode, some people retrieved the grenade and handed it over
to cadres of NSCN-IM
MCP-M called for a State wide
general strike in Manipur on April 29 as part of boycott to the
visit of President Pranab Mukherjee who is to visit Imphal on
April 29. A statement of the MCP-M said that the main objective
of proposed general strike was to highlight the suffering of the
people of the State after the State merged with the Indian union
Also, the Corcom, Coordination
Committee of six militant groups, payed homage to the heroes of
the Khongjom War on the occasion of the Khongjom War anniversary
Re polling in 31/1 Moijing (A)
polling station of Thoubal Assembly was peaceful and the voter
turnout was estimated at 87.42 per cent. 674 votes were cast during
the repoll.
PSO and driver of the Deputy Commissioner
of South Garo Hills District sustained bullet injuries in the
night. The attack took place when South Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner,
C P Gothmare, was heading towards Baghmara from Tura.
FGN tatar , S. Thronghokiu
and ‘2nd lieutenant’ Tonliba Sangtam had joined NNC (NA)
NSCN-K militant, identified as
Pongpa Konyak was arrested by 33 Assam Rifles on from Mon local
ground in Mon District. Two .22 pistols along with a magazines
were recovered from him.
The decomposed body of a Bangladeshi
national was recovered from a forest near the Indo-Bangladesh
border at Rasnagre village in South Garo Hills in Meghalaya.
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April 24 |
The NIA filed a charge sheet
against the first accused, Imtiyaz Ansari in connection with the
Patna serial blasts case of October 27, 2013.
There is a need for amendment
to the present IT Act for better policing and execution of cyber
crime cases, according to Kolkata Police, cyber department officer-in-charge
Siddhartha Chakraborty.
An operation is presently underway
to trace the movement of FICN from neighbouring countries that
has suddenly increased during the on-going Lok Sabha (Lower
House of Indian Parliament) elections.
A polling official was killed
and five others injured when unidentified gunmen attacked them
at Nagabal in Shopian District. The deceased was identified as
Zia-ul-Haq Wani. He was working as a teacher in government primary
school Herpora, Shopian.
Police fired in air, burst smoke
shells and resorted to lathi-charge to disperse protest demonstrators
in Anantnag constituency. The protestors also pelted stones. 40
persons including around 24 Policemen were injured in the clashes.
Parliament member G.N. Ratanpuri's
cavalcade was attacked in Pulwama with the people throwing stones
on the vehicles. In different areas of Pulwama town including
Trichal, Karimabad, Achan, Koil, Bandzoo, Bonar and Arihal, youth
tried to attack polling booths and stopped people from exercising
their vote. Police resorted to firing in air at Koil Pulwama to
disperse the violent protestors who attacked police and polling
staff in the area.
Some tussle erupted between the
Security Forces and journalists from the Kulgam area. Mob also
attacked some Police personnel at Qoimoh during the stone pelting
incident. Several CRPF personnel sustained stone injures when
the protesters threw stones at them in the area. Police had to
resort to lathi-charge and tear shelling to control the crowd.
Eight persons, including five
Police personnel, two election officials and one cleaner were
killed and 10 others injured when CPI-Maoist cadres exploded a
landmine targetting a poll bus near Sarsa village under Shikaripara
Police Station of Dumka District soon after voting for the Lok
Sabha elections ended.
Maoists set ablaze four bikes
and an SUV parked at a businessman's house in Latehar District.
Police arrested an 'area commander'
and two Maoist cadres and found one 3.3 rifle and 77 cartridges
which were hidden in a wheat barn at Karsou under Chainpur Police
Station in Palamu District.
Police were put on high alert
in Wayanad District after a four-member armed group, suspected
to be CPI-Maoist cadres, threatened a Police officer and his mother
at their house.
Police arrested two militants
of NSCA in connection with the recent murder of Chandreswar Dihingia,
an employee of Singlijan tea estate in Dibrugarh District. Sanjib
Kujur, who claims to be the 'finance secretary' of the outfit,
was picked up from Moran in Dibrugarh District around 6 pm. while
Minuj Dhan was taken into custody from Lahowal in the same District
at 4 pm.
SFs raided a recruiting centre
and arrested four KCP militants from Lamboikhul Makha Leikai near
Sagolmang in Imphal Naocha Potsangbam was apprehended and he disclosed
the names of three militants who are actively involved in conducting
recruitment. Later on Manipur Police and 16th Assam
Rifles apprehended three KCP cadres including a woman. They have
been identified as Chabungbam Nobin, Itocha, and Kamla Devi.
Government has formally decided
to provide ANVC-B with designated camps to its cadres in three
proposed areas located in North Garo Hills and the border areas
of South West Khasi Hills and South Garo Hills District as well
as in the fringes of West and East Khasi Hills District. A High
level meeting held in Shillong, chaired by the Chief Secretary
PBO Warjri deliberated with the top Home officials and Deputy
Commissioners of three districts on how to house the armed cadres
of the ANVC-B in designated camps needed to control their activities
DC of North Garo Hills, South
West Khasi Hills and West Khasi Hills has been asked to identify
the areas for camps of Breakaway faction ANVC-B. No tentative
time frame to move the cadres to the camp, there is an effort
to do it at the earliest. The area that the government is looking
at in North Garo Hills is towards the fringes with Assam and the
others is towards the unutilized spaces in the Garo dominated
areas along the bordering Districts of Khasi and Garo Hills. State
Political department has been asked to identify and verify the
cadres of the outfit before short listing the designated camps.
The ANVC (B) has been clamouring for a designated camp since its
leadership is part of the peace pact with the government.
Tense situation prevailed along
the Indo-Bangladesh border where Bangladeshi nationals abducted
two Indians from Southern Tripura. Seven Indians were working
in their rubber gardens outside the border fencing at Rajnagar
area [in southern Tripura on Thursday. when Bangladeshi nationals
took away two Indians just before evening.
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April 25 |
According to government sources,
NIA officers have secured statements from several United States
(US)-based witnesses linked to the November 26, 2008 (26/11) investigation.
A court has said that the trial
proceedings against two suspected militants of banned terror outfit
Al Badr , Maurif Qamar and Irshad Ali will continue in a case
of alleged recovery of huge quantity of arms and explosives here
in 2006.
The Kerala Police and the NIA
produced further evidence before the Centre-appointed tribunal
for reviewing the ban on SIMI.
IM operative Tehseen Akhtar alias
Monu disclosed during interrogation that the terror outfit had
planned to launch a fidayeen (suicide) attack on a gathering
of Bollywood stars.
CEO of the State, Umang Narula
stated, that 13, 01,142 voters were registered in Anantnag constituency
and 28 per cent of them exercised their franchise.
The figures of the Election Commission
revealed that in Pulwama District's Tral Assembly segment of Anantnag
constituency, 1121 votes were polled out of 83460 votes; in Pampore,
4712 votes were polled out of 77685; in Pulwama, 3196 votes were
polled out of 77971 and in Rajpora, 15, 669 votes were polled
out of 88531.
The figures for Shopian District's
Shopian Assembly segment revealed that 20, 322 votes were polled
out of 80, 205 and in Wacchi Assembly segment 14, 854 votes were
polled out of 76, 023.
The Anantnag District figures
revealed that out of 83104 votes in Anantnag Assembly segment,
15676 votes were polled; in Dooru 32, 077 votes were polled out
of 72, 216; in Kokernag, 39, 609 votes were polled out of 85488
votes; in Shangus, 30249 votes were polled out of 81431 votes;
in Bijbehara, 31, 184 votes were polled out of 86,353 votes and
in Pahalgam, 44, 640 votes were polled out of 79,260 votes.
The Anantnag District figures
revealed that out of 83104 votes in Anantnag Assembly segment,
15676 votes were polled; in Dooru 32, 077 votes were polled out
of 72, 216; in Kokernag, 39, 609 votes were polled out of 85488
votes; in Shangus, 30249 votes were polled out of 81431 votes;
in Bijbehara, 31, 184 votes were polled out of 86,353 votes and
in Pahalgam, 44, 640 votes were polled out of 79,260 votes.
The CEO said that 37.76 per cent
votes were cast in Anantnag, 36.68 per cent in Kulgam, 6.32 per
cent in Pulwama, 20.43 per cent in Shopian Districts and figures
of exact polling are being received from various other far flung
areas of these Districts, which would subsequently add up the
final poll percentage. He said that 40 per cent of the migrant
voters also exercised their franchise for which polling booths
were set up at Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi.
The CEO said five Observers, 205
Micro Observers and 8267 polling personnel were deployed for the
Parliamentary Constituency. He said that 12 candidates are in
the fray for the Constituency.
A court has said that the trial
proceedings against two suspected militants of banned terror outfit
Al Badr, Maurif Qamar and Irshad Ali will continue in a case of
alleged recovery of huge quantity of arms and explosives here
in 2006. According to Special Cell of Delhi Police, Qamar and
Ali, residents of Jammu and Kashmir, were arrested from Mukarba
Chowk on G T Karnal Road in Delhi in February 2006.
Delhi Police had claimed to have
arrested Qamar and Ali from a Jammu & Kashmir Roadways bus
with two pistols, 16 live cartridges, three non-electric detonators,
two timers and two kilograms of explosive material. After their
arrest, Ali's brother had filed a petition in the Delhi High Court
stating that both the accused were working as "informers"
of police and they were falsely implicated in the case. The high
court had then asked CBI to undertake an inquiry into the matter
and submit a report to it. CBI had thereafter filed a closure
report before the sessions court in the case claiming that three
sub-inspectors of special cell had fabricated the record for implicating
both Qamar and Ali.
The UJC 'chief' Syed Salahudin
hailed the people of south Kashmir for observing boycott of Lok
Sabha elections. According to a statement issued by Syed Sadat
Hussian, HM 'spokesman' Salahuddin stated that the people of Kashmir
have given a clear message to New Delhi that they reject the polls
under the Indian constitution.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Kalmu Jaggu (22), was arrested at Duwalipara forest under Gangaloor
Police Station limits of Bijapur District.
Three traders were seriously injured
as they were beaten up by PLFI - a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist
- cadres in a weekly market at Gullu under Murhu Police Station
limits in Khunti District.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant
Soren said the CPI-Maoist cadres were taking advantage of the
inter-State border with West Bengal and slipping into the neighbouring
State after carrying out attacks.
Jharkhand Police suspect that
a CPI-Maoist squad led by its top leader Prabil Da could be behind
the April 24 landmine blast in Dumka District, even as it decided
to launch a joint operation with West Bengal Police to track down
the Maoists.
A PLFI - a splinter group of the
CPI-Maoist - 'area commander', identified as Jaidhar Gope (29),
was killed and another, Santu Bodaik (28), injured in an exchange
of fire with Police around Nuagaon block in Sundargarh District.
Combing operations were intensified
in Tamil Nadu forests to flush out CPI-Maoist cadres after a four-member
armed squad threatened a Police Constable in Kerala with dire
consequences if officials of three southern states tried to prevent
their activities in tribal areas.
The body of Bodoland Peoples’
Front (BPF) member Amrit Boro was found in a paddy field at Odalbari
Tarabari under Mushalpur Police Station in Baksa District.He was
missing since the last three days
Arms, ammunition and cash were
recovered during a joint operation conducted by Army and Police
at Naharkotiya in Dibrugarh District. The Army in association
with Naharkotiya Police and arrested one person, identified as
Sourov Sonowal and recovered one 7.62 automatic pistol, four live
cartridges, one magazine, PAN card, cash and a motor bike from
his possession.
Five NLFB militants were arrested
from Balipara in Udalguri District. A vehicle was also seized
Re–poll would be held in seven
polling stations in Kokrajhar Parliamentary seat falling under
28–Gossaigaon and 29–Kokrajhar West constituency where poll violence
took place. The re–polling would be held in 313 Harbhanga Lower
Primary (LP) School, 181 Harbhanga LP School, 192 and 193 Balapara
LP Schools, 187 Jamutari LP School and 185 Bamunigaon LP School,
182 Madhujhar LP School and 307 Balapara JB School under 29–Kokrajhar
West and 155 Nilaijhora LP School under 28–Gossaigaon constituency
on April.
Troops of 18 Sikhs 9 Sector AR
launched an operation at Takyel area in Imphal West District leading
to the arrest of a PREPAK-PRO militant. Identified as No 40922,
'SS Pvt', Yumnam Kanhai alias Kiran Kumar Meitei. One 9mm
Colt Machine Gun (CMG) with magazine and five live rounds were
recovered.
A combined team of Imphal East
and Imphal West District Police Commandos arrested two active
lady militants of URF identified as Sunita Devi and Ranjita Devi
while conducting a search operation in a house at Soibam Leikai
Khanglabung Leirak, Imphal East District. It has been revealed
that they were involved in transportation and planting of IEDs.
Two mobile handsets were seized from their possession
Red Shield Division conducted
a search operation in Loktak Project area of Bishnupur District
and arrest a cadre of ZUF in Loktak Project area of Bishnupur
District . one 9mm pistol with magazine and two live rounds was
recoverd from him.
In another operation a cadre of
KCP-MC was arrested from Phougakchao Sekmaijing Village in Imphal
West District. Arrest of the individual identified as SS Cpl Sapam
Boinao alias Boi led to the recovery of a 9 mm pistol with magazine
and three live rounds.
Representatives of GoI and GPRN/NSCN
(KK) agreed to extend the cease fire for another year with effect
from April 25, 2014 after a meeting at Police Complex Chumukedima
in Nagaland District. Joint Secretary(MHA-NE) Shambhu Singh, signed
on behalf of GoI while C.Singson, Supervisor of CFSB. signed on
behalf of the GPRN/NSCN. The Joint Secretary also added that centre
was not in a position to talk with other groups till dialogue
with NSCN-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) was settled.
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April 26 |
Police arrested one person, identified
as G. Mastab Sahib alias Mastan from Badvel in Kadapa District
along with FICN racket with a face value of INR 10,000.
Three members of a FICNs smuggling
racket were arrested by the Police near Millennium Park in Kolkata
in West Bengal.
An Army Officer, Major Mukund
Vardarajan and two HM militants were killed and an Army jawan
was critically injured in a gun battle in Shopian District. The
South Kashmir Police Chief, Deputy Inspector General of Police
Vijay Kumar said that the third militant is still alive. Vijay
Kumar stated that three HM militants, Shabir Gorsi, Mohammad Asif
and Abdul Haq were trapped in a house in Khan Mohalla in village
Kareva Zora Malu in Shopian District after Army and Police cordoned
off the village.
The EC declared 324 polling stations
in Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, which is to go on polls on
April 30, as critical and ordered strengthening of security measures
further with more deployment of para-military personnel for 1546
polling stations spread over 968 locations.
An exchange of fire took place
between the Police and the CPI-Maoist cadres near Chintaguppa
village in Dummugudem mandal in Khammam District.
Chintur Police of Andhra Pradesh
arrested four Maoist militia members, including two militia 'commanders',
in the forest area near Bandirevu village, Mr Reddy said. Maoist
posters were recovered from their possession.
A 20-year-old CPI-Maoist cadre
was killed in an encounter with Police in Bijapur District.
An unidentified youth was killed
by CPI-Maoist cadres under Hariharganj Police Station limits of
Palamu District. The Maoists suspected the youth to be a 'Police
informer'.
A Brick kiln owner, Annu Gupta
(55), was killed by suspected Naxals under Gaghra Police Station
limits of Gumla District.
Over 100 Maoists set ablaze two
earthmovers worth INR 15 million at a stone crushing unit under
Hunterganj Police Station limits of Chatra District.
Two KNLA militants identified
as self-styled 'c-in-c' Sem Rongpher and self-styled 'sergeant'
Jen Rongpher, were killed during a fire fight with police. in
Sarthe Ronghang village under Uttar Borbil Police Outpost of Howraghat
Police Station in Karbi Anglong District Two M-20 pistols with
empty shells and one live ammunition, an IED with nine batteries
five rounds of empty cases and five rounds of ammunition, extortion
notes in KNLA letterhead, a bag and a mobile handset were recovered.
Kanglei Yowel Kanna Lup (KYKL)
cadre, identified as Tongbram Shantikumar Singh alias Agaya
alias Robert (28) was arrested at Thongjao area under Waikhong
Police Station of Thoubal District
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April 27 |
Madhya Pradesh ATS arrested suspected
SIMI activist, identified as Gulrez Mustafa from Bhopal railway
station.
Faisal was brought to Bhopal by
Delhi Special Cell on April 27. He was taken on transit remand
by the Delhi's Delhi Police Special Cell earlier on April 23 for
interrogation on his suspected links with Zia-ur-Rehman alias
Waqas, IM operative.
With the arrest of top IM operatives,
including Pakistani bomb-making expert Waqas, Delhi Police and
intelligence agencies suspect that the banned SIMI may be regrouping
to launch its operations to gather funds for terror acts.
Police learned about his links
with Abu Faizal alias "Doctor", arrested SIMI
cadre, who used to motivate Muslim youth to form a separate wing
called "Maal-e-Ganimat", to indulge in dacoity by robbing
banks.
For investigating the IM-SIMI
linkage, Delhi Police has taken custody of Safdar Nagori who was
the "general secretary" of SIMI.
At least 17 persons were injured
when a grenade was hurled at Magam in Budgam District. "Seventeen
persons with splinter injuries were admitted to Sub-District Hospital,
Magam. Three of them were discharged after given first aid while
14 others have been referred to SKIMS hospital, Bemina for specialized
treatment", Block Medical Officer, Khalid Rashid said.
Prior to that, a grenade was hurled
at National Conference candidate, Farooq Abdullah's rally in Khanyar
area of Srinagar. Abdullah was attending a rally at Gousia Waqf
Secondary School Khanyar, when a grenade hurled by unknown militants
exploded inside the compound of the school. However, no one was
injured in the incident.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, chairman
of APHC-G called for a Valley wide strike on April 30, 2014. He
called for the strike in connection with the killing of three
militants in Shopian.
The Bihar Police arrested a CPI-Maoist
cadre allegedly planning to disrupt Lok Sabha elections in Muzaffarpur
District.
The Bhadrachalam sub-divisional
police claim to have arrested CPI-Maoist affiliated Janatana Sarkar
(people's government) Kistaram area vice-president Sodi Vaga alias
Deva alias Kursam Narsaiah of Sukma District in the Burugupadu
forest area on the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border.
The CPI-Maoist cadres axed a Police
trooper, identified as Lalsu Pungati and then shot him dead from
close range in a weekly market in Gyrapatti village in Korchi
tehsil of Gadchiroli District.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed two civilians
in Mathili of Malkangiri District.
A Maoist involved in several cases
of violence, including murders, was arrested within Narayanpatna
Police Station limits of Koraput District.
Death toll increases to three
in the April 27 incident as Police confirms that three villagers
were killed by CPI-Maoist cadres under Mathili Police Station
limits in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Manguram was arrested by a joint team of Security Personnel
near Kodapakha base camp of Paramilitary forces in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh.
Tonsing Sangma, a militant leader
of Meghalaya based UALA . was arrested along with a woman overground
worker, at Basistha, near Beltola of Guwahati
Guwahati Railway Police (GRP)
seized 220 detonators and 204 gelatin sticks from a person carrying
the explosives in several bags from Shillong (Meghalaya) in Guwahati
railway station.
Tonsing Sangma, a militant leader
of Meghalaya based UALA . was arrested along with a woman overground
worker, at Basistha, near Beltola of Guwahati
Separately, the Guwahati Railway
Police (GRP) seized 220 detonators and 204 gelatin sticks from
a person carrying the explosives in several bags from Shillong
(Meghalaya) in Guwahati railway station.
NSCN-KK cadre 'private’ Shepu
Zhimo arrested. East colony of Zunheboto District. A .22 pistol
with magazine, live round and one mobile phone recovered.
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April 28 |
NIA recorded statements of some
witnesses in connection with the conspiracy hatched by American-born
LeT terrorist David Coleman Headley and others to carry out the
26/11 (November 26, 2008) terror attack.
IM 'acting chief' Tehsin Akhtar
alias Monu has told his interrogators that the militant
organisation had split into two groups with two senior operatives
- Ahmad Zarar Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal and Mohammad
Qateel Siddiqui running 'parallel leadership' in the outfit due
to ideological and operational differences between them.
A special money laundering court
in New Delhi ordered freezing of INR 55,00,000 cash of fugitive
Nasir Safi Mir, who is said to be the financial brain behind terror
and separatist groups in Jammu and Kashmir.
A suspected IM operative, Imteyaz
Alam who was also accused in the Patna (Bihar) blasts of October
27, 2013 has been remanded in Police custody till May 7, 2014
by a Delhi court in connection with a case of allegedly setting
up an illegal arms factory in Delhi.
Pakistan troops fired at Indian
posts along the LoC in Poonch District.
The CPI-Maoist blew up the high
school building at Narotampur in Lakhisarai District of Bihar.
A ‘commander’ of the CPI-Maoist
carrying a reward of INR 200,000 surrendered in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed a person,
identified as Sariyam Podiya, (25), at Palamdagu village under
Polampalli Police Station area in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
Two NDFB-S militants Ramesh Boro
and Raju Deka were arrested by 9 Punjab Regiment at Rangia railway
station in Kamrup District along with a vehicle
Goalpara Police have taken into
custody the arrested militant 'commander' of UALA. and booked
him for killing of seven unarmed Rabha civilians late last year.
Goalpara Police have taken into
custody the arrested militant 'commander' of UALA booked him for
killing of seven unarmed Rabha civilians late last year.
ANVC-B stated “Government must
stop secret operations and stop hunting ANVC.-B cadres as it is
turning the cadres frustrated. These operations will lead to repercussions
which will hamper the peace initiatives".
Meghalaya Chief Minister said
Pro-ILP pressure groups should come forward with meaningful and
concrete suggestions to address the issue illegal migrants.
33 AR arrested one NSCN-K. ‘central
council member’, Ganpong Konyak from Zakhlom Ward in Mon District
AR in a release stated, though Konyak is a “yellow card holder”
of NSCN-K, authorized only one weapon to be carried with his bodyguard,
he was found to be in possession of .22 pistol with magazine (country
made), one .22 pistol (country made) pen shaped, one .32 revolver
(Made in England), four .32 live rounds and incriminating documents.
SFs arrested one Avise
Angami (31) from Chumukedima along with one .22 Pistol, 46 rounds
of .22 caliber and four cartridges of 12 bore, substantial quantity
of ganja (cannabis) and illicit liquor.
19 AR acting on a tip off arrested
a man, identified as Aja and recovered one .22 Pistol with Magazine,
50 live rounds of .22 Pistol, one DBBL 12 Bore Gun and one .22
Rifle with magazine were recovered.
29 AR apprehended two men, Hito
Yeptho and Henito Wotsa from Rangapahar Tinali Petrol Pump in
Dimapur and recovered one 7.65mm pistol and one .22mm pistol with
magazines
NSCN-K has left for New Delhi
for talks on further extension of cease fire SS Khaplang, the
leader of the group have deputed some of the functionaries to
meet representatives of the Centre to sign the truce extension.
Report of MHA states that
Maoists, are establishing a separate network for procurement of
ammunition from the Naga militants.
Tripura government has sent a
proposal to the MHA suggesting specially designed barbed wire
fencing for riverine and hilly terrain Indo-Bangladesh border.
the existing design of fencing has become virtually ineffective
in riverine and hilly terrain areas, according to reports
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April 29 |
An alleged SIMI cadre, Aftab has
threatened to kill a Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) MLA (Member of
Legislative Assembly), Manjinder Singh Sirsa and blow up a gurdwara,
prompting Police to lodge an FIR (First Information Report) and
throw a security cordon around gurdwaras in New Delhi.
More than 30 sleeper cells of
SIMI have become active across the country.
Two Indonesian passengers, identified
as Dunavan Tojo and Nurhatiely Said, who arrived in Nedumbassery
in Ernakulam District of Kerala on April 26 on Visa-on-Arrival
scheme from Singapore were detained by the Emigration Department
at Delhi Airport.
An explosives supplier, identified
as Biju Thomas, considered to be possible explosives source for
some IM blasts in India has been arrested for allegedly selling
explosives illegally in Haryana.
Militants attacked former HM 'spokesman',
Junaid-ul-Islam, injuring him and three others at Sangrahama in
Baramulla District while he was travelling in a bus.
Troops of Rashtriya Rifles (RR)
recovered a large quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives
from a militant hideout at Nanchwar forests in Navapachi area
of Kishtwar District.
One poll official, Feroz Ahmad
Shah was injured in stone pelting on poll staff in Srinagar.
Authorities have deployed 241
companies of CRPF, BSF and SSB for polling duty.
IG of Police, South-West Range,
Yashwant Jethwa, clarified that the woman cadre of CPI-Maoist,
Tulsi Madangi had surrendered before the Police and not arrested
as claimed by the BSF on April 28.
Marri Dasu, a CPI-Maoist ‘militia’
from Annavaram area of Garimanda village under Boodaralla area
surrendered before ASP Vishal Gunni at Narsipatnam in Visakhapatnam
District of Andhra Pradesh.
Police arrested a CPI-Maoist ‘area
commander’ Soma Munda (45), wanted in numerous cases, from Rahe
area in Ranchi District of Jharkhand.
NDFB-S militant was killed in
Udalguri District. joint Police team from Udalguri and Sonitpur
District at Khubumguri village. A pistol and a high explosive
grenade were recovered. According to Police he was involved in
the March 2, 2014 ambush on Assam Rifles (AR) in which four soldiers
were injured.
A bomb exploded in a government-run
primary school near the Assam-Mizoram border in Hailakandi District.
The bomb went off inside Kachurthal Lower Primary School in Katlichrerra
educational block. Police have found a detonator and some wires
from the blast site. This is suspected to be fallout of the border
dispute between Assam and Mizoram.
Three men identified as as Mahatu,
Manuj Giri and Kanu Gupta of Sirajuli were arrested for allegedly
demanding money in the name of NDFB-S
Nagaon Police arrested Dhiren
Nath, a linkman of ULFA from Itachali area of Nagaon District,
while he was collecting money from a business man. INR 1,00,000
was also recovered
An official of Cachar Paper Mill
(CPM), identified as Arindam who was abducted from the Rangamati
area of Karimganj District on April 26 was released. Armed militants
had appeared in the office at Rangamati, located on the border
of Assam, Tripura and Mizoram, and kidnapped Arindam. The release
was secured after payment of a ransom. The group affiliation of
the militants is unknown
The ‘general secretary’ of ULFA,
Anup Chetia, who is currently in protective custody of Bangladesh
has contacted some senior leaders of ULFA-Pro-Talk Faction (ULFA-PTF)
to put pressure on the Government to do the needful for ensuring
his return. It has also been reported that ULFA-I faction did
not have any effect on the Assam elections and only has a few
militants remaining in Assam. The militant group has not been
able to recruit from its strongholds such as Upper and Lower Assam
Districts, but they have recruited a few from Dhemaji, Darrang
and Sonitpur Districts. The ULFA faction is also facing shortage
of funds and is finding it difficult to maintain its training
camps in Myanmar. The ‘commander-in-chief’ of ULFA-I , Paresh
Baruah who is in Ruli area of Myanmar-Chinese Border is keeping
a low profile but is showing keenness regarding the prospects
of electoral prospects of Naba Kumar Sarania ,a former ULFA militant
who is contesting elections as an Independent candidate from the
Kokrajhar constituency. Another prominent leader of ULFA-I faction
Drishti Rajkhowa has shifted to Sherpur in Bangladesh, from Garo
hills where he was staying in GNLA.
Two brothers Sanasam Indrajit
and Sanasam Inao from Huikap Makha Leikai in Imphal East District
who were abducted by KCP were freed in Khoripok under Yairipok
Police Station
Red Shield Division claimed to
have arrested ‘finance secretary’ of KNA-I. Lelen Haokip while
he was trying to extort money from a chief of Gomphajang
village namely Paokan Haokip out of National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) fund in K Salbung area of Churachandpur
District. He was found in possession of 7.62 mm Pistol (marked
made in USA) with magazine and three live rounds.
A peace forum from Garo Hills,
Unified Peace Movement for Garo Hills (UPMGH), the church and
NGO leaders have urged the Governor of Meghalaya KK
Paul for initiating peace talks with militants. The UPMGH highlighted
mushrooming of armed outfits and splinter groups in Garo Hills
The thirteen ILP groups have suggested
an ILP system with spot entry verification.
GoI and NSCN-K decided to extend
the cease fire agreement. The agreement was signed by Joint Secretary
Shambhu Singh MHE-NE on behalf of GoI and Y. Wangtin Naga supervisor
of CFSB on behalf of NSCN-K.
Angami Youth Organization (AYO)
and Chakhesang Youth Front (CYF) have decided to impose a “blanket
ban” on all the activities of NSCN-K, particularly its financial
activities. AYO and CYF asked all the Angami villages not to entertain
any form of taxation by NSCN-K and cautioned all government establishments,
institutions, contractors, corporate, public and private individual
business owners against contributing any form of “tax and percentages”.
SFs arrested one NSCN-IM cadre,
identified as Raja peyu Chuba Chang from Nyaklangbou Sector of
Tuensang District. AR team also recovered ten live rounds of AK-47
from him.
NSCN-KK 'chairman' Angami region,
identified as Apelhou Angami was arrested with illegal weapons
in a Maruti Gypsy near Sukhovi road junction of Dimapur District.
The weapons haul included four 7.65mm Pistols with eight magazines
and one .22 Pistol with one magazine.
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April 30 |
A day after the arrest of Sakir
Hussain, a suspected ISI agent from Sri Lanka, the Tamil Nadu
'Q' Branch Police arrested two more people from Chennai.
Hussain had visited Tamil Nadu
several times in the recent past and allegedly used a fake passport
during one of his visits, Police sources said.
Over 500 ‘stone-pelters’ were
detained to ensure free and peaceful conduct of the elections,
scheduled in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar-Budgam Parliamentary
constituency.
One protester was killed and two
others injured in Srinagar when SFs opened fire during clashes
with protesters after polling ended.
In an unidentified area of Srinagar,
a polling official was seriously wounded as protesters started
stone pelting at officials as voting came to a close. The voter
turnout was low in Srinagar, less than 26 per cent, following
a separatist call for boycott of the ongoing elections.
CPI-Maoist cadres reached Anjampalli
polling station in Khammam District bordering Chhattisgarh and
detonated three powerful explosions outside the polling station.
Jharkhand DGP Rajeev Kumar recommended
to Chief Minister Hemant Soren for the suspension and departmental
proceeding against Dumka SP Nirmal Mishra over the Maoist ambush
in which two polling officials, five Security Force (SFs) personnel
and a cleaner of the bus were killed.
The CPI-Maoist and CPI-ML-Naxalbari
have merged and the new party will retain the name of CPI-Maoist.
13 CPI-Maoist cadres who were
allegedly involved in the attack on villagers of Saagulu at Lakkavaram
in Chintapalli mandal (administrative unit) on February
19, 2013 in which three persons were killed, surrendered before
Visakhapatnam SP Vikram Jeet Duggal at Narsipatnam in Vishakhapatnam
District of Andhra Pradesh.
Three cadres of NDFB-IKS identified
as Rajai Mushahary, Custom Boro and Adlish Basumatary were killed
in an encounter with Police in the Naojan Tinkhuti area under
Gingia Police Station in Sonitpur District. This was a joint operation
of Assam Police and CRPF. The NDFB-IKS cadres were involved in
the killing of Lalit Boro, a BJP worker, at Tinkhuti (Sonitpur
District) on April 7
Lakhipur Police averted a blast
by arresting two persons carrying a bomb along with 20 pieces
of detonators, 35 pieces of gelatin wire weighing 5.5 kilograms
from a bus they were travelling. The two persons were identified
as one Thana Kuki and his wife Mary Kuki. Lakhipur Police immediately
arrested Thana Kuki and Mary Kuki along with the driver of the
bus Anup Adhikari and the handyman Dilwar Hussain Mazumder. On
being interrogated, a map of Barak Bridge and Chiri Bridge in
Lakhipur area was recovered from the possession of Thana Kuki.
NDFB-IKS slammed the Ranjan Daimary
faction of NDFB (NDFB-RD) over the killings of members of the
outfit and warned that the retaliation would be the answer if
he (Daimary) does not stop the fratricidal killings with the help
of Indian Army and anti Bodo agents The 'general secretar of the
NDFB-IKS, B Saoraigwra in a press statement alleged that the killing
of one NDFB cadre named Saolun Daimary on April 29 in an encounter
with the joint search operation of Assam Police at Asrabari was
a fake encounter where they have clear evidence on that.
KRF a SoO signatory under UPF
has cautioned the general public not to entertain any monetary
demand served in the name of KRF by its cadres Mangcha alias
Romeo and Samuel Haokip, A KRF statement signed by its ‘information
and publicity secretary’ K Lincoln said that Mangcha and Samuel
Haokip are not authorised to deal with financial matters of the
Front.
UALA militants identified as Kalsen
Momin was arrested with bullet injuries during a botched attack
on a petrol station in Williamnagar town in East Garo Hills District
The injured militant was arrested from a village across the Simsang
river after Police teams tracked his movement from the blood trail
left behind at the scene of the attack. A six-member group of
UALA militants is said to have crossed over from across the Simsang
river into Williamnagar to target the Janusa petrol pump located
on the Williamnagar-Nengkhra road. From their hideout they opened
indiscriminate fire towards the petrol pump damaging pillars and
walls of the station. The arrested suspect however, continued
to maintain his innocence claiming that he was a victim of militants’
ire. Police recovered as many as 25 empty rounds of AK ammunition
that was fired from the attack site.
HNLC has termed the ongoing power
crisis in Meghalaya as a “conspiracy” by the State Government
to make way for uranium mining in order to generate electricity.
This policy of the Indian government towards Meghalaya is to make
Hynniewtrep and A’chik starve so that they live a poor life. The
Indian government wants to take away uranium, electricity, coal,
land and everything else that would make Hynniewtrep lives enriched.
The HNLC would never tolerate anything related to uranium mining
and people encouraging uranium mining will be dealt with severely,”
HNLC “publicity secretary” Sainkupar Nongtraw said in a statement
to reporters. Uranium mining has been strongly opposed by various
groups in Meghalaya since the early 1990s.
ANVC has no worries to the proposed
creation of designation camps for its Breakaway faction known
as the ANVC-B. ANVC ‘publicity secretary’, Arist Sangma said”
We have no grudges against the ANVC-B instead we are happy that
its cadres will be put in a designated camp that the state government
is trying to locate”. The ANVC-B, albeit its separate entity since
a section of its leadership came out from the parent body was
not officially part of the peace pact entered with the Government.
The State Government insistence that they should be part of the
parent body signatories paid off, but the ANVC-B perseverance
prompted the State Government to look for a camp for the cadres
of the breakaway faction of the ANVC.
NSCN-KK cadre identified as "major"
Ayeto Zhimo (36) of Gukiye village under Satakha sub-division
in Zunheboto District was arrested by security forces. According
to Police, the accused cadre was found threatening and harassing
some public by snatching their mobile phones and other belongings.
Police also said that a 9 mm pistol with eleven live ammunition
and two mobile handsets were recovered from the accused possession.
Police said NDFB-IKS had carried
out the massacres in Baska and Korajahar Districts to avenge the
killing of three of their cadres in an encounter in Sonitpur District.
However, the affected people, AIUDF, SJA and some of its constituent
organisations pointed a finger at the BPF, the ruling party in
BTAD and alleged that the former cadres of the erstwhile BLT had
carried out the attacks on Muslim families.
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May 1 |
One passenger, identified as Swathi
died and nine others were injured in a bomb blast in the Guwahati-Bangalore
Express train stationed at the Chennai Central Station.
Sakir Hussain, a suspected ISI
agent from Sri Lanka, had allegedly conducted a reconnaissance
mission as part of a conspiracy to attack foreign missions in
southern India.
The Enforcement Directorate has
initiated money laundering investigation against diamond trader
Afroz Mohamed Hasanfatta.
Maharashtra Cabinet on April 30
approved a proposal to allot an additional 55 acre land in Thane
District for the National Institute of Coastal Policing, being
set up by the UMHA.
The Rajasthan ATS arrested a suspected
IM operative, Ashraf Ali from Chidambaram town in Cuddalore District.
Around a dozen persons including
three Policemen were injured in stone-pelting and clashes across
Kashmir valley in curfew like restrictions in parts of Srinagar
and shut down in rest of the Valley over the killing of a youth
in Srinagar on April 30.
Four tribals, including a woman,
were arrested in connection with the April 24 Dumka landmine blast.
Eight CPI-Maoist militias from
Narayanpatna block in Koraput District of Odisha surrendered before
Police.
The high voter turnout in Lok
Sabha polls in south Chhattisgarh has apparently upset the
CPI-Maoist who are holding meetings to express disappointment
over participation of tribals in the electoral process.
NDFB-IKS militants in Baksa District
of BTAD shot dead three persons, including two women, and injured
an infant. According to Police sources, a group of the extremists
entered the house of the family near Ananda Bazar area in the
night and opened indiscriminate fire, killing the three. The assailants
fled after committing the crime.
Militants attacked Dhananjoy Nath,
District correspondent of a Guwahati-based Assamese daily Dainik
Janasadharan in Kokrajhar District. Superintendent of Police
Kokrajhar District stated that this could be a case of extortion
as the victim owned a shop and the attack was a bid to extort
money from him
Police had launched an operation
in Borpothar under Bokajan sub-division of Karbi Anglong District
and arrested three KPLT militants. The three have been identified
as Daniel Ingti Kathar, Benting Teron and Bimal Engti. The Police
recovered an extortion note and four mobiles from them.
GNLA militant was killed by Police
Commandos at at Daji Badimagre-Boldakgre village, a remote Chokpot
region of South Garo Hills District in Meghalaya. The incident
happened when the Police Commandos from Special Weapons And Tactics
(SWAT) unit engaged in counter insurgency operation saw a group
of GNLA militants who were going to the village. The Police recovered
an AK-47 with several rounds of ammunition and a knapsack containing
camouflage uniforms from the deceased. The militants who escaped
in the encounter later returned and fired at the Security Forces
(SFs).The Police later cordoned off the area and conducted a search
and found a large camp which may have housed up to 40 cadres of
the GNLA.
Meghalaya Government is trying
to bring UALA and GNLA for negotiations. The Government has been
engaging with the leadership of both the groups at various levels.
Meanwhile it has clearly stated that the Government will not succumb
to the militant groups’ demands. The State Home Minister, Roshan
Warjri had earlier said that ‘chairman’ of the GNLA Champion Sangma
will not be released before any peaceful settlement has been reached.
SFs arrested an individual, identified
as Aloto Zhimomi from Thahekhu and recovered one .22 pistol along
with magazine
One active member of KYKL namely
Sanjay Sahu was arrested by Imphal West Commandos from Minuthong
Pandon.
On the disclosure of Sanjay Sahu,
his associate Muhammad Ayub Khan (40) was also arrested from the
latter's residence at Mantripukhri Bengali Colony.
The Cachar Police suspects the
involvement of NSCN-K behind the incident when an IED, 35 gelignite
(blasting gelatin) sticks, caches of nitroglycerin and nitrocellulose
and 20 powerful detonators were recovered a bus at Sibtilla in
Cachar District. Although four people were arrested, the Police
suspect that they were just couriers.
Police rescued five people who
were abducted by suspected KPLT militants. The five persons identified
as Mithun Das, Sunny Das, Boloram Das, Kulendra Singh and Dharmendra
Singh were abducted at gunpoint by a 10 to 12-member group of
KPLT from an IBP petrol pump in the Geleki area in Karbi Anglong
District on National Highway 37 near Kaziranga National Park.
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May 2 |
All important installations in
Chennai and its suburbs, including the Indira Gandhi Centre for
Atomic Research at Kalpakkam in Kanchipuram District were put
on high alert following the twin blasts on board the Bangalore-Guwahati
Express at Chennai Central.
All international airports, ports
and land borders in India have been put on alert by the Directorate
of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to check circulation of FICN and
black money during ongoing Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian
Parliament) elections.
In a major breakthrough in foiling
the Islamist terror group’s recruitment and fundraising operations
in West Asia, a key Indian Mujahideen organiser, Faizan Ahmad
Sultan was deported by the UAE.
The interrogation of suspected
Colombo-based ISI agent Mohammed Zahir Hussain has brought out
that he has been making attempts to establish a widespread network
to carry out activities, including circulation of fake currency
in south India.
The Supreme Court refused to issue
any further direction to the tribunal constituted to examine the
ban on the SIMI for the seventh time.
A militant belonging to HuJI outfit
was arrested in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Intelligence agencies are
worried as 58 persons including 14 militants, or former militants,
along with their Pakistani wives and children reached Jammu and
Kashmir from Nepal border during past about one month after spending
more than two decades or even more in PoK.
For strengthening security along
International Border in Jammu region, the Union Ministry of Home
Affairs decided to take up 15 villages out of total 118 on pilot
basis for laying of three-tier network and directed the divisional
administration to provide 135 feet corridor to the BSF in these
villages within a period of two months.
A huge cache of arms, ammunition
and electronic gadgets were recovered after a prolonged exchange
of fire between security personnel and CPI-Maoist cadres at Bodra
hills under Khadgaon Police Station limits of Rajnandgaon District
of Chhattisgarh.
Two JPC, a splinter group of CPI-Maoist,
cadres identified as ‘zonal commander’ Badal alias Rajesh
Munda and cadre Ashok Oraon, were killed in factional clash with,
another CPI-Maoist splinter group, TPC at Kushumbha of Hazaribagh
District, Jharkhand.
Seven people, including two children
and four women, were killed in an attack by suspected NDFB-IKS
militants in Balaparajan Village-1 under Goreswar Police Station
in Kokrajhar District under BTAD of Assam on May 2. A group of
heavily armed extremists swooped down on two houses in the village
at around 1 am and opened indiscriminate fire, killing seven persons
on the spot. Two persons were seriously injured.
SFs arrested one KCP-Nongdrenkhomba
cadre, identified as Ngangbam Sharat alias Somo. One mobile
phone handset and 200 gms of explosive material were seized from
his possession.
On the disclosure of Sharat, another
cadre of the same outfit, identified as Angom Aken alias
German alias Chingkhei (24) was also pulled up from his residence.
On the disclosure of Sharat, another
cadre of the same outfit, identified as Angom Aken alias German
alias Chingkhei (24) was also pulled up from his residence.
One KYKL militant Shakil Ahmed
was arrested by AR, during an operation at Lamlai in Imphal East
District by the 30 AR. A 9mm pistol and three live rounds were
recovered from the militant.
East Khasi Hills Police arrested
HANM 'president' Lamphrang Kharbani along with four others from
Rangthong village in South West Khasi Hills. Kharbani was arrested
for his alleged links with the banned rebel outfit HNLC.
Minority students' organisations
in Assam have blamed BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary and Chief Minister
Tarun Gogoi for the ongoing violence in the BTAD.
A grenade was found at the gate
of one Hijam Ibotombi, residence at Uripok Yambem Leikai in Imphal
was later retrieved by a team of Imphal West Commandos.
Arunachal Pradesh Police team
lead by East Siang SP, Devendra Arya rescued 65-year-old Keshav
Pandey from the captivity of the NDFB-IKS militants after about
one hour gun battle and arrested four cadres, identified as Rajiv
Narzary, Suresh Basumatary, Bolin Boro and Tengana Narzary while
three others managed to escape.
SFs arrested one armed cadre of
NSCN-KK, identified as H Akato Zhimo (33) from Super Market near
Saramati Hotel in Dimapur District, along with one 7 .65mm pistol
and assorted ammunition.
NSCN-IM has created a new department
under an 'officer on special duty' to follow strict orders and
assignments so as to minimize all forms of "illegal activities"
prevailing in and around Dimapur District.
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May 3 |
Inputs gathered by Central Agencies
say a leader of Pak-based terror outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Zameer
Khan has formed a new outfit- Ansar-ul-Uma- for conducting operations
in India.
The intelligence agencies have
also informed that Maulana Masood Azhar, founder of JeM, last
week held a conference -'Jehad-e-Kashmir'- with senior members
of various Tanzeems. Masood Azhar was released by India in the
wake of the 1999 Kandahar hijack.
Nine more bodies were recovered
from a village in Baksa District in the morning of May 3 (today),
taking the toll to 32 in the violence unleashed by NDFB-IKS militants
in BTAD area in Assam. The bodies of the victims, including four
children and two women, were recovered from Khagrabari village
under Salbari sub-division adjacent to the Manas National Park,
official sources said. Bodies of two children were identified
as Ilina Khatun and Ariful Islam. Besides Chirang and parts of
Dhubri Districts, indefinite curfew has also been imposed in Kokrajhar
and Baksa Districts where 23 people were killed. The violence
started when heavily armed NDFB-IKS militants entered a house
and shot dead three members of a family, including two women,
and injured an infant of a minority community near Ananda Bazar
area in Baksa District on May 1. This was followed by indiscriminate
firing by the insurgents at Balapara-I village in neighbouring
Kokrajhar District in the early hours on May 2 which left eight
persons dead and injuring several others in their own houses.
Again, in the night of May 2, 12 bullet-riddled bodies, including
those of five women and a child, were recovered from Nankekhadrabari
and Nayanguri villages in Baksa District where nearly 100 houses
and a wooden bridge were set ablaze by the militants. The Army
has been staging flag marches in the violence-hit areas to instill
confidence among people and to bring the situation under control,
sources said.
Meanwhile, former ULFA leader
and Independent candidate for Kokrajhar parliamentary constituency
seat, Naba Sarania alias Hira Sarania, who was backed by
the Sanmila Janagosthiya Aikya Mancha in the recently concluded
Lok Sabha elections, suspected the involvement of the BPF in the
ongoing Kokrajhar violence, reports Addressing the press in the
city on May 2, Sarania said, “The government said it had information
that such clashes might occur. If it did have prior information,
why didn’t the government take any steps to prevent the violence.
There is definitely some involvement of the government in this
ongoing violence.” The former ULFA leader appealed to the government
to take steps to end the mindless violence and threatened to launch
an economic blockade in the State if it failed to do so. He said,
“If the violence and killings does not stop by May 5, we will
launch an economic blockade in all the entry gates of Lower Assam
like Boxirhat Gate, Srirampur Gate, etc.”
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi called
the attacks a cowardly act. Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde
spoke to Tarun Gogoi, and promised to send 10 additional companies
of Central paramilitary forces sought by the State government.
Clearly mentioning the involvement
of the dreaded NDFB-IKS group in the killing of several innocent
civilians at different areas under the BTAD, the Assam Police,
on May 2, said the Bodo rebel group has become frustrated and
as a result, they have chosen a “soft target”. Talking to reporters
after attending a series of high level security meetings at Dispur,
State DGP Khagen Sarma said, “Stern action will be taken against
NDFB (S) group.” “In the last few months, 18 important cadres
of NDFB (S) outfit were killed in encounter with security forces
and also 42 important cadres of the outfit surrendered before
security forces,” he said. “To show its strength, the outfit
had earlier tried to attack security forces and Ranjan Daimary
faction of NDFB, but failed in its attempt and became frustrated.
To make its presence felt, they carried out the attack on civilians
yesterday,” he added.
The BPPF said the killing in the
BTAD could be a handiwork of the Government agency to divert the
attention of the people who are by and large going against the
ruling party, reports The Sentinel. Talking to reporters,
BPPF President Rabiram Narzary said that yesterday’s killing could
be a government’s conspiracy. He also demanded a high level inquiry
into the incident.
Inspector-General of Police (BTAD)
L.R. Bisnoi said the militant group had targeted civilians to
avenge the killing of three militants of the outfit in an encounter
with a joint team of the Police and the Central Reserve Police
Force in Sonitpur District on April 30, reports The Hindu.
The NDFB-IKS also has earlier
warned the State and Government of India for tit for tat action
against the systematic killings of their members and also cautioned
the founder Chairman of the NDFB, Ranjan Daimary to stay away
from involving in fratricidal killings.
The Sanmilito Jonogosthiyo Oikyo
Moncho — an umbrella body of non-Bodo organisations, on May 2,
threatened to cut off the lifelines to the Northeast for an indefinite
period if the killing of innocent persons does not stop in the
Bodoland Territorial Areas District immediately. Addressing a
news conference here this afternoon, spokesperson for the organisation,
Jamsher Ali, said if one more innocent person is killed in the
BTAD, they will launch indefinite economic blockades at Srirampur
and Baxirhat from May 5, cutting off the region from the rest
of the country.
Reacting to the latest killings
in the BTAD, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader, Akhil
Gogoi sought deployment of the army and demanded resignation of
chief minister Tarun Gogoi and BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary for
their “failure” to maintain law and order.
Troops of Red Shield Division
reportedly apprehended armed cadres of KCP-MC and PLA in the general
area of Heibong Pokpi in Manipur. KCP-MC namely Laishram Birsing
alias Bira was arrested along with recovering one 9mm pistol with
magazine and four live rounds.
Imphal West Commandos arrested
KCP-Noyon cadre, identified as Abujam Shidam Meetei from Pukhao.
Investigation revealed that he is working as 'publicity secretary'
of KCP-Noyon group.
A combined team from Patsoi, Singjamei
and Churachandpur Police stations conducted earth excavating work
at Ngloi hills near Mata Lambulane in Churachandpur District,
a place located near a Assam Rifles post where cadres of KCP-Nongdrenkhomba
faction had stayed for sometime after the faction entered into
a tripartite suspension of operation with the Centre and state
government. A piece of bone and some clothing suspected to be
belonged to the missing cadre, Laiphrakpam Roshan aka Gopen has
been recovered.
HNLC has demanded for the unconditional
release of HANM 'president' Lamphrang Kharbani and threatened
to announce a total shutdown of all the State Government offices
and departments including Central Government on May 8, 9, 12 and
13 if it is not met.
Assam Governor JB Patnaik has
asked the State Government to seize illegal arms in the BTAD region.
A senior Police official said more than 100 illegal arms have
been seized in BTAD during the time of elections. He added that
since January 2014, 42 militants of NDFB-IKS have laid down their
arms, while 18 others have been killed in encounters by police
and the Army. According to sources, there are around 200 militants
of NDFB-IKS active in BTAD at present.
Guwahati Sanmilita Nagarik Adhikar
Suraksha Mancha, a citizens' forum demanded a judicial inquiry
into the violence.
Senior BPF legislator Pramila
Rani Brahma, whose arrest has been demanded by a section in the
Congress for the violence in the BTAD, demanded a CBI probe into
the attacks.
Responding to criticism about
his alleged failure to check fresh violence, Hagrama Mohilary,
BPF president and chief executive member of BTC, said he would
not mind if the BTC was dismissed if this could restore normalcy
in the area. He said there were reports about the involvement
of the NDFB-IKS and appealed to all to maintain peace.
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May 4 |
Central security agencies have
claimed that ISI had plans to carry out terror attacks on two
foreign consulates - US and Israeli - in India with evidence for
this reportedly given by Sri Lankan national, Sakir Hussain, arrested
from Chennai, during his interrogation.
Pakistani Army violated ceasefire
and resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian posts at Deri Dabsi
along the LoC in Mendhar Sector of Poonch District.
SFs recovered huge cache of arms
and ammunition from Gubrinala forest area of Bandipora District.
Explosive materials were seized
by BSF personnel from secret dumps of CPI-Maoist in Lamtaput block
of Koraput District in south Odisha.
Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims
continued to flee their homes in western Assam. Curfew was relaxed
for four hours in Kokrajhar from noon on May 3 as no fresh attacks
were reported in the last 24 hours. Thirty-two people have been
killed since May 1. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said about 300
people from both the communities had taken shelter at relief camps.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed two persons
including a Sarpanch in two separate incidents in Dantewada
District of Chhattisgarh.
Over 806 kg of explosives and
130 IEDs have been recovered by SFs from Naxal violence-hit areas
since the announcement of Lok Sabha polls on March 5.
A militant of KCP-KK Nganba faction,
identified as Paonam Ricky alias Sana alias Tutu was arrested
by a Commando Unit of Bishnupur District Police while conducting
a search operation at Keinou Bazar.
Another cadre of the same outfit,
identified as Taorem Gourashyam Meitei alias Ranjit (28)
was arrested from Thangmeiband near THAU ground.
District administration said that
the indefinite curfew imposed in Chirang District of the BTAD
since the night of May 2 was relaxed for six hours from 10 am.
SFs launched operation, named
"Op Sickle", which led to the arrests of BNA 'chief' Oranjoy alias
Lal Thazuala, 'general secretary' Rajesh Chorkhi, Luarjoy Reang
and Bailoram Reang from a village in Kholakhal in Cachar District.
A large quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered which included
four AK-47 rifles, six AK magazines, 122 rounds of AK-47, two
-12 Bore Double barrel guns, three- 12 Bore Single barrel guns,
one 9 mm Country made Pistol, four 9 mm ball rounds, one BNA accounting
and extortion diary, four Mobile Phones and other war like stores.
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May 5 |
The May 1 twin blasts aboard the
Bangalore-Guwahati Express at Chennai Central railway station
was most likely masterminded by a group from outside Tamil Nadu,
said investigators who grilled Al-Umma operatives and some others.
IM operative, Asraf Ali, who was
arrested from Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu on May 1, was the
main source of setting up IM modules in western Rajasthan, Anti-Terrorism
Squad (ATS) investigations have revealed.
Three militants belonging to NDFB-IKS
militants were killed in two separate encounters with a joint
team of the Police; the CRPF; and the Army, on May 4 in Sonitpur
and Udalguri Districts.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Sushilkumar
Shinde said on May 4, "During the last few days, there have
been wanton acts of depredation leading to the deaths of 32 persons,
mainly women and children. Out of these 32 persons, 31 belonged
to minority community. The objective of this group seems to be
aimed at starting a full fledged communal conflagration,"
reports "It is noteworthy that these acts (of violence in
Kokrajhar and Baksa regions of Assam) started only after the group
started steadily losing its cadres either by surrender or elimination
during operations when they opened fire on the forces," Shinde
said, without naming the "group", NDFB-IKS. He added
that the MHA had already deployed 43 companies of Central Forces
and was in the process of sending an additional 1,000 personnel.
In addition, he noted, 1,500 soldiers of the Army had been positioned
in the violence-hit areas. "These numbers are not fixed and
can be increased as per requirement," he said.
Further, the State government
decided to hand over the investigation to the National Investigation
Agency (NIA). Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said, “Let the NIA investigate
who is involved… I want to coordinate with neighbouring Bhutan
as the militants may hide there after committing the crime. If
the NIA comes then that can be done.”
The NDFB-IKS, meanwhile, has denied
its involvement in the violence, claiming it was “a political
conspiracy by the Assam government to trigger clashes between
two communities.” A press statement by NDFB’s ‘Secretary (Information
and Publicity Wing)’, N.E. Esara, said: “We ask the Assam government
and its officials to stay away from such accusation without the
slightest justification.”
SIMI cadre Gulrez Mustafa was
produced in the court after his Police remand expired and he has
been sent to jail till May 13.
A Delhi court kept its order pending
over NIA Hyderabad's and ATS's application seeking custody of
IM operatives Tehseen Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas
in connection with the Dilsukhnagar blast in February 21, 2013.
The sessions court sent them to judicial custody till May 19 on
a plea by Delhi Police Special Cell.
Suspected IM operative Imteyaz
Alam, who was accused in the Patna blasts in October 27, 2013,
has been remanded in 14 days of judicial custody in connection
with a case of allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory.
The Tamil Nadu Police told at
a court in Egmore, Chennai that suspected Pakistan's ISI agent
Sakir Hussian, a Sri Lankan national, arrested from Chennai was
working on a plan to sabotage the Indian Navy bases at Kochi and
Visakhapatnam. Meanwhile, court remanded Sakir Hussain to three
days Police custody.
The Kerala Police asserted that
IM operatives Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas and Tehseen Akhtar, who
stayed in Munnar from September to November 2013, didn't get more
local help than what was found earlier. The state Police called
off their investigation in this regard.
A suspect in the 2003 conspiracy
case of Pakistan's ISI, Saiyed Kirmani Abdul was detained at Hyderabad
airport.
Army recovered seven IEDs in the
frontier area of Tangdhar in Kupwara District.
J&K Police arrested two OWGs of
HM who were involved in the killing of PDP Sarpanch's father,
Ghulam Muhammad Dar in Dogripora village of Awantipora area in
Pulwama District on March 9, 2014.
Security operations against CPI-Maoist
cadres are being carried out for the past four days with the support
of Nayagarh District Police, especially in Harbhanga Police Station
area in Odisha.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres allegedly
involved in the killing of Pakur SP Amarjit Balihar and four others
in Pakur District in July 2, 2013, were arrested from Kathikund
Police Station area of Dumka District in Jharkhand.
Two CPI-Maoist action team members
along with two dalam members and six members of local militia
were arrested by the District Police from a place between Pedabayulu
and Paderu in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh and thwarted
their plan to disrupt the elections to be held on May 7.
Uttarakhand Police arrested four
alleged CPI-Maoist supporters for threatening villagers not to
vote in Almora District of Uttarakhand.
A SI of Police, identified as
Gaisilat M Kisko, was critically injured in a gun battle that
took place between CPI-Maoist cadres and SOG personnel in a forest
area near Mohanpalli under Jharbandh Police Station limits in
Bargarh District of Odisha.
Dispur has requisitioned NDRF
personnel to carry out a search operation in the Beki river for
missing persons after the violence at Narayanguri and Khagrabari
in Baksa District since May 1.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
turned down the demand to arm those affected by violence in BTAD
for self-defence, following strong opposition from Bodo and non-Bodo
organisations.
BPF counter-attacked Ahmed and
organizations that had blamed the party for the recent violence.
BPF Member of Parliament P (Rajya Sabha) Biswajit Daimary said,
''Siddique Ahmed is trying to exploit Muslim sentiment, adding,
''Behind the BTAD violence, external forces have been at work.
We welcome the investigation to be conducted by the NIA. Some
organizations are blaming the BPF because of the fear that the
NIA investigation will reveal the whole truth.''
Police detained a cadre of Breakaway
faction of ANVC-B, identified as Thawar M Marak in Ranighat in
West Khasi Hills. A pistol and three live ammunition were also
seized from his possession.
The HANM has lent its support
to the four-day office picketing called by HNLC to secure the
release of its 'president' Lamphrang Kharbani, who was arrested
for his alleged links with the once-dreaded terror group.
Meghalaya State Government has
given its nod to setting up of two official camps for ANVC-B,
one in West Khasi Hills and another in North Garo Hills. A Home
department official said that since many ANVC-B cadres hail from
West Khasi Hills, the Government has allowed setting up of a camp
in that district as it would prove to be 'conducive for the cadres'.
The 13 pro-ILP pressure groups
have given one-week deadline to the Meghalaya Government for the
unconditional release of three NGO members who were arrested during
the ILP agitations in the later part of 2013. The arrested members
are KSU activists Johny Sohkhlet and Readytonstone Nongrum and
HNYF member Everson Syngkon. They have been booked under the MPDA.
NSCN-KK has reaffirmed its previous
decision issued on July 27, 2012 pertaining extraction and exploration
of oil in the State. MIP stated that following the decision of
the joint meeting of NPAC, "the cabinet" has reiterated that any
company, Indian or international "must first setting up oil refinery
and other necessary infrastructure" to ensure that employment
and other opportunities to be available to the Naga youths.
The Centre said no restriction
has been imposed on the top leadership of NSCN-IM on participating
in any meeting of FNR.
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May 6 |
A suspected IM operative, identified
as Ammar Yasir was arrested from Bihar.
The Additional District and Sessions
Court of Kochi sentenced three persons, identified as Mohanan
(61), his son Visak (27) and Vijyan (51) to four years imprisonment
for involvement in a FICN case and the court also ordered them
to pay a fine of INR 5,000.
A new security system has been
put in place and CSG deployed off Rameswaram to completely block
infiltration through sea. Jyoti Basu, in-charge of CSG, Rameswaram
said that CSG has been deployed in the area after Police received
information that ISI agents could infiltrate India from Sri Lanka
via Palk Straits.
With central intelligence agencies
warning of a prospective terror strike on airport with a car laden
with explosives, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at
Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh has been put on high alert.
Three persons were arrested in
Baramulla District for pasting election boycott posters in the
region which also saw protests against the Indian Army over the
alleged detention of a youth.
Two CRPF personnel, including
an Assistant Commandant, were injured in a militant attack in
Sopore town of Baramulla District.
An Army man, identified as Suresh
Kumar of 22 RR, was injured in a militant attack in Sopore town.
A blast took place inside a polling
station in Watergam village of Sopore area in Baramulla District.
Andhra Pradesh DGP B. Prasada
Rao said a close watch was being maintained on Maoists as the
Maoists had called upon people to boycott polls.
Following the allegations regarding
the alleged killing of two cadres of URF inside the URF designated
camp and reportedly they were later buried inside the camp located
at the 9th Dogra Regiment D-Coy Loitang Khunou (Spinning Mill)
in North Imphal, a search operation was conducted for the dead
bodies by a team of police. However, during the search operation,
the Police and forensic expert team didn't recover anything.
Death toll in the BTAD violence
has gone up to 39 with seven more bodies being recovered near
the Beki River in Baksa District. So far, 32 bodies have been
recovered in Baksa, while the remaining seven were recovered in
Kokrajhar, Inspector General of Police (BTAD) LR Bishnoi said.
State ADGP A. P. Rout said, "Personnel
from the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response
Force and Assam Police searched 40 kilometre stretch of the Beki
River and recovered the dead bodies. If necessary, search operation
will be extended further".
Security personnel recovered three
firearms, 45 rounds of ammunition and a grenade from BTAD.
Bodo organizations called for
an arms-free society and urged the State Government to seize all
weapons, illegal and licensed, from citizens, including surrendered
militants. The BPPF, the main Opposition in BTC, which governs
the BTAD, said the Bodos had suffered most because of availability
of illegal arms in Assam. BPPF President Rabiram Narzary said
that over a hundred people, including 25 party workers had become
victims of illegal arms since 2006.
IGP, Law and Orderof Assam Police,
S.N. Singh revealed that more than 28,000 persons in the State
have licensed weapons, but there have been hardly any report of
misuse of such weapons. He also added that since January, 2014
more than 160 illegal weapons have been seized and interestingly
around 90 percent of those were recovered from the BTAD area.
In Guwahati, NIA and Assam Police
held a high-level meeting to chalk out a co-ordinated strategy
to probe the BTAD killings. Although the NIA is yet to formally
register a case in this connection, the Assam Government has referred
five cases. Police suspect the involvement of the NDFB-IKS in
the killings.
A bomb blast took place in the
house of Abdul Awal, a medicine trader at Katiar-Alga village
under Fakirganj Police station in Dhubri District. However, no
one was injured in the blast.
Cadres of KCP-MC which is a signatory
of Suspension of Operation (SoO) have left their temporary camp
in Imphal West after a Police raid. This was a part of an investigation
for the missing two cadres of the group who were allegedly killed
inside the camp during the last Yaoshang (Holi) festival.
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May 7 |
Suspected IM operative Tehseen
Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman alias Waqas were remanded in NIA custody
till May 16, 2014 after the agency said their custody was required
for interrogation to unearth the entire conspiracy of the terror
outfit
Terror suspect Saiyed Kirmani
Abdul was remanded to 14 days Police custody by special POTA Judge.
A forensic examination of the
remains of IEDs collected from the two coaches of Bangalore-Guwahati
Express revealed that the explosives were similar to the Patna
(Bihar) bombs, which exploded on October 27, 2013. In both the
incidents, analogue clocks were used as timers, a senior official
said.
The NSG has reported to the MHA
that the bombs weighing 1.5 kilogram, had been kept in a bag and
the primary explosives used in the IED was ammonium nitrate mixed
with petrol.
Officials claimed the arrested
Lankan had told them that he was hired by a diplomat in the Pakistani
High Commission in Sri Lanka to facilitate the arrival of two
people from Maldives to Chennai. Indian agencies reckoned they
may be used for terror attacks.
Israel has sought security for
its citizens and assets in India during the months of May and
June as it fear threats from Al Qaeda and its affiliated organisations
AQIM, AQAP, Al-Nasr Al Sharia, which have carried out terrorist
attacks in Africa against Israeli citizens.
A group of persons, suspected
to be CPI-Maoist militia, set ablaze two EVMs and partially burnt
a vehicle allotted for the polling staff at Palakajeedi village
polling station in Koyyuru mandal in Visakhapatnam District of
Andhra Pradesh. Around 20 to 30 people raided the polling station
and took away the EVMs and set them on fire and also set on fire
the Route Officer's vehicle.
District unit of the AASU staged
sit-in-demonstration, calling all communities and factions in
trouble-torn BTAD to restrain themselves for restoration of peace
and normalcy in Assam.
The AAMSU has demanded immediate
dissolution of the present BTC to ensure safety and security of
the non-Bodos, particularly the Muslims, living in the BTAD areas.
An armed cadre of UNLF identified
as Huidrom Naoba alias Shyam alias Kubaren was arrested
by SFs in Thoubal District. A 9 mm pistol with magazine and three
live rounds were recovered from his possession.
SFs arrested a KYKL militant,
identified as Mutum Dinesh from Nongbram Makha Leikai of the Thoubal
District. One 9 mm pistol with three live rounds was also recovered
from him.
UNC has reaffirmed its stand for
an immediate alternative arrangement outside the Government of
Manipur, pending settlement of the indo-Naga issue.
The inmates of a relief camp at
Narayanguri in Assam's Baksa District produced the identity card
of a Manas National Park staff before Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
as "evidence" of the alleged involvement of forest personnel in
the carnage of May 1. The identity card of Mallajit Kherkatary,
conservation volunteer for Manas Tiger Project under the BTC,
was found by residents the next day during a search for bodies.
ABSU expressed its concern over
news pointing to the involvement of some forest personnel in the
killings of villagers in Kokrajhar and Baksa Districts and condemned
the Assam Government for its failure to seize illegal firearms
available in the BTAD. The ABSU members staged a dharna (protest)
at Dighalipukhuripar, against the recent spurt in violence in
the BTAD.
State Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
called for urgent Central intervention in the face of fears that
the situation may deteriorate after May 16. There should be decentralisation
of power in the BTAD areas, he demanded. He held the opinion that
the BPF alone was not in a position to handle the situation and
the State Government should act. He further suggested review of
the Bodoland Act.
State Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
called for urgent Central intervention in the face of fears that
the situation may deteriorate after May 16. There should be decentralisation
of power in the BTAD areas, he demanded. He held the opinion that
the BPF alone was not in a position to handle the situation and
the State Government should act. He further suggested review of
the Bodoland Act.
Government has moved the Centre
seeking 50 additional companies of security personnel to meet
any untoward situation following declaration of the Lok Sabha
election results on May 16.
SFs launched an operation in general
area of Yaingangpokpi and Phaimol villages of Ukhrul District
and arrested a cadre belonging to PREPAK, identified as Amul Singh.
In a follow up operation, after the interrogation of the militant,
one more PREPAK militant, identified as T Dhana Singh was arrested
from Saijang Maning Leikai.
SFs arrested a female militant,
identified as KY Sorinphy (18) of MNRF at a vehicle check post
on NH-102.
NSCN-K requested business communities
and departments to clear all kinds of "national subscribe taxes
due" to NSCN-K present 'finance-in-charge' kilonser (minister)
Starson.
At least six rifles of the Manas
National Park are still missing following the burning down of
the Narayanguri camp of the Park by an irate mob immediately after
the massacre in the nearby village by militants suspected to be
belonging to NDFB-IKS.
10 militants of BNA surrendered
to the AR at Kanchanpur subdivision under North Tripura District.
The surrendered militants included 'second in command' of BNA
Singhrak alias Simanjoy of Ashapara Reang refugee camp and 'third
in command' Chunsa Rai of Naisinghpara camp, who surrendered to
AR with weapons. The eight other surrendered BNA militants are
identified as Pandat alias Lainik of Ashapara, Bema alias
Solendra of Ashapara, Sangliana alias Otorai of Ashapara, Bishal
of Kolasib, Pandat alias Khakom of Ashapara, Hoslai alias Lawnkima
of Ashapara, Shalka Rai alias Vishwanath also from Ashapara Reang
refugee camp and Rinzela alias Khonsai of Ashapara.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
NSCN-IM, identified as Dili Pektha from Razeiba "Welcome Gate"
in Pfutsero in Phek District.
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May 8 |
Tamil Nadu DGP K Ramanujam announced
a reward of INR 5,00,000 to anyone providing information that
leads to the identification of the culprits behind the twin blasts
at Chennai Central on May 1.
Delhi Police said that arrested
IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah
Akhtar carried out a terror attack at Jama Masjid in New Delhi
in 2010 to dissuade other nations from participating in the Commonwealth
Games of 2010. The special cell also filed a charge sheet before
a trial court against the duo for offences under provisions of
the IPC, Explosive Substances Act, UAPA and the IT Act.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police
filed a charge sheet against two suspected LeT operatives, Mohammad
Rashid and Mohammad Shahid arrested in 2013 from Mewat (Haryana).
Three Naval patrol vessels arrived
at the Navy jetty at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu in the backdrop
of information that Pakistan's ISI could infiltrate India from
Sri Lanka through the sea.
Police sources said that the suspects
who triggered the May, 1 explosions on board the Bangalore-Guwahati
Express at Chennai Central railway station had a base camp near
Bangalore. According to forensic investigation, the suspects took
at least 15 days to prepare the explosives. The explosives used
in the blasts were prepared with local material including ammonium
nitrate and detonators and the blasts bore the stamp of IM, sources
said.
The IB has issued a specific alert
alarming for a possible suicide attack on BJP's Prime Ministerial
candidate Narendra Modi.
India and Myanmar signed an accord
to prevent insurgency and curb human trafficking through the border
areas of the two countries.
Militants killed a NC worker who
was also a sarpanch (head of a Panchayat, village level local
self Government institution), identified as Gul Mohammad Bhat
at Wanpo village in Kulgam District.
J&K Police recovered body of a
JeM militant from an orchard in Panzu village of Tral area in
Pulwama District.
Police and Army recovered cache
of arms and ammunition from Hafruda forests in Sopore area of
Baramulla District.
A villager was seriously injured
when a pressure bomb laid by CPI-Maoist cadres exploded in Kanker
District of Chhattisgarh. The bomb exploded when the victim, Churan
Lal, was going to work in a field in Kurri village under Korar
Police Station limits.
SFs found a 15 kg claymore mine
in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. The incident occurred
when CRPF personnel along with State Police were out on a patrol
in Karampada-Jambaiburu and Kiriburu forests of the District.
BSF personnel seized a cache of
explosives during a combing operation at Kusumput forest under
Narayanpatna Police Station limits in Koraput District.
The official death toll in the
BTAD carnage in Assam went up to 40 with the recovery of a boy's
body from the Beki river in the Moinabari area in Baksa District.
There has been no fresh violence for the past four days.
One militant each of PLA and KCP-MC
were arrested by the Red Shield Division in two different operations
in Manipur. In first operation launched in general area of Tairen
Pokpi, an armed cadre of KCP-MC, identified as Khwairakpam Khogendro
alias Amujao alias Washington Singh was arrested along
with one 9mm Pistol, one magazine and three 9mm live rounds.
Later on, the PLA militant, identified
as 'corporal' Taorem Sanathoi alias Sanayaima alias Thumbsup
Singh was arrested when an operation was launched on specific
intelligence about presence of an armed cadre carrying out extortion
in general area Heibong Pokpi.
The arrest of PLA militant Sanathoi
has triggered a protest at Patsoi Part-4, 7 kilometers from Imphal.
Members of the Abodo Suraksha
Samiti staged a three hour long hunger strike in front of the
Raj Bhawan in the Guwahati city in Assam, demanding action against
the culprits against the recent case of the killings of Muslims
in the BTAD region. The protestors demanded for the immediate
arrest of BPF Chief Hagrama Mohillary and MLAs Pramila Rani Brahma
and Biswajit Daimary.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said that a 'Security Force', comprising local recruits, would
be raised to man sensitive areas in the BTAD areas and there was
no plan to provide personal arms to villagers in the violence-hit
areas, but "we will ensure more security in all the vulnerable
areas in BTAD".
Two militants belonging to NDFB-IKS,
identified as Rakha Daimari alias Ruben Daimari and Benamien Daimari
were arrested by SFs in the area 15 kilometres north east of Company
Operating Base, Kalaigaon in Darrang District. One 7.65 mm CM
pistol along with two live rounds, bank receipt notes worth thousands,
five mobile phones with seven SIM cards, a two GB memory card
and various incriminating documents were also recovered from their
possession by the Army.
A combined team of Thoubal District
Police Commandos and 2 AR arrested a militant belonging to PREPAK-Pro,
identified as Longjam Sanjit Singh from Tata Magic Parking of
Yairipok Bazaar in Thoubal Disrict.
The shut down called by HNLC failed
to have any impact as State and Central Government Offices continued
to function normally.
South West Khasi Hills District
Administration has informed the Meghalaya Government that land
is not available to set up a proposed designated camp for ANVC-B.
KHADC Chief Executive Member (CEM)
Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit strongly opposed the decision of the
Meghalaya Government to set up a camp of the ANVC-B in West Khasi
Hills District.
Meghalaya Government revoked charges
under the MPDA imposed against the three NGO activists Johny Sohkhlet
and Readytonstone Nongrum of KSU and Everson Syngkon of HNYF who
had been arrested during the ILP agitation in 2013.
HSPDP vice president Ardent Miller
Basaiawmoit stated that his party has not changed its stand as
it was still sticking to its demand for implementation of the
ILP regime as per the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873,
disagreeing with the proposal for the introduction of a modified
ILP in Meghalaya as suggested by the 13 pressure groups.
RBYF joined HSPDP and GNC demanding
bifurcation of Meghalaya into two, one for Khasis and Jaintias
and the others for Garos. RBYF also asserted that the 13 pressure
groups have not retracted from their demand for implementation
of ILP in the State but they have decided to go for a modified
ILP to suit the need of the hour.
The Bru (Reang) tribal who have
taken refuge in Tripura is reluctant to return to Mizoram. When
the Supreme Court Special Commissioner, Harsh Mander along with
North Tripura District Magistrate Sandeep R Rathod and Kanchanpur
Sub-Divisional Magistrate Nantu Ranjan Das visited Bru refugee
camps, the refugee leaders accused the Mizoram Government of failing
to ensure their security and livelihood.
HANM president Lamphrang Kharbani
and four others, who were arrested on May 2 for alleged links
with HNLC have been remanded in Police custody for 14 days.
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May 9 |
Rajasthan ATS arrested IM operative
Zahir from Jodhpur and they also contacted the Gujarat Police
to ascertain whether Zahir had visited Ahmedabad along with IM
operatives Shaqeeb, Adil and Barkat in March 2013.
A Delhi Court remanded suspected
IM operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan in judicial custody till May
22, 2014.
A suspect in 2003 conspiracy case
of Pakistan's ISI, Syed Kirmani arrested on May 5, is claimed
to be associated with Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), according to Gujarat
Police.
Maharashtra Police arrested a
Delhi University Assistant Professor for his alleged links with
CPI-Maoist after questioning him more than four times in the last
six months.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre was arrested
from a forested patch of Udanpur village under Koyalibeda Police
Station in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Tendu (Diospyros Melanoxylon)
leaves plucking have begun in Gathapar, Chadkdhan, Mahala, Manpur
and Abhagarh localities of Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh
despite CPI-Maoist threat.
A body of a female minor was recovered
near Beki river in Baksa District taking the death toll to 41
in the BTAD violence. Eight more villagers, including seven minors,
are still reportedly missing. However, with no fresh incident
of violence reported in the last few days.
The process of homecoming has
begun for villagers of Nonk Khagrabari, Narayanguri in Baksa District
of Assam.
BPF Chief, Hagrama Mohilary rushed
to New Delhi to clear the allegations of the party's involvement
in the BTAD violence. In a meeting with senior officials of the
MHA, Mohilary and party leaders argued that the BPF's name was
being dragged into a controversy despite no involvement.
SJSS, AAMSU and SGM, Asom submitted
a memorandum to State Governor JB Patnaik, demanding end to the
BTAD violence.
Samitee and Scheduled Tribe members
said the role of Oboro (non-Bodo) organisations could not be ignored.
They said the latter's goal was to dilute the BTC (formed under
the Sixth Schedule) by introducing the Panchayati Raj. They urged
a probe against Naba (alias Hira) Sarania, the consensus candidate
of Sanmilito Jonogosthiyo Oikyo Moncho from Kokrajhar Constituency.
They said the ULFA leader, who did not have a valid surrender
certificate, was "likely to maintain some of his followers under
his command with sufficient unsurrendered weapons".
Two cadres identified as Mhonthung
Lotha and "2nd lieutenant" Renbi Lotha of NSCN-K were arrested
by SFs near Baghty village in Wokha District. A .22 Pistol along
with one magazine were also recovered from them.
Mizoram's Chief Secretary L. Tochhawng
stated that strict vigil will continue along its contentious boundary
with Assam. He had reviewed the steps taken by the administration
of Kolasib District, which shares a boundary with Assam's Hailakandi
District.
A militant belonging NSCN-KK identified
as 'major' Baupang Phom was arrested by SFs from Longleng area
in Kolasib District. One Sten gun with magazines, five misfired
rounds of ammunitions and a number of numbers of extortion slips
and other incriminating papers were recovered from the militant.
Security sources said that in
the last part of April, Police and SFs received an input that
NDFB-IKS was planning to target Hindi-speaking people, Muslims
and members of the Ranjan Daimary faction of the NDFB (NDFB-RD),
whom they suspect to be helping the forces in the counter-insurgency
operations.
Reports say that nearly 3,500
cases of rioting reported in the last five years have made BTAD
by far the most disturbed area of Assam in recent times.
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May 10 |
Two LeT militants from Pakistan
were killed in gun battle close to the LoC at forward village
of Kalsan in Bigial Dara area of Poonch sector, about 10 kilometers
from Poonch town in Poonch District.
One HM militants, identified as
Ravish-ul-Islam was arrested by Pathankot Police at Chakki Bank
railway station in Pathankot District of Punjab.
A group of CPI-Maoist cares attacked
Tolo Goluru village under Pottangi Police Station limits in Koraput
District of Odisha and set ablaze four motorcycles and a tractor.
Four persons, including the sarpanch are missing after the attack.
A woman Maoist surrendered in
Koraput District of Odisha. The woman Maoist identified as Jambo
Mandingi alias Walsi (25) of Rajengipadar village under Narayanpatna
Police limits was carrying INR 200,000 reward on her head.
Two more bodies of minors were
recovered near Beki river in Baksa District, taking the toll in
the mayhem allegedly unleashed by the BPF-supported miscreants
in BTAD to 43.
TPC cadres Saddam Hussain and
Manzoor Alam, allegedly working for the rebel group, were arrested
from Karge village under Mandar Police Station in Ranchi District
of Jharkhand while they were going for levy collection from a
local businessman.
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May 11 |
Faizan Azmi alias Faizan
Ahmed Sultan, the UAE-based laundry businessman who was arrested
on May 2 by the NIA, allegedly helped procure Sharjah work visas
for five suspected IM operatives in the year 2009 as they attempted
to flee India in the wake of a Police crackdown after the September
2008 Batla House encounter in Delhi.
A report by the Currency Note
Press in Nashik said that Maharashtra ATS invoked the UAPA in
a FICN case as FICNs were of very high quality.
According to reports by intelligence
agencies, Pakistani operatives are making 'spoofed calls' to the
offices of senior Police, intelligence and Army officers besides
bureaucrats under the assumed identities of mid-rung defence officers
and are seeking information regarding government departments and
officials.
According to an intelligence source,
Pakistan ISI is making efforts to get a sample of the sand in
Pokhran (Rajasthan) to test the sand and analyze how the testing
was done scientifically and technically.
Army foiled infiltration attempt
along the LoC in Nangi Tekri area of Krishna Ghati Sector in Poonch
District.
Army troops recovered arms, ammunition
and explosive materials including two AK series rifles from the
possession of two slain infiltrating militants who were killed
on May 10, when Army troops foiled their infiltration bid along
LoC in Poonch District.
Army arrested a person and recovered
cache of arms and ammunition from his possession and recovered
a live grenade from Trikolbal area near Pattan town of Baramulla
District.
Seven C-60 anti-CPI-Maoist Police
Commandos were killed and two critically injured when Maoists
blew up a Police vehicle under Chamorshi division of Gadchiroli
District of Maharashtra.
Police intercepted a car at Chapaguri
in Chirang District and recovered a M-16 rifle with silencer,
a 303 rifle and 140 rounds of ammunition. Police said the arms
were being brought from Dimapur (Nagaland) for NDFB-IKS cadres
and one person has also been arrested.
ANVC-B reiterated its demand for
a designated camp in Khasi Hills for its cadres, stating that
there would be "no solution" if the camp was not established.
ANVC-B 'chairman', Rimpu Marak
issued a statement appealing to the District authorities to cautiously
handle the recent assault case of the 12 girls in Tura, West Garo
Hills. The ANVC-B has pointed the alleged role of ANVC cadres
in the assault case.
In a bid to infiltrate more militants,
Pakistani troops continued violation of ceasefire along LoC in
Poonch District by targeting Indian posts.
HM militant, Ravish-ul-Islam confessed
before the Railway Police in Pathankot (Punjab) during his Police
remand, that some of the outfits in the Kashmir Valley were getting
supply of weapons from the gangsters based in Bihar including
sophisticated pistols and revolvers. Police said they were not
ruling out the nexus between Kashmir militants and IM as they
suspected that the gangsters of Bihar supplying weapons to HM
and other such outfits could be part of the IM module, which has
strong roots in Bihar.
Two more bodies have been recovered
in Assam's Baksa and Barpeta Districts.
Children are the worst sufferers
in the BTAD violence as 14 bodies of children have been found,
10 are still missing and are feared dead. Even their condition
at the relief camps at Narayanguri in the Baksa District is deplorable
with no proper arrangements for babies. Out of the 200 minors
at the camp, 85 are in the age group of 0-six years.
PREPAK cadre, identified as Mohammed
Wahidur Rahaman alias Alam was arrested from Pallel Bazaar
in Chandel District, Manipur.
NNC-NA cadre, identified as 'corporal'
Setangliba Sangtam of Kehor village of Nagaland under ‘2nd Brigade’
has been terminated for his alleged involvement in anti-social
activities and misconduct of the 'army rule' as laid down by ‘naga
army’ NNC-NA.
District Police Commandos arrested
PREPAK-Pro militants, identified as Naocha alias Tombason
and Oinam Kunjarani from Bishnupur District in Manipur.
A KCP-MDF militant, identified
as Nandeibam Meghachandra alias Loya was arrested from
his residence (Manipur) and a Chinese hand grenade was recovered
from him.
Cabinet Minister Siddique Ahmed
alleged that violence in BTAD, Assam occurred because strong action
had not been taken against the perpetrators in 2008.
A ‘town commander’ belonging to
NSCN-KK, identified as ‘captain’ Akato Zhimo was arrested by SFs
from Ampihoto Colony of Zunheboto District, Nagaland.
A CPI-Maoist 'divisional committee
member', identified as Darbari (26) was killed in an exchange
of fire with a joint squad of District Reserve Police Force and
STF who had gone on a search operation in the forests of Korobeda
in Narayanpur District. Two more Maoists were killed and around
three were stated to have been injured in the action but body
of only one Maoist was found. Remaining two bodies were carried
away by the insurgents.
In an incident, a 312 bore gun,
a 12 bore gun, live cartridges of 12 bore gun, detonators, wire,
a camera flash, a walkie-talkie and commodities of daily use were
seized from the Maoists following an encounter in forests of Rengabeda
village under Dhaudai Police Station in Narayanpur District.
SFs arrested a PLFI ‘commander’
identified as Gulab Khatri and a member of its firing squad, Vinay
Gop, around Jorag forests in Raidih of Gumla District. A country-made
pistol, some bullets and INR 2000 were also recovered from them.
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May 12 |
HM militant, identified as Ravish-ul-Islam
was produced before a local court in the Pathankot District of
Punjab and he was remanded to eight days police custody.
SFs so far in 2014 have recovered
approximately 244 kilograms of heroin from the International Border
in Punjab, along with FICN with a face value of INR 4,00,000,
12 arms, 20 magazines and opium. Apart from these, a few Indian
smugglers and Bangladeshi citizens have also been arrested from
the borders.
Two persons, identified as Kanheyi
Lal Meshram and Bijay Verma were arrested along with FICN with
a face value of INR 220,000, one laptop and two printers at Nuapada
railway station in Nuapada District in Odisha.
Rajasthan High Court turned down
the prayer of five Jaipur blast accused of May 13, 2008 (Shahbaz
Ahmed, Mohammad Sarvan, Mohammad Salman, Saif-ur-Rehman, and Mohammad
Saif) for a joint trial of their cases instead of different cases
at several places. Saif-ur-Rehman has been shifted to Ahmedabad
(Gujarat) to face charges in the July 2008 blasts case there.
Another accused Mohammed Salman, who has been discharged in the
Delhi blast case is also an accused in the case.
ATS, in a charge-sheet filed against
12 SIMI operatives, including its MP 'chief', Abu Faisal before
CJM Pankaj Maheshweri stated that MP Ujjain module of SIMI led
by Irfan Nagori had drawn an explosive jailbreak blueprint to
free their leader Safdar Nagori from Sabarmati Central Jail in
Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
The body of a 65-year-old lady,
identified as Mosa Bhanu was recovered in Baksa District, Assam,
taking the toll to 46 in attacks in the BTAD.
IG of Police, Assam, S.N. Singh
said that as Five NDFB (S) cadres have surrendered, four in Dhemaji
and one in Baksa, the number of those arrested has gone up to
30.
A number of student organisations
and NGOs in Kokrajhar District of Assam joined hands in protest
against the continued violence in BTAD.
The New Trade Union Initiative,
while condemning the recent violence in BTAD, has called for immediate
repeal of the Bodo Accord and implementation of the Bhupinder
Singh Committee recommendations.
LANF under the banner of NGOs
United for Peace started a peace march (Shanti Yatra) in violence–affected
places of BTC region with the message of peace and communal harmony.
Senior Congress MLA, Anjan Dutta,
urged the Congress leadership to review its ties with coalition
partner BPF, which has been accused of being involved in the BTAD
killings.
Assam Government claimed that
the BJP had taken the help of the NDFB-IKS in Lok Sabha polls
for electoral gains in the State.
Two UNLF militants with arms,
identified as Lata and Laishram Sanajaoba were arrested by SFs
in Thoubal and Chandel Districts of Manipur.
PREPEK-PRO stated that the outfit
does not have any connection with Longjam Sanjit Singh who was
earlier arrested from Yairipok Bazar in Thoubal District of Manipur
on May 8.
Meghalaya State Home Department
is yet to decide on the allotment of designated camps to the ANVC-B.
UALA 'chairman' Chiindik Marak
strongly backed the dissolution of the AMA some of whose top leaders
were arrested by the Tura Police in Meghalaya for their involvement
in the illegal abduction, confinement and torture of 12 young
girls recently.
One Bangladeshi national, identified
as Anamuddin was arrested by BSF troops of BOP Khaliang in East
Jaintia Hills District in Meghalaya while he was trying to cross
over the international border.
Two Bangladeshi smugglers, identified
as Mohammed Rippan and Mohammed Sippan were arrested by BSF troops
of BOP Dawki in West Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya while they
were trying to cross the International Border near BP No. 1273/6–S.
UNLF 'chairman' RK Meghen alias
Sanayaima was produced before the NIA Court, Guwahati of Assam.
Assam DGP Khagen Sarma revealed
the names of nine militants of NDFB-IKS, who allegedly carried
out attacks in three villages of BTAD. The cadres, identified
as Rikha, Romilo, Anon, Yakhab, Laswi, Ranjabaja, Sizo, Fuler
and Futhai, had executed plans worked out by the outfit’s ‘chairman’
I.K. Songbijit, ‘general secretary’ Swarangra and 'commander'
B. Bidai.
Assam Police have launched a hunt
for forest official Amiyo Kumar Brahma who was picked up for questioning
immediately after the Narayanguri attack on May 2 but was later
released.
In response to the request by
Assam Government, the Centre has agreed to dispatch 30 companies
of additional Paramilitary Forces to augment security measures
in the violence-affected BTC areas of Assam.
Amidst apprehensions about militant-sponsored
disturbance before and after May 16, the date for Lok Sabha polls
results declaration, Assam Police chief Khagen Sarma informed
that the State is well-equipped to thwart any kind of nefarious
design.
A sericulture official Roster
Bolchugre was abducted by four unidentified armed militants from
Madan Jira under Aradonga outpost in West Khasi Hills District,
Meghalaya.
CPI-Maoist cadres have killed
two local tribal leaders, identified as Taudu Pateli, a former
sarpanch (head of village level local self government institution)
and Baladaboi Simalu of Talagoluru village under Pottangi Police
Station limits in Koraput District. They were among the four persons
abducted by the Maoists on May 11. The other two abducted persons
were identified as Taudu Pateli’ wife and Baladaboi Pati, a sarpanch.
SKDC of the Maoists claimed responsibility for the murders.
A self-styled ‘area commander’
of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Sanjay Bodra alias Tata alias
Birsa Bodra, was arrested with arms and ammunition from Nathi
Bazar (market) area under Karaikela Police Station limits in West
Singhbhum District.
The elite anti-Naxal (LWE) force
of Andhra Pradesh, Greyhounds, which won laurels for its successful
operations in CPI-Maoist-affected areas will be divided into two,
one for the Telangana State coming into existence from June 2
and the other for the successor Andhra Pradesh State.
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One person, identified as Suresh
Chandrakar was arrested by Sonepur Police for his alleged involvement
in circulation of FICN in Sonepur District.
The court of XIII metropolitan
magistrate in Egmore (Chennai) extended the judicial custody of
suspected ISI agent Sakir Hussain by 15 days.
The Intelligence agencies warned
of possible fidayeen (suicide) attacks in India soon after the
formation of the new government at the Centre. The leader of the
banned terrorist outfit JuD, Hafiz Saeed is allegedly behind the
resurrection of the banned terror groups, SIMI, IM and the Al
Ummah in India. “Saeed is also said to be behind sending vulnerable
youth from India to militant training camps run by the Taliban,”
a source said.
According to Mumbai Police, cybercrime
has seen a 168 per cent rise in just a year as from 63 in 2012,
the number of cases went up to 169 in 2013.
Two militants belonging to KCP-
LK, identified as Laishram Raju and his wife Laishram Patti Devi
were arrested from Lamlai Bazaar in Bishnupur District, Manipur.
SFs arrested two KCP cadres, identified
as Irom khongnem Meitei alias Burma and Kangabam Rohit
Singh from Thamnapokpi village in Imphal East District and Tengnoupal
in Chandel District, Manipur respectively.
KNLF who had signed the SoO with
Government of India (GoI) and the Manipur State on September 9,
2013 has been given their own camp and has been relocated from
their temporary camp at Semol villages under Khengjoi Block of
Chandel District.
FKJGP West Khasi Hills District
unit has condemned the proposed designated camp of the ANVC-B
in West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya stating that the decision
would lead to communal clashes between the Garos and the Khasis
of the State.
KSU West Khasi Hills District,
Meghalaya in an emergency meeting, provided the Government with
a two-week deadline to scrap the order for setting up the ANVC-B
designated camp and also to scrap the order of removal of the
Home Guard Border Wing from Kyrshai.
KHNAM, HSPDP and local headmen
of various villages of west Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya have
strongly criticised Governments decision to open camps for ANVC-B
in the District.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul
Sangma said that State Government would not be dictated by anyone
while deciding on the site for setting up of designated camps
for the ANVC-B and that Government will decide on the setting
up of the designated camps in accordance with the requirements
and needs.
Three persons, identified as Thanga
Mizo, his wife Opoi Mizo and Rody Parate were arrested with explosives
(27 packets of gelatine (containing 648 sticks) and nine coils
of fused wire (90 meter)) at Diphu Railway station in Karbi Anglong
District, Assam.
SFs arrested K Kihovi Awomi, a
Tatar (MP) of NSCN-IM from a house in Lhoto Colony, Ganesh Nagar
in Dimapur District, Nagaland. A .25 Pistol, one .22 Pump Action
Rifle and assorted ammunition were recovered from him.
NSCN-IM ‘chairman’ Isak Chisi
Swu and ‘general secretary’ Thuingaleng Muivah have left for Delhi
to participate in the ongoing peace talks. Swu and Muivah were
accompanied by senior NSCN-IM leaders Rev Puni and Tongmeth.
NSCN-KK conducted a formal reception
programme for sixteen members of NNC-NA who joined NSCN-KK at
designated camp Khehoi in Dimapur, Nagaland.
ACAUT Nagaland in a press conference
said that it received a photocopy of a “donation demand” note
served on a food joint by a students’ union in Dimapur which the
food joint paid. ACAUT Nagaland claimed the donation note used
the words “willing contribution” and wanted to know what did it
actually meant. ACUT is against the unabated taxations made by
‘Naga Political Groups’ (NPGs) but this kind of “taxation” and
forceful contributions” by various organizations and unions.
Former ADG of the BSF, PK Mishra
accused that the bureaucrats and Forest Department officials in
Assam sold large tracts of forest land to illegal Bangladeshi
migrants with fraudulent process. He also said that the presences
of about six crores illegal Bangladeshi migrants are posing maximum
threat to India’s security and until and unless the issue of illegal
migration is not taken seriously, incidents like BTAD violence
will certainly occur in the near future.
Two 303 rifles with ammunition
were taken away from the PSO of Bhakta Hira, a trader at Kherbari
in Sonitpur District, Assam.
Security agencies trying to cleanse
the BTAD of illegal arms said that, “The challenge before us is
that many of those supplying arms in the BTAD are either members
of a militant group or former militants who are well trained in
transporting weapons by concealing them to avoid our glare. They
use these techniques even after they surrender and get into arms
supplies. This makes our job tough.” The officer said nearly 300
illegal arms and over 200 grenades had been seized from the BTAD
since 2012 but the problem was far from over since the flow of
weapons through Nagaland and Mizoram was still on. “Most of these
arms, like the AK-series rifles and M20 rifles, come from South
East Asian countries such as Myanmar and China. Of late, we have
found small arms coming in from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh as well.
We are in constant touch with Nagaland and Mizoram Police to check
the supply of arms,” he added.
A hardware store owner identified
as Subemol Modok was shot at and injured by a group of militants
after he fought them off when they tried to abduct him in Purakhasia
border region of West Garo Hills District, Meghalaya.
One of the kingpins of the FICN
racket, Badal Uddin Laskar, was arrested by BSF in Cachar District,
Assam. Fake currency with a face value of INR 15, 0000 also recovered
from his possession.
CRPF and District Armed Police
personnel recovered 17 detonators, three .303 bore service rifles
and 170 cartridges from Kuntia forest area under Sonua Police
Station limits of West Singhbhum District.
Maharashtra Police claimed that
there was no lapse in the SOP on the part of the anti-Naxal (LWE)
squad or the Gadchiroli Police in the May 11 landmine attack incident.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Purna Huluka alias Khatru was shot dead in an exchange
of fire with DVF personnel in Narayanpatna in Koraput District.
The Centre has sanctioned INR
1.12 billion to Odisha for construction of 70 more Police Stations
in Maoist-affected Districts.
Four PLFI cadres were injured
in Police encounter at Talagada in Sundargarh District of Odisha.
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A Special Branch Counter Terrorism
Unit arrested a Sri Lankan national, believed to be an associate
of suspected ISI agent Sakir Hussian, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Malaysian Police also said that the man is believed to be
involved in a plan to attack foreign consulates in Chennai and
Bangalore, India and they are probing possible al Qaeda links
to the man arrested.
MHA of India has extended its
ban on the LTTE for five more years. Ministry also noted that
the remnant LTTE leaders or cadres have also initiated the efforts
to regroup the scattered activists and resurrect the outfit locally
and internationally.
Indian Army and Assam Police personnel
killed six KPLT miltants, including its ‘commander-in-chief’,
Bikash Teron alias Kangthur in a gun battle at Langtibuk,
of the Singhason hill in Karbi Anglong District. Two AK 47 rifles
and one 12 bore repeater gun, two 9mm pistols, two hand grenades,
453 ammunition of AK 47 rifle, 40 ammunition of Self-Loading Rifle
(SLR) and 84 ammunition of 9mm pistol have been recovered from
the slain militants.
Civil society groups staged a
demonstration in Guwahati to demand permanent peace in BTAD.
AAMSU has served an ultimatum
to the State Government demanding justice for the victims of BTAD
violence and fulfillment of their charter of demands within a
period of fifteen days.
Ban has been imposed on poll victory
celebrations in the violence affected BTC areas in Assam even
as elaborate precautionary measures have been taken to prevent
any untoward incident throughout the State when the poll results
are declared on May 16.
Two members of SFs, Subedar Murugan
Dan and Naik Guru Swami were injured during an attack by PLA along
the Indo-Myanmar border near Theikhothang village under Singngat
Subdivision in Churachandpur District, Manipur.
An encounter took place between
suspected ZUF and INSCN-IM militants at Atengba Khun under Tousem
subdivision of Tamenglong District, Manipur. No casualty has been
reported.
An IED was recovered from a plot
of land near Governor Road, Paona Bazar in Imphal West District,
Manipur.
Unidentified persons hurled a
hand grenade at the residence of Superintending Engineer of CADA,
identified as Thokchom Kesho at Kwakeithel in Imphal West District,
Manipur.
UKLF stated its opposition to
setting up of KNLF camp at Sembol village in Chandel District,
Manipur saying it would disturb the peace and tranquillity of
the area.
ADGP SK Jain has stated that ANVC-B
which has signed a draft peace pact with the Meghalaya Government
could have cadre strength of between 140 and 145 and some weapons.
He also said that ANVC-B had submitted a list of around 150 cadres,
of them, a couple of cadres had died and the cadres were mainly
from Khasi Hills, Garo Hills and parts of Assam.
Residents of Aradonga village
in West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya expressed shock and anguish
at the State Government’s decision to set up the camp site for
the designated camp of the ANVC-B.
Dogamdot Rangra R Marak personal
assistant to the ANVC-B ‘commander-in-chief’ expressed resentment
over opposition by various Khasi Hills based NGOs and political
parties against the proposed setting up of a designated camp for
the cadres of the outfit in the district.
NSCN-K (Nagaland) 'president',
S.S. Khaplang has suspended ‘finance secretary’ Zeramo from the
outfit for a year.
The FGN, Sumi Region, has informed
business establishment and general public in Zunheboto District,
Nagaland that the taxation task for the fiscal year 2014-2015
will be looked after by Midan Peyu (chief commisoner) Sumi Region
Eno Vikihe Zhimomi.
NSCN-IM’s decision to ban discos
and pubs in Dimapur town, Nagaland has been lauded by NWHDF.
Police said that even though NDFB-IKS
was involved in the recent BTAD violence, it has not been able
to arrest its cadres even as 27 people have been arrested in connection
with the BTAD violence.
PSO of the ‘commander-in-chief’
of HNLC Bobby Marwein, identified as Wanbor Khardewsaw alias
Lung alias William S of Pyndensohsaw, Meghalaya surrendered
before Police without any weapons.
An armed individual along with
A .22 mm pistol was arrested by SFs from Eros lane in Dimapur
District, Nagaland.
A demand of INR 500000 was made
by ANLA to a school run by Catholic Church in Ampati, District
Head Quarters of South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya.
Thirteen bogies and two engines
of a freight train derailed and fell from a bridge in Bastar District
after suspected CPI-Maoist cadres removed fishplates from the
tracks on Vishakhapatnam-Kirandul route. However, no injuries
were reported.
Report says that Chhattisgarh
Government is unable to connect the rural villages in Maoist-infested
Districts with proper roads under the PMGSY even after best efforts,
as no contractors are willing to work in the troubled zone. The
Government could not start construction over 200 sanctioned road
projects under the PMGSY.
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Troops of 60 RR and Police recovered
one AK-56 rifle with two magazines and rounds, one pistol with
one magazine, three UBGL grenades and one antenna from village
Kanthol Maruta in Samot area of Budhal in Rajouri District.
Principal Sessions Judge Jammu,
R S Jain acquitted alleged HM militant, Majid Hussain, who was
facing trial as prosecution witnesses didn’t support the Police
case.
A Delhi Court indicated the charges
under TADA may not be framed against top LeT bomb expert Abdul
Karim Tunda. The court, however, said there is a prima facie case
made out under the ESA against Tunda who has been chargesheeted
in a case relating to recovery of explosives.
An exchange of fire took place
between the Army and NDFB-IKS at Alupara in Jomduar Reserve Forest
under Gossaigaon Police Station in Kokrajhar District, Assam.
The unconfirmed reports say that an NDFB militant was killed in
the encounter.
Two KLO militants, identified
as Kripa Ray and Jayanta Ray, who is also the vice–president of
Fakiragram unit of AKRSU, were arrested and a powerful IED was
also recovered from Jadumani village under Fakiragram police station
in Kokrajhar District, Assam.
KSUSS submitted a Memorandum to
the President of India, seeking an army operation in the BTAD
areas of Assam while also seeking President’s Rule in the region
in the aftermath of the recent killings of Muslim people there.
Assam State-level crisis management
group decided to carry out helicopter surveillance in the vulnerable
areas of the BTAD and along the Indo-Bhutan border areas to prevent
any untoward incident following the declaration of the election
results.
BSF personnel seized FICN worth
INR 500,000 along border in Meghalaya’s Baghmara border outpost
in South Garo Hills District. The suspected Bangladeshi national,
who was carrying the notes escaped.
HSPDP 'vice president' Ardent
Miller Basaiawmoit said in Shillong that setting up of the designated
ANVC-B camp in the West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya would
create a sense of insecurity among the people of the area since
ANVC-B was indulging in illegal activities such as extortion in
coal mining area of WKH.
The Garo Nokma (headman) and general
public of Khasi Hills, Meghalaya appealed all the political parties
and NGOs of Khasi Hills and also the leaders and members of ANVC-B
not to bring any misunderstanding regarding the matter relating
to the setting up of the designated camp in West Khasi Hills.
ANVC-B asked the church bodies
to unitedly take a stand against the growing menace and influences
of ‘misguided youths’ branded as “devil worshippers”.
Leaders of pro-ILP groups did
not appear before the court for hearing on the damage suit filed
by the Meghalaya Government against them for organising series
of agitations over the demand to implement the permit system.
A militant belonging to KCP, identified
as Rajkumar Nanao alias Tukao Singh was arrested by Imphal
West District Police Commandos from Keishampat Junction area in
Manipur.
A combined team of District Police,
STF and ITBP personnel killed a CPI-Maoist 'commander' of Pendri
Dalam (squad) of Maharashtra and arrested another cadre, Pratap
following a gun battle in the dense hilly track of Ghotiyakanhar
under Aundhi Police Station in Rajnandgaon District.
Police neutralised three illegal
mini-gun units in Munger District, stated to be run by the CPI-Maoist
and arrested a relative of a jailed Maoist. Dilip Kisku, brother
in-law of jailed Maoist Birbal Murmu has been arrested under the
provisions of the Arms Act. Three pistols, 23 magazines and three
lathe machines, besides raw materials and equipment, have been
recovered from the sites.
Investigating agencies probing
DU Assistant Professor G N Saibaba, who was arrested on May 9,
for his alleged CPI-Maoist links, have reportedly extracted some
e-mails and information from his computer that suggests he recruited
at least one more student from JNU as a “professional revolutionary”
to work in Chhattisgarh, sources said. The student who is described
as “Goswami” in Saibaba’s correspondence with his close confidantes
was once a member of DSU, a students’ organisation in JNU.
UMHA said the CPI-Maoist, while
publicly denying that Saibaba is a senior member of the organisation,
has instructed its armed cadres, especially in Dandakaranya region,
to carry out retaliatory strike against SFs.
The High Court of Meghalaya has
ruled that the Bangladeshi national who made Meghalaya their home
prior to March 24, 1971, will now be considered as Indians. Justice
SR Sen, while passing the judgement stated that these citizens
should also be enrolled in the voters' list in Meghalaya.
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A bench of Justices A K Patnaik
and V Gopala Gowda of Supreme Court acquitted all six convicts
(Adam Ajmeri, Shan Miya alias Chand Khan, Mufti Abdul Qyyum
Mansuri, Mohammed Salim Shaikh, Abdulmiyan Qadri and Altaf Hussain),
three of whom were awarded death sentence and one life imprisonment,
in the 2002 terror attack on Gujarat's Akshardham temple.
A Delhi court extended the NIA
custody of IM operatives Tehseen Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman alias
Waqas till May 23, 2014. NIA said that they both had personally
participated in various bomb blasts on the instructions of Pakistan-based
handlers, Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal, who both are co-founders
of the IM and are absconding.
Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged
firing of small arms and mortars on about a half a dozen villages
along the LoC in Krishna Ghati in Mendhar tehsil (revenue
unit) of Poonch District.
One person, identified as Naveen
was arrested by Kadavanthra Police in 'Operation Kuber' along
with FICN with a face value of INR 1,45,495 in Kochi of Ernakulam
District.
Two persons were killed and at
least nine injured when SFs open fired at a mob outside Panbari
Police outpost in Bijni subdivision of Chirang District of BTAD,
Assam.
A minor boy, identified as Biraj
Brahma of Nongkua under Parbhajhora subdivision in Kokrajhar District,
was shot at and injured by suspected NDFB-IKS militants.
SFs continued to remain in high
alert to prevent any outbreak of violence following the declaration
of election results in BTAD where Naba Kumar alias Hira
Sarania a former leader of ULFA militant was declared the winner.
A sit-in-protest was staged jointly
by IMF, MYFSEA and ELM at Kwakeithel Thounaojam Leikai in protest
against the alleged threat notice served by KNO to the residents
of Tuibong Meetei village, Churachandpur and forcing to shift
Bijang Khunao Meetei Leikai Cemetery to Khuga River in Imphal
West District.
The 'finance secretary' of HNYF,
Everson Syngkon who was booked under MPDA was released on bail.
18 cadres of NSCN-IM have joined
NSCN-KK.
63rd anniversary of Naga Plebiscite
Day was observed at Chedema peace camp in Kohima District, Nagaland.
One person, identified as Deepak
Sutradhar was killed by unidentified gunmen at Khajobari in Chirang
District, Assam. However, the motive behind his killing is yet
to be ascertained and the involvement of any militant group has
not come to light.
ABSU has demanded a judicial inquiry
into the killing of two civilians who belonged to Bodo community
in Police firing at Panbari Police outpost in Bijni subdivision
of Chirang District, Assam and punishment to the guilty Policeman.
An armed PLA militant, identified
as N Leirinjao was arrested from Bishnupur Bazaar in Bishnupur
District, Manipur.
A self-styled zonal commander
of CPI-Maoist, Krishna Mochi alias Abhay, wanted in connection
with an attack on CRPF personnel in Bihar, was arrested by the
STF of the Uttar Pradesh Police.
The sericulture official Rostar
Bolchugre, who was abducted by four unidentified persons on May
12, was released unconditionally by his captors near Malangkona
area in West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya.
Two militants, identified as Lima
Akhham and TakaitabaAo belonging to NSCN-K were arrested from
Phom Colony, Changtongya in Mokokchung District. One country made
Muzzle Loading Rifle and incriminating documents were also recovered
from them.
Chairmen and governing bodies
of six colonies adjoining to the State Stadium near D.C court
in Dimapur have resolved to extend cooperation to NSCN-IM towards
controlling illicit activities happening in areas such as State
Stadium and Agri Expo, 4th Mile in Dimapur District.
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Officials of Commissioner's Task
Force (North Zone), Hyderabad neutralised a hawala racket and
arrested six accused, along with INR 85,00,000.
Gujarat Police, with the help
of central agencies, have unearthed a conspiracy to free terror
suspects lodged in different jails of India, including Sabarmati
Central Jail of Gujarat. They have tracked down a website which
was operated from a server located on an island named Tokelau,
south of New Zealand, and operated by Pakistan based IM operatives.
Forensic tests have confirmed
that the explosive material used in the blasts aboard a train
at Chennai Central on May 1 was ammonium nitrate and the results
of tests carried out on samples from the blast site show a cast
iron cylinder was used to stuff the explosive that was triggered
using a timer device.
Wildlife conservationists expressed
concern over the allegations that forest officials were involved
in the BTAD carnage. Field Director of Manas, said the forest
guards had fled from the camp fearing for their life when armed
men attacked Narayanguri village in Baksa and hence, were not
involved in the attack.
Naba Kumar Sarania alias
Hira Sarania, the first non-Bodo candidate to be elected from
the Kokrajhar seat in its electoral history, has vowed to vehemently
oppose the demand for a separate State of Bodoland in Parliament.
“If the government creates Bodoland against the wishes of the
majority, the non-Bodos are not going to sit idle and will rise
in protest, which will create unrest in the BTAD,” said Sarania.
ABSU president, Promod Boro said
that the Bodos have constitutional and historical rights to demand
for the creation of a separate State for Bodoland.
Assam State Commission for Minorities
has proposed that Dispur hold consultation with all stakeholders
to work out a road map for permanent peace in the BTAD.
A MNRF militant, identified as
Thotreichan Zimik was arrested by A R on the NH 102 at Tengnoupal
in Chandel District, Manipur.
KNF-N observed its 26th raising
day, a day before the actual date due to certain security reason
at the outfit’s Daitwi camp general head-quarters along Indo-Myanmar
border.
Two GNLA militants were arrested
by SFs near Medhipara in Goalpara District along the Phutamati-Rongsai
road while they were travelling from Meghalaya to Assam.
One man identified, as Jubika
Chishi was arrested by Dimapur Police, Nagaland on charges of
extortion.
ACAUT Nagaland stated that unless
NPG come under one common platform the solution and sovereignty
of the Nagas would never be achieved.
GHSMC organising secretary, Austine
B Marak stated that the demand for Garoland is not from present
generation but from the time of British.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Telami Podiya (30) was arrested during a search operation in
Munder village under Bangapal Police Station in Bijapur District.
Bangladesh handed to Indian authorities
ULFA 'general secretary' Anup Chetia's wife, Monica Barua and
two children after which they arrived at his Jeraigaon residence
in Dibrugarh District in Assam.
A resolution made by CDNKJC opposed
the construction of KNLF camps at Semol in Chandel District. The
meeting has resolved to submit a joint memorandum to the Chief
Minister, OkramIbobi Singh against opening of new designated camp.
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An Army trooper, Bhikeli Uttam
Badu was killed and two others injured in firing from across the
LoC in Pallanwalla area of Akhnoor in Jammu District. The deceased
was from 2 Maratha Regiment and the injured, Vinod Kumar and Launce
Naik Anmol Kumar were from 2 Engineers Regiment.
Five persons were arrested along
with FICN with a face value of INR 1,00,000 at the premises of
the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata.
An IRB trooper, identified as
Lourembam Herojit, guarding the residence of MPCC Vice President,
Sagolsem Achouba Singh was injured in an IED blast which took
place at the MPCC president’s residence at Wangoi Makha Thounaojam
Leikai in Imphal West District in Manipur.
KNF-Z informed that it has not
authorised an individual named Seilal alias Tony Haokip
to collect fund for the outfit. The outfit cautioned not to extend
cooperation to the individual.
SFs arrested four UALA militants,
all from Meghalaya, identified as Sangrak D Shira, Singrong D
Shira, Salma D Sangma and Nington D Khar from Damra in Goalpara
District, Assam.
Several NGOs, student unions,
mothers union, headmen of several villages and the people of Aradonga
in West Khasi Hills District, have condemned the decision of the
Government to set up the camp for ANVC-B in Aradonga in West Khasi
Hills, Meghalaya.
Three IEDs suspected to be placed
by the CPI-Maoist cadres were recovered by the BSF personnel on
a road passing through Machkund Hydro Power Station on the AOB
in Vishakhapatnam District.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were injured during an
operation launched by joint Police team from three Districts of
Ranchi, Ramgarh and Bokaro.
Jharkhand Police may remove seven splinter groups
of CPI-Maoist from the list of LWEs category and treat persons
involved with them as petty criminals in a move to distinguish
them from those engaged in ideological warfare. Only CPI-Maoist
will remain on the LWE list while splinter groups like TPC, PLFI,
JPC, SJMM, SPM, RCC and JJMP may be dropped.
Four Constables were suspended for fleeing the
site of CPI-Maoist ambush at Shikaripara in Dumka District on
April 24.
MAP destroyed the headquarters, Camp Victoria
of outlawed CNA of Myanmar in Mawhro of MADC in southern eastern
Mizoram.
At least 25 militants of NDFB-IKS who were suspected
to be involved in the killing of more than 40 people on May 1
and 2 in Kokrajhar and Baksa Districts have managed to sneak into
Bhutan following sustained operations by the Police and SFs.
A SBBL was recovered from an individual identified
as Hebath B Marak in Nengchonggre village in West Khasi Hills
in Meghalaya.
NSCN-K militant, identified as BeduzoVenuh was
arrested by SFs in Phek District of Nagaland. One 9 mm Pistol
with magazine and three live rounds were recovered from him.
29 AR arrested an arms peddler, identified as
Atoka Zhimomi at Purana Bazar in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
Three 22 Pistols along with magazines were recovered from his
possession.
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NSCN-KK (Nagaland) warned LPG
dealers in the state against indulging in illegal black marketing
of filled cylinders.
SID of CB-CID investigating the
twin bomb blasts on Bangalore-Guwahati Express in Chennai Central
Railway Station on May 1, interrogated the terror suspects 'Police'
Fakruddin, Panna Ismail and Bilal Malik in the Vellore Central
Prison.
Police and intelligence agencies
are investigating the origin of a 'circular' purportedly written
by an IM operative, which details the recruitment drive initiated
by the banned terrorist outfit in Kerala.
An Islamist group Ansar-ut-Tawheed
fi Bilaad Hind issued a video of a person who calls himself Abdur
Rehman al Hindi saying, "O lions of faith, target the oppressive
and infidel Indian government's financial centres and economic
interests within India and those located around the world, until
Indian government reaches the brink of destruction".
A RR trooper, identified as rifleman
Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, was killed in militants' fire in Budgam District
of J&K.
A soldier, identified as Vinod
Kumar, was killed when militants triggered an IED in Pallanwala
sector of Akhnoor in Jammu District.
A Maoist, identified as Mainuram,
carrying a reward of INR 3000 on his head, was arrested during
a combing operation from Kokodi village under Bayanar Police Station
limits in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Bhaiya Ram alias Bipin, wanted in connection with the killing
of five Policemen, was arrested from an unidentified place near
Rukhi Ghati in Gumla District of Jharkhand.
A Juvenile Justice Court acquitted
two youngsters who were arrested by Maharashtra ATS on May 12,
2011, for alleged Naxal-links.
ANLA has denied serving demand
note to St. Clariet School in Ampati of South West Garo Hills
in Meghalaya. ANLA leader, Dilseng A'chik, claimed it was the
work of other groups since the outfit was yet to deploy their
cadres in Ampati region.
Pallabi Dangoria, daughter of
'commander-in-chief' of ULFA-I Paresh Barua was reported missing
by her mother at Rajabheta Police outpost in Dibrugarh District
in Assam.
AAMSU announced a series of protests
from May 24, demanding review of the Bodo Accord, seizure of illegal
weapons from BTAD and strong action against the culprits of 2008,
2012 and 2014 violence.
NSCN-IM stated that it would check
and take stern action against anyone indulging in illegal activities
in area of IG Stadium in Kohima District, DC Court and Agri Expo,
4th Mile areas in Dimapur town of Nagaland.
NSCN-K has informed that all employees,
contractors and business establishments under Kiphire District
and Longkhim/Chare Area in Tuensang District in Nagaland are not
allowed to deal with the taxation matter for the fiscal year 2014-15
without the knowledge of the region 'chairman'.
ACAUT Nagaland has stated that
"Naga people are eagerly awaiting the PM-in-waiting, Narendra
Modi" to seriously look into the Naga political issue in the light
of "continuous strife affecting peace and prosperity of the Naga
people".
A 12-year-old boy, identified
as Aditya, son of a businessman Rameswar Jaiswal was abducted
by suspected NDFB-IKS militants from Dhekiajuli town in Sonitpur
District of Assam. Sources said the outfit has demanded INR 6
million as ransom.
SFs recovered four 9mm Sub Machine
Guns with magazines, one 40mm UBGL, one 40 mm Lathod Launcher,
one 9mm Pistol with magazine, eight live rounds, twenty three
5.56mm rounds and forty 7.62 mm rounds from Karang Pat area of
Loktak Lake in Imphal of Manipur. According to some sources, the
cache may have been hidden by PLA.
SK Thadou faction of UTLA reshuffled
its cabinets under the 'chairmanship' of SK Thadou. DS Timothy
Kipgen is the 'CAO', SL Stephen Khongsai, the 'defence secretary',
Th. Hendry Haokip as 'finance secretary'. Obeth Haokip is the
'PRO' and John Kipgen as the 'director for intelligence and operations
commander'.
Chiefs of 135 villages located
within Khengjoy block of Chandel District resolved to see that
no designated camp of KNLF will be opened at Semol village in
Chandel District in Manipur.
SFs arrested an extortionist,
identified as Vishika Yepthomi alias Vikaat Notun Basti in Dimapur
of Nagaland.
Sabyasachi Panda, the 'chief'
of OMP announced the formation of a new united front of the Maoists
called the CPI-MLM. Panda is the ‘general secretary’ of the new
formation. The united front has been forged between the OMP and
the erstwhile CPI-ML (Janashakti)] and certain Maoist groups based
in West Bengal.
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NIA arrested four suspected IM
militants, identified as Haider, Numan, Taufeeq, and Muzibullah
for alleged involvement in Patna blasts of October 27, 2013, targeting
PM Narendra Modi from Seethio village in Ranchi District.
President Pranab Mukherjee rejected
the mercy petition of Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon, convicted in the
1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Memon is the brother of Ibrahim
Memon alias Tiger Memon, the alleged mastermind and main accused
in the case, who is absconding.
Intelligence sources said at least
six former IM operatives, Mirza Shadab Beg, Shahnawaz Alam, Muhammad
'Bada' Sajid, Alamzeb Afridi, Shafi Armar and Sultan Armar are
believed to be training at al Qaeda-linked camps in Pakistan's
North Waziristan Agency for a fresh round of attacks in India.
Pakistan violated the ceasefire
and opened fire along LoC at Krishna Ghati Sector in Poonch District
of J&K.
Army recovered 2 AK rifles, 3
AK magazines, 221 AK rounds, six pistols, 10 pistol magazines
and 96 pistol rounds and one kenwood radio set from Kaithawali
forests of Keran Sector in Kupwara District J&K.
Army carried out searches in Marbal
forests in Sopore area of Baramulla District and found 5 blankets,
cylinder and dry ration that were used by militants.
J&K Police arrested a militant
of TeJ, identified as Mukhtiyar Ahmad (33) along with his wife
and seven children from Surankote town in Poonch District.
Six members of a gang allegedly
belonging to former Naxal leader Nayeemuddin alias Nayeem, who
is on the radar of Andhra Pradesh Police in connection with the
murder of TRS leader K Ramulu, were arrested in Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala.
The CRPF personnel arrested a
wanted PLFI cadre, identified as Prabal Toppo, from Sakardaga
forest area of Jashpur District of Chhattisgarh.
The CPI-Maoist is operating through
128 frontal organisations in Haryana, Delhi (National Capital
Region), Uttarakhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, Orissa,
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Kerala, says a recent of
IB analysis.
Three trucks were set ablaze by
suspected PLFI cadres in Lohardaga District of Jharkhand. The
trucks were set ablaze near Senah area after the drivers and helpers
were asked by the cadres to get off, SP Mritinjaya Kumar said.
Five UALA militants, identified
as Sengnang N Sangma, Batnagar R Marak, Dikdik D Momin, Kallam
R Marak and Kekil R Marak were killed and one Police Officer injured
in a gun battle at Chiokgre village near Williamnagar in East
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. The SFs also recovered three
AK rifles with five magazines,109 live ammunition, a pistol with
three magazines, 22 empty cases of AK ammunition, two demand notes
along with embroidered name plates and shoulder badges.
SFs recovered two IEDs from Dagal
Dopgre area in South Garo Hills District in Meghalaya bordering
Bangladesh planted by GNLA.
KPLT is reportedly extorting money
from the Khasi population residing in Block II, Ri-Bhoi District
of Meghalaya.
AAMSU demanded a white paper from
the Assam Government on the steps it had taken in recovering illegal
weapons in BTAD.
BDS recovered an explosive device
weighing 125 Grams at Babina Diagnostic Centre at RIMS Road in
Imphal West District in Manipur.
KNLF in response to the increased
opposition to setting up of its designated camp at Semol village,
clarified that the decision to set up the outfit's designated
camp at Semol was an outcome of tripartite resolution, adopted
on March 26, among the KNLF, Government of Manipur and GoI.
KNLF in response to the increased
opposition to setting up of its designated camp at Semol village,
clarified that the decision to set up the outfit's designated
camp at Semol was an outcome of tripartite resolution, adopted
on March 26, among the KNLF, Government of Manipur and GoI.
Two NSCN-IM extortionists, identified
as Wonthungo Ngullie and Amento Sema were caught by the public
at Doyang in Wokha District. A .9 mm revolver with five rounds,
extortion notes and 'tax' receipts were recovered from them.
Fish and egg traders of Imphal
in Manipur accused the NSCN-IM of trying to control the market
for these two items in Manipur by sending out its "associates"
to retail outlets in Imphal for procuring the items only from
them instead of whole sellers.
Two KYKL militants, identified
as Leihaothabam Joychandra Sharma alias Boy and Phuritsabam Shyamo
Singh were arrested by SF in Imphal town of Manipur.
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SC commuted death sentence of
two convicts in 2002 American Center attack case of Kolkata (West
Bengal). The court ordered main mastermind in the case Aftab Ahmad
Ansari to remain behind bars till end of his life and another
convict Jamiluddin Nasir to remain behind the bars for at least
30 years without remission.
NIA claimed that it has solved
the October 27, 2013 Patna blast case with the arrest of four
suspected IM terrorists, identified as Haidar Ali alias Black
Beauty, Mujibullah, Nauman Ansari, Taufeeq. NIA Chief further
added that Haider was a most wanted terrorist who was trying to
galvanise SIMI and IM operatives after the arrest of the top terrorists.
NIA claimed that it has solved
the October 27, 2013 Patna blast case with the arrest of four
suspected IM terrorists, identified as Haidar Ali alias Black
Beauty, Mujibullah, Nauman Ansari, Taufeeq. NIA Chief further
added that Haider was a most wanted terrorist who was trying to
galvanise SIMI and IM operatives after the arrest of the top terrorists.
K Rajendra (57), a 1979 batch
IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre has been appointed as the
DGP of J&K.
A counter-terror official identified
that two of the four IM suspects arrested in Jharkhand had booked
train tickets to visit Delhi and Amritsar in Punjab on May 25,
a day before Narendra Modi is scheduled to take oath in the national
capital.
Interrogation of SIMI operatives
by Madhya Pradesh ATS revealed that the organisation wants to
be the real face of home-grown terror, swearing allegiance to
Taliban and al Qaeda, looking beyond ISI patronage enjoyed by
IM.
SIMI Madhya Pradesh 'chief' Abu
Faisal told the ATS that they had plans to take American tourists
hostage and use them as a bargaining chip to free Aafia Siddiqui,
convicted al Qaeda 'financer'.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres beat
up Ganga Madhi to death at Kabasiguda village under the Kalimela
Police limits in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
The CPI-Maoist cadres allegedly
set afire a cell phone tower of a private telecom company at Kothapalli
village in Dummugudem mandal in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.
Seven CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered
before Narayanpatna Police in Koraput District of Odisha.
The Maharashtra Government decided
to give promotions to Policemen doing outstanding work in CPI-Maoist
affected Gadchiroli, Bhandara, Gondia and Chandrapur Districts.
Three Maoists were arrested and
weapons recovered from their possession during a combing operation
in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Andhra Pradesh DGP B. Prasada
Rao said 'Greyhounds'- the elite anti-Naxal Police of Andhra Pradesh-will
extend their services to both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states
after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state for three years.
One person, identified as Anam
Uddin of Howraghat Debasthan was abducted by a group of militant
from Ongaon Tinialiin Karbi Anglong District in Assam. However,
he was rescued unhurt six hours later by the Howraghat Police.
NIA received approval from the
MHA to register the cases relating to the killing of more than
40 people in Baksa and Kokrajhar Districts in Assam on May 1 and
2.
NDFB-IKS denied its hand in abduction
of Aditya Jaiswal, son of a businessman in Sonitpur District on
May 19.
A female cadre, identified as
Likjong Mandak of the NSCN-IM was arrested from 1-Mile, Laktong
area of Changlang town in Changlang District in Arunachal Pradesh.
RC Laloo, Deputy CM of Meghalaya
in charge of Revenue and Disaster Management has stated that militants
are exploiting grievances of the people to lure youth into their
fold.
UKLF clarified that it never forced
or pressurised anybody to oppose the setting up of KNLF camp in
Sembol village in Chandel District in Manipur.
SFs arrested one militant identified
as 'captain' Shonsang Phom of NSCN-KK from Longleng Town in Longleng
District in Nagaland. A 22 Pistol with 21 rounds of different
caliber, one country made bomb and other incriminating documents
were recovered from him.
Two ZUF militants, identified
as Mukudin Luangmei and Mathewlan Phaome and an AR soldier, identified
as Takellambam Gokil alias Nanao were killed in an encounter in
Kambirol area in Tamenglong District of Manipur. Three militants
were arrested along with two AK 47 assault rifles with ammunition
and hand grenades.
SFs arrested a PLA cadre, identified
as Indu Devi, from Nambol PhoijingMakha Leikai area in Bishnupur
District in Manipur.
A militant belonging to KCP-MC,
identified as Oinam Kuladaja alias Tangba Singh, was arrested
at Moirang College Gate, Moirang in Bishnupur District of Manipur.
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NIA arrested one suspected aide,
identified as Soyeb Akhtar of IM operative Haidar Ali alias "Black
Beauty" and seized explosive materials along with a laptop and
a pen drive from a lodge at Bariyatu area in Ranchi city of Jharkhand.
A Delhi court extended till June
5, 2014 the judicial custody of suspected IM operative Faizan
Ahmed Sultan, who was arrested on May 2 at IGI Airport in New
Delhi.
IM operative Haider Ali alias
Black Beauty revealed that major terror outfits operating in the
Kashmir Valley like LeT, JeM and HM had joined hands with IM and
SIMI with the objective of eliminating PM Narendra Modi.
UJC 'chairman' Syed Salahuddin
urged Narendra Modi led BJP Government to adopt a realistic approach
vis-à-vis peaceful settlement of Kashmir issue.
SFs recovered two AK rifles, three
magazines, 221 AK rounds, six pistols and 80 assorted rounds of
ammunition from a militant hideout from Beaswali forest in Kupwara
District in J&K.
SFs recovered two AK rifles, three
magazines, 221 AK rounds, six pistols and 80 assorted rounds of
ammunition from a militant hideout from Beaswali forest in Kupwara
District in J&K.
Police and CPI-Maoist cadres exchanged
fire in a brief encounter in forest area near Raasimeta village
in Balaghat District of Madhya Pradesh.
Five IEDs, suspected to have been
planted by CPI-Maoist cadres to harm Security Force personnel
during just-held parliamentary polls, were recovered in Dantewada
District of Chhattisgarh.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
and weapons were seized during a joint operation by SFs on the
borders of Ranchi and Gumla Districts of Jharkhand.
A Maoist 'area commander', identified
as Sunder Marandi was arrested at Kairi jharna near Parasnath
area under the Pirtard Police Station of Giridih District of Jharkhand.
Jharkhand Police arrested four
CPI-Maoist cadres, including two 'area commanders', during a combing
operation in Gumla District of Jharkhand.
Members of the DYFI, youth wing
of the CPI-M, staged a protest in Almora District of Uttarakhand
demanding a probe into the arrest and harassment of Diwan Singh
Bisht, Jeevan Chandra, Govind Ram, and Joga Ram on May 4 by giving
them CPI-Maoist tag.
ANTA Zunheboto unit (Nagaland),
appealed to NSCN-IM to look into complaints of harassment by its
cadres as the unit has been receiving complaints in the last few
days.
Police rescued Aditya Jaiswal,
the 12-year-old son of a businessman of Dhekiajuli town in Sonitpur
District in Assam who was abducted by suspected NDFB-IKS militants.
BSFIG of Mizoram and Cachar Frontier
Dinesh Kumar Upadhyaya said that he would pay special attention
to prevent infiltration, smuggling and trans-border crimes and
he would also pay special attention towards maintaining cordial
relationship with the Bangladesh counterpart BGB.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma said
his Government was yet to take any decision regarding the setting
up of ANVC-B camps either in West Khasi Hills or South West Khasi
Hills.
Coal traders, shop keepers and
even Government servants at Shallang in West Khasi Hills District
of Meghalaya were served demand notes by the recently formed UNELA
outfit.
KSU North Khasi Hills District,
Meghalaya threatened to avenge on Karbi people living in the state
if the KPLT does not stop torturing the Khasi people living in
Block-II.
UPMGH made an appeal to both the
Meghalaya Government and the Centre to nominate at the earliest
three facilitators to expedite the process of peace talks with
militant outfits operating in the Garo Hills.
Four KNF-N cadres, identified
as Ngamkhotinthang alias Thangneo, Thangkhanlal Haokip, Lunminlen
Kipgen alias Lelen and Ngamminsem Haokip alias Sesem were arrested
in Thoubal District in Manipur.
A joint meeting of KAKCA, GAKCA,
KSO Gunpi Block, KWHR, UZO and KPF decided to oppose the Government's
decision to open camp for KNLF at Semol in Chandel District in
Manipur.
Four militants of KNF-N, identified
as Ngamminsen Haokip alias Sesem, Lunminlen Kipgen alias
Lelen, Ngamkhotinthang Kipgen alias Thangneo and Thangkhanlal
Haokip alias Lalboi were arrested from Kamuching play ground
in Thoubal District in Manipur.
SFs arrested a militant identified
as ’corporal’ NSCN-KK from Yannyu village in Mon District of Nagaland.
101 live rounds of AK 56 rifles, one typewriter, INR 7000 and
incriminating documents were also recovered from him.
The Mumbai Police
Crime Branch invoked the UAPA, 2012, in a FICN case slapping against
four persons arrested in March, 2014. Police filed a charge sheet
of around 800 pages against the four arrested accused identified
as Jaspal Singh, Mukesh Singh, Dayal Mandal and Dinesh Singh Megh
Singh.
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Gunmen armed with machine guns
and RPGs attacked the Indian Consulate in Herat Province in Afghanistan.
ITBP personnel and Afghan SFs in an encounter that lasted 10 hours
killed all the four attackers.
Army neutralized a militant hideout
in the Poshwani area of Pattan in Baramulla District in J&K and
recovered two AK-47 rifles along with three magazines, 79 rounds
of ammunition, three rounds of RPG, one round of 51mm RPG, one
UBGL, 13 rounds of UBGL, three IED circuit along with 100 grams
of explosive and four hand grenades.
NSG Chief JN Chaudhri said that
majority of the 200-250 militants operating in J&K were fidayeens
(suicide attackers) which was making the task of ensuring security
"more difficult".
Security Agencies alerted the
Indian Army and Para-Military Forces over possible cross-border
terror acts in J&K.
NIA Special Court Judge in Patna
remanded four IM operatives arrested by the central intelligence
agency in connection with Patna Gandhi Maidan blasts on October
27, 2013 to 14 day Police custody.
A court in New Delhi handed over
three days' transit remand of IM suspects Tehseen Akhtar alias
Monu and Waqas alias Zia-ur-Rehman to the NIA team conducting
investigation in 2013 blasts in Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar,
Police revealed that the mastermind
of the May 14, 2014, INR 20 million diamond robbery in Karol Bagh
in Delhi, identified as Avtar Singh, had been convicted under
TADA. Additional Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar said three
others, Gurjeet Singh, Anil Luthra and Amit, were also arrested
for the heist and Police suspect the money may be in the process
of being handed over to BKI or any other terrorist group.
According to Indian security agencies,
IM leader Riyaz Bhatkal has told IM cadres that ISI might now
eliminate him so he is planning to flee Pakistan and join hands
with al Qaeda. Relations between ISI and IM apparently soured
after IM reportedly squandered a major portion of fund given to
them for conducting terror operations in India.
NIA searched the Ranchi Lake,
where IM operatives had reportedly dropped bags of explosives
during the raids conducted at various houses in Ranchi in December,
after blasts October 27, 2013 in Patna. However, NIA could not
find anything.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Sandhaya alias Shivabati (20), who was carrying a reward of
INR 100,000 on her head, surrendered before Police in Nabarangpur
District of Odisha.
The Kerala Police commandos will
soon have an "assault dog unit" to aid their ongoing anti-CPI-Maoist
operations in north Kerala.
Despite strong opposition from
different parts, Manipur Government is still planning to go ahead
with the decision to open the designated camp for KNLF at Semol
village in Chandel District.
Two persons, identified as David
Fithu and Lihsisuh Sangtam were arrested along with one .22 pistol
and one live round from Dimapur District in Nagaland.
NSCN-K has denied sending any
SMS threat to ACAUT member Abe Mero.
One person, identified as Kumsu
Aye alias Hokto alias Kumsuto was arrested from lower Chandmari
Colony of Kohima (Nagaland) in relation to sending the threatening
SMS to the ACAUT member and one 9mm pistol was recovered from
him.
GNLA demanded the Government to
constitute a judicial probe or order a CBI enquiry into the custodial
death of Balsan S Marak or to prepare for a two-day shutdown of
the entire Garo Hills region in Meghalaya.
KSU urged the Meghalaya Government
to take immediate action against Karbi militant outfits operating
along the State's boundary with Assam.
In a memorandum submitted to State's
Home Minister, the KSU opposed the proposed designated ANVC-B
camp in West Khasi Hills and South West Khasi Hills Districts
in Meghalaya.
Home Minister said that Meghalaya
Government had not yet taken any decision to set up designated
rehabilitation camps of the ANVC-B in the Khasi Hills region.
NIA has sought four case diaries
from Assam Police to probe BTAD violence. The cases to be investigated
include three incidents of killings in the Narayanguri area in
Baksa District and the killings in the Balapara area in Kokrajhar
District
NSCN-KK CFSB, C Singson has taken
over as convener of NPAC while Finance Minister and co-supervisor
of CFSB Jack Jimomi has been made the supervisor of CFSB.
Two militants, identified as ‘lieutenant
colonel’ Thokchom Kunje alias Tolen alias Babu Singh
and Khongbaltabam Robin Singh of PLA were arrested by SFs in Yurembam
in Imphal West District in Manipur.
Two PLA militants, identified
as Chongtham Oken and Maimom Bajanta Singh were arrested in Thoubal
District in Manipur. However, Bangkim, ''chief of department of
publicity of RPF'' stated that Chongtham Oken was not a member
of PLA.
Three persons arrested have been
identified as one ‘finance secretary’ of the ASAK and the other
two are arms suppliers (Meghalaya).
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LeT 'founder' and JuD 'chief'
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed had warned Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif against
his visit to India and said "it was an effort to appease India
and did not reflect Pakistan's national honour".
According to intelligence sources,
IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal is in Afghanistan. He reportedly decided
to flee after some operatives of the IM revealed about his whereabouts.
Bellampally sub-division Police
unearthed an old CPI-Maoist dump from the forest near Venkatapur
village under Devapur Police Station limits in Kasipet mandal
in Adilabad District of Andhra Pradesh.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre was
arrested and explosives were seized from him in Koraput District
of Odisha.
Baldaboi Pati, Sarpanch of Talaguluru
panchayat under the Pottangi Police limits in Koraput District
of Odisha, submitted his resignation to the Pottangi BDO, as ordered
by his Maoist abductors two weeks ago.
Neeraj Ganjhu (32), the main financial-cum-arms
manager of TPC was arrested in Hazaribag District of Jharkhand.
Three years after being arrested
for carrying books authored by architect of Indian Constitution
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, CPI-M-L founder late Charu Mazumdar and
late political theorist Suniti Kumar Ghosh, Mumbai-based activist
Sudhir Dhawale was acquitted by a court on the grounds that the
literature seized were freely available and even taught in universities.
Suspected PLFI cadres killed a
Policeman at Dadigutu village in Khunti District of Jharkhand.
Police arrested three cadres of
ASAK militant group, identified as ImtiWabang (34), Robinson Sangma
(29) and Cherang M. Sangma (27)from Asanangabout 18km from Tura
municipality in West Garo Hills District.
KNLF has called upon all the people
not to take in the false propaganda of UKLF regarding the designated
camp being constructed at Semol District in Manipur. KNLF ‘secretary’
Tonglenlal Haokip alias Lalmoi stated that the North-East
Division of MHA gave its consent to build camp in Sembol District
on March 25 and 40 cadres of KNLF were shifted from Moreh post
of 9 AR to Sembol on May 11.
KNLF‘chairman’ Palen Misao alias
KT Misao asserted that the KNLF group, whose camp is proposed
to be set up at Semol District in Manipur is not the ‘real’ KNLF.
Two cadres of FGN, identified
as ‘Lieutenant’ Thonu and Yangmaso were arrested in Dzukou Point
in Kohima, Nagaland while they were demanding money from passenger
vehicles.
A meeting of Diphupar area villages
coordination committee has resolved to support ACAUT’s movement
“One Government One Tax” and another resolution was passed that
any village violating the resolution should pay ‘tax’ for the
remaining signatory villages. It further resolved to support FNR
for reconciliation and unity of all ‘Naga political groups’.
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Two LeT militants, identified
as Zubair Ahmad Bhat alias Musab and Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat alias Amir
killed in a gun battle with SFs at Nowpora Village in Frisal area
of Kulgam District of J&K. SFs also recovered two AK rifles along
with ammunition, two pistols and one hand grenade.
GOC in Chief of Army's Northern
Command, Lieutenant General Sanjiv Chachra said that the strengthening
of counter-infiltration grid along the LoC with Pakistan in Kashmir
valley has led to reduction in the levels of infiltration since
last year.
APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
called upon India and Pakistan to boldly move forward towards
a full-fledged peace process and resolve Kashmir issue once and
for all.
Punjab Police booked 54 criminals
for allegedly having links with Pakistani smugglers across the
border and all the accused were booked under various sections
of the NDPS, Arms, Indian Passport and Foreigner Acts in two different
Police Stations of Amritsar. None of them have, however, been
arrested.
Two persons, identified as K Veera
Raghava Reddy and Suryanarayana Reddy were arrested in Rajahmundry
of East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh along with FICN worth
INR 800,000.
LeT 'founder' and JuD 'chief'
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed tweeted that "Modi becoming the PM is not
India's domestic issue.
BSF has issued an alert and asked
its men not to lower their guard.
Indian security agencies have
come across a series of code words reportedly used by IM terrorists
to communicate with each other. "It is a gold mine of information
which will help security agencies understand how terror operatives
communicate with each other," said a senior intelligence officer.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed former
zilla parishad member Bapu Talande on Alapalli-Sironcha Road in
Aheri tehsil near his native place Nimmalgudam in Gadchiroli District
of Maharashtra.
An 'area commander' of Dihing
area, identified as Mirjang alias BirenHansey of KPLT was killed
by SFs in Sangram village in Karbi Anglong District in Assam.
An AK 56 rifle, two magazines and 35 rounds of ammunition were
recovered from the area.
During an extortion attempt, masked
gunmen shot and injured a villager in Gaurabdara village in Panbari
area of Chirang District in Assam.
A handmade bomb was found and
disposed near National Highway 39 in Golaghat District by the
Dergaon Bomb Disposal Squad.
In a memorandum submitted to the
President of India, AAMSU demanded seizure of illegal arms in
BTAD area, dissolution of BTAD, arrest of BTAD chief Hagrama Mohilary,
deputy chief KhampaBorgayary, MLA Pramila Rani Brahma and range
officer of Bansbari range Amiya Kumar Brahma for their alleged
role in the recent BTAD violence.
Haider Ali alias Black
Beauty, the alleged Patna blast accused wanted to build a splinter
group of the banned SIMI by inducting fringe elements, who were
on the run after Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) jailbreak. Jailbreak
mastermind and state’s SIMI ''chief'' Abu Faisal had met Haider
before his arrest in Barwani District on December 24, 2013.
BSF and District Police Force
personnel arrested two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Jamla
Mersuram (34) and Chamar Singh (25), under Koyelibeda Police Station
limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
after a search operation in Shankargarh area in Balrampur District
of Chhattisgarh.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Ramesh Ramprasad Boga (35), resident of Rajnandgaon District
of Chhattisgarh, was arrested under Lohattar Police Station limits
in Kanker District.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Samanta Guluduka was arrested from Pukura village under Chandrapur
Police Station Limits of Rayagada District of Odisha.
A Police personnel, identified
as Rifleman Sarungbam Nanao of 4th IRB and a restaurant owner,
Wangkheimayum Hemanta sustained bullet injuries when unidentified
gunmen opened fire at a restaurant at Samurou under Wangoi Police
Station in Imphal West District in Manipur.
A hand grenade was found at Regular
English School near KwakeithelTidim in Imphal West District in
Manipur.
Sumi Hoho stated that it has decided
to abrogate relations with NSCN-IM and not to pay ‘tax’ to the
group. They also lauded ACAUT Nagaland, for the movement against
corruption and parallel taxation.
Three NLFT militants, who were
trained in Bangladesh, identified as Dalumani Jamatia, Krishna
Jamatia, Hainalal Halam surrendered with two AK-series rifles,
one Chinese pistol, seven magazines and around 200 cartridges
to BSF in Tripura.
A senior Police official stated
that NLFT has 15 to 20 hideouts in Bangladesh along with 80 or
90 cadres and Biswmohan Debbarma, the ‘chief’ of NLFT might be
on the run from Dhaka to Myanmar to evade arrest.
Bangladesh Government has decided
to establish seven to eight Army and BGB camps along Tripura-Mizoram
and Bangladesh border to check the cross border movement of insurgents.
A Meghalaya Government official
stated that State Government is willing to hold talks with any
group ready to come for negotiation.
Former Deputy CM and UDP president
Bindo M Lanongstated that issue of granting citizenship to Bangladeshis
who had settled in Meghalaya prior to 1971 should be left to the
interpretation of the Supreme Court.
Police arrested a linkman of an
international fake currency racket, identified as Idrish Ali of
Barpetawith fake currency worth INR 11, 500from the Gorchuk area
in Guwahati in Assam.
Two people, identified as Ainal
Molla and Amir Molla, were arrested for their involvement in the
May 7 blast in the house of Abdul Awal, a medicine trader, at
Airmari village in Dhubri District of Assam. The police arrested
Ainal Molla from Mancachar town in the District and, on the basis
of his statement, arrested Amir Molla from Meghalaya.
AR arrested a tatar (MP)
belonging to NSCN-IM from Lutsumi village in Zunheboto District
of Nagaland. One .22 pistol along with five rounds of ammunition
was recovered from him.
SFs arrested an arms dealer, identified
as Vitoyi Semaon from Purana Bazar in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
A 7.65 mm pistol with two magazines and assorted ammunitions were
recovered from him.
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Pakistan Army and Rangers violated
ceasefire and opened fire along LoC in KG Sector in Poonch District
and IB at Awaam Post in Arnia Sector of Jammu District.
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
said that "According to information given to us by a Western
intelligence agency, the perpetrators of the Herat attack belonged
to the LeT. This was mentioned in writing in the report shared
with us”.
A woman Maoist cadre, identified
as Tara alias Bimla, was arrested following a prolonged
exchange of fire between the SFs and the Maoists under the limits
of Mohla Police Station limits in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh.
One ASAK militant, identified
as Rongma A Marak, who was injured in a gun battle with Police
team in Rangmanpara village under Dalu Police station in West
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya was arrested along with a sophisticated
foreign made Browning 9 mm pistol along with a walkie talkie handset
and a mobile phone.
Two GNLA cadres Dipson Ch Marak
and Jisen Ch Momin were arrested from Tura market in Tura in West
Garo Hills District in Meghalaya.
AMKAoffered to mediate between
KSU and the NGOs based in KarbiAnglong to stop KPLT from harassing
Khasi’s in Block-II in Ri-Bhoi District of Meghalaya.
Two cadres of the NSCN-K, identified
as Joseph Rapei and Francis Sajii were arrested following a brief
encounter by 43 AR posted at Kangpokpi near Tumnoupokpi along
the National Highway 2 in Senapati District of Manipur. The duo
surrendered and was subsequently arrested along with one 9mm pistol,
one magazine and three live rounds of the arm and extortion money
of INR 1490 in cash besides seizing the vehicle they were travelling.
NSCN-IM and ACAUT are heading
for a collision over “tax” collection by militants in Nagaland.
Members of consultative body of
ACAUT comprising of social activists, writers and intellectuals
have termed the NSCN-IM’s declaration that it would “cease to
engage in dialogue” with ACAUT as “unfortunate” and not “worthy
of any Naga political group.
SFs arrested an arms peddler,
identified as Hokheto Awomi from signal Basti in Dimapur in Nagaland.
Four .22 pistols along with magazines were recovered from him.
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Tamil Nadu Police obtained an
arrest warrant for a Sri Lankan national and suspected operative
of ISI, Mohammad Hossaini, arrested by the Malaysian Police on
May 14. Investigators said Hossaini was a close aide of Sakir
Hussain, another Sri Lankan recruited by the ISI, who had been
arrested by the Tamil Nadu Police on April 29, 2014.
In his first bilateral meeting
with Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, PM Narendra Modi said that terror
sourced in Pakistan had to end and that Islamabad had to take
necessary steps for speedy progress of the ongoing trial of the
26/11 Mumbai attacks accused to prove it was serious about engagement
with India.
Afghanistan's Ambassador Shaida
Abdali said that LeT militants wanted to take Indian officials
hostage at the Herat consulate of Afghanistan, just before the
swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi.
Intelligence agencies have established
a link between IM operatives who carried out serial blasts at
Patna in October 26, 2013, and the seven activists of SIMI who
had escaped from the Khandwa jail in Madhya Pradesh on October
1, 2013. Sources said IM operative Haider Ali, during interrogation,
confessed that he used to receive money from Abu Faisal who was
the leader of SIMI in Khandwa. Of the seven SIMI activists, three
including Abu Faisal, were arrested again.
ED while opposing bail plea of
hawala racket accused Afroz Fatta said in the metropolitan court
that he made INR 40,00,000-INR 50,00,000 a day in January-February,
2014 in commission for sending money outside India. Fatta''s bail
hearing has been postponed to June 4, 2014 after his counsel sought
time to file reply to ED''s charges.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, who was involved
in an attack on a polling party during the recently concluded
Lok Sabha elections in Bastar region, was arrested from
Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
IGP, Nagpur Range, Ravindra Kadam,
has said the arrest of Delhi University Assistant Professor G.N.
Saibaba has proved yet again that the Naxalites are spreading
base in urban areas.
Three cadres of the PLFI were
arrested in two separate incidents from Gumla and Khunti Districts
of Jharkhand.
Jharkhand DGP Rajiv Kumar received
an SMS threatening to kill him and Chief Minister Hemant Soren
if the anti-Maoist operation in the state is not called off immediately.
AR troops stationed at Dhekiajuli
in Sonitpur District of Assam discovered a bomb on NH15. The bomb
was later defused.
‘Chairman’ of ULFA’s pro-talk
faction (Assam), Arabinda Rajkhowa appealed to PM Narendra Modi
to take forward the peace-talk process between the Centre and
the insurgent outfit.
ABMSUstaged a protest outside
the Raj Bhawan in Guwahati while demanding for Governor’s Rule
in the BTAD areas. They also demanded immediate dismissal of the
BTC led by Hagrama Mohilary and a comprehensive drive to flush
out extremist elements from the BTAD areas.
A ULFA cadre was arrested from
Sepon in Moran in Dibrugarh District of Assam and a Pistol and
five bullets were recovered from him.
NSCN-IM in a meeting at ‘Command
Headquarters’ Hebron has decided to stop the ongoing dialogue
with ACAUT Nagaland.
Two blank letter heads of NSCN-K
were recovered from the possession of a dead body, identified
as Dariilou which Police retrieved from a place near ADC office
in Senapati District of Manipur.
A live lethode bomb shell was
recovered by BDT in Imphal from the Palace Compound residential
gate of a special contractor in Imphal East District of Manipur.
Refuting the deserter tag on KT
Misao alias Palen Misao alias M Khupthang Hangmi,
KNLF/KPA asserted that the outfit has no ‘chairman’ other than
KT Misao.
An over ground worker of GNLA,
identified as Witson M Sangma died in Police custody in Chokpot
Police Station in South Garo Hills District in Meghalaya.
The ‘chief’ of ANVC-B (Meghalaya),
Rimpu Marak met with officials of MHA and stressed the need to
include GNLA for negotiations.He has also written to Joint Secretary,
In charge MHA-NEon the delay in finalising camps and schemes for
rehabilitation for the group.
SBI Songsak branch in East Garo
Hills, Meghalaya has been temporarily shut down following an extortion
threat from an unknown militant group, which had demanded INR
50,000. Militants have also served demand notes to officials of
FCI and distributors of food items in East Garo Hills.
GHSMC organized a public rally
at Selsella in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya for gathering support
for their demand for a separate Garoland.
KPLT militants fired seven blank
rounds at Tumpreng Bazar in West Karbi Anglong District of Assam.
Report said that Isak Chishi Swu,
the ‘chairman’ of NSCN-IM may become the CM of Nagaland and that
an election could be held within six months.
ACAUT which was formed on May
27, 2013, under the aegis of NCD observed its first anniversary
at hotel Saramati, in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
AR arrested one militant of NSCN-KK,
identified as ‘2nd lieutenant’ Nangpa Chang from Dewal Market
in Chumukedima in Dimapur District of Nagaland. Two .22 mm Pistols
with two magazines were recovered from him.
One militant of PREPAK, identified
as Kshetrimayum Somananda Meitei involved in extortion and transportation
of arms and ammunition was arrested by SFs from Lamsang Bazar
in Imphal West District of Manipur.
Militants of GNLA killed a former
cadre of the outfit at DajiBadimagre village of Chokpot in South
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
Four Imphal-bound trucks were
waylaid and their drivers, identified as Soibam Khomei, Soibam
Sanatomba, Langpoklakpam Sarat and Elangbam Rome, were abducted
for a ransom demand of INR 30, 00,000by armed miscreants from
Bokajan near a petrol pump in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.
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Army and J&K Police recovered
30 kilograms of RDX and one IED from two separate hideouts in
Gandoh area of Doda District. Sources said the hideouts might
belong to militants of LeT and HM.
Suspected IM operative Faizan
Ahmed Sultan, who was arrested early this month after being deported
from Sharjah, was remanded in Police Custody till June 2, 2014
by a court in New Delhi in connection with the September 13, 2008
Delhi serial blasts case.
LeT 'founder' and JuD 'chief'
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed asked his followers to get ready as the "time
has come to perform the final jihad against India to free Kashmir
from Indian occupation". Thousands of his followers responded
to their leader by assuring him that they were ready to fight
India.
Three official websites of the
UP Government were temporarily hacked with threatening message
reportedly by Pakistani hackers. The websites, www.tajmahal.gov.in,
www.agrafort.gov.in and www.fatehpursikri.gov.in were suspended
for about an hour before being restored by the UP tourism department.
A group called Pakistan Haxors Crew claimed to be responsible
for the attack on the websites.
Police teams investigation May
1, 2014 Chennai train blasts ruled out the involvement of the
SIMI module headed by Patna blasts-accused Haider Ali. While Ali
and his three associates, arrested by NIA on May 19, denied involvement,
their claims have been corroborated with their location being
found in Jharkhand at the time of the Chennai blasts.
The other suspect in the case,
Tamil Nadu-based terror outfit Al Umma, is also being ruled out.
Interrogation of the Patna blasts
accused revealed that IM operative Tehseen Akhtar, named in the
FIR as one of the accused, may not be involved in the blasts.
Tamil Nadu Police approached senior
CBI officers in Delhi, to extradite from Malaysia a suspected
operative of ISI, Mohammad Hossaini, who was part of a plot to
carry out attacks in Chennai and Bangalore.
Five persons from West Bengal,
identified as Mohammad Shakeer Taymur Sheikh, Sukumar Sirkar,
Abhiral Islam Sohabuddin Mobin, Mohammad Samad Hussain, Mohammad
Aziz and Mohammad Tanu Sheikh were arrested along with FICN with
the face value of INR 4,43000 from Gittikhadan area in Nagpur
city of Nagpur District.
NIA officials took IM militants
Tahseen Akhtar and Waqas to Dilsukhnagar in Andhra Pradesh where
the twin blasts took place on February 21, 2013.
A Police Constable, identified
as Budhram Mudma (29), was stabbed to death by CPI-Maoist cadres
in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Three Maoists were arrested from
separate places in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
The Nalgonda Police stumbled upon
a CPI-Maoist dump kept in a cave located on a hill near Guntala
Tanda tribal hamlet in Chandampet mandal of Nalgonda District,
Andhra Pradesh.
The Union Tribal Affairs Minister
Jual Oram has stated Naxalism can be resolved only by winning
hearts and minds of tribals, who form the leadership and the infantry
of the outlawed groups.
Around 30 armed CPI-Maoist cadres
raided the worksite camp of a construction firm engaged in PMGSY
at Kusumguda and Khambasi villages under Rayagada Police Station
in Rayagada District of Odisha and set ablaze heavy equipment
and vehicles.
Two BSF personnel, an ASI and
a trooper, were injured in a landmine blast carried out by suspected
CPI-Maoist cadres in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
Suspected skeletal remains believed
to be that of two missing cadres of URF, identified as Irengbam
Bode alias Washington (35) and Pukhrambam Somorjit were
found buried in the outfit’s designated camp in Imphal, Manipur.
The breakthrough came following the arrest of one URF cadre, identified
Irengbam Gulapi alias Meitei of Kontha Ahallup under Heingang
Police station from his home by the Police.
A GNLA militant, identified as
Tuseng S Sangma was arrested with eleven new mobile phones meant
for GNLA cadres, INR 17, 500 and camouflage uniform from Pohktieh
locality in Shillong in Meghalaya.
Over past few days 12 militants
of NSCN-K have joined NSCN-KK (Nagaland).
In a cross firing between NDFB-IKS
cadres and Indian Army personnel, one NDFB-IKS cadre, identified
as Basiram Boro was killed at Dingdang Para village in Khoirabari
in Udalguri District of Assam. An army personnel was also injured
in the firing. Police recovered one 9 mm pistol, one live cartridge,
two ammunition and one hand–grenade from the slain cadre.
NIA will send a team of investigators
from New Delhi to assist the officials of the Guwahati branch
of the agency in investigation of the cases relating to killing
of more than 40 persons in BTAD recently.
Union Minister of Home Affairs
Rajnath Singh has directed that all pending negotiations with
the militant outfits, including ULFA-PTF, should be expedited
and completed within a specific timeframe.
A driver, identified as Akhirul
Islam along with two occupants of his vehicle were abducted from
8 Mile, West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. A ransom demand
of INR 20, 00,000 was made to the owner of the vehicle and the
abductors threatened to kill the victims if the demand was not
met.
A village elder, identified as
Huzil Mann succumbed to his injuries after an attack by suspected
Garo militants (Meghalaya).
The Visakha Rural
Police arrested three CPI-Maoist cadres, including a woman, at
D Chintala Veedhi and Kamayyapeta in Hukumpeta mandal of
Visakha Agency (Visakhapatnam District) and seized a country-made
pistol, even as two others, Killo Narasinga Rao and Killy Sanyasayya
alias Sagar of Chadurumamidi village surrendered before
them.
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NIA Court will frame charges against
the accused in the Panayikulam (Ernakulam District in Kerala)
camp case of SIMI on June 16, 2014. The court has asked all the
accused, including those who received bail in the case, to be
produced in court on June 16 for completing procedures before
beginning trial in the case. Lhari Dorgee Latoo, SP, NIA, New
Delhi, filed the charge sheet against the 17 persons in the case
in 2010.
Arrested IM operative Haider Ali
alias Black Beauty allegedly told interrogators from the
Delhi Police's Crime Branch that had he succeeded in eliminating
then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi during BJP's Patna rally on October
26, he would have been taken to a Taliban training centre on the
Af-Pak border. Haider, a confidant of IM founder Yasin Bhatkal,
said Taliban subgroup Ansar-ul-Tauheed used to give training to
IM and SIMI operatives at the Af-Pak camp.
A cadre of the PLFI was arrested
along with a revolver and live bullets in Bagicha area of Jashpur
District of Chhattisgarh.
A Maoist couple, Sandeep alias
Mahendra Kerame (26), resident of Ambagarh Chowki and his wife
Sheela alias Lata Gota (20), native of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra,
surrendered before SP, Sanjiv Shukla in Rajnandgaon District of
Chhattisgarh.
A CPI-Maoist leader, wanted in
connection with the killing of a Police officer in 2009, was arrested
from a riverine area near Ghelpur Chaturpatti village in Muzaffarpur
District of Bihar.
Four suspected CPI-Maoist cadres
shot dead Ghissu Mattami, a NCP functionary and former member
of the Ettapalli Panchayat Samiti in Gadchiroli District
of Maharashtra.
A battalion of the SSB has been
deployed in Dumka District, after two major CPI-Maoist attacks
occurred in less than a year in Dumka division of Jharkhand.
Two migrant workers, identified
as Arvind Rai and Shyam Shanker Rai were killed and 18 injured
in a remote controlled IED explosion in a crowded mini market
shed of Singjamei Chingamakhong in Imphal, Manipur.
A gunfight occurred in Kachouphung
village under Kamjong sub-division of Ukhrul District of Manipur
between NSCN-IM and AR. No causality has been reported.
‘Project officer’ N Binodkumar
of Lallumba group of KCP-MC rejected the financial indiscipline
allegations against ‘group president’ Ksh Hitendra alias Lallumba
and stated that false accusations is due to misinformation spread
by the group’s cadre, H Basanta kumar alias BK.
KNLF urged both State Government
and GoI to conduct joint verification of the proposed KNLF camp
in Semol in Chandel District of Manipur.
UKRA suspended ‘private’ L Khupneilun
alias Lulun Kom for violating the rules and regulation
of the outfit with effect from May 18.
A day after recovery of two dead
bodies of URF cadres inside the designated camp at Loitang Khunou
in Imphal West District of Manipur, the residents of nearby villages
have demanded for immediate removal of the camp at Loitang Khunou
Spinning Mill located in Imphal at the earliest.
NSCN-K (Manipur) stated that Joseph
Rapei and Francis Sajii who were arrested by SFs on May 26 were
not its members.
NDFB-IKS (Assam) warned that it
will take stern action against the persons those who are connected
with the collection of ‘tax’ in their name.
Two militants, identified as Atoka
Awomi and Hoshika Swu belonging to FGN were arrested from Church
Road in Dimapur District of Nagaland where they were issuing illegal
annual ‘tax’ slips to shopkeepers.
An indefinite curfew has been
imposed in Chokpot area of South Garo Hills in Meghalaya following
violent clash over the death of Witson Sangma, an over ground
worker of GNLA in Police custody. Six Policemen were injured when
a mob attacked Chokpot Police Station and set ablaze three Police
vehicles and three civilian vehicles.
ARF, in an emergency meeting at
its 'headquarters' in Grongkam condemned the twin alleged custodial
deaths of Balsan Marak and Witson M Sangma and demanded compensation
of INR 10,000,000 to the families.
Abandh (shut down) on June 2 in
the Garo Hills Region (Meghalaya) have been called by student
and social organizations to press for the demand of a judicial
or CBI investigation into the two custodial deaths.
HNLC threatened to call a 12-hour
shutdown on June 3 if the interim order of the NGTbanning mining
and transportation of coal in Meghalaya is not revoked by June
2.
One Army trooper, identified as
G Mohan Kumar of Madras Regiment was killed in an explosion at
Theigothang village under Singhat sub division close to Myanmar
border in Churachandpur District of Manipur.
Two KCP-MTF cadres, identified
as WahengbamInaocha Singh and Khundrakpam Hemanta Singh alias
Ahingchamba were arrested from Nambol Khathong and Nambol
in Bishnupur District of Manipur.
A KCP cadre, identified as Longjam
Shyam Singh was arrested from Leimapokpam in Bishnupur District
of Manipur for his involvement in extortion activities.
Two militants belonging to PREPAK-Pro,
identified as Sarangthem Johny Meitei and Sapam Robindro alias
Nanao were arrested from Pallel Bazar in Thoubal District
of manipur along with INR 2, 01,590.
JAC formed, demanding the immediate
shifting of the URF designated camp from LoitangKhonou in Imphal,
has warned to launch several forms of agitation in case the Government
failed to provide ‘positive response’ to the demand by 10am of
May 31.
Samphri Teron alias Rupsing
Teron (40), former UPDS ‘deputy commander in chief’ was shot dead
by miscreants at Boithalangso market in Karbi Anglong District
of Assam.
Four militants belonging to NLFT-BM,
identified as Parimal Debbarma alias Fancruk, Mohan Kumar
koloi alias Rabin, Dharendra Tripura and Bibash Tripura
fleeing from their hideouts in Bangladesh surrendered along with
arms and ammunition before AR at Ananda bazar area under Kanchanpur
subdivision of North Tripura District. One carbine, a Pistol and
a country made gun were deposited during the surrender.
CPI-Maoist cadres
from Basadhara-Ghumusar-Nagavali division set ablaze some vehicles
in Khambesu village of Gumma gram panchayat under the Rayagada
block of Rayagada District in Odisha.
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Kerala Police seized over 200kg
of ammonium nitrate and over 2,000 gelatine sticks from the outhouse
of the residence of Binu of Arattukuzhi near Vellarada in Thiruvananthapuram
District. The explosives were brought from Trichy in Tamil Nadu.
Besides Binu, Police have booked one more person, Vinod in the
case.
J&K Police arrested a LeT
militant, identified as Ashfaq Ahmad Sofi, from Rampora area of
Chattabal in Srinagar city of Srinagar District and recovered
two grenades from his possession.
IM operative Haider Ali alias
Black Beauty admitted that Abu Faizal alias Doctor, the
self-styled head of the MP unit of SIMI had funded the Bodh Gaya
and Patna blasts last year. During the sustained interrogation,
Haider told the NIA team that it was Faizal who was the brain
behind the five bank robberies in MP, including a Mallapuram heist
in Khandwa in which Rs 1.25 crore was looted in October last year.
Haider’s confession has helped the investigating agency to establish
the link between IM and SIMI.
Interceptor vessel C-407 was commissioned
into the Indian Coast Guard to strengthen coastal security off
Kerala coast by K S Balasubramanian, Kerala DGP. The induction
of interceptor boat in Coast Guard will enhance the capability
of the Coast Guard towards coastal security, Search and Rescue
and enforcement of Maritime laws off Kerala coast.
Constable Pankaj Suryawanshi (22)
was killed and another injured in an encounter with CPI-Maoist
cadres in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
MCP-M clarified that the party
was not involved in the bomb blast that occurred in Singjamei
in Imphal West District of Manipur on May 29.
Four militants of NDFB-IKS were
arrested by SFs from Bhumoraguri bridge in Sonitpur District of
Assam.
ATTF ‘chief’ Ranjit Debbarma who
was detained and pushed back to India by Bangladesh authorities
in 2013, was attacked inside the Police court lock up in the Agartala
Court Complex where he was brought before the Court.
An arms smuggler identified as,
Pranjal Konwar alias Pranjal Bora was arrested by Police
from Bhikhari patty area near Station Chariali in Sivasagar District
of Assam. A .22 mm pistol, one live round of bullet, and some
cash were recovered from him.
Report says that militants of
NDFB-IKS are being hired by criminal elements of West Bengal to
execute their ‘abduction-for-ransom’ bids.
PLA militant, identified as ‘lance
corporal’ Sagolsem Kyau Se Uo alias Pupu was arrested from
PangalBasti of Chandel District of Manipur by SFs.A .32 Revolver
with three live rounds and a Chinese Hand Grenade were recovered
from him.
A NNC militant, identified as
‘sergeant’ Acham Kamei alias Aghuangthai Kamei’ was arrested
from Patsoi of Imphal West District by SFs.
Residents in Phek town of Phek
District of Nagaland ‘arrested’ a militant of NSCN-K identified
as ‘captain’ Ape Kozo after they were informed about holding back
of goods carrying truck for “extortion” by NSCN-K militants and
handed him over to Police.
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SFs recovered arms and ammunition
include one AK-47 rifle, two AK magazines and 51 AK rounds from
Bandipora forests of Bandipora District of J&K.
NIA arrested a native of West
Bengal, identified as Muhammed Inshan Ali who is an accused in
the Manjeri (Malappuram District of Kerala) FICN case from Chennai.
Principal District and Sessions
Judge Kalidas Wadane sentenced Ali Waquar Shaikh to RI for seven
years with a penalty of INR 5,000 after convicting him in a FICN
case. Shaikh who hails from West Bengal, indulged in trade of
fake currency, and was arrested by Hinjewadi Police after he tried
to give FICN to a general store owner at Tathawade near Hinjewadi
in Pune District on July 6, 2011.
A local court in Cuttack in Odisha
convicted a person, Sanjay Kumar Biswal in FICN case and sentenced
him to undergo rigorous imprisonment of seven years. The court
also imposed a fine of INR 5000.
A Delhi Court ordered initiation
of proceedings for attachment of properties against Dawood Ibrahim,
Chhota Shakeel, Salman alias Master, Ehteysham and Javed
Chutani in connection with 2013 IPL spot-fixing case, after the
Delhi Police Special Cell informed the court that the NBWs against
them could not be initiated since they no longer reside at the
known addresses in India.
The extradition process of a Sri
Lankan national, Mohammad Hossaini arrested in Malaysia for alleged
conspiracy to carry out terror strikes on the US and Israeli consulates
in South India, has begun with India approaching Interpol for
issuing an Red Corner notice against the accused. Tamil Nadu Police
had also secured a non-bailable arrest warrant against Hossaini
which was sent through diplomatic channels to France-based Interpol
headquarters for issuance of Red Corner Notice.
The CPI-Maoist cadres killed a
former colleague, Jeetu Madavi at Belgaon village in Dhanora tehsil
in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
Curfew was relaxed in troubled
Chokpot region of South Garo Hills District for eight hours as
no untoward incident was reported in the last 24 hours since May
29 mob attack on the Police Station over a death of suspected
GNLA overground worker while in Police custody.
‘Major’ of UNLF Samandram,Jagat
alias Thambaljao Singh was arrested from Langthabal Kunja
Mayai Leikai in Imphal West District of Manipur.
‘Lieutenant colonel’ Hopeson Ningshen
of NSCN-IM was found guilty by Special CBI Judge V.K. Guptafor
abducting and killing Sub-Divisional officer Thingnam Kishan and
two of his subordinates Token and Rajen from KasomKhullen, Ukhrul
District (Manipur) in 2009.
Security has been tightened in
Imphal city and surrounding areas, which is inhabited mostly by
non-locals, after May 29 blast in which two migrant workers were
killed.
PREPAK-Pro has refuted any connection
with Sapam Robindro alias Sarangthem and Johny Meitei,
who were arrested on May 29with INR 2,01,590 and two mobile phones
at Pallel in Thoubal District of Manipur.
Nongdrenkhomba group of KCP-MC
(Manipur) has denied any involvement in murder of its cadre Laiphrakpam
Gophen alias Roshan.
A PLA militant, identified
as Longjam Lukhoi Meitei alias Bijen alias Inao
was arrested from Lamshang Akham Leikai in Imphal West District
of Manipur.
AR arrested ‘commander-in-chief’,
identified as Babul Haflongbar of newly formed militant group-
"DHNA", in Haflong of Dima Hasao District of Assam.
A pistol, ammunition and a mobile with SIM card were recovered
from him.
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SFs killed a LeT 'divisional commander',
identified as Shaad Mohammad alias Shahid alias
Abu Ukasha Afghani in Sudal village of Magam in Handwara town
of Kupwara District of J&K. One Pistol, one magazine with
15 rounds, one map and one matrix sheet were recovered from him.
Muhammed Inshan Ali, who is an
accused in the Manjeri (Malappuram District of Kerala) FICN case
was produced before the Special Court which remanded him in judicial
custody until June 13, 2014.
Based on an intelligence input
that Ibrahim "Tiger" Memon, the main accused in the
1993 Mumbai serial blasts case had a meeting with ISI in Islamabad
around May 15, 2014, to discuss plans to engineer blasts and attack
soft targets in New Delhi, the Indian security establishment is
keeping a close watch over Dawood Ibrahim’s plans to target New
Delhi.
A suspected CPI-Maoist cadre,
Ramdas Vadde (25) was arrested during a search operation in the
forests of Marram village under Koilibeda Police Station in Kanker
District of Chhattisgarh.
A cell phone shop owner was arrested
for reportedly spreading Naxal ideology by allegedly downloading
videos, songs, speeches and guerrilla training to the mobile phones
in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
A CPI-Maoist 'area commander',
Mino Hikoka alias Bikas was arrested by SF during anti-Maoist
operation in Muslimunda forests in Koraput District of Odisha.
Suspected Garo militants entered
Zekabari village market of West Garo Hills bordering Mankachar
District of Assam and abducted a trader, identified as Fozal Haque
from his shoe shop into the forests of Selsella region.
HNLC threatened a fresh 24-hour
bandh (shut down strike) on June 10 from 6 pm to the 6 pm of next
day if the NGT does not lift the ban on rat hole mining during
its hearing on June 9 in Shillong in East Khasi Hills District
of Meghalaya.
A driver of an Imphal-bound truck
proceeding from Dimapur was abducted by suspected KRA-U from Leekap
area along the Imphal-Mao section of NH-2 under Senapati Police
Station in Manipur.
A protest was made by JAC for
the removal of URF designated camp and all Army/AR posts from
LoitangKhunou in Imphal West District of Manipur.
About 20-25 CPI-Maoist
cadres allegedly killed Devendra Modem, a tribal youth when he
refused to join their movement in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Jharkhand DGP, Rajeev
Kumar, said that measures taken in 2014 by Jharkhand Police have
reduced Maoist menace by 35 per cent. "Except Dumka where
the district administration ignored the instructions given by
the state government, resulting in a landmine explosion on April
24, no other violence was reported from any part of the state,"
he added.
A UNLF militant,
identified as ‘sergeant major’ Ibotomba alias Phunilemba
was arrested from Khetri Bengul in Imphal East District of Manipur.
A 7.65mm pistol with a magazine, four live rounds and a No 36
hand grenade were also recovered from him.
AGP stated that it
would put pressure on the new Government to implement the clauses
of the Assam Accord.
PLA militant, identified
as Ningthoujam Puyam Shurbala alias Bijaya Devi was arrested
by SFs from Singjamei Waikhom Leikai in Imphal West District of
Manipur. Three grenades were recovered from her house.
One militant identified
as Ngangom Pavin Singh alias Naocha belonging to the PREPAK-Pro
was arrested in Bishnupur Bazar area of Manipur. A mobile phone
was recovered from him.
AR arrested an individual
identified as Hokato Awomi in Chumukedima in Dimapur District
of Nagaland and recovered one .32 pistol and assorted ammunition.
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An Indian aid worker
was abducted by unknown gunmen in Afghanistan's Herat Province.
The Supreme Court
stayed the execution of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the lone convict
in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case whose death penalty
was upheld by the apex court in March, 2013.
A court in New Delhi
sent IM operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan, an accused in the September
13, 2008 Delhi blasts, to judicial custody till June 13, 2014.
A special NIA court
in New Delhi issued a production warrant for July 2, 2014 against
suspected LeT terrorist Abu Jundal, one of the alleged masterminds
of 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.
The sources revealed
that in the coming months, members of the LeT, HM and JeM might
make joint attempts to infiltrate into J&K before the commencement
of the Assembly polls due later 2014.
UMHA sources said
that CAPF would be given greater financial and administrative
powers to meet the necessary requirements.
A Maoist ‘platoon
commander’, Garva Mandavi alias Maharu, who was carrying
a reward of INR 210,000 on his head, surrendered before Police
in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Police arrested Deepak
Saw, a cadre of the TPC in Ranchi District of Jharkhand for setting
ablaze an earth-mover machine at Hedebili village under Sagatola
forests in the District on May 17.
CPI-Maoist has condemned
the recent arrest of suspended Delhi University Assistant Professor
G.N. Saibaba and the other office-bearers of the RDF over alleged
links with the Maoists.
A hand grenade was
found at the office of Zonal Education Officer-Zone I located
at Khuyathong Pukhri Achouba Maning in Imphal West District of
Manipur.
A KYKL militant,
identified as ‘2nd lieutenant’ Loitongbam Indrajit alias
Suraj surrendered to CRPF with a .36 high explosive hand grenade
with detonator and Italian-made one .22 pistol having two live
rounds, at the CRPF Group Centre Langjing in Imphal in Manipur.
MSDCCU stated that
they received a ‘tax’ demand letter from ‘Captain Tongpang’ of
the NSCN-K demanding INR 50,000 from each coal contractor in Mangkolemba
sub-division in Mokokchung District of Nagaland for the year 2013-14,
before May 30.
UALA and ARF, a conglomeration
of several nascent outfits expressed their willingness to come
forward for peace talks (Meghalaya).
There were no reports
of violence in any of the five Districts of Garo Hills during
the boycott call by various student organisations and NGOs against
Government in protest of the two custodial deaths in Chokpot in
South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
Repatriation of Reang
(Bru) tribal refugees to Mizoram who have been living in refugee
camps in Tripura, after ethnic clashes with Mizos in 1997 is likely
to start next week.
India and Myanmar
signed a MoU on Border Cooperation. The MoU was signed by Gautam
Mukhopadhaya, Indian Ambassador to Myanmar, and Major General
Kyaw Nyunt, Deputy Defence Minister of Myanmar, in Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar's capital.
A militant of RNLF,
identified as Diganta Rabha was killed by SFs in an encounter
at Dairang under Krishnai Police Station in Goalpara District
of Assam. A pistol and six rounds of live ammunition were recovered
from the spot.
Bishnupur District
Police Commandos arrested one PREPAK-Pro militant, identified
as Keithellakpam Nanao Singh alias Roshini from Khabi Village
in Bishnupur District of Manipur and on his disclosure ‘sergeant
major’ Kh Dhiren Singh alias Thakaba of the same outfit
was also arrested from Nambol Phoijing in same District.
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BSF troopers foiled
an infiltration bid by the militants along the IB at Bobiya forward
area in Hiranagar Sector of Kathua District of J&K.
The Indian aid worker,
Prem Kumar who was abducted from Herat Province in Afghanistan
by unidentified gunmen, remained in captivity for the second day
with local authorities yet to get any “conclusive” clues in the
case.
A special court in
Pune granted 60 days more to the ATS for completing its investigation
related to connection of IM arrested ''India operations chief''
Yasin Bhatkal's with the February 13, 2010 German Bakery bomb
blast case.
Police found that
a private bank in Karapakkam in Kancheepuram District of Tamil
Nadu was involved in circulation of FICNs after they questioned
a woman who tried to deposit FICN at a bank branch in K K Nagar
in Chennai.
A LeT hit squad was
assigned to take hostages and lay siege on the Indian Consulate
in Herat Province of Afghanistan, to coincide with the oath ceremony
of PM Narendra Modi, security sources in the Indian establishment
have now concluded after studying the pattern of attack and taking
stock of the recovery from the operatives killed.
CPI-Maoist cadres
killed a contractor, identified as Gopal Chetty Gandhi in Sikarpie
village of Rayagada District in Odisha.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist,
identified as Manoj Yadav, was arrested from Kharagpur Police
Station area in Munger District of Bihar.
On a tip off, a Police
team raided Bataspur village and arrested a Naxalite belonging
to CPI-ML cadre Dinesh Yadav in Lakhisarai District of Bihar.
Hapka Sanno, an IED
expert of CPI-Maoist was arrested in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Three villagers were
shot dead allegedly by CPI-Maoist cadres, who suspected the trio
of working against them at Jojo in Khunti District of Jharkhand.
A suspected militant
of the NDFB-IKS identified as Jaikhlong Brahma was killed by an
angry mob near Makra River in Bijnii, Chirag District of Assam,
while he was trying to extort money from a trader.
The District Administration
has decided to withdraw the ongoing night curfew in Kokrajhar
District of Assam, which was enforced since May 2, following the
massacre by NDFB-IKS militants.
Union Minister of
State for Home, Kiren Rijiju stated that GoI would thoroughly
examine the on-going process with various insurgent groups of
the North East before deciding future course of action.
A woman was shot
dead by GNLA at Raja Ronggat village of Chokpot, in South Garo
Hills of Meghalaya.
Two Government employees,
identified as Mekmohan Koch and Rashim Koch were abducted by suspected
GNLA militants led by Krimpet at Boldoka in Selsella region, West
Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
A shoe shop owner
in Zekabari in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya, identified as Fozal
Haque who was abducted on June 1 escaped from the GNLA militants.
Huge cache of arms
was recovered by RAB of Bangladesh on a tip-off from Satcherri
forest land (Bangladesh) adjoining West Tripura District. It is
suspected that the NLFT had buried the weaponry which included
mortars, AK rifles and grenades. Around 200 high explosive anti-tank
weapons with as many chargers were recovered in the area.
TDF (Manipur) condemned
the abduction of four truckers allegedly by suspected militants
for a ransom demand of INR 30, 000, 00.
Following the May
29 blasts which killed two migrant workers at Singjamei Chingamakhong
both Imphal East and Imphal West District Police have launched
search operations.
SFs arrested two
persons with weapons, identified as Lokesh Kumar Modi (25) of
Jaipur and BB Gurung (50), resident of Forest Colony, Kohima,
Nagaland. One Mauser 9mm Pistol, INR 2,05,320, driving license,
ATM card and seven mobile handsets were recovered from them.
NSCN-IM has reiterated
its position on the ban imposed on “night clubs and brothels”
in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
NSCN-K ‘lieutenant
general’ Niki Sumi has blamed the Nagaland Government agencies
for victimizing “hundreds of NSCN workers” merely on grounds of
law and order situation.
Militants, identified
as Vekuvo and Thomas belonging to NNC-NA killed a civilian identified
as Chivoveyi Nienu in Phek District of Nagaland.
A 35-year-old woman
was killed by GNLA militants as she resisted their rape attempt.
Meghalaya Police have confirmed that GNLA militant Tengton led
the group that executed the woman after attempting to molest her
and branding her a Police informer.
A militant of PREPAK-Pro,
identified as Phurailatpam Sunil Sharma alias Ibohal was
arrested from Yairipok Lamkhai near Thoubal Mela ground in Thoubal
District of Manipur.
KNO 'president',
PS Haokip stated that the SoO has been extended several times
over, but the Government is yet to engage the Kukis in a dialogue.
Bhupen Talukdar,
a hardware trader of Matonga Chowk in Baksa District of Assam,
was abducted by suspected militants.
Confusion prevails
over the recovery of large cache of weapons in Bangladesh as the
Indian security agencies have not yet been able to ascertain whether
those belonged to any militant outfit active in the North East
region.
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Crime Branch of CID
neutralised an inter-state FICN racket after arresting two persons,
Rafiq and Shahul Hameed in Chennai. Police officers said they
seized FICN with a face value of INR 8,90,000 and a country made
gun with two loaded magazines from them after they smuggled them
in from Kolkata by train on June 3.
Afghan authorities
arrested a man for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of
Indian aid worker Alexis Prem Kumar from Herat Province of Afghanistan.
Agencies have received
fresh inputs about Jagtar Singh Tara of KTF and Lakhvir Singh
Rode of ISYF coming together to smuggle in explosives from across
the border and provide logistics to target BJP leaders. The agencies
have also received fresh information about two groups of 10-15
militants belonging to the KCF planning attacks on PM Narendra
Modi and other top leaders of the RSS and BJP. "A meeting
to target Modi was held recently in Islamabad which was attended
by Dr. Khalid Rashid and Mohammad Ghalib from UK, Azmat Khan from
JKLF and Wadhwa Singh of BKI," reads an official communiqué.
Police arrested three
persons, identified as Alam Shaikh, Ataru Rehman Shaikh and Gulam
Shaikh and seized FICN amounting to INR 3,80,000 from them near
Masjid railway station in Mumbai. All the accused originally belong
to Jharkhand and the case is likely to be transferred to the NIA.
A landmine, weighing
15 kilogram, was recovered during an anti-Maoist operation underneath
a road between Jambaibur and Karampada under Chotanagra Police
Station in Saranda forest area of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
In a release issued
in Telugu, Daya, a member of the AOBSZC and 'secretary' of Koraput-Srikakulam
committee of the CPI-Maoist, has asked people in Narayanpatna
to boycott Nachika Linga, 'president' of Narayanpatna-based CMAS,
and support the PLGA instead to take forward their “struggle for
justice”.
SFs arrested a militant,
identified as ‘sergeant’ Manki Konyak belonging to NSCN-K from
Jail Colony in Mon Town of Mon District of Nagaland. One AK rifle,
one 12 Bore Rifle, one Pistol and huge quantity of ammunition
and warlike stores were also recovered from him.
GNLA has justified
its decision to execute the woman. “GNLA has verified and confirmed
that woman was the Police source and she was responsible for the
death of our training instructor Kram,” claimed ‘political affairs
secretary’ of GNLA, Bikdot Nikjang Marak.
UALA and LAEF under
the banner of ARF have warned of retaliation against the GNLA
for the execution of the woman.
Unidentified miscreants
lobbed a grenade at the residence of VS Vareiyo in Nagaram Imphal
West District of Manipur. Though the grenade landed on rooftop
and exploded no one was hurt.
Unidentified person
hurled a hand grenade inside the house of Moirangthem Jayenta
of Sangaiprou Mamang Leikai in Imphal West District of Manipur.
However the grenade failed to explode and was handed over to the
Police.
All Manipur Road
Transport Drivers’ and Motor Workers’ Union have threatened to
stop transporting goods into Manipur if the Government fails to
secure the release of four Manipuri drivers who were abducted
in Assam’s Karbi Anglong District on May 27.
In the wake of fresh
trouble in Bangladesh’s CHT, around 2,000 Bangladeshi nationals
mostly Chakma and Tripuri ethnic tribes have crossed over the
unfenced Indo-Bangla border and taken shelter at Tuichakma in
Dhalai District of Tripura.
Officials said that
Indian officials were trying to repatriate Bangladeshi tribals
who have entered Tripura seeking refuge.
Former PULF ‘chief’
Mohammed Abdur was shot dead by unknown persons at his Chirai
Awang Leikai residence in Imphal West District of Manipur.
PREPAK-Pro refuted
any connection with three men, Ngangom Prabin alias Naocha,
Keithelakpam Nanao alias Rosini and Nongmaithem Tomba alias
Tayai who were arrested from Bishnupur on June 1.
URF ‘chairman’ Lanheiba
Meitei stated that two URF militants Irengbam Meelkumar alias
Bode alias Washington and Pukhrambam Somorjit alias
Bangcha who were killed in the URF camp (in the month of March)
were send into the URF from different KCP fold with ulterior motives
and they both always neglected the directives of the URF. He also
added that the decision to kill them was taken to save the lives
of several other URF cadres.
Union Government
termed the issue of unabated infiltration in North East from across
the border a “national problem”. Minister of State for Home Affairs
Kiren Rijiju said that action would be taken against those infiltrators
who were found staying in the Indian Territory.
Court of Judicial
Magistrate, First Class, Shillong has issued summons to 12 pro-Inner
Line Permit pressure groups including the KSU, FKJGP, HNYF, SSSS,
AJYWO, JYF, JSU, RBYF, KWWDA, GSU, ADE and AYWO asking the presidents
and general secretaries of these groups to appear in the Court
in person or through an advocate on July 8.
LAEF has expressed
support to the 5 women activists recently arrested by Police in
connection with the illegal confinement and torture of 12 girls
alleging them to be involved in a major sex racket in Tura in
West Garo Hills recently.
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The blast on the
Bangalore-Guwahati Express train at Chennai Central railway station
on May 1, 2014 was a sabotage, says a statutory inquiry conducted
by Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle.
A note of IB revealed
how ISI coroneted banned KTF 'chief' Jagtar Singh Tara as the
new 'chief' of global Khalistan movement to "renew aggression".
The note, dated September 30, 2013, said that ISI has announced
parting of ways with KTF and another banned militant outfit BKI.
The IB note also revealed that Tara has made his new residence
at a place near the revered Sikh shrine Nankana Sahib.
According to local
Afghan Government officials, over 100 LeT militants have been
deployed in Nuristan who are trying to set up training camps in
Kamdish District. Provincial Governor, Hafiz Abdul Qayum confirmed
the presence of LeT militants in Nuristan and said the group has
also killed 11 Afghan Taliban militants for failing to disrupt
the elections.
A special team of
the CB-CID of Tamil Nadu Police is in West Bengal on the trail
of Fakhrul Islam, the suspected kingpin in the FICN racket that
was earlier neutralised on June 4 in Chennai. Islam, Police found,
did not have a record in West Bengal or in any other state.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres,
including a self-styled ‘area commander’ identified as Sibo Chaki,
involved in the killing of seven Policemen were arrested in a
raid on a village in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
A female member of
URF Nongthombam Laishram Minthoi alias Thoi Devi was arrested
by SFs near the LMS Law college, Chingmeirong gate Imphal East
District. Two mobile phones and eight demand letters signed by
‘finance secretary’ Lemba Meitei were recovered from her. On her
revelation, another URF cadre Elabi Begam was also arrested.
A militant, identified
as Irom Khumanthem Ibecha Devi alias Abe alias Meiteingambi
of KCP- KK Nganba was arrested by SFs from Khurai in Imphal East
District of Manipur.
A militant of NSCN-IM
identified as ‘sergeant major’ Athon was arrested by AR from Noney
Bridge in Tamenglong District of Manipur. Four Chinese hand grenades
and a mobile phone were recovered from him.
A ZUF militant, identified
as Kunglianglung Rongmei was arrested from Khumji-III village
in Tamenglong District of Manipur. One 9mm pistol with a magazine
loaded with five live rounds, one mobile phone and a cash amount
of INR 1500 was recovered from him.
SFs arrested a PREPAK
cadre identified as Warekpam Birjit Singh from Moreh in Chandel
District of Manipur.
KNLF has urged the
civil society organisations of Chandel District to revoke their
decision of imposing bandh on Imphal-Moreh road in protest
against KNLF camp at Sembol village in Chandel District of Manipur.
‘Chairman’ of UTLA-SK
S K Thadou said that he had submitted a memorandum to the Union
Government and State Government of Manipur to club together the
two sub divisions, Longpi sub-division and Vangaichungpau sub-division,
by carving out from Nungba and Tousem Sub-divisions under Tamenglong
District.
UPF in a press release
exuded confidence that the new PM would address the political
demand of UPF and KNO.
Garo Hills Police
neutralised GNLA leader Sohan D Shira’s camp in Durama hills in
East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya, but the militants escaped
without any casualties.
Meghalaya CM Mukul
Sangma has informed that the ongoing operation against GNLA will
continue. “This is an operation against a terrorist organisation
which had been perpetrating crime against humanity. This operation
will go on,” Sangma said.
Civil groups in Meghalaya
condemned the killing of the woman by the GNLA militants.
NNC has terminated
the militants identified as ‘2nd lieutenant’ Vekuvo and ‘captain’
Thomas who were involved in the May 29 killing of an individual
identified as Chivoveyi Nienu in Phek District of Nagaland.
SP, Nityananda Goswami
of Hamren Police Station in Karbi Anglong Hill District and his
PSO Ratul Nunisa were killed in an ambush by suspected KPLT at
Rongfu along the Assam-Meghalaya border in Karbi Anglong District
of Assam. Additional SFs have been rushed to Karbi Anglong and
Army has been asked to carry out counter-insurgency operations
with renewed vigour. State Government has asked for five additional
units of CoBRA.
GNLA 'vice chairman' Rafus Marak
stated that during an emergency meeting the outfit resolved to
remove Alva Sangma a Garo Hills-based journalist and the 'chief
Advisor' to GNLA's 'chief' Sohan D Shira from the 'advisor' post.
Troops of 29 AR launched an operation
in Super market area in Dimapur in Nagaland and arrested one arms
dealer, identified as Thangpong along with one 7.65 mm Pistol
with magazine and one .22 Pistol with magazine.
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June 6 |
A Policeman, identified
as Constable Shabir Ahmad Mir, was injured when militants attacked
a Police post at Pakherpora area of Budgam District in J&K.
Sources said that the militants also managed to decamp with three
SLR from the Police post.
A man, identified
as Mohammad Makdum Jalal Shaikh was arrested in Malda District
of West Bengal in connection FICN case.
NIA which is investigating
Patna blasts on October 27, 2013 suspects that money generated
from a robbery at the Bhopal branch of Muthoot Finance in August,
2010 was used in the terror operation. According to investigators
SIMI ideologue Hyder Ali alias ‘Black Beauty’, who was
arrested last month in connection with the blasts, revealed that
another arrested SIMI operative Abu Faisal, linked to the robbery,
had given Hyder INR 5,00,000. Hyder revealed that Faisal and the
other SIMI operatives had collected a large sum of money by looting
banks and had deposited the money with him. The investigators
also suspect that another arrested SIMI ideologue Umer Siddiqui,
who oversaw the Patna operation, was part of this collection chain.
A special POTA Court
acquitted the remaining two accused, Majid Patel alias
Umarji and Shaukatullah Ghori in the September 24, 2002 Akshardham
temple terror attack case.
A group of Police
personnel had a narrow escape as CPI-Maoist triggered two landmine
blasts in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Over 10,000 extra
CAPF personnel would be deployed in Chhattisgarh by the end of
this year as part of a long-term plan to plug the “gaps” and intensify
the offensive against the Naxals.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres,
each of whom with INR 100,000 reward on them, surrendered in Koraput
District of Odisha.
In a new anti-Naxalite
strategy being readied by the Union Government, bureaucrats and
Security personnel operating in CPI-Maoist-hit areas may get special
monetary benefits, out-of-turn promotions and choice posting after
the completion of their tenure in these "dangerous"
places.
During a review meeting
the Union Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh, along with Minister
of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju, were briefed about various aspects
of left wing extremism and the steps being taken to control it.
Singh also emphasized on completing the existing development projects
in Naxalite-hit areas, including construction of 5,000km roads
at a cost of INR 100 billion and setting up of 2,199 mobile phone
towers at a cost of INR 30 billion.
The long drawn General
Elections had a negative impact on anti-Naxal operations. With
Security Forces being put to rigorous duty during elections, anti-Maoist
operations have almost died down post-polls.
Four truck drivers
from Manipur abducted by suspected militants on May 27 and May
28 from Bokajan in Karbi Anglong District of Assam were released
in Silchar in Cachar District of Assam.
Assam Government
officials have stated that the SoO agreement with KLNLF will be
extended till September 30 this year.
Unidentified gun
men attacked the residence of a social activist Panti Gonmei at
Longol Tarung in Imphal West District of Manipur. However, no
one was hurt in the incident.
A grenade was recovered
at a shop of Gurumayum Birjit Sharma in Uripok Gopalji Leirak
in Imphal West District of Manipur.
KCP-MC claimed responsibility
for planting grenades at the residence of one person, Moirangthem
Gayenta at Sangaiprou Mamang Leikai in Imphal East District on
June 4.
Meghalaya Chief Minister
Mukul Sangma urged all Northeastern States to jointly take up
the issue of militancy in the region with the Centre. He claimed
that the ULFA and the anti talk faction of NDFB had connections
with the militant groups in Garo Hills.
The Opposition-Meghalaya Peoples
Front demanded the imposition of President's rule in Meghalaya.
Meghalaya Chief Minister in the
State Assembly stated that the militant groups had more sophisticated
weapons than the State Police and there are as many as 10 militant
groups active in the State.
Troops of 29 AR during routine
mobile vehicle check post area at Nagaland gate, arrested one
person identified as, Hokiye Sema along with .22 pistol with magazine
and assorted ammunitions.
SFs arrested one NNC cadre identified
as Mhonthung Kikon and seized a hand grenade from his possession
from an unspecific place in Nagaland.
Troops of 37 AR arrested one illegal
'tax' collector, identified as Jungshi Ao along with nine extortion
slips and incriminating documents related to NSCN-IM in Chumukedima
in Dimapur in Nagaland.
SFs arrested four NSCN-U cadres,
identified as 'sergeant major' Ahon Honwang Josak, S 'minister'
Vito Awomi, Lonwang H Lowang and Lokwang Khete from Tirap District
of Arunachal Pradesh. The SFs also recovered a cache of arms,
ammunition and other incriminating goods from the arrested cadres.
Reports said that influx of Bangladeshi
immigrants in Barak valley of South Assam is rampant. According
to official figures, in 2009 43,426 Bangladeshi nationals had
legally entered India. But 32,644 among them did not go back,
even after the expiry of their visas. Of the 34,957 Bangladeshis
who came to India in 2010, 24,667 stayed back and in 2011, 28,035
came to India and 22,274 are yet to leave the country.
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June 7 |
At least six persons,
including four Policemen, were injured in a suspected LeT militant
attack near Bungam area in Shopian District of J&K. Three
Policemen Shabir Ahmad, Vikas Pandith and Zahoor Ahmad received
bullet injuries in legs while another Policeman Mehraj-ud-Din
received bullet in abdomen. Two civilians Mohammad Amin and Bashir
Ahmad Hajam were also injured.
NIA recovered a cache
of 18 live bombs, explosives and detonators in Ranchi District
following information from two suspected aides of alleged IM militants,
arrested in connection with Patna blasts in 2013. While one of
the suspects has been arrested, the other is being interrogated.
One person, identified
as Ram Chandra Hazra was arrested with FICN worth INR 100,000
by the officials of DRI near Chakia toll gate on NH 28 in East
Champaran District. During interrogation, Hazra stated that FICN
was smuggled into India from Bangladesh via Kaliachak in Malda
District of West Bengal with the help of a local peddler.
A special court framed
charges against LeT terrorist Abu Jundal and others for allegedly
setting up an illegal arms factory in Meet Vihar area of Nangloi
in Outer Delhi.
A supplementary charge
sheet was filed by Police against IM''s arrested India operations
''chief'' Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar for
allegedly setting up the arms manufacturing factory in Meer Vihar
for manufacturing arms and ammunition to carry out terrorist activities
in Delhi and other parts of the country.
Defence Minister
Arun Jaitley commissioned two more fast patrolling vessels for
the ICGS.
Following specific
information about the suspected movement of CPI-Maoist in the
neighbouring Chhattisgarh State along the borders of Karimnagar
District, the Police launched surprise combing operations in the
forest areas of the mandals that fall under Manthani Tehsil.
Eight CPI-Maoist
cadres, including a ‘commander’ surrendered in Kondagaon District
of Chhattisgarh.
Suspected CPI-Maoist
cadres set ablaze three vehicles at Paralkot village number 85
in Kanker District on Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border. The vehicles
set on fire include a tanker, JCB machine and a road roller. SP
RN Dash said that although there were no inputs about presence
of Maoists in the region, locals claim that nearly 50-60 Maoists
were present at the spot when the incident took place.
UMHA Rajnath Singh said that a
comprehensive Integrated Action Plan was required to solve problems
such as Naxalism, separatism, terrorism, and the government was
working on it.
Unidentified persons speeding
on a two wheeler lobbed a Chinese hand grenade on the Araimile
Police beat house in Tura in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya
but there were no casualty as the device failed to explode.
ASAK, a breakaway faction of GNLA,
demanded INR 270 million from seven staff of a road construction
company, which is engaged in completing the Shillong-Tura road
via Nongstoin of West KhasI Hills District of Meghalaya.
South Garo Hills Police Chief
Lakador Syiem in Meghalaya while branding GNLA militants as "third
class people" who have no respect for their mothers, sisters and
daughters, has made it clear that the 35-year-old woman who was
killed by GNLA was not a Police informer.
South Garo Hills Police Chief
Lakador Syiem in Meghalaya while branding GNLA militants as "third
class people" who have no respect for their mothers, sisters and
daughters, has made it clear that the 35-year-old woman who was
killed by GNLA was not a Police informer.
Chungjalen Haokip (45), elder
brother of KNLF 'general secretary' Lalmoi alias Tonglenlal Haokip
was shot and injured by some unidentified persons near his home
at Tuibuong, Lamka town in Churachandpur District of Manipur.
Reacting to press statements issued
by KNLF during the past few days which alleged that the UKLF forced
civil society leaders to put their signatures on a drafted memorandum,
the UKLF has clarified that it never forced anybody to put their
signatures on any drafted memorandum so far.
URF claimed responsibility for
the powerful remote controlled explosion occurred at the gate
of Lairenjam Manglemba of Nambol Khori Leikai in Bishnupur District
of Manipur.
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju appealed to militants in the North East to
eschew violence and join the mainstream. The Minister further
said that talks with militant outfits should be result oriented
and there is no point talking without any definite framework.
Assam CM, Tarun Gogoi directed
the Police department to intensify operations against KPLT insurgents
in the wake of the killing of SP Goswami and another Policeman
in an encounter with militants from the group in Karbi Anglong
District of Assam.
BSS an apex literary body of the
Bodo community, appealed to PM Narendra Modi for inclusion of
deportation of illegal Bangladeshis from Assam issue in the 100-day
agenda of the NDA Ministers, as it is a burning problem in the
State.
Myanmar-based NSCN-K led by S.S.
Khaplang has sought Statehood for the Naga people in Myanmar.
A former senior functionary in the NSCN-K, Kughalu Mulatonu, said
Khaplang had already submitted a Statehood proposal to the Myanmar
Government for the Naga people.
SFs arrested a PLA militant, identified
as Konthoujam Dinesh Singh alias Sanjit from Ningthoukhong in
Bishnupur District of Manipur. A mobile handset with two SIM cards
was found in his possession and investigations have revealed that
he was involved in carrying IED explosives from Moreh to Imphal.
Suspected UDLA militants swooped
down on a village in Karimganj District of Assam and injured one
villager.
A militant, identified as Kanak
Rabha of ULFA-I was arrested at Medhipara in Goalpara District
of Assam. One pistol (made in China) and three live rounds were
recovered from him.
Assam Police DGP, Khagen Sarma
said the State Government is requisitioning Commandos trained
in jungle warfare from outside the State for full-scale operations
against militants in Karbi Anglong District.
Bangladesh Government is considering
the request for voluntary repatriation of Anup Chetia, 'general
secretary' of ULFA. Bangladesh's State Minister for Home Affairs,
Asaduzzaman Khan stated in Parliament that "Chetia's appeal for
repatriation to India is being considered by the home ministry."
Chetias family had come back to India in May. India wants Chetia,
along with Arabinda Rajkhowa's of ULFA-PTF to join peace talks.
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June 8 |
Two LeT militants including one
'divisional commander', identified as Bilal Ahmad Bhat alias
Bilal Lelhari and his associate, identified as Mudasir Sheikh,
were killed by SFs in Reshipora village of Pulwama District of
J&K.
J&K Police recovered an IED
from an old city area of the Srinagar city of Srinagar District.
SIMI leader Haider Ali alias
Black Beauty, who masterminded Bodh Gaya blasts of 2013, was also
allegedly planning to bomb a special train from Delhi to Gaya
carrying pilgrims as well as some other Buddhist sites. Ali has
allegedly told his interrogators that the attacks were meant to
avenge atrocities against Muslims in Myanmar.
NIA arrested two suspected IM
operatives, Eshtekhar Alam and Firoz Aslam alias Sonu from
Ranchi in connection with Patna blasts in October 2013. According
to Police the two used to work as facilitator for IM's Ranchi
Module.
Visakhapatnam Rural Police in
an anti-CPI-Maoist operation reportedly arrested Korra Sitanna,
a Maoist of Galikonda Area Committee near GK Veedhi in the Agency
area of Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh.
Police tied banners showing photos
of most wanted terrorists of various banned outfits and Naxalites
with their names at different places at the venue of Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s swearing-in function, a
ground opposite Nagarjuna Nagar in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh.
An auto-rickshaw driver was shot
dead after he expressed reluctance to ferry two suspected Garo
militants in his vehicle in Ampati region in South West Garo Hills
District of Meghalaya.
Madhya Pradesh Police arrested
three people in Bhopal and neutralised a fake lottery racket operated
from Pakistan.
A CPI-Maoist 'deputy commander',
identified as Mandu alias Malesh, a member of the Hadeli Janmilitia
group, was arrested from the forest of Mardapal Police Station
limits in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
At least 12 CPI-Maoist cadres
surrendered before the Police in Koraput District of Odisha. All
the surrendered Maoists were associated with Srikakulam-Koraput
Divisional Committee under AOBSZC of the CPI-Maoist and they belonged
to Narayanpatna of Koraput District.
STF of the West Bengal Police
arrested two OGWs, identified as Albert Jaroa and Amar Sinha of
the Meghalaya based militant group HNLC from Kolkata.
STF of the West Bengal Police
arrested two OGWs, identified as Albert Jaroa and Amar Sinha of
the Meghalaya based militant group HNLC from Kolkata.
ANVC-B in a statement said that
there is a hope of restoring peace in Garo Hills since GNLA 'chairman'
Champion has been considering the possibilities of avoiding further
bloodshed, thus bringing normalcy to Garo Hills in Meghalaya.
Reports said that at least 12
persons have been executed by GNLA militants since 2012, alleging
them to be Police informers (Meghalaya).
NSCN-KK has extended "warm welcome"
to the "home- comers" from NNC-NA and ZUF and urged them to "work
for the truth of Naga nationalism" under the under the leadership
of 'president' "General (retired)" Khole Konyak, and Ato Kilonser
(prime minister) N. Kitovi Zhimomi.
ANLA 'area commander', identified
as Rinja A'chik and his PSO, identified as Manson Sangma were
shot dead by ANLA militants over a dispute over sharing of extortion
money at Mahadeo region of Rongara in South Garo Hills District
of Meghalaya.
Two cadres of different outfits
arrested by the Patna Police on June 3 have been brought back
to Imphal by a Manipur Police. The two cadres have been identified
as 'finance secretary' of the KCP-KK Nganba Rocky alias
Greatmacha alias Ranjit alias Chaoba and UPPK cadre Leishangthem
Angouba alias Malem Meitei.
Three most wanted linkmen of NDFB,
identified as Hogoma Basumatary (33), Barhungka Borgoyary (22)
and Swmdwn Basumatary (33) who were behind kidnapping, extortion
cases and killings in Chirang and Kokrajhar Districts, were arrested
along with arms by SFs at Bhoro Batalmari in Kokrajhar District
of Assam.
Tinsukia (Assam) District Police
are being continuously duped by one of the Surrender SULFA cadre,
Manik Dohotia alias Meghan, who has been at large, after looting
a service rifle from a Constable of the 2nd Battalion deployed
under the Pengaree Police Station in May.
A senior Mizoram official said
that the proposed sixth phase of repatriation of Brus lodged in
six relief camps in Tripura is scheduled to begin from June 17,
2014.
Officials said that all 92 people
of Chakma and Tripuri community from CHT in Bangladesh, who took
refuge in Dhalai District of Tripura following an ethnic strife,
have been repatriated.
Dimapur Police arrested one NNC-NA
cadre, identified as one Youngpan Pokhphui from Hong Kong market
area in Dimapur District of Nagaland while he was reportedly demanding
"tax" from some shop. A .22 pistol, seven live ammunitions and
INR 1100 and a mobile were recovered from him.
With terrorist triggering violence
in the State, Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma stressed on strengthening
the State's Police force to tackle rising terrorism in the Garo
Hills. Underscoring that strengthening of the Police force and
creation of a 'Special Force-10' to tackle insurgency was under
way, Sangma said several schemes for gainful employment of the
youth so that they are not lured into militancy, were also being
implemented.
5 AR recovered one .22 pistol
with magazine from a house belonging to suspected NSCN-K militant
in Tizu village in Tuensang District of Nagaland.
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June 9 |
A special judge remanded two of
three accused in fake lottery case to Police custody till June
12, 2014. Those remanded to CID custody were Vishnu Prajapati
and Brijesh Patel. Third accused in the case was sent to judicial
remand till June 23, 2014.
NIA team interrogated six persons,
all residents of Seethio on the outskirts of Ranchi, and conducted
search operation at Tupudana Pahari in connection with the Patna
serial blasts in October 2013.
Security at both terminals of
the IGI Airport, New Delhi has been increased following the June
8 terrorist attack on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi,
Pakistan.
According to Indian security agencies
IM plans to set up an extortion cell in the Middle East to generate
funds for its terror activities and kidnap rich Indian businessmen
to make quick money.
Investigations by Indian security
agencies revealed that IM operative Mirza Shadab Baig planned
to set up an extortion cell in Dubai called 'Maal-e-Ghanimat'
(system for collection of funds from people) for jihad (religious
or holy war).
Investigations by Indian security
agencies revealed that IM operative Mirza Shadab Baig planned
to set up an extortion cell in Dubai called 'Maal-e-Ghanimat'
(system for collection of funds from people) for jihad (religious
or holy war).
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala
told the Assembly that there were reports of CPI-Maoist 'presence'
in six Districts of the State. Replying to questions in the House,
he said the Government was in receipt of intelligence reports
of Maoist 'presence' in Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad,
Kannur, and Kasaragod Districts.
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala
told the Assembly that there were reports of CPI-Maoist 'presence'
in six Districts of the State. Replying to questions in the House,
he said the Government was in receipt of intelligence reports
of Maoist 'presence' in Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad,
Kannur, and Kasaragod Districts.
NSCN-IM 'officially' rubbished
the report that the Naga political issue will be settled in line
with the 1986 Mizoram Accord. Terming the news as a mischievous
reportage, the NSCN-IM said that the Naga political solution that
will emerge from the current political dialogue with the Government
of India, will be on the basis of the 'unique history and situation
of the Nagas' as mutually agreed between Government of India during
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Prime Ministership and NSCN-IM on July 11,
2002 which shall be honorable and acceptable to both the parties
(entities).
NGT refused to revoke its interim
order banning the rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya, but at the
same time permitted sale of coal that already had been extracted.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma said
that his Government was committed to provide protection to the
Hyderabad-based road construction company after ASAK militant
outfit served demand note for INR 270 million.
UKLF clarified that it has nothing
to do with the shooting of Chungjalen Haokip.
A militant identified as Gangsa,
a Myanmarese national of NSCN-K was killed by SFs at Kanu village
in Longding District of Arunachal Pradesh. One AK-56 Rifle, three
magazines and 45 rounds of live ammunition along with mobile handsets
and other material were also recovered from him.
SFs arrested a militant Elangbam
Hemanta Singh alias Lakpa of KCP-N from gate of Imphal College
in Imphal West District of Manipur. He was involved in extortion
activities around Kwakeithel in Imphal West District.
SFs arrested a militant Elangbam
Hemanta Singh alias Lakpa of KCP-N from gate of Imphal College
in Imphal West District of Manipur. He was involved in extortion
activities around Kwakeithel in Imphal West District.
Addressing the first session of
both Houses of Parliament at the Central Hall, the President Pranab
Mukherjee said all pending fencing work along the Northeast border
will be completed. "The issue of infiltration and illegal immigrants
affecting the Northeastern region will be tackled on a priority
basis and all pending fencing work along the Northeast border
will be completed," he said.
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June 10 |
Army foiled an infiltration bid
along the LoC in Balakote Sector of Mendhar area in Poonch District
of J&K.
Police arrested a prime accused
in the FICN racket from a hideout in West Bengal
IB has cautioned that there could
be a major terror strike on the Amarnath Yatra, something similar
to the one witnessed in the Jinnah International Airport of Karachi,
Pakistan.
Reports said that various militant
outfits like LeT, JeM and HM seeking to recruit young boys from
different parts of J&K to join their ranks in their latest effort
to augment the manpower.
Reports said that various militant
outfits like LeT, JeM and HM seeking to recruit young boys from
different parts of J&K to join their ranks in their latest effort
to augment the manpower.
A court in Koraput District of
Odisha sentenced CPI-Maoist leader Chenda Bhusanam alias
Ghasi to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in connection with possession
of arms and attack on Policemen.
The Ernakulam Additional Sessions
Court summoned two persons who stood as sureties for the bail
of Beecha Suguna, a suspected CPI-Maoist cadre, after she disappeared
following her release on bail in February 2014.
The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate
in Saran District, granted bail to two alleged CPI-Maoist cadres,
Subhash alias Chandanji and Dhiraj, who were arrested from Dariapur
area of Saran District on January 23, as the investigating officer
(IO) failed to submit charge sheet against them within the stipulated
period of 90 days.
The Gadchiroli Police neutralised
a powerful IED in Kasansur village of Etapalli tehsil in
Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
Garo militant outfit Matchadu
Matchabet claimed responsibility for the botched grenade attack
of June 7, carried out on the Araimile Police Beat Office in Tura
in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya. The 'commander-in-chief' of the
outfit, Mat Memang claimed the attack was jointly carried out
by his outfit along with Mikkim Arengh, the West Garo Hills 'area
commander' of ATF.
Meghalaya Police left for Kolkata
in West Bengal to bring back two over ground workers of HNLC identified
as Albert Jaroa and Amar Sinha who were working for Phyrnailang
Swer, another HNLC militant arrested recently from West Bengal.
They were arrested on June 8 by the West Bengal Police.
Three UALA militants, identified
as Jeibin Sangma, Suresh Sangma and Silrak Marak were arrested
from Chandmari locality of Tura in West Garo Hills District of
Meghalaya. INR 54000 was also recovered from their procession.
The West Garo Hills District (Meghalaya)
Unit of NPP appealed to all militant groups in Garo Hills to go
about demanding for a separate Garoland State in a democratic
way.
SFs arrested a militant of KCP-MC
identified as Khuraijam Tullachandra alias Tomal and his wife
identified as Khuraijam Sushma Luitel Sharma from Imphal West
District of Manipur. Mobile handsets, a hand grenade and demand
letters bearing the insignia of KCP-MC were recovered from them.
RPF denied any link with Sukham
Mayengbem Nandibala alias Liklai who was earlier arrested on June
8 by Imphal West Commandos near Thongju Koirou community hall
in Imphal West District of Manipur.
UNC announced a 48-hour total
bandh in Naga areas with effect from the midnight of June 16 till
midnight of June 18 to protest alleged unabated communal actions
and policies of the Government of Manipur and to urge the GoI
to expedite its intervention for an ''Alternative Arrangement''.
A suspected Assamese insurgent
identified as Romon Joy of UDLFBV was detained in Kolasib Police
Station (Kolasib District of Mizoram).
Police and the civil administration
launched a search to track down Bangladeshi tribal families, who
have evaded repatriation after around 300 people sneaked into
Dhalai District of Tripura following eruption of violence at Khagracharri
District in CHT of Bangladesh on June 4.
Nine militants of the newly formed
UPLA including its 'commander-in-chief' Nikunja Kathar and 'deputy
commander-in-chief' Langning Terang were arrested from Darogapathar
Block 'B' area in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
According to Assam Police, UPLA's
'foreign secretary' Bali Rongphar was also arrested. UPLA letter
pads and money receipts were recovered from the militants. Based
on information from the arrested militants in Nagaland, the Assam
Police recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition from a hideout
near Baithalangso town, Hamren. The weapons cache included several
rocket launchers, Universal Machine Guns, two Self Loading Rifles,
one 303 rifle, 300 rounds of assorted ammunitions, two improvised
explosive devices, High Explosive Bombs and many other weapons.
The UPLA militants were reportedly involved in June 5 the killing
of SP in Karbi Anglong District.
Six top NSCN-IM leaders, including
V.S Atem, AK Lungalang, TT Among, Victor Angami, Imcha Longkumer
and Qhevihe Chisi Swu left for Delhi to meet with PM Narendra
Modi and other leaders.
Meghala MP, Purno A Sangma, demanded
imposition of President's rule in Meghalaya following the alleged
deteriorating law and order situation. He stated that the CM Mukul
Sangma had nexus with various militant rebel groups, especially
with ANVC-B.
CM Mukul Sangma clarified his
earlier comment in the Legislative Assembly that Police cannot
match with the firepower of militants. He stated that, "the police
do not have under-barrel grenade launchers, but this does not
mean that they are ill equipped since the service of other security
agencies are sought during operations".
Meghalaya CM also assured that
there would be further inquiry to ascertain whether East Garo
Hills DC Vijay Mantri has any nexus with the militants.
Bishnupur District Police Commandos
arrested a militant belonging to KCP-MTF, identified as Sanabam
Meitei alias Ibung during a search operation at Thoubal Village
in Bishnupur District of Manipur.
SFs arrested a militant, identified
as 'sergeant major' Horiba Sangtam belonging to NSCN-K from General
Area of Longkokre Village in Kiphire District of Nagaland. A .22
rifle with magazine, six live rounds and two hand grenades were
recovered from him.
CPI-Maoist military wing units
have been undergoing training in the forests of Abujhmad, extending
from Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar region to Gadchiroli in Maharashtra,
to develop skills to escape air raids, if launched by the SFs
in the future, intelligence sources said.
NNC held joint emergency joint
meeting at Yoruba in Phek District of Nagaland and elected T S
Keyho as the ‘vice president’ of the NNC till the next General
Session of the NNC.
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June 11 |
Suspected militants attacked the
house of J&K CM Omar Abdullah's OSD Tariq Ahmad Kakroo in Baramulla
District. However, no one was injured in the attack.
Unidentified militants targeted
a Police Station at Batamaloo area in Srinagar city of Srinagar
District by firing a rifle grenade at it but no damage was caused
in the incident.
NIA searched a pond and a well
in Seethio village of Ranchi District and recovered two metal
objects used to make explosives.
Three alleged terrorists, identified
as Mustafa Sayyed, Bilal Ahmed and Afroz Khan were arrested by
Gujarat's ATS after they were summoned by local court from a Maharashtra
jail where they had spent eight years.
Dawood Ibrahim and his aide Chhota
Shakeel have been summoned to appear before the Patiala House
Court in Delhi through advertisement.
Sources said that two men, Rafiq
and Shahul Hameed arrested on June 4 for bringing FICN to Chennai
turned out to be gun pushers too. Police have also picked up a
man called Fakhrul Ismail in Kolkata believed to be the kingpin
of the gang.
Terrorists backed by ISI were
planning to target port, central railway station and airports
in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and Bangalore (Karnataka), as per revelations
by ISI agent Mohammed Sakir Husain arrested at Chennai in April
2014.
According to intelligence sources
five warnings from the CIA helped authorities defeat the May 23
strike on the Indian Consulate in Herat Province of Afghanistan.
The last operational input from the CIA was delivered to India's
intelligence services two hours after the assault began, and identified
the assault team as operatives of the Pakistan-based LeT.
Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh
Maria launched 24x7 Mumbai Cyber Lab.
Environment Ministry has given
its go-ahead to install a radar station at the strategic location,
Narcondam in Andaman and Nicobar Islands in view of suspected
Chinese presence and "listening post" on nearby Coco Island.
Security at religious places in
Ayodhya, Varanasi and Mathura will be enhanced following intelligence
inputs which suggested that terror outfits may try to attack them.
CRPF recovered two IEDs weighing
10 kilogram each from a forest in the Daitari mining belt of Keonjhar
District in Odisha.
Three suspected CPI-Maoist cadres
were arrested by SFs from Patrapalli area under Bisra Police Station
limits in Sundargarh District of Odisha.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, Budhram Telam
who was the part of a Maoist squad allegedly planning to ambush
security personnel in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh, was
arrested from Nerli Ghat forests under Bacheli Police Station
limits of Dantewada District along with tiffin bomb.
Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh said
in Raipur that there is no possibility of aerial attacks on the
CPI-Maoist cadres in the State. "No, Not, at all. I categorically
deny this," said Singh when asked about the possibility of aerial
attacks on Maoists.
Primary teachers under the banner
of Prathamik Shikshak Sangharsh Samiti demanded the transfer of
several primary schoolteachers posted in CPI-Maoist-infested areas
of Dumaria in East Singhbhum District of Bihar.
The CPI-Maoist cadres are distributing
books, notebooks, pens and pencils to the children of the poorest
of poor in a bid to win over the confidence and sympathy of the
people in rural areas of Bihar's Jamui and Lakhisarai District.
During a combing operation carried
out by the SFs in Morem Rumpra, near Habang in Karbi Anglong District
of Assam, huge cache of arms and ammunition including six AK-47
rifles, one UBL gun, one M16 rifle, 32 magazines, 350 rounds of
live ammunition, 11 hand grenades, uniforms was recovered along
with the service pistol of killed Hamren SP Nityananda Goswami
and the AK-47 rifle of his PSO Ratul Nunisa.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi reviewed
law and order with Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of
Police of all ranges.
Report said that force availability
in Assam at present is more than the forces deployed in the State
during the last Lok Sabha polls and there is no chance of withdrawal
of forces in the near future.
Three militants including a 'commander'
of ANUF identified as Cornelious N Sangma, Debojit K Marak and
Sengkhan K Marak were arrested by Shillong Police from near Lady
Keane College in Meghalaya.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma stated
that Maoist organisations across the country have access to sophisticated
weapons which have emerged from the North Eastern region. He also
added that arms were emerging from countries such as Bangladesh,
Myanmar and China. Sangma further stated that Government would
re-look into the proposed peace talks with GNLA.
The 24 hour bandh called
by HNLC in protest of the NGT ban on coal mining passed off peacefully.
The shut down which began on June 10 evening affected the entire
Khasi and Jaintia Hill of Meghalaya.
ANVC-B expressed concern over
the deteriorating situations in Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to KCP-KK identified as Laithangbam Ibomcha alias Imocha
at Thoubal Haokha in Thoubal District of Manipur.
More than 500 non-residents have
been pushed out of Mizoram to Assam by the Mizoram Police for
not possessing valid ILP.
A KCP-MTF militant, identified
as Brahmacharimayum Herojit Sharma was arrested by SFs at Nambol
area in Bishnupur District of Manipur.
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June 12 |
One Army trooper, identified as
Shankar Singh, was killed and four others were injured when an
IED suspected to have been planted by LeT militants went off along
with LoC in Tarkundi forward area of Balakote Sector in Mendhar
tehsil of Poonch District in J&K.
Ahmadabad metropolitan court sent
three alleged militants, Afroz Khan, Bilal Ahmed and Mustafa Sayyed
associated SIMI to Police remand till June 16 in connection with
the 2006 terror conspiracy case. ATS also contended it needs to
interrogate the accused to know who the others were who had crossed
over to Pakistan and obtained terror training conducted in the
camps of terror outfits like JuD and LeT.
The English translation of Ajmal
Kasab's statement was submitted in a Pakistani Anti-Terrorism
Court conducting the trial of the seven accused in the 26/11 Mumbai
attack.
IB warned Delhi Police about a
possible terror strike at north Delhi's Chandni Chowk market in
the run-up to Independence Day (August 15). IB official added
that the SIMI was the number one suspect.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including
a senior 'commander' who was allegedly involved in the Jiram valley
attack in May, 2013, have been arrested in Dantewada District
of Chhattisgarh.
Body of a surrendered NLFT militant,
identified as Samindra Debbarma was found at Vidyabill area in
Khowai District of Tripura.
A militant, identified as Paonam
Suresh Singh of PREPAK was arrested from near Canchipur Meitei
Lamkhai Road in Imphal West District of Manipur by the SFs.
PLA militant, identified as Sorensangbam
Josila Devi alias Jansineh alias Rekma Kapan was arrested from
Keishamthong Top Leirak in Imphal East District. INR 63,000 and
a mobile was recovered from her. And following her disclosure,
Gurumayum Sujata Devi alias Neikhoting was arrested from Palace
Gate in Imphal East of Manipur.
Imphal East District (Manipur)
Police Commandos arrested a militant of KCP- Lamyanba Khuman,
identified as Loushambam Anilkumar Singh alias Arun alias Pari
from his residence.
A hand grenade was retrieved from
near the old casualty ward of JNIMS in Imphal East District of
Manipur.
Two allegedly surrendered militants
of NDFB-IKS, identified as Khwmta Narzary alias N Khaolaigiri
and Milon Basumatary alias B Milon were arrested from Bismuri
area of Kokrajhar District of Assam in relation to the January
17, 2014 Athiabari massacre in which six civilians, mostly labourers
were killed by NDFB-IKS militants.
Night curfew has been imposed
in the 5 kilometre belt in the Assam side bordering Arunachal
Pradesh and Nagaland in order to check movement of anti-social
elements.
ABSU urged the GoI to include
the "Bodoland issue" in its 100-day agenda for a permanent solution
to the long-standing demand of a separate Bodoland State.
AR arrested an arms dealer, identified
as Tahar Ali at 4th mile road junction in Dimapur in Nagaland.
One 7.65 pistol and two magazines of .32mm was recovered from
him.
NSCN-K has decided that any kind
of 'taxation' under Pungro and Shamator Division of Yimchungrü
District of Nagaland is authorized only to the Yimchungrü Regional
authority of NSCN-K.
Meghalaya Government informed
in State Assembly that it has decided to install CCTV in all Police
Stations in the state.
GNC MLA Clifford R Marak stated
that militants of GNLA are allegedly killing wild animals to feed
themselves.(Meghalaya)
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma stated
that only 5,735 Bangladeshi nationals, who had entered the State
illegally since 1972, have been detected and prosecuted since
1972. He also said that at the moment, the NRC was not available
which otherwise would have helped in ascertaining the total number
of Bangladeshis residing in the State. He added that the Government
will challenge High Court ruling which has given recognition to
Bangladesh nationals who have settled in Meghalaya on or before
March 24, 1971 as Indian citizens.
NPP President, W R Kharlukhi stated
that the Meghalaya CM should initiate a CBI or NIA inquiry into
alleged politician-militant nexus.
Five Districts of Garo Hills of
Meghalaya came to a halt following shutdown called by GSU demanding
CBI or a judicial probe into the two recent custodial deaths of
Balsan Marak and Witson M. Sangma.
Two arms dealers identified as
Semato Aye and Rolex Ayemi were arrested by SFs from Burma Camp
in Dimapur in Nagaland. One .22 pistol with magazine was recovered
from them.
An individual identified as Tahar
Ali was arrested by SFs from 4th Mile Road Junction in Dimapur
in Nagaland. One 7.65 pistol and two magazines were recovered
from him.
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June 13 |
Violating ceasefire, Pakistan
Army resorted to heavy unprovoked firing in Keri Sector along
the LoC of Rajouri District of J&K killing an Indian Army trooper
and injuring three others. Indian troopers retaliated after mortars
were fired from the Pakistani side.
Pakistan Army resorted to heavy
shelling and firing along the LoC in Balakote and Mendhar Sectors
of Poonch District of J&K.
HM claimed the responsibility
of Poonch attack on June 12 in which one Army trooper was killed
while three others had suffered injuries.
Andheri Metropolitan Magistrate
in Mumbai granted the Mumbai Police permission to collect the
DNA samples of Dawood Ibrahim's aide Muzzakir Muddassar alias
Munna Jhingada's family members. However, the court also said
that the Police cannot use blood samples of Jhingada's family
members as evidence in the case of deporting him from Thailand.
Police said that the order will help them prove that Jhingada
is Indian national and very much a criminal from Mumbai who fled
away in 2000.
PM Narendra Modi received briefing
by Army Chief General Bikram Singh on the operational readiness
along the borders with China and Pakistan as well as the urgent
need to plug "critical" gaps in equipment and border infrastructure.
Al Qaeda released a new video
in Urdu calling on Muslims in the Kashmir region to follow in
the footsteps of their "brothers" in Iraq and Syria and launch
a jihad against Indian authorities. The video titled 'The war
should continue: A message for Kashmir's Muslims' contains statements
by TTP 'commander' Maulana Asim Umar.
The Centre will soon launch a
psychological campaign using multimedia messages to discourage
tribals from joining the CPI-Maoist.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
in two separate Police actions in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Another Maoist, identified as
Balram Tamo (28), was arrested from a weekly market in Nelsnar
area of Bijapur District.
A grenade was recovered from the
stomach of a fish that was gifted to the Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Distribution Department's District Supply Officer of
Thoubal Laitonjam Somorendro at his residence at Wangkhei Ningthem
Pukhri Mapal in Imphal East District of Manipur. The grenade was
later recovered by the Police.
PLA stated that Sorensangbam Josila
alias Sunsine alias Rekama Kapan and Sujata alias Neikhotin who
were arrested by Imphal East Commandos on June 12 have no connection
with the PLA.
NRC updation has got under way
in Cachar District of Assam. Since there are no records of the
NRC of 1951 in the District, the voters list of 1966 and 1971
would be taken into consideration for updation process and midnight
of March 24, 1971 will be taken as the basis of the NRC update.
The 24-hour and 12-hour bandh
called by HNLC and JSU against the Government's failure to set
a blood bank in Jowai in Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya has
affected the normal life in the District.
SFs arrested a militant, identified
as Romeo alias Jackson alias Kanba alias Rosanb Rongmei of KCP-Nando
from Thangmeiband Tarung village in Imphal West District of Manipur.
A militant identified as Aureng
Shi Soprang of KCP-Nando faction was arrested in Loukhong Village
in Imphal East District of manipur. He was involved in transportation
of arms and ammunition.
KIM the apex body of Kukis in
Manipur submitted a memorandum to the PM of India stating that
any possible agreement with NSCN-IM will be seen biased and prejudicial
if the plight of the Kuki people is not solved first. KIM requested
the PM to accord due cognizance of the struggle of Kuki people
for justice. KIM alleged NSCN-IM of commiting 'genocide' in the
early 1990s when they killed 905 Kukis and uprooted 360 Kuki villages
and seized their land, rendering 100,000 Kukis homeless.
Two suspects, identified as a
reporter Parag Bhuyan and former ULFA cadre, Binod Dutta, were
arrested by Assam Police from Kakopathar in Tinsukia District
on charges of being involved in extortion and being in contact
with ULFA's leader, Jibon Moran.
One suspect identified as Biren
Rongpi, President of DMC was picked up by Assam Police from his
residence at Diphu in Karbi Anglong District and was formally
arrested in connection with the June 5 killing of Hamren SP Nityananda
Goswami and his PSO Ratul Nunisa.
Home Minister of Meghalaya, Roshan
Warjri appealed to legislators to "rise above political affiliations"
to tackle militancy in the State.
Meghalaya Government has set up
a SMAC to augment the intelligence machinery that would be effective
in handling counter insurgency and maintenance of law and order.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma, stated
that Government has initiated a multi-level mechanism for proper
checking at the entry and exit points to tackle the problem of
influx and entry of illegal immigrants.
The two-day dawn-to-dusk shut
down called by Garo Hills based GSU, FKJGP, NESO and other organisations
that began on June 12 morning ended on June 13 evening with no
untoward incidents being reported even as the protest closure
was complete in all five Districts.
A bus driver identified as Thokchom
Ingobi was abducted by suspected militants of KCP-MC from Jakhlabandha
in Nagaon District of Assam. The driver was abducted because the
‘annual tax’ was not paid by the bus owner.
Reports said that NDFB-IKS has
been trying to smuggle in arms and ammunition to BTAD. Security
sources stated that militants have been making attempts to smuggle
in weapons to the BTAD almost every week and of late, the militants
are trying to hire “family vehicles” instead of SUVs to transport
weapons to avoid detection by Police and SFs. They also added
that Dimapur in Nagaland is still the hub of arms smuggling by
the militants operating in the North Eastern region as the arms
smugglers normally bring in weapons from Myanmar through the porous
border.
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June 14 |
A Maruti car with more than 140
kg of ammonium nitrate was seized by Uttar Pradesh Police on the
national highway in Varanasi.
IM operative Haider Ali revealed
before the intelligence agency that he and another IM operative
Tehsin had trained 15 persons as suicide bombers (fidayeen) in
Seethio forest of Ranchi District in Jharkhand. He said the 15
would attack any particular place or person on the order of LeT
unit operating from Karachi in Pakistan.
A suspected CPI-Maoist cadre was
killed in an encounter in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
The Gadchiroli Sessions Court
rejected the bail plea of G.N. Saibaba, the Delhi University Assistant
Professor, arrested for his alleged connections with the Maoists.
The Odisha Police arrested five
suspects associated with the CPI-Maoist on the allegation of providing
logistic support to the Maoists from Rairakhol in Sambalpur District.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Bhim Sharma alias Rakesh Sharma was arrested from Sugao village
in Jehanabad District of Bihar.
Three persons, identified as Bachaspatimayum
Govind, Amakcham Anil and Phurailatpam Ibomcha were injured in
an IED explosion in a laundry shop run by a non-Manipuri at Moirangkhong
Sougaijam Leikai in Imphal West District of Manipur.
A militant, identified as NaoremIbomcha
Singh of KCP-KK was arrested from Moirang Bazar area in Bishnupur
District of Manipur.
Bishnupur District Police Commandos
arrested two KCP-KK Nganba militants, identified as 'captain'
Aheibam Dijen Singh alias Ahanmacha and ChongthamI bomcha Singh
from RIMS road in Imphal West District of Manipur.
Three traders and their driver
were abducted by suspected NLFT militants from Phaileng village
in Mamit District, 20 kilometers from the Tripura-Mizoram border.
Tripura Police have asked their
Mizoram counterparts to rescue the hostages. BSF has also been
alerted to arrest the militants if they tried to cross the India-Bangladesh
border.
SOU of Assam Police arrested the
'chairman' of UALA Novembirth Marak alias Chiindik Marak
from a hospital in Guwahati. Before he joined UALA, he was the
'general secretary' of GNLA. He will be handed over to Police
in Tura, Meghalaya.
Two NLFB militants, identified
as Ujjal Das and Swopan Sarkar were arrested by SFs at Kalaigaon
in Udalguri District of Assam.
Paramilitary and Assam Police
personnel have begun a combing operation to recover the hidden
weapons and explosives in Rongfu area located near Meghalaya border
where the Hamren SP and his PSO were killed by UPLA.
Tripura Government has once again
extended the operation of AFSPA for six months.
The Ahmadabad DCB filed the charge
sheet against Maulana Abdul Qavi in connection with the 2003 ISI
Conspiracy case, implicating him under various sections of POTA
and Arms Act, among others, before a special POTA court.
Imphal West District Police Commandos
arrested two cadres of MNRF, identified as Thotreichan alias
Poulus Zimik and Mathew Shimrah from Khuman Lampak in Imphal East
District of Manipur.
One militant of NSCN-K identified
as ‘corporal’ Hepwang Konyak was arrested at Project Colony in
Zunheboto District of Nagaland. One 9 mm Pistol Beretta with magazine,
four live rounds and three mobile phones were also recovered from
him.
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June 15 |
Army arrested two suspected militants
from PoK when they were moving close to the LoC in Krishna Ghati
Sector of Poonch District and Nowshera Sector of Rajouri District
of J&K.
Union Defence Minister, Arun Jaitley
said that the forces inimical to India like al Qaeda will try
to foment trouble but assured that India is strong enough to deal
with such kind of a situation.
IB termed the withdrawal of NATO
and allied forces from Afghanistan as one of the biggest challenges
to India's counter-terrorism measures in its presentation to Union
Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh.
A hand grenade wrapped inside
a doll was planted at the gate of COHSEM Chairman Hamom Nabachandra
residence at Sega Road Thouda Bhabok Leikai in Imphal West District
of Manipur. The Grenade was later retrieved by the Police.
SFs arrested 'chairman' of KCP-KK
Nganba, identified as Chongtham Manglemjao alias KK Nganba from
Nagamapal Singjubung Leirak in Imphal West District of Manipur.
ANVC-B requested the Union Government
to speed up the entire peace pact settlement between the outfit
and the two Governments. In a memorandum submitted to Union Minister
of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh, ANVC-B 'chairman' Rimpu Marak
said there was a need to speed up the settlement since implementation
of schemes under the peace pact would pave way for job opportunities
for youths which, in turn, will help young people to engage in
jobs rather than taking up arms.
An IED blast occurred in Balakote
sector near LoC in Poonch District of J&K. However, no casualty
has been reported.
A woman, identified as Rani Mutthu
Mandal was arrested from Diva village in Thane District along
with FICNs with a face value of INR 1,05,500.
A SULFA militant turned dacoit,
identified as Manik Dohotia alias Meghon was killed in
an encounter with Police at Dirak Pathar in Changlang District
of Arunachal Pradesh.
A combined team of Thoubal District
Police and Imphal West District Police Commandos (Manipur) arrested
one woman cadre of PREPAK, identified as Ningthoujam Wahengbam
Promodini alias Ritu alias Maya alias Inunganbi.
Two mobile phone handsets along with two SIM cards were also seized
from her possession.
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June 16 |
SFs neutralised a militant hideout
and recovered arms and ammunition besides explosives from Bonda
forest in Chatroo area of Kishtwar District of J&K. The recovery
included one RPG Rifle, one Pika gun, one .303 Rifle, one .315
Rifle, one 12 bore Rifle, 2 Pistols, 493 ammunition of AK, Pika
and Pistol, one RPG round, 4 UBGL grenades, 8 AK magazines, one
pistol magazine, 6 hand grenades, 7 detonators, one barrel pistol,
one Radio Set and 03 kilogram RDX.
Maharashtra ATS filed a 542-page
charge sheet against Yasin Bhatkal IM 'India operations chief'
and his aide Asadullah Akhtar alias Tabrez, before a special
MCOCA court. In the charge sheet, Police also disclosed the role
of a new accused, Wasim, alias Ibrahim, who is still wanted.
The two have been accused of planning and executing the 13/7 blasts
of Mumbai.
NIA was granted 10 days custody
of an accused, Mammunhi alias Muhammad Kunji in the Kasargod
FICN case by the NIA court in Kochi.
Intelligence inputs and details
provided by arrested Patna blasts accused Hyder Ali revealed that
there is an aggressive regrouping and resurgence of SIMI across
the country. And the man behind this resurgence is Abdus Subhan
Qureshi alias Tauqeer who is re-energizing and motivating
the cadres. In fact, the emergence of the Hyder Ali-led module
and blasts in Bodh Gaya and Patna last year were all results of
this effort.
Two men, Abdul Kalam and Mohammad
Naushad Mian have been held guilty of possessing FICN with face
value of INR 2, 95,000 by a Delhi Court.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, two of
them carrying a reward of INR 100, 000 each on their heads, surrendered
in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
admitted in the Odisha Assembly that the CPI-Maoist activities
in the State increased from five Districts in 2000 to 19 Districts.
Her said parts of Malkangiri, Rayagada, Koraput, Gajapati and
Mayurbhanj Districts were considered Maoist affected in 2000.
However, in the current scenario, parts of 19 Districts: Koraput,
Malkangiri, Rayagada, Ganjam (including Berhampur Police District),
Keonjhar, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh,
Kalahandi, Nuapada, Balangir and Bargarh are considered to be
affected by CPI-Maoist activities in varying intensities, he said.
The Chief Minister, however, added no violence has been reported
from Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh, Deogarh and Nayagarh
Districts since 2011.
An encounter took place between
the CPI-Maoist cadres and paramilitary personnel at Siumari forest
in Sonua of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
Maoist cadres demolished a semi-complete
primary health centre building at Hesatu village in Bhandaria
of Garwah District of Jharkhand. They also manhandled labourers
at the construction site and left behind a note, asking contractor
Om Prakash Kesri to speak to them at the earliest.
Naga leaders in Myanmar have severely
criticised NSCN-K’s demand for sovereignty of Nagaland, comprising
the Naga-inhabited areas of India and Myanmar. Myanmarese Naga
leaders said the NSCN-K was fooling people in the name of sovereignty
and argued that the Naga outfit’s rhetoric was only propaganda.
NSCN-KK has supported the recent
statement issued by Naga MPs of Myanmar in which they criticised
NSCN-K’s demand for sovereignty and the decision of Myanmarese
Nagas, who along with other ethnic groups who have signed cease-fire
agreement with the Myanmar Government in an effort to end armed
conflict.
The ‘vice chairman’ of GNLA Rapiush
Ch. Sangma was arrested from Koramangala in Bangalore in a joint
operation by Meghalaya Police and Karnataka Police.
Suspected Garo militants abducted
Arvind Kumar, a Branch Manager of SBI's Ampati branch from the
outskirts of Garobadha town in South West Garo Hills District
of Meghalaya.
The GNLA 'commander-in-chief’,
Sohan D Shira has slammed Chokpot Legislature, Clifford R Marak
for his comments alleging that the GNLA and the ANVC have been
killing wild animals.
The Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma
stated that Government has not taken any decision regarding the
set up of a designated camp for the ANVC-B in West Khasi Hills.
State Government has moved against
the Meghalaya High Court challenging its ruling that people from
Bangladesh who settled in the state before March 24 1971 be treated
as Indians and should be enrolled in the electoral rolls. Deputy
CM Rowell Lyngdoh stated that the Ri-Bhoi Deputy Commissioner
has filed an appeal in this regard.
ZB and ZYF endorsed the UNC sponsored
48-hour total bandh in Naga inhabited hill areas of Manipur.
S Hrripunii Vemai who has been
appointed by ‘president’ SS Khaplang of NSCN-K as the 'kilonser'
(minister) of the Shepoumaramth region (Manipur) has appealed
to people not to get confused about his official appointment which
cannot be self proclamation as alleged by the unknown person a
few days ago.
Nonglen Meitei, ‘secretary’ Publicity
and Propaganda of MCP-M stated that Manipur needs a ‘New Democratic
Culture’ for attaining a sovereign and egalitarian society.
According to media reports, sixth
phase of Bru repatriation will begin on June 17 from Tripura to
Mizoram. Joint Secretary for Home, Lalbihazama stated that around
459 Bru families were expected to return during the two-day repatriation
and would be resettled in different villages where they had resided
earlier before migrating to Tripura.
Two people, identified as Grikseng
D Shira and Eljing Sangma were arrested from Chandmari locality
of Tura in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya for allegedly
being a part of a group that used to supply arms to militants.
Based on their revelations two more individuals, identified as
Winnerson Marak and Rexbiller R Marak were arrested from Kharkutta
in North Garo Hills District. One 7.65 pistol along with 13 rounds
of live ammunition were recovered from them.
BSF arrested two Bangladeshi smugglers,
identified as Muhammad Azijul Islam and Muhammad Raihan Haque
along with FICN worth INR 6000 at Indo-Bangladesh Border at South
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
ACAUT Nagaland is taking all the
Naga underground groups head-on against the 'tax' and extortion
issues in Nagaland.
SFs arrested two militants identified
as Arambam alias Thoi alias Radha Devi and Ningthoujam
Wangkhem Chaoba alias Asharani Devi of PREPAK front of
G.M Hall in Imphal West District of Manipur. Both were involved
in transportation of arms as well as extortion from the public.
Senior CPI-Maoist leader from
Kerala Sinoj alias Rajan was killed in an accidental blast while
making explosives in the deep forests of Wayanad District of Kerala.
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June 17 |
Militants killed a former militant,
identified as Munawar Zaman Malik (30) in Arwani Chowk of Bijbehara
area in Anantnag District of J&K.
Militants fired a grenade towards
a CRPF camp in Sopore area of Baramulla District of J&K injuring
a civilian Faizan Ahmad.
Pakistan Army and Rangers violated
ceasefire and opened fire along LoC at Balakote Sector of Poonch
District of J&K. However, there were no casualties or damage
on the Indian side.
Pakistani Rangers fired three
to four rounds along the IB in Suchetgarh Sector of RS Pura tehsil
in Jammu District. BSF retaliated and there was brief exchange
of firing. No damage was reported on the Indian side.
Investigations and the questioning
of IM operative Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas now revealed
that he was trained by TTP in Pakistani camps before being sent
to India, where he was expected to pass off as Indian on account
of his family’s pre-Partition roots in Phagwara of Kapurthala
District in Punjab.
Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas
told investigators he stockpiled 50 digital timers for bombs in
an apartment in Mangalore, which was used as an IM base to prepare
for the Hyderabad attack in 2013.
Union Minister of Home Affairs
Rajnath Singh directed the Home Ministry to explore the possibility
of setting up specialised cybercrime units in each of the country’s
671 Districts.
A total of 11 cadres, including
a ‘zonal commander’, of the PLFI were arrested following a gun
battle in Gumla District of Jharkhand.
Police arrested CPI-Maoist cadre,
Mandoram Tulahi from Kodekurse Police Station limits in Kanker
District of Chhattisgarh.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, Sukmati
(19) and her associate Jogo Madkami (20) were rounded up from
Bhairamgadh Police Station limits of Bijapur District.
A militant, identified as B Laijam
of NDFB-IKS was killed two militants were injured by SFs in an
encounter at Auzar Guri in Kokrajhar District of Assam. An AK–56
rifle, 160 live ammunition, one magazine, a grenade, one TVS bike,
three mobile handsets and SIM cards and INR 3092 were recovered
from the militant.
NDFB-IKS ‘information and publicity
wing secretary’ Esara stated that the individual who was killed
on June 15 by SFs as NDFB-IKS militant at Gopaljhora in Kokrajhar
District of Assam was not a member of the outfit, but an adivasi
(tribal) villager.
AABYSF called for a 24-hour bandh
in BTC on June 19 in protest against the abduction of a businessman,
Rakesh Paul by a militant group at Shantipur Bazar in Chirang
District of Assam on June 14.
SBI employees have announced a
day-long strike on June 19 in the entire Garo Hills of Meghalaya
to put pressure on the abductors of Arvind Kumar, Branch Manager
of SBI, who still remain untraced.
UNC sponsored 48 hours bandh crippled
all the National Highways and inter-State highways except the
Imphal-Churachandpur road.
AMNSDWA have threatened to stop
services of inter-state passenger vehicles from June 19, if the
driver abducted in Assam on June 13 was not released by June 17.
NSCN-KK terminated one of its
cadres, identified as Likhumsem from the active ‘national’ service
for involving in anti-social activities which breach the order
of the ‘nation’. (Nagaland)
NSCN-K ‘military supervisor lieutenant
general’ Niki Sumi said that NSCN-KK, since its formation in 2011
had no other agenda but to attack NSCN-K’s “unwavering stand on
Naga sovereignty.”
In a judgment, Additional District
and Sessions Judge of Dharmanagar (North Tripura District), Sri
Udit Choudhury sentenced one Nathurai Reang, an inmate of a Bru
refugee camp in Tripura to undergo imprisonment for 12 years for
possession of grenade and for fleeing from Police custody.
The repatriation of tribal refugees
from Tripura didn't resume as the displaced men and women refused
to go back to Mizoram unless their demands were met.
Five NDFB-IKS militants, including
three women and two men identified as Bijuli Basumatary, Pungjali
Basumatary, Sanima Narzary, Simang Narzary and Premosh Mushahary
were arrested from New Bongaigaon Railway Station in Bongaigaon
District of Assam. Police recovered seven mobile handsets, seven
SIM cards and some cash from them.
A manager of a stone-crusher unit,
identified as Maleswar Rao was abducted in Dima Hasao District
of Assam. A newly floated militant outfit, DHNA which is engaged
in extortion activities across the District, is suspected to be
behind the abduction. The abductors have demanded a ransom of
INR 60 million.
Pressure has mounted on Police
in Kokrajhar District of Assam to firmly deal with NDFB-IKS after
it displayed its weapon strength before the media in Auzarbari
in Kokrajhar Dsitrict just after a cadre was killed in an encounter.
Operations are ongoing against the militant outfit at Auzarbari
in Kokrajhar District.
PLA militant, identified as Arei
Sampar alias Rengsomrei was arrested by SFs from Langol
Tarung in Imphal West District of Manipur. A mobile phone handset
was also seized from his possession. On his disclosure another
militant identified as Laishram Ashok alias Isho of the
same outfit was arrested from his residence in an un-specified
location. One mobile was recovered from him.
SFs during a two day joint operation
carried out from June 16 to 17 arrested two NSCN-IM militants
identified as ‘lieutenant colonel’ Phungreisung Tanghkhul and
‘major’ Thongwang Aran from a village near Khonsa in Tirap District
of Arunachal Pradesh. Two AK-56 rifles, two magazines and 40 rounds
live ammunition along with cash were also recovered from them.
SFs arrested a militant of NSCN-IM
identified as Leacy Chinghyik Konyak from Wakching Town in Mon
District of Nagaland. One pistol and ammunition as well as other
incriminating documents were recovered from him.
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June 18 |
Pakistan Army violated ceasefire
and opened fire along the IB in Samba Sector of Samba District
of J&K. BSF retaliated strongly. However, no damage was reported
on the Indian side.
SFs recovered one AK 47, two magazines,
two UBGL grenades, two Chinese grenades, seven Pica rounds, one
pistol, one radio set and RPG rounds from Handwara forests of
Kupwara District of J&K.
Police seized 500 detonators and
600 gelatin sticks from a car near Tetulgram village under Kotshila
Police Station of Purulia District of West Bengal and arrested
two persons, identified as Subal Mahato and Jaladhar Dwari.
The NIA which is investigating
nine cases of Naxal activities in various States is now
on the radar of the CPI-Maoist citing government documents.
Unidentified persons hurled and
exploded a hand grenade at the residence of ZEO Ukhrul AI Robin
Tangkhul at Nagaram Tangkhul Avenue in Imphal West District of
Manipur.
Two cadres of URF, identified
as Sinam Suresh and Akham Pratap who tried to smuggle steel parts
from their designated camp, a spinning mill in the area of Loitang
Khonou in Imphal West District of Manipur were caught by the civilians.
A PLA militant identified as Toijam
Sheetal alias Inao Singh was arrested from Keishamthong
Bazaar in Imphal West District of Manipur. Investigation revealed
that he was involved in sending demand letters and extortion of
money.
The 48-hour UNC bandh in Naga
areas of Manipur passed peacefully.
NDFB-IKS lobbed hand grenades
at the Kokrajhar Police Reserve located at Dimalgaon in Kokrajhar
District of Assam. No casualty has been reported.
In an ongoing operation SFs surrounded
a group of NDFB-IKS militants in an area north of Serphangguri
in Kokrajhar District of Assam. The surrounded NDFB-IKS militants
have been calling up militants in other areas to indulge in violence
elsewhere so that the pressure on them will ease.
AAMSU sought PM Narendra Modi’s
intervention to dissolve the BTC administration and review the
Bodo Accord.
The Tura Police rescued the kidnapped
SBI official Arvind Kumar after a brief fire fight from Mellim-Rangsakona
region in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs, Kiren Rijiju stated that more Central paramilitary forces
will be send to Meghalaya if required to quell the rising violence
and militancy particularly in Garo Hills region.
The top agenda for Meghalaya CM
Mukul Sangma who will leave for Delhi on June 19 is the early
signing of peace pact with ANVC and appointment of a mutually
accepted interlocutor for peace talks with GNLA.
ANVC-B demanded that Mukul Sangma
to provide a designated camp for the outfit’s cadres in the Khasi
hills of Meghalaya.
Meghalaya Government has constituted
a committee to be headed by Pankaj Jain, the Commissioner and
Secretary, Planning, to work out a rehabilitation package for
the splinter groups of various militant outfits which had expressed
their desire to hold talks with Government. The committee will
examine the rehabilitation package including livelihood programmes
for the groups.
NSCN-KK of USR has stated that
they will conduct 'regular checking' in its ‘jurisdiction’ against
the dereliction of duties and non attendance of office by HoDs
and staff.(Nagaland)
NGRC-1 CU, AYO and SASU (Nagaland)
have condemned the ban on a contractor, Vilelie Khamo by NSCN-K
of USR.
NSCN-KK ‘CCC’ warned the sand
stockiest under Dimapur area against engaging in malpractices
such as mixing local sand with deopani to obtain double profits.
There were only 17 URF cadres
at present in the designated camp, located in the Manipur Spinning
Mill of Loitang Khonou in Imphal West District. Although there
were 137 cadres present when they moved in after signing the SoO.
Manipuris observed Great June
Uprising Unity Day at Memorial Park in Lamphelpat in Imphal West
District.
A militant, Wangkhem Manglem alias
Amujao alias Yungaoba Singh was arrested from his residence
(Manipur), the location for which has not been specified.
Two PLA militants who were involved
in extortion, identified as Wangkhem Ibungo Singh and Wangkhem
Romen Singh alias Bu Eshan were arrested and a mobile phone
was recovered from them.
SFs recovered one SLR, two SLR
magazines, 120 rounds of ammunition and 12 RPG and Lathode bombs
from Tirap District of Arunachal Pradesh.
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June 19 |
Three HM militants including 'divisional
commander' were killed by SFs in a gun battle at Buchoo village
in Tral area of Pulwama District of J&K. Two SFs received
minor injuries during the operation and three AK rifles and some
ammunition were also recovered from the site of the encounter.
Two persons, identified as Vinod
Singh and Munna Singh were arrested along with FICN with a face
value of INR 1,10,000 by CB of Delhi Police from an unspecified
area of Delhi.
CBI filed a supplementary charge
sheet in the 1993 Mumbai serial blast case against one of the
under-trials, Feroz Rashid Khan, in order to disprove his claim
of mistaken identity. The agency, in its 90-page document, has
relied on as many as 12 witnesses, who have confirmed the identity
of Feroz Khan. According to CBI, the accused is a close associate
of Dawood Ibrahim, and helped land RDX and firearms in Mumbai
prior to the 1993 serial blasts.
A designated special court in
Patna granted bail to a Patna bomb blasts accused Tabish Nyaz
who was arrested by the NIA from Ranchi in November, 2013.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including
Jana Babu Rao alias Ashok (48), district 'central committee
member' of Nallamalla range, Bharathi (38), wife of Ashok and
Vimalakka (35), were killed in an encounter with a Police party
in Nallamalla forest range at Kallagunta village in Yerragondabalem
mandal of Prakasam District near Guntur District border.
The CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze
a pickup van near Gadagada village, carrying rations to the CRPF
camp located at Jamgaon in Nuapada District of Odisha.
BSF personnel arrested two hardcore
Maoists, identified as Palu Wadeka and Rami Wadeka from Podapadar
village under the Narayanpatna Police Station in Koraput District
of Odisha.
JSM asked all the illegal settlers
including Bangladeshi immigrants, who are demanding the scrap
of BTC to leave the tribal belts and blocks. (Assam)
BTC bandh called by AABYSF for
24 hours in protest against kidnapping of a businessman Rakesh
Paul by unknown militant outfit from Sonitpur Bazar in Chirang
District of Assam on June 14 paralysed the normal life.
18 cadres of different organizations
along with 20 arms have joined NSCN-KK over the last couple of
days. The Ministry of Information and Policy (Nagaland) stated
that the arms included seven Heckler and Koch (HK), three M22,
three MK4s , two M21s , an A1 and an M16, two 9mm pistol and one
32 pistol.
There has been no resumption of
formal talks between Union Government and NSCN-IM. Ajit Lal is
Union Government’s interlocutor for Naga peace talks.
Two URF cadres who were caught
by the locals for stealing from the defunct Manipur Spinning Mill
in the area of Loitang Khonou in Imphal West District which is
currently their designated camp, was remanded for three days.
AMNSDWA staged a sit in protest
at North AOC Guwahati and Dimapur booking counter in Imphal demanding
safe release of Thokchomg Ingobi, night super driver who was
abducted by militants of Langamba Khuman faction of KCP-MC from
Assam on June 13.
Meghalaya Government is contemplating
to declare certain pockets in Garo Hills as ‘disturbed area’.
CM Mukul Sangma said that the Government would examine all aspects
before taking the final call on the issue.
ANVC–B admitted that Kakarong
alias Jongsu who was involved in the abduction of the SBI
manager Arvind Kumar was its deserted cadre.(Meghalaya)
According to Police records, in
January and February, 2014, 29 cases of abductions were registered
in Meghalaya, most of which were from Garo Hills. From 2001-2013,
there have been 140 cases of abductions in the State and 190 cases
of murder.
Officials said that around 300
refugees of the 36,000 Bru tribal sheltered in Tripura since 1997
have returned to Mizoram since June 17, but a large number of
migrants are averse to returning to their homes until their demands
are met.
Amit Jajodia, a student of Class
ten, who was abducted by suspected militants, was rescued by Dhubri
Police (Assam). Three abductors were also arrested.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi asked Union
Government to oppose Bangladesh Government’s request for introduction
of a system of either ‘visa-free’ entry or multiple visa for Bangladeshi
nationals. MEA earlier this month sought opinion of Assam Government
regarding the request made by Bangladesh Government. The CM also
informed that Assam Government has sought INR 4892.4 million from
GoI for completing the process of updating the NRC in Assam to
March, 1971 so that it becomes easier to detect illegal migrants
entering the State from Bangladesh after March, 1971, the cut
off period for detection of illegal Bangladeshi migrants as per
Assam accord signed in 1985.
A combined team of Imphal East
District Police Commandos and AR arrested ‘lance corporal’ Taorem
Singh alias Jiten alias Ranjit alias Pandam
of UNLF from a farm house located at Yaralpat near Kombirei Garden
in Imphal East District of Manipur.
A militant of KYKL, identified
as ‘lance corporal’ YumnamI naocha Singh was arrested by Thoubal
District Police Commandos from Waithou Bazar in Thoubal District
of Manipur. One mobile phone handset was seized from his possession.
Reports said that maximum of the
arms and weapons that reach the militant outfits in Meghalaya
are from the armoury of the northeast insurgent groups engaged
in peace parleys with the Union Government. The groups, which
are suppliers of weapons to the Garo Hills–based militant outfits,
comprise of the NSCN, NDFB and ULFA informed a source.
Union Minister of Home Affairs,
Rajnath Singh decided that two auxiliary Police Battalions, with
around 1,500 personnel, will be created by the Union Ministry
of Home Affairs to provide Police training and impart job oriented
courses to surrendered Northeast militants for their future rehabilitation
in various central forces and other jobs. The personnel of the
auxiliary Police battalions will not be deployed for operational
duties. All surrendered militants would be taken from various
groups of Manipur and Assam. The posts are of Constables (general
duty), Head Constables and Assistant Sub-Inspectors while rest
of the officers will be the regular recruits. The surrendered
militants would get a monthly stipend of INR 10,000 to INR 14,500
apart from ration money and uniform.
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June 20 |
J&K Police arrested a Pakistani
militant operating as LeT 'district commander', identified as
Abu Hanzalla in Kulgam area of Kulgam District.
One civilian, identified as Nazir
Ahmad Naikoo, was shot dead by militants in Sellu village near
Sopore town of Baramulla District of J&K.
Two IM operatives Haider Ali and
Mojibullah were taken to Bodh Gaya in Gaya District of Bihar by
a joint team of NIA and IB to ascertain how they had reached the
Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, where they had planted bombs and
other details.
NIA has written to Maharashtra
Police and Delhi Police warning them to be vigilant and take ample
precautions to prevent terror attacks in Delhi and Maharashtra
cities, including Mumbai. According to the NIA letter, some IM
terrorists led by key operative Haider Ali alias Black
Beauty had earlier surveyed various places in Maharashtra and
Delhi to identify their possible targets.
NIA has found scientific evidence
indicating former HM militant Liaqat Shah was allegedly framed
in a terror case by Delhi Police’s ATS.
Bihar Government strengthened
the BDS of Police by equipping each member of the squad with latest
bomb disposal suit and other necessary gadgets.
Acting on a tip-off, Police raided
Fasiabad village and arrested a hardcore Maoist identified as
Ranjeet Rai, in Kharagpur Police Station area in Munger District
of Bihar.
A CPI-Maoist cadre allegedly involved
in the killing of Pakur SP Amarjit Balihar in July 2, 2013, was
arrested in Pakur District of Jharkhand.
Bihar Government strengthened
the BDS of Police by equipping each member of the squad with latest
bomb disposal suit and other necessary gadgets.
Thoubal District Police Commandos
arrested two militants of PREPAK, identified as Langpoklakpam
Dhananjoy Singh and Sapam Gunamani alias Guna alias
Kakani from Salungpham Kang Thokchao Mayai Leikai in Thoubal District
of Manipur. On Langpoklakpam Dhananjoy Singh’s disclosure one
Chinese hand grenade and two lathod shells were recovered from
his house near Phumlou Mamang Leikai in Imphal West District.
Police Team arrested three persons
identified as Bengia Kame, Raj Pegu and Pranab Saikia from Banderdewa
in Papum Pare District of Arunachal Pradesh along with two .32
pistols along with 17 live rounds.
NSCN-K ‘condemned’ AR for raids
conducted at many places which had resulted in arresting ‘Naga
army’ personnel at various place and frisking of unarmed personnel.
(Nagaland)
Meghalaya Police arrested a hardcore
cadre of ASAK, identified as Balsrang Ch. Momin from his house
at Junungpara in Purakhasia in West Garo Hills District, along
the Indo-Bangladesh border.
BSF’s Special DG BD Sharma stated
that the Northeast insurgent groups including NSCN and NLFT have
around 45 hideouts in Bangladesh. Of the total 45 militant camps,
militants from Tripura have 21 hideouts, mostly belonging to two
banned outfits –ATTF and NLFT.
In joint operations carried out
by Balijana based Army troops of Red Horns Division and Goalpara
Police, three Meghalaya based UALA militants were arrested in
two separate operations in Goalpara District of Assam. Two 7.65
mm pistols, ammunition, a hand grenade and identity card of the
terrorist group were recovered from the terrorists.
According to sources, despite
the presence of the BSF, which has been manning the Indo-Bangladesh
border, illegal Bangladeshi immigrants have still been entering
Assam through the North Bengal sector of the porous border. The
infiltrators are now entering India through that sector since
no border fencing has been installed there so far. Taking advantage
of this, the infiltrators, after entering Bengal, move to Assam.
Also, the Assamese people along the Assam-Bangladesh border in
Dhubri District are in a state of insecurity due to frequent harassment
by anti-social elements from across the border.
People living in the northern
part of Sonitpur District of Assam have expressed strong resentment
against the alleged failure of the administration to check unlawful
activities like extortion, kidnapping and murder, allegedly being
carried out openly by the militants in the region over the years.
Three militants of NSCN-K identified
as ‘private’ MukanYim, ‘private’ Tokie Sema and ‘2nd lieutenant’
Ghoshito Awomi were arrested from PR Hill in Kohima District of
Nagaland. One 7.65 mm pistol along with two magazines, one 7.65mm
Pistol (Country made) along with two magazines, one .22 Pistol
(country made) along with one magazine, 22 live rounds of 7.65mm,
one bullet proof patka, one bullet proof jacket, extortion notes
and one discharge order of ‘Lieutenant’ Nagaha were recovered
from them.
AR arrested an individual from
Mohon khola in Kohima District of Nagaland. A .22 semi automatic
Rifle of US make, magazine, 500 assorted ammunition and 33 detonators
were recovered from him.
SFs arrested an arms peddler,
identified as Khekato Chophy from Khumishe-B village in Zunhebto
District of Nagaland. One .22 rifle (Czech made), one magazine,
one 12 bore rifles, 08 assorted live rounds and other warlike
stores were also recovered from him.
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June 21 |
An Army trooper was injured in
a landmine blast along LoC near Post Manwari in Mandi Sabjian
area of Poonch District of J&K.
BSF Personnel arrested a Pakistani
intruder, identified as Anwar Hussain from Indo-Pak border in
Kathua District of J&K.
Police arrested an underworld
militant and former aide of Dawood Ibrahim, identified as Abdul
Hameed alias Puttu (40) from Manjeshwar town of Kasargod
District in Kerala.
Foiling Naxals' plan of a major
ambush, SFs detected and destroyed 125 IEDs planted in a series
along a road in Lohardaga District of Jharkhand. Police officials
said the explosives were detected at around 10 AM in Madanpur-Lawapani
area when a CoBRA team of CRPF was on patrol.
The manager of a stone crusher
and quarry who was abducted from his house in Dobasipara locality
of Tura (West Garo Hills of Meghalaya) in the night of June 18
has been released unharmed in Assam.
Incidents of abduction, murder
and extortion by NDFB-IKS group have increased in BTAD region
of Assam. Sources said the outfit has vowed to carry out revenge
attacks on Police in the BTAD after its ‘second commander’ Lakhi
Prasad Basumatary alias B Laisam was killed in police action
recently.
A law-and-order review meeting
chaired by State Chief Secretary Jitesh Khosla and attended by
institutional heads of the Unified Command carrying out counter-insurgency
operations in strife-torn parts of Assam took stock of the situation,
after the recent militant’s activity in the Western part of Karbi
Anglong District.
A grenade was recovered at Lamphel
Sanakeithel residence of Industries Department Assistant Director
Thounaojam Bishambor, in Imphal West District of Manipur.
A PLA militant, identified as
Ningthoujam Joykumar alias Joychand Singh was arrested
for his involvement in three violent incidents which include IED
explosions on May 29 at Singajmei in Imphal East District which
killed three people, the explosion at Moirangkhom Sougaijam Leirak
in Imphal West District on June 14 which injured two people and
for planting an IED at the Governors Road in Imphal West District
on May 14.
Two URF militants, identified
as Khoisnam Pukhrambam Bidhu Devi and Pukhrambam Sorokhaibam Anupama
Devi alias Abe were arrested by Bishnupur Commandos and
women Police from Nambol Chingmang area in Bishnupur District
of Manipur.
One militant of PREPAK militant
identified as Khumanthem Elangbam Jhandho Devi alias Chandabi
was arrested by SFs from Khangabok crossing in Thoubal District
of Manipur. INR 5000 was recovered from her.
A KYKL militant, identified as
Moirangthem Ibomcha alias German alias Momcha was
arrested Yairipok Bazar crossing in Thoubal District of Manipur.
KRA claimed its hand in shooting
and injuring women identified as Haijaneng Kipgen at Konghom village
on June 17. KRA ‘information and publicity secretary’ T Simte
said that the outfit received specific information about some
well equipped militants coming towards Konghom area with an intention
to abduct some civilians on June 17 .When KRA cadres asked an
unknown person to halt, the individual ran away and even as the
individual was asked repeatedly to come out and surrender, there
was no response. In order to overpower the unknown person, KRA
cadres opened fire in a suspected direction and accidentally,
the individual was shot.
RPF clarified that the outfit
and its armed wing PLA do not have any connection with Arei Samper
alias Rengsomei, Laishram Asok alias Iso Wangkhem
Manglem alias Amujao, Wangkhem Ibungo and Wangkhem Romen
alias Bu Isan who were arrested on June 17 and 18 by SFs.
(Manipur)
PREPAK stated that Sapam Gunamani
alias Guna alias Kakani Singh and Langpoklakpam
Dhananjoy who was arrested by SFs on June 20 from Salungpham Kang
Thokchao Mayai Leikai in Thoubal District of Manipur were not
related to the militant outfit.
Villagers of Haolenphai, a Kuki
dominated village in Chandel District stated that the Myanmar
Army allegedly forced them to dismantle two houses after entering
the village and staking claim on the land.
Nagaland Home Minister Y Patton
stated that ceasefire with underground groups cannot be an alibi
for condoning any criminal activities by individual or organisation.
Reaffirming the commitment of the present Government to the ongoing
peace process, he stated that the Government would continue in
its role as facilitator till an honourable solution is worked
out.
A fish trader from neighbouring
Assam who was abducted in Bajengdoba region of North Garo Hills
on June 15 by suspected Garo militants surfaced in Tura (West
Garo Hills of Meghalaya).
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma met
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju and apprised
him about the overall situation in Meghalaya particularly in Garo
Hills.
A BSF jawan sustained bullet injuries
inflicted during border patrolling by a group of Indo-Bangladesh
smugglers at the zero point of border in Asharambari area of Kalamchoura
Police Station under Sonamura subdivision of Sipahijala District
of Tripura.
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June 22 |
Army and J&K Police recovered
60 kg RDX, one kg Russian marking explosive, two kg unidentified
explosive, 40 detonators, 43 hand grenades, three RPG, one AK-47
rifles, one normal rifles, three 12 bore rifles, 19 rounds of
UBGL ammunition, 608 rounds of AK-47, 940 rounds of 7.62mm rifle,
six rounds of 9mm, 13 magazines of AK-47 rifles, one magazine
of 9mm, one binocular and one radio set from a militant hideout
at Keshwan area in Kishtwar District of J&K.
GOC of Army’s 15 Corps, Lt. Gen.
Gurmit Singh, said that Army’s preparedness is excellent enough
to take on any security challenge in Kashmir including the possible
al Qaeda threat. “We have killed 40 terrorists including 17 from
LeT, 11 from HM and 8 from JeM. 23 terrorists have been apprehended
during this period,” Singh said. He said that among 40 killed,
18 each are foreign and local militants while nationality of 4
was not confirmed. The GOC said 140 weapons including 60 pistols
have been recovered during the operations against militants in
the Valley.
A civilian was shot dead by CPI-Maoist
cadres in Semiliguda block of Koraput District of Odisha. Around
15 armed Maoists dragged Saunta away from his home and shot him
from close range, as he had motivated people to vote during the
recently held elections in his area, while the Maoists had given
call for poll boycott, his family members said. However, in a
hand written letter left at the spot of murder, the Srikakulam-Koraput
divisional committee of the CPI-Maoist alleged that the victim
was a Police informer.
Six armed Maoists including two
females surrendered before Police in Koraput District of Odisha.
All of them were part of the SKDC under AOBSZC of the CPI-Maoist.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, one of
them carrying a reward on his head, were arrested from separate
places in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.
A hand grenade was recovered from
the house belonging to Bikeshwar Doley at no.10 Dagaon under Bokakhat
Police Station of Golaghat District of Assam. Police also picked
up Doley, along with his son, Nabakanta.
In relation to the shooting incident
on June 17, KNF stated that the fact the KRA is ‘policing’ the
area with arms is a violation of SoO ground rules.
SoO between the GoI, the Manipur
Government and KNO and UPF will expire on August 22, which is
also the date for the tripartite talks between these parties to
be held in New Delhi. KNO ‘spokesperson’ Seilen Haokip stated
that KNO will observe closely how the new Government perceives
and considers the Kuki issue and the Kuki underground outfits.
Nagaland Home Minister Y Patton
stated in Dimapur that influx of illegal migrants had become a
security problem and created fear among the genuine Muslim community
in Nagaland.
Reports said that with just .303
rifles at their disposal, forest guards serving in militant-infested
Garo Hills region have become a vulnerable group in the wake of
spurt in violent incidents in the region. An official source said
that the Forest department had asked the Government to provide
armed home guard personnel to help the forest guards, but the
Government was ready to provide only unarmed home guard personnel.
NIA arrived in Ranchi to investigate
into the case of multiple blasts in Patna in 2013. A source said
that NIA has come along with two suspected IM terrorists, Haider
Ali alias Black Beauty and Mujibullah Ansari with whom it is here
to investigate the case.
Chirag Police had recovered one
AK-47 and one revolver from a Maruti Van at Kachikotra area in
Chirang District of Assam. One individual identified as Jaynal
Hussein has been arrested.
Two militants identified as D
Kwnasong and Danswrang Basumatary of NDFB-IKS were arrested during
a joint operation by Police and Army at Aithugaon in Kokrajhar
District of Assam. One 7.65 mm pistol, magazine, hand grenade
and 5 round of live ammunition were recovered from them.
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June 23 |
A top LeT ‘commander’, identified
as Mohammed Bhai, was killed in an encounter with SFs in the Sopore
area of Baramulla District of J&K.
Irshad Ahmad Shah was killed when
SFs opened fire to disperse a group of youth who resorted to pelting
stones at the forces, who were leaving Tarzoo area of Sopore after
killing a LeT 'commander'.
ATS told the special MCOCA Court
that it has evidence against the nine accused in the 2006 Malegaon
blasts case and their pleas for discharge from the case may be
rejected. The ATS' 10-page reply explaining the role of each accused
and the evidence against them comes less than a year after the
NIA gave a clean chit to the accused.
Detectives of CID's SID are working
on a detailed plan to locate and dismantle Al Umma's sleeper cells
in Tamil Nadu. The plan is based on revelations by Al Umma operatives
'Police' S Fakrudeen, Panna Ismail and Bilal Malik.
Police sources said that from
past one month, at least six students have joined militant outfit
HM and LeT in Baramulla District of J&K. Counter Intelligence
Unit identified these youth as Sameer Ahmad Wani (Duroo), Reyaz
Ahmad Mir and Adil Ahmad Mir both residents of Brath Kalan Sopore,
Ashiq Ramzan Wani resident of Lolipora Pattan and Mehraj-u-Din
Bhat and Ishfaq Farooq Lone of Andargam Pattan.
Patna serial blasts (October 27,
2013) accused Tabish Neyaz was released from jail. His neighbour
and relative Z Ansari submitted his release bonds. Both the bail
bonds were of INR 10,000 each.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, carrying
cash rewards on their heads, were arrested from two different
places in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
Police arrested two suspected
CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Indu Ram Murmu and Sadha Charan
Mahali, from Musabani in East Singhbhum District of Jharkhand,
on charges of collecting levy from contractors engaged in implementing
government projects in Ghatshila Sub-Division.
The Union Minister of Home Affairs
Rajnath Singh called a meeting of Chief Secretaries and DGs of
all 10 Naxal-affected States apart from Central Paramilitary Forces'
Chiefs to review the situation on LWE violence in the country.
One Constable of 23rd IRB identified
as Gautam Koch and a senior militant of UPLA identified as Rajib
Engleng were killed in an encounter at Daldali Hansey basti near
Diphu town in Karbi Anglong District of Assam. Rajib was an 'area
commander' and Police recovered an AK-47 rifle and some bullets
from him.
Dima Hasao Police carried out
an operation against UPLA in Karbi-dominated Umrangsu area in
Dima Hasao District of Assam and dismantled two of the outfit's
training camps. Some arms and ammunition, including two pistols,
were seized.
Dima Hasao Police rescued the
manager of a stone-crusher unit, Maleswar Rao who was earlier
abducted on June 17 from Haflong, Dima Hasao District by suspected
DHNA militants.
Biraj Kumar Sarma, former AGP
Minister and a signatory to the Assam Accord urged PM Narendra
Modi to direct the authorities concerned to take emergent and
effective steps for sealing the Indo-Bangla border and to detect
and deport the illegal Bangladeshi migrants. Sarma regretted that
most of the important clauses of the Assam Accord signed on August
15, 1985, still remain to be implemented. Such clauses include
the detection of the migrants entering Assam between January 1,
1966 and March 24, 1971 and deletion of their names from the electoral
rolls.
CEM of KAAC Tuliram Ronghang stated
that killing and kidnapping cannot help get separate statehood
status, only talks can solve the long-pending demands of the people.
He was addressing a gathering on the occasion of the 63rd KAAC
Foundation Day at Diphu, in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.
GNLA militant identified as Cheman
Momin, was killed in an encounter at Norek Bolonggre village of
Songsak in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. Four militants
were wounded and a militant identified as Bishno Sangma and a
women identified as Pratima Marak, girl friend of 'area commander'
Ajan Momin alias Jimmy, who managed to escape, were arrested during
the joint operation by SWAT of East Garo Hills Police and CoBRA
Commandos.
A militant of the UALA identified
as Rexbriller R Marak who was arrested for arms smuggling from
Kharkutta in East Garo hills District of Meghalaya, on June 16
escaped from the Tura Civil Hospital.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma called
on Union Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh to seek support
in tackling militancy in Meghalaya. The CM urged Singh to allow
the 15 companies of Central paramilitary forces deputed by the
Centre to remain in Meghalaya in view of the escalation of violence
in Meghalaya. He also reiterated his demand for raising two more
battalions of IRB for State. Sangma also asked for the up gradation
of Police establishment and infrastructure in Garo, Khasi and
Jaintia Hills.
Independent legislator Saleng
Sangma, representative of Gambegre Constituency of West Garo Hills
of Meghalaya, who had come under the attack of militants in Garo
Hills in the past, has urged Rajnath Singh to conduct a CBI inquiry
into the alleged politician-militant nexus in Garo Hills.
A Chinese hand grenade was recovered
at the residential gate of Kshetrimayum Bijen a Cashier at Manipur
Assembly Secretariat at Wangkhei Angom Leikai of Imphal East District.
Police suspect the grenade was deliberately left there in connection
with a monetary demand.
URF stated that Khoishnam Ongbi
Bidhu and her daughter Sorokhaibam Ongbi Anupama alias Abe, who
were arrested on June 21 from Nambol Chingmang area in Bishnupur
District of Manipur were not related to the militant outfit.
A militant of NSCN-KK identified
as Akheto Yeptho, a Raju Peyu (administrative officer in civil
set up) was 'arrested' from New Colony in Zunheboto District of
Nagaland. INR 4010, some documents and a mobile phone were recovered
from him. He was later handed over to the authority in presence
of SDPO and OC Zunheboto District.
A militant identified as Kevi
Zhimo of NSCN-IM was 'arrested' by public from Old Colony in Zunheboto
District of Nagaland for conducting extortion activities. Some
extorted money, banned capsules and tablets were also recovered
from him.
ACVA of Wokha District expressed
dismay with NSCN-K for its 'tax' collection. ACVA president Y.
Bankathung Lotha and general secretary Renbeni Ngullie said ACVA
had a meeting on June 22 to discuss demand note served by NSCN-K
Lotha region.
ASP of Hamren District of Assam,
Bedanta Prasad Borkotoky was suspended on charges of negligence
of duty following his actions on June 5. Although intimated by
SP Nityananda Goswami on June 5 about the ambush (in which Goswami
and his PSO were killed) by UPLA, ASP Borkotoky allegedly did
not take any step to intimate the matter to the authorities concerned,
neither did he take the responsibility of going ahead to help
Goswami where he was possibly trapped.
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June 24 |
The jailed 'chairman' of the militant
outfit GNLA, Champion Sangma, was granted bail by a local court
in the case pertaining to a brawl in the high security ward of
the Shillong District Jail with jailer B R Marak naming him as
one of the accused in the case.
Curfew was imposed in Sopore township
of Baramulla District of J&K following killing of a youth in firing
by SFs.
Kerala Police arrested two persons,
identified as Israt Ali and Mohammed Ujeer in Ernakulam District
and seized FICN worth INR 2,10,000. Both are reportedly from Bihar.
A group of about 20 CPI-Maoist
cadres attacked a construction site at Budhauli village under
Bochaha Police Station in Muzaffarpur District of Bihar and shot
and injured the contractor's assistant, Rakesh Kunar (40), and
set ablaze two JCB machines and a tractor kept at the camp for
road construction.
Two crude bombs exploded inside
the office of NPF in Mokokchung (District of Nagaland) Division.
No casualties have been reported.
NSCN-IM Sumi Region, Nagaland
in a press release clarified that it had not authorised any person
to collect any form of 'taxation' within Zunheboto town. Sumi
region 'secretary' Hukaito Sumi stated that it was the work of
some vested interest individual to "carnage the image" NSCN-IM
Sumi Region.
A lathode bomb, wrapped in a paper
was recovered at the Emo petrol pump in Imphal West District of
Manipur. The name of KCP-N was left behind by the individuals
who planted the bomb.
Bishnupur District Police Commandos
arrested woman cadre of PREPAK-Pro, identified as Chanambam Premila
Devi alias Memicha from Nambol Naorem Mayai Leikai in Bishnupur
District of Manipur.
ARF has warned of action against
those who press for promulgation of AFSPA in Garo Hills and claimed
that it is ready to halt violence and unlawful activities if its
proposal for peace is accepted by the Meghalaya Government.
ANVC-B blamed CM Mukul Sangma
for the deteriorating law and order situation in Garo Hills of
Meghalaya and sought for the Centre's intervention to deal with
the situation.
ANVC, felt political dialogue
and not armed struggle should be a mean to achieve the objective
of a separate Garoland. The 'publicity secretary' of the ANVC
Artist Sangma said "We wish that these groups realized the importance
of political shove than the arms struggle to achieve the objective
that we collectively have in mind....We have learnt through our
experiences that arms struggle has led us to nowhere and our old
comrades should realized that the sole objective of achieving
Garo land can only be achieved through political manoeuvres."
In contrast to the CM's statement
that directions have been given to the State Police to probe the
alleged politico-militant nexus, Meghalaya DGP PJP Hanaman said
that his department was yet to receive any such directive.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi stated that
BJP was diverting attention on the sensitive issue of visa-free
entry to Bangladesh nationals of certain age groups to Assam.
The proposal for visa-free entry to Bangladesh nationals under
the age of 18 years and over the age of 65 years came up during
an inter-ministerial meeting convened by MEA and chaired by Foreign
Secretary in New Delhi on June 11. Gogoi said that the State Government
is strongly opposed to the proposal as 'illegal migration from
Bangladesh is a sensitive issue for Assam and other northeastern
states' and added that proposed visa-free entry would create negative
public reaction.
Assam Government decided to set
up a separate Intelligence cadre of the State Police to raise
their level of efficiency. Principal Secretary (Home and Political)
V.K. Bhanu stated that the decision was aimed at raising a set
of dedicated officials with the correct aptitude and training
along with more professionalism for the task to provide an edge
to intelligence gathering.
A militant of KRA-U identified
as Gouthang Gangte was arrested from Paona Bazar in Imphal West
District of Manipur by SFs. On follow up action, a militant identified
as Haominthang Kuki alias Jol was also arrested from Tribal
Market in New Lambulane of Imphal West District and another militant,
identified as Lanminlen Gangte alias Len Gangte was arrested from
Minuthong area MMTA Office in Imphal West District.
Thoubal District Police Commando
unit arrested a cadre of the PLA, identified as Ningombam Ibomcha
Singh, from Thoubal Ningombam in Thoubal District of Manipur.
Two mobile phone handsets with three SIM cards were seized from
him.
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June 25 |
Suspected militants set off a
powerful explosion in the office of Naib Tehsildar causing extensive
damage to the office and rattling adjacent buildings of Agriculture
Department and PHC at Dhar Galoon village, about five kilometers
from LoC in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch District of J&K.
Curfew remained in force in Sopore
town of Baramulla District for the second day following killing
of a youth in firing by SFs on June 23, while the Inquiry officer
is appointed to investigate the killing.
Tamil Nadu Police arrested five
people and neutralised a FICN racket in Tiruttani in Tiruvallur
District. Police seized FICN adding up to INR 3,25,000 from them.
US State Department Spokesperson
Marie Harf said that there is credible evidence that LeT was responsible
for the terror attack on the Indian Consulate (May 23, 2014) in
Afghanistan's Herat Province.
Police arrested one person, Deepak
Gome from Tower Chowk in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh along with FICN
with a face value of INR 9,300.
BGB denied the existence of camps
of militant outfits operating in India inside Bangladesh while
stating that Bangladesh has a trusted relation with India. Additional
Director General of BGB, who is the Regional Commander of North
West region of Rangpur, said, "There is not a single camp of Indian
militant outfits in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has a trusted relation
with India. There is no such camp in our land."
At least four passengers were
killed and eight injured as twelve coaches of New Delhi-Dibrugarh
Rajdhani Express derailed near Golden Ganj Station around Chapra
in Saran District of Bihar.
Disillusioned with the Naxal ideology
and ill-health, a CPI-Maoist cadre of the Karimnagar, Khammam
and Warangal dalam Kampalli Sambaiah alias Naveen (33), surrendered
before SP V Shiva Kumar in Karimnagar District of Telangana state.
Union Minister for Home Affairs
Rajnath Singh approved a presentation to PM Narendra Modi later
this week in which his Ministry will say its priority is to reduce
LWE violence to "insignificant levels".
Gadchiroli Police evacuated two
revenue officials with full security drill in view of an alleged
Naxal threat following allegations of corruption against them
in recruitment of "kotwals", who are village-level revenue
officials in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
Even as the State Government is
contemplating to declare certain pockets in militancy-infested
Garo Hills as 'disturbed area', Meghalaya DGP PJP Hanaman feels
that such a move is uncalled for at this juncture. DGP said that
declaring Garo Hills as disturbed area would mean bringing the
Army into the region "which is not desirable". Hanaman, however,
admitted that the State was short on forces.
A scrap dealer from West Bengal,
identified as Mohammed Maniruddin was shot in front of his rented
room in Khoisnam Leikai Uripok in Imphal West District of Manipur.
He later died in RIMS hospital in Imphal West District.
PREPAK-pro in a press release
issued by its senior 'publicity officer' Melei has refuted any
connection between the outfit and Chanambam Tongbram Premila alias
Memicha who was arrested from Nambol Leimaram Mayai Leikai in
Bishnupur District of Manipur.
Suspected GNLA abducted four traders
identified as G. Sheikh, Shah Alom, Ajgar Ali and Musaddar Ali
at a place near Kantanagre village under Dadenggre Sub-Division
in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
Meghalaya Government denied media
reports that some parts of Garo Hills will be declared as a 'disturbed
area'. Joint Secretary to the CM, R.P. Marak, asserted that the
CM, Mukul Sangma at no point of time, had indicated that the Government
was planning to declare parts of Garo Hills as 'disturbed area'.
Union Minister for Minority Affairs
Najma Heptulla assured NPP delegation that GoI will protect the
interests of both tribal and non-tribal minorities in Meghalaya
especially in the troubled Garo Hill Districts.
NSCN-K terminated one of its cadre,
a Raju Peyu (administrative officer in civil set up) identified
as Ihoto Yeptho who was 'arrested' by locals on June 20 from Old
Town locality in Zunheboto District of Nagaland while extorting
money.
NSCN-IM statement in which it
had said that it had not authorised any person to collect any
form of taxation within Zunheboto have been termed as 'unacceptable
and baseless' by a joint forum of Zunheboto public, youth bodies
and NGOs.
NSCN-IM banished a human trafficker
identified as Rahul Dev alias Saful from entering Dimapur
in the future.
A combined team of SFs arrested
two militants, identified as Naorem Suraj Singh and Oinam Siton
Singh, of KCP from Maitram village in Bishnupur District of Manipur.
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June 26 |
Curfew remained in force in Sopore
town of Baramulla District for the third day to prevent law and
order problems after a youth was killed in the alleged SFs firing
on June 23.
FICNs seized earlier on June 24
from two persons have been reportedly brought to Kochi in Kerala
from Pakistan through Bangladesh border, RBI verified the notes
and revealed the information.
India has stressed that it will
not "endorse" treating the Afghan government on par with elements
of the Taliban, even as it reiterated that terrorism and not ethnicity
is the greatest threat to peace in an Afghanistan on the verge
of a historic transition. Ambassador Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi, the
acting Permanent Representative of India to the UN said that India
believes the reconciliation process must remain "Afghan-led, Afghan-owned
and Afghan-controlled" while respecting the "agreed red lines".
He also noted that the entire NAM member states had recently endorsed
the "Afghan-controlled" process of reconciliation.
On the directions of NIA, authorities
in J&K have sealed the 9 canals of paddy land of HM 'commander'
Ghulam Nabi Khan in Pahalgam area of Anantnag District.
District Police and CRPF, recovered
a powerful landmine, weighing 45 kilogram, planted under a culvert
in Bitkilsoya village under Jaraikela Police Station limits of
Saranda forest area in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand during
an anti-Naxal operation.
Even as the Indian Railways suspected
CPI-Maoist sabotage behind the derailment of 12 coaches of New
Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani near the Golden Ganj Railway Station
in Saran District of Bihar on June 25, the State Government ruled
out any extremist link with the derailment.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered
in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
A detailed circular, issued by
the 'western regional unified command' of CPI-Maoist, has alerted
its cadres that SFs were using chemical weapons against them and
also trying to get their food poisoned.
Union Minister of Home Affairs,
Rajnath Singh asked the CRPF to be "proactive" in a veiled message
that the force's operations had slackened, particularly against
CPI-Maoist.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
from separate places in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
A militant identified as Dharma
Kanta Rai who was on 'deputation' from the independent faction
of ULFA-I to the GNLA was killed during a rescue operation mounted
by West Garo Hills Police at Darekgre near Rongmasugre village
in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya to free the four traders
identified as Gulu, Shah Alam, Azgar Ali and Atwar Ali who were
earlier abducted by GNLA militants on June 25 from Kantanagre
village under Dadenggre Sub-Division in West Garo Hills District.
Police also recovered an AK-56 rifle, 66 bullets, two AK magazines,
one 7.65mm pistol, one pistol magazine, 3 live rounds of a 7.65mm
pistol, a walkie-talkie, two plastic explosives, three detonators,
approximately 33,000 in cash and demand notes of the GNLA.
An official of UMHA stated that
official signing of the peace settlement between ANVC and the
State and Union Governments will be done after the Budget session
of the Parliament. The Budget session of the Parliament is scheduled
from July 7 to August 14.
Manipuri driver identified as
Thokchom Ingobi who was abducted on June 13 from Jakhalabanda
in Nagaon District of Assam by KCP-MC was freed, reportedly along
the Assam-Meghalaya border.
In order to reduce the risk of
non-Manipuri workers from being attacked, the migrant workers
staying at rented rooms may be lodged in a relief camp inside
the Imphal town. Government has given a red alert to all Police
Stations in greater Imphal area and has asked Police Patrol Parties
to be more vigilant.
Nine militants of NSCN-K have
joined NSCN-KK in Nagaland.
A militant of NDFB-IKS, identified
as Digen Doimary, was killed in an encounter with SFs in Dhaula
village at Chirag District of Assam. It has been reported that
more militants may have been injured in the encounter.
The Bombay High Court quashed
a special court's order dropping MCOCA charges against Firoz alias
Hamza Abdul Hameed Sayyed, the main suspect in the serial blasts
on JM Road in August 2012.
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June 27 |
Army foiled an infiltration bid
by militants amid ceasefire violation by Pakistan Army along LoC
in Tarkundi area of Balakote Sector in Poonch District of J&K.
SFs neutralized a militant hideout
and recovered arms and ammunition from Gandoh area of Doda District
of J&K. Eight UBGL rounds, two RPG rounds, four detonators, 320
rounds and one radio control IED were recovered in the operation.
Curfew was lifted from Sopore
town of Baramulla District of J&K following improvement in law
and order situation, three days after restrictions were imposed
in the wake of killing of a youth on June 23 in an alleged SFs
firing.
Police arrested Abdul Karim alias
Palani Babu, an Al Umma cadre and accused in the 1998 Coimbatore
bomb blasts case, along with his associate in connection with
the June 18 murder of Hindu Munnani leader, Suresh Kumar.
The Maharashtra ATS, which is
investigating the 13/7 blast case, released a sketch of a wanted
accused. The name of the suspect, however, has been withheld by
the ATS. The ATS has also announced a reward of INR 500,000 for
information leading to his arrest.
Police arrested a person and seized
FICN amounting to INR 2,10,000 from him near Chind village in
Raigarh District.
Constable Umesh Jawale, attached
to the QRT of a SDPO, was killed in an exchange of fire with CPI-Maoist
cadres in the forest of Gyarapatti in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
An 'area commander' of the CPI-Maoist,
identified as Kameshwar Bhuian, was arrested from Tekrakhurd village
under Dumaria Police Station in Gaya District of Bihar.
Union Minister of Home Affairs,
Rajnath Singh who chaired a meeting of Chief Secretaries and Police
chiefs of 10 LWE-affected States and the chiefs of the CAPFs,
ruled out talks with the CPI-Maoist. He, however, asserted that
the Government would adopt a "balanced approach" to resolve the
problem through administrative leadership and political commitment.
He said the Centre would raise funds for an elite commando force
on the lines of the Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh. This force will
be for other Left Wing Extremism-affected States such as Bihar,
Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. He also assured that enough
funds would be provided to States to equip and modernise their
Police forces. He said road construction and telecom connectivity
would be taken up on a priority basis.
During a meeting conducted by
Union Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh it was decided that
the Government will explore the possibility in which newly inducted
IPS will be posted in LWE affected areas for a limited tenure.
The Odisha Government demanded
more funds and Central Forces for effectively combating the CPI-Maoist
in the State. The demand was raised at the meeting of the Chief
Secretaries and DGPs of 10 Maoist-affected States convened by
the Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.
Sources said Odisha demanded more funds under the Centrally-sponsored
IAP and SRE schemes.
A lathode shell was found at the
gate of girl's hostel of DM College of Arts in Imphal West District
of Manipur.
In a press statement issued by
RPF department of publicity 'chief' Bangkim, it has stated that
RPF has no connection with Ningombam Ibomcha alias Rajesh who
was arrested from Thoubal Ningombam in Thoubal District of Manipur
on June 24.
UNC will begin a series of meetings
to discuss about various "Naga political issue" including the
Alternative Arrangement issue demanded by the Nagas of Manipur
pending Naga political issue settlement, from July 3 onwards at
Senapati District headquarters in Manipur.
Prohibitory orders has been imposed
in Imphal West District as protestors blocked roads in protest
against the killing of a Policeman, SI, M Krishnadas who was found
murdered on June 21 at Sadokpam Leirak near FCI Godown in Imphal
West District of Manipur.
A female militant of NSCN-K, who
was forcibly picked up by NSCN-K with two other girls in 2010
and trained in NSCN-K camp in Myanmar, surrendered before the
Changlang Police in Arunachal Pradesh.
NSCN-IM has welcomed militants
who have joined NSCN-IM from NSCN-KK.
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju said that 19 extra companies of Para Military
Forces have been dispatched in the past fifteen days to aid the
Meghalaya Police and the existing Para Military Forces involved
in counterinsurgency activities.
Meghalaya Government has, through
a notification, extended the tenure of the GHADC by six months
to facilitate the peace pact with the ANVC. This was done to accommodate
the demands of the ANVC to enhance the council strength from 30
to 45, besides devolution of powers to the existing council and
to make grass-roots governance more plausible.
A militant of UNLF, identified
as 'lance corporal' Leishangthem Sanatomba Meitei was arrested
by SFs from Sita Road Junction, Tengnoupal in Chandel District
of Manipur.
AR arrested a militant of NSCN-IM,
identified as 'lance corporal' Yureingam Jajo from general area
of Nungdam Thangkhul in Ukhrul District of Manipur.
NNC conducted meeting with senior
members, central executives council and regional authorities to
reorganize national council platform. The house elected new team
of members headed by Temjenyanger Aier as ‘president’, Bendry
Yanthan as ‘vice president’ and Ameto Chishi as ‘general secretary.
The house also resolved to elect retired senior member from eastern
Nagaland as ‘vice president’ and ‘joint secretary’ from Angami
region.
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June 28 |
NIA has taken over the investigation
into the case of alleged plot by Pakistan-based terror group to
carry out suicide attacks on the US and Israeli consulates in
South India. The probe was handed over by the Tamil Nadu Police
so that the complete conspiracy hatched overseas including in
Sri Lanka and Malaysia could be unraveled, official sources said.
Besides these two countries, investigation would also be carried
out in Maldives from where the suicide attackers were supposed
to take a boat ride to reach a coast in Kerala, the sources said.
Delhi Police received multiple
alerts from IB about possible threats to dignitaries, including
VVIPs and ministers, from IM and fundamentalist groups operating
in J&K in the wake of the recent attacks on the airport Karachi
(June 8-9), the provincial capital of Sindh. In a recent meeting
held after the attacks on Karachi Airport, Delhi Police was asked
to verify and check more than 100 hotels as they are in very close
proximity to Delhi's international airport.
Administrative authorities of
Tamil Nadu and Police have decided set up a panel to strengthen
security along the coast to prevent terrorist elements coming
from Sri Lanka, and other illegal maritime activities. The authorities
and the Police have taken the decision to set up a standing committee
comprising representatives from various security agencies to share
intelligence, strengthen coastal security, prevent smuggling and
human trafficking through sea route was taken at a meeting last
week.
RTI query revealed that post-26/11
terror attacks, Mumbai Police' arsenal has been strengthen with
advanced and sophisticated weapons. These include rocket launchers,
UBGL, AGL, sniper rifles, mortars, projector grenades, corner
shot weapons and cord-detonating explosives. That apart, cops
have also got a large number of general weapons such as SLRs,
AK-47s, Insas rifles, machine guns and stun guns. Mumbai Police
Spokesperson DCP Mahesh Patil said the department has been using
sophisticated weapons post 26/11.
Six persons, who were allegedly
being trained by Naxals for the past six months in Dharmapuri
and Andhra Pradesh, were arrested by the Police at Natham Colony
in Dharmapuri District of Tamil Nadu.
Karimnagar District Police of
Telangana released the photographs of CPI-Maoist 'head spokesperson'
Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Venu, and two others, Bhupathi and
Sonu, all Central Committee members.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs
is in the process of finalising a comprehensive plan to speed
up clearing over 900 vacancies and remove delays in regular promotion
in the IPS.
Two extortionists of NSCN-KK identified
as Nitoshe and Hovito were 'arrested' by the public from Doyang
Bridge in Wokha District of Nagaland while extorting money from
vehicles. INR 410 money receipts of NSCN-KK were recovered from
them.
A CPI-Maoist cadre was injured
in an encounter between Odisha Police and CPI-Maoist cadres that
took place inside Kendrapaju-Kachapaju forests under Purunakataka
Police Station limits of Boudh Districts of Odisha.
An inter-State meeting of senior
Police officers from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, along with
forest officials, was held in Mysore (Karnataka) to chalk out
steps to combat the menace of CPI-Maoist, whose cadres are reportedly
active in the border areas of the three States, with focus on
their sightings in Kodagu and Sakleshpur regions in the State
in the recent times.
A Jharkhand Janmukti Morcha Parishad
cadre, identified as Aman, was killed in an exchange of fire with
TPC, a splinter group of CPI-Maoist, cadres at Heranj area of
Latehar District of Jharkhand.
SFs arrested KYKL militant, identified
as Leihaorumbam Sanatomba Meitei alias Naoba/Lemba/Khaba
from Mantripukhri Bazar in Imphal East District of Manipur. Two
empty cases of 9mm ammunition and four extortion notes were recovered
from him. Later it was revealed that he was involved in extortion
of INR 20000, INR 10000 and INR 5000 from automobile spare part
shops at Mantripukhri Bazar, near Mantripukhri NRL oil pump and
near Khabam Lamkhai in Imphal East District respectively.
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June 29 |
SFs neutralized a militant hideout
and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Reasi District
of J&K. One AK series rifle with one magazine, one IED with explosive
of 2.5 kg, one IED circuit and one Chinese hand grenade were recovered
in the operation.
Four persons were arrested along
with FICNs with a face value of INR 8,400, during a raid at Upadhi
Degree College in Pilibhit District. However, the FICN supplier
managed to flee before the raid. SHO of Sunngarhi Police Station
Atul Pradhan said the arrested are all residents of Pilibhit city
and have confessed that they used to get the fake currencies for
circulation from a person, Mohammad Hasan, who managed to escape
the raid. The arrested persons have booked under sections 484B,
489C, 120B and 34 of IPC.
Mahbubnagar District Police arrested
a top Maoist leader Vikram alias Daramoni Srinu following a search
in the Nallamalla forests of Telangana State.
Two militants of URF, identified
as Huidrom Shantikuma and Chingakham Sur Singh were arrested by
a combined team of SFs from Kongba area in front of Meitei Mayek
High School in Imphal East District of Manipur. Two 9mm pistols
with 11 live rounds were seized from the militants.
SFs arrested a militant of PREPAK-pro,
identified as Waikhom Kuber Singh from Wangjing bazar area in
Thoubal District of Manipur. A mobile handset was seized from
him. PREPAK-pro later stated that the arrested individual has
no connection with the organisation.
Minister of State for Home Kiren
Rijiju stated that he wanted action oriented talks and solutions
and stated that he wanted the talks to be comprehensive with the
militants. He further added that "India's North Eastern region
will gradually witness a sea change with the new government committed
to finding a solution to the militancy issue". The minister further
said that several militant groups had sent feelers that they were
keen to come over ground and hold talks. He also added that "Some
militant groups are likely to surrender in the coming months".
He stated that "With ULFA and NSCN we need a little more time
to bring them on board and find a solution."
GoI rejected a proposal for talks
with GNLA but is ready to strengthen Police Forces with INR 5
billion assistance. A Government source stated that, "The GNLA
has to be dealt with force and without compromise."
Eight powerful bombs were seized
by Police from a train bound for New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal
when it stopped at the Kishanganj Railway Station in Kishanganj
District of Bihar. The bombs were recovered from a general compartment
of the train and no arrest was made.
The Kochi International airport
in Kerala, where security had been tightened following receipt
of threatening calls of attack by terrorists, would continue to
be on red alert. Police, CRPF and Thunderbolt Commandos will continue
to provide security to the airport.
A shoe trader identified as Tapan
Saha was abducted from Baromile area of Gasuapara in West Garo
Hills District of Meghalaya.
The Union Government started informal
talks with insurgent groups in the northeast to find a lasting
solution to the militancy in the region.
KCP-MC militant, identified as
Thokchom Robindro was arrested from Khoijuman Bazar in Bishnupur
District. He was involved in extortion of money from different
Government offices, oil pumps and general public of Bishnupur
and Moirang areas of Manipur.
11 year old boy, identified as
Bikram Kumar who was abducted recently from Gohpur in Sonitpur
District of Assam was rescued by a joint team of Arunachal and
Assam Police from Gohpur area.
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June 30 |
Army foiled infiltration bid along
the LoC at Tarkundi forward area in Balakote Sector of Poonch
District of J&K and forced a group of four to five militants,
who were trying to sneak into the Indian territory, to retreat
to PoK.
The District and Sessions Judge
S G Shete in Aurangabad (Maharashtra) sentenced a convict Shaikh
Nazeer to 10-year RI and imposed a fine of INR 25,000 on him for
possessing, using and buying goods with FICN. Nazeer was arrested
on October 23, 2011 from Kumbharwada when he attempted to pass
FICN of INR 1000 denomination as genuine ones. The court has also
directed the Police to file a separate charge-sheet against four
others, who are absconding.
Delhi Police requested a court
in New Delhi to frame charges under the TADA Act against LeT operative
Abdul Karim Tunda in a 1994 case related to recovery of explosive
substances. Filing a written submission before Additional Sessions
Judge Bharat Parashar, Police asked the court to frame charges
under sections 3(3) and 5 of TADA Act along with section 5 of
the ESA read with 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC against
Tunda.
LeT 'founder' and JuD 'chief'
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has set up terrorist camps in Islamkot and
Mithi areas in Pakistan opposite Tanot and Kishangarh areas of
Jaisalmer District in Rajasthan, according to BSF. On June 29,
he was seen in Islamkot, Meerpur Khas, Mithi and Kherpur in Sindh
Province of Pakistan opposite south west Tanot area of Jaisalmer
border. The BSF was given directions to be on alert and it believes
that Saeed would try to push in terrorists via the Rajasthan border.
Saeed has been giving provocative speeches against India and even
threatened Hindus staying in Pakistan, asking them to work against
India.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Madvi Budhu alias Sukku (28) was shot dead following
a gun battle between the Police and Maoists in a forested patch
in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Eight CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered
before Police in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
A CPI-Maoist cadre was reportedly
killed in a Police encounter in Giridih District of Jharkhand.
An exchange of fire took place
between Police and Maoists in the hilly areas under Chhendipada
Police Station limits of Anugul District of Odisha.
The UMHA could stop giving large
funds to Bihar Government under various schemes for security and
development in areas affected by Naxalism if the State Government
does not effectively toe a uniform national policy against the
Naxals.
Presence
of CPI-Maoist in the forest areas of certain parts of Kerala has
been noticed since February 2013, State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala
told the State Assembly.
A wanted CPI-Maoist cadre carrying
reward on his head, identified as Bindu Ganjoo, was arrested by
Jharkhand Police in Chatra District of the state.
An arms dump of the CPI-Maoist
was unearthed on a hilly area in Bellampalli region in Adilabad
District of Telangana.
Suspected militants abducted a
teacher of Dalu Higher Secondary School near the Karengre Lali
temple in Dalu of West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. Police
suspect the involvement of ANVC-B or ASAK.
Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan
Warjri stated that unless concrete information was gathered, her
department might not be in a position to initiate any inquiry
into allegations of nexus between politicians and militants
RPF militant, identified as ‘lance
corporal’ Potsangbam Khambatom alias Rocky was arrested
from general area of Uyumpok Mamang Leikai in Imphal East District
of Manipur.
NSCN-IM ‘lieutanant colonel’ Hopeson
Ningshen has been sentenced for life imprisonment for abduction
and murder of three Manipur Government officials identified as
Kishan Singh, Y Token Singh and A Rajen Sharma in 2009. CBI Judge
Vinay kumar Gupta at Patiala House Court in New Delhi pronounced
its verdict.
Kukis under the aegis of KIM will
hold a peaceful protest rally on July 4, to air grievances over
the attitude of GoI towards the plight of the Kukis who had endured
‘criminal and genocidal acts of NSCN-IM’ in the 1990s. It has
been alleged that NSCN-IM in the 1990s carried out mass murder
of Kukis resulting in 905 deaths, uprooted 360 villages and displaced
1,00,000 people.(Manipur)
Agitation has been launched demanding
enforcement of ILPS in Manipur. The agitation that will last for
a week was launched by the IRCS, OMIPM and SLM.
Suspected ULFA-I militant was
arrested by SFs at Ghoghabalapara in Dhubri District of Assam.
A country–made pistol, live rounds and a hand–made bomb were recovered
from the possession of the militant. Army had information that
the militant was planning to carry out a terror attack in and
around Guwahati in Kamrup Metropolitan District and also on SFs.
He had been asked by ULFA-I 'commanders' to take the bomb to Guwahati
and look for a good opportunity to carry out an attack.
Bokakhat sub-divisional administration
of Golaghat District has urged Assam Governmnet to extend counter-insurgency
operations to areas on the periphery of Kaziranga National Park
to curb rhino poaching.
In a joint operation by BSF, Intelligence
Wing, Lunglei, CID and Mizoram Police, an individual identified
as Raju Chetri was arrested and FICN worth INR 1, 07,000 was recovered
from him at Chhinga Veng in Aizawl. BSF Spokesperson said that
the FICN was bought from Karimganj District of Assam from a Bangladeshi
national. The racketeer procured the FICN at the rate of INR 65
genuine Indian currency worth value of INR 100 of FICN. It would
have been sold in Mizoram at INR 80 genuine Indian currency.
Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla apprised
Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh about the repatriation
of Bru tribals from the relief camps in Tripura saying 6,511 Brus
belonging to 1,237 families have been repatriated till date despite
opposition and obstruction from the MBDPF. The CM also appealed
to Singh to resume peace talks with Manipur’s KNO He said that
KNO was not fighting for secession from the Indian Union but struggled
for rights of the Kukis.
PLA militant, identified as ‘lance
corporal’ Khumukcham Tarzan Singh alias Open/Nanao was
arrested from Thoubal area in Thoubal District of Manipur.
UKLF stated that they were not
involved in the abduction of Mohammed Najibuddin Shah from the
worksite of Model School at Leingangtabi in Bishnupur District
of Manipur, since they had signed SoO.
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July 1 |
Army foiled infiltration bid along
the LoC at Langiot forward area in Mendhar sector of Poonch District
of J&K.
According to IB reports, Sri Lanka
and Maldives have been named as FICN's two new places of origin,
and Chennai in Tamil Nadu as the point of arrival. An IB official
stated, "Until now, FICN was known to come from Bangladesh
and Nepal. The addition of two more neighbours to this list is
rather worrying". Once the notes are offloaded at Chennai,
they make their way to other states.
An IB input warned the Indian
Government agencies to keep a watch on the activities of FIF [one
of the splinters of LeT] in J&K, which has intensified its
fund drive in the last one week. The US State Department decision
to proscribe the four splinter groups of LeT has had little or
no impact on the LeT campaign to raise money under the guise of
charity to finance its terrorist activities. Sources said the
JuD and its affiliates had raised more than INR 3.5 billion in
funds from various countries, including India. IB suspects that
the money collected in the name of humanitarian aid is being diverted
by the JuD for financing the terror activities.
Maharashtra topped the list in
cybercrimes among other states of India for the second consecutive
year while Mumbai dropped one position to rank fourth against
third in 2012 (132 cases in 2013 against 105 in 2012) among cities
with the most cases, according to NCRB report. Mumbai Police Spokesperson
Mahesh Patil said investigation has shown a majority of cyber
offences are committed by youngsters either to take revenge or
for fast money.
The first-ever audio message of
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, confirmed suspicions
that Indians could well be part of his organisation''s ranks.
While enumerating the nationalities of fighters who constitute
ISIS, Al-Baghdadi''s 20-second-long audio titled ''A message to
the Mujahideen and the Muslim Ummah in the month of Ramadan''
mentions that Indians, among a host of other nationalities including
Chinese, American, French, German, Australian, etc. figure in
the ISIS squad.
SFs and CPI-Maoist cadres exchanged
fire at Badkitand forests in Giridih District of Jharkhand.
Eight CPI-Maoist cadres, five
of them carrying reward on their heads, were arrested by the Police
from separate places in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.
The UN has expressed concern over
the killing and maiming of children who continue to be recruited
and used as human shields by Naxals in India and over the threat
of sexual violence against girls within Naxal ranks.
South Garo Hills Police shot dead
a Garo militant cadre belonging to ASAK, identified as Bethma
Ch Sangma alias Jolamajol and successfully rescued an abducted
person, identified as Manoranjan Das from remote Rewak region
of the District (South Garo Hills of Meghalaya). Three other militants
Arjensing M Marak alias Skang, Aiwal D Shira and Joshua
B were also arrested during the operation.
Two motorcycle-borne Garo militants
robed a petrol station on the Dainadubi-Mendipather stretch of
National Highway 62 in North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya
after opening fire in the air and forcibly taking the sales returns
of the day amounting around INR 45,000 and fled in their motorcycle.
Police identified ASAK outfit
as the group behind the abduction of primary school teacher Utpal
Dey who was abducted on June 30. However, there is no information
on the whereabouts of a shoe trader who was abducted from on June
29.(Meghalaya)
Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan
Warjri said that the Government is concerned over the allegations
of nexus between politicians and militants in the State. “We are
committed to examine these allegations and will try to ascertain
the veracity so that appropriate action can be taken,” Warjri
said.
A militant, identified as Athaong
was killed at Posaphutari area of Jessami village in Ukhrul District
of Manipur by rival group and the reason for killing has not been
ascertained. Though the name of the militant outfit is not disclosed,
Athaong was reportedly associated with a militant group operating
at the Nagaland-Manipur border.
KPF submitted a memorandum to
the PM seeking justice and protection by extending the sixth schedule
to the hill areas of Manipur. The Sixth Schedule gives tribal
communities considerable autonomy and it is applicable in the
North-East India. Currently the sixth schedule is applicable to
States of Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Mizoram.
Another Garo militant outfit UPRA
has emerged in the State (Meghalaya) and has started issuing quit
notices to illegal encroachers from outside especially in the
plain belt areas of Garo Hills. They have the HQ at a undisclosed
location called ‘Chusimra’. ‘Chairman’ of the outfit is Tattara
Matgrik. They stated that they have issued ‘quit notice’ to all
illegal encroachers in Garo Hills.
Two KNLA militants, identified
as Sonjit Rongpi and Sundar Timung were arrested by Indian Army
and Bokajan Police (Assam) and recovery of two 7.65mm pistols,
10 live bullets and cash amount of INR 1, 80000 were made.
Though a number of militant outfits
of Assam have signed ceasefire agreements with the State and Central
Governments to solve their problems through talks, several new
splinter groups of outfits which are either talking with the Government
or have signed peace pacts have cropped up in the last few years.
There are 14 such splinter militant groups. Prominent among the
outfits under ceasefire agreement with the government include
the ULFA-PTF and NDFB.
The number of cyber crime cases
in Assam registered under the provisions of Information and Technology
Act, 2000, increased from 28 in 2012 to 154 in 2013, an increase
of a 450 per cent. In terms of percentage increase of cyber crime
cases, Assam ranked second among the States in the country, only
behind Uttarakhand.
ABSU alleged that no Government
at Centre and in Assam has done anything for the development of
Bodos and said that they are now looking forward to the Union
Government to resolve the long-pending issues concerning the ethnic
community.
Abducted school teacher has been
rescued unharmed by Police after a brief exchange of fire with
his abductors in Kherapara area in West Garo Hills District of
Meghalaya. ASAK group that was behind the abduction, led by Embero
Mongting Sangma and included a GNLA deserter known as Goera. The
outfit had demanded INR 20, 0000 from the family of abductee but
is believed to have left empty handed following the quick crackdown
by Garo Hills Police.
Meghalaya’s Chief Secretary Barkos
Warjri stated that the deployment of SF is required for the immediate
dealing of the law and order problems in Garo Hills, and also
to pursue the criminal cases, force is not the answer as various
measures including dialogue and development initiatives were necessary.
He also added that there was no plan to deploy the army or to
declare Garo Hills as disturbed area.
ZYF said that KIM peaceful protest
rally to be held on July 4 to air their grievances over the alleged
lackadaisical attitude of the Government of India is an attempt
to stir up misunderstanding again between the Kukis and Nagas.
(Manipur)
NNC-NA has inducted SopulaImchen,
as its 'women wing president It has been directed that all women
wing serving under different ranks and files have been directed
to cooperate with the newly appointed 'women wing president'.
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July 2 |
An IM terrorist, identified as
Zahid Hussain, suspected to be involved in the Pune German Bakery
blast of February 14, 2010, was arrested outside Kolkata rail
station under Chitpore Police Station. Hussain, a resident of
Mirpur of Kushtia District in Bangladesh, is suspected to be one
of the main conduits of IM leaders in India, a senior STF official
told. "Zahid Hussain was in touch with all the important
IM leaders and used to supply them with FICNs and explosives.
He is also suspected to be involved in German Bakery blast in
Pune," the official said. "We are investigating all
the aspects. He will be produced before the court tomorrow,"
he said.
A special POTA court rejected
the bail plea of Maulana Abdul Qavi for allegedly taking part
in anti-national activities with alleged terrorist outfits. Additional
Principal Judge Geeta Gopi of the POTA court rejected the bail
plea filed by Qavi. Qavi, arrested from New Delhi airport on March
24 by a DCB team. He has been ''wanted'' by the DCB for the last
ten years under a case of POTA Act.
Police received information that
Kerala has turned out to be a hotspot for racketeers who arrive
here to turn FICN into original currency notes. The information
was received after interrogating two youths from Bihar, who were
arrested by the Police for possessing counterfeit notes at Kalamassery
last week.
Three persons, identified Kamalu,
Mufeed and Bhanwar Singh were arrested along with FICN with a
face value of INR 1,00,000 near Bhorni village in Bharatpur District
of Rajasthan. The notes are in the denomination of 500 and 1,000.
However, two other accused managed to escape and they are being
traced.
Eight CPI-Maoist cadres, belonging
to ‘Bandhugaon zonal committee’ under the AOBSZC, surrendered
before Koraput IG and SP in Koraput District of Odisha.
A KLO militant identified as Bhabananda
Rai was killed in an encounter with Police at Chandamari forest
under Kokrajhar District of Assam. Police also recovered one 7.65
mm pistol, a magazine with four rounds of ammunition, including
two empty cartridges, and two hand grenades from his possession.
A KPLT militant identified as
Borsing Terang alias Borim Ingjay was arrested from Dering
area in Karbi Anglong District of Assam. One 7.65 mm pistol with
magazine, one single barrel gun, two live rounds of ammunition,
incriminatory documents including KPLT extortion notes and one
mobile phone along with two SIMs were recovered from him.
Hanif Ali, mastermind in the recent
abduction of manager of SBI Ampati branch Arvind Kumar was arrested
by a Special Team of Police with the assistance from Police from
West Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj stated that Government had accepted Bangladesh’s proposal
for multiple visa–entry "only for tourists. Multiple visa–entry
for work and business purposes has been rejected. And also a condition
has been laid that whoever comes, he or she must visit Bangladesh
within 90 days for once, or else the visa will be blacklisted.
NIA filed charge sheets in two
cases related to the unlawful activities of PREPAK, UPPK and KCP.
(Manipur)
One foreign made hand grenade
was left in the house of Rajendra Pheiroijam, the Deputy Director
in the Agriculture Department at Soibam Leikai in Imphal West
District of Manipur by unknown rebel group.
A female cadre of the CPI-Maoist
was arrested during a search operation in a forested patch under
Madded Police Station limits of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
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July 3 |
At least three militants were
killed as infiltration bid was foiled by Indian Army along the
LoC in Balnoi area of Mendhar Sector in Poonch District of J&K.
Army foiled three infiltration
bids by a group of militants along LoC in Poonch District of J&K.
One infiltration bid was foiled in Balnoi Sagra area in Krishna
Ghati Sector, two other at FDL and 496 forward Posts in Bhimber
Gali Sector of Mendhar tehsil.
BSF deployed on south Bengal frontier
of the Indo-Bangladesh border seized contraband and gold worth
over 100 million and held about 244 Bangladeshi illegal immigrants
in the month of June, an official release said. It has also seized
FICN having face value of INR 10,50,000 in Malda District.
NIA and UP ATS are concerned over
six men from Azamgarh, who are said to have links with IM and
feared to be in Pakistan now. The six have been identified as
Dr Shah Nawaz, Abu Rashid, Khalid, Mohammad Sajid alias
Bada Sajid, Mirza Sadab Beg, Azia Khan alias Zunaid. They
are wanted by Police in many states and investigating agencies
for their suspected involvement in numerous terror attacks between
2005 and 2008 in different parts of the country. Two of them Mohammad
Sajid and Mirza Saadab Beg have joined the al Qaeda and fighting
NATO forces at Af-Pak border," said ATS investigators.
The six have been booked in the
serial blasts in Delhi as well as in Gujarat in 2008, for hatching
conspiracy and executing attacks aimed at creating fear by causing
loss of human lives and damage to government property.
The Tamil Nadu Police increased
security following a fresh alert by the Centre about the possibility
of attacks by Pakistan-based terror groups. The alert by IB said
some Sri Lankan Muslim youths were being trained by Pakistani
terror outfits to strike targets in south India.
IM 'India operations chief' Yasin
Bhatkal, told Mumbai Police that he feels "proud of himself"
for carrying out the blasts. "Whatever I have done, I feel
proud of myself," Bhatkal said in his confessional statement,
recorded by the Mumbai Police. Bhatkal also told the Police that
he does not consider the blasts carried out by him as a crime.
Bhatkal's aide Asadullah Akthar,
also told the Police, in the confessional statement, that he too
does not regret the blast carried out by him. In the confessional
statement, both the accused stated the details of the blasts carried
out by them in various places in the country, since 2005 to avenge
the 2002 Godhra riots.
A team of top Jharkhand officials
found in Khunti District a school built, funded and run by PLFI,
a breakaway faction of CPI-Maoist.
The Andhra Pradesh Government
has sent proposals to the UMHA seeking INR 12 billion for developing
a full-fledged ‘Greyhounds’, sophisticated anti-Naxal force, training
centre on the lines of the existing one at Premavathipet on Hyderabad’s
outskirts.
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil
said changes would be made in the Naxal surrender policy in the
State, in order to ensure progressive and peaceful life of the
surrendered Naxals. As many as 15 surrendered ultras were felicitated
at the programme and were also given sewing machines, ration cards
and cheques for their rehabilitation.
UNC will begin its series of meetings
and consultation programmes from today at Senapati town in Senapati
District. UNC meet involving all the Naga tribe Presidents and
tribe body executives will also dwell heavily on “Land issues”
in Manipur. However, the main theme will be the ‘Alternative Arrangement’
demanded by the Nagas of Manipur under the aegis of the UNC outside
the Government of Manipur.
Two CRPF troopers, identified
as Constable Khot Sagar and Constable Venkatchalam were injured
in an encounter with GNLA rebels in Bolsal A’ding near Rongkamichi
in North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. The rebels led by ‘area
commander’ Philliport D Shira managed to escape. SFs recovered
huge cache of ammunition, including 130 rounds of AK rifle ammunition,
three pistols, two hand grenades, one claymore mine, 19 detonators
along with one remote control device and seven high frequency
wireless sets, besides incriminating documents from the site.
Unidentified armed militants abducted
a grocery store owner, identified as Indra Narain Prasad of Kharkutta
town in North Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
A grenade was lobbed in front
of Komudi Club in Bijni of Chirang District of Assam by two miscreants.
Bipul Bodo an NDFB-IKS militant,
involved in grenade blast at Ghasbari in February was arrested
by a team of Red Horn Division and Rangia Police from an area
near Rangia Railway Station in Kamrup District of Assam. On further
questioning one 7.65 mm pistol with two magazines and four live
rounds were recovered bySFs at Kunguri village in Darrang District.
UPLA linkman, identified as Rensing
Ronghang alias Sarlong was arrested at Jhenkha in West
Karbi Anglong District of Assam.
SFs recovered cache of weapons
including one AK 56 and one AK 47 rifle, one rocket launcher,
one point 2 rifle, three revolvers and hundreds of ammunitions
of different types from Karong lake area in Bishnupur District
of Manipur. SFs stated that that the area was earlier infested
by major insurgent groups, including UKLF KYKL and PREPAK.
NSCN-IM clarified that killing
of late Athong of NSCN KK on July 1 at Jessami in Ukhrul District
of Manipur had “nothing to do with factions or tribe. The outfit
stated that the year 2008, the then “sergeant Athong deserted
with three service arms after killing the ‘security commander
lieutenant Thouthutho.” Since then, it said “Naga army had put
him in the wanted list deserving death penalty.”
SFs arrested two militants identified
as bail-out cadres Thokchom Janeldro alias Janel and NingthoujamInaocha
alias Ereikhomba of PREPAK-pro at Heirok in Thoubal District
of Manipur.
Bail-out cadre of PLA identified
as Maibam Kantasingh and another suspected militant, Ningthoujam
Robi alias Peter singh were arrested by SFs at Karongthel
Maring village in Chandel District of Manipur.
UNC has raised strong objection
against NLUP 2014 based on the Mizoram model, stating that it
has been decided during the presidential council of the UNC held,
that no new policy, laws or notification on land and resources
would be welcomed by the Nagas till such time an alternative arrangement
outside the system of the Government of Manipur is put in place
The UNC also asked respective tribe councils and regional organisations
to abstain from the District level stakeholders consultative meetings
on the NLUP being organised by the State Government
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July 4 |
Militants fired upon a Police
picket guarding a school in Shopian District of J&K but caused
no casualties or damage.
Rakesh Bhatt, Civil Lines City
Superintendent of Police of Raipur, told Justice Suresh Kait that
some cadres of SIMI were involved in the October 27, 2013 Patna
serial blasts. "Umer Siddiqui and Azaharuddin, arrested by
Chhattisgarh Police, are members of SIMI and evidence recovered
during raids at separate places in Patna and Ranchi after the
recent Patna blasts showed their involvement in these cases,"
Rakesh Bhatt stated.
Patna Police arrested three persons
in connection with hawala and seized 36 ATM cards and around
INR 16,00,000 in cash from their possession. Ranjot Kumar was
first arrested near Regent Cinema close to Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
Following his disclosure, two others Paramhans Pathak and Rajesh
Kumar were arrested at N P Centre under Kotwali Police Station.
A CRPF official, Hira Kumar Jha,
the second-in-command of CRPF base in Jamui and a CPI-Maoist cadre,
were killed in an exchange of fire around Lakharia forest region
of Jamui District of Bihar.
A CRPF team combing Lakharia forest
area of Jamui District arrested three hardcore Maoists, including
a woman, suspected to be involved in the encounter in which a
senior CRPF official was killed.
About 30 persons, including six
minor girls, were arrested while they were going to attend a CPI-Maoist
training camp in Saranda forest in West Singhbhum District of
Jharkhand.
Five CPI-Maoist dalam members
surrendered before Visakhapatnam Rural SP, Vikram Jeet Duggal,
on the premises of the Narsipatnam OSD office in Andhra Pradesh.
Meghalaya Government stated that
it is committed towards addressing the issue of influx and entry
of illegal immigrants. A senior Government official stated that
State Government would take all possible steps to ensure that
the ‘mechanism’ which was agreed upon during the April 29 meeting
between the pressure groups and the Government would be put in
place at the earliest.
KIM, the apex body of the Kuki
community in Manipur, along with its frontal organisations such
as KSO, Kuki Chief Association, KWU and Kuki Organisation for
Human Rights, organised a protest rally demanding settlement of
Kuki people before any agreement with other groups such as NSCN-IM.
It has been alleged that NSCN-IM murdered 905 Kukis and uprooted
360 Kuki villages during the 1990s.
A citizens’ group, is gearing
up to resume its agitation ahead of the State Assembly session
for ILP. According to the 2011 census, there are INR 704000 migrants
out of Manipur’s population of 22,93,896.
98 people were abducted for ransom
in the past six months till June 2014, while a total of 175 people
were abducted since June 2013. The number of abduction cases reported
during this period was 135, which mean more than one person was
abducted in a case. Nine militant outfits operate in Garo hills
region of Meghalaya.
India and Bangladesh have approved
setting up of four more border haats along the Indo-Bangla border
in Meghalaya to increase bilateral trade and improve living conditions
of border residents.
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju stated that his first and foremost priority
is to secure peace and security in the North East while asserting
that without peace, no development can be possible in the region.
He stated that GoI is devising a Unified Command like that of
Assam saying it can’t allow militant organisations to use Arunachal
territory in carrying out their subversive activities. He asked
all security agencies to work in coordination towards restoring
peace and order in the region.
NSCN-KK questioned the killing
of its member ‘major’ Athong Yimchunger by NSCN-IM on July 1 in
Ukhrul District of Manipur. MIP stated that if past events were
used to justify killing, the validity of peace and reconciliation
including ‘Naga Concordant’ and ‘Lenten Agreement’ were at stake
as they were signed by top leaders of three different groups acknowledging
past mistakes and to refrain from all sorts of killing.
Four Bangladeshi nationals identified
as Basudev Roy, Archana Biswas, Govinda Biswas and Gopal Biswas
were arrested by Police from the Lakhi bazar Road locality in
Karimganj District of Assam. Police also arrested one Abdul Malik
for helping them cross the border and providing them shelter in
his house.
SFs arrested an individual, identified
as LaishramIbungo alias Linbabu with a 'toy pistol' and
a .36 hand grenade in Thoubal District of Manipur.
MNPF rejected the claim of Benjamin
Mao, 'general secretary' of SPMR, NSCN-IM that V Daihe alias
Welson is the ‘general secretary’ of MNPF. MNPF stated that V
Daihe was discharged on January 18 due to immoral behavior and
financial irregularities.(Manipur).
Five PLFI cadres, identified as
Raju Mahto, Ramesh Mahto, Dhananjay Binjhia, Lakha Munda and Maskalan
Nag, all in the age group of 20-25, were arrested from Balo under
Murhu Police Station area of Khunti District of Jharkhand.
Police arrested another suspected
Maoist, identified as Dhansingh Jade (48), from Latmarka village
under Durgkondal Police Station in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
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July 5 |
One JeM militant was killed and
a soldier was injured in a gunfight at Aripal village in Tral
area of Pulwama District of J&K.
Army foiled infiltration attempt
by the militants along LoC in Balakote Sector of Poonch District
of J&K.
A judge in an Allahabad Court
received a letter from a person, claiming to be a top operative
of LeT, who had threatened to kill him if he refused to dismiss
a case filed against J&K CM Omar Abdullah. Manzil Saini, SSP,
Allahabad said, "We have received a complaint from judicial
magistrate Gyanendra Tripathi about a letter in which the sender
has called himself the LeT's PoK unit's chief and asked the judge
to quash the case against the CM. He even threatened to attack
him with bombs if he failed to do so".
Six Maoists were arrested from
Murgibigha village in Aurangabad District of Bihar.
A ‘sergeant major’ Robindra Rongpi
of UPLA was killed in an encounter at Rhyphum village in Hamren
sub–division in Karbi Anglong District of Assam. Three militants
managed to escape. A factory made 9 mm pistol, four rounds of
live ammunition, one Chinese hand grenade, incriminatory documents
and one mobile handset with three different SIM cards were also
recovered from the slain militant. He is an ex-cadre of UPDS.
Three people, including a village
headman identified as Lala Orang his son Himant Orang and a woman
identified as Baha Chare were injured in an attack by suspected
miscreants from Arunachal Pradesh at Naharjan in Behali reserve
forest in Sonitpur District of Assam.
NDFB-IKS is engaged in fresh recruitments
and is also smuggle weapons into Assam. Security sources stated
that they are attempting to smuggle weapons through Dimapur in
Nagaland and that one consignment of weapons has reached the state.
Sources also stated that outfit has also been able to make fresh
recruitments, not only from BTAD but also from places like Dhemaji.
Six new recruits were arrested when the outfit was making attempts
to send them to camps in Myanmar for training. At least 24 members
of the group have been killed this year alone by SFs. and the
total strength of NDFB-IKS is around 270 to 300 members. ‘chairman’
of NDFB-IKS ,IK Songbijit is now spending most of his time in
Tamu area along the India-Myanmar border and most of the activities
of the outfit are now masterminded by the ‘deputy commander in
chief’ D Bidai and ‘general secretary’ N Batha.
Unknown miscreants lobbed a hand
grenade near an office of a private construction company located
near Makru Bridge on the Imphal-Jiribam highway in Manipur. The
Grenade was later retrieved by Police.
A URF militant, identified as
Keisham Shanti kumar Singh was arrested from his residence in
Imphal East District of Manipur. A 9mm pistol containing 10 live
rounds, one .32 pistol loaded with five rounds and five numbers
of Walkie Talkie sets were also recovered from him
KYKL militant identified as Laishram
Rajesh Singh alias Ninghthi was arrested by SFs during
a search operation in Sekmaijin and Arong areas in Imphal West
District of Manipur. He was involved in extortion and recruitment.
PLA militant, identified as Sanasam
Laishram Ingelei Devi was arrested by SFs from Singjamei Bazaar
in Imphal West District of Manipur. One mobile handset along with
a SIM was recovered from her. However PLA in a press release issued
by the outfit’s 'department of publicity chief' Bangkim stated
that she was not a member of the militant outfit.
A PLA militant, identified as
Mohammed Tondon alias Tamijur Rahman was arrested from
a workshop at Khangabok part-I area in Thoubal District of Manipur.
Investigation revealed that he was involved in transportation
of detonators and bomb from Myanmar to Imphal.
KIM in reply to UNC statement
against the conducting of rallies stated that the rallies in various
parts of Manipur including Imphal expressed their resentments
against denial of justice by GOI to the victims of ‘criminal and
genocidal acts perpetrated by NSCN-IM in 1990s’ was not aimed
at any community or organisation. UNC had stated that opening
old wounds and creating fresh hostilities is not the wish of anyone,
be it the Kukis or the Nagas
AITF urged Union Minister of State
for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju to take up the issue of NPF reported
propaganda of ‘Greater Nagalim’ in Arunachal Pradesh. A delegation
of the Forum led by its chairman Bengia Tolum during a meeting
in Itanagar apprised him how the Nagaland-based political party
was trying to expand its wings to the State with ‘Greater Nagalim’
propaganda. They also pleaded with him to take up with the Centre
the oft-repeated Chinese claim over State’s territory and issuance
of stapled visas to sportspersons and bureaucrats from the State.
After review meeting, Rijiju said
his ministry would work tirelessly for securing peace and development
in Arunachal Pradesh and the rest of the region as without peace
there would be no development.
NPP President and MP from Tura (West Garo Hills
of Meghalaya) Purno A Sangma met the District administration of
West Garo Hills and selected departments to review the overall
situation of Tura town and West Garo hills as a whole.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Sarita
Pulse (18), surrendered before Bijapur District SP L Dhruv.
Police arrested a hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre,
identified as Santu alias Durga Korram, from a forested
area of Maraskola forests under Dhaudai Police Station limits
in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
A PLFI 'area commander' identified
as Shanker Gope (22), was arrested by a joint team of CRPF and
District Police from Balo under Murhu Police Station area of Khunti
District of Jharkhand.
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July 6 |
ISIS militants reportedly killed
one Indian national, identified as Rajesh Kumar in Iraq. According
to reports, he was killed in a terrorist attack while returning
to Baghdad from Tikrit. He is a resident of Bahraich District
in Uttar Pradesh.
Crime Branch of Coimbatore unit,
arrested five people along with FICN with a face value of INR
1,00,000. According to Police, one person, A Sudhakar, 30, was
arrested from Andipalayam village in Namakkal District. Separately,
two people were also arrested: Vignesh, 26, from Gupta Nagar at
Sangakiri and Thomas, 26, from Attur in Salem District. Police,
however refused to reveal the names of two other accused.
Senior separatist leader Shabir
Ahmad Shah was arrested at Pattan in Baramulla District of J&K,
while on a way to address people at Handwara area of Kupwara District.
Reports said Shah was scheduled to address a public gathering
at Kralgund in Handwara.
A complete shutdown was observed
in Tral of Pulwama Distrct of J&K for the second consecutive
day against the killing of a militant.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman
of APHC-M said Kashmir is not a religious issue. “It is extremely
unfortunate that government was spreading misleading information
among people regarding Kashmir dispute and presenting it as a
Pakistan sponsored problem. In reality Kashmir issue was a living
reality for which people have rendered innumerable sacrifices,”
Mirwaiz alleged.
Arrested LeT terrorist, Mohammad
Naveed Jutt alias Abu Hanzala revealed that a special “Kasab
class” is part of LeT’s training module. The new recruits are
being told what Ajmal Kasab did, and the mistakes he made. Jutt
was earlier arrested in Jammu and Kashmir on June 20, 2014, reported
to have told his interrogators that the LeT bosses gave a video
presentation to the new recruits in which there is graphic description
of his mistakes during "Daura-e-Sufa" (training cadre
for religious indoctrination) at Maksar Aksar Camp in 2009.
The Begusarai Police arrested
an alleged CPI-Maoist ‘area commander’, identified as Bihari Paswan
from Khanzhapur village under Cheria-Bariarpur Police Station
area in Begusarai District of Bihar.
Three people were injured in two
separate grenade blasts in Bijni town of Chirang District of Assam.
First blast occurred at Koylamoyla bus stand in which three people
were injured and the second blast occurred at No.2 Vetagaon area
near Thuribari block BPF office in Bijni. The injured individuals
have been identified as Polen Mondol, Sujay Namodas and Sujon
Arya. Police suspect NDFB-IKS behind the attacks.
KPF clarified that it has not
issued any statement demanding extension of the 6th Schedule to
Manipur and submission of a memorandum to the PM.
Odisha witnessed a rise in cases relating to
cyber crime in 2013, according to the latest finding of NCRB.
While only 27 cyber crime cases, both under IT Act and IPC were
registered in the state in 2012, it increased to 104 in 2013.
To check cyber terrorism, Odisha Government recently formed a
crisis management group.
Two militants of ULFA-I were killed in an encounter
at Dakurbhita in Goalpara District by a combined team of Army
and Assam Police. Two US-made pistols, live ammunition and three
extortion notes were also recovered from the deceased.
According to official sources, a thorough study
of the problem of Bangladeshi nationals, who enter India, was
carried out in 2011 and it was found that of the 500, 000 Bangladeshi
nationals who entered India with proper travel documents during
the period of the survey, around 350, 000 returned to their homeland,
while the rest never left India.
AABPC have been formed as a new platform for
Bodos and other indigenous groups. An Ad-hoc committee formed
in Guwahati with former MP Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary as chairman
and former vice president of ABSU Anil Basumatary as the chief
convenor.
Two ASAK militants identified as Jawan R Marak
and Rejen R Marak, who were involved in abduction of grocery shop
owner Indra Narayan Prasad from Kharkutta in North Garo Hills
on July 3, and escaped on July 5 were arrested from house of one
Mojendro B Marak at Dosingkol village under Mendipathar Police
Station North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
Two CoBRA troopers were injured in an encounter
with CPI-Maoist cadres around Karikunda forests of Bhejji region
in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
A senior CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Santlal
Mandavi (35) alias Shantilal, was arrested during a joint
search operation from Keshokodi village forests under Koyalibeda
Police Station limits of Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Eleven minors, all in their early teens, were
rescued as they were allegedly being herded to a CPI-Maoist training
camp, SFs have claimed. A Maoist, Motra Chaki alias Samuel, who
was taking the children to the camp, has been arrested in West
Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
Police operation against PLFI in Khunti District
of Jharkhand has now been extended to neighbouring Gumla and Simdega
Districts.
The newly appointed DG of Odisha Police Sanjeev
Marik said containing CPI-Maoist menace would be his top priority.
A group of CPI-Maoist cadres held a meeting of
Adavasi (tribal) families at Vaniyampuzha Adivasi Colony, Munderi,
in the Nilambur forests in Malappuram District of Kerala. About
60 Adivasis, including women, attended the meeting.
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July 7 |
The Gujarat Police
received funds for Chetak Commando Force under the Centre's MPF
scheme and a corresponding amount from the Gujarat Government
for the financial year 2013-14.
Troops along the
LoC recovered eight Pakistani solar rockets in Sonapendigali area
of Macchil Sector in Kupwara District of J&K.
The security establishment
is tracking 18 Indian citizens who have travelled to Iraq and
Syria to fight as jihadis. As sectarian violence intensifies in
these countries, India, along with other nations, is trying to
track and prevent its citizens from joining this war. These aspiring
jihadis didn't come from any extremist group, say intelligence
sources, but were individually radicalized.
SEBI issued warnings
to stock exchanges and other market entities of India to caution
them against Taliban and al Qaeda linked organizations and individuals.
Circulars containing the "United Nations Security Council's Taliban
and al Qaeda sanctions list" have been issued by SEBI to depositories
and stock exchanges, which in turn have asked other market entities,
including brokers, to take note of these updated lists and "ensure
compliance with the same".
SFs defused an IED
which was found inside a suitcase on NH 15 near Dhekiajuli in
Sonitpur District of Assam.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi
briefed PM Narendra Modi on the nexus developing between Assam
insurgents and CPI-Maoists. CM stated that "The Maoist problem
poses a threat some of the insurgent groups have joined hands
with the Maoists. The problem has to be nipped in the bud. There
isn't much difference between the insurgent groups and the Maoists."
AASU held a State-wide
'Satyagraha' to urge the GoI to resolve the issue of illegal influx
from Bangladesh and not to start construction on Lower Subansiri
Hydroelectric Project.
AASU advisor Samujjal
Bhattacharya stated that GoI should also ensure that the issue
of illegal infiltration from Bangladesh is resolved, as was promised
by BJP before the elections. He further added that the Centre
should clarify its stand on the issue of border fencing, land-swap
deal with Bangladesh and visa-related issues of Bangladeshis entering
Assam.
Unidentified miscreants
abducted two persons from Shillong city, East Khasi Hills District
of Meghalaya. One Muhammad Akram of 59 Cantonment Board, Lower
Paltan Bazar, Shillong lodged a complaint at Lumdiengjri Police
Station stating that his son Muhammad Aman Akram and his staff
Muhammad Mamrus Ali had gone missing since July 5.
Meghalaya Government
has proposed to set up 36 new Police Stations in the State. CM
Mukul Sangma said that his Government has also initiated a number
of measures to strengthen the Police administration so that the
law of the land is upheld among all sections of the people.
Former KSU Vice President
Frederick Kharmawphlang who joined HNLC of late is skeptical about
BJP Government giving nod to implement ILP in the State even as
he wanted a united stand from the pressure groups on the issue.
Block office of the
Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee located at Babu-para, Jiribam
in Imphal East District was set ablaze by unknown miscreants.
The ZEO in Jiribam was also reportedly burned a few days back.
CorCom of six militant
groups stated that people of Manipur and WESEA would soon see
a new face of the ongoing revolutionary movement with its JFF
determined to step up its armed campaign against the Indian Military
under the command of the JMC.
NSCN-IM stated in
New Delhi that UPA Government "lacked decisive leadership" and
blamed the previous Government for failure to evolve a solution
to the insurgency in Nagaland.
Formal talks with
NSCN-IM and the GoI can only be resumed after the ongoing Parliament
Session is over, after July 31, 2014.
A hand grenade was
recovered from the lawn of a person, identified as Laishram Shantikumar.
The location of the house is unspecified. He owns a canteen in
Manipur University and the incident is suspected to be related
to ransom demand. The grenade was wrapped in a paper with KCP-MC
written on it.
A grenade was recovered
at the residence of Pradhan of Gram Panchayat Laishram Nirmala
at Nachou in Bishnupur District of Manipur.
SFs arrested a KYKL
militant, identified as Mayengbam Amusana alias Panthung during
a search operation at Keirak Bazar in Thoubal District of Manipur.
One alleged arms
peddler identified as Kikheho Zhimomi was arrested from Super
Market in Dimapur of Nagaland. Two .22 pistols with magazines
and assorted ammunition were recovered from him.
Five CPI-Maoist cadres,
identified as Sanau Nureti (35), Baijnath Salam (55), Ghasiya
Ram Qureti (58), Lallu Ram Nureti (24) and Somaru Nureti (52),
were arrested during a search operation carried out by SFs in
Nibra village under Rowghat Police Station in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh.
About 25 armed insurgents
reached Kadhaikhodra village under Antagarh Police Station in
Kanker District and set ablaze a tipper that was being used in
road construction, informed SP Kanker RN Dash.
Police arrested three
cadres of Sashastra People's Morcha near Baliari Mode in Panki
Block in Palamu District of Jharkhand.
Police arrested three
cadres of Sashastra People's Morcha near Baliari Mode in Panki
Block in Palamu District of Jharkhand.
Three persons : a
mandal coordinator and village resource person, engaged
in collection of data for NREGA, and sarpanch, of Matham Bheemavaram
village were allegedly detained by the cadres of the Galikonda
'area committee' of the CPI-Maoist at Jyothulamamidi on the outskirts
of M. Bheemavaram in Koyyuru mandal in Visakhapatanam District
of Andhra Pradesh. The Maoists let off the three unharmed but
took away a laptop, two biometric machines and a web camera from
the NREGA staff.
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July 8 |
BSF troopers foiled
an infiltration bid by militants at the IB in Jammu District of
J&K.
NIA Court has decided
to merge two chargesheets in the Wagamon SIMI camp case. The NIA
had filed the main chargesheet against 30 persons and filed another
supplementary chargesheet against six accused persons later. For
speedy conduct of the trial, the NIA had filed a petition before
the NIA court to merge both the chargesheets in the case. Following
the petition, the NIA Court gave its nod in this regard. With
the merger of the chargesheets, the NIA Court can conduct trial
against 36 accused persons together. Among the 36 accused persons,
two are still absconding.
After a span of 11
years, trial in cases of bomb blast in the three areas of Mumbai:
Vile Parle station (January 27, 2003), Mulund train (March 13,
2003) and McDonald's (December 6, 2002), began with a witness
deposing before the POTA court. A Crime Branch team comprising
officers Ramakant Padwal, Nagesh Lohar and Prafull Bhosale had
claimed to have recovered four AK-56 assault rifles, three pistols,
two revolvers, 250 hand bombs, four grenades, 160 live cartridges,
chemical pipe bombs, bottles containing sulphuric acid, nitric
acid, ammonium nitrate and potassium cyanide. Three alleged LeT
terrorists, Abu Sultan, Abu Anwar Ali and Mohammed Wani, whom
Police said were suspected masterminds in the blast, were killed
in an encounter at Jogeshwari in Mumbai on March 29, 2003.
Two people, identified
as Laishram Kiran and Keneth, were injured in an IED Explosion
triggered by suspected PLA at Bundung village under Kasom Block
in Ukhrul District of Manipur. The IED blast was aimed at a patrol
party of AR. The injured persons were working near the community
hall when the blast was triggered.
Imphal East District
Police Commandos arrested a muslim militant, identified as Tariq
Ali, belonging to an unspecified outfit from an unspecified location.
One hand gun of .32 bore with two live rounds was recovered from
him.
A ZUF militant, identified
as Thomas Kamei alias Meilungjokpou was arrested by SFs from Langol
Lai Manai in Imphal West District of Manipur. A mobile was seized
from the militant. Further investigation revealed that he was
in charge of recruitment and was under the command of 'information
secretary' of ZUF, Hemsen Kamei.
A KYKL militant identified
as 'sergeant 'Adam Kamei alias Abung was arrested by SFs from
Langol Lai Manai area in Imphal West District of Manipur. A mobile
was recovered from him and it was revealed that he is working
under the command of 'finance secretary' of KYKL, Hemanta of Thoubal
District and he was involved in extortion.
Imphal West District
Police Commandos arrested a militant of UNLF identified as Ningthoujam
Devan Singh alias Nanao from Langol Lai Manai in Imphal West District.
Family of an individual
identified as 17 year old Anand alias Nanao of Moreh in Chandel
District of Manipur alleged that he was taken away by AR troops
on July 2 on the pretext of talking over some matters and was
branded as a 'captain' in KYKL and arrested by SFs.
JCILPS staged a sit-in-protest
at Keishampat Junction in Imphal West District demanding implementation
of ILP.
Meghalaya Police
arrested nine militants of ASAK including 'area commander' Merak
Sangma alias Suangre and 'commander' of both the operation command
and the special command of the militant outfit, Dinesh Marak alias
Blackboard, in four incidents. The other arrested militants identified
as Rikran G Momin, Sabat R Marak, Selvi Arengh, Isak M Sangma,
Walman M Sangma, Pagal Sangma alias Balwa, and Ninibirth R Sangma.
Three automatic pistols, two knives, 25 rounds of bullets, mobile
phones, SIM cards, wireless sets, demand notes and some money
were recovered from the militants.
Four militants of
NSCN-IM were arrested by AR from Pungro Road in Kiphire District
of Nagaland. The militants have been identified as 'corporal'
Thsangamlung, 'sergeant' Wungrainjam, 'sergeant' Sword Thangkhul
and 'second lieutenant" Sochlpen Thangkhul. Eleven rounds of ammunition
and official documents of NSCN-IM were recovered from them.
NNC militant, identified
as Rajapeyu (who is responsible for execution of all tasks within
the range of a particular region) Amos Ao was arrested from Forest
Gate, Ward No 1 of Chumukedima in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
One .22 pistol with magazine and assorted ammunition were recovered
from him.
NNC militant, identified
as Rajapeyu (who is responsible for execution of all tasks within
the range of a particular region) Amos Ao was arrested from Forest
Gate, Ward No 1 of Chumukedima in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
One .22 pistol with magazine and assorted ammunition were recovered
from him.
NNC militant, identified
as Rajapeyu (who is responsible for execution of all tasks within
the range of a particular region) Amos Ao was arrested from Forest
Gate, Ward No 1 of Chumukedima in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
One .22 pistol with magazine and assorted ammunition were recovered
from him.
Body of an unidentified
non-tribal was recovered from Bolong Stream, at Dosagre village
in South West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. The Police stated
that since the eyes and mouth were gagged with towels, it is suspected
that the victim was abducted by unknown miscreants and later he
was murdered near Bolong Stream.
The UMHA has asked
the State Governments to "target" top leaders of CPI-Maoist, seeking
to step up its intended offensive against the Maoists amid concerns
that not a single Maoist has been neutralised since Narendra Modi-led
NDA came to power in May.
CPI-Maoist cadres
abducted and killed a civilian, identified as Madan Hantal (35),
of Karanjuguda village under Malkangiri Village-79 (MV- 79) Police
limits, suspecting him to be a Police informer in Malkangiri District
of Odisha.
State Governments
will have to send photographs to the UMHA by the end of this month
(July, 2014) as proof that they have executed projects aimed at
countering Naxalism.
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July 9 |
A 'divisional commander'
of LeT, Abu Mosa was killed and his associate fled from cordon
while one Army jawan, identified as Lias Naik Chinna Bassapa Pojari
was injured in a gun battle in Shah Mohalla Hamla Pati village
in Zatchaldara area of Handwara forest in Kupwara District of
J&K. SP, Maqsoodul Zaman said that one GPS, one phone, one AK-47
file along with two magazines, two hand Grenades and a pouch was
recovered from the encounter site.
BSF seized FICN with
a face value of INR 7, 83,000 along with four kg of heroin near
a border outpost in Attari of Amritsar District (Punjab) along
the Indo-Pakistan border. BSF Punjab Frontier has issued operational
guidelines to strengthen border so as to check narcotics smuggling
in view of ongoing cultivation and monsoon season, and also to
check the activities of anti-national elements along Punjab border
with Pakistan.
The Juvenile Justice
Board sentenced a minor convict in the 2011 Delhi High Court blast
to a three-year stay at a special home. The board, presided over
by Principal Magistrate Vishal Singh, sentenced the minor after
holding him guilty for various offences, including criminal conspiracy,
waging war against the country, murder, attempt to murder, voluntarily
causing hurt and provisions of Explosive Substances Act and UAPA.
UP witnessed 81.5
percent rise in cyber crime in 2013, according to NCRB 2013 report.
NCRB further states that 682 cases, including 372 under the IT
Act and 310 under various sections of the IPC were registered
with the Police. The state capital, Lucknow reported the highest
number of such cases (109) in the state. The UP Police arrested
283 persons under the IT Act. Among them 213 were in 18-30 age
group, 65 in 30-45 age group and five persons were above the age
of 45. Another 319 persons were booked under various sections
of the IPC regarding cyber crime. This included 204 in the age
group of 18 to 30 years, 99 in 30-45 age group and 16 were above
the age of 45 years.
SC directed Tamil
Nadu Government not to release Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
life convicts till July 22, 2014 and restrained all States from
releasing prisoners awarded life sentence in CBI investigated
cases. The Tamil Nadu Government's February 19 decision to release
seven life convicts, including Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan,
after remitting their remaining prison term was stayed by the
SC on April 20 after the Centre challenged it. The Centre will
maintain its earlier stand that remaining prison term of life
convicts should not be remitted.
The 11 year old boy
identified as Mohammed Akram who was earlier abducted on July
5 from Jhalupara in Shillong City (East Khasi Hills District)
was rescued by Meghalaya Police from Lakhimpur District in Assam.
Two people have been arrested in connection with the abduction.
KLO 'general secretary'
Kailash Koch stated that Bhabananda Roy, who was killed in a Police
encounter on July 2 with Assam Police at Chandamari in Kokrajhar
District was not a member of KLO and the he was a student of Dotma
college in Kokrajhar District of Assam.
ABSU President Promod
Boro stated to the commission probing the 2012 riots in the BTAD
that he suspected the involvement of illegal migrants from Bangladesh
in the riots. Boro said encroachment of land belonging to indigenous
people was an important reason for conflicts in the BTAD and the
issue must be seriously addressed to avoid 2012-like violence.
Three people identified
as Jaswan N Arengh aka Neru, Jojrang M Sangma and Mathius D Sangma
were arrested in connection with an abduction case in Songsak
in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
Meghalaya CM Mukul
Sangma stated in Tura of West Garo Hills District that the UN
has agreed to accord special consultative status to the northeastern
states for the UN Economic and Social Council. The special status
to the North-East means that the forum will ensure discussions
and policy innovations on development challenges in fields such
as employment, education and health. It will also give the states
an opportunity to be a part of select themes drawn from the UN's
millennium development goals.
Meghalaya CM Mukul
Sangma stated in Tura of West Garo Hills District that the UN
has agreed to accord special consultative status to the northeastern
states for the UN Economic and Social Council. The special status
to the North-East means that the forum will ensure discussions
and policy innovations on development challenges in fields such
as employment, education and health. It will also give the states
an opportunity to be a part of select themes drawn from the UN's
millennium development goals.
KIL under the aegis
of JCILPS organised a protest demonstration urging all the Legislators
of the State to adopt a resolution in favour of implementing ILPS.
According to the protesters influx of immigrants has had adverse
impacts on the life of the indigenous people economically socially
and politically.
A law college clerk,
identified as Biren Kakoty, was abducted by suspected militants
from an interior area in the vicinity of Diphu in Karbi Anglong
District of Assam.
Two KNLA militants,
identified as Kang buraIngti and SambarTisso, were arrested by
SFs from Akahai Pahar in locality in Karbi Anglong District of
Assam. Both were wanted for incidents of extortion.
Two ULFA militants
were arrested in a joint operation by the Army and Assam Police
near Balbola Bridge on NH-17 in Goalpara District. One rifle,
one 9 mm pistol, some ammunition and a motorcycle were recovered
from the militants.
An individual, identified
as Theang Nehang, has claimed to be the 'chairman' of newly formed
militant group identified as KLLA. He has stated that the aim
of the new outfit is to create a separate state of Karbi Anglong
according to the provision of Article -3 of the constitution,
which deals with formation of new states and alternation of areas.(Assam)
An individual, identified
as Theang Nehang, has claimed to be the 'chairman' of newly formed
militant group identified as KLLA. He has stated that the aim
of the new outfit is to create a separate state of Karbi Anglong
according to the provision of Article -3 of the constitution,
which deals with formation of new states and alternation of areas.(Assam)
An individual, identified
as Theang Nehang, has claimed to be the 'chairman' of newly formed
militant group identified as KLLA. He has stated that the aim
of the new outfit is to create a separate state of Karbi Anglong
according to the provision of Article -3 of the constitution,
which deals with formation of new states and alternation of areas.(Assam)
Restrictions have
been imposed along the meter Indo-Bangla border area at Sadar
and Mohanpur Sub-division in West Tripura District. The restriction
will be imposed in force from July 9 to October 6. However, the
check in movement will not be applicable to the persons having
special permission of SP west and Sub Divisional Magistrates of
Sadar and Mohanpur.
Three CPI-Maoist
cadres were arrested from the Mina Bazaar area of Muzaffarpur
District of Bihar.
Three CPI-Maoist
cadres were arrested from the Mina Bazaar area of Muzaffarpur
District of Bihar.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres
were injured in an exchange of fire with SFs under Aundhi Police
Station limits of Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh.
Another encounter
took place between the SFs and the Maoists in the forests of Amapayli
in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh.
Two Naxals identified
as Radhe Shyam Soy and Sukhdeo Tirkey have been arrested while
travelling on a motorcycle in Goirabeda forest area under Manoharpur
Police Station limits of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
Another left wing
extremist, identified as Sanjota Kandulana (23), wife of 'area
commander' Jeevan Kandulana, was arrested with her two-month-old
baby girl from Chaki market of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
CPI-Maoist cadres
killed a villager identified as Khannan Ansari alias Kutla Ansari
of Sidpahari village under Masaliya Police Station at the Makrampur
haat (weekly market) in Dumka District of Jharkhand.
NSCN-IM through its 'secretary'
in 'ministry of mines and minerals' Ng. Jacob rejected giving
"prospecting license" to MOGPL. (Nagaland).
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July 10 |
Five people, including
a Policeman, were injured in a low intensity bomb blast near Dagdusheth
Halwai Ganapati temple in Pune. The bomb was placed on a motorcycle
in the parking area of Faraskhana and Vishrambaug Police Stations
located 200m from the temple. Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil
said the state ATS would investigate the blast. "It is a challenge
for the police as the blast happened on their premises.'' Police
suspect IM involvement in the blast due to its similarities with
explosions in Pune earlier. Police Commissioner Satish Mathur
said they were yet to ascertain involvement of any terror group
and were trying to trace the bomb planter.
Baramulla court (J&K)
sentenced former HM District 'Commander', Maqsood Ahmad Bhat to
life imprisonment for killing a doctor, Riyaz-ul Haq of Hanjiveeri
Pattan of Baramulla District, in 2005.
The Nagpur unit of
Maharashtra ATS plan to take custody of Abu Faisal, alias 'doctor',
failed due to Bhopal Jail's inability to provide security escort
to the alleged culprit whose name has been linked to several terrorist
activities across the country. The Bhopal Jail's warrant, stating
their inability, was produced before Judicial Magistrate first
class DS Parwani. Faisal had formed a sub-unit within cadres of
banned SIMI called 'Maal-e-Ganimat' with an objective to raise
fund for terror activities by robbing non-believers.
A primary school
teacher, identified as Sambhu Prasad Singh, was shot dead by in
the premises of Basic Training Centre in Diphu in Karbi Anglong
District of Assam. Police suspect extortion to be the reason for
killing.
A primary school
teacher, identified as Sambhu Prasad Singh, was shot dead by in
the premises of Basic Training Centre in Diphu in Karbi Anglong
District of Assam. Police suspect extortion to be the reason for
killing.
GoI has directed
Meghalaya government not to hold talks with GNLA. CM Mukul Sangma
stated that "We have received a formal intimation from the Centre
which directed us not to pursue talks with the GNLA since they
are continuing with their criminal activities". CM further stated
that "The State Government has also made an appeal to all the
militant groups in the State to stop all their criminal activities
and come forward for a dialogue." He added that it was an opportune
time for militants to give up armed struggle and the Government
will explore ways and means for them to surrender for long lasting
peace in the State.
CM Mukul Sangma stated
that the Meghalaya Government has constituted three separate committees
to deal with illegal migration issue. First committee, to be headed
by Deputy CM Rowell Lyngdoh, would study and work out a few amendments
on the provisions of Benami Transaction Act, 1980 and examine
the Tenants Verification draft Bill, which proposes to enforce
the mandate to regulate landowners and verify their tenants. The
second committee has been constituted to find out location for
setting up 'entry and exit' points and the third committee to
be headed by the chief secretary will examine various legislative
measures to achieve the objective of coming up with the comprehensive
mechanism to check inflow of outsiders and illegal immigrants.
A militant of NDFB-IKS
identified as Uresh Narzary alias N Udang was killed in an encounter
with the SFs at Mwinaguri village under Kachugaon Police Station
of Kokrajhar District of Assam. Police stated that he was a member
of 37th batch of the NDFB-IKS and was associated in extortions
in the area. While NE Esara, 'secretary of Information and Publicity
Wing' of the NDFB-IKS stated that he was from the 38 batch and
that he was already discharged and had surrendered before the
Police and had been engaging himself with many anti-social activities
like kidnapping and collection of ransom with other extremists.
One 7.65 mm pistol, one hand grenade and three empty cartridges
were recovered from the dead militant.
Biren Kakoti a clerical
employee of Law College in Diphu who was abducted on July 9 by
suspected KPLT was rescued by SFs. The rescue came after the arrest
of one KPLT militant identified as Jeepsing Signar from Disama
reserve forest in Karbi Anglong District of Assam who revealed
whereabouts of the abducted individual. A pistol and two bullets
were recovered from the arrested militant. Diphu Police has also
picked up six other people in connection with the abduction.
NSCN-KK signed Geneva Call's three
Deeds of Commitment on protecting children in armed conflict,
banning anti-personnel mines, and prohibiting sexual violence
and against gender discrimination. (Nagaland)
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July 11 |
IB has warned the
Gujarat and Maharashtra Police that terror outfit IM is trying
to re-group in the two states. Intelligence sources said they
had specific information that IM could target SFs in these two
states.
Maharashtra ATS which
is investigating the July 10, 2014, Pune blast case said the blast
appears to be a terrorist attack. Investigators believe the bomb
was attached to the stolen motorbike. The explosive material used
was ammonium nitrate and petroleum product with some other chemical.
The preliminary analysis by the NSG and forensic experts has revealed
that blast was triggered by a crude pipe bomb, a kind of IED.
The CSP has introduced
toll-free number to make people to participate in the security
measures to protect the 320 kilometres of coast from Majaali in
Uttar Kannada to Thalappady in Dakshina Kannada. The CSP unit,
which conducts surveillance up to 12 nautical miles off the coast,
has introduced a toll-free number 1093 for the public. Public
may contact the force using the number in case of any suspicious
movement of boats or any other incidents.
A six-member delegation
of the BJP appealed to PM Narendra Modi to scrap the multiple
entry visa system for the Bangladeshi nationals. The BJP delegation
also submitted a memorandum to the PM demanding protection for
the Hindu migrants who had once come to Assam from Bangladesh.
PSO of Sohan D Shira,
the 'commander in chief' of GNLA was killed in a raid mounted
by a combined team of SWAT of Meghalaya Police and CoBRA of the
CRPF on GNLA camp following information that a large group of
militants, including Sohan D Shira were present in Adugre village
in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. Some IED, a rocket,
grenades, pistols, ammunition, GNLA flags as well as GNLA pads
were recovered from the camp. A search operation has been launched
to trace the escaped militants.
The GNLA 'general
secretary' Dalbin N Marak alias Amikka is using cell phones inside
the Jowai District Jail and regularly in touch with his fellow
GNLA leaders. He was arrested on November 24, 2013 from Tura in
West Garo Hills District by SWAT Commandos of Meghalaya Police.
The GNLA 'general
secretary' Dalbin N Marak alias Amikka is using cell phones inside
the Jowai District Jail and regularly in touch with his fellow
GNLA leaders. He was arrested on November 24, 2013 from Tura in
West Garo Hills District by SWAT Commandos of Meghalaya Police.
A truck driver, identified
as Bhim Giri, was shot at by some unidentified armed miscreants
at Shantipur in Imphal West District of Manipur.
According to a report
made available to MACR a total of 287 cases of children were registered
in Churachandpur District of Manipur, out of which 180 were related
with child soldiers recruited by different underground organizations
during last eight years. In the current year there were three
cases relating to child soldiers. There are a total of 17 militant
organisations affiliated with KNO and two with UPF in Churachandpur
District.
One person suspected
to be supplying explosives to CPI-Maoist in Odisha, was arrested
at his residence in NGO Colony in Sattur town in Virudhunagar
District of Tamil Nadu.
Six persons, identified
as S. Sakthi (38), M. Durai (46), C. Santhosh (22), S. Adhiyaman
(22), G. Ashokan (27), and G. Shankar (36,) of Natham Colony in
Naikankottai village in Dharmapuri District of Tamil Nadu, who
were arrested by the Dharmapuri Police on June 28 for their alleged
participation in arms training given by the associates of elusive
CPI-Maoist leader Kalidass, were detained under the NSA.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres,
identified as Gota Gaccha (30) and Vedali Vela (32), resident
of Edapalli village under Farsegarh Police Station, were arrested
along with explosives and other items from a forested patch under
Farsegarh Police Station limits following an encounter between
SFs and Maoists in Bijapur District.
Two Maoists, identified
as Ramji Usendi (35) and Rambharose Usendi, residents of Panidobir
village of Kanker District, were arrested during a search operation
under Koyelibeda Police Station limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
A CPI-Maoist cadre,
identified as Bali Majhi, was arrested during a joint operation
by DVF and CRPF on Hatiguma-Sikarpai road under Kalyansinghpur
Police Station limits in Rayagada District of Odisha.
SC granted one month bail to PDP
'chairman' and Bangalore serial blasts (July 25, 2008) accused
Abdul Nasser Madani on conditions that he will not leave Bangalore,
and avoid contacting witnesses. He will be under strict Police
surveillance.
An individual identified as Yamkhilal
Lumding of Dampi village in Churachandpur District of Manipur
alleged that KLA, Touthang group kidnapped him from a hotel near
Chief Magistrate's Court in Churachandpur and forced him to sign
for the withdrawal of a case regarding the village land dispute.
SFs arrested an individual from
Supply Road in Dimapur District of Nagaland and recovered one
7.65 mm pistol with a magazine and assorted ammunition.
Two 'weapon manufacturers' identified
as Sashi Ao and Taka Ao were arrested by SFs from Yaongyimsen
village in Mokochung District of Nagaland and a huge cache of
arms and ammunition were recovered from their houses.
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July 12 |
Pakistani troops
fired upon Indian posts in Kayan bowl by using machine guns and
mortars along LoC in Nowgam sector of Kupwara District of J&K,
one Army personnel, Lance Naik Anand Kumar was injured in the
Pakistani firing. The Army also conducted searches in some forest
areas of Chowkibal sector in the District and recovered some ammunition
which includes 3 UBGL, one live and two fired, and 42 AK ammunition,
41 fired and 1 live, from the Gugaldara forest area.
LeT has issued a
new guideline to its cadre in J&K, in which it has asked them
to declare that their age is below 18 years if they are caught
by security personnel. The details about this LeT tactic were
provided by arrested Mohammad Naveed Jutt alias Abu Hanzala, who
had been subjected to an age determination test after his claim
that he was only 17 years old, said official sources.
The Maharashtra ATS
reportedly spotted a suspect in a CCTV footage recovered in connection
with July 10 Pune blast. The footage shows the suspect parking
a bike near Faraskhana Police Station's parking lot before the
blast occurred. On the other hand, monitoring of the emails has
revealed that online messages were exchanged among IM terrorists
in Karachi (Sindh, Pakistan) before carrying out blasts, as per
reports. A case has been registered under Sections 307 (attempt
to murder), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons
or means), 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy), besides various sections
of the Explosives Act and UAPA.
As investigations
into July 10, Pune blast progress, agencies are worried about
two persons from Thane who are reported to have left for Iraq
to fight along ISIS about a year ago. These two boys are part
of the 18 Indians learnt to be fighting in Iraq and Syria and
are being tracked by intelligence agencies.Sources within the
security establishment say most of these 18 hail from south India.
Some of those who have been identified belong to Maharashtra,
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It is not known whether any of them
has returned but such exodus from south India has become a cause
for worry for the agencies.
Boko Haram infiltrated
the African drug-cartel operating in India, according to top intelligence
sources. "They came on our radar after intelligence inputs from
a friendly country indicated that Dawood Ibrahim's younger brother,
Anees Ibrahim, made several trips to Lagos [Nigeria] last year.
He subsequently met an al Qaeda 'commander' close to Boko Haram
'chief' Abubakar Shekau. D-gang's proximity to the two outfits
indicates that militants are now riding on Dawood's well-oiled
network in India, Africa and South America to raise funds for
terror through drug trafficking," a source said.
Pro-ILP pressure
groups will hold a meeting to explain to the headmen of various
localities in the city about the mechanisms they had proposed
to Meghalaya government to implement for checking influx of migrants
in the State.
Bodies of all four
traders who were abducted by militants of NDFB-IKS on July 11
from Labdanguri in Baksa District in BTAD have been recovered.
The body of a 14 year old individual identified as Bakar Ali was
recovered from Kamargaon in Barpeta District of Assam and body
of other three persons, identified as Rabul Amin, Saddam Hussain
and Atwar Ali were recovered from Hakuanala on the banks of the
Manas River in Baksa District. Confirming the recovery of the
three bodies, Baksa Deputy Commissioner Vinod Seshan said, "All
the bodies were recovered from Hakuanala today." Sources stated
that all four were abducted and killed right away and there was
no report of any ransom demand.
Army has been kept
on standby as tension has mounted in Assam's Baksa District and
indefinite curfew has been imposed in areas under Gobardhana and
Ananda Bazar Police Station in Baksa District and along the northern
side of railway line in Barpeta District. An official release
issued by the Home and Political Department stated that intelligence
inputs had shown that the killing was done by NDFB-IKS militants
and it had been done by the outfit "to divert attention of the
SF, which have been successfully conducting relentless counter-insurgency
operations against this group, inflicting significant reverses
on it in last six months."
A business man Hari
Agarwala, was injured and his son Ajit was killed when they were
shot at by unidentified assailants at Balisiya in Udalguri District
of Assam.
Former vice chairman
and member of UADC Ngalangzar Malue was shot and killed and his
driver identified as Khangembam Bigyani and his nephew Ratanmi
Malue were injured in the ambush at Finch Corner in Ukhrul District
of Manipur by suspected militants. The ambush was allegedly made
by the NSCN-IM.
Six people were injured
when a remote controlled IED exploded at Langthabal Kunja Mayai
Leikai in Imphal West District of Manipur. According to reports
the bomb went off around 15 minutes after the CM Okram Ibobi Singh
and a few seconds after AR convoy passed the area. The injured
individuals have been identified as Mohammed Alludin Khan, Thongam
Leibak-macha, Thon-gam Premchand, Asem Bijoy, Mohammed Ziaur Rehman
and Rabina Begum. No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility
for the blast.
The North East Border
Area Development Organisation, Kashung Butung condemned the KashungButung
bomb blast of July 8 which injured two people at Bundung in Ukhrul
District of Manipur.
RPF stated that Mohammed
Tondon alias Tamijur Rahman who was arrested on July 5 from Khangabok
in Thoubal District of Manipur was not a member of the organisation.
ILP groups stated
that they stand firm in their commitment of getting an ILP-like
regulation introduced in the Meghalaya to control influx in the
State. They stated that they have not abandoned their demand for
implementation of the ILP as per the Eastern Bengal Frontier Regulation,
1873, the 13 pro-ILP pressure groups have impressed upon the State
Government that it should give due importance to all the points
suggested by them and put in place a comprehensive mechanism to
curb the problem of influx and inflow of illegal immigrants.
A Constable of Mizoram
Armed Police, identified as Malsawm Kima, fled with his service
INSAS rifle, 150 rounds of ammunition and AK-47 assault rifle
reportedly to join Manipur based HPC-D insurgent group operating
in Mizoram and Manipur.
Three CPI-Maoist
cadres identified as Manohar Hiraman (35), Rajesh Sampath (30)
and Raju Kawachi (27), members of the Barda Local Operating Squad
of the PLGA of the CPI-Maoist, surrendered before Police in Kondagaon
District of Chhattisgarh.
A NSCN-KK militant was arrested
from Vihokhu village in Dimapur District of Nagaland. One M-20
pistol, two magazines and assorted ammunition were recovered from
the militant.
Mizoram Police arrested five members
of BDFM from Silchar in Cachar District of Assam.
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July 13 |
Three persons, identified
as Mohammad Shakeel, Mohammad Shaukat and Mohammad Jamaluddin
Hasan were arrested along with FICN having the face value of INR
1,00,000 from Hajipur in Vaishali District of Bihar. During questioning,
they told the investigating officer that Shakeel had come to Hajipur
to collect FICN from Shaukat and Jamaluddin. He had been jailed
thrice earlier in cases connected with FICN in Delhi.
ABMSU has issued
an ultimatum to Assam CM Tarun Gogoi to bring the situation in
BTAD under control by July 14, failing which the students' body
will resort to a series of agitation. ABMSU general secretary
Lafiqul Islam stated that "As part of our agitation, will block
the NH at Srirampur Check Gate and Boxirhat Check Gate. It will
be followed by an indefinite rail blockade." The ABMSU leader
further said that despite atrocities on the minorities in the
BTAD there were no inquiries into the incidents. (Assam)
A joint team of Army
and Police arrested Nagaon 'area commander' of the NSCA, Rajib
Bhumij alias Babu, from a Winger at Darikapool in Sivasagar District
of Assam. An Italian-made pistol, six rounds ammunition, two mobile
phones and two pads of the organisation were recovered from him.
Manipur CM OkramIbobi
Singh stated, "The government will not remain as a silent spectator
come what may". Meanwhile section 144 of CrPC has been imposed
in Ukhrul District after the killing of Malue. A combined team
of IRB and Manipur Police raided the regional office of NSCN-IM
in Phungreitang in Ukhrul District.
Eight NSCN-IM militants
identified as 'sergeant' Wangkepam Raiping, 'sergeant major Issaicher
Jajo, 'corporal' VL Shimraygam, 'lance corporal' Shepachi, 'private'
Jongjee, 'lance corporal' Somrei, 'sergeant' Khareithing Mung
have been arrested in the raid and that they have been taken to
Imphal for further questioning. Two pressure bombs, 14 wireless
sets, four magazines of AK 47, two live rounds, seven laptops,
two desktop computer sets and a large volume of NSCN-IM documents
dated between 1981 and 2014 were recovered from the militants.
NPF, Manipur has
demanded imposition of President's Rule in the State saying the
time is fit for Central Government's intervention. NPF, Manipur
said killings of non-locals, blasts, kidnapping incidents and
corruption have become a daily affair under the Ibobi Singh Government.
A stiff confrontation
occurred between the public of the town and the SFs when a group
of SFs tried to gain entry into the town at Dungrei, Hundung in
Ukhrul District of Manipur.
NSCN-IM stated that
they had nothing to do with the killing. MIP stated that 'the
Manipur state forces without giving any second thought has indiscriminately
intruded and ransacked our regional office and has arrested four
of our cadres along with seven people who are kept in our custody
for various rehabilitation purposes'. They further added that
'The attack to our regional office which has been created in order
to facilitate people's participation in the Indo-Naga peace process
is tantamount to breaking the spirit of cease fire, detrimental
to regional peace and stability. Also by exploiting the situation,
the State Government have militarized Ukhrul headquarter by imposing
144 Crpc without any valid reason. Such has been the long pending
policy of communal Manipur state government to sabotage the ongoing
peace process and find reason to station their notorious Manipur
police commandos who are always in the news for encounter killings."
A teacher identified
as Mohammed Muhibur Rehman teaching at Lilong Higher Secondary
Madrasa (Islamic seminary) who was abducted on July 12 at Lilong
under Thoubal District of Manipur was freed.
A driver identified
as Ansar Ali has been abducted in West Garo Hills region by suspected
militants somewhere between Baromile and Kherapara, near Dalu
of West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. Police launched a search
operation in the area.
The Bihar Police
arrested a suspected CPI-Maoist cadre from Bardiha forest area
in Jamui District of Bihar in a joint operation with CRPF's CoBRA
unit.
The Mumbai Police Commissioner
Rakesh Maria sent a letter to all the Crime Branch and ATC asking
them to be on alert in view of the ongoing Ramzan. Sources say
this letter was sent even before the Pune blasts of July 10, 2014.The
letter also has a mention of Iraq-based outfit ISIL.
Pakistan's ISI-run mafia indulging
in production of FICN has been laying more emphasis on counterfeiting
INR 500 and lesser denomination notes as compared to those of
INR 1,000. This came to light after some consignments of fake
currency were intercepted by security agencies and during interrogation
of people involved in the racket it was found that counterfeiting
of INR 1,000 was costlier than notes of lesser denominations,
official sources said.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed a tribal
villager, identified as Singlu Korram, at Usri village in Kondagaon
District of Chhattisgarh, after branding him as 'Police informer'
in a Jan Adalat.
NDFB-IKS accused the Assam Government
of playing dirty politics by creating communal conflict between
the Bodos and Muslims.
Over ground worker of HNLC identified
as Kyrmenskhem Sohlamar, son of self exiled Khasi chief Wickliffe
Syiem, who refused to sign the Instrument of accession in 1948
was arrested at Rajai village in South West Khasi Hills District
of Meghalaya. He is known to be a facilitator for HNLC since 1992.
UNC stated that if the prohibitory
orders in Ukhrul town was not revoked immediately the situation
not allowed to normalize with the withdrawal of additional SFs
appropriate and democratic civil actions will be taken up in protest
in the entire Naga areas. After the killing of UADC member Ngalangzar
Malue, section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in Ukhrul District
of Manipur from July 12.
UNC has threatened to call a 24
hours 'bandh' in 'Naga areas' of Manipur from the midnight of
July 15 in protest against what it called 'the military strength
show' of Manipur CM against the Nagas, after SFs were brought
in after the killing of UADC member in Ukhrul, and also for the
immediate implementation of 'Alternative Arrangement '.
During raid on the NSCN-IM office
in Phungreitang in Ukhrul District of Manipur, six people held
by NSCN-IM were rescued by SFs. 250 Police Commandos, three companies
of the IRB and 100 Policewomen have been send to Ukhrul town to
assist in investigations into the killing and track down the assailants.
Combined team of Thoubal and Imphal
West Police Commandos rescued a boy on way to Moreh from being
recruited by KYKL and two militants of KYKL identified as Langpoklakpam
Abe alias Indrani and Khangjalakpam Gingora alias Modison were
arrested from Pallel PS gate in Thoubal District of Manipur.
A militant of PLA identified as
'sergeant' Laishram Iboyaima alias Amuba alias Romeo alias
Yaima was arrested by SFs from Heirok Part II Mayai Leikai in
Thoubal District of Manipur. He was involved in transportation
of IEDs from Myanmar to Manipur. A mobile handset was seized from
his possession.
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July 14 |
BSF arrested one
person, identified as Chotu Kumar along with FICN with a face
value of INR 95,00,000 in Banshnabnagar area of Malda District.
The BSF said: "Apprehended persons along with seized FICN handed
over to Police Station Banshnabnagar, Malda District for further
investigation."
PDP 'chairman' and
Bangalore serial blasts (July 25, 2008) accused Abdul Nasser Madani
(49) walked out of the Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara in Bangalore
after completing bond.
A Kochi court withdrew
a warrant issued against Madani after SC granted him bail. The
case related to organizing a meeting of the banned Islamic Sevak
Sangham at Anwarssery (Kollam District) in December 1992. In the
warrant sent to the Bangalore jail, the court had ordered to produce
Madani before it by August 13, 2013. The warrant had been lying
unexecuted.
The Punjab and Haryana
High Court directed the Punjab Government to take a decision within
three weeks on the parole application moved by Abdul Latif Adam
Momin, one of the convicts in the December 24, 1999 Kandahar plane
hijack case.
The bail pleas of
two suspected IM operatives, Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rahman alias
Waqas was rejected by a local court in New Delhi which allowed
the plea of Delhi Police seeking 15 days to complete its probe
against them in a case of conspiracy to carry out terror strikes
in New Delhi.
Communication and
IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed the Lok Sabha that the
government body reported that 9,174 Indian websites were hacked
by groups spread across the world. These incidents include phishing,
scanning, spam, malicious code and website intrusions, the Minister
said.
Dubai-based businessman,
Abdul Mateen Damada, suspected of facilitating payment for 13/7
triple blasts of Mumbai was detained by Goa Police at Dabolim
Airport, after his arrival from UAE. Damada reportedly is also
a hawala dealer.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres,
including a woman who was carrying a reward of INR 2,000 on her
head, were arrested from separate places in Kondagaon District
of Chhattisgarh. Rajkumari alias Bulki Netam (26), a member of
Chema Janatana Sarkar of the CPI-Maoist, was arrested from Totar
village under Mardapal Police Station limits while Raju alias
Surendra (30), a member of Barda Janata Sarkar group, was arrested
from Bahigaon Khetarpal Road under Keshkal Police Station limits,
said Kondagaon ASP Surjit Atri.
A PLFI, a splinter
group of the CPI-Maoist, 'sub-zonal commander' identified as Bhushan
Lakra who was carrying INR 300,000 on his head and the main accused
in the January 5, 2011 murder of nine persons, was arrested from
a village in Gumla District of Jharkhand. He is facing more than
12 cases of murder and extortion, said SP Bhimsen Tuti.
The State Government
has received INR 700 million under the 13th Finance Commission
for establishment of three Police training institutions in Odisha.
Out of this, INR 200 million has been provided for establishment
of Police training institute for Civil Police at Byree in Jajpur
District, INR 300 million for basic training institute for Armed
Police at Burla in Sambalpur District and INR 200 million for
setting up anti-extremist training institute at Koraput District,
CM Naveen Patnaik said.
Three people identified
as Promod Narzary, Mithinga Muchahary and Boronda Basumatary were
arrested from Samthaibari village in Barpeta District of Assam
in connection with the abduction and killing of four traders on
July 11. They were arrested on the basis of articles recovered
from their homes for allegedly helping NDFB-IKS militants abduct
the four traders.
Baksa DC Vinod Seshan
stated that the situation in the District was under control and
no fresh incident has been reported so far. (Assam)
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi
held discussions with a delegation of ABMSU on the latest law
and order situation in BTAD.
The president of
AAMSU, Abdur Rahim Ahmed stated that "Since the state government
has utterly failed to tackle violence in BTAD, the Centre should
take up the task of maintaining law and order in the state and
dissolve the Government." (Assam).
The president of
AAMSU, Abdur Rahim Ahmed stated that "Since the state government
has utterly failed to tackle violence in BTAD, the Centre should
take up the task of maintaining law and order in the state and
dissolve the Government." (Assam)
The president of
AAMSU, Abdur Rahim Ahmed stated that "Since the state government
has utterly failed to tackle violence in BTAD, the Centre should
take up the task of maintaining law and order in the state and
dissolve the Government." (Assam)
KPLT also called
a 40 hours Karbi Anglong strike on July 16 to mark its martyr's
day. (Assam)
NSCN-K chaplee (Finance)
in-charge 'colonel' Akaho Zhimo claimed that 'major Hokivi' who
had defected to NSCN- Khehoi was still engaged in collecting taxes
in the name of NSCN-K. (Nagaland)
The Special Court
of the First Class Judicial Magistrate issued non-bailable arrest
warrants against KSU 'General Secretary' Auguster Jyrwa and FKJGP
'President' Joe Marwein after they failed to appear during the
hearings on the damage suit filed by the Meghalaya Government
against them for organising series of agitations over the demand
to implement ILP.
Eight militants of
NSCN-IM who were arrested on July 13 from Phungreitang in Ukhrul
District of Manipur have been remanded to thirteen days in Police
custody.
Manipur CM Okrom
Ibobi Singh, stated that assassination of political leaders and
murder of innocent civilians by NSCN-IM despite being under a
peace process with the GoI would not solve any problem. He stated,
"Internecine killings would not bring anything positive. The Government
has tolerated to its maximum limits. Now it is a must for the
Government to contain their activities in a befitting manner".
MNPF in a statement
issued by 'assistant publicity secretary' Thomas Numai stated
that NSCN-IM has forgotten the national cause, abandoned all ceasefire
ground rules and was collaborating with GoI. It further stated
that NSCN-IM had earlier killed SDO Kasomkhullen Dr.Kishan, MLA
Wungnaoshang Keishing, M.H.Varengam of Lungphu village, former
TKS president Jonathan Kashung, Kenedy Paomai of Senapati, among
others.
Civil society organisations
in Ukhrul submitted a memorandum to the Manipur Governor through
the Deputy Commissioner of Ukhrul District urging him to revoke
prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPc from Ukhrul town and
withdrawing IRB and Police Commandos who were rushed to Ukhrul
District after the killing of UADC member Ngalangzar Malue. The
organisations have threatened to launch a democratic civil action
if the authority failed to fulfil the demands.
Suspected GNLA or
ASAK militants exchanged gunfire with Police in Betasing area
of South West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
AR recovered one
7.65 mm pistol with two magazines, assorted ammunition and incriminating
documents from Chumukedima in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
Two unidentified
individuals were arrested at Kipongya Ward Kiphire District of
Nagaland. Defected arms including a 12 boar gun, 0.22 rifles,
0.22 pistol, magazines, empty cases and arms manufacturing equipments
were recovered from the arrested individuals.
TNL submitted a three-point
memo to the Manipur Governor demanding revoking the prohibitory
order, unconditional release of arrested NSCN-IM militants and
return of documents and properties seized from NSCN-IM office
during the raid on July 13. They also set a 24-hour dead line
with effect from July 15.
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July 15 |
A private security
guard, identified as Mohammad Rajab Dar, was injured when militants
opened fire near Shaheedi Park in Pulwama town of Pulwama District
of J&K.
A HM militant, identified
as Tawheed Ahmad Andrabi, was arrested from Budgam District of
J&K.
Addressing the summit
of five-nation grouping at Fortaleza in Brazil, PM Narendra Modi
stated, "Terrorism is a threat that has assumed war-like proportions.
It is in fact a proxy war aimed at innocent civilians. Due to
different yardsticks the international community has not been
able to combat terror effectively. I firmly believe that Terrorism,
in any shape or form, is against Humanity. There should be Zero
Tolerance towards Terrorism.
Humanity must unite,
and isolate terrorist forces, especially states that flout basic
norms. Selective targeting of terrorism will not work"
Minister of State
for Home Kiren Rijiju told the Lok Sabha that in order to take
up the issue of terrorism strongly with Pakistan, government has
conveyed to the Pakistan leadership, that Pakistan "must abide
by its commitment that it will not allow its territory and territory
under its control to be used for aiding and abetting of terrorist
activities against India and for providing sanctuaries to such
terrorist groups..."
Minister of State
for Home Kiren Rijiju said in a written reply in Lok Sabha that
a total of 43 attempts of infiltration along the Indo-Pakistan
border have taken place till May in 2014. He added that 277 such
attempts were made during 2013 while in 2012, they were 264. He
also said that till July 11, 2014, a total of 42 incidents of
ceasefire violation have taken place along the LoC and IB in J&K.
Intelligence agencies
say al Qaeda is making inroads into India, sowing the seeds of
a "final war" across the country. Information gathered on al-Qaeda's
India plans points to a mobilisation of its resources for jihad.
The ideological goal of the group, as detailed in the report,
is Ghazwa-e-Hind or the final battle in India. "Not only Kashmiri
groups but Taliban and al-Qaeda affiliates have stakes in the
larger scheme of Ghazwa-e-Hind where India is regarded as next
battleground in the 'End of Times' battle. This ideology is likely
to be used to drive Taliban and al-Qaeda affiliates into Kashmir,"
says an intelligence report.
Replying to a question
in Parliament about foreign funding to Naxal-LWE groups in India,
Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said that some
cadres of the CPI-Maoist received training from the Communist
Party of Philippines in 2005 and 2011. He further said there was
no specific intelligence input to indicate that Naxals were getting
external or foreign assistance. "However, the CPI-Maoists party
has close links with foreign Maoist organisations in the Philippines
and Turkey.
CPI-Maoist 'state
committee member' (West Bengal) Anup Roy, who is lodged in Presidency
Correctional Home and on a fast-unto-death protest for the last
six days, is demanding political 'prisoner status' for himself.
Roy was arrested in January 2014.
A joint team of District
Police and STF destroyed a temporary CPI-Maoist camp in a forested
patch near Kelam village under Mardapal Police Station in Kondagaon
District of Chhattisgarh. During the searching of area, Police
recovered Walkie-talkies, tiffin bombs, live bullets hand grenades
detonator wire, flash, watches, tent, radio, ration in huge quantity
and other items of daily use from the spot, the SP said that Maoists
had gathered for organising 'Jan Adalat'.
Two ZRF militants
identified as 'brigadier' PS Hangshing and 'defence secretary'
Lunte were arrested from general area of College Veng in Churachandpur
District of Manipur. One Single Barrel Rifle, two mobile phones,
two SIM cards, one Extortion book of ZRF, one pair Combat dress,
three Magazine pouches and one combat carry bag were also recovered
from the militants.
An extortionist identified
as Oinam Rishikesh was apprehended by the residents of Kwakeithel
Mayaikoibi in Imphal West District of Manipur. A demand letter
of URF signed by 'finance secretary' Parikaba and 'president'
Yaisana as well as cash were recovered from him.
A woman identified
as Sone Narzary was arrested by Assam Police in connection with
the abduction and killing of four traders on July 11. IG L R Bishnoi
stated that "Sone was providing every information about the movement
of people from the minority community in the area to the Bodo
rebels. She is one of the key persons involved in the violence".
He further added that another individual was arrested for sheltering
militants.
Curfew in Baksa District
of Assam, imposed after the abduction and killing of four traders
on July 11 was relaxed for twelve hours during day time.
ABMSU of Kokrajhar
District (Assam) committee staged a two-hour dharna near the Deputy
Commissioner's office in Kokrajhar over the recent killing of
four traders in BTAD.
ABMSU has decided
to march to New Delhi and meet PM Narendra Modi and other senior
ministers, seeking a permanent solution in BTAD. ABMSU General
Secretary Lafiqul Islam stated that "We are going to meet Modi
and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh this week for seeking a
permanent solution. We want security for the non Bodos in the
area.
Union Minister of
State for Home Kiren Rijiju stated that GoI has released INR 1405.8
million for updating NRC. He added that a gazette notification
had already been issued for updating the NRC 1951 in Assam with
effect from December 2013 and further added that the updating
of NRC is targeted to be completed in three years.
Meghalaya Chief Secretary,
PBO Warjri stated that SF: 10)of Meghalaya Police will formally
take shape by September 2015 with a maximum of 1200 recruits.
SF 10 will be deployed for counter insurgency operations which
are presently spearheaded by the Police SWAT unit. The MHA had
earlier endorsed to equip the State Police force with 38 rocket
propelled grenades and the new version of LMGs.
Manipur Home Minister
Gaikhangam stated that intelligence reports have confirmed the
involvement of NSCN-IM in the ambush and killing of UADC member
Ngalangzar Malue on July 12 at Finch Corner in Ukhrul District
of Manipur. He also added that since the State intelligence had
failed to get any input beforehand of the ambush, it can be drawn
that the NSCN-IM's intelligence network is more accurate than
that of the Manipur CID.
MLA, Ibomcha demanded
a detailed report from the Manipur Government on the assassination
of ADC member Ngalangzar Malue, by NSCN-IM on July 12. He further
stated that the ceasefire agreement between the GoI and NSCN-IM
is applicable only in Nagaland.
Non-bailable warrants
have been issued for KSU President Daniel Khyriem and HNYF chairman
GH Kharshanlor after they failed to appear during the hearings
on the damage suit filed by the Meghalaya government against them
for agitations demanding the implementation of ILP.
Manipur Deputy CM
Gaikhangam Gangmei stated that over 100 people have been killed
by NSCN-IM since 1980.
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July 16 |
A Territorial Army
trooper, identified as Gowhar Ahmad, was killed in militant attack
at Qaimoh Town of Kulgam District of J&K.
A BSF Constable,
identified as Sanjay Dhar from Tripura, was killed and seven others
including three security personnel and four civilians were injured
as Pakistan violates ceasefire and fired on a forward Indian post
along the IB at Arnia Sector of Jammu District of J&K.
Militants set off
an IED on the roadside in Naina-Batpora Village in Pulwama District
of J&K. A Police spokesman said that the IED was planted on the
roadside by militants when the private car of PDP worker Ghulam
Mohiuddin was passing through the area. . Although, Mohiuddin
was not present in the vehicle at the time of the explosion, his
three personal security officers escaped unhurt, the spokesman
added.
Abdul Mateen Damada,
suspected of facilitating payment for 13/7 triple blasts of Mumbai
was arrested by Maharashtra ATS. He was brought to Mumbai from
Goa and produced before the MCOCA Court which remanded him in
Police custody till July 28, 2014. Following the blasts, he fled
to Dubai, and a look-out notice was issued in 2013 for him, after
his name came up in connection with funding IM for carrying out
the blasts. His partner Muzaffar Kola is also accused of facilitating
hawala money for the 13/7 blasts.
NIA has taken over
the investigation into the seizure of FICN from Nedumbassery Airport,
Ernakulam District in January 27, 2013. The NIA re-registered
the FIR in the case at NIA Court in Kochi. According to NIA officials,
they have taken over the investigation into the case in which
1,950 FICNs of INR 500 denomination, with a face value of INR
9,75,000 were seized from Nedumbassery Airport.
Acquittals in terror
cases should not be misconstrued as innocence of the accused,
the Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju told Rajya Sabha.
Rijiju said since 2009, NIA was assigned 86 terror cases for investigation
out of which 11 were partially or fully decided and 28 accused
were convicted and 13 acquitted. "However, acquittals in NIA cases
have so far been for the reasons of variance in appreciation of
strength of evidence by the prosecution and the presiding officer
of the court and therefore, these acquittals cannot be termed
as 'honourable acquittals'," he said.
Maharashtra Police
suspect that two businessmen from Thane incited four youths from
Kalyan to join ISIS in Iraq. The four persons, identified as Arif
Majeed, Aman Tandel, Imran Tanki and Fahad Sheikh had gone missing
since May 25, 2013 when they had gone to of Karbala in Iraq on
a pilgrimage. Police raided the residences of the four and seized
some letters and pen drives. A letter indicated that they have
joined the militant outfit. They are believed to have joined the
ISIS. Investigation agencies have grilled more than 51 persons,
including eight former SIMI activists, to find out if they had
indoctrinated the youths to become jihadis.
Union Minister of
Home Affairs Rajnath Singh said the central government is taking
all necessary steps to strengthen coastal security. "The government
is taking all necessary steps like setting up new coastal Police
Stations and adding more fleet to the force to strengthen the
Coast Guard." He also said the National Maritime Authority will
be set up soon to improve the country's coastal security. "The
second phase of the Coastal Security Scheme will be completed
by 2016," the minister added.
Troops of the 125
Battalion of BSF seized FICN of face value INR 9,00,000 from near
the Indo-Bangladesh border in Malda District of West Bengal. The
FICN, packed in a plastic bag, was allegedly thrown across the
fence by Bangladeshi smugglers.
Police and PLFI,
a splinter group of CPI-Maoist, cadres exchanged fire around Kedali
forests in Khunti District of Jharkhand. Later, during search
operation blood stains were seen, pointing to gunshot injuries
to a couple of extremists, while a rifle, 11 bullets and some
other things were recovered from the encounter spot, DSP Anudeep
Singh said.
SFs arrested four
suspected Maoists identified as Rajman (35), Somnath (35), Rejju
alias Rai Singh and Kachru Salam from Korenda-Benur axis
in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
A woman Maoist cadre,
identified as Sukhbati alias Satai Salaam (27), surrendered before
Bastar Range IG of Police SRP Kalluri in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Suspected KNLA militants
shot at and injured a man, identified as Tongnehat, a guard at
GL Brick field located at Bualzang Village in Churachandpur District
of Manipur. The attack is said to be related to ransom demand.
Lalboi, the owner of the brickfield later stated that he had earlier
received a demand letter of INR 500,000.
MCP-M has called
for a 12 hour general strike on July 24, 2014 against alleged
embezzlement by Agriculture Department of funds coming for various
schemes such as RKVY, ATMA, SRI. (Manipur)
The 24 hour bandh
by UNC in 'Naga areas' of Manipur in protest against CrPC 144
order imposed in Ukhrul District and additional SFs deployment
in the area, after the killing of UADC member Ngalangzar Malue
in Ukhrul District on July 12 by Naga militants, has hit normal
life in four hill Districts of Chandel, Senapati, Tamenglong and
Ukhrul. No violent incident was reported during the bandh.
Naga Hoho (Apex body
of Nagas) would visit Ukhrul on July 17 to assess the ground realities
in the District and will have a meeting with the Tangkhul front
organisations to deliberate on the volatile situation after the
recent assassination of the UADC member Ngalangzar Malue. The
visiting team would comprise of the UNC, NSF, NWUM, ZB and CNPO.
Staff of NIEIT, Imphal
Centre, staged a sit-in-protest at its Akampat campus Imphal West
District of Manipur, urging to revoke the monetary demands served
by URF, PREPAK and KYKL.
An independent legislator
Saleng Sangma has written to Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath
Singh demanding a CBI probe into the alleged politician-militant
nexus in Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
SFs arrested on arms
peddler and repairer identified as Kitoho Sema from Shichemi village
in Zunheboto District of Nagaland. One .22 pistol along with magazine
and one live round were also recovered from him. SFs claims that
Kitoho Sema confessed of providing arms as well as carrying out
repair works for militant groups.
Forty four militants
of the NNC-NA joined NNC. (Nagaland).
NSCN-IM terminated
'corporal' T Imkong for his involvement in a drunken altercation
with an individual identified as T Sepenchu Sangtam. (Nagaland)
An individual identified
as Ranjit Das was arrested by Police from an undisclosed location
and a .22 pistol and several rounds of ammunition were recovered
from him.(Assam).
Nearly a thousand
people have been killed and over 1300 cases of abductions has
been filed in BTAD. Although Assam Police have recovered about
700 arms in last five years, a senior Home department official
said that the number hardly amounts to five per cent of the weapons
possessed by the militants. He also stated that additional SFs
forces are already in BTAD.
Assam Government
constituted one-man Commission of Inquiry to inquire into the
causes and circumstances leading to incidents of violence that
took place in Baksa and Kokrajhar Districts, on May 1 and 2 in
which more than 46 civilians were killed. The Commission will
be headed by retired Judge of the Guwahati High Court Justice
Mutum B K Singh. Commission will assess the response on the part
of the administration in containing the situation and in providing
relief to those affected and try to ascertain there was any political
conspiracy and will identify the individuals or groups or organisations
responsible for the violence.
Assam Government
would urge the GoI to frame a policy for granting asylum to people
who have taken refuge in India after fleeing their country on
grounds of religious persecution and discrimination.
Reports said that
as a part of security measures it was decided to set up fixed
Police Pickets in the vulnerable areas such as BTAD.(Assam).
Alleging all-round
failure of BTC, AIUDF demanded imposition of President's Rule
in the BTAD areas of Assam. They also demanded a CBI probe into
the killings, alleging that the culprits involved in such acts
of violence always get away and reiterated demand for seizure
of illegal arms and review of BTC Accord.
A militant of NSCN-IM
identified as 'corporal' John Phoren Rangwa was injured in an
encounter with SFs in Lapnan Village near Khonsa in Tirap District
of Arunachal Pradesh. One AK-47 rifle with 90 rounds and one .22
pistol were recovered from the encounter site.
Formal talks between
NSCN-IM and GoI have resumed in New Delhi. The GoI representative
is Ajit Lal and Th. Muivah is representing NSCN-IM in the peace
talks.
Two individuals identified
as Hotoi Yepthomi and Nitoshe Achumi were arrested from Super
Market in Dimapur in Dimapur District of Nagaland with one 7.65
mm pistol with magazine and assorted ammunition.
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July 17 |
Two suspected cadres
of Al Umma, identified as Naseer and Allauddin were arrested from
a hideout in Chennai. They are arrested in the June 18 case regarding
murder of Hindu Munnani leader, Suresh Kumar. The killing, Police
believe, was because of a hate speech Suresh had delivered against
the Muslim community at a public meeting in December 2013.
The 4th Additional
Metropolitan Sessions Judge acquitted four persons accused in
a criminal conspiracy and fake passport case that was registered
by SIC in connection with the Mecca Masjid (Hyderabad) bomb blast
case of May 18, 2007. The four are: Shoeb Jagirdar, Sheikh Abdul
Nayeem, Mohammed Imran Khan and Syed Imran.
The bomb that exploded
in Pune on July 10 was made by mixing ammonium nitrate with potassium
chlorate and small ball bearings were used as shrapnel to inflict
injuries, but there was no gelatine or RDX in it, Maharashtra
ATS said.
The four men from
Kalyan in Thane District of Maharashtra who went to Iraq allegedly
to join ISIS-led jihad allegedly left their hotel room for Mosul
on the morning of May 31. The four, Arif Majeed, Aman Tandel,
Fahad Maqbool Sheikh and Shaheen Tanki called for a taxi and left
their hotel in Karbala. Mohammed Saad, the caretaker of Ajmeri
travels who helped the four of them get their tickets, told that
the four left for Mosul leaving behind all their luggage and carried
only their passports with them. "All their belongings, which were
packed in four bags, have come back from Iraq and they have been
handed over to the ATS, Maharashtra," he added.
The intelligence
agencies are scanning immigration data and missing persons reports
in Police Stations across India to cull out suspicious disappearance
of Muslim youths in strife-torn regions across the globe. The
data are being analyzed on the basis of available information
and visits of youths to destinations where their presence is not
justified for either religious reasons or employment purposes.
Those having gone on haj but have not returned and those having
lost contact with family are also being looked at closely.
BSF Director General
DK Pathak said that movement of 45 to 50 militants has been observed
across the IB and they could attempt to infiltrate into this side
under cover of Pakistani firing. (J&K).
A para-teacher, identified
as Bablu Munda, and a hardcore Maoist, identified as Mansingh
Munda, both residents of Jorgo Tola under Arki Police Station
in Khunti District, were arrested from Mankidih under Tamar block
in Ranchi District of Jharkhand, during an operation launched
by Ranchi Police to arrest Maoist 'zonal commander' Kundan Pahan
and his squad.
BSF personnel seized
four electronic detonators and four bundles of wire planted by
CPI-Maoist to target the SFs on the route that connects Bhedaguda
with Kumbahriput in Rayagada District, during a combing operation
in the Bhedaguda forest under Bandhugaon Block in Koraput District
of Odisha.
Sabyasachi Panda,
leader of OMP, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, was arrested
during a Police raid at a hideout following intelligence inputs
in Ganjam District of Odisha. Panda is wanted in more than 50
criminal cases, including the murder of Swami Laxamananda Saraswati
and four of his aides in Kandhamal District in August 23, 2008.
Three CPI-Maoist
cadres, identified as Ganguram Nareti (40), Sadaram Darro (38),
and Golram Nareti, were arrested during a joint search operation
of BSF and District Police under Durgukondal Police Station limits
of Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
A CPI-Maoist 'zonal
commander', identified as Krishna Yadav alias Badalji, carrying
INR 3,00,000 reward on his head, was arrested from Ambakhuria
village in Dhurki of Garhwa District of Jharkhand.
Jharkhand intelligence
agencies have found links between human traffickers in the State
and Maoists. Trafficking of girls from Jharkhand villages to cities
like Delhi and Mumbai is a source of income for the Maoists. Armed
with evidence of this link, Jharkhand Police is now preparing
to impose the UAPA, 2008, on traffickers and confiscate their
property.
A woman CPI-Maoist
cadre, identified as Vanthala Jhansi alias Kusai (22), carrying
INR. 100,000 reward on her head, surrendered before SP Vikram
Jeet Duggal in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh. Vanthala
was an active member of the Galikonda and Korukonda 'area committees',
and was involved in about 10 offences.
Garhwa SP Sudhir
Kumar Jha said the operation against CPI-Maoist would continue
in the District and Police are keeping a close watch on their
activity. A meeting of Maoists from three Districts - Latehar,
Garhwa (Jharkhand) and Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) is reportedly
going to be held on Bhurha hill on the border of the three Districts
and the Police are set to counter them, said the SP.
Two GNLA militants
were injured when Meghalaya Police raided a GNLA hideout at Warima
Songmagre, near Chokpot in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
A search operation is going on for the injured militants. Two
senior militants Jangjang and Kongsil along with around 15 militants
were reported to have been camping in the hide out. Two pistols,
one shotgun, one Chinese grenade, 90 rounds of AK rifles ammunition,
several empty cases and four mobile handsets were recovered from
the hide out.
Two GNLA militants
were injured when Meghalaya Police raided a GNLA hideout at Warima
Songmagre, near Chokpot in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
A search operation is going on for the injured militants. Two
senior militants Jangjang and Kongsil along with around 15 militants
were reported to have been camping in the hide out. Two pistols,
one shotgun, one Chinese grenade, 90 rounds of AK rifles ammunition,
several empty cases and four mobile handsets were recovered from
the hide out.
KSU President Daniel
Khyriem stated in Shillong in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya
that the Pro-ILP groups will not be afraid of any ploy of the
government to disperse the groups since they are committed to
having a mechanism to protect the local indigenous people of the
State.
SFs arrested a militant
identified as Soibam Rakesh Singh of the KCP-MC from Leimapokpam
Khunpham Makha Leikai in Bishnupur District of Manipur. One mobile
phone handset along with two SIM cards was recovered from him.
On a follow up action another KCP-MC militant identified as Chanambam
Puranjoy Singh who was involved in lobbing a grenade at the house
of the Director of NIT on April 6, 2014 at Nambol Bazar was arrested
from an undisclosed location.
An overground worker
for KYKL or PREPAK identified as Modha Chandra was arrested from
Thamnapokpi Awang Leikai in Bishnupur District of Manipur. A 9
mm Pistol with four live rounds were recovered from him.
The Deputy CM Gaikhangam
Gangmei stated in the Manipur Assembly that there was no official
report of any militant outfits recruiting 278 child soldiers in
Churachandpur District.
Naga students and
civil organisations which had submitted a memorandum to Governor
Vinod Kumar Duggal for withdrawal of additional SFs from Ukhrul
District of Manipur who were brought in after the killing of UADC
member Ngalangzar Malue on July 12, may announce their own agitations.
The additional 700
IRB and Police Commandos who were send to Ukhrul District of Manipur
after the killing of UADC member Ngalangzar Malue on July 12 may
be garrisoned permanently in Ukhrul District.
A Naga delegation
led by Naga Hoho vice president Samson Remai held a consultative
meeting with Tangkhul frontal organizations and select groups
at TNL hall in Ukhrul district and stated that the developing
situation in Ukhrul was provocative and not an isolated case of
militarization process of Manipur Government.
During the Cease
Fire review meeting NSCN-IM stated that it was not sheltering
the six accused of Pachaspura killing, in which nine Karbis were
killed by alleged NSCN-IM militants. During the meeting NK Singh
had asked the NSCN-IM representatives to hand over six accused
of Pachaspura killing sheltering inside the NSCN-IM camp Hebron
near Dimapur, Nagaland.
According to Police ICICI Bank
in Ahmedabad received a deposit of FICN worth INR 12,000 by a
customer.
Apex bodies of Chang community
including CKS, CTS, CGOA, and CCSU alleged that SMO Noklak HQ
Dr. Sungmo Chang, was abducted for ransom of INR 48,000 by FGN
Longdon sub- region, Khiamniungan region under the command of
P. Puckaio Razou Peyu and taken to an isolated location, nearly
two kilometers away from Noklak town in Tuensang District of Nagaland.
SFs arrested three militants identified
as ‘captain Joseph’, ‘sepoy’ Assevo and ‘major’ Akhoza Rhakho
of NSCN-K from general area of Kami village in Phek District of
Nagaland. Two 7.65 mm pistols, two tax collection booklets, one
tax collection letter of ''ministry of chaplee'' (Finance) and
INR 3190 were recovered from the militants.
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July 18 |
Anwer Bhatkal, a
distant relative of IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal has been killed
in fighting in Afghanistan. This came to light after the terrorist
group Ansar ul-Tawhid ul-Hind released a Twitter message paying
homage to a member. Anwer was an integral part of the IM's activities
in Dubai since 2008. He had been working for several years in
Dubai as a car driver and was serving as a logistics person for
the IM in Dubai till recently, sources said. He was identified
by sources as Noor alias Anwer Bhatkal on the basis of a photograph
that was tweeted along with an online message announcing his death.
Sources said that Anwer Bhatkal sheltered IM operatives Riyaz
Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal when they fled to the Gulf after a crackdown
on the IM across India in 2008 and was constantly in their company.
Army foiled an infiltration
bid by a group of heavily armed militants along LoC in Gurez Sector
of Bandipora District of J&K.
Troops thwarted two
more infiltration attempts by two big groups of militants along
the LoC in Balakote and Shahpur Sectors of Poonch District of
J&K.
Army foiled an infiltration
bid by a group of heavily armed militants along the IB in Arnia
Sector of Jammu District of J&K.
BSF submitted a report
on the border situation to the UMHA Rajnath Singh apprising him
of tension in Arnia Sector and mischief by the Pakistani Rangers
to create trouble on the IB by resorting to unprovoked and indiscriminate
firing targeting not only the BSF posts but even the civil population.
Official sources told, "This was evident from the bullets received
by the dead BSF jawans as the weapon with which they had been
fired were not being used by the Rangers, which indicated that
the highly trained militants had mixed up with the Rangers to
create trouble on the IB.''
For the second day
running, troops of the BSF recovered FICN along the Indo-Bangladesh
border in Malda District of West Bengal. The recovery was of face
value INR 8,00,000. The plastic bag with the FICN was apparently
thrown across the border fence by Bangladeshi smugglers who fled.
The seized FICN was handed over to the Kaliachak Police Station.
The first additional
metropolitan sessions judge in Hyderabad acquitted a former IAF
employee, Mohammed Abbas, who was arrested from New Delhi in November,
2011 on charges of planning subversive activities in Hyderabad.
Abbas was arrested in a sedition and criminal conspiracy case
related to the alleged HM leader Mujeeb Ahmed.
LeT 'founder' and
JuD 'chief' Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, is working on a lethal plan
to unleash a fresh reign of terror in the Kashmir Valley. Intelligence
sources claimed that for this purpose Saeed has now set up a special
Kashmir Cell drawing the best and most motivated militants from
LeT and JeM. These militants are being given advance training
in use of sophisticated weapons and fighting Indian SFs at a special
camp, set up in South Afghanistan, by foreign mercenaries, especially
from Chechnya.
Two people, identified
as G Jayaraj and N Ramanujam were arrested by the Crime Branch-Counterfeit
Currency Wing, Coimbatore unit near Coimbatore railway junction,
along with FICN with a face value of INR 26,000. The duo was remanded
to judicial custody. According to Police, Ramanujam was assigned
to design the currency by the gang. After designing the currency
he gave it to Jayaraj.
Police arrested a
person, Haroon Rasheed in connection with the distribution of
FICN worth INR 3,00,000, in Malappuram. "Haroon Rasheed worked
as a sub-contractor at a hollow bricks firm in Kondotty. He used
the Bengali labourers there to bring fake notes via Bangladesh
to India. Haroon Rasheed will use this money in different shops
during hectic hours. More persons are involved in this crime.
It also has an international link. National agencies have collected
evidence in the case and we are in search for the remaining persons
in the mafia," Malappuram SI Manoj Parayatta said.
An encounter between
CPI-Maoist and the SF personnel took place during a combing operation
in the Prabhasuni Reserve Forest in Deogarh District of Odisha.
However, no casualties were reported.
An IED was recovered
by SFs at Kaiphundai,17 kilometres away from Jiribam in Imphal
East District on NH-37 of Manipur.
URF declared that
it has no connection with monetary demand made to National Institute
of Electronics and Information Technology, (NIEIT), Imphal Centre.(Manipur)
Deputy CM Gaikhangam
Gangmei stated in Manipur Assembly that more than four hundred
criminal cases have been recorded in the Hill Districts of Senapati,
Tamenglong, Churachandpur, Chandel and Ukhrul, with maximum of
them in Ukhrul District in the past 15 years since the NSCN-IM
signed the cease fire agreement with the GoI. He also added that
there was shortage of SFs in Hill Districts and the shortage was
being made up by the Army to a certain extent. He also added that
the SFs sent to Ukhrul town were selected from the valley Districts
and there are Kukis, Nagas and Meiteis amongst them.
Manipur Deputy CM,
Gaikhangam Gangmei clarified that there was no militarization
in Ukhrul town. Naga political organisations such as UNC termed
the move of the State Government of sending additional SFs as
"militarization" in Ukhrul after the killing of UADC member Ngalangzar
Malue on July 12.
An individual identified
as Ashok Suklavaidya was rescued from an undisclosed location
by Assam Police.
Assam Police have
identified four militants identified as Lengra alias Sahash, Biliphang,
Gobla Basumatary and Soniram Daimari alias Saiklung belonging
to NDFB-IKS who were involved in abduction and killing of four
traders at Labdanguri in Baksa District on July 11.
23 temporary Police
pickets have been installed in Baksa District to instill confidence
among people of Baksa and to ensure the dominance of Police Forces.
Government of Assam is processing construction of 28 barracks
for those pickets Some more vulnerable pockets have been identified
and another 10 security posts will be functional within 15 days.
CFSB supervisor Wangtin
Naga of NSCN-K stated in Dimapur (Nagaland) that the faction will
never accept the outcome of the ongoing talks between the GoI
and NSCN-IM and termed the talks going on in New Delhi as 'IM
talks'.
GoI held ceasefire
review meetings with NSCN-K. Cease fire meeting was held in Police
Complex in Chumukedima in Dimapur District of Nagaland. Chairman
of CFSB retired Major General NK Singh stated that the Government
representatives insisted that NSCN-K should restrain from extortion
activities and also restrict movement of armed cadres in public
places as both activities against the ceasefire ground rules besides
vitiating the peaceful atmosphere. GoI also asked NSCN-K not to
extend material or logistic support to other insurgent groups
taking shelter in Myanmar. Wangtin Naga of NSCN-K stated that
GoI was branding 'Naga tax' collected by NSCN-K as extortion and
that carrying of arms, to some extent, was necessitated as self-defense
measures against threat to life from other rivals groups.
General NK Singh
stated that that CFSB jurisdiction is only in Nagaland and has
nothing to do with happenings in Manipur relating to the killing
of UADC member on July 12 by NSCN-IM militants. He added that
if the situation worsens it could affect situation in Nagaland
too.
Jowai Police arrested
an individual identified as Chemi Phawa in connection with the
abduction of a six-year-old boy from his residence at Mihmyntdu
village of West Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya.
The boy, who was
kidnapped for ransom by masked miscreants on July 17, was abandoned
on the National Highway. The boy's mother had received a phone
call demanding INR 1 million for her son's safe release. (Meghalaya).
SFs recovered one
M 16 Rifle, two Carbine Machine Guns, two 7.62 mm barrels, 73
live rounds of 7.62mm Rifle, six live Lathode shells, ten live
rounds of 12.7mm, 17 rounds of 5.56mm, two magazines of M-16 Rifle,
two magazines of Carbine, two magazines .303 Rifles and a Chinese
hand grenade from general area of Aishi Top in Imphal West District
of Manipur.
A militant of the
Military Council of Kangleipak Communist Party identified as Jiten
Singh alias Tomba was arrested from Lilong Bazar in Thoubal
District of Manipur. A 9 mm pistol with magazine, four live rounds
and INR 23190 was recovered from him.
UNC in a memorandum
to the PM Narendra Modi has sought intervention of the Central
Government for revocation of CrPC 144, removal of Police Commandos
and IRB from Naga areas and for the State Government to observe
ground rules of cease fire. (Manipur).
NSCN-K reiterated the idea of
forming a common front of northeast militant groups but denied
having any links with other militant groups of the region or having
provided them with shelter in camps based in Myanmar.
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July 19 |
A youth, identified
as Suhail Ahmad Lone (18), was killed in an alleged CRPF firing
in Kulgam District of South Kashmir during protests against Israeli
aggression in Gaza. At least two dozen persons including Police
men were also injured in the clashes in the aftermath of the killing.
DIG, South Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar said the SFs opened fire
to rescue DSP Headquarters Kulgam, Irshad Ahmad, who along with
his escort were encircled by the mob at Qaimoh during protests.
The mob tried to lynch a Police constable when the SFs forces
opened firing.
UMHA dispatched 2000
additional BSF personnel to the IB to strengthen the force and
ensure that the militants didn't manage to take advantage of firing
and infiltrate into this side. Apart from additional manpower,
the UMHA has also moved surveillance equipments, vehicles and
other infrastructure support along the border to strengthen Intelligence
network, coordination with sister agencies and conduct special
operations along the IB. (J&K).
A special court for
PMLA cases issued summons against 77 individuals and firms charge
sheeted by the ED in the INR 53.95 billion hawala racket. The
kingpins of the scam, Afroz Fatta and Madanlal Jain, are already
in judicial custody.
After news of four
persons from Kalyan having reportedly flown to Iraq to join the
ISIS and many disaffected youth seeking visas to go there, Delhi
Police has started searching for families whose members have gone
to the Middle East and might have got 'trapped' into joining the
Islamist militants. Delhi Police is in touch with the MEA to get
details of the youths who have gone to the Middle East over the
past few years, said another source.
According to the
latest statistics released by Switzerland's Fedpol, a significant
quantum of fake Indian rupee notes are in their country, the third
highest for any foreign currency after Euro and the USD. The number
of fake Euro notes seized in the year 2013 stood at 2,394, while
there were 1,101 fake US dollar bills, followed by the number
of fake Indian rupee notes found in Switzerland during 2013 stood
at 403. This included 380 fake INR 500 notes and another 23 counterfeit
INR 1,000 notes.
Six CPI-Maoist cadres,
identified as Somnath, Kajru, Ratiram, Raiju, Rajnu and Rajman,
active in the Koranda region, were arrested by a joint team of
CRPF and DF from Koranda forests under Benoor Police Station limits
in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
A self-styled CPI-Maoist
'deputy commander', identified as Sop Singh (26), and three other
hardcore Maoists - Shiv Prasad Korram ( 25), Ramlal Sori (30)
and Phool Singh - surrendered before the CRP) in Kondagaon District
of Chhattisgarh.
Sabyasachi Panda,
the leader of OMP, a splinter group of CPI-Maoist has been granted
10-day Police custody by the Berhampur SDJM in Ganjam District
of Odisha.
Three CPI-Maoist
cadres belonging to a Maoist 'military platoon', surrendered before
Police at Antagarh area in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. The
surrendered Maoists were involved in several deadly ambush and
major attacks, said SP, Kanker, RN Dash.
A woman CPI-Maoist
'assistant commander', identified as Sumitra Kuanr, who was carrying
a bounty of INR 4,00,000 on her head, was arrested by Sambalpur
District Police form Badabahal area of Sambalpur District of Odisha.
She was working for the Sambalpur-Deogarh-Sundargarh Zone of the
CPI-Maoist.
An operation was
launched by SFs after getting a tip off that Lafa, a 'section
commander' of NDFB-IKS along with 34 militants were hiding in
the house of an individual identified as Dilip Rai in Ultapani
village in Kokrajhar District of Assam. During the search operation
two hand grenades, three mobile sets and three SIM cards were
recovered from his house.
Union Minister of
Home Affairs Rajnath Singh assured a Bodo delegation that GoI
would take all needed initiatives to resolve the Bodoland problem
as soon as the Parliament session was over. ABSU president Pramod
Bodo stated that "We have appealed to the Home Minister to resume
the tripartite talks that was started in the UPA regime. We have
also appealed to RajnathSinghji to expedite the talks with different
militant organizations".
The driver of a private
vehicle who was taken away at gunpoint on July 13 while travelling
from Tura to Dalu in West Garo Hills District (Meghalaya) has
been released unharmed after his family paid ransom money to the
abductors. Ansar Ali (35), hailing from Bidyapara area of Dhubri
in Assam, was released at 12th mile (Baromile), not far from Kherapara
in West Garo Hills District. The wife of the victim reportedly
handed over INR 150000 to a member of the outfit at Dobasipara
locality of Tura, Police sources revealed. Police have already
identified the outfit as the ANCA which reportedly is a rag tag
group of criminals using militant names to abduct civilians for
ransom.
A militant identified
as 'sergeant' Gairiupou Gonmei alias Heala of NSCN-K was arrested
from area Happy Colony in Nonei III in Tamenglong District of
Manipur. One 9mm pistol, one magazine, four live rounds, eight
rounds of M-16 and one mobile phone were recovered from him.
MNPF claims that
Nagas, particularly who reside in Manipur, have been suffering
for a long under GoI and NSCN-IM. In a press statement, MNPF assistant
publicity secretary Thomas Numai said, "Our land has become a
land of anarchy and left with chaos in the name of ceasefire between
GoI and NSCN-IM".
NSCN-IM CFMC convener
Kraibo Chawang stated that the ceasefire agreement signed between
GoI and NSCN-IM was applicable "without territorial limit." He
added that when a cease fire pact is signed with another party
both the parties cease to confront each other. (Nagaland).
GSU met with Union Minister of
State for Home Kiren Rijiju in New Delhi and to expedite the peace
pact with ANVC and ANVC-B.
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July 20 |
At least 40 persons
including 22 Policemen were injured in clashes that broke out
in Kulgam District of J&K over the killing of a youth in SFs firing
on protesters.
Pakistan violated
the ceasefire and opened fire along the IB at Arnia Sector and
parts of RS Pura Sector in Jammu District, targeting civilian
areas. The BSF retaliated effectively. However, no casualties
were reported.
An alert from R&AW
suggests that Pakistan-based gangs are running fake lottery rackets
through 349 Indian bank accounts. "Input from R&AW indicates that
349 bank accounts are being used/operated by Indian associates
for facilitating Pakistan-based groups running fake lottery rackets,"
an official note said adding that details of 99 users of Indian
telephone numbers who are the local collaborators of the Pakistani
groups "are under watch".
Two persons, identified
as Yogesh Vardani and Ramadhar Verma, were arrested for allegedly
supplying hardware materials and air guns to Naxals-LWEs in Sukma
District of Chhattisgarh.
One Assam Police
Constable of 2nd Assam Police Task Force, identified as Arpan
Barua, was killed in the Doldoli Reserve Forest area of Karbi
Anglong District along Assam-Nagaland border after Naga extremist
elements opened fire on workers and security personnel engaged
in an eviction operation in Doldoli Reserve Forest in Karbi Anglong
District to clear tracts allegedly encroached upon by people from
Nagaland side. Another Police personnel and a forest official
were injured. During the eviction drive more than 150 illegally
constructed houses were destroyed and two SBBL were recovered.
ASP Nanda Singh stated
that Naga extremists fired with INSAS rifles, light machine guns
and rocket launchers. (Assam).
A militant identified
as Chandan Narzary alias N Jara of the NDFB-IKS was arrested from
Duttapur in Bongaigaon District of Assam.
An ASAK militant,
identified as Goera D Sangma was killed after he challenged Police
at Rimthangpara area of Purakasua called Watregittim, one kilometer
from Ritekpara in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. Sangma
came face to face with Police challenging them with a one live
China-made grenade.
CPI-MLM, the new outfit floated
by OMP leader Sabyasachi Panda, dubbed the arrest of their top
leader as “an act of cowardice” by Odisha Government. In a letter
released to the media, leader of the CPI-MLM ‘central committee’,
Shekhar claimed that Panda was a victim of conspiracy and betrayal.
Suspected cadres of PLFI killed,
Laxman Pahan alias Laxman Munda, Sarpanch of Karkatta
village in Tupudana area in Ranchi District of Jharkhand.
A UPLA militant identified as
Pratap Hanse and linkman identified as Julias Engti alias
Makoi were arrested from Hamren in Karbi Anglong Distric of Assam.
SFs arrested a KYKL militant,
identified as ‘lance corporal’ Saikhom Kishan Meitei alias
Bashan, from Pallel area in Thoubal District of Manipur.
One militant identified as ‘lieutenant’
Vito Achumi of NNC-NA was arrested by SFs while serving demand
slips at PR Hill in Kohima in Kohima District of Nagaland.
ACAUT
Nagaland, has alleged that NSCN-IM was still utilizing the services
of ‘suspected illegal immigrants’ to collect tax under “flying
business” for the fiscal year 2013-14.
The Delhi Police Special Cell
arrested Abdul Subhan Qureshi (42), a LeT 'commander' and ideologue,
from Sarai Kale Khan Area foiling what sources described as an
imminent major terror strike on the Capital.
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July 21 |
One militant killed as infiltration
bid foiled by BSF along the IB at Karol Matrayan forward village
in Bobiya area of Hiranagar Sector in Kathua District of J&K.
At least 15 persons including
three Policemen were injured in clashes and protests that broke
out in many parts of Kulgam District of J&K for the third
consecutive day over the killing of a youth in SFs firing.
J&K Police arrested around
a dozen persons on charges of stone-pelting and attacking Nowhatta
Police Station of Srinagar city during anti-Israel protests.
It is reportedly believed that
Boko Haram, which funds its acts of terror through its involvement
in the drug trade, has now entered India with the help of fugitive
gangster Dawood Ibrahim. This disclosure came recently when many
Nigerians were arrested in Goa last year (2013).
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik in Odisha
Legislative Assembly said CPI-Maoist cadres have killed 435 persons,
including 210 SFs and 235 civilians in the last 14 years, while
the security personnel have eliminated 139 Maoists during the
same period. The Chief Minister further said 119 civilians and
218 security personnel were also injured in Maoist violence.
Communications and Information
Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed the Lok Sabha
that mobile networks under the Universal Service Obligation Fund
scheme in Naxal affected areas are likely to be set up within
15 months.
Giridih Police recovered more
than 50 country-made guns and 15 rifles, a huge cache of bullets,
four boxes of Maoist literature, a large number of detonators,
among other things, after destroying a Maoist bunker in the south
of Mohanpur village atop Parasnath Hill in Giridih District of
Jharkhand.
Members of AASU and 26 organisations
representing the State’s indigenous populace staged a dharna
in front of the Raj Bhawan in Guwahati of Assam. The protest was
against illegal cross-border migration from Bangladesh.
Assam residents protested against
the growing abduction of Assam-based businessmen in Garo Hills
at Mancachar in Dhubri District of Assam.
Deputy CM Gaikhangam stated in
the assembly that the cease fire agreement between NSCN-IM and
GoI was not applicable to the State of Manipur. He added that
the State is taking up necessary measures to tackle the anti-social
activities of NSCN-IM.
Gaikhangam stated in the State
Assembly that as many as 420 cases related with crimes committed
by NSCN-IM has been registered by state Police in the last 15
years since the outfit entered into ceasefire agreement with GoI
and that during the same period 455 militants of NSCN-IM have
been arrested in Manipur.
Several youths from Thoubal District
of Manipur are under Police and Intelligence scanner after a report
claimed that they had been “recruited” by al Qaeda. State Police
and Intelligence agencies started the surveillance activities
after a Delhi-based monthly news magazine carried a report that
al Qaeda recruited 17 youths from Lilong, one of the biggest minority
dominated areas in Thoubal District.
GNLA chokpot ‘area commander’
Jangjang Sangma stated that the destruction of several of the
outfit’s camps, the most recent one being at Durama Adugre in
Meghalaya on July 11, would not demoralize GNLA.
NSCN-KK condemned the raid by
SFs on the house of RAO Chakhesang Region, at Sovima in Dimapur
District of Nagaland on July 14. NSCN-KK's “MIP” stated that the
raid was ‘Violation and breach’ of agreed Ceasefire rules by SFs.
NSCN-K USR regional staffs, ‘central
secretariat’ staffs and senior leaders opposed the recent appointment
of its ‘chairman’ Selongkyu Sangtam and termed the appointment
as “unconstitutional”. USR vice chairman V. Akhum Sangtam has
threatened mass resignation from their respective posts if no
action was made against the recent appointment.
A grenade was lobbed by assailants
at Bogidara Switch Gate area in Chirang District of Assam.
Manipur Deputy CM Gaikhangam stated
that additional SFs are being deployed in Ukhrul as per security
needs and to maintain law and order. He also stated that CrPc
144 has been imposed for the whole year in Imphal as well.
The NDFB-IKS militant, B K Geremsha
killed was a ‘corporal’ in NDFB-IKS and was the ‘section commander’
of the ‘Dhubri platoon’ of the outfit. (Assam)
Group of deserters from ANVC-B,
identified as Dikka, Bryno, Sengseng Shakespeare, Nathan, Abot,
Sengsak, Krunen and Sang abducted a teenage boy identified as
Boke D Marak from Bajengdoba Narangkol village in North Garo Hills
District of Meghalaya for ransom.
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July 22 |
Oboro Suraksha Samiti called a
12-hour strike in Assam in support of its demand for exclusion
of non-Bodo villages from the BTAD to ensure security of lives
and properties of non-Bodos living in the area. Oboro Suraksha
Samiti stated that militants were targeting non-Bodos of the BTAD
in a bid to drive them out and prove the majority of Bodos in
the area.
A group of at least 10 militants
intruded about 700 meters inside LoC and opened fire on the troops
in an attempt to sneak into Indian side killing an Army trooper
in forward village of Chakla in Pallanwalla Sector of Akhnoor
tehsil of Jammu District.
Police recovered 41 rounds of
ammunition from Malyalan forest range of Keri Sector in Rajouri
District of J&K.
Union Defence Minister Arun Jaitley
said the Indian Army has been retaliating in a befitting manner
to every violation of the ceasefire by the Pakistan Army, in the
backdrop of around 60 such incidents being recorded along the
LoC and IB in J&K in 2014.
One person, identified as Rafeeq,
an agent dealing with FICN in Chennai, Tamil Nadu was arrested
by the NIA.
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju in Lok Sabha informed that Amarnath
Yatra is under threat of terror attack as per the intelligence
inputs. We have alerted the concerned agencies and 112 companies
of paramilitary in J&K have been deployed for yatra route
security, said Rijiju.
The blast at a parking area outside
Faraskhana Police Station in Pune on July 10, 2014, has prompted
IB to issue alert to all the Police Stations in the Maharashtra.
The central intelligence agency has asked the Police Stations
to ensure that their parking lots are under proper vigil.
Union Minister of State for Home
Kiren Rijiju said in Lok Sabha that Government has no plans
to review the AFSPA. The Minister said for preventing misuse of
powers under the AFSPA, guidelines containing ‘Do’s and Don’ts’
for the armed forces deployed in counter insurgency operations
have been issued as per the directions of the SC.
CPI-Maoist cadres blasted a portion
of a railway track at Lahat village under Rafiganj Police Station
in Aurangabad District of Bihar between Ismailpur and Rafiganj
section leading to derailment of a pilot engine running ahead
of the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express.
A CPI-Maoist militia member, identified
as Madakam Singaiah (25), was arrested by the Police during an
area domination operation near Tippapuram village in Charla mandal
in Khammam District of Telangana.
After fasting for more than a
week to get a writ petition filed in the Calcutta High Court,
alleged CPI-Maoist leader Anup Roy ended his hunger strike at
Presidency Correctional Centre in Kolkata, West Bengal.
As the CPI-Maoist started preparations
to celebrate Martyrs’ Week beginning from July 28, 2014, the Odisha
Police and Central Forces are preparing themselves to face the
challenge.
The UMHA informed the Lok Sabha
that it has information that Naxals particularly, the CPI-Maoist,
have been collecting about INR 1.4 billion annually as ‘levy’
from industrialists, businessmen and contractors in LWE-affected
States.
A militant of NDFB-IKS, identified
as B K Geremsha, was killed by SFs at Parbhatjhora in Kokrajhar
District of Assam. An AK-56 rifle, two magazines, 67 live rounds
and magazine pouches were recovered from him.
Suspected DHD militants have made
extortion calls to a businessman, identified as Biju Singha, in
Diphu in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.
One student was injured when Police
tried to disperse a rally demanding implementation of ILP system
in Imphal East of Manipur.
CFMG chairman NK Singh stated
that cease fire agreement with NSCN-IM was under stress as there
have been “repeated, deliberate” and frequent serious violations
of ground rules. He further added that NSCN-IM has formally accepted
that they killed Athong Yimchunger of NSCN-KK recently and had
tacitly accepted that NSCN-IM was involved in killing of nine
people in Pachaspura in Dimapur of Nagaland in January 2014.
NSCN-KK threatened that they will
not allow MOGPL from undertaking oil operations unless it first
sets up an oil refinery in Nagaland. They also claimed that oil
deposits in Nagaland belong to the Nagas and the future generations.
ANVC ‘publicity Secretary’ Arist
Sengsrang N Sangma said that scaling down from their two earlier
demands of ‘Greater Garoland’ and ‘Garoland Autonomous Council’
did not mean that the outfit had given up the original demand
of ‘Greater Garoland’.
The new directive by UMHA stating
that no talks with armed groups unless they lay down their arms
have been welcomed by Meghalaya security agencies.
An IED planted by suspected NDFB-IKS
was diffused by the Army at Parupota village in Sonitpur District
of Assam.
The 'publicity secretary' of the
ANVC, Arist Sengsrang M Sangma said that the State and Central
Governments need to call the GNLA and other groups for negotiations
and just like our interlocutor P. C. Haldar asked us to bring
our breakaway faction ANVC-B to the negotiating table, there should
also be conditions to GNLA to bring their breakaway faction, namely
ASAK, along with them to the negotiating table.
Two extortionists of NSCN-IM,
identified as Achumi and Taliyanger were arrested by SOT of Dimapur
Police for alleged extortion from New Market in Dimapur in Dimapur
District of Nagaland. Illegal work permits totaling 27 and INR
22,400 were recovered from them.
Nagaland CM T R Zeliang said in
the Nagaland Assembly in Dimapur, “DAN-III Government in Nagaland
continues to give the highest priority to peaceful resolution
of the more than six decades old Naga political issue.”
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju clarified in Lok Sabha that that the
issue of citizenship in Assam would be determined on the basis
of the updated NRC 1951.
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July 23 |
Army foiled an infiltration bid
along the LoC in Tarkundi area of Balakote Sector in Poonch District
of J&K.
GOC 10 Infantry Division, Major
General AK Dhar said that militants have been adopting new strategy
of planting mines and then firing on the Army personnel to force
infiltration into this side but added that Army was successfully
foiling all such bids by the ultras.
A team of Crime Branch arrested
one person, identified as Uday Singh Nimje from Golibar Square
in Nagpur and recovered FICN worth INR 3,22,000 from him. As per
Police information, Nimje used to work at a shop where he handled
the counter and would give fake notes to customers.
The Kerala High Court dismissed
the bail plea of an accused, Mastigudda Aboobacker in the Thaliparamba
FICN case.
Two Indians were among five foreign
guards killed by a Taliban suicide bomber riding a motorbike in
an attack on Kabul Airport, the Indian MEA confirmed. MEA Spokesman
Syed Akbaruddin said the two Indians, identified as Ponnappan
V Kuttappan and Parambhat Ravindran from Kerala state were employed
as security guards with an American security firm named Dyna Corporation
in Kabul.
SFs killed a Maoist ‘commander’,
identified as Vishal alias Tulsi alias Tadit, also
the ‘special committee member’ of the CPI-Maoist, in an operation
near Limba-Sosokutti village in Khunti District of Jharkhand.
The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up
a mobile phone tower in Salaiya area in Aurangabad District of
Bihar, during a bandh called by the Maoists to protest
against the alleged Police excesses and subsequent firing in Madanpur
area in the District.
Two suspected Maoists, identified
as Suraj Aru and Suresh Prasad were arrested and seven weapons
including three country-made rifles and an equal number of country-made
pistols were recovered during a joint operation conducted by the
District Police, STF and CRPF in Madanpur area in Aurangabad District
of Bihar.
SFs arrested three suspected CPI-Maoist
cadres, identified as Handram, Deva Ram and Bheema Ram, during
an operation led by CRPF in the Hamirgargh-Tongpal axis in Sukma
District of Chhattisgarh.
A hardcore Naxalite, identified
as Hidma Kavasi alias Ghali, carrying cash reward of INR
10,000, surrendered before SP Kamlochan Kashyap in Dantewada District
of Chhattisgarh.
Panda Munda alias Ravi
Pahan, Khunti ‘area commander’ of the PLFI, a splinter group of
the CPI-Maoist, who was wanted in more than 25 cases including
eight of murder, surrendered before Jharkhand DGP Rajiv Kumar
in Khunti District of Jharkhand.
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs, Kiren Rijiju informed the Rajya Sabha that a total
of 1,922 people, including 1,179 civilians, were killed due to
Naxal violence in the last three years. The Minister further
said 142 security personnel, 469 civilians and 99 LWEs were killed
in 2011 while 114 security personnel, 301 civilians and 74 LWEs
were killed in 2012 and 115 security men, 282 civilians and 100
LWEs were killed in 2013. He added that 61 security personnel,
127 civilians and 38 LWEs were killed till July 11, 2014.
The CPI-Maoist cadres have blown
up house of a Police Inspector, Kedarnath Singh, at Manjhauli
village under Amba Police Station limits in Aurangabad District
of Bihar.
Two Naxals have been arrested
while travelling in a Tata Sumo car, during a road checking, under
Amas Police Station limits on GT Road in Gaya District of Bihar.
Cadres of JPC killed a former
member of JPC, identified as Ishwari Oraon, and his body was found
in Daldaliya canal in Puroshottampur village under Panki Police
Station in Daltonganj District of Jharkhand.
One man, identified as Mazibar
Rahman was killed and four people were injured in an IED explosion
near Krishnai Police Station in Goalpara District of Assam. The
Police suspect Drishti Rajkhowa group of the ULFA-I behind the
attacks.
Three persons have been arrested
from Silonijan in Karbi Anglong District of Assam for their alleged
involvement in the kidnapping of three persons travelling from
Jorhat to Dimapur in Nagaland on a car from the bordering area
of Golaghat-Karbi Anglong District on July 19. The abducted persons
were released on July 21.
A senior GNLA militant, identified
as Signal Ch Sangma was arrested by SFs from Rangdapara in West
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
Senior leader of HNLC Phyranilang
Swer who was arrested from Kolkata in West Bengal has been placed
under MPDA for his alleged involvement in criminal activities
in the past and for maintaining links with the outlawed militant
outfit.(Meghalaya)
NSCN-IM CFMC ‘convenor’ Kraibo
Chawang stated that cease fire is ‘without territorial limits’,
as per the 2001, June 14 Bangkok Agreement. In response to the
Chairman’s statement that the cease fire was under stress due
to violations of ceasefire ground rules by NSCN-IM, Kraibo Chawang
stated that Chairman of CFMG was being used as a “tool” by vested
interests.
GK Pillai Committee, which was
set up by UMHA to study the viability of creating a separate State
for Bodoland has resumed its functions after the Lok Sabha elections,
stated Kiren Rijiju in Rajya Sabha.
Minister of DoNER, VK Singh clarified
in Lok Sabha that there is no proposal to grant visa-free entry
to Bangladeshi Nationals. He stated that as part of the bilateral
agenda between the two countries, revised travel arrangement was
signed and to the visa obtaining procedures and promote people-to-people
interactions.
Deputy CM Gaikhangam stated in
the Manipur Assembly that a total of 2432 militants have been
arrested in the State since April 2012 and INR 61,86,723 was seized
from their possession. While 2415 militants were arrested from
the State 17 were arrested from outside the State. He also stated
that out of the total money recovered from the militants INR 11,
05,100 has been accrued to the State exchequer while the remaining
INR 50, 81,623 is in Police Custody.
A youth leader identified as Manoj
Das, former General Secretary of the Baksa unit of AASU and utive
member of the Asom Sena, was killed by unidentified gunmen at
Mushalpur in Baksa District of Assam.
NIA registered three cases in
connection with the militant attacks in three villages in Baksa
and Kokrajhar Districts in BTAD in May in which 46 people were
killed.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma reviewed
overall law and order situation in State with senior Government
officials. The meeting also reviewed the law and order situation
in Garo Hills in the wake of spurt in killing and abduction cases.
CFMC convenor Kraibo Chawang stated
in Dimapur that NSCN-IM has been ‘investigating’ the killing of
Ngalangzar Malue, the UADC member’ who was killed in an ambush
on July 12. (Nagaland)
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July 24 |
Army foiled an infiltration bid
by militants along the LoC in Balakote Sector of Poonch District
of J&K.
Army and Police recovered a consignment
of arms and explosives from Bean Bharath area in Doda District
of J&K. The recoveries included 205 AK rounds, one pistol,
two country made guns, two grenades, two HE 36 grenades, six launchers
shells, 42 pistol rounds, 41 SLR rounds, 55 detonators, 10 Pika
rounds, one binocular of Pika rifles, one RDX box, three magazines,
two pistol magazines and two SLR magazines.
Police arrested one person, identified
as Shaikh Asif Shaikh Usman along with FICN in face value of INR
1,92,000 near Wardha railway station in Wardha District. The search
revealed 385 FICN of INR 500 denomination which were seized by
Police.
NSG Director General J.N. Chaudhary
said in New Delhi that threats from Pakistan-based terror outfits
like the LeT, HM and IM are very real, and urged SFs to be alert
to this danger. "Though our SFs have been really successful,
as they have picked up many operatives, the incidents won't be
frequent. They will be of the Black Swan variety and with huge
impact," said Chaudhary.
An OWG of LeT, identified as Parvaiz
Ahmed Khuroo was arrested along with a Chinese Pistol and grenades
in a joint operation of Police and Army in Pattan area of Baramulla
District of J&K.
Two persons, identified as Suresh
Kumar and Hitesh Kumar, were arrested in the Flower bazaar area
of Chennai along with FICN with a face value of INR 100,000. The
notes turned out to be photocopies of INR 1,000 denomination.
A few cellphones and laptops were seized from them.
A defunct arms and explosive manufacturing
unit belonging to the CPI-Maoist was neutralised, in a joint exercise
of Jareikela Police and CRPF personnel, in Saranda forest near
Cheraradera village of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
Seven CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Raiman Korram alias Murli, Samdu Korram, Ramji, Jarha,
Chaitram, Budruram and Mangal, were arrested along with arms and
explosives during a search operation carried out by Police in
separate locations under Bayanar Police Station limits of Kondagaon
District of Bastar region, Chhattisgarh.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Nandu Palia alias Jata alias Ranjit (14) and
Ghanashyam Samad alias Makara alias Santosh (13),
surrendered before the SP at Kalinga Nagar Police Station in Jajpur
District of Odisha.
Two Maoists, identified as Ranjit
Palei (14) and Makara Samal (14), surrendered at Kalinga Nagar
Police Station in Jajpur District of Odisha.
A militant, identified as Hoji
Chorki was killed and a militant identified as Bhadra Moshi, alias
Nilmani Barman was injured, both belonging to UDLA in an encounter
with SFs at Ghutghuti near Ratabari in Karimganj District of Assam.
One automatic rifle, a country-made gun and ammunition were recovered
from the militants.
Five KPLT militants, including
its ‘general secretary’ identified as Ranam Lijang were arrested
from Kharping Kro village in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.
The other militants have been identified as Anglop Timung, Ramu
Teron, Khor Sing Teron and Anjok Teron. An AK-56 rifle, a magazine
with 44 rounds of live ammunition, a SLR a magazine with 39 rounds
of live ammunition, a 303 rifle, a magazine with eight rounds
of ammunition, a Lathod gun, three Chinese grenades, a laptop,
five mobile handsets, a solar panel and INR 20,000 were recovered
from the militants.
Security has been stepped up in
Goalpara District after the IED attack on July 23 at Krishnai
in Goalpara District of Assam. According to Goalpara Police a
group of six militants of the ULFA-I led by Drishti Rajkhowa has
sneaked into Goalpara District to create trouble ahead of the
Independence Day.
Police recovered a body of a migrant
labourer, identified as Saidul Islam from Penny Valley locality
in Aglanggre in Tura of West Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Unconfirmed
reports indicate that he was abducted at gunpoint from a construction
sites in Tura.
GNLA joined the Garo Hills–based
NGOs in protesting EC in the GHADC’s move to amend the Garo customary
laws 2009 through legislation. GNLA in a press release issued
by ''political secretary'' Bikdot Nikjang Marak stated that any
attempt to change or support or in favour of this bill, by any
politician, minister, MLA, MDC or leader will be dealt with outmost
severity.
Security inputs and Intelligence
reports state that due to the ongoing Counter Insurgency Operations
in Garo Hills Region militants may seek refuge in localities of
Tura in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya and other urban
and rural areas as tenants to evade Police arrest.
JSU and JYF stated that they have
not retreated from their stand to have the ILP in the State. The
new stance of JSU and JYF is an implicit retreat from earlier
resolve of the thirteen pro-ILP groups who had resolved to have
a modified ILP. In a joint statement by both organizations, they
stated that “We know only one ILP and we have no idea about the
talk about modified format of the ILP”.
The agitation being spearheaded
by the Students Wing of Joint Committee on ILP intensified with
more than 30 students suffering injuries in different clashes
between students and Police at different areas of Imphal, Manipur.
UNC, the organisation of the Nagas
in Manipur has imposed a 48-hour general strike in the "Naga
inhabited" areas in the State from midnight.
Even as 144 CrPC prohibitory order
clamped at Ukhrul town, sit in protest in progress and public
curfew were enforced at the town against the Manipur Government
failure to attend the demand of the Ukhrul public for restoration
of normalcy.
M–20, 303 and country–made rifles
were recovered from Cheragi in Kokrajhar District of Assam, after
the encounter in which UDLA militant Hoji Chorki was killed.
A UNLF militant identified as
‘sergeant major’ Dhananoy Singh alias Lanchenba alias
Alli was arrested from Imphal West District of Manipur. One 9
mm pistol and five live rounds were recovered from him.
A UNPC militant identified as
‘second lieutanant’ Mayopam Hungyo was arrested from Sita road
Junction Tengnoupal in Chandel District of Manipur. One mo-bile
phone, one Pan Card and an Identity Card were recovered from him.
Dimapur Police arrested two alleged
extortionists of FGN while collecting “tax” from shops at Church
road in Dimapur in Dimapur District of Nagaland. The arrested
have been identified as Kughavi Swu and Hotoshe Zhimo INR 2040
was recovered from them.
DUCCCF has asked NSCN-IM to clarify
on how the residence of Levi Tangkhul a ‘brigadier’ in NSCN-IM
at Padumpukhuri ‘B’ in Dimapur was used as a place to keep stolen
vehicles. (Nagaland)
Two Maoists, identified as Ranjit
Palei (14) and Makara Samal (14), surrendered at Kalinganagar
Police Station in Jajpur District of Odisha.
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July 25 |
Pakistan Army resorted to ceasefire
violation on the LoC in Balakote and Mendhar sectors of Poonch
District of J&K targeting forward posts of the Indian Army.
Army Spokesman Colonel Manish Mehta said Pakistan Army resorted
to unprovoked small arms firing in Mendhar sector, which was responded
effectively by the troops from this side.
The Krishna District Police arrested
seven persons along with FICN worth INR 224,000, a computer and
a scanner, from an undisclosed location. The accused were identified
as Jalamsutram Venkanna, kingpin of the gang, Manda Prasad, Kolli
Naga Venkata Satyanarayana alias Satish, Gade Pradeep,
Vadlani Ramu, Siriguri Suryanarayana and Suddabattula Ramprasad.
Union Minister of Defence Arun
Jaitley said that the Government has asked China to cease all
activities in PoK. Jaitley told the Lok, “Government pays close
attention to Chinese activities in PoK and it has conveyed its
concerns to China and asked them to cease such activities.”
Two of the four youths of Kalyan
suspected to have joined ISIS called up their families earlier
this week and confirmed they were working as members of the militant
Sunni Islamist group in the Raqqa province of Syria, investigating
officials said.
India registered a strong protest
with Islamabad regarding the delay of 26/11 case in Pakistan.
While the Pakistan High Commissioner in New Delhi was summoned,
his Indian counterpart in Islamabad raised the issue of delay
in trial with the Pakistan foreign office.
Security has been increased across
Mumbai after Mumbai Police received a letter threatening to attack
Jewish places of worship in retaliation for the Israeli attack
on Gaza. The outfit calling itself “suicide mujahideen” threatened
to carry out blasts at synagogues across Mumbai on the last Friday
of the holy month of Ramzan. The letter addressed to City Commissioner
of Police, Rakesh Maria.
The CPI-Maoist cadres killed two
persons, identified as Govind Turi (50) and Utrar Bandhan Kherwar
(18), in Lohardaga District for refusing to let their children
join the banned outfit.
The Maoists killed three persons
in Gumla District of Jharkhand
Armed Maoists abducted four enrollers
from an Aadhaar camp at Marigata village in Malkangiri District
of Odisha, and released them after about six hours with a warning
to stop the enrolment process.
Bodies of three suspected KNLA
militants were recovered from two locations. Body of a militant,
identified as Seikholun Haokip, was recovered from a location
near Silemat village in Churachandpur District of Manipur. Also
bodies of KNLA militants, identified as Paothansang Vaiphei and
Paolal-muon, were recovered from a location between Saikul and
Thingchom village, along the Khuga Canal in Churachandpur District.
RPF claimed that Mohen Asem alias
Pemo, who was arrested by Imphal West District Police on an unspecified
date from North AOC in Imphal West District of Manipur, is not
related to the outfit.
12 students were injured in different
agitations demanding ILP in the State in Imphal and Thoubal Districts
of Manipur.
Two Police personnel, identified
as Constables Khymdiet and Lembartu Suchiang, were killed and
three Police personnel, identified as Constables Lembartu Suchiang
Arphius Khymdiet and Rahul Marak, were injured in an IED attack
by suspected GNLA militants at Rongram-Dadenggre road near Tebronggre
village in Tura West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. GNLA ‘area
commander’ of Tura region Baichung Momin is the main suspect behind
the attack
Two teenagers, identified as Brijil
M. Sangma and Lakshish Sangma, were injured in crossfire between
SFs and GNLA militants at Jogogre near Bajengdoba in East Garo
Hills District of Meghalaya when SFs raided a GNLA hideout. Police
have recovered a 7.65mm pistol with four live rounds of ammunition
and an empty cartridge from the hideout.
According to security outputs,
the killing of non tribal labourers in West Garo Hills is being
carried out to neutralize Police operations against militants.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma stated
that he has no role in the move to amend the Garo Customary Laws
2009. He said, “I am not even aware what was happening in GHADC
and nobody discussed it with me.”
Two ex-militants of KPLT, identified
as Kissan Rongpi alias Atur Hanse and Ram Teron alias
Kirim Teron, and two former militants of UPDS, identified as Oliver
Ingti and Nanda Das, were arrested from an unspecified location
in Karbi Anglong District of Assam for killing of school teacher
Sambhu Prasad Singh on July 10 at in Diphu in Karbi Anglong District.
A 9mm pistol allegedly used in the killing was recovered along
with five rounds from the ex-militants.
A militant involved in killing
of Hamren SP Nityananda Goswami on June 5, identified as Samson
Taru of UPLA, was arrested by SFs from Taralangso near Diphu in
Karbi Anglong District of Assam. A 9mm pistol along with five
live rounds was recovered from him.
HPC-D claimed responsibility for
the bomb attack on an unspecified date on a Mizoram Police vehicle
which was parked near the residence of Hmingchunghnunga, Chairman
of SHDC in Aizawl of Mizoram.
‘Commander-in-chief’ of UTLA Seipu
alias Ishael with his bodyguard was arrested from Chieng
kongpan in Churachandpur District of Manipur by SFs. A 5.56mm
Heckler and Koch-33 rifle, one .22 mm pistol one magazine Heckler
and Koch, one magazine .22 mm of pistol 30 live rounds Hechler
and Koch-33, 31 live rounds of 7.62mm AK-47, four live rounds
of .22mm pistol, one night vision binocular Bushnell two mobile
phones, four SIM cards, three pairs of combat dresses and one
combat shirt were recovered from them.
Five militants of NNC-NA identified
as Sepichum Sangtam, Aseba Sangtam, Nachulo Rengma, Tsalichum
Sangtam and Hangkiomong Yimchunger were arrested from MST area
in Dimapur in Dimapur District. Police recovered 26 extortion
slips and 19 counter slips of NNC-NA.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed two tribals,
identified as Deba Padiami (30) and Ganga Madkami (45), suspecting
them to be 'police informers' at Badliguda village under Kalimela
Police Station limits in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
NSCN-KK criticised the action
of AR in raiding the house of NSCN-KK kilonser (minister)
Hojei Swu. MIP also alleged that the raids have created a road
block in maintaining the cease fire and they also accused the
AR of taking undue advantage of AFSPA. (Nagaland).
Reacting to the rejoinder from
the NSCN-IM citing the signing of the June 14, 2001 agreement
and other pronouncements, CFMG chairman Lietenant General (Retired)
N.K. Singh said "without territorial limits" became non-existent
in the agreement. Singh reiterated that peace and tranquillity
were desirable anywhere irrespective of cease fires and added
that the formal position should be clear that cease fire with
NSCN does not extend beyond Nagaland adding, "that is where the
matter rests".
Tension has heightened around
Ralan area of Wokha District of Nagaland bordering Golaghat District
of Assam after a spate of incidents regarding disputed land issue,
when around a hundred Advasis, armed with bows and arrows, went
near a Naga village and fired blank shots in the air.
Dhubri SP Mridulanada Sarma expressed
concern over the presence of ULFA leader, Drishti Rajkhowa in
Goalpara District bordering Dhubri and three KLO militants along
the Assam-Bengal inter-state border.
The fifth Indo-Myanmar RBC meeting
between India and Myanmar was held in Imphal, Manipur. The Indian
delegation was led by GOC Lieutanant General SL Narasimhan. The
purpose of the meeting was to further enhance understanding and
cooperation between both the countries.
Two truck drivers, identified
as Langoljam Radhamohon and Khumanthem Sanjit, hailing from Manipur,
were allegedly abducted by suspected NSCN-KK militants from Piphema
in Dimapur District of Nagaland. Family members stated that the
militants have demanded INR 60,00,000 as ransom.
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July
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A Police man was killed and four
others including an Inspector of SOG of J&K Police were injured
in a militant attack at Sopore town in North Kashmir’s Baramulla
District.
Violating the ceasefire, Pakistani
troops targeted Indian forward posts with small arms along the
LoC in Akhnoor of Jammu District of J&K. There was no loss
of life or damage in the firing.
Pakistani troops opened firing
on the Indian posts at Mendhar Sectors of Poonch District of J&K.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
during search operation carried out by a Police team in separate
pockets in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Constable Rahul Marak of Meghalaya
Police died in hospital in Guwahati in Assam due to the injuries
sustained from the IED explosion on July 25.
Kokrajhar MP Naba Kumar Sarania
predicted that the volatile situation in BTAD, which is witnessing
unabated violence, might get worse. He apprehended that public
might take the law into its own hands to provide vigilante justice.
He also said that more non-Bodos might be targeted ahead of the
BTC election in 2015.
Union Minister for Sports, Sarbananda
Sonowal stated that GoI will support Assam to set up 100 new Foreigner’s
Tribunals.
SFs recovered 10400 commercial
detonators worth INR 15,60,000 in local market and around INR
26,00,000 in international market from residence of an individual
identified as Liangzuali at Zallen Veng Kolasib District of Mizoram.
Four individuals identified as
Dolay Chetry, Bikash Thapa Deepak Sunar and Arjun Thapa were arrested
from Chorzang Hamlet. Three unidentified explosive materials and
three spools of Cordtex were recovered. (Manipur)
A militant of KCP-MTF identified
as Ramesh Singh alias James was arrested by SFs from Pallel
in Thoubal District of Manipur. Extortion note of INR one million
and a diary containing names and amount collected from the locals
were recovered from the militant.
A KYKL militant identified as
Thingujam Angouba Singh was arrested by Imphal East District Police
Commandos from Khongman Okram Chuthek Jubraj Palli Machin in Imphal
East District of Manipur. A pistol and two loaded rounds were
recovered from him.
On a follow up action another
KYKL militant RK Diamond Singh was also arrested from his residence
in an unspecified location.(Manipur)
Three KYKL militants identified
as Moirangthem Nabachandra alias Nabachandra, Moirangthem
Tombiyai alias Tombi Singh and Phuritsabam Inaobi alias
Inaobi Singh were arrested during a frisking operation from Tentha
in Thoubal District of Manipur.
Eight militants of NSCN-IM arrested
on July 13 in connection with the killing of UADC member Ngalangzar
Malue have been remanded for further 10 days in Police custody.
(Manipur)
No violent incidents were reported
during the 48 hour strike imposed by UNC demanding withdrawal
of State forces from Ukhrul District and lifting of the prohibitory
orders imposed in Ukhrul District and 18-hour general strike called
by the Student Wing of the JCILPS protesting alleged Police excesses
while dispersing students, who were demanding the reintroduction
of the ILP.
Arunachal Pradesh Home Minister
Tanga Byaling stated that UMHA has extended the Disturb Area Act
for another six months in Tirap, Changlang and Longding Districts
in Arunachal Pradesh.
Naga villagers of Ralan area of
Wokha District of Nagaland, retaliated by damaging one Adivasi
house. What had added a new dimension to the conflict was the
alleged involvement of AANLA which reportedly has some training
camps in the area.
Agartala Jail authorities recovered
five SIM cards from a NLFT militant identified as Rohid Mian.
It is suspected that the militant is still in contact with anti-national
elements. Tripura Government has ordered a probe into the incident.
Tura Police raided a camp of the
ANVC-B in Edenbari (West Garo Hills of Meghalaya) and seized an
assortment of weapons and arrested as many as 24 cadres over the
outfit's alleged role in the recent attacks on migrant labourers
that has left two dead in Tura in West Garo Hills recently.
DGP PJP Hanaman (Meghalaya) said
that Assam-based ULFA is providing logistic support to GNLA in
manufacturing IEDs. "We have specific inputs that the ULFA cadres
are giving training to the GNLA cadres to manufacture the IED
explosives. The ULFA cadres, led by its senior leader Drishti
Rajkhowa, are imparting training to GNLA rebels in their camps,"
Hanaman stated.
A Meghalaya Police Constable,
Abhijit Mazumdar was injured when unidentified miscreants shot
him at Tura in West Garo Hills District. Five unidentified gunmen
stopped Abhijit and his friend, who is a teacher, identified as
Soumendro Chakraborty and tried to kidnap Chakraborty and Mazumdar
sustained a bullet injury when he intervened. The gunmen, however,
managed to abduct Chakraborty.
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July 27 |
The 46 RR of the Indian Army along
with J&K Police recovered arms and ammunition including one
AK 47, two pistols, three UBGL grenades, 19 RPG, 13 detonators
and 5kgs of IED and others from a militant hideout from the Hajibal
forest area of Baramulla District of J&K.
Mumbai City Commissioner of Police
Rakesh Maria, said that security at Jewish establishments had
been beefed up. The Jewish Chabad House at Colaba had been one
of the targets of the November 26, 2008, terror attack.
Around 12 armed cadres of the
CPI-Maoist allegedly killed a tribal civilian, identified as Kamana
Kadraka (53), at Dasini village under Bandhugaon block in Koraput
District of Odisha suspecting him to be a Police informer.
Posters, seeking people's support,
were found at Pottangi, Ampaballi and Nandapur in Koraput District
of Odisha, ahead of Martyrs' Week observed from July 28 to August
3 by Maoists.
The cadres of Korukonda Area Committee
of the CPI-Maoist blew up the pipelines of Essar Company in Chintapalli
mandal in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Bipin Mandal, allegedly involved in the killing of two CRPF
personnel on April 10, during the Lok Sabha elections, 2014, was
arrested from Gangta Mor under Kharagpur Police Station in Munger
District of Bihar. A sophisticated automatic pistol and its magazine
having 10 bullets were recovered from him.
A GNLA militant Savio R Marak,
a Police deserter has claimed that his outfit was not involved
in the IED attack on July 25. He stated that there was no order
from the top leaders of the outfit to carry out such a mission
and even added that it’s higher authorities had given orders to
stop violence, crime and extortion. (Meghalaya)
A NDFB-IKS ‘commander’, identified
as S Ulapat alias Uttam Sargiary, who was accused of being
behind the serial bomb blast in Assam on October 2008 which killed
84 people, was killed in an encounter with Kokrajhar Police at
Oxiguri village in Haijraiguri in Kokrajhar District of Assam.
Police recovered a pistol, two grenades, four empty cartridges
and mobile hand set from the dead militant.
A low intensity explosion was
reported from Srirampur in Kokrajhar District of Assam. The bomb
was planted in a Pulsar bike. However, no one was injured in the
incident.
KPLT militant identified as Lun
Sing Rohgang surrendered before the Army in Diphu in Karbi Anglong
District of Assam. He deposited an AK 56 rifle and 95 rounds of
ammunition.
ULFA-I stated that they have decided
to use weapons against the illegal migrants, whether they are
Hindus or Muslim. (Assam)
ULFA unit of South Assam observed
its 23rd martyrs’ day at Malugram in Cachar District. A written
speech of Arabinda Rajkhowa, ‘chairman’ of ULFA was read out,
in which he stated that talks with GoI moving in right direction
and was confident of peaceful political solution.
MCLA of Baksa Ansumwi Khunggur
Boro denied his involvement in the killing of Asom Sena member
and leader of Oboro Suraksha Samity, Manaj Das who was shot and
killed on July 23 in Baksa District of Assam.
Suspected militants left a hand
grenade at the residence of Leirenkabi Kadangband Gram Panchayat
Pradhan identified as Nungleppam Boby Singh at Kadangbam
Mayai Leikai in Imphal West District of Manipur.
A grenade was recovered at the
residential gate of Additional Chief Engineer of Electricity Department
identified as Nahakpam Sharatkumar Singh in Imphal West District
of Manipur.
SFs arrested a militant of PREPAK-VC
identified as Wangeheirakpam Nandi alias Gogo from Murei
Junction in Imphal East District of Manipur.
The AMMDO, PSO and the All Manipur
Muslim Welfare Association sought clarification on the report
that Al-Qaeda was recruiting Muslim youth from Manipur.
SCF Manipur and the Transport
and Driver Forum have announced that they will extend support
to the ongoing agitation over the implementation of the ILPS.
A trader identified as Moin Uddin
was hacked to death by suspected miscreants at Lailapur in Cachar
District of Assam. Police have arrested an individual identified
as Rajan Das, who worked in Moin Uddin's shop and is on the lookout
for other miscreants.
Unidentified gunmen shot and injured
an individual identified as Mushab Ali Ahmed a medical shop owner
near Udmari in Dubri District of Assam.
ANVC-B has denied its involvement
in attacks on migrant laborers. In a statement issued by the ANVC-B
'political secretary' Doang Shira said "If police have any evidence
they should make it public".(Meghalaya)
Soumendro Chakraborty was released
while Police managed to arrest four persons, including the wife
(Misbell) of the prime accused William S. Sangma, who was behind
the incident. Along with Misbell, Police arrested Tulip Marak,
Nikseng Momin and Simseng Marak. Police sources reveal that the
family paid INR 50, 0000 as ransom for his safe return. A little
known group ANCA has claimed responsibility for the incident.
(Meghalaya)
SFs arrested three militants identified
as Nora Ali, Greekson Hojai and National Jidung belonging to HSUDF.
One SBBL gun, one revolver, 37 bullets of .303 pistols, seven
bullets of AK-47 rifles, three bullets of revolvers and one grenade
were recovered from them. (Assam)
ANCA militants abducted an individual
identified as Tenny birth Ch Momin from Dome Ante of Mendipather
locality in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. A ransom demand
of INR 2000000 was reportedly made by the group.
Two militants of FGN identified
as 'major' Nukshi Phom and Imlong Phom were arrested from Tamlu
in Mokokchung District of Nagaland. Extortion slips and other
incriminating documents were recovered from the militants.
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July 28 |
The special MCOCA court extended
the Police custody of Abdul Mateen Damda Faquee (50), who the
ATS had arrested on July 15 for allegedly financing the bombers
to carry out the serial train blasts in Mumbai on July 13, 2011
(13/7). The court remanded the accused in ATS custody till August
2 after the prosecution informed that ATS needs to track the trail
of money.
The NIA is investigating the role
of Dawood Ibrahim's close aide Iqbal Kana in the FICN syndicate,
which is pumping in fake bills, from Pakistan using Dubai as a
transit route. The agency probe has gained momentum after the
arrest of an alleged courier Ekramul Ansari from Delhi Airport
last week.
Abdul Subhan Qureshi, LeT operative
arrested by Delhi Police on July 20, revealed details about indoctrination
of hardcore criminals in Tihar Jail of Delhi for jihad. Subhan,
informed officials of Delhi Police's Special Cell that Asif Raza
Khan alias Zaheer, a resident of Kolkata who was killed in an
encounter, and his brother Amir Reza Khan were indoctrinated in
Tihar. Subhan said Maulana Masood Azhar and Mustaq Ahmed Zargar
top leaders of JeM had indoctrinated Asif and Amir inside Tihar.
Asif and Amir later joined the LeT.
Intelligence agencies who questioned
IM operative Zahid Hussain, arrested by STF believe that Zahid
was an expert counterfeiter of FICN. Zahid, according to them,
was handpicked and trained by ISI appointed master counterfeiter
Iqbal Kana. His questioning has also revealed that the 2010 German
Bakery blast of Pune was a joint operation by the IM and the LeT
operatives. Officials said: "After Hussain's arrest the NIA and
the ATS has been asked to relook cases and probe counterfeit currency
cases registered across Bengal, UP, Bihar and Maharashtra especially
since 2010."
Intelligence agencies who questioned
IM operative Zahid Hussain, arrested by STF believe that Zahid
was an expert counterfeiter of FICN. Zahid, according to them,
was handpicked and trained by ISI appointed master counterfeiter
Iqbal Kana. His questioning has also revealed that the 2010 German
Bakery blast of Pune was a joint operation by the IM and the LeT
operatives. Officials said: "After Hussain's arrest the NIA and
the ATS has been asked to relook cases and probe counterfeit currency
cases registered across Bengal, UP, Bihar and Maharashtra especially
since 2010."
A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
and three personnel of the CRPF, including an Assistant Commandant,
were injured following an encounter between a joint Police team
and the Maoists in the forest near Ramaram village under Chintagufa
Police Station limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
Police arrested seven Maoists,
identified as Dhaniram alias Umesh Salam (25), Bajju alias Dhallar
(40), Shankar Salam (20), Shitu Sori alias Kamlesh Lohar (22),
Shankar Netam (26), Lacchan Salam (25) and Rupji alias Mehattar
Salam (28), during a search operation carried out in Mahrabeda
area under Dhaudai Police Station limits in Narayanpur District
of Chhattisgarh.
Two Maoists, identified as Chamar
Singh Boga (30) and Shivlal Dugga (27), were arrested in separate
search operations carried out by Police in Kanker District of
Chhattisgarh.
While no untoward incident was
reported during the first two days of the 'Martyrs' Week' being
observed by the Maoists in Bastar division, normal life has been
thrown out of gear in the region.
Sanjay Patel alias Sanjay
Azad, the head of a CPI-Maoist guerrilla squad in North Bihar,
was arrested along with his aide, Beauty, a sharpshooter of the
same squad, from Kiratpur village under Aurai Police Station in
Muzaffarpur District of Bihar.
Vehicular movement came to a grinding
halt in Malkangiri District and in some parts of Koraput and Rayagada
Districts on the first day of Martyrs' Week of the CPI-Maoist.
In order to contain the spread
of Maoist activities in inter-state border and remote areas, Police
has chalked out a plan to set up six new BSF camps in Malkangiri,
Koraput and Rayagada Districts.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres put
up posters at Narsingapeta village in Kunavaram mandal
in Khammam District, with an appeal to the people to observe Martyrs
Memorial Week up to August 2.
Jharkhand Police sounded alert
in all Districts of the State in view of the first day of 'Shahadat
Saptah', or Martyrs' Week of the Maoists.
Kerala Police arrested a Swiss
youth, identified as Jonathan Baud (24), after he addressed a
meeting arranged by CPI-Maoist sympathisers at Valappad in Thrissur
District to condole the death of their comrade Sinoj who was killed
in accident while making country bombs on June 16, 2014 in a forest.
Beginning their annual "martyrs'
week" in Dandakaranya, the CPI-Maoist admitted that they lost
over 200 cadres, including a Central Committee member, in the
last one year. "In the last one year, we have lost over 200 of
our leaders, members, PLGA commanders and guerrilla fighters,
leaders and members of people's organisations, members of Jan
Militia and revolutionary masses" said a press release issued
by the CPI-Maoist, South Regional Committee, and Dandakaranya.
At least 11 CPI-Maoist cadres,
including five 'commanders' of the Maoist militia and local operation
squad, were killed in an encounter near Ramaram village under
Chintagufa Police Station limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
Kokrajhar District committee of
ABSU, PJACBM, BPPF and UDPF submitted a memorandum to PM through
the Deputy Commissioner of Kokrajhar, opposing the commissioning
of a one-man expert committee headed by former Union Home Secretary
G.K Pillai to examine the demand of a separate Bodoland state.(Assam)
A person, identified as Tousulung
Pamei, was shot at and inured by unidentified assailants at Luwanglon
in Tamenglong District of Manipur.
A person, identified as Tousulung
Pamei, was shot at and inured by unidentified assailants at Luwanglon
in Tamenglong District of Manipur.
At least four students were injured
during the protest demanding implementation of the ILP near Bishnupur
bazaar in Bishnupur District of Manipur.
SFs detected and diffused an IED
from Maharabi area along Asian Highway-1 in Imphal West District
of Manipur. The Bomb Disposal Squad later safely disposed the
bomb.
The current SoO between GoI and
UPF as well as between GoI and KNO will end on August 22. (Manipur)
CM Okram Ibobi Singh stated in
Manipur Assembly that a meeting of all political parties will
be convened on August 14 to discuss about the demand for the reintroduction
of ILP.
NNC-NA stated that a militant
identified as 'lieutanant Achumi' who was arrested on July 20
was not a member of the organisation. (Nagaland)
Three GNLA militants, identified
as Dulal Miah, Biswajit Koch and Aldrin Sangma were arrested from
Kakripara in Dhubri District of Assam. They were serving demand
notes in Mancachar in Dhubri District and its adjoining areas.
Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh invited
suggestions regarding the introduction of an Act to control the
influx of foreigners in the State. The State Government is awaiting
suggestions from experts or the legal fraternity to determine
an Act to control the influx of foreigners in the State before
the implementation of the ILP.
Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh invited
suggestions regarding the introduction of an Act to control the
influx of foreigners in the State. The State Government is awaiting
suggestions from experts or the legal fraternity to determine
an Act to control the influx of foreigners in the State before
the implementation of the ILP.
A student of Don Bosco College
at Maram of Senapati District of Manipur identified as Ringsanthou
was severely injured after he was allegedly beaten by suspected
militants. He was abducted by suspected militants operating in
Senapati District for entering a girl's hostel and his family
was asked for a ransom of INR 30000 for his release.
A student of Don Bosco College
at Maram of Senapati District of Manipur identified as Ringsanthou
was severely injured after he was allegedly beaten by suspected
militants. He was abducted by suspected militants operating in
Senapati District for entering a girl's hostel and his family
was asked for a ransom of INR 30000 for his release.
SFs arrested a militant of NSCN-IM
identified as 'corporal' Jacob along with another individual identified
as Sehto Lohe were arrested from Pfutsero town in Phek District
of Nagaland while extorting money from truck drivers. A 9mm Pistol
with magazine, 4 live rounds of 9mm and INR 2510 were recovered
from them.
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July 29 |
J&K Police arrested three militants,
identified as Irfan Ahmad, Mohammad Khaliq and Farooq Ahmed from
Mendhar tehsil of Poonch District.
Two persons, identified as Sarfaraz
and Baijnath were arrested from Phulpur area of Azamgarh District
along with FICN having a face value of INR 47,000. During interrogation,
the arrested told Police that they had got the currency notes
from someone in Maharajganj District.
Hindu Munnani's headquarters at
Chintadripet in Chennai received a letter, which threatened to
kill Hindu leaders who make inflammatory speeches against Prophet
Muhammad. The letter, written in Tamil, mentioned the first letters
of Hindu leaders in Districts of Chennai, Sivaganga, Coimbatore,
Trichy, Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli and threatened to kill them.
Police said the letter had been posted from Palakkad in Kerala
and they were trying to trace the sender.
Revelations made by LeT operative
Abdul Subhan Qureshi, who was arrested on July 20, disclosed that
he had contacted his nephew Asahbuddin alias Shahbuddin
Shaukat who has been handed life term in the Partha Roy Burman
kidnapping case of 2001 and is presently lodged in a Kolkata Jail
for safe transfer of money through hawala route and also about
financing of weapons from across the border through LeT network.
SFs in J&K have been alarmed over
the appearance of masked men waving flags and banners of ISIS
and al Qaeda on the streets of Srinagar city of Srinagar District.
West Bengal's prisons have turned
into free hi-tech communication zones for terror suspects. Cadres
of terror groups such as IM and LeT, and even ISI agents, regularly
make phone calls and video calls to associates outside, using
applications such as Skype, V-Chat, Viber and Tango for face-to-face
chats with their counterparts in Pakistan, Dubai and PoK, a source
in Alipore Central in Kolkata Jail said.
A tribal village head, identified
as Bira Padiami, was killed and his wife critically injured when
they accidentally stepped on an IED, planted allegedly by the
CPI-Maoist, inside the forest near Darbhaguda village under Kalimela
Police Station area in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
With changes in Maoist scenario
in south Odisha, restructuring of deployment of BSF personnel
in the area is on the anvil. According to sources, there is no
plan of deploying more BSF personnel for anti-Maoist operations
in south Odisha. But their positioning may be changed as per recent
needs.
The CAG in its latest reports
says scrutiny of 41 cases of ex-gratia payment to civilians killed
by Left Wing Extremists in two Districts of Koraput and Rayagada
revealed that in 28 (68 per cent) cases, payment of ex gratia
to families was made with delays ranging between 10 months and
28 months.
Three suspected CPI-Maoist cadres
were arrested from Kirandul area in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh
when a Police team led by Superintendent of Police Kamlochan Kashyap,
destroyed a 'Maoist memorial'.
A joint squad of 127th battalion
of BSF and District Force arrested three Maoists, identified as
Dharmu Podo (26), Rai Singh (47) and Nar Singh (35), wanted in
several incidents of crime in the region, from Rampur village
forests under Pratappur Police Station limits in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh.
A wanted CPI-Maoist 'area commander',
identified as Dinesh Pandit, was arrested in a joint operation
of Bihar Police and CRPF from Bajaria in East Champaran District
of Bihar.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Anshu Yadav, was arrested while getting treatment in a Latehar
District Hospital of Jharkhand.
The 'secretary' of the Koyal Shankh
Zonal Committee, Dinbandhu, of the CPI-Maoist in a press release
denied reports of alleged abduction of over 40 children from the
villages of Gumla, Lohardaga and Latehar Districts by them in
order to expand their cadre base.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Mari Arjun (39), surrendered before Narsipatnam Assistant Superintendent
of Police (ASP), Vishal Gunni, in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra
Pradesh.
Around 22 council members KHADC
led by chief executive member Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit held a
public meeting at Madan Umwang village under Raid Nongtung in
Ri Bhoi District and have decided to approach the GoI and Meghalaya
Government to provide security to Khasi residents residing in
areas along the Assam-Meghalaya border.
Around 22 council members KHADC
led by chief executive member Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit held a
public meeting at Madan Umwang village under Raid Nongtung in
Ri Bhoi District and have decided to approach the GoI and Meghalaya
Government to provide security to Khasi residents residing in
areas along the Assam-Meghalaya border.
NNC-NA has directed all its members
except kilonsers and deputy kilonsers to submit appointment
order issued earlier to the 'ministry of home affairs', and in
the case of 'army' to the defence Kilonser, for an urgent cross-checking
and detail to keep the records intact in order to avoid any untoward
complications and confusion.
Four individuals were arrested
by Police for extorting money from Sanker TE in Tinsukia District
of Assam, in the name of ULFA. Police seized the computer used
for printing ULFA note pad.
Issue of illegal weapons in BTAD
areas of Assam is becoming a major concern for the people from
both the Bodo and non-Bodo communities. A leader of the SJSS,
a banner organization of non-Bodo communities in the BTC area,
Hitesh Medhi demanded seizure of illegal weapons available in
the area to check incidents of murder and arson.
Former ULFA leader and MP from
Kokrajhar, Naba Kumar Sarania stated that failure of the administration
to apprehend the culprits involved in the murder of innocent non-Bodo
persons in BTC has led to recurrence of violent incidents.
ABSU President Promod Boro claimed
that illegal weapons were available in the BTC areas not only
with militants but also with various other groups. Assam Police
and SFs have recovered over 160 illegal weapons in Assam since
January, 2014 90 per cent of which were from the BTC areas.
UMHA reports that 28,131 illegal
migrants have been deported back to Bangladesh since April 2004
to March 2014.
NNC-NA had decided to disown the
new NNC led by Temjenyanger as 'president' and Amento Chishi as
'general secretary' as they were terminated from NNC-NA for their
alleged anti-social activities. (Nagaland)
YRC held a meeting in the presence
of Z Royim Yimchunrii, 'acting president' of NNC at Samphur in
Kiphire District of Nagaland and discussed about present situation
prevailing in the 'Naga homeland' and especially on those who
were creating confusion with vested interest in the name of NNC
without any basis.
UNC has imposed a 10-day ban on
construction-related work for all national projects in the State's
Naga areas, further intensifying its campaign for AA for Nagas
in Manipur.
Principal of Hatidura College
Lalan Prakash Sonar was abducted by armed militants from Dingdinga
in Kokrajhar District of Assam.
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July 30 |
Police arrested six people, identified
as B Ramesh, K Venkateswara Rao, B Ravindrababu, G Rajababu, Y
Ramesh and M Vittal in connection with the FICN racket at Gudivada
town in Krishna District of Karnataka. FICN with face value of
INR 2,10,000 were also recovered from the accused.
A special tribunal upheld the
ban imposed by the Centre on SIMI under the UAPA for another five
years. SIMI allegedly has links with Pakistan based terrorist
outfits including LeT and IM.
Dawood Ibrahim is learnt to have
joined hands with the Boko Haram. Latest intelligence inputs indicate
Dawood's younger brother Anees Ibrahim travelled to Lagos in Nigeria
recently and met Abubukar Shkau, 'chief' of Boko Haram. Boko Haram
will set up several drug cartels across India with the help of
the D-gang, which will also be one of the suppliers.
Delhi Police has approached its
Kolkata counterparts for the custody of LeT operative Arshad Khan
who had provided contact numbers of Pakistan based militant handlers
to arrested LeT operative Abdul Subhan. Police said Subhan came
in touch with his Pakistan based LeT handlers Javed Baluchi and
Ajam Cheema with some phone numbers provided by Arshad, who is
presently lodged in Kolkata jail.
A hand grenade was found near
Kankhal Police Station in Haridwar District of Uttarakhand. Surendra
Singh Bathiyal, a member of the bomb squad, said the grenade was
quite powerful and could have destroyed a large area. The grenade
was later disposed at Rori Belwala grounds near Har-ki-Pauri in
Haridwar.
A hardcore Maoist, identified
as Dhansingh alias Boda alias Modam (40), who was wanted in connection
with several incidents while being on the run for past four years
was arrested from Matval village in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
Two Maoists, identified as Ramu
Kadti (39) and Fagni Varsa (25), surrendered before SP KL Dhruv
in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
An alleged CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Siddharth Yadav alias Vikas, was arrested from Goh area of
Gaya District in connection with the derailment of a pilot engine
of Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, owing to blasts on
the tracks, in Aurangabad District on July 22.
A top CPI-Maoist leader, identified
as Arvind Bachhar, who was arrested from Baduria in North 24 Parganas
District of West Bengal has been sent to 14 days' judicial custody
by a local court in Jhargram District of West Bengal in a sedition
case on July 30.
Several CPI-Maoist posters have
been found at Patamda and Musabani areas of East Singhbhum District
and unspecified areas of Seraikela-Kharswan District of Jharkhand
in the last 48 hours, putting SFs on alert.
The Armed cadre strength of the
LWE groups is around 8,500 and they have forged tactical understanding
with some insurgent groups in the Northeast for procuring arms
and ammunition, informed the Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju to Rajya Sabha.
SFs arrested a suspected CPI-Maoist
cadre and recovered a cache of explosives from a hideout in Giridih
District of Jharkhand.
The CPI-Maoist cadres have blown
up a house of a CoBRA personnel of the CRPF, Vinod Singh, at Pipra
village under Kutumba Police Station in Aurangabad District of
Bihar.
The CPI-Maoist cadres have blown
up a house of a CoBRA personnel of the CRPF, Vinod Singh, at Pipra
village under Kutumba Police Station in Aurangabad District of
Bihar.
Vigilantes torched a truck coming
from Assam which was bringing migrant workers without documents
at Heingang in Imphal West District of Manipur. Later the migrant
workers were handed over to the Police.
There were wide spread protests
in four Districts of Manipur demanding ILPS. AMSU, KSA, DESAM
and MSF organised a rally at Yairipok in Thoubal District demanding
the implementation of ILPS.
Unknown miscreants abducted a
trader, identified as Sree Prakash Gupta from Natun Bazar area
of Hojai in Nagaon District of Assam. Four militants of NDFB-IKS
were arrested by Police while they were demanding money from a
rubber estate at Hatibandha Gaon in Nagaon District of Assam.
SFs arrested four members of BLT
from Anarkhata in Baksa District of Assam.
An investigation carried out by
Assam Police revealed that the cadre strength of UPLA active in
Karbi Anglong District is close to 100. The militant group was
involved in killing the Hamren SP Nityananda Goswami in June 2014.
GoI alerted the Assam Government
of possible attacks by Islamic militant outfits in the run-up
to the Independence Day (August 15) celebrations and that ULFA-I
and NDFB-IKS also want to make their presence felt. Intelligence
agencies have an input that ULFA-I have brought four IEDs but
they managed to trigger off only one, on July 23 in which one
individual was killed and four were wounded at Krishnai in Goalpara
District.
It has been reported that NDFB-IKS
is suffering heavy losses in recent times as a number of its hardcore
members were either arrested or killed. Sources also state that
most of the operations of the outfit are masterminded by members
like D Bidai and N Batha, while 'chairman' IK Songbijit is in
the Tamu area along the Indo-Myanmar border.
ABSU expressed concern over rise
in crime in the Bodo belt and appealed to the groups involved
to stop such activities. (Assam)
A lady primary school teacher
identified as Sandy Sangma, who was earlier abducted by suspected
ANCA militants from Damas in North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya
managed to escape from the extortionists.
Two militants of ANCA, identified
as Sengseng M Sangma and James R Marak were arrested from Mawiong
in Shillong in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya by a joint
team of SWAT and CRPF. During the interrogation it was revealed
that both the militants were directly involved in the July 26
shooting of Meghalaya Police Constable Avijeet Mazumdar.
Police arrested three OGWs of
HNLC, identified as Donkupar Nongrum, Michael Pakynten and Khraw
Wanniang thereby spoiling HNLC's bid to kidnap the son of an exporter
from Shillong in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya.
East Khasi Hills SP, M. Kharkrang
stated that militants based in Garo Hills region were trying to
enter Shillong to avoid the ongoing Counter Insurgency operations
in Garo Hills in Meghalaya.
Rangra Jagring S. Marak, the 'assistant
general secretary' and 'special intelligence officer' of ANVC-B
alleged that CM Mukul Sangma should resign from his post, since
they had worked together under the guidance of ANVC 'chairman'
Dilash Marak to make Mukul Sangma the CM. ANVC-B also demanded
immediate and unconditional release of 24 of its cadres who were
arrested on July 26.
NNC-NA chaplee kilonser
(finance minister) stated that it will not allow anyone to tarnish
its image and added that the defected NNC-NA cadres should not
indulge in the field of NNC-NA. (Nagaland)
TNL has called for a 24-hour total
shutdown in Ukhrul District of Manipur in protest against police
action on participants of prayer meet, when Police prevented civilians
from conducting a mass prayer in Ukhrul due to the prohibitionary
order imposed after the July 12 killing of ADC member.
A woman school teacher, identified
as Sandai Sangma was abducted by two militants belonging to the
ANLCA from near Dokasaram in Meghalaya and was abandoned by her
abductors in the evening.
TNL sponsored 24-hour bandh
in Ukhrul District of Manipur which was called after the SFs allegedly
prevented people from attending a prayer service at Ukhrul has
paralysed normal life in the District.
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July 30-31 |
A villager identified as
Sangmeihao Satsang of Poi village in Ukhrul District of Manipur
was abducted by suspected militants. |
July 31 |
Army launched a massive operation
in Keran Sector along the LoC in Kupwara District of J&K after
they noticed movement of a group of at least four militants and
has so far shot dead two of them in a fierce gun battle.
The UMHA warned the Indian railways
that the Pakistan bound Samjhauta Express could be an easy target.
Sources revealed that the note was issued after an internal assessment
found that the Samjhauta Express being a soft target for militants.
In a joint statement, US Secretary
of State John Kerry and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
asked Pakistan to work towards bringing the perpetrators of the
26/11attacks to justice even as they vowed to eliminate terrorist
safe havens and disrupt terror networks including that of Al Qaeda
and LeT.
Indian Government is working on
a proposal to set up first 'Counter-Terrorism Academy' with an
aim to redirect security establishment's focus on training, research
and forensics.
An accused in the February 14,
1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case, identified as S Kunhi
Mohammed was arrested in Malappuram District. However, three other
accused including B Mujibur Rehman alias Muji, A Jagubar
Sadiq alias Tailor Raja alias Valarntha Raja and NP Noohu are
still absconding for the past 16 years.
An accused in the February 14,
1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case, identified as S Kunhi
Mohammed was arrested in Malappuram District. However, three other
accused including B Mujibur Rehman alias Muji, A Jagubar Sadiq
alias Tailor Raja alias Valarntha Raja and NP Noohu are still
absconding for the past 16 years.
The Nagpur bench of Bombay High
Court granted parole to a 1997 Mumbai bomb blast convict, Mohammed
Farukh Mohammed Yusuf Sheikh for attending his daughter's marriage.
The CPI-Maoist cadres killed two
persons at Barang village under Ghaghra Police Station in Gumla
District of Jharkhand.
Two arms suppliers including a
woman suspected of having links with CPI-Maoist were arrested
by the STF from a village market at Narayanpur in Bhojpur District
of Bihar.
An exchange of fire took place
between Police and a band of CPI-Maoist cadres in the forest between
Devapur and Gundala villages in Kasipet mandal (administrative
division) of Adilabad District of Telangana state.
Maoists erected a makeshift 'Martyrs'
Memorial' along the Bhadrachalam-Chintur highway near Bandirevu
in Khammam District of Telangana state.
A joint team of CAF and District
Police during a combing operation arrested three CPI-Maoist cadres
from separate places under Bayanar Police Station limits in Kondagaon
District of Chhattisgarh.
Around 15 armed cadres of the
PLFI killed a rural businessman, identified as Sindhu Sagar Das
(26), at Majhapada village under Raiboga Police Station limits
in Sundargarh District of Odisha.
Four ZUF militants, identified
as 'captian' Gangloungam Kamei, 'sergeant' Peter Panmei, 'sergeant'
Thuangkulung and 'lance corporal' Jaojiankhuan were killed and
an AR trooper, identified as Jitender was injured in an encounter
at Nungkao village in Tamenglong District of Manipur. AR troops
recovered two M-16 rifles, one lathode gun and 21 shells, one
9 mm pistol, two Chinese hand grenades and a large number of ammunition.
Manipur Government has sought
an additional 15 companies of Central SF from the UMHA to assist
the State Police in maintaining law and orders situation in the
state.
Deputy CM Gaikhangam stated that
the additional SFs deployed in Ukhrul town in Manipur after the
assassination of ADC member by militants on July 12 was to safe
guard the life and property of the general public.
DGP Sahid Ahmed stated that State
Home Department has decided to deploy extra SFs. He also added
that in order to fill the communication gap between Police and
civilians, community based programmes on experimental basis will
be under taken by Manipur Police.
Deputy CM Gaikhangam stated that
Government is working towards implementing the ILP in the State.
He also stated that everyone in the State must take responsibility
for safeguarding the integrity of the State and Manipur unit of
BJP should take a major role in convincing the Centre in fulfilling
the demand of the people.
Principal of Hatidura College
Lalan Prakash Sonar was released from Kazigaon under Parbatjhora
subdivision of Kokrajhar District of Assam.
One hard core militant of NSLA-AT
was arrested at Kusumbil in Kokrajhar District of Assam. One 7.65
mm pistol, one 7.65 mm live round and one hand grenade HE No.
36 were recovered from him.
Joint Secretary (North East) of
the MHA, Sambhu Singh said that the Central Government is concerned
about the law and order situation in Assam, particularly in the
BTAD areas and the Central forces deployed in the State will not
be withdrawn in the near future.
Joint Secretary (North East) of
the MHA, Sambhu Singh said that the Central Government is concerned
about the law and order situation in Assam, particularly in the
BTAD areas and the Central forces deployed in the State will not
be withdrawn in the near future.
Disclosing the latest modus operandi
as revealed by the recently arrested overground workers of the
HNLC, the SP, East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, MH Kharkrang said,
"The HNLC regular cadres are now using this new tactic to abduct
for ransom through the overground workers because they themselves
cannot enter the city."
ANVC-B cadre, Salingbirth D. Sangma
has revealed that by killing migrant workers from Assam, the outfit
was planning to foment communal tension on the inter-state border
of Meghalaya with Dhubri District of Assam.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma stated,
"Hopeless unproductive students become militants and the media
puts the blame on the CM alone for rise in militancy, when we
all are responsible for the sorry state of affairs!". He said
"The present situation in the State is the outcome of wrong planning
in the past and if we had gone wrong in the past then we all need
to pull up our socks to strive and ensure that the future is better."
NSCN-KK 'MIP' declared ACAUT Nagaland
as "de-recognized" for hijacking people's trust and turning itself
into an anti-national organisation. They further stated that any
negative campaign against the Naga political movement "shall be
dealt with appropriately".
ACAUT has strongly condemned the
extortion attempt on a truck carrying consignment belonging to
the president of BAN by cadres of a 'NPG. (Nagaland)
SFs arrested two KPLT linkmen
identified as Romen Phangho and Dhensing Kro from Bargaon area
in Karbi Anglong District of Assam. One pistol, six pairs of combat
pattern dress, KPLT demand letters and other incriminatory documents
were recovered from the militants.
An ULFA-I militant identified
as Deepak Patowary alias Deepak Bora was arrested by Police from
Majuli River Island in Jorhat District of Assam.
An ULFA-I militant identified
as Deepak Patowary alias Deepak Bora was arrested by Police from
Majuli River Island in Jorhat District of Assam.
Manipur BJP urged the CM Okram
Ibobi Singh to take immediate steps to combat the flow of migrants
in Manipur and blamed the State Government for its failure to
implement ILPS during the time of UPA.
Dimapur Police arrested an individual
identified as Rashenlo Jishing alias Raj in connection with the
January 2014 Pachaspura killing in which nine people were killed.
He is the fifth accused arrested till date in connection with
the massacre. (Nagaland).
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Two more militants were killed
in an operation that was launched by Army near the LoC in Keran
sector of Kupwara District of J&K taking the toll of killed militants
to four. A senior officer said that all four militants are Pakistanis
and belong to LeT militant outfit. Army also recovered eight AK
47 rifles, 16 AK 47 rifles, 3 GPS devices, 3 compasses, one Binocular,
5 Quilts, 4 matric sheets, 4 maps and some eatable items.
The Supreme Court dismissed a
plea by Abu Salem, challenging his conviction in a fake passport
case by a special court in 2013 and seven year rigorous imprisonment
sentence imposed on him.
Justice Abhay Thipsay of the Bombay
High Court granted bail to Saquib Nachan, a former cadre of SIMI,
accused in the August 3, 2012, Bhiwandi (Thane District, Maharashtra)
firing case.
Army Chief General Dalbir Singh
Suhag warned Pakistan against any misadventure along the LoC,
declaring that India's riposte would be sharp and deadly. "I can
tell you that our response to any such act will be more than adequate
in future. It will be intense and immediate," General Suhag said.
Army Chief General Dalbir Singh
Suhag warned Pakistan against any misadventure along the LoC,
declaring that India's riposte would be sharp and deadly. "I can
tell you that our response to any such act will be more than adequate
in future. It will be intense and immediate," General Suhag said.
Masked Kashmiri youngsters were
seen carrying ISIS flags on at least two occasions in Srinagar:
first outside the Jamia Masjid on July 11 and then on July 29,
the day of Eid. The J&K Police have so far been unable to round
up the masked men who held up the outfit's flags during the recent
protests.
Four persons were arrested along
with FICN worth INR 55,000 at Leader Road under Shahganj Police
Station in Allahabad. The accused used to bring fake currency
from Malda in West Bengal and cash in at Mumbai, Allahabad and
some other Districts.
A Delhi court allowed NIA's plea
to complete its investigation against the alleged IM terrorists
Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman. The NIA had sought an extension
of investigation period from 90 days to 180 days. The court sent
Tehsin and Zia-Ur-Rahman to judicial custody till August 14.
Bihar Police seized about five
kilograms of explosives, 3550 detonators and 1811 gelatin sticks
from Barahiya Bag village in Rohtas District.
Three persons, including a suspected
CPI-Maoist cadre and two Maoist sympathisers were arrested in
separate Police actions in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
A Maoist, identified as Sukhchand
Kashyap (21), wanted in connection with murder of four villagers
and having cash reward of INR 5,000 was declared on his head,
was arrested from Kaknar under Mardum Police Station limits in
Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
Two PLFI identified as Niral Topno
and Sanichar Surin, were arrested and some explosives were recovered
from them at Gandekadah in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
A PLFI cadre, identified as Pandu
Pahan alias Cherenga, surrendered before Khunti District Superintendent
of Police Anis Gupta.
A key CPI-Maoist leader Chambala
Ravinder alias Arjun along with his wife Wetti Adime alias Ranitha
surrendered before Telangana DGP Anurag Sharma.
Three militants of the ULFA-I
died in an IED explosion at Mongre Gaon under Agia Police Station
at Goalpara District of Assam. Two ULFA-I militants have been
identified as Kanteswar Rabhaalies Parama Asom and Akon Rabha.
The other cadre, reportedly a linkman, is yet to be identified.
Two pistols one grenade and some documents were recovered by the
Police.
The BSS may leave BNC, a conglomeration
of various organisations. (Assam).
A senior member of ACAUT Nagaland
General Secretary Solomon L. Awomi was abducted from Dimapur by
NSCN-KK. A senior member of NSCN-KK said Awomi has been taken
away for his anti-Naga activities and added that no harm would
come to him.
The NNC-NA Yimchungru region clarified
that its leader M. Lakhüm had appointed only four officials identified
as K. Thraneanba 'president' Yimchungru region, K. Luyanba Medan
peyu (region president), M. Yansomong 'youth president' and Z.
Zhelo 'region secretary'. (Nagaland)
An explosion caused by gelatin
took place near the residence of the Mizoram Parliamentary Secretary
for Home in Mission Veng locality in Aizawl in Aizawl District.
However, there was no report of casualty. SP of Aizawl C Laldina
did not rule out the involvement of the Manipur-based HPC-D militants.
Jitendra Chaudhury, MP of CPI-M
urged GoI to initiate steps to repatriate members of the Reang
(Bru) community who were staying in refugee shelters in Tripura
to their original homes in Mizoram. He said that that the Government
should organise discussions between the community leaders of Mizoram
and the Reangs before repatriating the displaced people.
GNLA 'area commander' Philliport
D Shira escaped a raid by SWAT and CoBRA Commandos at a hideout
at Matronggre village in North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
Philliport D Shira with about 19 other militants including his
deputy Rangdat were present at the hideout during the raid.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma stated
that the Breakaway faction of ANVC-B may have links with Pakistan's
ISI. CM stated that there was a need to conduct a thorough and
detailed investigation to find out all the links and illegal activities
of ANVC-B which has been accused of murdering migrant labourers
from Assam to kindle communal unrest along the volatile inter-state
border of Assam and Meghalaya.
Meghalaya Government extended
the tenure of the GHADC by another six months, while it is waiting
for GoI approval on the peace pact with ANVC.
During a search operation at Oinam
Mayai Leikai in Bishnupur District of Manipur by combined team
of Bishnupur District Police Commandos and Nambol Police, seven
persons who failed to produce their proper verification identity
were detained.
Imphal West District Police conducted
search operation at Uripok Panchai Maning, Khoisnam Leikai and
Uripok Laikhurembi in Imphal West District of Manipur and detained
24 people including 17 non-locals who did not have identity proof.
Eight persons were detained for
not possessing their identity proof from Andro Parking in Imphal
East District of Manipur.
PREPAK-PRO 'senior publicity officer'
Melei stated that individuals identified as Pukhrambam Arjun and
Yamlem Priyobata alias Priyo, who were arrested by Police Commandos,
were not members of the organisation. Pukhrambam Arjun was a JCILPS
Executive Committee member. JCILPS demanded and demanded the release
of Pukhrambam Arjun and the women protestors involved in the agitation
for ILP immediately.
GLF condemned the incident in
which a student of Don Bosco College at Maram of Senapati District
of Manipur identified as Ringsanbou Newmai was severely injured
when he was beaten by suspected militants.
Apunba Lup Salungpham organised
a public rally demanding implementation of ILP in Manipur at Salungpham
in Thoubal District, while CPI launched a 3 days sit-in protest
demanding ILP at Irabot Bhawan in Imphal.
ATSUM has decided to issue identity
cards to all the non-locals staying and doing business in hill
areas and travelling across the hill Districts of Manipur.
Despite tightened security measures
being taken up by the State Government at strategic locations,
normal works at the National projects in Manipur's Tamenglong
District have reportedly been affected with the commencement of
the 10 day UNC sponsored bandh.
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The Cyberabad Police carried out
a decoy operation to arrest the Yellam Goud gang, which circulates
FICN, in the outskirts of Hyderabad, in which one Armed Reserve
Constable and one criminal were killed. However, two persons were
also arrested. Police said they seized FICN in the denominations
of INR 1,000 and INR 100, worth INR 1, 50,000.
A special court dropped the charges
under the MCOCA against eight accused in the JM Road Pune blasts
(August 1, 2012) case. However, special judge A L Pansare stayed
the order for four weeks after special public prosecutor Raja
Thakre sought the stay to assail the order before the High Court.
Suspected LeT operatives Abdul
Subhan and his nephew Asahbuddin, arrested for their alleged roles
in conspiring to carry out terror strikes in Delhi and adjoining
areas, were remanded to Police custody till August 12 by a court
in New Delhi.
Central intelligence agencies
have been keeping a close eye on Haryana's Mewat District, which
of late has seen a 'sizeable build-up' of Rohingya Muslims whose
community leaders are suspected to have alleged links with Pakistan's
ISI.
Tamil youths numbering around
20, wearing black T-shirts with 'ISIS' printed on them and posing
in front of a mosque, has gone viral on social media, creating
an alarm in the intelligence wing of the Tamil Nadu State Police.
SFs arrested a local CPI-Maoist
'commander', identified as Katru Tadingi (30), under Burgi Police
Station limits of Narayanpatna from Koraput District of Odisha.
An abductor, identified as Jecky
R Marak, was lynched by a mob at Jangrapara weekly market in West
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya when he along with four other
miscreants tried to abduct a 15-year-old, identified as Mohammed
Mafikul Islam. Police recovered one pistol from the deceased at
Jangrapara.
ANVC-B challenged Meghalaya CM
Mukul Sangma to get his allegation probed either by NIA or CBI.
ANVC-B leader Doang Shira stated that the outfit was ready for
a high-level probe as "this is a serious matter and it needs to
be thoroughly investigated". Earlier, CM had stated that ANVC-B
may have links with Pakistan's ISI.
ANLA 'chairman' Mikkim Achik alleged
the double standard of CM Mukul Sangma by saying that during an
interview for the Bangladesh-based news paper Daily Star
on February 25, 2012 the CM did not mentioned about his parent's
Garo connections. According to Achik, the CM in the interview
stated that his father is Binoy Bhushan Modok while in Meghalaya,
his father's name is Binoy Bhushan Marak.
ANLA 'chairman' Mikkim Achik alleged
the double standard of CM Mukul Sangma by saying that during an
interview for the Bangladesh-based news paper Daily Star on February
25, 2012 the CM did not mentioned about his parent's Garo connections.
According to Achik, the CM in the interview stated that his father
is Binoy Bhushan Modok while in Meghalaya, his father's name is
Binoy Bhushan Marak.
Assam Government has decided to
set up 60 new Police Stations in BTAD. This issue has already
been taken up by Assam Government with the UMHA.
UNC has resolved that on completion
of its ongoing civil action (banning of construction of national
projects) democratic actions will be taken up in more intense
measures. The UNC also said a review of the highly vitiated situation
arising out of the unprecedented militarization of Ukhrul town
and Naga areas by the Government of Manipur was taken up.
NSCN-KK released ACAUT Nagaland
Secretary and EDBA President Solomon L. Awomi after he signed
a "bond agreement" with representatives of NSCN-KK. ACAUT General
Secretary was abducted from Dimapur on July 31.
ACAUT termed the detention of
its General Secretary as "gross violation of human rights" and
demanded the reason for the detention of Solomon L. Awomi by NSCN-KK.
(Nagaland).
A group of tribals under the banner
of 'Malkangiri Adivasi Sangh' [Malkangiri Tribal Association]
launched a poster campaign against the CPI-Maoist in Malkangiri
District of Odisha condemning killing of tribals by the Maoists.
Jharkhand-based CPI-Maoist cadres
have renewed their fight against PLFI, a splinter group of the
CPI-Maoist, in West Singhbhum District.
AR arrested two NSCN-IM identified
as 'private' Angming Konyak and 'private' Longtah Konyak from
Namsa in Mon District of Nagaland, who were in procession of arms
and ammunition.
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Militants fired at a Police picket
guarding minority community at Haripari Tral area in Pulwama District
of J&K. The Security Guards fired back and the militants fled
away. However, there was no loss of life or injury.
HNLC 'publicity secretary' Sainkupar
Nongtraw claimed that HNLC had dedicated subscribers who have
been contributing towards the cause of the outfit, countering
the claims by the State Police that HNLC was in acute financial
crunch. (Meghalaya).
HNLC stated that it will intensify
its stand on the NGT ban on coal mining. HNLC 'publicity secretary'
Sainkupar Nongtraw stated that "The livelihood of our people is
more important to us than anything else". The NGT had upheld the
ban on coal mining in Meghalaya.
Suspected militants placed a Chinese
made hand grenade at the Phumdrei Makha Leikai (Thoubal District
of Manipur) residence of the acting Pradhan of the Langathel Gram
Panchayat. The pradhan has been identified as Begum Sahabira.
The grenade was left at the gate of her residence with a mobile
number of an un-disclosed militant group.
KCP-MC celebrated their 7th raising
day at their designated camp of Moirang Khunou, Bishnupur District
of Manipur. KYKL-MDF 'chairman' Athouba Meitei, KCP-MC 'commander-in-chief'
Nongdrenkhomba Meitei and URF 'home secretary' Puyam Ruhinikumar
attended the function as chief guest, president and guest of honour
respectively.
ZUF took action against Dimduanlung
Kamei alias Duanduan, for his activities against the Front recently,
according to statement issued by ZUF.(Manipur).
Public meetings held at different
places in Imphal in Manipur on ILP, resolved that no house owner
should let rooms and houses to non-local people without approval
of the local Meira Paibis and clubs.
Two collaborators of NLFT identified
as Jatish Debbarma, a Police Constable and Indrajoy Reang were
arrested from Pragati Road in Agartala, Tripura by AR. FICN of
INR 5000, two subscription books of NLFT and 23 photographs of
women were recovered from them.
NSCN-K 'major general' Noksin
has appointed 'major' Yangpongse Sangtam as the new 'guard commander'
of the USR with effect from July 16. (Nagaland) .
ACAUT Nagaland stated that the
"agreement" signed by its Secretary Solomon L. Awomi with NSCN-KK
on August 2 was done "under duress" and stated that the agreement
was "totally unacceptable and stands null and void" for itself
and the Naga people.
Two persons were arrested and
huge of cache of explosives were seized during a raid in Ahraura
area of Mirzapur District of Uttar Pradesh. The explosives included
2,160 gelatin sticks and 3,000 detonators.
Police arrested two youth, M Abdul
Rahman and Rilvan from Thondi in Ramanathapuram District of Tamil
Nadu after a photo of a group of youth wearing the t-shirts printed
with slogans supporting Islamic State (IS) surfaced on a social
networking site.
Five CPI-Maoist cadres including
a "commander" surrendered in Kondagoan District of Chhattisgarh.
A 'section commander' of NDFB-IKS
identified as Ashok Mushahary was killed in an encounter with
SFs at Auzar Bazar in Chirag District of Assam. One 9mm pistol,
one magazine, one hand grenade, one 7.65 mm pistol, one magazine
along with ammunition and three mobile handsets with six SIM cards
were recovered from the slain militant.
NDFB-IKS militant Jaction Basumatary,
who was involved in extortion activities, was arrested in Chirang
District of Assam.
A core member of GNLA's hit squad,
identified as Rakman Marak, from Chokpot who was involved in June
3 execution of Josbina Sangma, surrendered to Police at Tura in
West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya citing unhappiness with
the 'methods' of GNLA. He surrendered with GNLA identity card
and without any weapons.
All the eight NSCN-IM cadres,
who were arrested from Ukhrul in connection with the assassination
of Ukhrul ADC Member, Ngalangzar Malue on July 12, were remanded
to judicial custody till August 16.
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Punjab Police in assistance with
Jammu Police arrested four militants of KZF and KLF from Miran
Sahib in Simbal Camp of RS Pura areas in Jammu District. The arrested
militants are identified as Harpreet Singh alias Harmeet Singh
alias Pintu, Karanjit Singh alias Pamma, Swaran Singh alias
Shabba and Jasmeet Singh. Police recovered three Pakistani SIM
cards, four Pakistani mobile telephones and half a dozen local
SIM cards from the possession of arrested militants.
Delhi Police filed two separate
charge-sheets against IM operative Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas
in September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack case. In the charge-sheet
Special Cell of Delhi Police charged Rehman, for offences punishable
under sections 323, 307, 120-B of the IPC and UAPA and the Arms
Act.
Central agencies have warned the
security machinery and the UMHA that apart from a possible direct
attack on PM Narendra Modi, groups like LeT and SIMI may carry
out bombings in the markets and outskirts of New Delhi to disrupt
Independence Day celebrations. IB and anti-terror units are trying
to get details of the terror plans.
Withdrawal of US from Afghanistan
may let terror groups like LeT neutralise whatever gains made,
India's NSA Ajit Doval told US Secretary of State, John Kerry.
India wants the US to delay its withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan
which is scheduled to start from 2015 as it feel that elements
like the TTP and the al Qaeda still continue to remain strong
and could pose a serious security threat not just to stability
and peace in Afghanistan but the entire region, including India.
Banned outfit SIMI was possibly
involved in sending controversial pictures to some Facebook users
in Bareilly that led to communal violence in Meera Ki Paith locality
a few days ago, cyber wing sleuths have found. The origin of the
controversial Facebook posts was traced to Hyderabad, Secunderabad,
Karmagunda and Madanpet, which are considered hubs of SIMI. Cyber
wing experts have also found evidence that funds were supplied
by some banned militant outfits in Kashmir to foment trouble in
the city.
Armed cadres of the CPI-Maoist
killed a Police chowkidar identified as Mahesh Karmali near Gomia
railway crossing at Ravidas Tola under Gomia Police Station limits
in Bokaro District of Jharkhand.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Chaituram Budhram (48) and Maniram Sukhdev (53), have been
arrested under Siksod Police Station limits of Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Sohan Shyamlal Netam (30), has been arrested from Bhanuprtappur
region.
Maoists have put up posters and
banners in Koraput District of Odisha warning timber mafia against
felling of trees in the District.
A suspected UALA militant was
killed by SFs at Khardang in Krishnai, Goalpara District of Assam.
A suspected UALA militant was
killed by SFs at Khardang in Krishnai, Goalpara District of Assam.
Assam Forest Minister Rakibul
Hussain stated that Assam Police and SFs have recovered total
344 illegal weapons from extremists as well as miscreants from
BTAD from 2012 to July 2014. He stated that 289 weapons were recovered
from militant organisations active in BTAD area while 55 weapons
were recovered from miscreants. He also stated that 5826 FIR were
lodged in respect of ethnic violence in 2012 in the BTAD areas.
After amalgamation of 2232 FIRs, total FIRs were reduced to 3594.
Of these 72 charge sheets and 1888 FIRs were filed in the court.
As on date 1627 cases are under investigation of Assam Police
while seven other cases were handed over to the CBI.
Assam State Assembly was informed
by Rakibul Hussain that nearly 20 per cent posts of the 75,559-strong
Assam Police are lying vacant. He stated that 14,356 posts were
vacant out of the 75,559 posts in the Police department.
Assam State Assembly was informed
by Rakibul Hussain that nearly 20 per cent posts of the 75,559-strong
Assam Police are lying vacant. He stated that 14,356 posts were
vacant out of the 75,559 posts in the Police department.
Supreme Court directed GoI and
Assam Government to file the status report on updating the NRC.
A delegation of the AASU was told
by Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju that GoI plans
to launch a special project to check illegal migration through
the riverine route from Bangladesh. AASU advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya
stated that Minister assured them that GoI was committed to implementing
the Assam Accord of 1985.
An unidentified GNLA militant
was killed and another militant managed to escape in an encounter
with a joint team of Army and Police at Kodomsali in West Garo
Hills District of Meghalaya. Two pistols one 7.65mm and one 9mm
pistol along with fired cases and live rounds, two magazines,
two hand grenades and a rucksack were recovered from the dead
militant.
AMUCO, a platform of several civil
organisations in Manipur observed the 17th anniversary of the
Integrity day at Imphal in connection with August 4, 1997 massive
procession in and around Imphal pledging to protect the territorial
integrity of Manipu. It had also a reflection of August 4, 1972
when UNIC was merged to Congress.
State's MP Th Meinya made a strong
point in the Lok Sabha in favour of enforcing ILPS in Manipur.
President of MPP N Sovakiran Singh
asserted that ILPS should be implemented in Manipur and for this,
he will insist on for the same in the all political parties meeting
which is convened by the CM Okram Ibobi Singh.
Women activists who took part
in a protest demonstration staged at Kongba Ucheckon Khunou in
pursuit of the demand for implementation for ILPS in Manipur criticized
the incumbent Government.
The Court sent an executive member
of JCILPS to judicial custody till August 16 as he refused to
secure his release on bail. Pukkrambam Arjun, who is also a member
of All Manipur Bar Association and also accused of being an active
member of PREPAK-Pro, was arrested by Police on July 28.
NSCN-IM has reiterated its position
on the territorial coverage area of the ongoing cease-fire with
the GoI. NSCN-IM through its MIP also said that the group has
taken a "serious view" of the statement given by CFMG chairman
Lieutenant General (retd) N.K. Singh, Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh
and Manipur deputy CM Gaikhangam that there was "no cease-fire
in Manipur."
The six hour bandh in Nagaland
called by ACAUT, passed off peacefully with no reports of any
untoward incident.
NDFB-IKS beat up three private
vehicle operators identified as Nobin Basumatari, Jaiklong Basumatari
and Nabajyoti Bhuyan at Mainasiri in Urahiloga in Sonitpur District
of Assam for their failure to make payments to the outfit. The
militants had asked them to give INR 5000 every year.
Assam DGP, Khagen Sarma stated
that militants would be looking for soft targets like public places,
cooperation of the public is required to foil terrorist attacks
and he further stated that counter-insurgency operations have
been intensified all over the State and the CCTV cameras installed
in different parts of the city are being monitored regularly.
In an attempt to mitigate the
problem of insurgency, the CIT, Kokrajhar is undertaking an initiative
to propagate education in the remote areas along the Indo-Bhutan
border in Chirang District of Assam by encouraging students from
the remote areas.
Union Heavy Industry Minister
Ananth Gite has assured an AASU delegation that Centre along with
the Assam Government and AASU will sit for a tripartite dialogue
to sort out the issues.
FGN in a press release by Rali
Wali (information ministry) alleged that the 16 ACAUT Nagaland
signatories were either totally unaware of the history of Naga
national movement or they were agents acting at the behest of
India or Myanmar.
NNC-NA ''deputy kilonser chaplee
affairs'' of Angami region, V Angami has clarified that 'lieutenant'
Vito Achumi, who was arrested on July 20 while serving demand
slips of NNC-NA was not a member of NNC-NA. (Nagaland)
KHW, RALH and LHD have appealed
both Nagaland and Assam Governments to settle the tenant-landowner
issue in Chandalashung B Lotha Village under Ralan area of Wokha
District at the earliest.
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Pakistan Army violated ceasefire
and opened fire along the LoC at Shahpur Sub Sector in Poonch
District of J&K. Official sources said Pakistan Army started heavy
firing on half a dozen forward Indian posts in Shahpur Sub Sector
at 11.30 a m using semi automatic and automatic weapons without
any provocation.
RR and J&K Police neutralized
a hideout of the militants and recovered a large quantity of arms,
ammunition and explosives from Chhechha forests in Kishtwar District.
Recoveries included one AK-47 rifle with one magazine and 148
rounds, one 7.62mm Chinese pistol with three magazines, one eight
kg cylindrical shaped IED filled with explosive material, one
2.5 kg IED fitted in a metal box, four Chinese grenades, one RPG
rocket, seven UBGL grenades, 15 rounds of .303 rifle ammunition,
one Motorola radio set, one 9 volt battery, one electric detonator,
one binocular, one combat pattern jacket and letter pads of LeT
outfit.
CM Omar Abdullah said a Kashmiri
youth has been recruited into ISIS from Australia.
Minister of State for Home Kiren
Rijiju in Lok Sabha said Hafiz Saeed, LeT founder and the 'chief'
of JuD has been holding rallies in proximity to the LoC and IB
in J&K. Rijiju said during these visits, Saeed has addressed several
rallies where he has been "highly critical of India".
The Delhi High Court dismissed
separate pleas for statutory bail of three alleged IM operatives,
accused in September 2011 Delhi High Court blast case. A bench
of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Mukta Gupta also rejected their
appeal against a special NIA court's decision to extend the period
of investigation from 90 to 180 days.
The prosecution produced two witnesses,
Masood Ali Baig and Mohammed Abdul Khader in the court of the
First Additional Metropolitan Session-cum- NIA Special Court on
the second day of the trial in the Mecca Masjid blast case in
Nampally, Hyderabad.
Punjab local court remanded nine
days Police custody to three militants of KZF and KLF, who were
arrested from Miran Sahib in Simbal Camp of RS Pura area in Jammu
District of J&K. The three Harpreet Singh alias Harmeet Singh
alias Pintu, Karanjit Singh alias Pamma and Swaran
Singh Shabba were booked under sections 17,18, 20 of the UAPA,
and sections 153-A,121 and 120-B of the IPC and sections 25/54/59
of the Arms Act.
Union Defence Minister Arun Jaitley
in Rajya Sabha said 49 Army personnel were martyred in J&K during
counter insurgency operations in the last three years. Jaitley
also said the government has spent INR 49500 billion to procure
equipment for the Army in the last ten years.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Jonga Mandavi (30), Rajaram Sori (19) and Pandu Mandavi (21),
were arrested during a search operation, while they were trying
to lay landmines in a bid to attack Police in Rawali area in Dantewada
District of Chhattisgarh.
Six Maoists, identified as Koparam
Karma alias Maneel (20), Mohanlal Karma (22), Budhram Podiyam
(26), Soni Bhogam (20), a Chetna Natya Mandali (CNM) 'commander'
of Palnar, Bhogam Sallu (20), a 'militia commander' of Palnar
and Laxman Bhogam (30), a member of Palnar militia platoon, all
residents of Bijapur District, surrendered before the Police in
Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Seven Maoists, identified as Payuk
(25), Payuk Prakash (25), residents of Sakin Jhilli under Bhairamgarh
Police Station of Bijpaur District, and Sagnu (28), Veersingh
Potai alias Virjhu, Massu Netam, Raisingh Salam (24) and
Santer alias Kavle (30), a Janmilitia 'commander' of Rajbeda
area, all residents of Kondagaon District, surrendered before
the Police in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
An Odisha-based CPI-Maoist cadre,
identified as Natunia Kongari (55), surrendered before SP N K
Singh with arms and ammunition in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
A CPI-Maoist leader, identified
as Bhima alias Rushi Sodhi, who was carrying a reward of INR 4,00,000
on his head, surrendered with his wife, identified as Nangi Kunjami,
before the Police in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
Instances of sexual exploitation
of tribal women cadres by senior CPI-Maoist leaders have been
reported in various Naxal affected states, informed the Minister
of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju to Lok Sabha.
The UMHA official have stated
that Hyderabad and 10 other Districts in united Andhra Pradesh
had witnessed either Naxalite activities or violence.
A mob attacked a gang of extortionists
in Bansi Apal village, near Resubelpara in North Garo Hills District
of Meghalaya killing an unidentified extortionist and wounding
another. A third member of the group who possessed a pistol reportedly
managed to escape.
A clerical staff of SBI Gasuapara
branch in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya identified as
Subodh Kumar Mishra was kidnapped at Barengapara road in Cherengpara
village in West Garo Hills District. ASAK is the prime suspect
for the abduction.
Meghalaya Government has decided
to set up a designated camp for ANVC-B on the premises of the
2nd MLP Battalion at Georage in West Garo Hills District.
An individual identified as Biplov
Rabha was beaten up by group of NDFB-IKS in Sonitpur District
of Assam.
Sonitpur SP Sanjukta Parasor stated
that SFs had intensified operations in the border areas after
NDFB-IKS on August 2 injured eight small tea planters near the
Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in Sonitpur District.
Army personnel found an IED buried
inside the vegetable garden of a person, Pranjit Dohotia at Lajung
Gaon in Tinsukia District of Assam.
DGP, Khagen Sarma stated that
Police received an intelligence input about the possibility of
members of Islamic militant groups targeting Assam in the run-up
to Independence Day. DGP also stated that ULFA-I is also desperate
to make its presence felt with acts of violence and the 'commander-in-chief'
of the outfit, Paresh Baruah, is in constant touch with hardcore
militant Drishti Rajkhowa, who is in charge of operations of the
ULFA-I in lower Assam.
RUKR has demanded that ST status
should be given to those people of the community who are living
in the seven lower Assam districts along with the formation of
Kamatapur Territorial Council or Satellite Autonomous Council.
A hand grenade was recovered from
the residence of the Sangaiyumpham Part I Gram Panchayat Pradhan,
Alipjan Begam at Thoubal District of Manipur. The grenade is suspected
to be lobbed by unidentified persons in connection with monetary
demand. Police later recovered the grenade.
A MNRF militant identified as
Ruichinghao Jajo alias Achung alias Ahao was arrested and ten
people including two bail-out persons were detained during a cordon
and search operation at Singjamei Bheigyapati Leikai in Imphal
East District of Manipur.
ZRA denied any involvement in
the killing of 'defence director' of ZRF identified as Nengzamuan
alias Nicolas on July 28. (Manipur).
Security has been tightened in
Manipur in view of Independence Day celebrations on August 15.
Manipur SFs have been deployed at various sensitive areas in Imphal
West and Imphal East Districts.
SFs recovered five detonators
from a Barpeta-bound bus coming from Guwahati in Kamrup Metropolitan
District on NH-31 near Rangia of Kamrup District of Assam.
SFs recovered five detonators
from a Barpeta-bound bus coming from Guwahati in Kamrup Metropolitan
District on NH-31 near Rangia of Kamrup District of Assam.
Special Cell of East Khasi Hills
Police arrested a HNLC cadre identified as Willbok Lyngdoh Marshillong
from Lumparing in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya and another
HNLC cadre identified as Sylvester Marwein from an unspecified
location for demanding INR 100000 from a person from Laitumkhrah
in East Khasi Hills District.
One individual, identified as
H.D. Lalhmangaiha was arrested in connection with the August 1
blast on near the residence of Z.S. Zuala, the Mizoram Parliamentary
Secretary for Home in Mission Veng locality in Aizawl, Police
said. He confessed that HPC-D militants had given money to him
to carry out the attacks.
One individual, identified as
H.D. Lalhmangaiha was arrested in connection with the August 1
blast on near the residence of Z.S. Zuala, the Mizoram Parliamentary
Secretary for Home in Mission Veng locality in Aizawl, Police
said. He confessed that HPC-D militants had given money to him
to carry out the attacks.
NSCN-KK through its 'MIP', maintained
that ACAUT "a de-recognised committee cannot declare any statement
null and void" and that the statement or "bond Agreement" jointly
issued on August 1 by NSCN-KK 'kilo secretary' (Home Secretary)
and Solomon L. Awomi secretary of ACAUT for Solomon's release
(August 2) "stands firm".
Suspected IM operatives planned
to send letters soaked with poison to kill its targets, says a
Delhi Police charge sheet filed in a case relating to an illegal
arms factory operated by the terror group. The charge sheet said,
"During their interrogation, accused Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rahman
alias Waqas had disclosed that they had made efforts to
make poison with the help of available chemicals such as magnesium
sulphate, acetone and castor seeds." "Their purpose
behind making poison was to attempt target killing by sending
letters soaked with poison. These chemicals have been recovered
from Waqar," it said.
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A soldier of the Indian Army was
killed in an encounter with a group of armed militants at Gazaldari
area, close to Sadhna Pass in Kupwara District of J&K.
J&K Police recovered the body
of a militant, identified as Mudasir Ahmad Sofi from Suraipora
Village in Kreeri area of Baramulla District. Police also recovered
an Insas rifle near the deceased along with some used cartridges.
J&K Police recovered the body
of a militant, identified as Mudasir Ahmad Sofi from Suraipora
Village in Kreeri area of Baramulla District. Police also recovered
an Insas rifle near the deceased along with some used cartridges.
Police arrested a man, identified
as S Faizur Rahman from Tiruppur District of Tamil Nadu on charges
of ordering and procuring t-shirts printed with slogans supporting
Islamic State (IS). This is the third such arrest made.
The Central Zone Police conducted
a 'cordon-and-search' operation in the Feelkhana area at Begum
Bazaar in Hyderabad. Police officials said that they selected
the area to conduct the searches as a terror group had conducted
a recce of the area before the Dilsukhnagar blasts of February
21, 2013.
The Special Cell charge sheeted
IM operatives Tehsin Akhtar, Zia-ur-Rehman and four other terror
suspects in the 2011 Meer Vihar (Delhi) illegal arms factory case.
The charge sheet, sources said, lists Mahroof, Saqib Ansari, Waqar
and Imtiyaz Alam as those involved in the conspiracy. It also
mentions the names of 14 important IM members including Amir Reza
Khan and Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal as absconding accused. The list
also includes IM and LeT suspects identified as Mohseen Chaudhary,
Waqas, Tehsin alias Monu, Danish, Mohammad Ismail, Mohammad Zasim,
Abdul Kadir, Afif, Khalil, Anwar, Sabir, Salim and Abdul.
Four terror accused, identified
as Abdul Shameem, Sadiq, Shahid Ali Nawaz and Samiullah were arrested
from the house of Samilullah in Sonnenhalli slum of Viveknagar
Police Station limits in Bangalore. The accused are originally
from Tamil Nadu, but Samiullah and Sadiq had long migrated to
Bengaluru, said an official source.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Pitambar Mahato alias Preetam Mahato alias Lambu
(36) surrendered before the Police in Ranchi District of Jharkhand.
Over 130 civilians and 61 Security
Force personnel have been killed by the Naxals between
January and July 15, 2014, informed Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju to the Rajya Sabha.
Acting on a tip-off, Bihar Police
seized huge cache of explosives, including 4,225 detonators, 1,200
gelatin sticks and 15 kilogram of ammonium nitrate from a house
in village in Karbandia locality near Sasaram of Rohtas District.
Two Sub-Inspectors of Police (SIs)
of the Sawargaon Police Station were injured when a group of about
40 to 50 armed CPI-Maoist cadres opened fire in Dhanora tehsil
(revenue unit) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
At least 15 persons including
a Policeman, nine students of GP Women's College and five students
of Imphal College were injured in agitator-Police clashes that
broke out at different areas in Imphal during a rally taken out
by the students demanding ILPS implementation. (Manipur)
The ban on national projects being
enforced by the UNC was deliberated in a high level security meeting.
(Manipur)
UNLF 'chairman' RK Meghen alias
Sanayaima and his associates who are in NIA custody were produced
in front of the NIA special court in Guwahati in Kamrup Metropolitan
District of Assam.
An opposition MLA Padma Hazarika
who represents Sootea LAC in Sonitpur District of Assam said that
his life was under threat from the NDFB-IKS.
Two ruling Congress MLAs Bhupen
Bora and Rajen Borthakur who represent different constituencies
in Sonitpur District of Assam stated that there was insufficient
infrastructure and facilities in remote bordering areas to facilitate
sustained Police action against militants and cited lack of adequate
vehicles, manpower, barricades and even drinking water supply
for Police personnel to carry out counter-insurgency operations.
Members of AIUDF and BPF engaged
in a heated exchange of words after an AIUDF MLA reputedly stated
that BPF name figured in the FIR related to violence in Baksa
District of Assam in May in which more than 40 people were killed.
Dissident Congress leader and
former State Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the BTAD
problem can be solved with political initiative and not by just
strengthening SFs and Police.
Minister of State for Home Affairs
Kiren Rijiju in Rajya Sabha stated that "There are reports of
Bangladeshi nationals having entered the country without valid
travel documents," According to information available as on December
31, 2012, 16,530 Bangladeshi nationals who came to India with
valid travel documents, were found to be overstaying.
Assam Forest Minister Rockybul
Hussain informed in the State Assembly that more than 42,000 people
declared as foreigners could not be deported as they went missing.
He informed that during the period from 1986 to May 31 this year,
Tribunals and Courts declared 59,512 persons as illegal migrants
and only 2,446 of them could be deported.
A Suspected GNLA militant identified
as Bishnu M Sangma who was in judicial custody at the Williamnagar
District jail escaped from a Government hospital where he was
undergoing treatment.
The abducted employee of the SBI
identified as Subodh Kumar Mishra is yet to be traced by the Police.(Meghalaya)
FKJGP led by its president Wadbor
Nongphud and general secretary Dekian lyngdoh detected six migrant
workers without valid papers at Rambrai in West Garo Hills District
of Meghalaya.The illegal migrants were asked to leave the place
on the same day.
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs, Kiren Rijiju stated in Rajya Sabha that violence in North
East is on the wane with the number of violent incidents coming
down to 412 from 1489 in 2007 and killing of innocent civilians
to 102 from 498 during the same year.
Sivasagar SP, Satya Gogoi stated
that strength of banned outfit such as ULFA and CPI-Maoist has
increased in Upper Assam with many youths particularly those belonging
to tea garden areas joining the CPI-Maoist ranks.
Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla held
a meeting with Home Secretary Anil Goswami in New Delhi and requested
him to take action over deleting the names of those refugees who
are not willing to return to Mizoram.
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Hyderabad Police arrested a man,
identified as Gaddam Linga Reddy in Secunderabad area of Hyderabad
District for circulating FICN. Police seized notes with face value
of INR 4,00,000 in the denomination of INR 500 from Reddy. The
FICN was given by a man called Samsool from Farakka in Murshidabad
District of West Bengal, Police said.
Suspected LeT operatives Abdul
Subhan and his nephew Asahbuddin, arrested for their alleged roles
in conspiring to carry out terror strikes in Delhi and adjoining
areas, were remanded in judicial custody till August 16, 2014
by a Delhi court.
IM 'arrested India operations
chief' Yasin Bhatkal, told Uttar Pradesh Police's ATS that the
only time he participated actively in a terror strike was in Varanasi
blast of December 7, 2010. The case was being investigated by
the ATS but no arrests had been made.
Maharashtra ATS filed a supplementary
charge sheet Yasin Bhatkal in the 2010 German Bakery blast case.
The ATS submitted a copy of the charge sheet before the Additional
Sessions Judge N P Dhote.
The US put HuM and all its affiliates
on a list of "foreign terrorist organisations" and "specially
designated terrorists. US Treasury Department said that after
international sanctions, HuM continued to work under various names.
The names include Al-Faran, Al-Hadid, Al-Hadith, Harakat ul-Ansar,
Harakat-ul-Mujahidin, Jamiat ul-Ansar, HuA, HuM, Ansar-ul-Ummah
and its leader, Maulana Khalil, has been linked to Osama bin Laden.
Bihar Police arrested four persons
including two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Devendra Sahni
and Bharat Thakur, from Aura Malkana village under Tariyani Chowk
Police Station limits in Sheohar District of Bihar.
A top CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Mahadev Nadgu Gavde alias Rusi, was arrested during
a checking drive under Bande Police Station limits in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh.
The Kerala High Court granted
bail to Jonathan Baud, a 24-year-old Swiss national arrested by
the State Police on July 28, 2014 on suspected CPI-Maoist links
after he attended a meeting of Maoist sympathizers at Thriprayar
in Thrissur District.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres, including
an urban conduit, were arrested in separate incidents from Kanker
District of Chhattisgarh.
Ramau Ram Boga (22) and Kaliram
Ram Boga (25) were arrested from Rasoli village under Bhanupratappur
Police Station limits, Ram Kumar Komra (32) was rounded up from
Tadoki Police Station area of the District.
A suspected Maoist conduit Rakesh
Bhuarya (23) who was active in Dalli Rajhra 'area committee' of
the CPI-Maoist, was arrested from Kacche outpost of Bhanupratappur
Police Station limits of the District.
Two unidentified GNLA militants
were killed by SFs in an encounter near Kongkhal village under
the Krishnai Police Station in Goalpara District of Assam. A 9
mm pistol, one 7.65 mm pistol, large amount of ammunition, three
hand grenades, an IED weighing approximately two kilograms and
two mobile handsets were recovered from the slain militants.
Forest, Environment, Panchayat
and Rural Development Minister Rockybul Hussain stated in the
Assembly that update of the NRC for Assam will be completed by
December 2016 and the State Government has been authorised by
GoI for carrying out the operational work relating to the NRC
update in the State.
AASU alleged that the Government
of Assam is encouraging infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals
into the State with its failure to deport the foreigners identified
by the Tribunals set up under provisions of the Foreigners' Act.
AGP held a sit-in protest at Dibrugarh
District against the cabinet decision of Assam Government to provide
shelter to Bangladeshi immigrants in Assam.
NPP has asked Meghalaya CM Mukul
Sangma to immediately ask the NIA to probe into his recent allegations
that the ANVC-B was having links with Pakistan's ISI.
In the wake of spurt in killings,
kidnappings and other law and order problems in Garo Hills region
of Meghala, the citizens and various pressure groups have formed
the Citizens' Forum for Peace, North Garo Hills, with its head
office at Mendipathar.
SBI bankers working in Garo Hills
postponed their August 8 strike by two days to give time for the
Meghalaya Government to take necessary steps to ensure the safe
release of their abducted staff who was taken at gunpoint by armed
militants from the Gasuapara-Dalu road on August 5.
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August 8 |
Army killed three militants near
the LoC in Gagadori forest area of Tanghdar Sector in Kupwara
District of J&K. An Army officer said that all the three militants
are Pakistani nationals and belong to LeT militant outfit. Three
AK-47 rifles, three pouches, three UBGL, three wireless sets were
recovered and a temporary hideout was busted in the Gagadori forest
area.
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire
and targeted Indian forward posts with small arms and automatic
weapons along the LoC in Bhimbher Gali Sub-Sector of Poonch District
of J&K. The Indian Army retaliated strongly. There was no loss
of life or damage to property in the firing.
Delhi Police filed a charge sheet
in a Delhi court against suspected top IM operatives Tehsin Akhtar,
Zia-ur-Rahman and three others, identified as Mohammad Maroof,
Wakar Azhar and Mohammad Saqib Ansari for allegedly setting up
an illegal arms factory in Meet Vihar area of Delhi from where
arms and ammunition were recovered in 2011.
Delhi Police filed a charge sheet
in a Delhi court against suspected top IM operatives Tehsin Akhtar,
Zia-ur-Rahman and three others, identified as Mohammad Maroof,
Wakar Azhar and Mohammad Saqib Ansari for allegedly setting up
an illegal arms factory in Meet Vihar area of Delhi from where
arms and ammunition were recovered in 2011.
A Maoist, identified as Pradhan
Hembrom alias Dondo Hembrom, a member of the outfit's squad active
in Jharkhand and neighbouring Odisha, was arrested near a railway
bridge in Jagannathpur area in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
SFs recovered an IED from Amguri
town in Sivasagar District of Assam.
A CRPF team had also recovered
a quarter kilogram of explosive and four live ammunition of a
12 bore rifle from Halowating in Sivasagar District near the Assam-Nagaland
border.
Four Bhutanese individuals, identified
as Singy Wang Chuck, Padam Lal Rai, Taksha Subba and Sunil Subba
were abducted from a Bhutanese village at Pathabari near Sarpang
town in Sarpang District in Assam by a group of around 30 suspected
militants armed with guns. Later the abductors released one individual.
Night curfew has been imposed
along the 5 kilometre belt of Assam side bordering Nagaland and
Arunachal Pradesh in order to check movement of anti-social elements.
AMSU demanded compensation to
the families of six persons who went missing during the Kokrajhar
riots in Assam of 2012 in which more than 100 people were killed.
An OGW of HNLC identified as Kitdorlang
Lyngdoh Rngain was arrested from Umran in Ri Bhoi District of
Meghalaya.
Havildar Bitharstone R Marak of
Meghalaya Police was dismissed from service for his anti-national
activity of working for GNLA. He was arrested by the Assam Police
on April 19 from Jorebat in Ri Bhoi District in Meghalaya when
he went to receive AK ammunition from arms smugglers to be supplied
to GNLA.
Meghalaya Police are yet to make
any headway in the case of the abducted SBI employee, Subodh Kumar
Mishra.
NPP stated that the main reason
for the deteriorating law and order situation in the five Districts
of Garo Hills in Meghalaya is the lack of political will on the
part of the Government to comprehensively deal with the situation.
All private schools in Manipur's
Churachandpur District were indefinitely closed by school authorities
following monetary demands from some militant groups. The decision
to shut down the schools, numbering 52, was taken during a meeting
of Churchandpur District Private Schools Association in protest
against "monetary demands and threats imposed by certain groups,"
a statement issued by the association said.
MCP-M while announcing a boycott
to the upcoming Independence Day celebration of India on August
15, called upon the people to stay away from participating in
any celebration functions.(Manipur)
Official reports said that State
forces, including the Police, were deployed in several parts of
Manipur, to prevent untoward incidents following large-scale agitation
demanding introduction of the ILP.
28 pro-ILPS woman agitators, who
were arrested during a protest on July 25, were released from
the jail. Meanwhile, JCILPS Women's Wing threatened to launch
different forms of agitation if Advocate Pukhrambam Arjun, who
was arrested for supporting pro-ILPS agitation on July 28, is
not unconditionally released by tomorrow (August 9).
Deputy CM Gaikhangam stated that,
we need a united voice to urge the central Government for implementation
of ILPS in Manipur.
Tripura administration has put
the entire State on high alert, on the eve of 67th Independence
Day.
The Maharashtra State Government
announced cash rewards up to INR 10 million for providing information
about Naxals.
ENNWA under NSCN-K comprising
of tribes belonging to Konyak, Phom, Yimchunger, Chang, Sangtam,
Khiamnungan reaffirmed their commitment "to fight for Naga sovereignty
till the last drop of their blood". (Nagaland)
A suspected militant identified
as Wai Kaba was arrested by SFs from Merankong in Mokokchung District
of Nagaland with unspecified amount of arms and ammunition. Extortion
slips and other incriminating documents of various factions of
NSCN were also seized from his possession.
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August 9 |
IB launched a counter-radicalisation
effort to neutralise the influence of radical elements in the
wake of growing support to IS across India. The move got fresh
impetus after some youth from Tamil Nadu and J&K displayed the
IS flag and sported T-shirts with its logo. They were influenced
by IS 'chief' Abu-bakr Al-Baghdadi, who has called for establishing
global Caliphate, inviting Muslim youth, essentially Sunnis from
across the world, to join Jihad.
A gun battle took place between
a group of CPI-Maoist cadres and cadres of TPC in a place near
Kouriya village in Palamu District of Jharkhand.
At least 14 cadres of TPC were
killed by the Maoists at Choti Kauriya village under Vishrampur
Police Station limits in Palamu District of Jharkhand.
One CRPF personnel was killed
in an exchange of fire with the CPI-Maoist at Murdanda village
under Awapalli Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
During a search operation, a trooper
of the CoBRA battalion of the CRPF, was injured in an encounter
with the Maoists in a forested patch near Reddy village in Mirtur
area under Gangaloor Police Station in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Two hardcore female Maoists, identified
as Soni alias Shyambati and Jaldai, were arrested by a team of
Kondagaon Police, from Bhanpuri area in Raipur District of Chhattisgarh.
PREPAK greeted all indigenous
people of Kangleipak (Manipur) and the world on the occasion of
the International Day of World's Indigenous People.
Three ULFA militants, identified
as Taison Rabha, Ujira Rabha and Rupjyoti Rabha and their over
ground worker, identified as Manuel Marak have been arrested separately
along with explosives on the Garo Hills side of the inter-State
border close to Assam in North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
Police said that suspected NLFT
militants abducted Udai Reang and Jaraiham Reang from Kalyan Singh
ADC village of Joyrampara (Dhalai District of Tripura) under Gandacherra
Police Station.
Five militants of the TSSF have
been arrested by Police from Changlang, Lohit (Arunachal Pradesh)
and Tinsukia (Assam) Districts during a three day operation. Two
pistols, 1 US carbine, 1 12-bore rifle and 1 .22 rifle have been
recovered from them.
A 'sub-zonal commander' of PLFI identified as
Mukesh Yadav, was arrested at Balumath in Latehar District of
Jharkhand.
Deputy CM, Gaikhangam who is also heading the
all-political parties committee set up to determine an act to
control the influx of foreigners in the State said that the safety
of the indigenous population of the State will be ensured. He
said that the committee will ensure that an Act is in place to
protect the indigenous population if implementing the ILPS becomes
impossible.
KCP-MC called for a 12 hours public curfew on
the Independence Day. A press handout signed by its 'secretary',
'Information and Publicity', Paikhomba Meitei said the day
marks the transfer of colonial hegemony.(Manipur)
104 members of the NDFB-RD joined
the NDFB-P. (Assam)
Recurrence of violence in the
BTAD area of Assam has prompted several non-Bodo organizations
to approach Union Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh and press
him for reviewing the BTC Accord of 2003 to ensure safety and
security of the non-Bodos.
Date for public hearing on the
alleged killing of six KPLT militants in encounter with SF during
counter insurgency operation in Karbi Anglong in Assam on May
14 has been fixed on August 26 at the Inspection Bungalow of Lumbajung
Development, Manja, 16 kilometer from Diphu.
UNTABA demanded immediate setting
up of border guards in all border villages to protect the people
and their land. This was part of a 6-point resolution adopted
during the "Peoples' dialogue on border issue between Assam and
Nagaland" organized by UNTABA.
A date is being worked out by
the UMHA to sign the MoS with ANVC. An official source said that
the Centre had written to the State Government in July that the
ministry has approved the final settlement with ANVC and a suitable
date is being finalized to sign the settlement in Delhi.
P.A. Sangma has mooted the idea
of a "grand federation" of northeastern tribes and a northeastern
commission, on the lines of the European Commission, to give recognition
to all the communities in the region. Sangma said there was no
concept of "statehood" in the Northeast.
A team of Bishnupur Police arrested
two militants belonging to KCP-URF, identified as Laipubam Sheityadev
Sharma alias Inao and Sharungbam Chandrakumar Singh alias Taton
near Kiyamba Shanglen in Bishnupur District of Manipur. Two mobiles
handset were also seized from them.
SFs arrested a cadre of KRA, identified
as Jangkholet Haokip alias David from Jalenbung village
near Litan in Ukhrul District of Manipur. From his possession
an extortion note of KRA was seized.
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August 9-10 |
Police arrested five individuals,
identified as Bidhan Dohotia, Sanjib Talukdar, Sukheshwer Chutia
alias File alias Sukhey and Jintu Chowrok alias Kabul from Tongona
and Barekuri areas of Tinsukia District of Assam for trying to
extort money from various individuals by serving demand letters
written in letterheads of ULFA and ULFA-I. Twenty demand letters
in ULFA letterheads and a mobile handset were recovered from the
group.
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August 10 |
Pakistan violated the ceasefire
by opening unprovoked firing along the IB at Budhwar Post in Sai
Village of Arnia Sector in Jammu District of J&K. However, there
was no damage or casualty on the Indian side.
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire
along the LoC in the Mendhar Sector of Poonch District of J&K.
No damage or casualties from Indian side have been reported in
the firing.
The ASEAN in Nay Pyi (Myanmar)
resolved to significantly enhance cooperation with India in combating
growing challenges of maritime security, terrorism, drug trafficking
and cyber crime besides expanding trade ties.
Two CRPF troopers were killed
by CPI-Maoist cadres while they were guarding road construction
work under Basaguda Police Station limits in Bijapur District
of Chhattisgarh.
A 'section commander' of the CPI-Maoist,
identified as Tunia Horo alias Zokhim, was arrested with arms
and ammunition near Kundruguttu Residential School under Tebo
Police Station limits in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
Armed men carrying an automatic
rifle and small arms made an attack on traders doing brisk business
at Gokulgre market, between Bajengdoba and Rari in East Garo Hills
District of Meghalaya looting shops of the day's earnings. The
armed men behind the looting are believed to be from the ANCA,
led by one Bryno.
HNLC called for a three-day bandh
starting from 6 pm of August 13 to 6 pm of August 15 in protest
against the NGT ban on rate hole mining in Meghalaya and the customary
boycott of the Independence Day celebrations.
Garo militant outfit ASAK, which
was formed by rebel GNLA militants, has called for a boycott of
the Independence Day celebrations in Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
GNLA denied that two persons who
were killed on August 7 in Goalpara in Assam were its cadres.
The proscribed outfit, however, pointed out that the duo was eliminated
in a fake encounter.
While SBI branches all over Meghalaya
will remain closed on August 11 SBI employees in Garo Hills region
will go on an indefinite strike in protest against the abduction
of their colleague, Subodh Kumar Mishra on August 5.
The CPI-Maoist cadres along with
their hundreds of supporters assembled in the thick forests of
Marigeta in Kalimela Police Station limits in Malkangiri District
of Odisha and urged the villagers to cooperate during the observation
of Black Day on August 15.
Two tea planters, identified as
Baula Basumatary and Rugi Basumatary were beaten up at Mainasiri
in Sonitpur District of Assam by four militants of NDFB-IKS for
not paying extortion money.
An unidentified armed suspected
militant of NSCN-IM was arrested by SFs from Jalukie in Peren
District of Nagaland. Two AK-56 rifles and ammunition were recovered
from the militant.
A suspected militant of NSCN-KK
identified as Kaito Sumi was arrested by SFs in Uravilla Colony
in Dimapur District of Nagaland. A .22 pistol was recovered from
him.
UMHA alerted the Northeastern
States over possible terror attacks in the run-up to Independence
Day. The ministry has asked the States to take steps to foil any
attempt by militants to upset peace.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker
and Tura MP, P.A Sangma, said that even if the MoS with ANVC is
signed, the proposed agreement will not bring peace even as he
stated that the extension of the term of the GHADC for a second
time is unconstitutional.
ANVC-B has said that frequent
false accusations against its cadres will result in their alienation.
A combined team of Imphal East
District Police Commandos and 27 AR arrested a PLA militant, identified
as Moirangthem Nungsithoiba alias Thoiba during a search and cordon
operation conducted in Imphal East District of Manipur. A mobile
handset along with two SIM cards was seized from his possession.
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August 11 |
Two BSF troopers were injured
when Pakistan Rangers violated ceasefire agreement and resorted
to unprovoked firing at Indian positions along the IB in RS Pura
Sector of Jammu District of J&K. BSF retaliated Pakistan firing
effectively.
At least eight BSF personnel,
including an Assistant Commandant were injured in a militant attack
on the paramilitary convoy at Pampore town of Pulwama District
of J&K.
Union Minister of Home Affairs,
Rajnath Singh said that Indian Government is making every effort
to arrest fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, who is believed to be hiding
in Pakistan. India believes Dawood is living in Pakistan with
the active support of that country's intelligence agency, ISI,
and continues to be involved in anti-India activities.
West Bengal home department allowed
five commissionerates of Bidhannagar, Howrah, Siliguri, Barrackpore
and Asansol-Durgapur to set up one cyber Police Stations each.
In the future, all these commissionerates are likely to get separate
Bomb Disposal Squads and high radio frequency squad for patrolling
purposes.
The Bombay High Court has granted
bail to Majid Akhtar Shaikh, an accused in the 2008 IM terror
email case. He is the sixth accused in the case to have been granted
bail. Even five years after the charge sheet was filed, trial
is yet to begin in the case.
A team of the ATS of the Jaipur
Police has been camping in the town of Bhatkal to collect information
regarding two IM?cadres from the town, who are alleged to have
had a role in bomb blasts and acts of terrorism across India.
Ten suspects had been arrested at Jaipur in April, 2014. During
questioning, the suspects had mentioned the names of Shafi Armar
and Sultan Armar, hailing from the town. The ATS?team suspects
them to have fled to Karachi.
A cadre of the CPI-Maoist's 'firing
squad', identified as Nirmal, was arrested at Bazaar Tand in Khunti
District of Jharkhand.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Lakhmu (38), carrying cash reward of INR 20,000 on his head,
was arrested from a forested patch of Kumnar village under Narayanpur
Police Station limits in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
The NIA questioned Congress MLA
Kawasi Lakhma at a forest guest house in Jagdalpur District of
Chhattisgarh over the Jiram Ghati Maoist attack on a Congress
convoy on May 25, 2013, in which 28 people, including senior Congress
leader Mahendra Karma, V.C. Shukla and then State Congress Chief
Nandkumar Patel were killed.
Union Minister of Home Affairs
Rajnath Singh stated that the Government was willing to hold talks
with CPI-Maoist if they would shun arms.
Two individuals identified as
Leishangbam Nungsi Devi and Moirangthem Shyamkesho were injured
in a grenade blast when suspected militants hurled a hand grenade
at the residence of Parliamentary Secretary and MLA Mairengbam
Prithiviraj at Moirang bazaar in Bishnupur District of Manipur.
Thousands of people peacefully
demonstrated on the main road of Ukhrul town in Ukhrul District
of Manipur in the heavy presence of State SFs to show their support
for the ongoing peace dialogue between the GoI and NSCN-IM.
People at different localities
staged demonstrations demanding implementation of ILPS. (Manipur)
With the completion of the 10
days ban on construction works of all National Projects, the UNC
decided that the Naga people in present State of Manipur would
not associate with the observation of the Independence Day organized
by the district administrations under the aegis of the GoM.
Just 12 days before the expiry
of the present term of SoO of the UPF and the KNO with the Government,
uncertainty hangs whether the two umbrella organisations of tribal
underground groups will sign for extension of SoO for another
term.(Manipur).
Four militants of the ULFA-I identified
as Moran alias Bullet Asom, Bhaskar Sonowal alias
Nagen Asom, Anojit Mahanta alias Jonak Asom and Nijut Gogoi alias
Amlan Hazarika surrendered before the Tinsukia and Dibrugarh Police
in a surrender ceremony at the office of the SP Tinsukia District
of Assam. One US Carbine with magazine and two rounds of ammunition,
TNT powder, one pistol with magazine and five rounds of ammunition,
one Chinese grenade and one mobile phone handset were surrendered
by the militants.
Reports said that ULFA hardliners
are trying to sneak into Sivasagar District by taking shelter
in the Assam-Nagaland border areas near Charaideo subdivision
in Sivasagar District.
NDFB-P stated that the 104 members
joining the outfit was not a drama, as alleged by the 'information
and publicity secretary of NDFB' B Naijab. The 'assistant information
and publicity secretary' of NDFB-P R Daoka said altogether 104
members of the Ranjan Daimary group, including some from NDFB-IKS
had joined the NDFB-P at the Serfanguri designated camp in Kokrajhar
District of Assam.
Assam Forest Minister Rockybul
Hussain said in the State Assembly that Government has set up
120 fixed security pickets in the vulnerable areas of the BTAD
to provide security to the common people.
Naga Hoho (the apex body of Nagas)
through its communication cell expressed dismay with the appointment
of retired Special Director of IB R.N. Ravi as the new interlocutor
for Naga talks. Naga Hoho appealed to GoI and its leaders to appoint
another interlocutor who possessed no military or IB background.
NSCN-KK welcomed four 'home comers'
identified as Yimkiumong , K.Tsuyehbah Yim , Laji and Thsanso
who joined the militant group recently. (Nagaland).
NSCN-KK welcomed four 'home comers'
identified as Yimkiumong , K.Tsuyehbah Yim , Laji and Thsanso
who joined the militant group recently. (Nagaland).
The ANVC has come down heavily
on Tura MP P.A Sangma for his statement that "peace settlement
with ANVC will not yield the desired result since other groups
are still not part of the peace process."
The ANVC has come down heavily
on Tura MP P.A Sangma for his statement that "peace settlement
with ANVC will not yield the desired result since other groups
are still not part of the peace process."
SBI Staff Association deputy general
secretary (Shillong Module) Biman B Bhattacharya has revealed
that the family of the abducted SBI official Subodh Kumar Mishra
has paid an amount of INR 50, 0000 to the abductors. According
to him, the payment was made on August 9. "Despite paying the
ransom, the abductors are yet to release the bank assistant,"
Bhattarcharya said.
Meghalaya Government appealed
to the people to defy the 'unwarranted' 48-hours bandh (shut down
strike) called by the HNLC even as it assured that security will
not be compromised to them.
9-year old Lobayed Abrar Wasi,
son of a bank employee, identified as Anwar Hussain who works
in Meghalaya Co-operative Apex Bank was abducted from Bolarbita
village of Chibinang area in Tikrikilla in West Garo Hills District.
UMHA sought detailed report of
the status of border fencing along the state of Tripura from BSF.
Union Minister of Home Affairs,
Rajnath Singh stated that the Government was willing to hold talks
with Northeast insurgents as well as CPI-Maoists if they would
shun arms.
Union Minister of Home Affairs,
Rajnath Singh stated that the Government was willing to hold talks
with Northeast insurgents as well as CPI-Maoists if they would
shun arms.
Two IEDs and two detonators were
detected by SFs on the roadside along the Imphal-Churachandpur
section of the NH-150 at Kolbul area in Churachandpur District
of Manipur.
A joint team of AR and Dimapur
Police arrested a ‘lieutanant’ Ali Jamir Ao of the NSCN-IM and
rescued two abducted persons from his captivity at Sukhovi Road
in Dimapur District of Nagaland. SFs recovered one .32 pistol,
one .22 rifle along with assorted ammunition from the location.
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August 12 |
A Police man, identified as Constable
Rajender, was shot at and injured in a militant attack at Awantipora
Town in Pulwama District of J&K.
Pakistan Rangers violated ceasefire
along the IB in Arnia area of RS Pura Sector in Jammu District
of J&K.
HM claimed responsibility for
the attack on BSF convoy at Pampore Town of Pulwama District of
J&K in which eight BSF personnel were injured in militant attack.
The 'operational spokesperson' of HM, Baleeg-u-Din said that the
highway squad of the outfit inflicts heavy damage on Indian security
personnel and they returned safely after carrying out the attack.
Minister of State for Home, Kiren
Rijiju said in Lok Sabha that there were approximately
6,800 militants of different Tanzeems active during 1996 in the
J&K which, however, has got reduced to 240 and 199 in 2013 and
2014 (January) respectively.
In a letter of caution to Mumbai
International Airport and other airports of the country, the BCAS
has asked authorities to increase security arrangements after
they received inputs indicating that IM may organise an aircraft
hijacking or forcible intrusion at smaller airports to release
Yasin Bhatkal.
PM, Narendra Modi condemned Pakistan
for its proxy war against India. Modi said Pakistan was incapable
of fighting a conventional war and therefore has been resorting
to terrorism.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley
said that India, without going to war, has lost over 340 military
personnel in the last three years (2011-2013). Jaitley said the
Army had lost 217 soldiers inside the country and 14 outside (in
UN peace-keeping operations) from 2011 to 2013. The Navy suffered
90 casualties and Indian Air Force 19 in the same time period.
Jaitley said 27 soldiers had been killed along the LoC with Pakistan
from 2004 to 2013.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley
said that India, without going to war, has lost over 340 military
personnel in the last three years (2011-2013). Jaitley said the
Army had lost 217 soldiers inside the country and 14 outside (in
UN peace-keeping operations) from 2011 to 2013. The Navy suffered
90 casualties and Indian Air Force 19 in the same time period.
Jaitley said 27 soldiers had been killed along the LoC with Pakistan
from 2004 to 2013.
The Maoists are making efforts
to strengthen its influence in South India, particularly on the
tri-junction of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, said Minister
of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju in Lok Sabha. He
further said Maoist's plans include creating a base on the border
of Kerala and Karnataka.
CPI-Maoist influence in the Agency
areas of Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh is not as weak
as it is thought to be and things are not that rosy and they have
considerable presence in the two areas of Galikonda and Korukonda,
says SP Koya Praveen.
Around hundred CPI-Maoist cadres
have blown up a bridge construction site in Latehar District of
Jharkhand.
A BSF team, acting on a tip-off
from the intelligence wing of the 33 Battalion at Malkangiri Village
(MV)-88, arrested a hardcore CPI-Maoist, identified as Singa Kotam,
during a combing operation in the nearby forest area at Tagorkota
village under Motu Police Station limits in Malkangiri District
of Odisha.
An IED was recovered from a grocery
shop owned by an individual identified as Altab Hussain from a
village in Chattradayal under Lakhipur sub division of Cachar
District of Assam. A sketch map was also found which indicated
Nehru Higher Secondary School, Pailapool in Cachar District. It
is suspected that PULF may be behind the attempted IED attack.
The date of execution was also mentioned in the sketch map as
August 14.
Two individuals identified as
Fosoi Gaur and Chintamoni Barhoi were killed in firing by miscreants
from Nagaland at Chetia Gaon in Golaghat District along Assam-Nagaland
border.
Arunachal Pradesh-Assam boundary
is tense after an encounter between Assam Police and militants
of NDFB-IKS in Sonitpur District.
The four Bhutanese nationals who
were abducted on August 8 by suspected NDFB-IKS from Pathabari
village in Sarpang District are yet to be traced, even after five
days of joint search operations by Bhutanese and Indian SFs. Assam
DGP Khagen Sarma stated that NDFB-IKS is involved in the abduction
of the Bhutanese nationals.
KPLT leadership including 'chairman'
D. Kramsa will soon surrender before the Karbi Anglong District
administration (Assam) to start a democratic struggle for the
separate State of Hemprek Kanthim (self-ruled homeland).
IG of Police SN Singh stated that
a decision has been taken to conduct aerial surveillance over
around 700 kilometres of railway tracks passing through vulnerable
areas and more than 600 kilometres of oil pipelines as railway
tracks and oil pipe lines are often targeted by the militants.
(Assam)
Assam Government has set up 500
forces for detection and deportation of illegal migrants staying
in the State.
Suspected Garo militants opened
fire on a petrol station in Bokmagre in out skirts of Tura in
West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya and killed a pump worker
identified as Bittu Kumar alias Bittu Patel. Police suspect the
involvement of ANVC-B or ASAK in the killing.
Reacting to the Independence Day
boycott called by militant outfit ASAK, ANVC-B stated that it
was improper to call a bandh (shut down strike) on August 15.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma
sought the GoI's intervention in containing deteriorating law
and order situation in the Garo Hills region even as Meghalaya
CM Mukul Sangma announced that his Government has decided to strengthen
the internal security apparatus to bring the situation under control.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma, in
Shillong stated that growing militant activity in Garo Hills is
a matter of concern. He stated that Government had initiated several
programmes for the development of Garo Hills which would show
results in the long run.
JCILPS announced that both the
Women's Wing and Students' Wing of the committee will not take
part in the Independence Day as a resentment of the Government's
failure of implementing the ILPS.(Manipur)
A sense of expectancy surrounded
the return of the NSCN-IM collective leadership to Nagaland after
their informal talks with Central representatives under the new
dispensation in Delhi.
UPF representatives led by its
convenor Aaron Kipgen who have been camping in New Delhi for the
last one week called on Kiren Rijiju in New Delhi. Aaron Kipgen
stated that they have apprised the Minister many issues concerning
UPF and the need to expedite the political peace process and submitted
a memorandum for immediate appointment of interlocutor.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
and Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju assured all
possible support to Arunachal Pradesh for modernization of the
State Police.
SFs recovered three grenades from
Sukhanjuli in Baksa District of Assam.
The village Nokma (headman) of
Jadogre A'king has been abducted by suspected Garo militants from
his home in the village in South Garo Hills of Meghalaya. The
kidnappers demanded money from the Nokma and on not receiving
any took him away.
Civil society and church bodies
condemned the brutal murder of a petrol pump worker near Tura
in West Garo Hills District, even as the District's Deputy Commissioner,
Pravin Bakshi, said the Government would provide INR 300000 as
ex-gratia to the victim's family. An indefinite strike called
by the petrol pump owners' association in the Garo Hills also
brought life to a standstill.
AR recovered three grenades from
the general area of Pangal Basti in Moreh in Chandel District
of Manipur.
A combined team of Thoubal Police
Commandos and AR arrested two militants of PREPAK-Pro identified
as 'sergeant' Khuraijam Shyam alias Mangal Singh and Moirangthem
Abem alias Nira Devi from Khongjom Bazaar area in Toubal District
of Manipur. One 9mm pistol loaded with six live rounds were also
seized from 'sergeant' Khuraijam Shyam.
Three militants of an unidentified
group reportedly surrendered before the 9 AR post near Moreh in
Chandel District of Manipur. The surrendered militants have been
identified as 'captain' Thangtillal Haokip, 'sergeant major' Mamang
Haokip and 'private' Sanatomba. Two grenades, one IED, .32 pistol
and one 9mm pistol along with magazine and two live rounds, and
two hand grenades were also surrendered to the SFs.
UPF held its 8th Foundation Day
at Camp Ebenezer in Sadar Hills in Senapati District of Manipur.
Tension continues to simmer in
Ralan area along the Assam-Nagaland border even as a joint meeting
between the administration and Police of the Golaghat and Wokha
Districts along with the neutral force (CRPF) manning the DAB
was held at the CRPF camp, Rengmapani.
An OGW of an unspecified militant
group identified as Rongsen lemba was arrested by SFs from Changtongya
village in Mokokchung District of Nagaland. Three rifles, assorted
ammunition and large quantity of war like stores and incriminating
documents were recovered from him.
Two individuals identified as
Chumban Murrey and Wopan Lotha were arrested for possessing one
7.65 mm pistol and one .22 pistol along with magazines near Faith
Hospital in Dimapur in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
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August 13 |
Three persons, including two Policemen,
identified as Manzoor Ahmed Kasba and Head Constable Mohammad
Yaqoob and one civilian, identified as Mehraj-ud-Din, were killed
in a militant attack on the National Highway in Pampora area of
Pulwama District of J&K.
One Army personnel was injured
as Pakistani Rangers violated the ceasefire and resorted to unprovoked
firing by small arms and automatic weapons on Indian posts along
the LoC in Bhimber Gali Sector of Poonch District of J&K.
At least six persons, identified
as Saddam Hussain, Abdul Zuan, Rehmatullah Ali, Abdul Rasheed,
Mohammed Azharuddin and Abdul Rehman, were arrested for plotting
to kill Hindu Makkal Katchi leaders from Sultan Mosque in Rathina
Sabapathi Puram area of Coimbatore District. Police said that
one of the accused Abdul Rehman was found to be a former SIMI
member, Saddam Hussain and three others were youth members of
PFI.
The Gujarat Crime Branch arrested
a person, identified as Asaro alias Kurban Shaikh along with FICN
with the face value of INR 390000 near Kalupur railway station
of Ahmadabad District.
Minister of State for Home Kiren
Rijiju stated that "UMHA is implementing a scheme for surrender-cum-rehabilitation
of militants of the north-eastern region to wean away the misguided
youth and hard-core militants who have strayed into the fold of
militancy and later find themselves trapped in that net."
Two unidentified youths were arrested
by Mumbai ATS, who are suspected to be in Syria fighting for the
radical group, ISIS.
Over 54,000 instances of suspicious
transactions, involving dealings related to terror financing and
Hawala have been detected by the Financial Intelligence department
of the government during 2013-2014. According to an official data
of the FIU, more than 54,000 STRs have been received by the agency
during the said period which may have connections with illegal
and criminal funds.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist, identified
as Jairam, who is Divisional Committee Member of Naxal Committee
active in Antagarh region was arrested after an encounter with
the SFs near Ghasimunda village under Antagarh Police Station
limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
A Maoist 'memorial' constructed
in the forests of Amlipadar near Peepalkhunta village in Gariaband
District of Chhattisgarh was demolished by Security Forces.
The Maoists warned the State Government
against going ahead with the Gurupriya Setu (Bridge) in
Malkangiri District of Odisha.
1,034 SF personnel were killed
in CPI-Maoist attacks in the last five years and seven months,
informed Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju to Rajya
Sabha. The Minister further said till July 31, 2014, 61 SFs were
killed in CPI-Maoist attack.
A top CPI-Maoist leader, identified
as Krishna Ahir alias Prasadji, has been arrested from Hapedag
forest under Angara Police Station limits during 'Operation Dron'
jointly carried out by the State Police and CRPF personnel in
Ranchi District of Jharkhand. He carried a reward of INR 2 million
on his head.
CorCom of six valley based militant
groups paid befitting homage to all the patriots of the land who
sacrificed their lives for the cause of the nation's sovereignty
on the occasion of the Patriots' Day. (Manipur).
KCP greeted the people of Manipur
and the armed wings of the outfits under the CorCom on the 10th
anniversary of the outfit's armed wing Miyamgi Fingang Lanmi (Peoples
Red Army).
Armed Naga assailants continued
their raids in Assam villages related to land issue for the second
consecutive day, killing a village headman, identified as Africa
Toppo and setting on fire nearly 200 houses in the B Sector of
Golaghat District. The Naga miscreants reportedly trooped down
at the Jahajigaon village of Dhansiri subdivision, lobbed bombs,
fired and torched houses.
State Government accused the NSCN-IM
of inciting the ongoing flare up on the disputed Assam-Nagaland
border in Assam's Golaghat District that started on August 12,
resulting in the death of three Adivasi villagers of the State.
A NDFB cadre, identified as Birdao
Singh Boro, was arrested from Mothanga Chawk in Baksa District
of Assam.
SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS cadre,
identified as Swmdwn Basumatary from Koilamoila market in Bongaigaon
District of Assam and recovered a hand grenade from him.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi requested
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for additional Central paramilitary
forces for deployment in the trouble torn areas of Dhansiri subdivision
of Golaghat District.
AASAA has announced a 12-hour
Assam bandh (shut down strike) on August 16 and has already launched
an indefinite economical blockade against Nagaland.
Activists of the AASU burnt effigies
of CM Tarun Gogoi at various places of Assam in protest against
the Government's failure to protect the lives and property of
the people of the State.
Activists of the AASU burnt effigies
of CM Tarun Gogoi at various places of Assam in protest against
the Government's failure to protect the lives and property of
the people of the State.
Activists of the AASU burnt effigies
of CM Tarun Gogoi at various places of Assam in protest against
the Government's failure to protect the lives and property of
the people of the State.
As a part of the security measures
taken up ahead of the Independence Day search and sanitization
operations were conducted at different parts of Manipur. Twenty
one people who could not produce proper verification papers were
detained and handed over to the Porompat Police Station.
A search operation was conducted
at Moirang Shribon Leikai in Bishnupur District of Manipur. Fifteen
people of which five were bail out individuals, seven were Non
locals and three who could not show verification papers were detained.
ZYF, AZSU and ZSUM have decided
to call 24 hour bandh on NHs with effect from the midnight of
August 16 against the alleged failure on the part of Police to
arrest warden of Josephine Girls Hostel who is the main accused
on the assault on Ringsanbou Newmai who was severely injured after
he was allegedly beaten by suspected militants for entering a
girl's hostel on July 28.
Manipur CM OkramIbobi Singh stated
that the Government cannot take any hasty decision, but there
is no doubt that it is seriously considering implementation of
the ILPS.
Konthoujam Gram Panchayat and
United Club Organisation, Konthoujam organised a pro-ILPS mass
rally and sit in protest at Konthoujam Mayai Leikai in Imphal
West District of Manipur.
A NSCN-IM militant identified
as 'sergeant' Abei Kuotsu was arrested by SFs from an unspecified
location. One .22 pistol with magazine, ten live rounds of .22,
along with demand slips of various vehicles and work permits of
NSCN-K were recovered from him. (Nagaland).
The truck driver identified as
Langoljam Radhamohon and handy-man Khumanthem Sanjit who were
abducted on July 25 from Piphema in Dimapur District of Nagaland
by NSCN-K were freed.
NNC retired 'brigadier' S.Singnya
in his "68th Naga Independence Day" speech stated that unity of
the Nagas was pre-requisite towards finding a permanent solution
to the Indo-Naga and Burma-Naga political issue. (Nagaland).
NNC 'acting president' Z. Royim
Yimchungrii stated that NNPGs must stand united for final political
settlement in the right and correct political stand for freedom
otherwise no single party or group would bring settlement to the
Naga people in reality. (Nagaland).
NNC 'president' Temjenyanger Aier
affirmed that NNC would not accept any settlement short of complete
sovereignty, which the Nagas gave their mandate. (Nagaland)
NNC-NA 'president' Kiumukam appealed
to all Naga loving political leaders from all factions, public
leaders and intellectuals to ponder over the misunderstanding
and mistakes of the past and shoulder the responsibility to set
things right in time. (Nagaland).
Kyong Hoho, the apex body of the
Lotha Naga tribe blamed adivasis and illegal migrants, who were
allegedly being "backed" by the AANLA, for the current spurt of
tensions in Ralan area of Wokha District along the Nagaland-Assam
border.
Nagaland Home Minister Y Patton
blamed on "illegal immigrants" for the violence along the Assam-Nagaland
Border which killed two people on August 12.
Prohibitory orders under section
144 of CrPC has been imposed in Ralan area in Wokha District of
Nagaland from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m,
FFoGW District urged both Nagaland
and Assam Governments to protect people in the borders.
A joint operation by Army unit
at Diphu of Chindits Brigade under Red Horns Division and Police
in Diphu town in Karbi Anglong District of Assam arrested a KPLT
militant identified as Rukasen Timung. One .22 pistol along with
five live rounds were recovered from him.
Six labourers were attacked by
miscreants at a labour camp at Qualapatty behind Norevelyn School
in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya. The six labourers were
identified as Muzabil Haque, Amino Talukdar, Nazarul Haque, Minnat
Ali, Hanuj Ali and Kaibul Islam.
The Centre warned Meghalaya government
over the deteriorating law and order situation in Garo Hills region
where militants are on a kidnapping and killing spree, even as
the Opposition UDP sought immediate Central intervention into
the matter.
One taxi driver operating along
Imphal-Churachandpur route under Tiddim Road Transport Cooperative
Society Limited, identified as Konthoujam Deban was abducted by
unidentified armed persons in connection with a monetary demand
from an unspecified location. (Manipur)
UPF in a meeting decided to agree
to extend the SoO term after its expiry on August 22. (Manipur)
In a joint statement issued by
ZU-AMN and MU in regard to the physical assault of Ringsonbou
Newmai on July 28 by militants, stated that the warden of Josephine
Hostel, Maram Hingba Mathew will reimburse all the medical expenses
of the victim who is now under treatment at JNIMS. The victim
was assaulted based on the complaints by the warden to the militants.
Naga Hoho, apex body of the Nagas,
during its 1st federal assembly for the tenure 2013-2018, has
endorsed its executive council to set up a CONPA to initiate reconciliation
and unity cease-fire and Naga political settlement.
Kohima Police arrested two militants
of NSCN-KK identified as Ghileto Zhimo and 'private' Medozetuo
Metha from Hotel Orchid in New Market area in Kohima in Kohima
District of Nagaland. One .22 pistol with magazine, five live
rounds of .22 ammo, one 7.65 mm pistol (country made) with magazine
and four live rounds of 7.65 ammunition were recovered from them.
The three Indians, all engineers
by profession, were captured by the Taliban while they were travelling
from Logar to Kabul, Afghanistan.
Lobayad Abrar Wasi son of MCAB
staffer Anwar Hussain who was abducted on August 11 was released
at an isolated spot in Gaptuli reserve forest between Chininang
and Tikrikilla in West Garo Hills District.
A Manipuri truck driver identified
as Gautam Gopal and his helper identified as Namwang Newme were
abducted by unidentified militants from 7th Mile Zebra Parking
in Kohima (Kohima District) when they were transporting rice from
Dimapur (Nagaland) to Imphal in Manipur.
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August 14 |
Violating ceasefire, Pakistan
Army resorted unprovoked firing along the LoC in Balakote and
Mendhar Sectors of Poonch District of J&K.
MEA said that the Indians, including
39 construction workers abducted by ISIS militants over two months
ago in conflict-hit Mosul town of Iraq, are "unharmed".
A group of BSF troopers and Odisha
Police personnel escaped a blast of an IED planted by CPI-Maoist
cadres near Telarai square on Kalimela-Motu road of Malkangiri
District of Odisha.
KNF-Nehlun 'information and publicity
secretary' Gogou Vaiphei stated that a bandh will be enforced
in the Hill Districts (Manipur) of Churachandpur, Chandel, Senapati,
Tamenglong and Ukhrul from today evening till the dusk of August
15 as a part of boycotting Independence Day celebrations.
KNF-Nehlun 'information and publicity
secretary' Gogou Vaiphei stated that a bandh will be enforced
in the Hill Districts (Manipur) of Churachandpur, Chandel, Senapati,
Tamenglong and Ukhrul from today evening till the dusk of August
15 as a part of boycotting Independence Day celebrations.
Two NDFB-IKS militants identified
as Antony Basumatary alias B Obachira, a militant of 36 batch
of NDFB-IKS and Puran Mochahary, a militant of 43 batch of NDFB-IKS
surrendered at the office of SP in Chirang, in Chirang District
of Assam.
AASU Bongaigaon District committee,
in association with Bongaigaon Anchalik committee, staged a 27-hour
hunger strike to demand security for the people of Assam.
AAGSU has served a three-day ultimatum
on Assam authorities to book the culprits who were responsible
for the alleged "indiscriminate firing" from Nagaland.
Ampati Police arrested Dikme D
Shira after intelligence reports revealed that she along with
her husband, Chesrang D Sangma alias Jannath alias Goran, had
been transferring funds to ASAK leaders and at the same time withdrawing
money received from the group for purchase of weapons. (Meghalaya)
HNLC "general secretary" Cherishstarfield
Thangkhiew invited youths to join the outfit, while appealing
to a section of youngsters to stop misusing the outfit's name
on its 27th raising day. (Meghalaya)
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma has
reiterated the Government's commitment to deal with the law and
order situation in Garo Hills despite criticism from several quarters.
Sangma also said that the problem of militancy was inherited by
the State and had not surfaced all of a sudden.
CM Mukul Sangma, while reiterating
that the delay in completing the peace process with the ANVC has
led to the rise of splinter militant groups in Garo hills, said
the ceasefire was incorrectly done as several cadres were still
at large when the agreement was inked in 2004.
A KYKL militant, identified as
Nameirakpam Bhagerot alias Pamheibal was arrested by SFs from
general area Nambol Konkham in Bishnupur District of Manipur.
KNO has indicated that the SoO
is likely to continue after its expiry on August 22. (Manipur)
TNL enforced shutdown throughout
Ukhrul District of Manipur. The shutdown is against the prohibitionary
order enforced in Ukhrul as well as the reinforced military presence
in Ukhrul after the killing of ADC member on July 12.
Women activists raided three houses
at Uripiok in Imphal West District of Manipur to check the identity
of the migrant workers who are staying in the rented rooms. Of
the 80 migrant workers only found there only three could produce
their identification papers.
Minister of State for Home Affairs
Kiren Rijiju in Rajya Sabha said there are some issues relating
to demarcation of boundaries between Assam-Nagaland, Assam-Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam-Meghalaya and Assam-Mizoram and the GoI has advised
Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram to settle the inter-State boundary
disputes amicably.
Naga Militant groups observed
"Naga independence day" at different Naga-inhabited areas across
Nagaland.
NSCN-IM 'chairman' Isak Chisi
Swu has sounded alertness and urged the Nagas to prepare for any
eventuality or even get ready to face the worst indicating that
the prevailing situation is sensitive. (Nagaland).
NSCN-IM 'general secretary' Th
Muivah asserted that the Nagas will not allow others to decide
the future of the Nagas. Th Muivah then asked the NSCN-IM workers
to fear God. (Nagaland)
Making its position clear on the
ongoing oil exploration issue in Nagaland, NSCN-KK ato kilonser
(prime minister) N. Kitovi Zhimomi, reiterated that NSCN-KK would
not allow any company to carry out any activities, unless a refinery
plant was set up in the State.
NNC/FGN celebrated the 68th "Nagaland
Independence Day celebration" on August 14 at Chedema Peace Camp
in Kohima District of Nagaland.
MHA already has a detailed report
on the prevailing situation in Nagaland-Assam border area (Ralan
area under Wokha District) and has been keenly observing the situation.
This was disclosed by 40 Assembly Constituency Bhandari MLA Mmhonlumo
Kikon after he met the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs
Kiren Rijiju and apprised him of the situation at Uriamghat-Ralan
sector in Nagaland-Assam border area.
Recent attacks along the Assam-Nagaland
border areas were pre-planned as some armed men were also backing
the miscreants involved in the attacks. It is suspected that militants
belonging to the NSCN-IM were also involved in the attacks.
Aton Sangma Chairman of the PWD
Development Board KAAC welcomed CM Tarun Gogoi's announcement
in his budget speech about creation of Garo Autonomous Council,
in the line with other existing autonomous councils.
An encounter took place between
suspected PLA and 24th Madras Regiment at Theikhothang in Churachandpur
District of Manipur near Indo-Myanmar border. According to some
sources two PLA militants have been wounded.
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August 15 |
J&K CM Omar Abdullah said there
has been 80 per cent reduction in militancy related incidents
in the State during the last five-and-a-half years. He said, "1000
private buildings, 300 Government buildings, 40 hotels and 30
industrial units have also been cleared from the SFs' occupation."
Omar said about 350 youth have returned to the State from PoK
under his Government's rehabilitation policy.
Delhi Police recovered arms and
ammunition from Pandav Nagar in East Delhi. Police searched a
house and recovered weapons, including an Italian pistol with
five cartridges, three country-made pistols and ammunition magazine,
20 live cartridges of 7.62 bore, 53 live cartridges of 7.65 bore,
12 live cartridges of 30.06 bore Sprg, five live cartridges .32
bore and six live cartridges of 12 bore. The prime suspect, identified
as Anwar Thakur is absconding.
A senior Police officer said,
"Operatives of terrorist groups like IM, SIMI and LeT have been
using criminals to gather funds to carry out terror strikes. Evidence
of use of maal-e-ghanimat (war booty) has come to fore
during interrogation of several operatives. We are verifying who
Anwar had been in touch with and whether he was planning a big
heist or even a terror strike in the capital."
CPI-Maoist cadres killed a SPO,
identified as N Munda, at Bandhagaon near Rourkela in Sundergarh
District of Odisha. They also left a black flag near his body.
Two CRPF personnel suffered critical
injuries, when the CPI-Maoist cadres exploded a landmine and fired
indiscriminately on the convoy of the CRPF, IG, travelling to
Tadmetla under Chintalnar Police outpost limits in Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh, to hoist the national flag on August 15.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres hung
a black banner on the compound wall of the Unjapalli Tribal Welfare
Ashram High School for boys in Charla mandal in Khammam District
of Telangana, against Independence Day celebrations and the Polavaram
project.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi while
delivering the 68th Independence Day speech at the Red Fort in
New Delhi invoked the example of Nepal to urge the misguided youth
of India to renounce the path of violence and join the mainstream
and opt for peace and brotherhood instead of terrorism and Naxalism.
Nine more bodies have been recovered
from B Sector of Golaghat District along the Assam-Nagaland border
related to land dispute. Assam Home Commissioner G.D. Tripathi
stated that the recovered bodies were related to indiscriminate
firing and arson by miscreants from Nagaland in eight villages
in Golaghat District along the disputed boundary on August 12.
Normal life has been partially
crippled in the six Districts of Khasi-Jaintia Hills region of
Meghalaya because of a 48-hour bandh called by the HNLC.
NSCN-K 'Military Finance' said
it "discovered that, many 'tax' payers are found to be collaborating
with fake collectors at highly deflated rate (below prescribed
amount) and claims that due has already been cleared".
Despite the 'diktat' given by
NDFB-IKS to boycott Independence Day remote villages of Sulekaguri
and Patalsana in Chirang District of Assam celebrated the country's
68th Independence Day.
Imphal East District Police arrested
an active member of RPF/PLA identified as RK Priyokumar Singh
alias Chandrakiti alias Bungo from Singjamei Bheigyabati
Leikai, Loklaobung Thongkhong in Imphal East District of Manipur.
Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh during
his Independence day address stated that demand for "AA" by the
Nagas in Manipur was a 'pipe dream' and added that if it is conceded
integrity of the state will be jeopardized.
Three Indian nationals abducted
by the Taliban in Afghanistan were rescued during a special military
operation in Babos area of eastern Logar Province by Afghan troops
though at least one more Indian continues to be held by the militants.
Indian MEA Spokesman Syed Akbaruddin
confirmed in a tweet that three Indians abducted recently had
been released from captivity. He further said that another Indian
identified as Prem Kumar was "still in captivity". It
could not immediately be ascertained whether Kumar and the three
other Indians were abducted at the same time. It was also not
clear whether any more persons had been abducted.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma stated
that the decades old militancy was complex in nature and can only
be addressed effectively through a multi–pronged approach by looking
at the root cause. State Government has said that it would rehabilitate
militants who decide to come over ground instead of calling them
for talks on their various demands.
Police arrested an individual,
identified as Yaqub Ali alias Bhola Ali from unspecified
location for his involvement in the attack on Sarangma petrol
pump at the Dainadubi-Mendipather stretch of NH-62 in North Garo
Hills District of Meghalaya on July 1.
Marsing R Marak who is the main
accused in the Gokolgre Market attack on August 10 was arrested
by Bajengdoba Police in North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
It is suspected that ANCA was behind the attack.
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August 16 |
Two BSF personnel, identified as ASI R Yadav and Head Constable
S Yadav were killed and four others were injured in a militant
attack near Awantipora IAF airfield in Pulwama
District of J&K. No militant outfit has claimed responsibility
for the attack.
The STF of the Uttar Pradesh Police
arrested a suspected agent of Pakistan's ISI, identified as Asif
Ali from Subash Bazar area in Meerut District.
Tamil Nadu Police and intelligence
sleuths are trying to trace the person or persons who uploaded
on YouTube a Tamil sub-titled video of a speech of Abu Muslim,
a Canadian who died fighting for IS in Syria.
A trial court ordered property
attachment proceedings against Dawood Ibrahim and his aide Chhota
Shakeel, who were charge sheeted as accused in the IPL spot-fixing
case. Following the court's direction, the Special Cell of Delhi
Police informed it that properties of Dawood and Shakeel were
already attached in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
RBI bars six IS members from holding
accounts. Taking a cue from the UNSC imposing a global travel
ban and asset freeze against six leaders in the IS and its allied
organisations for recruiting or financing foreign fighters, the
RBI has promptly followed suit.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police
found that the LeT suspects, Arshad Khan and Shaukat lodged in
Alipore Central Jail in Kolkata were using Skype software through
smart phones to communicate with their Pakistan based handlers
for facilitating the execution of a terror strike in the capital.
India requested Malaysian authorities
to hand over evidence against an arrested accused who was part
of a conspiracy to plan and carry out terror strikes allegedly
at the behest of Pakistan's ISI on the US and Israeli consulates
in the southern part of this country. Official sources in NIA
said the request under MLAT, signed by the two countries in 2012,
urged Kuala Lumpur to share the evidence against Mohamed Hussain
Mohamed Sulaiman, a Sri Lankan national.
At least four CPI-Maoist cadres
were killed in an encounter with Police in Narayanpur District
of Chhattisgarh.
Suspected Naxalites beheaded a
50-year-old man, identified as Jagran Manjhi, in Hesakocha village
under Chowka Police Station area in Chandil of Seraikela-Kharsawan
District of Jharkhand.
A JJMP cadre identified as Diwakar
Singh was killed by a rival Naxal outfit, Tritiya Prastuti Committee
(TPC), at Chudia village in Latehar District of Jharkhand. The
incident occurred when over 40 TPC cadres camping in Chudia village
were surrounded by 60-70 JJMP cadres which led to exchange of
fire between the two sides.
Six wanted CPI-Maoist cadres were
arrested from near Jharkhand-Odisha border in West Singhbhum District
of Jharkhand.
An unidentified truck driver was
shot dead by a group of unidentified men at Sithakhowa in Udalguri
District of Assam.
Two villagers identified as Samsul
Haque and Hussain Ahmed were abducted by suspected tribal militants
from Bishnupur village near Cheragi in Karimganj District of Assam.
The abductors took the two villagers towards the forest in Mizoram.
Forest staff in Manas National
Park in Barpeta District of Assam recovered 49 forms of ammunition,
two magazines and an axe from Kasuabil forest range.
Two of the ANCA militants identified
as William S. Sangma, the leader of the outfit and Jiten Lyngdoh
were arrested along the Assam-Meghalaya border in Goalpara District
of Assam. An unidentified woman accomplice was also arrested.
They have confessed to their involvement in the abduction of Saumendu
Chakraborty on July 26, 2014 from Baromile in West Garo Hills
in Meghalaya.
Demanding implementation of ILPS
protest rally and sit-in-protests were held at various places
in Manipur.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi have requested
10 companies of CRPF for rapid reinforcement and setting up of
security pickets in the affected areas. He pointed out that though
there had been sporadic incidents in the area in the last couple
of decades, the current violence perpetrated by Naga miscreants
has had been of greater magnitude, claiming several lives and
rendering thousands homeless.
Government officials have confirmed
the death of seven villagers and injuries to more than 10 due
to firing and arson by Naga miscreants, while several other corpses
are believed to be uncounted in hamlets like Chetiagaon, Jahajibasti,
Kamalpur, Chainpur, Majgaon, Roamanbasti, Ranipukhuri and many
other remote localities near Uriamghat in Golaghat District of
Assam.
Assam Police identified the corpses
of Africa Tappa, Joka Tirkey, Antony Kerketa, Nister Minj, Missa
Ekka and JitenKhargo, while several bodies are yet to be recovered
as their relatives were not allowed to return to their villages
by CRPF personnel, who were deployed as "neutral force" for maintaining
law and order along the adjacent disputed inter-state border.
Earlier reports confirmed 12 persons killed in the skirmish.
KMSS blocked trains to Dimapur
in Nagaland in Golaghat District for over nine hours seeking deployment
of AR and Assam Police in the disputed area.
APW president Abhijit Sarma stated
that ULFA-PTF led by its 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa should dissuade
its one-time 'ally' NSCN carrying out violent acts in the Assam-Nagaland
border areas.
Villagers have alleged that NSCN-IM
and some local Naga people are involved in the attack in Golaghat
District along Assam-Nagaland border.
AASU met Governor JB Patnaik and
sought his intervention in restoring normalcy in Assam.
Tarun Gogoi at the State Secretariat
said that the State Government was firm in its resolve to "oppose
tooth and nail, the scourge of terrorism and violence".
Independence Day was celebrated
peacefully across the Northeast. No incidents of violence were
reported despite 11 militant outfits calling for a boycott of
the celebrations.
Manipur CM OkramIbobi Singh said
the demand for Alternative Arrangement in the State's Naga-dominated
areas cannot be accepted.
With militancy wreaking havoc
in the Garo Hills, Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma stressed on the need
for a "coordinated approach" and "active support" from the Centre
in solving the problem. He added that the government is committed
to addressing the contentious interstate boundary dispute with
Assam.
In Nagaland, Chief Minister T
R Zeliang urged both the Centre and Naga rebel groups to work
towards bringing peace in the region.
Arunachal CM Nabam Tuki exhorted
the people to join hands in fighting anti-social elements who
are trying to 'dislodge the social fabric' of the State.
Two persons involved in circulation
of FICN identified as Mohammad Baharudin alias Baharu (27)
a resident of Malda District of West Bengal and Badruddin Mayudin
Syed alias Badru (55), a resident of Vadodara, Gujarat
were arrested along with FICN with a face value of INR 4,00,000
from outside Old Delhi Railway Station. The super-fine quality
FICN recovered is suspected to be printed in Pakistan and pushed
into India through Bangladesh.
KNO ‘defence secretary’ TS Haokip
met Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju and
discussed the proposed commencement of political dialogue between
the two parties. Sources said that Rijiju had assured the KNO
leader to engage in the political dialogue soon.
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August 17 |
Pakistani troops violated the
ceasefire twice by resorting to heavy firing with automatic and
small arms along the IB and LoC in Jammu and Poonch Districts
of J&K.
SFs launched a search operation
at Litter Village in Pulwama District of J&K after a group of
militants fired on a Police party and fled when they were asked
to stop, leaving behind the car in which they were travelling.
Delhi Police believe they have
quite a case in hand after probe revealed that a south Delhi firing
on July 6 and an arms haul on August 11 in Dwarka could be related.
A CPI-Maoist camp was destroyed
in a search operation carried out jointly by the BSF, CAF and
DF in Mashpur village in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
A Chinese Grenade exploded in
front of the main gate of Manipur Diesels at NH-2 under Heingang
Police Station in Imphal East District. However, no casualty has
been reported.
Fourteen non-local people who
allegedly entered Manipur through clandestine means were pulled
up by the local people of Kanglatongbi and handed over to Sekmai
Police Station in Imphal West District.
Royim Yimchungrü, acting President
of NNC in his Independence Day speech 14 Aug 2014 as unfortunate
and highly condemnable."
Nagaland CM T.R. Zeliang said
his Government was making all efforts to defuse the situation
at Ralan area (Wokha District of Nagaland) of the border and that
eight persons had been arrested for killing Adivasis who
had allegedly encroached into Nagaland.
AASU, ahead of CM's visit to Uriamghat
in Golaghat District of Assam demanded that the affected people
should be shifted from relief camps to their homes and a permanent
solution should be found to settle the dispute with Nagaland.
ATS in Bihar's Munger District
reportedly arrested three people for allegedly supplying arms
to the militant outfit HM in J&K. Two pistols and six mobile
phones have also been recovered from them. While two of the three
arrested persons hail from Bihar, the third is said to be from
Uttar Pradesh.
At least four CPI-Maoist cadres
were injured in an encounter with security personnel at Samarbagh
under Harihargunj Police Station limits of Palamau District of
Jharkhand.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Dwarika Yadav, was arrested from Goitha in Gaya District of
Bihar.
Two more bodies were found from
Sainpur village in the disputed B Sector of Golaghat District,
taking the toll to 14. Police said they were victims of the first
day violence on August 12. 14 persons were gunned down by the
Naga extremists and four others are missing. However, official
figures said nine dead bodies were recovered so far and eight
others were found to be wounded. Some media reports also put the
death toll as 11.
Central Government advised the
CMs of Assam and Nagaland to hold talks to evolve ways for defusing
the tension along the inter-state border.
A hand grenade was found at the
residence of retired Superintending Engineer of PHED identified
as Bachaspatimayum Khelchandra Sharma at Nongmeibung Seram Leirak
in Imphal West District of Manipur. Police later recovered the
grenade.
SFs arrested an active female
militant of KYKL identified as Athokpam Rita Devi from 2nd MR
Gate of Thangmeiband Yumnam Leikai near the foothill of Cheirao
Ching in Imphal West District of Manipur. A 9mm pistol along with
9 rounds in the magazine, 11 numbers of 9mm ammunition, 30 ammunition
of M20 Pistol and a mobile phone handset along with 2 SIM cards
were recovered from her.
AR arrested an OGW of KNA identified
as Hejin C Jang from a vehicle check post of Litan in Ukhrul District
of Manipur. A mobile handset, one and half kilogram of marijuana
and seven extortion notes were recovered from him.
HNLC ‘publicity secretary’ Sainkupar
Nongtraw stated, “If the Meghalaya government is really serious
about offering a rehabilitation package to the HNLC, then it should
chalk up strategies to come under a bilateral ceasefire. Peace
process can only start with the advent of a bilateral ceasefire."
GoI has expressed concern over
people’s unwillingness to provide land to fence the border saying
that “If people are ready to part with land, the Centre can complete
the task of fencing the border in Meghalaya,” and further added
that “otherwise free flow of arms and ammunition to the State
from across the border will continue”. (Meghalaya)
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August 18
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Violating ceasefire, Pakistan
Army resorted unprovoked firing along the IB at 20 BSF posts in
Arnia and RS Pura Sectors of Jammu District of J&K, leaving
a civilian, identified as Attar Singh injured.
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire
along the LoC in Nowgam Sector of Baramulla District of J&K.
Army retaliated strongly. However, there were no casualties from
either side.
PM Narendra Modi is facing threat
terror outfits like LeT, JeM, IM and SIMI. His road travels in
particular have been under scanner of jehadis. Sources say intelligence
agencies have come to know about at least two meetings – one held
in Nepal between IM and SIMI cadres and another in Pakistan by
LeT wherein Modi was discussed.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley
visited the forward posts around Dera Baba Nanak area along the
IB with Pakistan in Amritsar District.
India called off its Foreign Secretary-level
talks with Pakistan, after Pakistani envoy held an hour-long meeting
with Kashmiri separatist leaders in Delhi despite a warning by
India against it. The MEA said, "Pakistan High Commissioner's
meeting with the 'so-called' separatist leaders undermines the
constructive diplomatic engagement initiated by PM Narendra Modi
on his very first day in office."
Kingpin of a FICN racket and peddler
Ellam Goud, whose gang members on August 2, killed a Constable,
P Eswara Rao and injured a SI during a fight recently in Shamirpet,
is reportedly involved in transporting weapons illegally into
Hyderabad. Balanagar DCP AR Srinivas said that six teams had been
formed and searches intensified to arrest Goud.
To deal with terror alerts, the
RPF of Central Railway has formed a specialized unit of 30 Commandos,
the focus of which will be largely on Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
of Mumbai. The RPF's 67-member canine squad will supplement the
unit when required. The commando personnel are armed with AK-47
rifles and the department has already made a demand for more sophisticated
arms.
ATS from Jaipur was in Mangalore
(Karnataka) to investigate the alleged links to terror organizations
from the coastal belt. It is said that a team of six persons had
been camping for a few days with Ullal as centre, and conducted
investigations in places like Attavar, Suratkal, Pandeshwar and
Mukkacheri.
Sampat alias Stutee (38),
‘commander’ of a military company of the CPI-Maoist, and his wife,
identified as Asmati Netam (22), who served in the medical wing
of the Maoists, surrendered before Bastar Police in Kondagaon
District of Chhattisgarh.
A Chhattisgarh Government helicopter
came under attack by the Maoists while it was flying between Pamed
and Bhadrakali in Bijapur District but escaped the assault with
a minor damage. The incident has been kept under wraps “for security
reasons,” said a Police official.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi’s convoy
was attacked by protesters from Assam side when he was on his
way to visit the violence-hit Uriamghat in Golaghat District bordering
Nagaland. Gogoi was unhurt in the attack but two vehicles at the
rear of his convoy were damaged.
Nagaland CM T.R. Zeliang refuted
Assam media reports that 11 people were killed and two others
injured in the ongoing tension in Ralan areas. He said Assam Government
confirmed that only nine were killed. Of the two reported missing,
one has returned home, said Zeliang.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi said his
Government would set up Border Development Council and Border
Protection Battalion to ensure development and security along
the state’s borders.
Representatives of Ralan area
and their Assam counterparts resolved to solve all outstanding
issues through “people to people” dialogue. The representatives
also decided to set up an inter-state joint coordination committee
with three to four members each from both sides.
Home Secretary GD Tripathi said,
“The situation is currently stable. People in relief camps have
visited their homes and are expected to move to their houses in
a day or two. Moreover, the number of inmates in relief camps
has come down to 9,300 from around 10,000.”
AASU is going to intensify their
agitation against Nagaland following the failure of the Assam
government to provide details of incidents that led to arson and
killing of several persons along the Nagaland-Assam border.
Paresh Baruah-led anti-talks faction
of ULFA-I appealed to the Nagaland leadership to rein in troublemakers
at Uriamghat in Golaghat District and asked it to explain why
such a horrific conflict took place, resulting in the death of
Assam villagers.
AR in a search operation in an
unspecified location recovered one 81mm Mortar Bomb and three
60mm Mortar Bombs. (Manipur)
One militant of NSLA identified
as Uttam Hasda was arrested at Balagaon in Kokrajhar District
of Assam. A 7.65 mm pistol, two rounds of ammunition, one magazine
and a mobile hand set were recovered from him.
A militant identified as Badhuram
Hembrom of NSLA was arrested from Srirampur in Kokrajhar District
of Assam.
Two hand grenades meant for NDFB-IKS
were recovered from a surrendered militant identified as John
Daimary alias Jayanta Daimary of NDFB-IKS in Chirang District
of Assam.
‘Chairman’ of ANCA William A Sangma
and his follower Jiten Lyngdoh who were arrested on August 16
from Agia region of Goalpara District in Assam escaped from the
Mendipather Police Station lock up in North Garo Hills District
after attacking the lone unarmed guard who opened the lock up
door to give water to the militants. The guard identified as UBC
Jajeng Marak has been arrested for criminal conspiracy and negligence.
Meghalaya Government will examine
HNLC’s offer for a ‘bilateral ceasefire’. A senior Government
Official stated that Government wanted to be sure if at all HNLC
was serious in having a bilateral ceasefire agreement.
KHADC MDC PT Sawkmie urged Meghalaya
CM Mukul Sangma, to send an official invitation to HNLC to hold
talks while welcoming the reciprocal offer of HNLC in this regard.
KSU Lyngngam Hynneng Brei Unit
and NLAYF, Maweit Circle issued ‘quit notices’ to all non-tribal
residents of Shallang in West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya
who did not possess valid documents to prove their identity.
NSCN-KK stated that Ghileto Zhimo
who was arrested on August 13 from Hotel Orchid in New Market
area in Kohima (Kohima District of Nagaland) was not a member
of NSCN-KK. The ‘MIP’ claimed that there was no such person either
in ‘army’ or ‘civil’ setup.
DoNER Minister V.K. Singh would
meet the CMs of all North-eastern states in Guwahati in Assam
on August 21-22 to decide a roadmap for the development of the
region.
Assam Government has started the
process of rehabilitating the people displaced in the attacks
by miscreants from Nagaland. Official sources told that the first
phase of rehabilitation is almost complete.
A female militant of PREPAK-pro
identified as Pukhrambam Ningthoujam Reena Devi was arrested from
general area of Sugnu Awang Leikai in Thoubal District of Manipur
by SFs. A hand Grenade and a mobile handset were seized from her.
An active worker of PREPAK-Pro
identified as Ningthoujam Sanjit Meitei was also arrested from
Kakching Khunou in Thoubal District of Manipur.
A combined team of Bishnupur and
Imphal West District Police Commandos with 12 Bihar Regiment arrested
an active cadre of UNLF, identified as Ayekpam Birendra during
a search operation at Nambol Khoriphaba Hill areas in Bishnupur
District of Manipur.
An UNLF militant Kumam Jiten Singh
alias Nanao was arrested from Keishampat in Imphal West
District of Manipur.
A KCP-N OGW, identified as Ayayuddin
Khan alias Baboy was arrested by SFs from general area
of Pangal Basti in Chandel District of Manipur.
A delegation of UNTABA met Nagaland
CM T. R. Zeliang and submitted a representation related to border
issue between Assam and Nagaland.
A militant of the KNF-N identified
as Seikhochon Doungel alias Chochon was arrested by Imphal
East District Police Commandos from an unspecified location. A
grenade was recovered also from him.
A militant of the KNF-N, identified
as Thangal Haokip alias Boipu was arrested by SFs from
Langol Games Village Zone III in Imphal East District of Manipur.
SFs arrested five PLA militants
identified as ‘corporal’ Sinchit Houminlon alias James
,’lance corporal’ Laishram Sunil alias Sur, ‘corporal’
Khundongbam Sanjoy alias Liklai, ’corporal’ Goimei Paoshing
Rai alias Lucky and ‘corporal’ Chungkham Naobi Meitei from
general area of Leision Mor in Imphal East District. Four Rucksack
bags were also recovered from them.
In response to the statement by
‘chairman’ of the ULFA-I Abhijit Asom that if Naga elements are
not dealt with firmly by Naga leadership, ULFA-I would be compelled
to believe that the neighboring state is grabbing Assam's land
forcibly, the NNC leaders urged him “not to make the immigrants
and outsiders his citizens.”
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August 19
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A militant was killed in an encounter
with Army near the LoC at Barwan Village in Tangdhar area of Kupwara
District of J&K. An AK- 47 rifle was recovered from the site.
BSF, DG D K Pathak said repeated
ceasefire violations across the border in J&K are being done
at the behest of Pakistan to facilitate infiltration of “undesirable”
elements into the Indian Territory.
The leader of a gang involved
in FICN circulation, Yellam Goud, who was also wanted in regard
to attack on two Policemen in adjoining Ranga Reddy District of
Telangana surrendered before the Police. "Yellam Goud, who
had fled to Maharashtra, has surrendered before Police,"
Cyberabad Joint Commissioner Y Gangadhar commented.
Suspected LeT operatives Abdul
Subhan and Asahbuddin, arrested for their alleged role in conspiring
to carry out terror strikes in Delhi and adjoining areas, were
remanded in judicial custody till September 2, 2014 by a court
in New Delhi.
Three personnel of the CoBRA unit
of the CRPF were injured in an encounter with the CPI-Maoist cadres
in forests of Kodanar under Aranpur Police Station limits in Dantewada
District of Chhattisgarh.
Four personnel of the CoBRA unit
of the CRPF were injured when three of their fellow personnel
accidentally put their feet on a pressure bomb planted by the
CPI-Maoist cadres in forests of Kodanar under Aranpur Police Station
limits in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
Two personnel of the SAF, were
attacked with sharp weapons near the Tongapal Police Station in
Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
The DF arrested a Maoist, identified
as Rajman alias Raju Korram, carrying a cash reward of
INR 5,000 on his head, during search operation in Dholpara area
under Dhaudai Police Station limits in Narayanpur District of
Chhattisgarh.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Ravindra Yadav, a 'zonal commander' of the outfit and his associate
Lavtesh Ganju, were arrested from Kuriamakhurd village under Balumath
Police Station in Latehar District of Jharkhand.
A team of STF of Haryana Police
arrested an alleged activist of CPI-Maoist, identified as Mahavir
Saklani, carrying a reward of INR 25,000 on his head, from Haryana.
Saklani was wanted in over a dozen criminal cases lodged in various
Police Stations of the State.
One person was killed and several
hurt in Golaghat District’s Rangajan area close to the Assam-Nagaland
boundary as locals clashed with Police and paramilitary force
personnel on NH-39 after Assam Police removed the economic blockade
imposed by organizations from Assam against the movement of vehicles
to Nagaland through the NH for the past six days.
Union government dispatched extra
SFs to restore peace and order along the disputed boundary between
Nagaland and Assam in Golaghat.
Nine persons, including the personal
secretary, five bodyguards and three drivers of the Parliamentary
Secretary P. Paiwang Konyak, who were detained by Adivasi mob
on August 15 in Assam, have been released safely. It was learnt
that Union MHA detailed central forces to rescue the hostages.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi said the
people living along the Assam-Nagaland border and the inmates
of the relief camps do not have confidence in the central SFs
deployed along the disputed belt. He also blamed the Centre for
the turmoil on the inter–state border and said New Delhi was not
taking the issue “seriously.”
Dispur told New Delhi that underground
organisations have been actively involved in carrying out the
orgy of violence along the Assam–Nagaland border. “The ongoing
violence is not a group clash...It’s a terrorist activity,” said
Assam Chief Secretary Jitesh Khosla in New Delhi.
A 17-year-old boy identified as
Kunal Sahu was injured in an IED blast at Mantripukhri Thakurbari
in Imphal East District of Manipur. The IED, which is suspected
to have planted earlier, exploded below a mini truck.
Miscreants planted a hand grenade
along with a live bullet at the gate of former special contractor
Soubam Birdhaja alias Bijali’s residence at Uripok Achom
Leikai in Imphal West District of Manipur. The grenade and bullet
were wrapped in a polythene bag along with a note that asked the
contractor to hand over a sum of money to PREPAK-Pro.
SFs arrested a ‘lance corporal’
Soram Manaoton Meitei alias Pening alias Godupa
of KCP-N from general area of Heirok Part-III Kabo Leikai in Thoubal
District of Manipur.
Roman Meitei, a militant of both
KCP-MTF and KCP-MC was arrested by SFs from the general area of
New Kennan in Lamlai in Imphal East District of Manipur.
SFs arrested ‘private’ Ninthambam
Suresh Singh alias William, alias John of PLA from
Kakching Market area in Thoubal District of Manipur.
21 immigrants who could not produce
valid identification documents were pulled up from Wahengbam Leikai,
Jiri parking in Imphal West District of Manipur.
TNWL condemned the killing of
ADC Vice Chairman Ngalangzar Malue on July 12 in Ukhrul District
of Manipur.
As oil tankers for the State has
been stranded at the Golaghat area of the Assam-Nagaland border,
fear of fuel scarcity has been triggered in Manipur.
State Government has intimated
GoI that the ILP system never existed in Manipur, though there
was a permit system for outsider entry into the State prior to
its merger with the Indian Union in 1949.
A militant of ULFA-I identified
as Babul Rabha alias Kancha was arrested from an unspecified
location in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. Based on his
revelations, Police arrested another individual identified as
Trenning M Sangma from an unspecified location.
ANCA militant, identified as Jiten
Lyngdoh, who managed to escape from Mendipathar Police Station
in North Garo Hills District on August 18 was caught by villagers
from Kamalpara in North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
According to BSF, Meghalaya Frontier
IG, Sudesh Kumar, illegal arms and ammunition coming from Myanmar
and China are transhipped to Dimapur in Nagaland from where the
same is smuggled to other States.
CEM of the KHADC Ardent Miller
Basaiawmoit welcomed the HNLC announcement that it was willing
to go for a ‘bilateral ceasefire’ even as he said that the outfit
should however not abandon the struggle to uplift the indigenous
people of the State. (Meghalaya)
Meghalaya Government has asked
the NHAI to keep provisions for the entry and exit checkpoints
in the proposed toll gate along the NH-40 along the Guwahati-Shillong
road.
People of Resubelpara in North
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya numbering to at least 10000 rallied
for peace to be a permanent fixture in the region. The rally was
conducted by CFP.
BSF Meghalaya Frontier IG, Sudesh
Kumar stated that militants groups of the Northeast continue to
receive ‘substantial quantity’ of illegal arms and ammunition
from China and Myanmar. BSF IG said that “There are isolated instances
of arms and ammunition entering into the country across the international
border with Bangladesh, but a substantial quantity is coming from
the international border with Myanmar and China.”
A class ten student, identified
as Priya Basumatary, was killed by militants of NDFB-IKS at Dwimuguri
in Chirag District of Assam. The militants suspected her to be
a Police informer and alleged that she was in a relationship with
a militant of NDFB-RD.
A militant of UNLF identified
as Mayanglambam Lali alias Pinnaheiba and Pidongba was
arrested from Langathel in Thoubal District of Manipur. A pistol
with two rounds were recovered from him.
Two OGW of GNLA identified as
Walsang T. Sangma and Amit Marak who is also the president of
the Garo Students’ Union’s Chibinang unit were arrested by Police
from an area between Rongram and Tebronggre in West Garo Hills
District of Meghalaya. INR 19000 was also recovered from them.
The Tinsukia District committee
of the ATASU staged a two-hour sit-in in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s
office complex. The student body also condemned the alleged atrocities
by the Police on the agitators protesting against such injustice
and demanded that the guilty should be punished.(Assam)
Krishnai Police recovered one
9 mm pistol, 14 rounds of live ammunition, four batteries and
some flexible wires from the possession of a militant of ULFA-I
identified as Babul Rava alias Kancha. (Assam)
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August 20
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Two militants were killed in an
encounter with Army near the LoC in Furqian Gali of Kupwara District
of J&K. Two AK-47 rifles were recovered from them. Sources
said that the militants were part of the group of seven militants
that infiltrated recently through Tangdhar sector.
Pakistan Army violated ceasefire
and resorted indiscriminate and unprovoked firing along the LoC
at forward Mangalnarh village in Manjakote Sector of Rajouri District
of J&K damaging a Mosque and two houses and spreading panic
among the people.
SFs neutralised a militant hideout
and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition in Maitrigam area
of Bandipora District of J&K. An Army spokesman said the
recoveries included seven AK 47 rifles, five pistols, one UBGL,
74 rounds of UBGL, 21 hand grenades and large quantity of AK and
pistol ammunition.
SFs neutralised a militant hideout
and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition in Nachlana area
of Ramban District of J&K. During the operation one AK-56
rifle, three AK magazines, 329 rounds of AK ammunition, 137 rounds
of pika ammunition, five Chinese grenades, 7.5 kg of RDX, one
radio set, two radio set antenna, one IED circuit and one medical
kit were recovered.
An Army spokesman said that around
400 militants are waiting on the launch pads near the LoC and
they are waiting for infiltration. (J&K)
Anwar Thakur, who is also the
alleged associate of D-Company aide Fazlur Rehman was arrested
by the STF of Delhi Police in Delhi.
District Judge I.S. Mehta, in
an in-camera proceeding, issued the production warrant against
the LeT operative Abu Jundal who is currently lodged in the Arthur
Road jail of Mumbai in connection with a conspiracy to launch
terror strikes in India.
A special court judge has ruled
that the MCOCA cannot be applied to acts of terror as terrorist
activities are not aimed at generating any monetary gains as defined
under MCOCA. Special MCOCA court judge A L Pansare said a person
cannot be identified as offender under the UAPA and the MCOCA
simultaneously.
In the first Director General
levels talks between NCB, India and PNB, Sri Lanka two sides shared
the concern over growing menace of narcotic drugs and latest trends
in narcotics smuggling in Indo-Sri Lankan sector.
Crime Branch arrested Afroz Fatta,
the prime accused in the INR 5,393 crore hawala racket,
to investigate his role in the INR 104 crore forgery case registered
in the city of Surat. Police arrested Fatta on transfer warrant
from Ahmedabad where he was lodged in Sabarmati Central Jail.
A Police Constable was killed
in an encounter with the CPI-Maoist cadres near a river in Hekli
forests under Mardapal Police Station limits in Kondagaon District
of Chhattisgarh when the Security Force personnel were returning
after a search operation in the evening.
Seven Maoists, including two ‘self-styled
deputy commanders’, surrendered at the headquarters of 65 Battalion
of CRPF in Raipur District of Chhattisgarh.
Four more Maoists, identified
as Sada (34), a former ‘commander' of Barda Jan (People’s) Militia,
Dukalu (32), Shardu Kavde (22) and Manguram (32), surrendered
before the Police in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
The Maharashtra State Government
announced a cash reward of INR 10 million to anyone giving crucial
information leading to the arrest of CPI-Maoist 'general secretary'
Muppala Lakshman Rao alias Ganapathi. INR Six million
will also be given to the person who provides any information
about any ‘politburo’ and ‘central committee’ members of the Maoist
group.
The Maharashtra State cabinet
cleared proposals to hike the financial assistance to surrendered
CPI-Maoist cadres and also form two empowered committees to hasten
the developmental projects in the Maoist-affected zones. The empowered
committee has been sanctioned INR 500 million to carry out the
works initially. INR 2 million, INR 1.8 million, INR 1.6 million
will be given respectively to ‘politburo’, ‘central committee’
and ‘regional bureau’ members. INR 1.5-1.8 million will be given
to members of ‘state committees’ and ‘special zonal outfits’.
The MHA is looking at an advanced
mine detection system used by the western forces in Afghanistan,
to tackle IED threats in LWE-hit areas.
CPI-Maoist cadres have slit the
throat of one Amit Singh, the main accused in the abduction and
murder of a headmaster and his sister, identified as Prakash Toppo
and Saroj Toppo, in Ghaghra of Gumla District of Jharkhand.
Five unidentified militants of
the NDFB-IKS were killed in an encounter with a joint Police and
Army team in jungle areas of Raimati in Chirang District of Assam.
An AK series rifle, five pistols, six magazines, five grenades,
60 rounds of ammunition and INR 100000 were also recovered from
the militants.
Police and protesters clashed
for the second consecutive day in Assam’s Golaghat District leaving
three persons, including a Class IX student, dead and several
injured. 14 persons sustained bullet injuries while several Police
personnel were also injured in the attack by protesters. The student
has been identified as Raju Rajak while the other two are yet
to be identified.
Union home minister Rajnath Singh
called up Assam CM Tarun Gogoi to take stock of the situation.
He asked Gogoi and Nagaland CM T.R. Zeliang to “sit across the
table” and resolve the issue.
After the latest clash, the Golaghat
administration clamped indefinite curfew in the District headquarters
Golaghat and in the Rangajan area. The Army was called out and
it conducted a flag march.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi said his
Government would institute a judicial inquiry by a retired judge
of Gauhati High Court into the Police firing to arrive at the
truth.
Union Government has dispatched
over 1,000 CRPF personnel to restore peace along the disputed
boundary of Assam and Nagaland in Golaghat. While the force earlier
manned nine posts, nine more have been set up. Tarun Gogoi accused
the CRPF of inaction, and said the UMHA had failed to provide
adequate security.
Kiren Rijiju said, “As far as
border dispute is concerned, the onus is on the states to resolve
the matter, we can only provide them assistance.” About the firing
issue he said that it is not right to blame the centre or CRPF
because law and order is a state subject. Centre sends forces
it is up to the state governments to regulate them.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi said, so
far, Nagaland Police have arrested 15 persons and CRPF apprehended
nine persons in connection with the violence.
UMHA submitted a report to the
PMO on the ongoing violence along the Assam-Nagaland border after
PM Narendra Modi sought details on it.
AGP has given a call for a 12-hour
Assam bandh from 5 am on August 21 in protest against the
atrocities let loose by the State Government on the innocent people,
who protested the Government’s failure to protect people’s life
and property from Naga attackers.
Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association
has also called for a 12-hour Assam bandh from 5 am of
August 21 in protest against Rangajan firing incident where one
person was killed on August 19.
Activists belonging to ACJJM,
ASYO, and AJYP submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Assam
through the Deputy Commissioner, Dibrugarh. The central force
engaged in the area as neutral force since long did not take any
steps when people sought their help, they alleged. The ACJJM has
demanded the Centre’s direct intervention and sought a permanent
solution to border problems by instituting an enquiry.
AASU called for Central intervention
and demanded removal of the CRPF from the trouble-torn inter-state
border area and deployment of Assam Police battalions.
The militants who were killed
in the encounter at Raimati in Chirang District of Assam has been
identified as ‘military secretary section commander’ C. Rwikha,
alias Rajib Sumpramary, ‘section commander' M. Rojong,
alias Roslin Mushahary, B. Raidwng, alias Raju Basumatary,
‘personal security officer’ of C. Rwikha Deban and Islary . The
SFs recovered 226 live rounds of ammunition 10 empty cartridges
and INR 551000.
A militant of the PREPAK-pro identified
as Kepten alias Ingobi Singh was arrested by SFs during
a frisking and checking operation at Haokha Maning Thangjam Leirak
in Thoubal District of Manipur.
A PREPAK-pro militant identified
as Huidrom Ajit Meitei alias Agousana and Leisemba was
arrested in a search operation at Phougakchao Leikai Bazaar area
in Bishnupur District of Manipur.
Manipur Deputy CM Gaikhangam Gangmei
stated that the all political parties committee formed to address
the vexed issue of ILP implementation in the State is trying hard
to find a solution with the help of legal experts and prominent
intellectuals from MU.
Light passenger vehicles plying
along NH-37 at Sagolband area in Imphal West District took out
a protest rally demanding ILPS.
Sit-in-protests and public meetings
were held at various places demanding ILPS in Manipur. Sit-in-protests
were staged at Kakwa Bazar in Imphal West District, Kakwa Nameirakpam
Leikai and Thongju Boroi Makhong in the same District.
Meghalaya IGP G.H.P. Raju said
that State Police along with CoBRA unit of CRPF launched ‘Operation
Hill Storm’ on July 11 in Durama Hills area of Garo Hills region
and have arrested as many as 25 militants belonging to GNLA, ULFA,
ASAK and other outfits from their strongholds.
ANVC-B ‘political secretary’ Doang
Shira accused CM Mukul Sangma of secretly issuing a “shoot at
sight” order against its cadres. However IG of Police denied that
any such order has been given.
HNLC declared that it was “ready
for peace talks” and asked the Meghalaya government to appoint
an “interlocutor” if it was committed to peace.
Meghalaya Government sought 15
companies of additional Para Military forces and CoBRA Commandos
to fight ULFA and GNLA rebels in the five Garo Hills Districts.
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju met with Roshan Warjri in New Delhi and discussed
the prevailing law and order situation in Meghalaya particularly
in the Garo Hill region. GoI has agreed to provide a helicopter
to provide logistic support to SFs in the inaccessible areas of
Garo Hills and also equip the forces with modern arms and ammunition
to deal with militants.
Reports said that from January
2014 till date 169 militants were arrested while in 2013, the
number of arrests made was 108. Around 27 militants have been
killed from January until date while 22 militants were killed
in 2013. (Meghalaya)
NNC ‘information & publicity’
wing accused an individual identified as L. Kaiso from Kohima
Transit Camp of trying to sabotage its central executive council
meeting on August 23 at Council Headquarters. (Nagaland)
Objecting to the proposed appointment
of former special director of IB N. Ravi as the interlocutor for
political negotiations on the Indo-Naga issue, UNC appealed to
GoI to appoint an interlocutor with “acceptable credentials and
disposition.
SBI employee Subodh Kumar Mishra
who was abducted on August 15 by ASAK militants was released at
Dalu-Gasuapara Road near Sibbari in South Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
Robert Garnett Lyngdoh, the former
Meghalaya Home Minister, who has been credited in nipping militancy
in the bud in the early part of 2000, stated that ceasefire agreements
with militant groups will not end the problems of insurgency.
SFs arrested an unidentified individual
from TCP Gate in Kohima (Kohima District of Nagaland) for illegal
possession of weapons.
SFs arrested a militant of the
KCP-MTF identified as ‘private’ Yuthring Awungshi alias
Jalon at a vehicle check post at Tharoijam in Imphal West District
of Manipur. A hand Grenade was recovered from him.
A KYKL militant identified as
‘corporal’ Huidrom Ibungo alias Romeo Meitei was arrested
by SFs from Kakching in Thoubal District of Manipur.
NDFB led by IK Songbijit warned
that it would give an appropriate reply to the killing of five
of its members. The outfit accused the NDFB-RD of being involved
in the killing of the five members.
GoI urged Bangladesh to demolish
the camps operated by militant groups of the North-East. The request
was made at the five-day meeting of BSF and BGB Border Coordination
Conference in New Delhi.
The BSF believes that North East
insurgent groups have around 45 hideouts in Bangladesh. Of the
total 45 militant camps 21 camps belong to ULFA, NLFT and ATTF.
In what has become clear that
Bangladesh may be using detained ULFA ‘general secretary’ as a
bargaining chip, Anup Chetia has told Indian official that he
wants to come back to India but Dhaka was not acceding to his
request. Sources divulged that an official from the MEA met Chetia
in Dhaka Jail and held discussions.
RALH demanded the immediate withdrawal
of Section 144 CrPC which had been imposed in Ralan area in Wokha
District of Nagaland-Assam border since August 13 after tension
broke out in the area.
RALH has submitted a charter of
demands to Nagaland CM T.R. Zeliang for immediate action. The
charter signed by RALH chairman Hayithung Kikon and secretary
C.S. Ovung demanded immediate bifurcation of SDO (civil) and BM
stating that the two magistrates should function independently.
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August 21
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Three IM operatives, arrested
for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to carry out terror
activities across the country, were remanded to judicial custody
till September 2, 2014 by a special NIA court in Delhi.
NIA court in Delhi kept pending
the plea filed by the Mumbai ATS seeking custody of Tehsin Akhtar
and Pakistani national Zia-ur-Rahman in connection with the terror
cases lodged against them there.
Pakistani national Arshad Khan,
arrested in connection with alleged conspiracy of LeT to carry
out attacks in Delhi and adjoining areas, was sent to Kolkata
(West Bengal) prison after the Delhi Police told a court here
that he was not required for further interrogation.
Ansar-ut Tawhid fi Bilad al-Hind
(AuT) is calling Indian Muslims for global jihad and urging them
to fight the democratically elected secular government. According
to reports, the man behind the mask is Sultan Abdul Kadir Armar,
the 39-year-old son of a small businessman from Bhatkal in northern
Karnataka. He was once a key recruiter for the IM.
Delhi Police charge sheet stated
that the three engineering students, Mohammad Maroof alias
Ibrahim, Waqar and Mehrajudeen who were arrested from Jaipur for
allegedly being IM members in March, 2014 have been accused of
helping IM operatives Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rahman in setting
up an illegal arms factory in Meet Vihar area of Delhi from where
a huge quantity of arms and ammunition were seized.
Application of IM operatives,
who had sought permission to meet their family members on court
premises during hearing at Indore local court in Madhya Pradesh
was rejected on security grounds. IM operatives Mobin and Ameen,
who were allegedly involved in Ahmedabad serial blast that occurred
in 2008, are currently in Mumbai jail along with 17 other accused.
They were produced before third Additional Sessions Judge PK Sinha
in Indore in connection with cases of bank robberies in city.
Two years after the NIA filed
a chargesheet against the ‘external affairs department chief’
of Manipur-based PLA, N Dilip Singh alias Wangba, and two
other members from his outfit — identified as Senjam Dhiren Singh
alias Raghu and Arnold Singh alias Becon — exposing
nexus between the PLA and the CPI-Maoist in 2011, the NIA has
now gone ahead and filed its supplementary chargesheet in the
case.
The Union Minister of Home Affairs
Rajnath Singh, ordered the preparation of a new 'anti- CPI-Maoist
doctrine to codify government's policy for tackling the menace.
The consent of all Maoist-affected States and the Union Cabinet
will be sought on the same. This comes after the Minister was
told at a recent presentation by the IB that though Maoists were
on the back-foot and violence levels were down, there were concerns
about lack of success in Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, necessitating
a uniform approach towards the fight. The presentation put the
strength of the CPI-Maoist at 6,000 armed cadres and 36,000 Jan
Militia and said they held 4,000 regular and 6,000 country-made
weapons.
Andhra Pradesh State Government
under the State Public Security Act, 1992 has extended ban on
CPI-Maoist and seven CPI-Maoist backed organisations for one more
year. The organisations are: CPI-Maoist, RDF, RYL, RCS, RSU, SIKASA,
VIKASA and AIRSF.
The Union Cabinet approved the
proposal to install mobile towers in nine Naxal-affected states
by state owned BSNL at the cost INR 32.16 billion that will be
borne by the Union Government. "The Cabinet has approved
setting up of 1,836 new base transmission towers (BTS) in Left
Wing Extremist affected districts. People in these areas and security
forces have asked to improve the mobile connectivity in these
districts," Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said after
a Cabinet meeting.
According to reports prepared
by a senior officer of the MHA the CPI-Maoist is trying hard to
establish new bases on the border of Kerala and Karnataka.
A group of around 10 armed CPI-Maoist
cadres reportedly killed a villager, identified as B. Balakrishna
(35) in Killamkota village in G. Madugula mandal (administrative
unit) in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh.
SFs raided a joint makeshift camp
of GNLA and ULFA at Songma Enggok area under Arbela range in East
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya and killed two GNLA militant
and an ULFA militant. SFs recovered a SLR with 5 magazines, a
7.65 pistol with 3 magazines, one 9 mm pistol along with a magazine,
2 detonators, incriminating documents, 5 SIM cards, 3 mobile phones,
2 wireless handsets, and camouflage sets along with personnel
belongings of the militants.
Two persons injured during the
clash with Police in Assam’s Golaghat District succumbed at different
hospitals
Assam and Nagaland decided to
put in place a joint mechanism for regular coordination between
their officials to prevent the recurrence of violence over the
long-pending boundary dispute. The two States also agreed that
the historical problems causing the recurring incidents in the
disputed belt should be resolved.
The Army staged flag march in
Golaghat District of Assam where indefinite curfew was relaxed
for a few hours (5:30-9:00 pm) in the evening. No fresh incident
of violence was reported during the day.
The District administration relaxed
curfew in the Golaghat municipal area following a two-hour meeting
between the administration and representatives of seven agitating
organizations in the presence of state PWD Minister Ajanta Neog.
The 12-hour Assam bandh
called by the AGP, the AATTSA and some other organisations to
protest the violence along the State’s boundary with Nagaland
and the Police firing on protesters crippled life across the State.
KYKL ‘publicity and research deputy
secretary’ H Khamba stated that Athokpam Rita Devi who was arrested
by SFs on August 17 has no connection with the outfit.(Manipur)
PREPAK-pro clarified that the
hand grenade, found at the gate of former special contractor Soubam
Birdhaja alias Bijali’s residence at Uripok Achom Leikai
in Imphal West District of Manipur was not planted by the outfit.
PREPAK-pro stated that Ningthoujam
Sanjit Meitei and Pukhrambam Ningthoujam Reena Devi who were arrested
on August 18 by SFs have no connection with the outfit.
Reacting to statement by ‘president’
of NSCN-IM Isak Chichi Swu that Uipo (Khoibu) as one of Naga tribes
,the NSCN-KK denounced the same declaration as an act of disrespect
to Maring leaders and public.
Police foiled an attempt of JCILPS
Women Wing members to demonstrate at Raj Bhavan gate in Imphal
West District of Manipur.
A group of womenfolk staged a
protest demonstration in front of Sangaiprou FCI godown in Imphal
West District demanding suspension of all unloading activities
until the whereabouts of the abducted driver and the helper identified
as Gautam Gopal and Namwang Newme who were abducted from 7th Mile
Zebra Parking, Kohima in Nagaland on August 13 was confirmed.
There is shortage of essential
commodities due to the disturbance in the Assam, Nagaland border
areas in Manipur. All vehicles coming towards Manipur have been
stranded at Assam since the beginning of the crisis between the
two states.
NDFB-IKS militants released the
execution video of a girl (allegedly a Police informer) whom they
killed to avenge the killing of five of their cadres by SFs on
August 20. The video, which has been dubbed as an execution by
the NDFB, shows the girl lying in a pool of blood on the ground.
The militants threaten more killings and have released the video
‘to warn others’.
Militants of the NDFB-IKS attacked
a SSB camp situated at Ultapani, bordering Bhutan, in Kokrajhar
District of Assam.
The Tinsukia and Panitola branch
of AASAA has condemned CM Tarun Gogoi, holding him singularly
responsible for the deaths in Police firing during the last two
days in Golaghat District. Demanding resignation of CM, the protesters
warned the Tarun Gogoi not to indulge in such type of anti-people
activities, else he would have to face the consequences.
Tinsukia District committees of
All Tai Ahom Students’ Union and All Assam Hindu Students’ Union
jointly staged a rail roko programme at New Tinsukia Railway Station.
They demanded that President’s Rule should be imposed in Assam
before further deterioration of the law and order situation.
Due to frequent violence orchestrated
by miscreants in the disputed areas on the Assam side of the inter–State
borders, about 60 people lost their lives from 2001 to till date.
In the last 13 years, 29 people were killed in attacks by miscreants
in the disputed areas (Assam side) along the Assam–Nagaland border.
“From 2005 to 2014, 17 people were killed in clashes in the Assam–Arunachal
Pradesh border areas and from 2010 to 2011, 14 people were killed
in the Assam–Meghalaya border areas. From 2001 to 2012, 12 people
were killed in violent clashes in the Assam–Nagaland border areas.
A tiffin bomb weighing five kilogram
has been found from the official residence premise of Machhkund
Police IIC, BK Routray, in Koraput District of Odisha. Earlier
the CPI-Maoist had threatened to kill the IIC.
The CPI-Maoist cadres killed Gutta,
a tribal villager, in Namkonda village under the Kalimela Police
Station in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
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August 22
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Pakistan Rangers violated the
ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing at BSF posts along
the IB in RS Pura Sector of Jammu District of J&K.
Supreme Court extended the bail
of Abdul Nasser Madani, main accused in July 25, 2008 Bangalore
serial blast case for four weeks.
NIA filed a charge sheet against
10 people, including alleged activist of banned SIMI group of
Hyder Ali, in a court in Patna in the case relating to the serial
blasts at Narendra Modi's rally in Patna in 2013. The charge sheet
alleged that Ali, who was SIMI in-charge of Jharkhand, had allegedly
conspired with others to target Modi.
IM’s top commander Tehsin Akhtar
alias Monu, who was earlier suspected to be the mastermind
of blasts at Narendra Modi rally in Patna in 2013 and listed as
prime accused in the FIR filled by Patna Police in the case, has
been absolved by the NIA.
Eight persons identified as Mohammad
Sanwar Hussein (26), Mohammad Abu Kalam (24), Masedur Rehman (24),
Salman Shaikh (19), Mohammad Yusuf Ali (21), Sairat Ali Shaikh
(26), Mohammad Hazrat Ali (20) and Mubarak Hussein (24) were arrested
along with FICN with a face value of INR 7,00,000 in Pimpri of
Pune District.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister,
N. Chandrababu Naidu, during a discussion in the State Assembly,
has said there are 83 underground Maoist cadres from Andhra Pradesh
of whom about 61 are operating in the State while the remaining
operate from Chhattisgarh and other States.
A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
in an encounter with SFs near Birabhati forests under Bhejji Police
Station limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
Two militants belonging to the
ASAK were killed in a joint operation of SFs in North Garo Hills
District of Meghalaya bordering Assam. Police also recovered two
7.65 pistols, three 36 HE grenades, one crude bomb, five electronic
detonators, three gelatin sticks, two grenade fuse, 12 empty cases
of AK rifles, five empty 9mm cases, six empty 7.65 cases, around
16 metres of Cortex wire, one extra pistol magazine, 3 SIM Cards
and a mobile phone from the encounter site.
NDFB-IKS cadre, identified as
Ranjan Brahma, was killed in an encounter with SFs at Mainaguri
under Kachugaon Police Station in Kokrajhar District of Assam.
One 7.65 pistol, two live rounds of ammunition and a magazine
were also recovered from the militant.
The 24-hour Assam strike called
by the NDFB-IKS faction beginning at 5 am paralysed life in Kokrajhar
as well as in Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri Districts. The strike
was called against the killing of five of its cadres on August
20.
AASU demanded immediate withdrawal
of neutral force and replace it by Assam Police in the area also
alleging that the neutral force worked in favour of the Nagas.
The student body also insisted on a time-bound inquiry into the
police crackdown at Rangajan by a sitting judge.
Tarun Gogoi, Assam Chief Minister
in an official press release said that the Assam Government would
provide adequate compensation to the displaced people who were
hit by violence along the Assam-Nagaland border.
Tarun Gogoi, Assam Chief Minister
decided to recommend CBI inquiry into the entire episode, right
from the abduction of the two school children on July 26 to the
recent clashes between SFs and protestors.
SFs launched a joint operation
at Langol Housing Complex in Imphal West District of Manipur and
arrested one militant belonging to PREPAK-VC, identified as Salam
Nanao Meitei alias Maingou alias Star. One mobile
handset along with a sim card was recovered from his possession.
AASU blamed CM Tarun Gogoi for
his ‘total failure’ on the Assam–Nagaland border skirmishes in
which many lives of Assamese were lost and a number of villages
torched.
AAGSU in a memorandum submitted
to CM expressed grave concern over the ongoing insecurity being
faced by the people in the villages along the Assam-Nagaland border
in Golaghat District and suggested that the administration should
coin new action plans to contain it before it took more serious
turn.
The women’s wing of the JCLIPS
tried to storm the Raj Bhavan demanding the Implementation of
ILPS in Manipur; however, it was foiled by the Police.
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August 23
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Two villagers, identified as Muhammad
Akram and his 13-year-old son Aslam were killed and seven others
injured in heavy firing by the Pakistani Rangers on the BSF posts
near the IB in RS Pura sector in Jammu District of J&K.
STF arrested an Indian Army jawan
(trooper) Suneet Kumar who was suspected to have sent vital information
to ISI operatives in Pakistan and Dubai. Suneet Kumar, who is
posted in Babina Cantonment in Jhansi, was on leave and visiting
his native Anthresa village near Palampur in Himachal Pradesh,
when he was arrested.
In the wake of increasing incidents
of communal tension in Bareilly, the administration suspects that
sleeper modules of ISI and SIMI are becoming active again and
has decided to track the neo-rich in the city with no established
sources of income to unearth such activities. The administration
has also decided to track down Pakistani nationals who came to
Bareilly and then went underground.
Three hardcore Maoists, including
a woman cadre, were arrested from different places in Bastar region
of Chhattisgarh.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres including
a ‘zonal commander’, Shambhu Kumar alias Sunil ji alias
Lambu ji of the 'Sone Ganga Vindhyachal committee' and two other
cadres, identified as Sanjay Kumar and Sunil Singh, were
arrested from Jamal Road under Kotwali Police Station area in
Patna District of Bihar.
The cadres of the CPI-Maoist reportedly
organised a meeting at Garikabanda village, bordering G. K. Veedhi
and Koyyuru mandal in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra
Pradesh.
SFs arrested one ‘sergeant’ of
UNLF, identified as, Yumnam Kiran Singh, alias Ireipak
in Thoubal District of Manipur. One 9mm pistol loaded with four
live rounds in the magazine was also seized from his possession.
The IPFT revived the demand for
a separate State for indigenous communities during a meeting and
procession at the Tripura capital, Agartala.. IPFT president Narendra
Debbarma made a case for a separate State citing statistical data.
Seeking a permanent solution to
the protracted Assam-Nagaland border dispute, activists of AASU
staged a 12-hour hunger-strike in all District headquarters across
the state. AASU has asked the Narendra Modi-Government to send
a central team to take stock of the situation in the State's border
areas.
Condemning the recent murder of
teenager Priya Basumatary by NDFB-IKS terrorists, the AIUDF has
castigated the Assam Government and the Police force for failing
to protect the lives of innocent citizens and demanded the resignation
of CM.
Promising all possible support
to India’s fight against terrorism, Myanmar has said it will bust
training camps of North East militant groups on its soil if India
provides specific inputs about their existence. Asserting that
his country will never allow any terror outfit to use its soil
against India, Myanmar’s Information Minister U Ye Htut said his
Government will cooperate “fully” with the new Indian Government
in cracking down on militant bases, if there was any.
The Shalom Meghalaya peace campaign
reached trouble-torn Chokpot a militancy-hit area in SGH. About
5,000 people joined the programme against the rising insurgency
in the region.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina promised
to provide all possible helps including transit facilities for
the Northeastern States and other related bilateral issues with
India. Hasina also urged India to seal the Teesta water-sharing
agreement.
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August 24
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Four militants and two Army personnel
were killed and three soldiers including an officer were injured
in two separate gun battles near LoC at Keran sector and Kalaroos
in Kupwara District of J&K.
A roadside vendor suffered minor
injuries in a low-intensity blast in the limits of Gokul Shirgaon
Police Station on Kolhapur-Kagal Road in the outskirts of Kolhapur
town in Kolhapur District of Maharashtra. As per preliminary information,
the bomb-like device was apparently placed inside a cardboard
box near the food cart and when the vendor tried to open it, it
blew up.
NIA detained one person, identified
as a doctor, Syed Ajaj Hasmi in Ranchi for the second time in
connection with the October 27, 2013 Patna serial blasts.
A person suspected to be Amir
Raza Khan, one of the founders of terror outfit IM, has been detained
in a European country since almost a week. A team of Indian investigators
is being dispatched with all the evidence to prove his identity.
The Kolkata Police was asked to gather all the evidence for proving
his identity.
BSF has alerted its troops in
Punjab in the wake of ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Rangers,
which resorted to heavy shelling on its posts in J&K. "Not
only due to the recent incident, but generally also our troops
remains on high alert in the region to prevent any infiltration
and smuggling attempts," BSF IG, Punjab Frontier, Ashok Kumar
commented.
Expressing concern over India's
inability to produce paper or ink for its currency notes, President
Pranab Mukherjee said the importing of the materials exposed the
country to the menace of FICN.
The Delhi Police has told a Delhi
court that IM operatives used social networking sites like Facebook
and email chats to communicate with each other. Police claimed
that IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal also used to communicate through
social networking sites to execute his plans.
Security personnel unearthed an
ammunition dump used by CPI-Maoist cadres and recovered two firearms,
SBSG, from the hilly terrain of Nalkasa and Kumudkatta region
under Lohattar Police Station limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Three persons were injured as
Pakistan troops shelled and fired upon 40 BoPs and 24 villages
along the IB in Jammu and Samba Districts of J&K.
Investigation into the blasts
at Narendra Modi's election rally in Patna on 27 October, 2013
revealed that IM and SIMI are trying to turn communally peaceful
states such as Chhattisgarh into new hubs of terror activities.
Chhattisgarh figures prominently in the charge sheet filed by
the NIA in connection with the Patna bomb blasts.
Six-day long bi-annual DG level
‘ Border Coordination Conference’ between the BSF and BGB concluded
in Delhi with delegations from both sides discussing key issues
such as movement of FICN, cattle smuggling, illegal migration
and human trafficking.
Situation in the troubled Golaghat
District is returning to normalcy with many people going back
to their homes but night curfew would remain in force. “Following
enhanced security measures in the affected areas, about 3,400
inmates have already gone back to their villages,” a release from
CM's office said.
India has handed over to Bangladesh
a list of 71 camps of the Indian insurgent groups that still exists
in the neighboring country. “We have handed over a list of 71
Indian insurgent camps which are still operating from the Bangladesh
soil,” said BSF director general DK Pathak after a four–day Border
Coordination Conference with the BGB.
WVVU has asked the authorities
to expedite the probe into the killing of a student named Itoka
Yeptho on August 23 in Khaghaboto, Dimapur of Nagaland by unidentified
miscreants.
Tripura Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna
Acharya had visited the refugee camps on the advice of PM Narendra
to see the conditions of the displaced people. Acharya, who is
the Governor of Nagaland with additional charge of Tripura, promised
the refugees to take up their matter with the central Government.
After interacting with several
inmates at the relief camps set up at Uriamghat in Golaghat District
of Assam, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that the chief
ministers of Assam and Nagaland should work jointly to resolve
the border problems of the two States and take prompt measures
to provide security to the people in the affected area.
Apprehending trouble along the
highly volatile Assam-Nagaland border, Supreme Court-appointed
mediators had recommended maintenance of proof of occupation to
prevent encroachments and appointment of border magistrates.
Continuous operations have weakened
the two newly floated militant outfits in Karbi Anglong, UPLA
and KLPF, and strongly damaged their organisational set-up in
the troubled hill Districts of Assam, Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao.
A BDO received a text message
from GNLA with a demand to pay INR 50,0000.
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August 24-25 |
Pakistan targeted BoPs and Border
hamlets along IB in Arnia, R Pura, Kanachak, Akhnoor sub-sectors
of Jammu District and Ramgarh sector of Samba District (J&K).
As per the official reports, Pakistan also targeted 24 border
villages throughout the night till next day morning.
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August 25 |
Shaikh Abdul Nayeem alias
Sameer, the suspected LeT militant who was arrested in connection
with Mecca Masjid blast and Mumbai serial train blasts escaped
from Police custody from a running train near Raigarh railway
station in Chhattisgarh. According to sources, Nayeem who is a
native of Aurangabad, Maharashtra, was in the custody of Bengal
Armed Force.
The Central intelligence Agencies
briefed the Centre that the continuing ceasefire violations by
Pakistan were unprecedented and that it appeared as though Islamabad’s
game plan was to push through infiltrators from across the border.
Sources said that a man was detained
in a European country more than a week ago on the suspicion that
he was the IM founder Amir Reza Khan, turned out a case of mistaken
identity. The detained person had the same name as Khan, who is
also an accused in the American Centre bombing case in Kolkata,
and was picked up on this count, sources said.
Guns fell silent along the Indo-Pak
border in all affected sectors like Arnia, RS Pura, Ramgarh and
Kanachak after fortnight-long continuous firing by Pakistani troops
and shelling exchanges leading to 22 ceasefire violations. “Borders
are clam. There was no ceasefire violation along the IB in Jammu
and Samba sectors”, sources said.
Sources said that as many as eight
people, including soldiers, LeT terrorists and civilians, have
been killed in Pakistan and over two dozen injured in the firings
that began on August 16, 2014. On the Indian side, however, there
have been only two casualties — of civilians. All these incidents
have taken place on the International Border in Jammu guarded
by the BSF.
The Central Government has decided
to implant special kind of fence over water along the riverine
India-Bangladesh border to stop illegal immigration. Replicating
the Singapore 'skid marine hedge model', this floating fence will
help to prevent immigrants trying to enter into the mainland of
the country.
Newly formed KLPF ‘chairman’ Manoj
Teron and ‘general secretary’ Dhaniram Teron were arrested during
a joint operation launched by the Assam Police and CRPF from Jiadong
village in Karbi Anglong of Assam. The joint operation team managed
to recover two AK-56 rifles, ten magazines of AK-56, 255 live
rounds of AK-56 ammunition, a .22 rifle, six live grenades, a
magazine of 9 mm pistol, a 7.65 mm pistol, four live rounds of
ammunitions of 7.65 pistol, four buff plates, a mobile, some SIM
cards, and a torch.
Two militants belonging to ULFA-I
were killed in an encounter with the Police in Goalpara District
of Assam. The Police team had launched an operation at Beldangpara
in Krishnai area of the District to rescue an abducted boy from
the clutches of the militants. During the gun battle, Police Commando
battalion Inspector Sanin Stone Momin received bullet injuries
on his leg. The abducted boy was rescued and one Hiteswar Chakravorty,
who had kidnapped the boy for ULFA was arrested in Goalpara town,
the SP added.
The execution of 16-year-old school
student Priya Basumatary by NDFB-IKS militants that has been drawing
widespread condemnation and triggering street protests over the
last few days, also rocked the Assam Assembly.
BNC, political parties such as
BPF, BPPF, former Rajya Sabha MP UG Brahma and various non–political
organizations have vehemently condemned the killing of Priya Basumatary
by NDFB-IKS.(Assam)
A former ZUF cadre, identified
as Gedeon was shot at on his left thigh by suspected ZUF cadres
at Goitang Chingthak Khoupum in Tamenglong District of Manipur.
Troops of Red Shield Division
arrested one PLA cadre from general area Torbung Bazar, Churachandpur
District of Manipur.
A verification drive to examine
and study the number of outsiders who are staying in Manipur without
proper identification documents, was launched by the women wing
of the JCILPS which has been spearheading the mass movement for
the implementation of the ILPS in the State.
Truck driver Gopal Gautham and
handyman Nawaj who were reportedly kidnapped by some unknown persons
from Zubza near Kohima on August 13 were released near the Nagaland
State capital, Kohima.
A school teacher, identified as
Sromwel Mawdoh, a former headmaster of Laishnong Secondary School
at Mawlangsu under Mawthadraishan block in West Khasi Hills of
Meghalaya has joined the proscribed HNLC.
GNLA is now using animals in a
bid to sustain its cadres. Faced with decreasing cadres and camps
as a result of concerted operations by security agencies, the
militant outfit has resorted to killing wild animals, especially
deer, to "supplement the diet of its cadres who are continuously
on the run." (Meghalaya)
GNLA’s 'commander-in-chief' Sohan
D Shira refuted the remark and accused Police of "randomly
killing animals" during "operations".(Meghalaya)
Two youths identified as Mankhanson
Marak and Albert Sangma, suspected to be members of the William
Sangma–led ANCA, were arrested near the Guwahati railway station,
Assam by SFs following inputs from Intelligence. Two .32 pistols
and ten rounds of ammunition were siezed from their possession.
The opposition stalled the Assam
assembly's Question Hour over the Assam-Nagaland border violence
and the recent killing of a Bodo girl Priya Basumatary by NDFB-IKS
militants in Kokrajhar District.
Army chief General Dalbir Singh
reviewed the operational preparedness and ground situation in
Assam during his first visit to the region as the army chief.
On his agenda was ensuring high levels of preparedness and vigil
by troops in north–eastern frontiers at all times.
Centre has said that Assam has
witnessed the maximum number of civilian casualties in the past
six months in violent incidents. The State has witnessed the killing
of as many as 77 innocent civilians, which is the highest in the
entire northeastern region during the period. 43 extremists were
also killed in violent incidents between January and June this
year. At least four security personnel have also lost their lives
during the period. In 2013, at least 35 civilians were killed
in Assam, whereas the figure was 27 in 2012 and 18 in 2011.
CM Tarun Gogoi said both Assam
and Nagaland Governments don’t have confidence in the neutral
force–CRPF deployed in the troubled Assam–Nagaland border areas
saying that in the recent border violence, the CRPF has failed
to protect the lives of people living there.
Admitting a PIL seeking an inquiry
into the Police firing and alleged atrocities in Golaghat, the
Gauhati High Court issued notices to the Central and State Government.
(Assam)
Minister Rakibul Hussain said
that altogether 227 Bangladeshi citizens who had come to Assam
with proper visa are yet to return. A total of 64,387 Bangladeshi
citizens have visited Assam with visa so far. Of them, 64,167
have returned. Among the total visitors, 27,327 were Hindus, 36,992
Muslims and 23 from other religious background.
ATSUM has appealed a particular
underground group to withdraw its demand of INR 5 million to the
SK oil dealers in Manipur in the larger interest of the people.
Three hardcore CPI-Maoist cadres,
including two women who were allegedly involved in the Jiram valley
and Tadmetla Maoist attacks surrendered before the IG (Bastar
Range) in Jagdalpur District of Chhattisgarh. The surrendered
Maoists were identified, as ‘deputy commander’ of military platoon
II of the ‘central regional command’ Chaitram Salaam alias
Prakash, his wife Manjula alias Kamla, who was also an
active member of the same group and Rajni, a member of the Madanwada
‘local guerrilla squad.’
Troopers belonging to the CRPF
and District Armed Police arrested two PLFI cadres, identified
as Munna Mahato alias Munna Gope and Budu Munda from Kotanger
Jamtoli forest under Rania Police Station limits of Khunti District
of Jharkhand. The security personnel also recovered 4068 live
cartridges, one generator set, 1005 empty cartridges.
PLFI cadres have allegedly killed
a 45-year-old woman, identified as Gangi Devi and her teenage
daughter - Phoolmani Kumari, at Silda Bududih village under Khunti
Police Station limits of Khunti District of Jharkhand.
The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High
Court rejected the bail plea of Delhi University Assistant Professor
GN Saibaba in a CPI-Maoist-related case, but granted bail to former
journalist and Human Rights activist Prashant Rahi, a co-accused
in the same case.
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August 26 |
The BSF said that this was for
the first time after 1971 Indo-Pak war that hostilities between
the two countries along the International Border have entered
such a prolonged spell and blamed Pakistan for not cooperating
with them in defusing tension. Director General of BSF D. K. Pathak
said, “as you are aware the firing took place for the last 45
days, to be more precise since the first incident of sniper took
place on July 17 when a jawan died in the incident. It lasted
for about 10 days or so. Then, there was a brief lull. This month,
there was firing throughout the nights and some times during day
time also”.
Army took control of all relief
camps for the border migrants set up in safer locations in RS
Pura, Arnia and Bishnah (J&K) in the Government buildings
and started providing them food, clothes, medicines and all other
necessary items.
Reports said that there have been
96 ceasefire violations along the LoC so far in 2014, as compared
to 92 in the same timeframe in 2013. "There have also been
around 90 infiltration bids so far this year, in which around
24-25 militants have successfully managed to sneak in. The militants
seem to be concentrating more on the IB, rather than the LoC,
in their bids to infiltrate into J&K," said the source.
Sources said that ISIS, in a deadly
pursuit to establish an Islamic Caliphate, is recruiting poor
Muslims in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and J&K.
The several security agencies including RAW and NIA have said
that more than 100 Indian men could have already joined the ISIS
in Iraq and these ISIS recruits could be used to strike terror
in India once the war in Iraq and Syria ends. Sources also said
that an IM man who is declared as wanted by the NIA could be recruiting
for the ISIS.
A large cache of arms including
spent shells of 245 grenades and 28 rockets, believed to have
been used by the LTTE in the 1980s have been unearthed in a reserved
forest at Kolathur near Mettur in Salem district of Tamil Nadu.
It is believed that LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and his
cadres had used this Kolathur camp for training purpose during
1984-86.
Arif Majeed, one of the four youngsters
from Kalyan, a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in Thane
District of Maharashtra suspected of joining ISIS in Iraq, reportedly
died in a bomb blast in Mosul city of Iraq a few days ago. The
family of Arif's companion Shaheen Tanki told the Police that
they received a call from their son informing of Arif's death.
Four persons arrested in the United
Arab Emirates (UAE) for trying to sell Fake Indian Currency Notes
(FICN) of INR 4.7 million to a businessman.
One AR personnel, Havildar Jagdish
Chander was injured in an IED blast close to Assam Rifles post
at Old Somtal (Samat), Chandel District located along Myanmar-Manipur
border area. The proscribed UNLF has claimed its hand in the attack.
A spokesperson of the outfit claimed that the attack was carried
out by its armed wing MPA. The attack killed two AR personnel
of 28 Sector and left few others injured, claimed the spokesperson
The HNLC sent an open invitation
to Government employees to join the outfit as “part-time workers”
while throwing the ball back at the Mukul Sangma Government to
“give peace a chance”. Welcoming Sromwell Mawdoh, into its fold,
the militant outfit said government employees are “also free to
join” its ranks. (Meghalaya)
Lauding Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma’s
Independence Day invitation to the HNLC to initiate a peace dialogue
and to enter into a bilateral ceasefire with the Government, the
outfit’s publicity secretary Sainkupar Nongtraw said that the
organisation was awaiting an invitation from the State Government
to “give peace a chance”.
Two persons, identified as Eman
Sangma and Mithun Sangma suspected to be involved in the kidnapping
of a SI’s son Tennybirth Ch Momin for ransom have been arrested
by Police in North Garo Hills of Meghalaya in an operation launched
at Chipakram village in the District. An inspection of the house
occupied by them led to Police recovering two 7.65 calibre pistols
with 10 live rounds, 3 mobile phones with 4 SIM Cards including
incriminating documents pertaining to various abduction incidents.
High Court of Meghalaya has asked
the State Government to release an individual identified as Pingku
Palley Ch Marak a Government laboratory technician, who was arrested
by East Garo Hills Police under the Meghalaya Preventive Detention
Act for his alleged links with GNLA.
Opposition legislators in Meghalaya
demanded a special session of the Assembly to discuss the volatile
law and order situation in the State, particularly in the militancy-hit
Garo hills that witnessed a spurt of violence, including killing
and abduction for ransom.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma said
that the State Government has constituted a committee to take
care of the rehabilitation package proposed by it in order to
bring militants to the mainstream. the package will be a basket
of livelihood opportunity (for those who surrender) and they can
avail the benefits based on their determination, competence, capability
and interest.
Two surrendered NDFB militants,
identified as Jaikhlong Brahma alias Jagat and Ripok Brahma
alias Raidaolang, were arrested from Karigaon in Kokrajhar
District of Assam. One 9mm pistol, two magazines of 9mm pistol
and two rounds of live ammunition were recovered from them.
Assam Government announced a judicial
inquiry into the killing Priya Basumatary by NDFB-IKS militants.
“The State Government will institute a judicial probe into the
killing of school student Priya Basumatary,” said an official
announcement from the CM’s office.
BPF president and BTC chief Hagrama
Mohilary advised the Assam Government against using the divide-and-rule
policy to start talks with militant groups as it serves no purpose
in the long run.
More than 30,000 displaced Reang/Bru
tribal people from neighbouring Mizoram, sheltered in seven camps
in North Tripura District, demanded a status like Kashmiri Pandits
or Tamil refugees, for the better living conditions.
Representatives of eight organizations
submitted three memoranda to PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh and Assam CM Tarun Gogoi demanding a permanent solution
to the Assam-Nagaland boundary problem.
KMSS staged a protest against
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi's statement that no one will be given land
in the hill areas in and around Guwahati.
Two unidentified AR troopers were
killed in an IED explosion at Old Somtal area in Chandel District
of Manipur. UNLF claimed that its armed wing MPA planted the bomb.
SFs arrested UNLF militant, identified
as Jamkholun alias Lulun in a search operation conducted
at Old Samtal in Chandel District of Manipur. One remote control
used for detonating the IED, one mobile phone and INR 1235 were
recovered from him.
An URF militant, identified as
Nongthombam Memthoi Devi alias Thoi was arrested from Wangkhei,
near Saint George High School in Imphal West District of Manipur.
On her disclosure her father Nongthombam Priyokumar was also arrested
from Irampham Thongkhong community hall in same District. One
mobile handset along with two SIM cards was recovered from him.
An URF militant identified as
Nongthombam Chandrajini Devi was also arrested from her residence
in PWD quarter in DM college campus in Imphal West District of
Manipur.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Sukhdev Naag and Manjhiram Kashyap, who were allegedly involved
in the May 25, 2013 Darbha valley attack were arrested from Bastar
District of Chhattisgarh. A two kg IED and Maoist pamphlets were
also seized from their bike. Apart from that another two
kg IED and pamphlets were also recovered from Sukhdev’s Tahakwada
village.
A Maoist cadre was arrested by
a joint squad of BSF and District Force from Rowghat Police Station
limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. He was allegedly helping
the Maoists in supply of commodities of daily use, installing
posters and banners in remote packets.
Bihar Police recovered cache of
explosives, including 280 pieces of gelatin sticks and 18 detonators,
from Sasaram town of Rohtas District in Bihar. 250 grams
of fuse wire and an explosive trigger were also seized from an
abandoned house in the town.
Jharkhand and West Bengal Police
have jointly launched an inter-State combing operation in the
Ghatshila subdivision in East Singhbhum District, following intelligence
reports about presence of hardcore CPI-Maoist cadres, in the forest
areas along the border between the two states. The joint operation
will include a manhunt in Midnapore and Purulia Districts of West
Bengal and Chakulia, Ghorabandha, Shyamsunderpur and Dhalbhumgarh
Police Station areas in Jharkhand.
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August 27 |
SFs neutralised a militant hideout
in Larnoo forest area of Kokernag area in Anantnag District of
J&K, recovering a cache of arms and ammunition. The recoveries
included one AK rifle, four AK magazines, 35 AK rounds, eight
hand grenades, 10 RPG rounds and six UBGL rounds.
According to intelligence reports
that Pakistan has deployed an extra 12 battalions, comprising
800-1,200 soldiers each, near the IB and LoC in J&K over the
last few days. It was also noted that intelligence reports had
confirmed that terrorists of the LeT and JeM were part of this
deployment along the border and they too were posing as Pakistan
Army regulars.
The Enforcement Directorate, which has registered a case under
stringent provisions of the money laundering Act against Salahuddin,
chief of the HM has found that HM spent INR 800 million in the
last eight years for carrying out terror activities in the country.
The case was earlier being investigated by the J&K unit of
the agency, has now been transferred to the ED headquarters in
Delhi for further probe.
Main accused in the Samjhauta
blasts case (February 18, 2007), Swami Aseemanand, was granted
bail by the Punjab and Haryana High court.
An unidentified militant was lynched
by public after gunmen abducted a trader from Chibinang market,
near Phulbari town in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
ANVC-B expressed unhappiness at
the outcome of the meeting between the Meghalaya CM and MLA’s.
ANVC-B stated “Issues which led to the deterioration of law and
order in Garo Hills are bad governance, injustice, implications,
kidnappings, rapes, killings etc which is being faced by everyone.
No MLA raised these issues.”
SFs recovered an IED operation
from a railway track between Matonga Bazar and Kuighat in Chirang
District of Assam.
Nabajyoti Konwar, a suspected
militant of ULFA-I identified as Nabajyoti Konwar alias
Munu was arrested from Sunpura Tiniali near Nazira in Sivasagar
District of Assam. INR 500000 was recovered from him.
The chairman of ABSU Pramod Boro
at Mainawsree in Sonitpur District alleged that Assam Government
was indifferent towards controlling the State’s insurgency problem,
particularly the NDFB problem, He urged Assam Government and NDFB
to come forward with a positive attitude to put an end to the
problem, thereby creating a peaceful atmosphere in the region.
An IED was found at Okshongbung
in Bishnupur District of Manipur. The bomb was safely disposed
of later by Manipur Police Bomb Squad.
NSCN-KK Southern Zone informed
all the firms, proprietors dealing with FCI for Manipur to cease
their business with immediate effect until NSCN-KK and FCI dealers
come to an understanding. Tuccu, the ‘secretary’ of NSCN-KK stated
that Vehicles' owners or individuals transporting FCI goods from
Dimapur to Manipur against the notification will be responsible
for any unwanted incident.
KNLF ‘secretary’ Lalmoi stated
that KPF, KCA, TSA, KSO, Kuki Women Human Rights has been banned
by KNLF. KNLF secretary Lalmoi stated that most of the Kuki Civil
Organisations of Chandel, Manipur have been instigated by the
UKLF and they are working against the interests of the people.
L. Adani, president, UNC while
speaking on the 66th Anniversary of Martyrs’ Day held at Mao Gate,
Senapati District of Manipur stated that high power committee
would be set up by the GoI to translate the demand of Alternative
Arrangement, pending settlement of the Indo-Naga issue into a
political reality.
CorCom of six militant outfits
paid rich tributes to Haipou Jadonang for his courageous liberation
movement against colonial British rulers. (Manipur)
AR arrested three NSCN-K, identified
as ‘captain’ N Sumi , ‘2nd lieutanant’ Bokato Sumi and ‘private’
Mukam Yim from PR Hill in Kohima in Kohima District of Nagaland.
One M-22 Rifle with two magazine and 59 M-22 rounds, one 9mm pistol
with two magazines and thirteen 9mm live rounds and one hand grenade
including electronic gadgets and documents like tax receipts and
information slips were recovered from the arrested militants.
Dimapur Police arrested an individual
identified as Longngoi Phom for abducting two engineers from a
hotel in Dimapur on July 29 and were later released on payment
of INR 2000000 of ransom money.
NNC-NA induced Hokato T. Rotokha
under its fold as CAO of UT-1.(Nagaland)
‘Ministry of chaplee’ affairs
(NNC-NA) directed all head of departments and business establishment
not to entertain any form of ‘taxation’ unless proper documents
such as “duty assignment” produced by the concern “assignee” which
is approved by the chalpee affairs of NNC-NA. (Nagaland)
NSCN-KK lauded decision of members
of different political organizations who joined NSCN-KK. (Nagaland)
NNC-NA ‘Naga army’ ‘2nd brigade
commander’ ‘lieutanant colonel’ Kheveto Yeputhomi under supervisor
central command reshuffled the senior officers within Dimapur
and Kohima for “peaceful atmosphere”. ‘major’ Hoito Chophy has
been made town commander , ‘commander’ Huvuto Ayeh as union territory-I
‘commander’ , , ‘lieutanant colonel’ Apam Tangkhul high-way commander
and ‘lieutanant col. Khenito Sumi as Kohima town commander , ‘lieutanant
colonel’. Moa Ao as border commander and “major” Hukato Sumi as
guard commander of ‘president’.
The central team, comprising officials
of the human resource development ministry, social justice and
empowerment ministry, Tripura Government and representatives of
three NGOs from New Delhi, West Bengal and Assam, will submit
its report to the union home ministry and the Tripura High Court
by Sep 12.
In a bid to bolster protection
of border areas in the State, CM Nabam Tuki has requested the
UMHA to set up eight more new ITBP battalions in Arunachal Pradesh.
With a view to discuss the prevailing
situation in Chirang District of Assam after the killing of Priya
Basumatary by NDFB-IKS at Dwimuguri village in Chirang District,
the District administration held a meeting with the leaders of
different organizations in the Deputy Commissioner (DC) at Kajalgaon.
NEICC expressed its anguish about
the violence along the Assam-Nagaland Border and appealed all
to shun violence and maintain peace.
SFs recovered an IED from NH-2
near village Tronglaobi in Bishnupur District of Manipur which
conducting a search operation in the area. The IED was later safely
disposed.
SFs arrested a militant identified
as ‘sergeant’ Vilhou Angami of the NSCN-KK with arms at PWD Colony
in Kohima (Kohima District of Nagaland). A 9 mm automatic pistol
along with six live rounds and extortion slips were recovered
from him.
Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain
revealed that a total of 157 people of Assam have died and 166
have been injured in incidents of violence in and around the areas
of the State bordering Nagaland in the last 40 years. Only two
Nagas have died during these incidents. The Golaghat District
has borne the brunt of the violence, accounting for 131 deaths
in nine clashes during 1977-2014. The Sivasagar District accounted
for the maximum number of incidents of violence – 96 (from March
1972 to June 2014) resulting in 19 deaths. The list of the dead
includes 31 Assam Police personnel and three CISF personnel.
Three member delegation of JACAS,
which met the Union Minister for Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh,
stated that they will begin fresh agitation from September 1 if
GoI does not respond to its demand. (Assam)
Five CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Massu Salam, Rainu Dugga, Rassu Mandavi, Jagnath Dugga of the
Barda Dalam and Maniram Mandavi of Kuttul Dalam
of the CPI-Maoist, surrendered before the 188th battalion of the
CRPF in Kondagaon District, due to constant pressure of SFs and
disillusionment with the Maoist life style.
A 'most-wanted' CPI-Maoist cadre,
identified as Devendra alias Vishalji Ambika Paswan, was
arrested by SOG, local crime branch and Mundra Police from Mundra
Port area in Kutch District of Gujarat. Paswan, a ‘sub-zonal commander’
in the Maoist group, was involved in the January 2012 land-mine
blast case, which had claimed lives of 14 Policemen in Bhandariya
Police Station area in Garhwah District of Jharkhand.
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August 28 |
Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked
firing along the IB at Indian positions in Pargwal area of Jammu
District of J&K. The BSF troopers retaliated strongly.
Violating ceasefire, Pakistan
Army resorted to unprovoked firing along the IB in Akhnoor Sector
of Jammu District of J&K. BSF retaliated strongly.
NIA is likely to file a case against
Iraqi terror group IS and its ''chief'' Al-Baghdadi. The FIR is
likely to be filed under section 121A of the IPC for waging war
against India. The FIR is based on the UN ban on the terror outfit.
It is likely to be used to push for a ban on IS under Indian law,
sources said. The NIA is currently preparing a dossier on IS activities
in India.
Gujarat High Court granted conditional
bail to Hyderabad-based cleric Mohammed Abdul Qavi who was arrested
in connection with the 2003 ISI conspiracy case. A bench headed
by Justice Anant Dave ordered Qavi's release on a bail bond of
INR 50,000.
Uttar Pradesh DGP (Law and Order)
Mukul Goyal said UP Police was on the alert following arrests
of agents of Pakistan''s intelligence agency ISI. Goyal, said
Police is taking help of intelligence agencies to nab the other
agents on the inputs received from the agents, apprehended recently.
India has informed the US that
LeT and JeM, were sending recruits to Syria and Iraq via Saudi
Arabia and Turkey to join the ISIS-led ‘jihad’. New Delhi has
also alerted Riyadh about this new challenge, with Saudi Arabia
assuring India of all support.
Muhammad Iqbal, whose name figures
among the suspects behind the 26/11 Mumbai attack, has been put
on the list of SDGT by US. The Pakistan-based Iqbal had made the
payment for the VoIP in Italy that was used by LeT terrorists
in Mumbai to communicate with their handlers in Pakistan. The
US State Department has also declared AME, controlled by Iqbal,
as a Specially Designated Global Terror outfit.
Bodies of three suspected militants
of ANVC-B with their hands tied behind the back were recovered
from Oragitok in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. Police
recovered four empty cases of AK 47 ammunition from the site.
One militant has been identified as Grinder T Sangma. It is suspected
GNLA is behind the killings. However ANVC-B alleged that the death
of the three militants was the result of Police fake encounter.
GNLA ruled out surrender as proposed
by CM Mukul Sangma and insisted that talks should be held on the
issue of Garoland, (Meghalaya)
Two more unidentified bodies were
recovered in B Sector of Golaghat District of Assam. Meanwhile
State Government stated that situation along Assam-Nagaland border
was limping back to normalcy.
Police arrested five unidentified
ANCA militants from an unspecified village along the Assam-Meghalaya
border. Police stated that ANCA which consists of members from
other Garo militant splinter groups is trying to expand its base
on the Assam-Meghalaya border near Kamrup and Goalpara Districts.
GoI is likely to set a time-frame
for completion of the talk process with the militant groups such
as ULFA and NDFB that have signed ceasefire pacts with the Government.
UPF celebrated its 16th Foundation
Day at Manipur Press Club in Imphal West District of Manipur.
ZUF ‘chairman’ S Kamson paid tribute
to freedom fighter, Haipou Jadonang who was executed on 29th August
1931 by British Government. (Manipur)
All Tokpaching Meira Paibi (women
torch bearers) and Women Development Organisation, Tokpaching
in Thoubal District of Manipur organised a sit-in-protest and
meeting on ILPS.
Prohibitory orders under Section
144 of Code of CrPc have been imposed in Imphal West District
of Manipur on account of the unlawful activities of some anti-social
elements. The ban is also in anticipation that the ongoing agitation
demanding ILPS and removal of AFSPA.
TNL expressed strong suspicion
at the motive of the Manipur Government in continuing the Prohibitory
order under section 144 CrPc for a prolonged period in Ukhrul
District Headquarters.
The chairman of the JIC, RN Ravi
has been appointed as the ‘official interlocutor and the GoI’s
representative for Naga talks’. (Nagaland)
According to reports available
to Security Agencies several militant groups including the ULFA-I
are using the facilities of the NSCN-K in the Taga area of Myanmar.
Five sophisticated rifles, 5,100
round of live cartridges 10 mobile phone sets, INR 60000 and other
incriminating documents were recovered and five chakma tribals
including two Bangladeshis were also arrested by a joint team
of BSF and Mizoram Police from Aizawl in Aizawl District. The
arrested individuals have been identified as Jius Chakma and Sumitro
Chakma from Bangladesh, Purnajoy Chakma, Dipankar Chakma, Bijoy
Chakma hail from Mizoram. Jius Chakma confessed that he was an
active member of PCJSS.
A KYKL militant identified as
Laishram Gandhi Meitei was arrested from Jiri parking Wahengbam
Leikai in Imphal West District of Manipur.
Meghalaya Police have come across
a ‘new modus operandi’ of ANCA, where in minors are being used
for smuggling of arms from Dimapur in Nagaland to carry out abduction
and extortion. This has been uncovered with the arrest of five
ANCA militants. Meghalaya IG of Police G.H.P. Raju stated that
one of the arrested militant identified as Amar revealed that
William A Sangma, the leader of ANCA had sent two cadres to Dimapur
for bringing weapons. He also disclosed that William was using
young boys for arms smuggling from Dimapur.
Meghalaya Police suspects the
involvement of the ANVC-B in the killing of three youths whose
dead bodies were recovered from Oragitok in West Garo Hills. Police
informed that ANVC-B was in the process of ‘weeding out’ renegade
elements who were opposed to the leadership and style of functioning
of ANVC-B ‘chairman’ Bernard N Marak alias Rimpu Marak.
Two KYKL OGW identified as Saograkpham
Surjit and Keisham Bimol alias Ibochou were arrested by
SFs from general area Porompat in Imphal East District of Manipur.
Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami
has convened a meeting with Chhattisgarh Government top brass
and its DGP in New Delhi, to discuss tightening of the State's
response against Left-Wing Extremism.
Around 692 kilogram of gelatin
sticks and ammonium nitrate powder were seized from a pick-up
van by Police in Bastar District of of Chhattisgarh. The Driver
of the vehicle Asgar Khan and his assistant Jagarnath have been
arrested when they were driving from Odisha to Bastar.
Joint Forces recovered a huge
cache of arms and ammunition from Jhumra hills in Gomia block
under Mahuatand Police Station in Bokaro District of Jharkhand.
Four guns, cartridges of .303 rifle, two dozen fuses and 200 metres
of wires used for making explosives were found hidden under stones
and dry leaves in the forests. These apart, more than two dozen
camouflage uniforms, medicine boxes, two tape recorders, Naxal
literatures and a diary containing names of traders and businessmen
who pay levies to the CPI-Maoist were also recovered.
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August 29 |
PSO of Deputy Commissioner Anantnag,
identified as Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, was shot and injured by militants
outside Anantnag Commissioner Office in Anantnag District of J&K.
Kerala Police arrested Jamil Akhtar,
a suspected aide of IM operatives Waqas Ahmed and Tehseen Aktarat
from Munnar in Idukki District on charges of arranging accommodation
for them in 2013. According to Police, Aktar hails from Bihar.
ATS of Rajasthan Police informed
that at least 15 militants have been waiting to enter Rajasthan
from across the International Border. BSF increased patrolling
in border areas.
Two days after Kalyan youth Arif
Ejaz Majeed was reported killed fighting alongside the IS in Iraq,
the Indian jihadist group AuT has issued an online tribute to
him, hailing his “martyrdom”.
Showing solidarity to the popular
movement for enforcement of ILPS in the state all public carriers
operating on Uripok-Singda route have decided to cease passenger
service to take out a mass rally. (Manipur)
An Army trooper identified as
Ashok Barde was injured when militants of NDFB-IKS attacked Army
camp at Panbari in Chirang District of Assam.
In a memorandum submitted to the
PM, BPCPI demanded an early solution to problem of NDFB and stated
its concern over the fratricidal killings among the factions of
NDFB.
Assam Government has constituted
a One-Man Inquiry Commission, headed by retired Judge of Gauhati
High Court BP Katakey to inquire into the circumstances leading
to the Police firing in Golaghat town and its adjoining areas
on August 20 which resulted in three deaths.
Social and civil organisations
in Chirang, including the BSS, Tribal Sangha, ABWWF staged a two-hour
sit-in in front of Deputy Commissioner’s office at Kajalgaon in
Chirang District of Assam against the killing of Priya Basumatary
by NDFB-IKS militants on August 20. They demanded a CBI enquiry
in to the incident.
Unidentified armed miscreants
kidnapped a trader identified as KP Chako who runs a chain of
Best Bakery in Itanagar, from his rented residence at Naharlagun
in Papum Pare District of Arunachal Pradesh. He was fired upon
when he refused to accompany the miscreants before he was forced
into a car.
A KCP member identified as Lairelakpam
Sana alias Boycha Singh was arrested by SFs from Tera Bazar
in Imphal West District of Manipur.
A KYKL militant identified as
Sougrakpam Surjit Singh alias Ibungo was arrested during
a frisking and checking operation from Porompat Police crossing
in Imphal East District of Manipur. A mobile with two SIM cards
were seized from him.
A KYKL militant identified as
Keisham Bimol Singh alias Ibochouba was arrested from Singjamei
Makha Sorokhaibam Leikai in Imphal West District of Manipur.
A PREPAK militant identified as
Moirangthem Jugol alias Jeevan alias Jee alias
Chingsangkhomba was arrested from general area of Khangabok Part
III Makha Leikai in Thoubal District of Manipur.
UKLF contradicted the claims of
KNLF that UKLF dictated and instigated Kuki Civil Society Organisations
such as KCA, TSA, KSO, KWHR in Chandel District of Manipur to
work against KNLF.
Passenger service in the four
Assembly Constituencies of Lamsang, Uripok, Sekmai and Saitu was
hit hard as around 600 auto drivers took out an auto rally demanding
the implementation of the ILPS. (Manipur)
Report said that all political
party meeting to discuss the issue of ILPS will be conducted on
August 30. (Manipur)
GNLA denied its involvement in
the killing of suspected ANVC-B militants, whose bodies were found
from Oragitok in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya on August 28.
Meghalaya Government while welcoming
the positive move of HNLC to come over ground, has stated that
measures would be initiated for appointment of an interlocutor
for the talks between the militant outfit and Government.
In a major setback to the vision
of peace in the Garo Hills region, the GNLA, rejected the offer
of the Meghalaya Government for ‘unconditional’ peace talks.
ACAUT secretary Solomon L. Awomi
stated that the movement against corruption and unabated taxation
could not be derailed by vested persons/organizations leveling
unfounded and baseless charges. (Nagaland)
Demanding immediate implementation
of the MoS signed between the Centre, Assam Government and the
two DHD groups on October 8, 2012, the ex-DHD and DHD-J militants
took part in a dharna, organised by the Halali Progressive
Welfare Society, in front the office of the Deputy Commissioner,
in Dima Hasao (Dima Hasao District of Assam).
AR arrested an individual identified
as Khuplianthanga near Zanlawn village on Mizoram-Assam border
in Kolasib District of Mizoram along with USD 48,700. The arrested
suspect was allegedly carrying the dollars to make payment for
an arms consignment from Myanmar.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed a man,
identified as Kishan Sahu, in a weekly market at Singpura under
Gurabandha Police Station limits in Ghatsila Sub-Division of East
Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
Dinesh Pandit, a wanted CPI-Maoist
'area commander' was arrested in a joint operation of Bihar Police
and CRPF from Bajaria in East Champaran District of Bihar. Pandit
was arrested along with a 7.62 mm pistol, 35 cartridges and several
pieces of Naxal literature. He was active in Sheohar District
and was involved in blasting the railway tracks in Muzaffarpur
District along with several other incidents of violence.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Dodi Soma, was killed during in an encounter between the SF
personnel and Maoists in the forest of Gaganpalli and Murkumpar
forests in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. The body of Soma
along with three crude bombs, three detonators, wire and Naxal
uniform were recovered from the site.
The UMHA has advised all Naxal-affected
States to ensure proper rehabilitation measures and implementation
of welfare schemes to encourage others to shun violence. The government
has observed a significant spurt in the surrender of CPI-Maoist
cadres, particularly in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. The
latest government figures reveal that over 260 LWEs, including
key military ‘company commanders’ have surrendered in 2014 as
against a total of 283 in 2013.
SFs neutralised an illegal arms
manufacturing workshop in Dimapur (Dimapur District of Nagaland).
The workshop was engaged in manufacturing and sale of illegal
arms including .22 rifle and .22 pistol. An individual, identified
as Manen Imsung was also arrested and four .22 rifles, one .22
pistol, ammunition and various parts of weapons were recovered
from him.
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August 30 |
One Army trooper was killed and
another was injured in an ongoing operation against militants
near the LoC in Keran area of the Kupwara District of J&K.
Police have released Jamil Aktar
who was taken into custody from Munnar in Idukki District of Kerala
on August 29 for suspected links with IM operatives Waqas Ahmed
and Tehseen Aktar. Police said they had decided to release Aktar
after a detailed interrogation failed to yield any substantive
evidence to establish his suspected IM links.
A noted Muslim cleric in Kerala
issued a fatwa asking his community members to boycott
the IS and other terrorist organisations. In his religious decree,
general secretary of All India Sunni Jam-e-yyathul Ulema, Shaikh
Abu Bakr Ahmad said favouring the extremist organizations is antithetical
to the Islamic sharia.
A senior official at the Department
of Internal Security and J&K Affairs at the UMHA said that
about 60 militants have succeeded in entering into J&K in
2014. “The first successful infiltration bid has taken place
in May this year in Keran Sector of Kupwara district in which
14 militants entered the Valley,” the official said. He said
there have been eight more “successful infiltration bids” so far
in 2014. The official said all infiltration bids have taken place
in Keran, Tangdhar, and Machil Sectors of Kupwara District. “Of
60 infiltrated militants, the forces have killed 14 in different
encounters so far,” he said.
RBI said that currency counterfeiters
appear to have started focusing more on the INR 100 and INR 1,000
denominations, even though the traditional favourite INR 500 bills
continue to be the most to be faked by numbers. The banking system
detected over 2.52 lakh pieces of FICN of INR 500 denomination
in FY 2014 as against the 2.81 lakh the year before, while the
number of INR 1,000 denomination fake notes rose to 1.10 lakh
as against the 98,459 in the preceding year, it said.
Two civilians identified as Ramkashing
Vashi and Mayopam Ramraor were killed and 26 were wounded in Police
firing as the peace rally organised by UNC turned violent at Ukhrul
town in Ukrul District of Manipur. Two AK47 rifles, six magazines,
two 9 mm pistols, four magazines, one bullet-proof jacket and
a walkie-talkie set have been reportedly confiscated from SFs
by the protesters.
In protest against the killing
of two protesters in Police firing at Ukhrul, a lightning bandh
(shutdown strike) of 24 hours has been imposed in all Naga inhabited
areas.
On learning about the violent
confrontation Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh convened a high level
meeting.
Following the clash between protestors
and Police, AR has taken over the responsibility of area domination
exercise in Ukhrul of Manipur.
Sawombung Gram Panchayat
Pradhan identified as Shandham Ibomcha was critically injured
when unknown miscreants shot him at an undisclosed location. (Manipur)
UNC submitted a memorandum to
PM Narendra Modi seeking his intervention on militarization of
Naga areas particularly Ukhrul District of Manipur.
A retired school teacher has reportedly
gone missing from his home village of Nengkong in South Garo Hills
District of Meghalaya.
A hideout suspected to be a training
camp used by CPI-Maoists to train militant Adivasis under
the banner of AANLA was reportedly busted by a special team of
Police. However, there was no further report on how many suspected
AANLA activists were arrested including weapons or any other incriminating
materials. (Nagaland)
Police arrested an arms supplier
identified as Marqus Narzary from Bamungaon under Sidli Police
Station in Chirang District of Assam. An AK 56 rifle, two Light
Machine Gun magazines, two 303 rifles five live shells of M-16
rifle, 42 bullets of 303 rifle, a pen pistol and its 50 rounds
of bullets were recovered.
Opposition members staged a walkout
in Assam Assembly protesting the refusal of the Deputy Speaker
to allow a discussion on the killing of Priya Basumatary by NDFB-IKS
and recent violence in areas bordering Nagaland.
A high-level meeting between Nagaland
and Assam has agreed to “continue with the efforts to resolve
the border issues from the chief secretary down to the deputy
commissioner level”. The decision was arrived at a meeting held
at the Police Complex in Chumukedima in Nagaland.
Arunachal Pradesh Home Minister
Tanga Bylaing stated that Police are making all out efforts to
rescue trader K P Chacko who was abducted from Naharlagun in in
Papum Pare District on August 28.
Paramilitary Forces and the Jamui
Police neutralised a big CPI-Maoist training centre at the Chunchunarawa
Pahari in Jamui District of Bihar, after an hour-long encounter
with Maoists. Four magazines of AK-47 and SLR, 212 live cartridges,
denotators, Maoists' uniform, medicines worth INR 200,000 besides
a huge stock of foodgrain and nets were recovered from the training
centre.
Six hardcore cadres of the local
Barada Dalam of the CPI-Maoist, surrendered before
SP Abhishek Meena in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh. The surrendered
Maoists, identified as Kailash, Udal alias Pilla,
Suden, Shiv Yadav, Ghasia and Mangadu, were lured into the outfit
by Barada LOS ‘commander’, Phoolsingh, Kishore, Sarita and Mayaram
with money and firearms at a young age. Kailash and Udal carried
a reward of INR 15,000 on their head.
A two-hour long encounter between
Police and the CPI-Maoist took place after a group of Maoists
attacked a Police camp at Kuku village under Chhipadohar Police
Station in Latehar District.
Unidentified persons fired three
rounds of bullets at the residence of Ucheckon Nongchup Gram Panchayat
Pradhan at an unidentified location. (Manipur)
A KYKL militant identified as
'corporal' Langam Khamba Singh alias sadananda alias Deva was
arrested by SFs from Mayai Keithel in Imphal East District of
Manipur.
Suspected militants abducted a
supervisor of a construction company identified as Safihur Rahman
from camp of Triveni Construction at Hatikhali in Dima Hasao District
of Assam.
Documents and camouflage uniform
of AANLA were recovered at New Chandalashung village, under Ralan
area in Wokha District of Nagaland. The seized items included
banner which read All Adivasi National Liberation Army, camouflage
shirts and pant, 23 coupon "demand notes", identity cards, dairies,
visiting cards and other documents.
UNTABA expressed its disappointment
with the outcome of the Nagaland-Assam Commissioner level meeting
at Chumukedima near Dimapur in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
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August 31 |
Security officials say after one
year of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal's arrest a lot
has changed with almost all the active IM modules neutralized
or lying low. Intelligence agencies and anti-terror units, under
the new regime, now have trained their guns on stalking cyber
movement, cutting financial and logistical channels of home-grown
terror groups. SIMI is trying to raise its head significantly
with vast reorganization of cadres.
According to information received
from UNC, all the Naga inhabited areas of the State would observe
simultaneous shut down including NHs from 10 am to 12 noon on
September 1. (Manipur)
Manipur CM visited injured victims
at JNIMS and RIMS and promised that State Government would bear
all medical expenses of all the injured victims apart from giving
ex-gratia of INR 500000 each to families of the deceased victims.
TNL President SD Reisang blamed
the Manipur Government for the fatal clash between Naga protesters
and Government Forces.
UCM strongly condemned the killing
of protestors in the UNC sponsored rally on August 30. (Manipur)
ATSUM and IDF strongly condemned
the killing of protestors in Ukhrul (Manipur) on August 30. ATSUM
demanded the immediate revocation of prohibitory order in Ukhrul
District
NPF Manipur general secretary
Athuan Abonmai said that “If CM Ibobi continues to rule the state,
then the innocent Nagas citizens’ lives are not secure at all.
Past incidents at Mao Gate, Senapati, Tamenglong incident, Chandel
incident and now at Ukhrul and tomorrow he may have plans to carry
out genocides on entire Naga”.
NSF demanded settlement of the
long pending political issue and removal of 144 Code of CrPC in
the Ukhrul District of Manipur.
Tura Police arrested three people,
identified as Zimston B Sangma alias Kentang (23), Robert
B Sangma (34) and Rophi B Sangma (20) in connection with the recent
kidnapping of a 16-year-old son of a trader from Chibinang in
West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. The accused informed that
the ANVC-B was involved in the kidnapping.
A GNLA linkman, Onmen Marak, was
arrested in a raid by the BSF and Police from Phulbari in West
Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
Tura-based journalist Saidul Islam
Khan has lodged a complaint that GNLA cadres Rimphu Marak, Lucas
Marak and Savvio Marak have threatened him through a Facebook
forum and are also trying to ignite communal passions. (Meghalaya)
ANVC-B has alleged that Police
have yet again taken into custody of 24 of its cadres who were
kept in Tura Jail for the second time. (Meghalaya)
The proscribed HNLC said if the
Government was serious, it should appoint the “interlocutor” for
possible peace talks within 24 days. The outfit was responding
to the Meghalaya Government’s statement that measures for appointment
of an “interlocutor” would be taken.
ANVC-B said the time has come
for people to put their faith in the Centre for peace in Garo
hills of Meghalaya.
A latest report from the UMHA
has revealed that besides the Assam-based ULFA and NDFB, NSCN-IM
is also using the Garo Hills corridor for sneaking in and out
of Bangladesh. The various outfits also have their ‘command structure’
in Garo Hills,” the report states.
Police arrested an unidentified
UPLA militant from Mandardisa in Dima Hasao District of Assam.
A Pistol was recovered from him.
Bylaing stated that Tani Land
National Liberation Tigers had claimed to be behind the January
29 incident at Chauldhuwa under Behali reserve forest in Assam’s
Sonitpur District where 15 people were killed.
An active member of Malangir Area
Committee of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Kosa, was arrested
during a search operation of a joint Police team in Dantewada
District of of Chhattisgarh.
A joint team of the 26th Battalion
of CRPF and District Police found a Maoist-run gun and grenade
factory during an integrated combing operation near the Beltharwa
forests in Jhumra in Bokaro District of of Jharkhand. A live grenade,
a pistol, two mortars, a dozen live cartridges, 100 bullet covers
and drilling machines used for making guns among other things
were recovered from the raid.
Jharkhand DGP Rajeev Kumar, claimed
that Naxal activities and violence have come down by 35 per cent
in the State this year in comparison to the last year. The joint
efforts of the Police and Para-military forces have brought fruitful
results for the Security Forces engaged in flushing out the Maoists.
SFs arrested a KNLA militant identified
as Manglet from Gwaltabi in Senapati District of Manipur. A 7.65
mm Pistol along with three live rounds ammunition and three demand
letters were recovered from him.
An OGW of UNLF identified as Arambam
Naokham Meitei was arrested by SFs from Yumnam Khunao in Imphal
East District of Manipur.
A KNLA militant identified as
Thangminlal Haokip was arrested from Mahadev Camp village in Ukhrul
District of Manipur by SFs.
Two hardcore cadres, identified
as Panchu Badaik and Bharat Singh alias Tharthare of the PLFI,
a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, were killed in an exchange
of fire with Police and CRPF personnel at Kauajor forest under
Bano Police Station limits in Simdega District of Jharkhand. Three
cadres, identified as Jibanmasi Topno, Sanjay Surin and Bhubaneswar
Yadav were also arrested by the SFs along with seven rifles, three
small arms, 50 rounds of live bullets, uniforms, PLFI literatures
and seven mobile phones.
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September 1 |
Principal Sessions Judge of Ramban
District (J&K) rejected the bail application of Nissar Ahmad,
alleged militant of HM.
Four people, identified as Sudhan
Ram Yadav (37), Lalindra Yadav (23), both native of Jashpur District,
besides Dukhbandhu Nayak (40) and Parmanand Banchore (40), who
are residents of Sambalpur were arrested from Lailunga Police
Station limits in Raigarh District along with FICN with a face
value of INR 12,00,000 while they were allegedly trying to circulate
FICN in the industrial areas of the District.
Maharashtra ATS questioned eight
people in the missing case of four youth from Kalyan who reportedly
joined the terror outfit IS. A cleric has also been questioned
for allegedly trying to indoctrinate the boys.
CorCom has claimed responsibility
for shooting Sawombung Gram Panchayat Pradhan identified
as Shandham Ibomcha on August 30. (Manipur)
Village Pradhans protested deadly
attacks on Gram Pradhan. They staged a sit-in-protest at Panchayat
Bhavan, Porompat in Imphal East District of Manipur.
Manipur Government held a high-level
meeting and decided to take up the Ukhrul issue with UMHA. The
meeting was presided by CM Okhram Ibobi Sigh and was attended
by Deputy CM Gaikhangam and top-ranking civil and Police officials.
A ban on all National projects
in Manipur and vehicular movements along NHs has been announced
by UNC. During the meeting it was also decided not to accept the
INR 500000 ex-gratia announced by CM for the family of the deceased.
UNC has declared the two Thangkul
Nagas who died in Police firing in Ukhrul (Manipur) on August
30 identified as Ramror and Ramkashing Vashi as 'martyrs'.
UNC publicity secretary Milan
at a gathering alleged that CM Okhram Ibobi Sigh led Manipur Government
is a communal Government which created artificial situation for
killing two innocent civilians. UNC has declared August 30 as
Naga Martyrs Day while TNL decided to observe August 30 as 'black
day'. (Manipur)
A massive sit-in-protest was staged
at Tamenglong in protest against the killing of two Naga protesters
on August 30. (Manipur)
District administration had relaxed
the prohibitory order under section 144 of Code of CrPc in Ukhrul
(Ukhrul District of Manipur) for seven hours so as to able the
people to attend the funeral services of two slain victims of
August 30 firing.
Life was hit in several parts
of lower Assam due to a 24-hour bandh called by Biswajit
Rai faction of AKRSU, demanding creation of Kamatapur State.
JACAS activists began hunger strike
for indefinite period at KASA stadium demanding creation of an
autonomous state encompassing the two hill Districts of Karbi
Anglong and Dima Hasao in Assam.
AR recovered huge amount of ammunition
and warlike stores from Namsa town of Mon District of Nagaland
from the residence of 'major' Ngawang Konyak of NSCN-IM.
Following the August 18 meeting
held between representatives of Nagaland and Assam on restoring
peace in Ralan area, four-member team from Wokha District has
been formed to coordinate with their Assam counterpart. According
to sources committee would hold "people to people" dialogue and
make efforts to discuss all outstanding issues in the Ralan border
area.
SYCC condemned the 'senseless
and animalistic behavior' of State SFs, for their acts on August
30. SYCC accused the Manipur Police, IRB of creating fear psychosis
in and around Ukhrul.(Nagaland).
TSA strongly condemned the action
of the Manipur Police Commando and IRB in Ukhrul town on August
30. They stated that the act was nothing but a clear manifestation
of reign of terror orchestrated to tribal communities in the State.(Nagaland)
A militant of LAEF identified
as Hamid B Marak was arrested by Police from Korepara in North
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. He was operating under LAEF
'commander' Sodom alias Job who is believed to have orchestrated
the attack on Gokolgre market in East Garo Hills District on August
10. The arrested militant later confessed that LAEF has as many
as eight AK rifles in its procession.
SFs arrested a Bangladeshi national
identified as Ansar Ali Dhundu , while trying to infiltrate into
Indian territory from Bangladesh from an undisclosed location.
(Meghalaya).
Meghalaya, Assam, Manipur and
Nagaland continue to account for the bulk of insurgency-related
violence in North-East, states a reports by UMHA. Tripura, Mizoram
and Sikkim have remained peaceful while Arunachal Pradesh barring
a few incidents, has a general atmosphere of peace. The report
also states that situation in the North-East has shown an "overall
improvement" in 2012 and 2013 except in Meghalaya where casualties
have gone up mostly because of extortion and abduction.
Meghalaya stated that Police has
decided to take legal action against the leaders of the ANVC-B
'chairman' Bernard N Marak and 'political secretary' Bernard N
Maraktary' for spreading rumours that Mukul Sangma had ordered
a 'shoot-at-sight' against ANVC-B militants. The State CID filed
an application before the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
Manipur Government has officially
invited leaders of the JCILPS for talks on the issue of the demand
for implementation of the ILPS on September 4.
Manipur Government has officially
invited leaders of the JCILPS for talks on the issue of the demand
for implementation of the ILPS on September 4.
On a tip-off the Giddi Police
arrested five Naxalites (LWEs), identified as Raj Kumar Gupta,
Sandeep Sao, Nakul Sao, Prakash Kumar Sao and Ram Chandra Sao,
from a house in Chumba village of Dadi block in Hazaribagh District
of Jharkhand. The Police recovered two country-made carbines,
10 live cartridges, six mobiles and some posters from their possession.
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September 1-2 |
Gun battle is on between
SFs and militants holed up in Hanjan Village in Pulwama District
of J&K. The operation started on September 1 evening but was put
on hold during the night. It further resumed in the next day morning.
There was intermittent firing from both sides. According to media
sources, the SFs have holed up three JeM militants. According to
Police sources, one of the militant is believed to be 'commander'
Altaf of JeM. |
September 2 |
Three militants, identified as
Altaf Ahmad Rather- JeM ''district commander'', Farooq Ahmad Laway
and Showkat Ahmad Dar were killed in an encounter with SFs in
Hanjan Bala Village of Pulwama District of J&K.
Army authorities said that 150
meters long tunnel which was discovered on August 22, 2014, near
a forward post along the LoC in Pallanwalla Sector of Akhnoor
tehsil of Jammu District of J&K was apparently aimed at infiltrating
militants. The tunnel, which was discovered, was found stretching
approximately up to 130 to 150 metres along the LoC and originated
on the Pakistan side.
One person, identified as Akhtar
Hussain was arrested from Noornagar locality in Brahmpuri area
of Meerut District of Uttar Pradesh along with FICNs with face
value of over INR 24,00,000. During interrogation, Hussain told
Police that he had brought the FICNs from Malda District of West
Bengal and was going to deliver it in Meerut.
Maharashtra ATS has so far questioned
12 people in connection with the disappearance of four youths
from Kalyan, who reportedly joined IS in Iraq. Some of these people
were in touch with the boys before they left for Iraq. All those
questioned are part of a group that meets and interacts regularly,"
an officer said.
Suspected LeT operatives Abdul
Subhan and his nephew Asahbuddin, arrested for their alleged roles
in conspiring to carry out terror strikes in Delhi and adjoining
areas, were remanded to Police custody till August 12 by a court
in Delhi.
Suspected GNLA militants robbed
cash and valuables worth INR 400000 from an auto-rickshaw passengers
at Bankimari in Dhubri District of Assam.
The arrested UNLF 'chairman' R
K Sanayaima was produced in front of NIA special court in Guwahati
in Assam.
'General secretary' of NDFB-IKS,
B. Saoraigra stated that people should vote in the next year BTC
poll with conscience. He further admitted that NDFB-IKS had killed
Priya Basumatary recently for being an informer.(Assam)
ANVC-B has called for a 12-hour
bandh in Garo Hills region on September 4 demanding the intervention
of GoI to restore peace in troubled western region of Meghalaya.
In a 15-page booklet entitled
"Civic Action programmes of Indian Army", the 'publicity department'
of RPF stated that "Indian SFs have been resorting to violence
and terror to suppress the armed struggle for freedom of the erstwhile
independent Manipur". The book further alleged Indian forces have
been resorting to 'military terrorism'.
Inspector General AR, Major General
Rajeev Chopra visited Ukhrul to take stock of the prevailing situation
in town. (Manipur)
JCILPS has submitted a written
appeal to the Manipur CM, Okhram Ibobi Singh to release its executive
committee member Advocate Arjun Singh before September 4.
Okhram Ibobi Singh and Deputy
CM Gaikhangam left for New Delhi to apprise Union Minister of
Home Affairs Rajnath Singh on the evolving situation in the State
and to bring about a solution, GoI is said to be making all out
efforts to ensure that normal life is not affected in the State
following the call for indefinite ban on vehicular traffic along
NHs in Naga-dominated areas from September 4 by UNC.
In view of the UNC sponsored bandh
starting from September 4 UMHA has issued an advisory to the Manipur
Government to take all preventive measures to ensure that highways
are kept free, NHs are not disrupted, and law and order maintained
so that common men are spared from any inconvenience.
Education Minister M Okendro stated
that the current situation in Manipur is the handiwork of the
criminal activities perpetrated by the NSCN-IM.
An encounter took place in between
Police and unknown miscreants at Dayungmukh Nepali Basti area
in Dima Hasao District of Assam. Following the encounter, Police
arrested a DHD militant, identified as Jigen Langthasa and recovered
one AK-56 rifle with magazine and one mobile handset.
KPLT militants abducted a guard
of Chirang tea estate, identified as Babul Bora from Nagaon District
of Assam. The tea garden is owned by former ULFA leader Kalpajyoti
Neog.
Police arrested the Kokrajhar
correspondent of News Live TV channel identified as Jaikhnong
Brahma from Kokrajhar town (Kokrajhar District of Assam) charging
him for having links with NDFB-IKS.
BSS, ABWWF, AGP and the APCU strongly
condemned the arrest of Jaikhnong Brahma and demanded his release.
Wanted CPI-Maoist 'platoon commander'
Diwakar alias Kishore Kisku, and his aide Gangaram Kerai were
arrested from the Saranda forests in West Singhbhum District of
Jharkhand. Police found a loaded country made pistol, live cartridges,
14 pieces of detonator, mobile phones, transistors, memory cards,
chargers and batteries, INR 19,160 in cash and items of daily
use from the duo.
To expedite the creation of road
infrastructure in the LWE-affected Districts to enable the SFs
to effectively combat the CPI-Maoist, the UMHA has extended general
approval under the FC Act of 1980 for diversion of forestlands
to construct all categories of public roads, except those falling
in the protected areas, irrespective of the area of the forestland
involved in 117 LWE Districts, according to a press release issued
by the PIB. These 117 Districts are spread over several States.
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September 3 |
Unconfirmed report states that
militants in Garo Hills killed an unidentified villager at Kenigre
village in South Garo Hills allegedly for being a Police collaborator.
SFs arms and ammunition from Chingjao
Island in Thoubal District. Recovery include one country made
revolver; one Chinese hand grenade; two radio sets; seven detonators;
one 7.62mm SLR magazine; one 5.56 INSAS magazine; thirty five
rounds of 5.56 INSAS; 121 rounds of AK 47, ten 7.62 SLR rounds,
thirty four rounds of 9mm, four 45 AC rounds; nine .38mm rounds;
thirteen GF Rifles rounds; seventeen 7.65mm rounds and seven single
bore rifle rounds.
Three persons were arrested along
with FICN of INR 250,000 by Delhi Police from Delhi. One of the
accused Ashok Mandal alias Bablu (31), who hails from Bhopura
in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested from Wazirabad road area after
a trap was laid to nab him following a tip-off. Another person,
Manu was apprehended with INR 43,000 FICN currency and following
his revelations the third person was arrested.
The Karnataka High Court rejected
the bail application of Syed Tanzeem Ahmed, who was arrested in
November 7, 2012 on the charge of having links with banned organisations
like LeT and HuJI. Tanzeem is accused No 25 in the Bangalore module
terror case being heard by a special court of the NIA.
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
announced the formation of an Indian branch of his militant group,
he said would spread Islamic rule and "raise the flag of jihad"
across the subcontinent. In a 55-minute video posted online, Zawahiri
described the formation of "Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent"
as a glad tiding for Muslims "in Burma, Bangladesh, Assam, Gujarat,
Ahmedabad, and Kashmir" and said the new wing would rescue Muslims
there from injustice and oppression.
A suspected militant of NDFB-IKS,
identified as Praneswer Basumatary alias B. Thaiga was killed
in an encounter with SFs at Dhansiri in Udalguri District of Assam.
A militant of the oufit Asis Daimary alias B. Akhai was also arrested
after the encounter.
Fourteen militants of different
militant groups surrendered at Diphu in Karbi Anglong District
of Assam. Surrendered UPLF militants identified as Naisring Parbosa,
Anep Langthasa, Tushi Bodo, Manik Haflongbar, Suhit Nabensa, Rohito
Kemprai and Bidyut Langthasa . A M21 Chinese made Rifle, a SBBL
gun, a 9 MM pistol and two Chinese hand grenades were surrendered
by them. Surrendered KNLA militants have been identified as Songja
Tokbi, Kensing Ronghang, Arun Engti and Kamsing Rongpi and they
deposited a AK-47 rifle, two magazines of AK-47 rifle, a broken
magazine of AK-47 rifle, 29 rounds of ammunition, a 9 mm pistol,
seven rounds of 9 mm ammunition, 13 live rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition
and six live rounds of 12 bore cartridge. The surrendered KPLT
militants have been identified as Probhat Singnar, Rajib Singnar
and Francis Terang and they depoisted a Chinese hand grenade.
A delegation of the ABSU visited
the Assam-Nagaland border and inquired about the situation of
the people residing in relief camps.
ANVC-B has accused the ANVC, its
parent outfit, of breaking the ceasefire agreement by recruiting
one Tangcha Sangma, who was not a listed member of the ANVC. (Meghalaya).
Meghalaya Government has asked
people of the State to denounce the 12-hour bandh call
by ANVC-B on September 4 demanding the Central Government's intervention
to restore peace in the troubled region of the Garo Hills.
59 cadres of various underground
organizations were arrested by SFs and Manipur Police Commandoes
with recovery of 12 guns, 145 live rounds of ammunition, 26 hand
grenades and mobile sets, 1 IED remote control device and a cash
amount of INR 1235 in the month of August. According to the report,
13 KYKL militants, 9 PLA , 7 UNLF, 6 militants of PREPAK-Pro and
URF , four militants of KCP and KCP-Noyon, two militants each
of NSCN-IM , Lamnganba faction of KCP and MDF faction of KCP and
one militant each of UKLF, MNPF, KCP-MC and ZDV.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
reviewed the situation in Manipur in the wake of a road blockade
call issued by UNC and assured full assistance to the State Government
to ensure normal life.
CM Okram Ibobi Singh stated in
a meeting that GoI has plan to deploy Central Paramilitary Forces
along highways leading to Manipur and provide security escorts
to goods carriers so that there is uninterrupted supply of essential
commodities to the State.
GoI asked UNC to withdraw its
proposed economic blockade from September 4, but UNC showed no
sign of changing its stand.
A protest demonstration cum public
meeting was held at Langthabal Lep Makha Leikai in Imphal West
District of Manipur under the aegis of the Langthabal Lep Makha
Leikai Nupi Marup, Social Reformation and Development Club Langthabal
Lep Makha Leikai and Young Welfare Club Langthabal Mantrikhong
Makha Leikai, demanding the implementation of ILPS.
NSCN-IM has expressed grave reservations
on the recent appointment of R.N. Ravi as Centre's interlocutor
for the ongoing "Indo-Naga peace talks". According to the outfit,
Ravi who, it said was "well known for his antagonistic approach
to the Naga issue and obnoxious writings have come as a total
surprise to the NSCN-IM". (Nagaland)
NSCN-IM has expressed grave reservations
on the recent appointment of R.N. Ravi as Centre's interlocutor
for the ongoing "Indo-Naga peace talks". According to the outfit,
Ravi who, it said was "well known for his antagonistic approach
to the Naga issue and obnoxious writings have come as a total
surprise to the NSCN-IM". (Nagaland)
Two persons, a truck driver and
a cleaner, identified as Heeralal Oraon (30) and Nilesh Oraon
(26) respectively, were killed and four labourers - Ashok Oraon,
Sureshwar Oraon, Sameer Oraon and Upendra Oraon - sustained injuries
when they were caught in an encounter between SF personnel and
CPI-Maoist cadres at Marwai village under Bishunpur Police Station
limits in Gumla District of Jharkhand.
A joint team of Malkangiri and
Koraput Police busted a CPI-Maoist camp near Majhiguda under the
Boipariguda Police Station limits in Koraput District of Odisha.
Police conducted search operations in the area and found a SLR
and a .303 pistol from the camp.
The Berhampur SDJM court (Odisha)
rejected petitions of Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda requesting
permission to write from jail for publications as well as to donate
his body parts.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Mukesh alias Brajesh and Jitendra Pal, were arrested
from Manjhaulia Hills area in Aurangabad District of Bihar. A
country-made machine gun and a pistol, ammunition, white-coloured
explosive powder, urea, sulphur, other bomb-making materials,
Naxal (LWE) literature and uniforms were recovered from their
possession.
As many as 13 cadres belonging
to the Malangiri Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist surrendered
before senior Police and CRPF officials in Dantewada District
of Chhattisgarh. Those who surrendered were identified as Linga
Ramb, Sukman, Chhannu, Waman, Somdu Taati, Taati Joga, Bheema
Barse, Ramesh Barse, Basu, Bheema Taati, Lasman Taati as well
as a woman called Kumar Bode alias Aayti, who are all aged between
20 years and 35 years, Dantewada SP Kamlochan Kashyap said.
Ten Maoist cadres who were active
at different positions of the Kerlapal Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist,
surrendered at the headquarters of the CRPF's second battalion
in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh. Among Maoists who surrendered,
Madkam Singha was deployed in Dornapal LOS while Kartam Mukka
headed the Dandakarnya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangh, a frontal
outfit of the CPI-Maoist, while others like Punam Sanna, Awdhes
Kumar, Sodhi Masa, Sodhi Budra, Mukesh Madkam, Hilma Nanda, Amla
Bheema, Madkam Dewa are squad members, CRPF Battalion Commandant
VVN Prasanna said.
The Garhwah Police arrested a
CPI-Maoist 'area commander', identified as Jeetendra Korwa, who
had a reward of INR 300,000 on him from a house of one Kameshwer
Karwa at Bhauri village in Garhwah District of Jharkhand. Police
recovered a country made revolver from his possession.
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September 4 |
The Union Government ordered several
states to be on increased alert after al Qaeda announced it has
formed a wing in India and its neighbourhood.
Aimed at enhancing the Navy's
coastal surveillance, its largest offshore patrol vessel INS Sumitra
was formally commissioned by Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R K
Dhowan in Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
Union Minister of Home Affairs,
Rajnath Singh said that the PMO has been briefed about the al
Qaeda terror video threatening to take the terror outfit's campaign
to India.
Balgalore Police arrested nine
persons, including Rehman, Jeevan, Buntu Singh and Pradeep, and
seized FICN worth INR 40,00,000 along with six carbines, six revolvers
and 600 cartridges.
Indian Air Force Chief, Air Chief
Marshal Arup Raha, also the chairman of the chiefs of staff committee,
said the country was now better-equipped to handle threats from
groups like al Qaeda, which has declared that it has set up a
new branch to wage jihad in India.
AR arrested an RPF OGW militant
identified as Mohammed Ajijur Rehman alias Piktru from Mantripukhri
in Imphal West.
Shutdown of ANVC-B demanding GoI
intervention into law and order situation in the State was almost
total in all the five Districts barring a few pockets in the plain
belt region of West Garo Hills.
A section of militants from ASAK
led by its 'finance secretary' Jack Marak abandoned ASAK with
three AK rifles and eight pistols to form a new organisation A'chik
Matgrik Elite Force (AMEF).
The 'chairman' of ASAK Cheo Challang
Marak stated that the reason for their desertion was because they
had broken the rules and code of ASAK for their own personal interests
by randomly abducting civilians and extorting money.
ASAK stated that AMEF militants
were behind the abduction of SBI bank staffer Subodh Kumar Mishra
from Cherengpara in West Garo Hills District on August 5.
ASAK 'chairman' Cheo Challang
Marak alleged that DSP T.C. Chacko was keeping close contact with
Jack Marak much before he abandoned ASAK and alleged that attempts
were made to eliminate some ASAK members.
GNLA senior cadre Savio Marak
stated that GNLA has turned back many minors who wanted to join
GNLA.He also denied that they have been recruiting uneducated
Garo youths.
An individual identified as Pangsang
R.N. Sangma filed a written FIR against ANVC-B 'chairman' Bernard
N Marak for alleging that he and leaked information to ANVC-B
about orders of the Chief Minister on the 'secret killings' of
ANVC-B militants.
ANVC 'assistant publicity secretary'
Tangcha Sangma clarified that Rudy Pangsang Sangma is a different
person and is not connected with ANVC.
GNLA in a press release termed
the report on the situation in Garo Hills in national magazine
Tehelka as 'fabricated'. The report which had termed the Garo
Hills region as the new 'Terror Capital' of the country was questioned
by GNLA which claimed that the reporters had not spoken to 'commander-in-chief'
Sohan D Shira but had only used material from a video.
CM Mukul Sangma stated that "On
the talks with HNLC the State Government objectives to enter into
a talk with the insurgent outfit for the sake of attaining sustainable
peace in the State is now more pronounced.He also added that HNLC
is expected to be serious in its commitments and must shun all
its illegal activities. State Government said that the proposed
peace talks with HNLC will be taken up in sync with provision
of law.
CM Mukul Sangma asked all banned
militant groups to refrain from having nexus with political parties
or politicians.
The recent success of SFs against
the multiple militant outfits operating in the five Garo Hills
Districts is due to the new combat strategies where SWAT and Cobra
units could lay base insides the Durama forest range. Durama forest
range is known to be a Safe haven for various militant groups
including GNLA and ULFA.
DGP Hannaman stated that "There
are 10 SWAT guys and 50 COBRA men in each unit staying in each
overran location and ready for any fresh operations". He also
added that "the senior leaders of outfits have lost all contacts
amongst themselves after they were force to scamper for new hideouts
and they resorted to such mindless activities to sustain themselves
and their own new recruits.
A combined SF team recovered one
each of 9mm pistol, carbine, revolver, hand grenade, rifle butt,
INSAS magazine, SLR magazine and 9mm magazine, three magazines
of carbine, 32 explosive cakes and seven detonators from Chingjao
hills in Thoubal District.
UNC and other Naga organisations
have gone ahead with the indefinite blockade notwithstanding the
appeal by Home Minister Rajnath Singh for maintaining normalcy
and instruction to the State government to firm up against the
campaign.
MHA send additional forces to
ensure smooth flow of traffic and essential commodities and maintain
law and order.
Union Joint Secretary Shambhu
Singh arrived in Manipur amid the blanket ban imposed by the UNC
on all National Projects as well movement of vehicles on Highways
in Naga areas He would hold talks with the State Government apart
from making a direct assessment of the situation prevailing in
the State.
Following a directive of Home
Minister Rajnath Singh Special Secretary in the Home Ministry
Prakash Mishra has been sent to Manipur to assess the arising
situation.
The road blockade imposed by UNC
protest against the Ukhrul incident on August 30 affected vehicular
movements in Chandel District.
More than 400 vehicles including
loaded trucks and passenger buses have been stranded after UNCs
ban on all National projects and vehicular traffic on NHs.
The scheduled dialogue between
JCILPS Chief Minister Okhram Ibobi Singh was aborted due to the
Government's failure to release JCILPS executive member Advocate
Pukhrambam Arjun.
SFs recovered 90 gelatin sticks,
100 packets of detonators inside an abandoned bag at Machkhowa
bus terminus in Guwahati city. Police picked up five persons for
interrogation following recovery of explosives.
GRP recovered 150 gelatin sticks,
600 detonators and over 30 feet of fuse wires from 3 abandoned
bags from Lower Haflong Railway station in Haflong town in Dima
Hasao hill District.
SFs arrested one cadre of DHD
Jaijan Langthasa along with one AK 56 rifle and one magazine from
Doyangmikh locality bordering area of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao.
SFs arrested a miscreant Sabiur
Rahman a resident of Nij Damugaon village of Chirang District
from his house. Two handmade pistols with four bullets and one
handmade rifle with two bullets and few instruments used to make
guns were recovered.
A ULFA-PTF leader Ranju Saharia
alias Pranjit Saikia was arrested in connection with suicide of
three members of a family on September 2. ULFA leader Ranju Saharia
and eleven others have been charged with compelling the family
to commit suicide with regard to repayment of loan.
NDFB-RD 'information and publicity
secretary' B Naijab said the claim by Sanjukta Parashar, the SP
of Sonitpur District, that Police had shot and injured a cadre
of NDFB-IKS on September 2 was false and baseless saying that
the injured cadre is a member of NDFB-RD.
Intelligence agencies have warned
Assam of possible attacks by fundamentalist groups. Sources, hinted
that the attacks could be carried out by Muslim fundamentalist
group.
Kokrajhar Press Club staged a
two-hour demonstration in front of Pragati Bhavan demanding release
of journalist Jaikhlong Brahma who was arrested on September 2
for alleged links with NDFB-IKS.
CM State T.R Zeliang, has urged
the Centre to set up a LOC along the disputed inter-State border
to check fresh encroachments.
Union Home Minister with the CM
reviewed the situation arising out of the economic blockade called
by UNC . Rajnath Sigh assured all Central assistance to the Government
of Nagaland in ensuring peace.
Chief Minister said that he was
optimistic about the Naga peace talks, as a new interlocutor,
RN Ravi, has taken over. "The Home Minister told me that he, too,
was looking forward for a time-bound solution of the Naga problem.
In view of the indefinite highway
bandh in Manipur imposed by UNC , Kohima Police have taken up
measures so that no untoward incidents occur under its jurisdiction
in Nagaland.
NSCN-IM said that unless the issue
of cease-fire area coverage was clarified there was "going to
be a serious problem." NSCN-IM also alleged NK Singh has shown
"public contempt" of the commitment of Indian Prime Ministers
on the cease-fire area coverage issue.
NSCN-IM reiterated that there
was no official and bilateral agreement which showed that the
three words "without territorial limits" have been "deleted" or
"non-existent" as "wildly claimed" by NK Singh, chairman of CFMG.
Tripura Government has decided
to withdraw court cases against surrendered militants, except
those of crimes committed against women. CM Manik Sarkar stated
that the decision was made to lure underground terrorists to lay
down arms and join mainstream.
The official said several hundred
cases against the surrendered militants have already been withdrawn
or are in the process of being withdrawn. According to Sarkar
withdrawal of cases against the cadres of various militant outfits
is not being carried out only in Tripura, but also in other States.
Heavy exchange of fire took place
between Hawk Force of State Police and an armed squad of CPI-Maoist
in Machurda forest area under Birsa Police Station in Balaghat
District of Madhya Pradesh. Encounter started when a strong Hawk
Force contingent entered Machurda forest area during routine patrolling
came under firing by the Maoists, however, no casualty was reported
from either side.
Eight more CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered
before Dornapal SDPO, Sanjay Dhruv, 74th and 150th CRPF and CoBRA
Deputy Commandants in Dornapal region in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh,
while taking their numbers to 31 who laid down arms during the
past two days in the region. The cadres are identified as Madakam
Podiya, Madakam Deva, Madakam Joga, Poyyam Muyaya, Kavasi Nanda
of Chenna Bhejji under Dornapal Police Station limits, Madakam
Joga, Vetti Hurra of Puswada under Palampalli Police Station limits
and Punem Mangalu of Nelwada under Dornapal Police Station limits.
The Maoists are surrendering to take benefit of the Chhattisgarh
government's 'Naxal Surrender and Rehabilitation Scheme', Police
said.
In an anti-Maoist operation, the
189 Battalion CRPF team led by its Commander Tapan Pattnaik neutralized
a Maoist hideout near Khuripani and Saapmund village in the Gandharmardan
reserve forest area in Balangir District of Odisha, and seized
huge amounts of explosives from the spot. During the search, the
team found a hidden steel box containing explosive materials including
360 numbers of gelatine sticks weighing 45 kg and 30 electric
detonators.
Army, BSF and J&K Police stepped
up security along the LoC, IB and hinterland following Intelligence
inputs that al Qaeda has established a new branch to wage 'jihad'
in India.
A video shows GNLA caning at some
villagers suspected to be Police informers at Pakregre village
in East Garo Hills. A GNLA militant, identified as Bestfield N
Marak who was killed in an encounter on September 10 was also
seen in the video. Police suspect that militants canned the villagers
to ensure a safe haven from the Police, engaged in the combing
operations.
GoI ordered the Tripura Government
to be on increased alert in response to Al-Qaeda leader Ayman
al Zawahri announcing the formation of a branch of his militant
group in India and its neighborhood.
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The CPI-Maoist cadres allegedly
killed a former home guard, identified as Sarat Khora (30), suspecting
him to be a 'Police informer', in Panasput village in the cut-off
area across Balimela reservoir in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
About two days ago, the Maoists visited the village and asked
Khora to accompany them on the pretext of having some discussion
and subsequently his body was found lying in a pool of blood in
a forested area near the village.
With al-Qaeda 'chief' Ayman al-Zawahiri
announcing the launch of the Islamist terror outfit's branch in
India, intelligence agencies and Police are planning moves to
identify terrorist sleeper cells in Hyderabad.
The security agencies believe
that Pakistan's ISI has played a key role in the al-Qaeda setting
up a branch to specifically target India. The agencies also believe
that the ISI has prodded al-Qaida to draw recruits from India,
just like the Islamic State did.
Gujarat has been on the radar
of terrorist groups since the communal riots of 2002. The 55-minute
video tape of the al-Qaeda 'chief' Ayman Al Zawahiri, warning
of terror attacks in India and his mentioning Ahmedabad in the
tape, has once again come as a reminder of the terror threat the
state faces because of the riots of 2002.
IM operative identified as Ejaz
Sheikh who had sent e-mails claiming responsibility for the Jama
Masjid and Varanasi blasts in 2010 was arrested by the Delhi Police
Special Cell in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
A suspected Pakistani intruder
was shot down by the BSF near Border Out Post (BOP) Ulloke in
KMS Wala area along the India-Pakistan border in the Ferozpur
Sector of Punjab.
The Army and CRPF recovered two
AK-56 rifles and a semi automatic rifle from Disama reserve forest
in Karbi Anglong District after revelations by militant arrested
on September 2. MHA stated that Islamic terror groups can easily
influence Muslims in the Bodo areas, taking advantage of the present
turmoil.
MHA had identified at least 14
new Islamic fundamentalist organizations in the state, which includes
the MSCA ILAA MVF Muslim Liberation Army, Muslim Liberation Front,
Muslim Liberation Tigers of Assam and MULTA. Security agencies
had also found the involvement of SIMI in one of the serial low
intensity blasts in BTC in July. Security agencies have further
stated that that another radical group Popular Front of India
(PFI) was spreading its network in the state.
A UNLF militant Moirangthem Naoba
Singh alias Chaothoi was arrested from an undisclosed location
.
Deputy CM Gaikhangam Gangmei stated
that 144 CrPC at Ukhrul town has been relaxed for 12 hours on
September 6 He further added that the lifting of prohibitionary
order is on a trial basis and if the law and order situation improves
it will be removed completely.
Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam
Gangmei stated that Government has taken up a contingency plan
and has initiated measures in consultation with Army and AR to
provide adequate security escorts to transporters so that people
do not suffer because of the indefinite ban imposed by UNC.
ZYF and AZSU condemned the August
30 incident in which two protestors were killed in Ukhrul.
GNLA c-in-c Sohan D Shira has
threatened to conduct a wave of serial blasts in Garo Hills targeting
Government institutions and Congress offices in retaliation against
CM Mukul Sangma for allegedly sidelining Garo outfits in talks
while preparing the groundwork for peace negotiations with HNLC.
A senior Police official involved
in Operation Hill Storm , stated that connectivity between 'c-in-c'
of GNLA Sohan D Shira and his immediate aides has been partially
choked in the past one month. He further added that GNLA has procured
the high dimension walkie talkie sets with the help of ULFA.
Boko Haram, one of the most dreaded
terror organisations in the world and a part of terrorist outfit
al-Qaeda is now targeting India to push in drugs through multiple
channels and make it a global transit point. Reports have emerged
that this terrorist faction has joined hands with Dawood Ibrahim's
D-Company to aid its sinister designs.
Bruce Riedel, a former CIA analyst
and National Security Council official for South Asia, accused
the Pakistani military of `stage-managing` the terror outfit's
latest advance into India.
He further noted: "LeT [Lashkar-e-Toiba]
is very close to the Pakistani military's ISI. LeT would not have
taken such a highly provocative action without at least some advance
nod from the Pakistani spies in the ISI and the generals who command
them. LeT's leader, Hafeez Saeed, lives openly in Pakistan, frequently
appears on television denouncing the United States, and is the
darling of the ISI."
Four of the seven persons who
have been identified as kingpins in a nationwide FICN racket are
from West Bengal.
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SFs arrested a UNLF militant,
identified as Konjenbam Bikramjit, alias Naocha Singh from Mayai
Koibi in Imphal West.
A person, identified as Ravindra
Singh who was involved in circulation of FICN was arrested in
Ballia of UP.
Two LAEF senior militants were
arrested and revealed that LAEF has been expanding their area
of operations and making inroads into Garo Hills.
Mingnam K. Sangma was arrested
from his wife's home in Rongtu village of Bajengdoba in North
Garo Hills.He was originally with ANVC-B. On his revelation SFs
arrested the 'commander of the finance unit' of LAEF Sengrak K
Marak. Through their revelations, Police know that the new 'chairman'
of LAEF is one Biltang while Mathew Marak is the 'military chief'.
The arrested duo has revealed to police that there are as many
as thirteen AK rifles, ten numbers of 9mm pistols and other assortment
of weapons and grenades including RPGs in just two command structures
of LAEF.
Dimapur Police Anti-extortion
Team arrested two individuals Aghato Achumi and Thungbemo Kikon
were arrested while they were in the process of collecting illegal
taxes in Ghorapatti in Dimapur. Two tax coupons of NSCN-KK was
recovered from them.
Two FGN militants identified as
Arun Chishi and Kivito were arrested while threatening and putting
an extortion demand on the management of a shopping mall located
at Clock tower in Dimapur.
SF personnel seized a cache of
explosives from Dumarkoh village in Rohtas District of Bihar.
The explosives had been kept in boxes and were reportedly meant
for carrying out attacks on security personnel during anti-Maoist
drive.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres set
ablaze five vehicles belonging to a private road construction
company at Mansoorchak village in Vaishali District of Bihar.
The Maoists also assaulted the employees deployed at the base
camp of the company.
Dimapur Police Anti-extortion
Team arrested Aghato Achumi and Thungbemo Kikon while they were
in the process of collecting illegal taxes in Ghorapatti in Dimapur.
Two tax coupons of NSCN-KK was recovered from them.
Two FGN militants identified as
Arun Chishi and Kivito were arrested while threatening and putting
an extortion demand on the management of a shopping mall located
at Clock tower in Dimapur.
NSCN-I-M Tizit (Mon District)
'town command' arrested five "illegal extortionists" who were
extorting from passengers in pretext of NSCN-I-M.
NPC organized a thanks giving
service at Kohima, commemorating the 1964 first ceasefire in Nagaland.
NPC chairman N. Theyo underscored the need for all the 'national
workers' to reconcile with each other.
Nagaland CM T.R. Zeliang, and
Home minister Y. Patton called on Minister of State for Home Affairs
Kiren Rijiju and took up the border issue wherein he stated that
the matter between Assam & Nagaland needed to be taken-up and
settled amicably.
NLFT militants allegedly abducted
two tribal youths Jhurham Reang and Udayram Reang from a remote
hamlet near the Indo-Bangladesh border in Gomati District.
Itanagar Police have arrested
three unidentified persons in connection with the abduction and
killing of Naharlagun-based trader KP Chako, whose decomposed
body was found at Chiputa, about 8 km off Doimukh in Papum Pare
District on September 5.
Based on revelation by Mingnam
K. Sangma, LAEF militant arrested in Meghalaya joint team of Garo
Hills and Assam Police raided Garo Kasumari village in Goalpara
District and arrested the 'commander of the finance unit' of LAEF
Sengrak K Marak.
JACAS their 146 hour hunger strike
which was principally done to draw the attention of GoI towards
resumption of talk for creation of an autonomous state comprising
the two hill District of Assam as provided in Article 244 (A)
of the constitution.
Nagaland CM T.R. Zeliang, and
Home minister Y. Patton called on Minister of State for Home Affairs
Kiren Rijiju and took up the border issue wherein he stated that
the matter between Assam & Nagaland needed to be taken-up and
settled amicably.
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A hand grenade was recovered at
the residence of Khundongbam Chaoba ,a BDO at Sangaiprou in Imphal
East District.The incident may be related to an extortion of money.
UNC demanded imposition of President's
Rule in the 'failed state of Manipur' in order to restore the
faith of the people in democracy. UNC alleged that Manipur Government
has 'muffled' the voice of the people' by taking lives and brutalized
the people by their forces. UNC also protested against the imposition
of 144 of CrPc in Ukhrul.
State Government reviewed the
law and order situation prevailing in Ukhrul District and found
that the situation has improved substantially and has decided
to withdraw prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 of CrPC
in Ukhrul town.
JCILPS pulled up 15 non-Manipuris
who did not possess any valid identification documents.
Joint Secretary, Union Ministry
of Home Affairs in-charge North-East, Shambu Singh stated that
GoI yet to receive any letter from the State Government on holding
talks with HNLC.
Three extortionists Ikaho Swu,
Zakai Awomi and Kuhoi Zhimomi were arrested were from Ghorapatti
in Dimapur 14 illegal tax collection receipts bearing the name
Lorry challan of Deopani Sand Suppliers Agency and Assam Sand
Suppliers Agency were seized from them.
Itanagar Police arrested three
unidentified persons in connection with the abduction and killing
of Naharlagun-based trader KP Chako, whose decomposed body was
found at Chiputa in Papum Pare District on September 5.
The AISHF, an organisation of
Shia Muslims, has announced a reward of INR 50 million for the
head of IS 'chief' Abu Bakr Baghdadi. The AISHF has also announced
a similar reward for those who kill four other terrorists al Qaeda
'chief' Al-Zawahiri, JuD 'chief' Hafiz Saeed, Taliban 'chief'
Mullah Umar and HuM 'chief' Azhar Masood.
The Maoists mounted an attack
on Bareysarn Police Station in Latehar District of Jharkhand.
The firing on the Police Station began at 11pm last night which
went on for an hour or so. Later in the morning the Security Forces
recovered three grenades with UBL, eight live ammunitions, and
one cell phone charger.
A CPI-Maoist couple, identified
as Ista Gopi alias Bilas and Korram Sundari alias Lalita, surrendered
before SP, Kamlochan Kashyap in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
The Maoist couple was members of the DKSZC at Abujhmad and was
very active in 'Battalion-2' of the Maoist outfit in North Bastar.
They were fed up with the Maoist activities and ideology and finally
surrendered before the Police, Kashyap said.
A Maoist 'commander', identified
as Mohan Korram alias Shyamlal, surrendered before the
Police in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh. Korram was active
in Rajnandgaon and Kanker under Rajnandgaon-Kanker Border Division
Committee as Military Platoon-23 'commander'.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Raghunath Yadav (25), carrying cash reward of INR 800,000 was
arrested by the SF personnel in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
A Tiffin bomb was recovered from his possession.
Two KYKL militants identified
as Yumnam Hitler Singh alias Amu and Gurumayum Bihari Sharma were
arrested near Khurai Popular High School in Imphal East.
On their disclosure another active
KYKL identified as Tensubam Tiken singh was arrested from an undisclosed
location.
Based on his disclosure two more
KYKL militants identified as Thokchom Meghajit Singh alias
Naobi and Shamurailakpam Gyaneshwor Sharma were arrested from
Singjamei Beigyabati Leikai in Imphal East.
A UNLF militant identified as
Thoudam Rupachandra Singh alias Inao alias Amja Khan was
arrested at Charangpat in Thoubal District.
Tura Police in West Garo Hills
arrested Lucas Marak after he allegedly threatened a journalist
Saidul Islam Khan, after the journalist lodged a complaint saying
that Rimphu Marak, Lucas Marak and Savvio Marak for threatening
him over a Facebook forum for his article on Garo Hills situation
published in Tehelka magazine.
HNLC has iterated that it "stands
committed" to peace talks with the Government
Kukis will observe Sahnit Ni (black
day) on September 13. As per the resolution taken up by KIM every
block Inpi are required to inform concerned villages to observe
the day. Kukis observed Black Day to deliver justice to all the
victims of NSCN-IM attack in the early nineties.
Despite criticism of NPF Deputy
CM Gaikhangam reiterated the presence of certain anti-social elements
during the rally in Ukhrul district on August 30.
Three extortionists Arun Chishi
and Kivito were arrested while threatening and putting an extortion
demand on the management of a shopping mall located at Clock tower
in Dimapur. 14 illegal tax collection receipts were recovered
from them.
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Suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist
blew up around one meter railway track between Latehar and Bendi
railway stations of Dhanbad division under South Eastern Railway
in Latehar District of Jharkhand, after which several bogies of
a goods train were derailed disrupting railway services. Maoists
dropped some posters at the incident site.
Unidentified miscreants planted
a bomb at the residential gate of Dr Th Dilipkumar Singh, Chairman
of Imphal Urban Co-operative Bank at Thongu Part-II in Imphal
West.
SFs arrested a militant of PREPAK-pro
identified as Yumnam Kanhai alias Kiran from general area of Takyel
in Imphal West District.
UNLF 'director-in-charge' stated
that Konjenbam Bikramji who was arrested on September 6 from Imphal
West District is not member of the outfit.
NPF team is in New Delhi to persuade
PM Narendra Modi and HM Singh impose President Rule in Manipur
for alleged violation of human rights by Okhram Ibobi Singh Government.
Women activists of JCLIPS rounded
up 15 migrant workers including a minor who were engaged as construction
workers.
JCILPS and State Government would
hold a meeting on September 9 to discuss ILPS Earlier JCLIPS had
skipped a meeting on September 4 at the Chief Minister's secretariat
hall protesting the non-release of its committee executive member,
advocate N Arjun from jail.
AASU hit out against the State
Government and GoI on the threat issued by terrorist outfit Al-Qaeda
to establish bases in Assam and alleged that that this happened
because of the failure of the Government to solve the problem
of infiltration of foreigners.
ASJU has asserted that Muslims
in the state would not subscribe to al-Qaida ideology.
Journalist Jaiklong Brahma, who
was arrested on September 2 for alleged links with NDFB-IKS was
send to nine-day judicial custody.
More than 700 people from ABSU
AASU BSS ABMSU BSU and local residents participated in the rally
demanding i unconditional release of Jaiklong Brahma.
An individual identified as Ram
Bahadur Rana was abducted by some armed youths from his cattle
farm at Palashguri in Chirang District.
Government has directed Police
Department to take all possible steps to ensure that the state
is 'free from terrorist danger', in view of the recent al Qaeda's
threat to form wings in Assam and Bangladesh.
Home Minister Roshan Warjri stated
that "Obviously we are taking the threat very seriously and are
concerned and we are closely working with central agencies to
chalk out modalities and be prepared."
Meghalaya Police official stated
that all District Police Chiefs especially those in the areas
bordering Bangladesh, have been asked to be extra vigilant and
the local intelligence units have been sensitised on the new threat
perception.
Meghalaya Government stated that
The State government would like to place on record its genuine
commitment for bringing in peace and harmony amongst all sections
of the people so that the fruits of development are made available
to the people of the State as a whole.
Meghalaya Police refuted allegations
that Police Department is opposing peace parleys with HNLC.
Under Secretary to the State Government,
in-charge Political department, B Khongwir stated that GoI has
advised the State Government not to hold talk with GNLA as its
members are still very much active in carrying out violence and
illegal activities in Garo Hills.
13 pro- ILP groups reaffirmed
their demand for implementation of ILPS in Meghalaya during a
public meeting held at Iewmawlong, Nongpoh, Ri Bhoi Districts.
AR raided the residence of Chumukedima
area Roko.
AR in an operation in Ghorapatti
in Dimapur District arrested an unidentified arms peddler with
two .22 pistols and two live rounds.
Major tribal bodies rejected the
demands for a separate State in the name of 'Twipraland' by carving
out the TAADC. TSU and TYF, the tribal student wing and tribal
youth wing of ruling CPI-M rejected the demand for a separate
state in Tripura saying it is divisive and communal.
Delhi Police informed Central
intelligence agencies that IM had meticulously chalked out a plan
to carry out multiple blasts at a Delhi market.
Police arrested a militant, identified
as Innas Ali from a Shivam Guest House on Jammu-Pathankote National
Highway at Samba Chowk in Samba District and recovered a US made
revolver with four rounds and FICN with a face value of INR 8000
from him.
NSCN-KK held its 2nd general meeting
under the supervision of deputy Kilonser and RAO Huvito Yepthomi
to deliberate on NSDZ. The mip stated that NSCN-KK will never
be a party to NSDZ policy of the Nagaland Government which allegedly
was trying to implement the NSDZ without the consent of the Nagas,
especially the Nagas of Nagaland. The meeting also re-affirmed
faith in the leadership of Khole Konyak and Kitovi Zhimomi.
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Manipur Police Commando KS Thotyo
was killed and two other Police commandos Khumukcham Amuthoi and
Kapminlian Mangsuan were wounded in two ambushes by suspected
NSCN-IM at Nungshangkong and Shangkai village in Ukhrul District.
Ukhrul District SP Selvan was in the Police party which was ambushed
at Nungshangkong, he was unhurt.
A militant of UALA identified
as 'deputy commander' Jagring was killed by his accomplices following
an argument at Dajugre area in West Garo Hills.
A militant of UALA Debura R Marak
was arrested in Dadenggre in West Garo Hills for the killing of
UALA'deputy commander' Jagring
The 13 Pro-ILP groups has decided
to organise public meetings in various District Headquarters in
an attempt to provide clarity to the general masses on the comprehensive
mechanism which they had suggested to the State Government to
combat and control illegal migration.
State Government condemned the
ambushes in Ukhrul The Government announced INR 500000 ex-gratia
and Government employment to the next of kin of KS Thotyo and
financial assistance of INR 100000 each of the injured Police
personel.
JCILPS called a 24-hour general
strike demanding implementation of ILPS, dismissal of ASP Yengkhom
Victoria and release of committee members and students who are
in Police custody.
A militia member of the CPI-Maoist,
identified as Muvvala Ranju, surrendered before the OSD Vishal
Gunni at Narsipatnam in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh.
A KZF militant identified as Dilbag
Singh was arrested from the Lalmati area of Beltola in Guwahati
in Kamrup Metropolitan District.
Four men identified as Mobidul
Islam, Gobinda Ramchiary, Gautam Das and Anil Boro were arrested
from the Hahara SSB camp in Kamrup rural District when they tried
to enter the camp posing as journalists.
A Police Head Constable in Narayanpur
District of Chhattisgarh was put under suspension for allegedly
revealing the movement of SFs to Manjhiram Kashyap, a CPI-Maoist
informer arrested in Bastar District on August 26, which resulted
in the killing of 11 CRPF personnel, four Policemen and a civilian
near Tahakwada village in Sukma District on March 11, 2014. Mahadev
Nag was posted in Tongpal (Sukma District) when the incident took
place.
The State intelligence has warned
of the presence of CPI-Maoist cadres in tourist destinations in
the state, including Alappuzha District of Kerala. Apart from
the flourishing sex trade in houseboats, Maoists are also reportedly
making use of the facilities for their nefarious activities, it
is said.
Blockade by UNC may soon be lifted
since Special Secretary in the MHA Prakash Mishra had a meeting
with leaders of UNC. UNC source stated that "The gesture from
GoI is quite encouraging and we will decide whether to suspend
the ongoing indefinite blockade or not only after the Presidential
Council meeting to be held on September 10.
NWU sponsored sit-in protests
were held at District HQ of Tamenglong, Chandel, Ukhrul and Senapati
to register their protest against the alleged assault on the rights
of the Naga people and tribals by the Government of Manipur with
the alleged motive of suppressing them.
During a verification drive of
illegal immigrants ILP students wing Thoubal pulled up two non-locals
as they failed to produce their identification cards and handed
them over to Police at Yairipok in Thoubal.
An individual Yanglicho Sangtam
was arrested after eight rifles including an AK-56 and some foreign
weapons were recovered along with ammunition and explosive like
detonator from his house in Kiphire Village (Kiphire District).
AR raided a house of one Yanglicho
of Kiphire village (District) and recovered huge cache of arms
and ammunitions including country made gun from his possession.
NSCN-IM 'arrested' one individual,
identified as Pangjungnokdang Pongen for "illegally making and
issuing 'work permit renewal' to non-locals of INR 300 each. NSCN-IM
Mokokchung 'town commander' "lieutenant colonel" Imka Kichu said
accused has been awarded punishment for the same.
NSCN-IM UT condemned the purported
raid carried out by AR at the residence of Chumukedima area Roko.
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September 10 |
A Police Head Constable, identified
as Elaji Potti was killed and another Constable Hariram Mandavi
was severely injured when cadres of the CPI-Maoist, attacked a
team of CAF in the Ilmidi village under Awapalli Police Station
limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. Some plain-clothed
Maoists attacked the CAF personnel with sharp weapons and snatched
away two SLRs, two hand grenades and 80 rounds of fire.
A Maoist cadre, identified as
Suklal (30) was arrested during a joint search operation by the
SFs from Mahurpat village under Tadoki Police Station limits in
Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
A Police officer sustained injury
during an exchange of fire between SFs and the cadres of the CPI-Maoist
that occurred near the Barimunda area bordering Ganjam, Gajapati
and Kandhamal Districts of Odisha, during a joint combing operation
made by the Police officials of the three Districts. Police seized
a pistol, 30 rounds of cartridges and other items used for making
tent houses in forests.
On the basis of intelligence inputs,
the Bihar Police arrested 11 CPI-Maoist cadres from Samasya riverine
area under Morkahi Police Station limits in Khagaria District
of Bihar, and seized four firearms and ammunition from them.
A suspected unidentified GNLA
militant was killed in an encounter with SFs at Pakregre village
in East Garo hills. . A pistol, a high-frequency wireless set,
and incriminating documents were recovered from the encounter
site. East Garo Hills Police Chief Davies Nestell Marak stated
that there were around 22 GNLA militants led by 'commander' Chekam
Marak alias Dawang in the area. Police official stated that the
encounter site was a GNLA camp situated in middles of the village.
Meghalaya Police and BSF busted
a camp of UALA at Dajugre near Tikrikilla in West Garo Hills and
recovered the body of UALA "deputy commander," Jagring who was
killed by his accomplices on September 9.
MHA has approved the "agreed text
of settlement" with ANVC, thereby rekindling the prospects of
peace. Sources stated that the news was communicated to the State
Government the previous week.
GoI Centre is yet to finalise
the date for official signing of the MoS. Earlier MHA had stated
that MOS will be officially signed after the Parliament session
which concluded on August 14.
FGN-NA has welcomed seven 'Naga
army officers' six from NSCN-K and one from NSCN-IM.
SFs arrested an unidentified UNLF
militant from Torbung in Churachandpur.
CM Okhram Ibobi Singh stated that
the additional State Security Forces have been withdrawn drawn
from Ukhrul town (Ukhrul District) and added that the move was
related with restoration of normalcy in Ukhrul town. The CM further
reiterated that if the need arise, the additional force will be
sent again.
The 24 hour strike called by JCILPS
demanding unconditional release of the arrested JCILPS members,
suspension of Additional SP Y Victoria and implementation of ILPS
in the State has hit normal life in the State. No violent incidents
have been reported so far.
Four men identified as Mobidul
Islam, Gobinda Ramchiary, Gautam Das and Anil Boro were remanded
for allegedly claiming to be journalists as well as members of
different organisations and extorting money.
All Assam SULFA Samiti an umbrella
grouping of around 4,200 SULFA demanded Governor JB Patnaik to
withdraw criminal cases pending against them. The demands also
include the rehabilitation of SULFA and seizure of weapons from
NSCN-IM, who carry out extortion, kidnapping and attack those
who refuse to pay and accused NSCN-IM behind the recent violence
in villages along the Assam-Nagaland border.
HSDP Dima Hasao committee has
called a 10-hour Dima Hasao bandh demanding immediate release
of Mohet Hojai and others who were incarcerated in connection
with insurgency-related cases in Dima Hasao District.
According to Intelligence Agency
report, there are fourteen Islamic radical groups active in the
State.
Dilbagh Singh who was arrested
on September 10 was trying to explore possibilities of procuring
weapons from the region.
KZF militant Dilbagh Singh who
was arrested in Guwahati as trying to explore possibilities of
procuring weapons from North East.The easy availability of llegal
weapons in the North East has become a matter of grave concern
and now Khalistani militant groups have also started eyeing the
region to procure weapons.
STF of Kolkata Police arrested
a person from BB Ganguly Street of Kolkata along with FICN with
face value worth INR 2, 00,000.
Union Minister of Home Affairs,
Rajnath Singh is undertaking a tour to the border areas in Gujarat
and reviews security preparedness along the Pakistan frontier
in this sector.
Police neutralised a FICN racket
and arrested three persons, identified as Kotamohanti Venkatesh,
Maddila Laxmi and Rakoti Musalayya in MVP Colony of Vishakhapatnam.
A Sri Lankan national, Arun Selvarajan
was arrested by NIA, in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) for spying in India
on behalf of Pakistan's ISI.
According to Police, FICN in denominations
of INR 1,000 and INR 500 with a face value of INR 20,000 have
been detected in cash sent from nationalised banks to the RBI
zonal office in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).
Union Minister of Home Affairs,
Rajnath Singh announced that the Centre would establish a Marine
Police training institute in Gujarat, to train the Police for
safeguarding the state's 1,600 km-long coastline.
India and Kabul reiterated their
commitment to intensify cooperation with Indian External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj saying India was there to stay in Afghanistan.
NIA arrested a person, identified
as Sharda Shankar Kushwaha, a Nepal citizen who is suspected to
be a Pakistan's ISI agent, from Pantoka area near Raxaul in East
Champaran District.
Four LeT militants were killed
in a gun battle with Army troops along the LoC in Keran Sector
of Kupwara District. A large quantity of arms and ammunition were
also recovered from them.
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September 11 |
SFs killed three UPLF militants,
Phanjit Bathari, R CD Dimasa and Nablai Dimasa at a forest area
between Hatikhali and Manderdisha under Langting Police Station
in Dima Hasao District. SFs recovered one Ak-56 assault rifle,
one 7.65 mm rifle, one pistol, two Chinese grenades, two magazines
and live ammunition from the militants.
SFs killed three UPLF militants,
Phanjit Bathari, R CD Dimasa and Nablai Dimasa at a forest area
between Hatikhali and Manderdisha under Langting Police Station
in Dima Hasao District. SFs recovered one Ak-56 assault rifle,
one 7.65 mm rifle, one pistol, two Chinese grenades, two magazines
and live ammunition from the militants.
A joint team of SFs arrested the
'commander in chief' of KNLA Rajen Signar alias Archok Timung
from Mahori Rongpigaonin in Karbi Anglong District. One pistol
with magazine, incriminatory documents including KNLA extortion
notes were recovered from him.
A 10-hour bandh called by HSDP
in protest against detention of former CEM of DHADC Mohit Hojai
paralysed life in the entire Dima Hasao District.
A PREPAK-Pro militant 'private'
Laishram Gandhi Meitei was arrested by AR and Imphal East District
Police from general area of Bamol Leikai in Imphal East. . A 9mm
pistol with magazine with four live rounds of 9mm and one mobile
phone was recovered from him.
Six JCILPS members were arrested
while holding an emergency meeting at the residence JCILPS convenor
Ibotombi Khuman at Uripok Sorbol Thingel in Imphal West.
CPDO condemned the two ambushes
which were allegedly carried out by NSCN-IM which killed a Manipur
Police Commando on September 9.
UNC in an emergency presidential
council of the UNC held at Senapati has called off the indefinite
ban on construction works on all National projects in Naga areas
as well as the indefinite ban on vehicular movements on all National
and State highways . UNC appreciated the actions of GoI on the
UNC memorandum submitted to the PM.
In view of the increasing demand
for ILPS in the State the Government ordered an indefinite closure
of schools and colleges.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Tikka Ram Tuddu alias Talu, was arrested from Khukhara village
area under the same Police Station by the Police during an anti-Maoists
operation in Giridih District of Jharkhand. Police recovered two
can bomb and documents related to his activities in the region
from his possession.
A teenage Maoist cadre, surrendered
before the Police in Ranchi District of Jharkhand, alleging that
'zonal commander' Kundan Pahan raped her and threatened to kill
her and her mother if she complained. During an interaction with
media persons, the girl revealed that Maoists sexually exploit
many girls but the victims do not dare open their mouths after
the gun-toting rebels warn of dire consequences.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, indentified
as Bali alias Boti (34), carrying a reward of INR 10,000 on his
head was arrested by a joint squad of CRPF and District Force
from a forest area under Jangla Police Station limits in Bijapur
District of Chhattisgarh.
Four cadres belonging to the Malangir
Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist, surrendered before the Police
in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh. Of the surrendered, Laxman
was heading Dandakaranya Adivasi Majdoor Sangathan - a frontal
outfit of Maoists and the woman - Hungi was the chief of another
rebels' backed upfront named Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan
in Cholnar area, while two others-Raju and Kosa- were working
as Jan militia members.
Two hardcore Maoists, identified
as Nagaru Korram (40) and Bajnu Korram (24), surrendered before
the 212th battalion of CRPF camp in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
Nagaru carried a reward of INR 2,000 while, Bajnu carried a reward
of INR 1,000 on his head.
Four cadres of the CPI-Maoist,
wanted in an encounter case under the K. Bolang Police Station
limits in Sundargarh District of Odisha, surrendered before the
Police in the Rourkela Police Headquarters in the District. The
surrendered Maoists have been identified as Samir Munda alias
Jarka (20), Salmon Tapno alias Jedgo Munda (25), Namjan
Munda (20) and Munika Surin alias Munda (18) and were operating
mainly in the Saranda forest area of Odisha-Jharkhand border.
Nagaland Governor appealed to
Nagas to accept the appointment of R.N. Ravi as the new interlocutor
for the ongoing Naga peace talks. He also appealed the people
of the State to work for an early solution to the protracted political
issue as the right time has arrived.
Naga Hoho, apex tribal body of
Nagaland said ILP should not be relaxed on the pretext of bringing
in professional workers or investors into the state through NSDZ.
At least 15 engineering students,
including a girl, from Hyderabad, attracted to the idea of fighting
alongside Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, were tracked down by
the Telangana Police in West Bengal this week after their parents
complained they were missing.
NIA filed a final chargesheet
in July 7, 2013 Bodhgaya blasts in which ten bombs exploded in
the vicinity of the temple and two monks were injured.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
said talks between India and Pakistan could be resumed if Pakistan
responds properly.
Nicholas Rasmussen, Deputy Director,
National Counterterrorism Center of US, said that the LeT is against
improving relations between India and Pakistan.
Six executive members of the JCILPS
were arrested from an undisclosed location. (Manipur).
AR launched a search operation
and recovered one 9 mm pistol and ammunition and arrested the
house owner identified as "under secretary in ministry of law
and justice" Atoka Zhimo of NSCN-KK in a house in Sewak Colony
in Dimapur in Nagaland.
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September 12 |
The cadres of the CPI-Maoist triggered
two landmine blasts in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh, injuring
a BSF trooper. One blast took place near Nagaldand village of
Kanker around noon, injuring the BSF trooper, while the other
was reported from Belodi village in the District. The blasts occurred
when BSF personnel were taking polling personnel to Antagad, which
is going to the polls on September 13.
An IED was recovered at Jalukbari
area in Guwahati (Kamrup District) from a bus. The IED was diffused
later and one unidentified individual suspected to have boarded
the bus with the IED at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur District was arrested.
On getting information about movement
of NDFB-IKS militants Police laid on ambush at Habrubeel in Kokrajhar
District. Suspected NDFB-IKS militants fired at the ambush party
on spotting them. No causality has been reported.
BSF arrested one UALA militant
Lenush Marak and AMEF militant identified as Alban Sangma were
arrested at Chandaboi in West Garo Hills while trying to cross
from Bangladesh. Three mobiles with two SIM cards were recovered
from them.
Meghalaya IG Raju stated that
the Operation Hill Storm July is yielding results with at least
11-12 camps of the GNLA being busted and atleast 25 militants
of GNLA ULFA ASAK and other militant groups were arrested and
several sophisticated arms recovered.
Two persons identified as Bamang
Taming and KonLingum were arrested Blue Hill Station were found
in possession of one .32 pistol with two magazines and one live
round and .22 pistol with one magazine.
Two ULFA-PTF militants arrested
on September 11 were remanded for 14 days' judicial custody.
State Police, following intelligence
warning after Al Qaeda's decision to set up its organisational
base in the State has set up a special task force for keeping
tab on activities of fundamental groups.
Disillusioned with the party ideology
and to lead a normal life in society, three cadres of the CPI-Maoist,
including one woman Maoist, surrendered before SP Sudhir Kumar
Jha in Garhwah District of Jharkhand. The surrendered Maoists
are identified as 'area commander' Akshay Korwa and his wife Basanti
Korwa and his own brother Raju Korwa. SP Jha informed that about
one and half dozen cases has been lodged against Akshay Korwa
in Chhatisgarh, Garhwa and Latehar District, while his wife Basanti
was involved in two Maoist violence cases and his brother Raju
was involved in four cases.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
said the Government was willing to talk to the Naxals only if
they give up violence. "We are ready to talk to anyone who leaves
the path of violence. We have even asked their ideologues to come
to the negotiating table," Singh said, adding that during the
course of the first 100 days in power, there had been 132 surrenders
among the Naxal ranks, which was a 300 per cent jump compared
to the corresponding period last year.
The September 10 encounter between
SFs and CPI-Maoist in Barimunda forest along Ganjam-Kandhamal
border of Odisha and seizure of literature in Telugu hinted at
presence of Bansadhara division of CPI-Maoist cadres in the region.
Police suspect the division is trying to strengthen its base in
the border areas after the arrest of Odisha Maovadi Party leader
Sabyasachi Panda from Berhampur on July 17. The Andhra cadres
were reportedly active in Rayagada and Ganjam Districts.
SFs killed three cadres of the
CPI-Maoist, including an 'area commander', at Nayanpur in Giridih
District of Jharkhand. Police said that several cadres were also
injured in the three-hour gun battle. The slain Maoists, who were
in fatigues, were identified as area commander Dinesh Pandit,
Jeeblal Murmu and Shahdev Rai. The SFs also found an SLR, a .303
and a .315 rifle and ammunition.
SFs arrested one PREPAK-Pro cadre,
identified as Moirangthem Tomba from Takyel in Imphal West. One
9mm pistol and four live rounds were recovered from his possession.
State Cabinet decided to hand
over the cases of assassination of Ukhrul ADC on July 12 and attacks
on September 9 which killed one Police Commando to NIA.
JCILPS students' wing announced
its decision to enforce an indefinite "curfew" on business activities
of non-Manipuri's in the State. until its demand for the release
of 12 committee members, including five student activists and
action against ASP Yengkhom Victoria.
State Home Minister Gaikhangam
condemned the public curfew imposed by the student's wing of JCILPS
on non-Manipuris and appealed for an amicable solution to save
the indigenous people of State and commented that "We should also
think about what may happen to our people staying outside the
State."
JCILPS stated that it is still
ready to hold dialogue with the Government if its demands are
met.
All Thoubal District College Students
Union strongly condemned the closing of schools and colleges and
stated that preparation for agitation for 'Eikhoi Mahei tamjage'
(Allow us to learn) has been made if the Government failed to
reopen educational institutes in the State by September 14.
NSCN-KK accused AR of raiding
the residences of three of its members in separate incidents on
September 10 11 and 12. NSCN-KK alleged that if AR choose to ignore
the cease-fire rules and threatened to brush aside the cease-fire
rules.
Naga Hoho apex Naga civil society
body cautioned that 'political ramification would be irreparable'
if the mutual agreements between GoI and NSCN-IM are not upheld
regarding the ceasefire coverage. They appealed to stakeholders
or negotiators not to mislead the people with regard to ceasefire
coverage.
A tribal-based political party
Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), has stepped up its
agitation for a separate State to be carved out of Tripura. It
has now announced that the party members would go to Delhi to
meet union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and union Tribal Affairs
Minister Jual Oram to press for the demand.
BSF personnel recovered three
live landmines, weighing around 10 kilograms each, suspected to
be planted by the CPI-Maoist cadres, from Boipariguda-Gupteswar
road in Koraput District of Odisha. Police said the security personnel
spotted the landmines during regular combing operation and set
them off on the spot as it was not possible to bring back the
landmines.
The Delhi Police Special Cell
that has arrested top ten IM operatives during the last two years
claimed that the banned terror outfit IM is driven purely by its
ideology rather than monetary gains.
A FICN making unit was neutralised
in Berhampur city of Ganjam District and four persons, including
two women, were arrested for their involvement in the racket.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
announced that the ban on SIMI has been extended for five more
years.
Union Minister of Home Affairs,
Rajnath Singh said Muslims in India are fiercely opposed to Islamic
State (IS) and its ways.
Madhya Pradesh ATS arrested one
person associated with SIMI from Jabalpur District tracing incoming
and outgoing calls on one of the mobile phones left by Khandwa
jailbreak (October 1, 2013) fugitives before they escaped from
their hideout in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor District.
CNRH/NRHPF 'chairman' Keyhang
Rengma stated that six armed Karbi militants stopped a group of
Rengma women while they were on their way to Western Rengma Christian
Centre at Check Bari area between Tseguchangri and Lolashongnyu
and frisked them. The militants took their cell phones away and
threatened them with dire consequences if they leaked news of
the incident. The Karbi cadres reportedly threatened with "shoot
at sight" and "flush out" warnings too. Keyhang Rengma further
added that if the Karbi militants continue to issue threats to
the Rengma Nagas, the CNRH/NRHPF would not remain a silent spectator.(Assam)
Six women leaders of different
civil bodies of JCILPS were arrested at an undisclosed location.(Manipur)
Tripura CM Manik Sarkar stated
that despite Bangladeshi Security Forces' crackdown on separatist
outfits, about 20 camps belonging to Tripura militants in various
parts of Bangladesh still exist.
NSCN-KK gave a 'political class'
to its regional authorities at Khehoyi Designated Camp (Dimapur
District of Nagaland) wherein the members were briefed on the
prevailing Indo-Naga political situation. The 'political class'
was led by NPAC convener C Singson.
A low-intensity blast occurred
in a house in Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh. It occurred a day before
bypolls are scheduled to be held in the Assembly constituency
- prompting the police and ATS teams to rush to the spot.
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September 13 |
Suspecting Muvvala Ramesh, a former
CPI-Maoist cadre, as 'Police informer', Maoists killed him in
East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. The body of Ramesh was
found at Jangalathota in Y. Ramavaram mandal in the District bordering
Visakhapatnam District. Ramesh was a dalam 'commander' between
2003 and 2004 and surrendered to the East Godavari Police in 2005.
The CPI-Maoist has put up large
number of posters in Koraput District of Odisha, demanding a halt
to counter-insurgency operations and condemning alleged Police
excesses against tribals. Police seized a few hand-written posters
pasted by Srikakulam-Koraput 'divisional committee' of the CPI-Maoist
from Damanjodi.
A wanted CPI-Maoist leader, identified
as Ram Pravesh Yadav, a 'sub-zonal commander' of the CPI-Maoist
was arrested from Dingrahi in Aurangabad District of Bihar. Yadav,
a specialist in blowing up school buildings and mobile communication
towers, torching road construction machines and extorting money
from contractors and entrepreneurs was wanted in several cases
of murder and other incidents of violence in the state.
A CPI-Maoist couple, Sidam Mahadu
alias Satyam and Sudula Padma alias Swapna, members of the Abujhmad
Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist, surrendered before the Bellampally
Police in Adilabad District of Telangana. The couple gave up the
underground life following discrimination shown by the higher-ups
in the outfit.
Four suspected GNLA militants
were killed in an internecine clash with AMEF at Bolmaram forest
near Williamnagar in East Garo Hills.
A suspected ANCA militant Rapseng
Ch. Marak was lynched by a mob at Chokpot in South Garo Hills.
A gang of five was serving demand notes to villagers. Three escaped
and one ran to the Police Station to take shelter.
ANVC-B 'chairman' Rimpu N Marak
stated that GoI initiative is a must to bring peace to the Garo
Hills. He further added that early settlement of the peace pact
and signing of the final accord with both groups of ANVC will
restore peace to a considerable extent in Garo Hills and instill
faith in the people of Garo Hills on GoI for its keen interest
and initiative in speeding up the pact.
Five Nepali militants Bashu Chetry,
Nabraj Koirala, Netra Bahadur Ghaley, Dhiraj Majhi and Bhagat
Sarki of a newly floated organization UGPO were arrested by SFs
from Matijhora in Kokrajhar District. Two 9 mm pistols, one 7.65
mm pistol, two country-made pistols and ammunition were recovered
from them. Kokrajhar Police stated that around 26 Nepali boys
received training at a camp in Myanmar through the NSCN-IM and
added that after returning they started working for the NDFB-IKS
. Police stated that NDFB-IKS was outsourcing activities like
kidnapping and extortion to these individuals and that they may
have a hand in the abduction of four Bhutanese nationals on August
8.
NDFB-IKS militants Jagdish Basumatry
and Junu Kumar Brahama were arrested by SFs from Nahruburi village
of Udalguri District. A pistol and few rounds of ammunition were
recovered After their interrogation SFs arrested Khutrung Basumatry
from an undisclosed location and recovered a .303 rifle and .22
rifle.
A group Naga villagers living
in Sector B in Golaghat District stopped the convoy of Principal
Secretary to Assam CM M.G.V.K. Bhanu when he was visiting the
area. M.G.V.K. Bhanu when he was visiting the area.
Kukis observed the Kuki Black
Day or Sahnit Ni in Sadar Hills in Senapati District to mark the
deaths of Kuki people killed during the ethnic clash which broke
out in the 1990s between them and the Nagas.
Manipur Government has opened
two relief camps for non-Manipuris as a safety measure following
the imposition of public curfew by the students' wing JCILPS.
demanding release of the arrested members of the committee. Accordingly,
the State Government opened two relief camps, one in Imphal East
District and another in Imphal West.
Breaking the prevailing deadlock
over ILP movement JCILPS has lifted its curfew imposed on movements
of non-locals till September 19 following an understanding brought
between the students' wing of JCILPS and the CM Okram Ibobi.
Indian Security Agencies are verifying
unconfirmed reports of a young suicide bomber of Chennai origin
blowing him up for the ISIS in the Syria-Iraq theatre.
A senior Bijnor District Police
official said that scanning of CCTV footage, retrieved from cameras
installed near the clinic of a local doctor, has revealed five
men taking their badly burnt aide to a doctor. These five men
resemble the SIMI men who escaped from Tantya Bheel Jail in Khandwa
on October 1, 2013.
A Maoist, identified as Ramulu
Punem, was arrested by a joint team of the CRPF and the DF personnel
along with arms and explosives during a search operation near
Ponjer village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. A tiffin bomb
weighing two kilogram, 20 meters of wire and 9.5 meters codex
wire and a sharp weapon were also recovered from his possession.
Thousands of tribals led by Vijay
Laxmi, 'commander' of the Korukonda Dalam of the CPI-Maoist, gathered
in Ralegada forest in the cut-off region of Chitrakonda in Malkangiri
District of Odisha on the AOB. Senior Maoist leaders from outside
Odisha participated in the 'Prajameli, where the Maoists are observing
a 'Prisoners of State Sympathy Week' in the Ralegada forest since
September 13. The meeting is said to have been held for over four
hours, nearly 1,000 tribals from around 30 villages, besides 140-150
Maoists participated.
At Kemphur village in Golaghat
District, four Naga groups including NSF and Lotha Hoho erected
banners in the borders areas asking Assam Police to withdraw from
the disputed areas.
CNRH/ NRHPF alleged that Karbi
militants have restarted committing alleged "terror acts" against
Rengma Nagas in Karbi Anglong in Assam.
Manipur Government assured unconditional
release of all the arrested agitators on or before September 19
after which the JCILPS agreed to lift the "public curfew" imposed
on the non-locals.
Un identified unidentified truck
driver was abducted near a Petrol Pump, 3rd Mile of Dimapur in
Nagaland.
One person died and two others
were injured in a grenade blast at a tea garden manager’s office
in Dalgaon area in Darrang in Assam. Police official stated that
NDFB-IKS is believed to be behind the attack.
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September 14 |
East Garo Hills Police SWAT team
killed a GNLA militant, identified as Rikman Ch Marak and two
militants were wounded near Rambugre Songgital village in East
Garo Hills District. Police recovered a pistol, a wireless communication
handset, two mobile phones and GNLA documents from the dead militant.
Rikman Ch Marak was under the command of GNLA 'commander' Jackfruit
Momin who was earlier overseeing the outfit's operations in Dadenggre
region of West Garo Hills.
East Garo Hills SP Davis Nestell
R Marak stated that SFs have destroyed as many as 12 major camps
of the GNLA in East Garo Hills as a part of Operation Hill Storm.
SP of East Garo Hills Davis Nestell
R Marak stated that GNLA 'commander in chief' Sohan D Shira has
fled his hideout in the remote forests of Garo Hills and has crossed
over to neighbouring Bangladesh to escape the ongoing operation
launched by Meghalaya Police.GNLA militants are in disarray and
split groups of 15-20 militants .
Meghalaya Police is conducting
a search to trace the bodies of four GNLA cadres who were reportedly
killed by Jack Party of AMEF in Bomlaram jungle of Williamnagar
in East Garo Hills. Police further added that one of the deceased
GNLA cadres has been identified as Rabha, who is a ULFA militant.
GNLA claimed responsibility for
the September 4 video portraying nine villagers being beaten up
at Pakregre village near Rongjeng in East Garo Hills.
GNLA denied assaulting innocent
villagers in Pakregre village and stated that the of the seven
assaulted villagers five were charged with extortion n the name
of GNLA and two others were suspected to be police informers.
CSWO Presidnt Agnes Kharshiing
condemned the brutal and horrific act' of caning perpetrated by
GNLA in Pakregre village in East Garo Hills.
An exchange of fire between Maoists
and Grey Hounds Policemen took place in the forest near Markaguda
village in Tiryani mandal in Adilabad District of Telangana. Three
Maoists including the Adilabad Divisional Committee Secretary
Bandi Prakash are reported to have fired three to four rounds
before making good their escape in the forests. Police has recovered
four medicine kits.
Deputy Chief Minister and Home
Minister N. Chinarajappa said, "There is no Maoist activity whatsoever
in the State (Andhra Pradesh)". "The Police machinery is fully
on alert to prevent any attempts by extremists to revive their
activities in the State," he told reporters in Ongole in Prakasam
District of Andhra Pradesh. "Extremists are making a frantic bid
for existence," he remarked while referring to Maoists killing
a former extremist branding him as a 'Police informer' on the
East Godavari-Visakhapatnam border on September 13.
Suspected cadres of the PLFI,
a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist set ablaze six vehicles, including
road rollers and bulldozers, in Khunti District of Jharkhand,
creating a panic among the locals during the daylong bandh.
The PLFI had called a state-wide bandh on September 14, to oppose
Police atrocities on innocent villagers. Police detained six persons
for interrogation.
A 40 kilogram can bomb was recovered
during an anti-Maoist operation in Saranda forests in West Singhbhum
District of Jharkhand. The bomb was allegedly planted by Maoists
to target SFs who frequent the area for combing operations.
The 'judicial secretary' of NDFB-P
B. Sudem on the occasion of the outfit's 26th martyrs day at Serfanguri
Kumguri designated camp in Kokrajhar District demanded information
of whereabouts of 36 of its leaders and cadres who went missing
after Operation All Clear in Bhutan in 2003.
The 'assistant publicity secretary'
R. Daoka stated that peace talk with GoI was going in the right
direction.
AR recovered 25 kg explosives,
400 detonators and 36 metre fuse wire from baggage of a woman
travelling in a taxi from a Jalukie bound to Tamenglong in Ntu
village in Peren District.
A 'Sergeant Major' in NSCN-K MughakheZhimomi
was arrested along with a .22 pistol with four live ammunitions
in the magazine in Dimapur
Union Minister for Women and Child
Development Maneka Gandhi said that money earned through the illegal
trade of slaughtered 'milking animals' goes into terrorism.
A citizen's convention organised
by ASS at Nagaon called upon the Assam Government as well as the
various political parties to be transparent on their stand on
inter-State boundaries.
NDFB-IKS 'chairman' IK Songbijit
stated that NDFB had split due to differences in idea and ideology
among the leaders and added that the time of division many innocent
people lost their lives in the internecine fighting. He alleged
that many innocent people and NDFB cadres lost lives in fake encounters.
But the NDFB cadres will never give up their goal." He also added
that fratricidal killings have not stopped even now. (Assam)
Chinese hand grenade was found
planted at the gate of RK Mobisana Loan Chairman of Imphal Urban
Co-operative Bank at Uripok Panchai Maning Leikai under Lamphel
Police Station in Imphal West of Manipur. The hand grenade was
later recovered by the Police Bomb Disposal Squad. Local club
and women organisations of the area condemned the incident.
Chinese hand grenade was found
planted at the gate of RK Mobisana Loan Chairman of Imphal Urban
Co-operative Bank at Uripok Panchai Maning Leikai under Lamphel
Police Station in Imphal West of Manipur. The hand grenade was
later recovered by the Police Bomb Disposal Squad. Local club
and women organisations of the area condemned the incident.
The owner of the truck, identified
as Ranjit Kumar Gupta received a call from the cell-phone of the
abducted driver demanding ransom of INR 1 million stating that
if their demands were not made, the driver would be killed. (Nagaland).
Police arrested three of the five
accused while they were trying to take the truck away. Based on
their revelations, the Police raided a rented house at Nagarjan
in Dimapur where the truck driver was confined and rescued him.
Two other militants were arrested there. The arrestees were identified
as 'major' Kussum Konyak, 'leacy (area representative)', Khumong
Khiamniugan, of NSCN-KK , major' Adini Zeliang of NNC, Raju Peyu
(administrative officer in civil set up)' of NSCN-IM Levi Zeliang.
Police also recovered demand notes and two FGN writing pads from
their possession. (Nagaland)
AR arrested an alleged arms peddler
identified as Yimso Yimchunge in general area around Town Hall,
Dimapur in Nagaland. Two .22 pistols were also recovered from
him.
In support of on-going movement
for implementation ILP in Manipur, SMSU organized a sit in protest
at Don Bosco Laitumkhrah in Shillong in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.
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September 15 |
The three youths from Kalyan in
Thane District, suspected to have joined the IS, are expected
to return India from Syria.
The arrest of a third Sri Lankan
spying on India on behalf of Pakistan in less than 10 months has
got intelligence agencies to train their focus back on growing
radicalization among Tamil-speaking Muslims in eastern Sri Lanka
where Pakistan has been fishing for a long time.
An alleged IM operative, Farooq
Turkish approached the special MCOCA court situated inside Arthur
Road Jail of Mumbai (Maharashtra) seeking bail on the ground of
parity as few other accused have already been granted bail.
An Army porter, Khan Mohammad
was killed while five people, including two BSF troopers, were
injured in two blasts along the LoC in Poonch District.
Investigators probing the July
10, 2014 bomb blast in Pune (Maharashtra) suspect the role of
four absconding members of the banned SIMI in the terror act.
The suspects, Aizazuddin alias Aizaz Mohammed Azizuddin, Mehboob
alias Guddu Ismail Khan, Aslam Ayub Khan and Amzad Ramzan Khan,
were also allegedly involved in an explosion at a rented house
in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, on September 12. Another fugitive, Zakir
Hussain alias Sadiq Badrul Hussain, was also suspected to be present
at the Bijnor house, but his role in the Pune blast is not yet
known.
The NIA has sent a report on the
outfit to UMHA and various avenues are being explored through
which an FIR can be lodged against IS as an outfit and the returning
boys questioned legally.
Pakistan High Commissioner to
India Abdul Basit made it clear that there was no case against
designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai
terror attack, and he is free to roam in the country.
A delegation of six members from
AEH, a Shia committee from Delhi, will go to Iraq to provide help
and appeal to Indian Muslims, who have allegedly joined the IS,
to come back. The Shia body is in touch with the Indian and Iraq
governments and around 6000 volunteers are lined up to go to the
war-torn country. They have also urged the Indian government to
take IS seriously as it has threatened to attack Kashmir.
One IRB trooper, Chetan Salve
was killed while four others were injured in a Claymore mine blast
allegedly triggered by the CPI-Maoist near Yerkad in Dhanora tehsil
in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra. SFs deployed at Yerkad
Armed Outpost was heading towards weekly market at Yerkad village
when the mine planted on the side of the road exploded, killing
one trooper instantly and injuring four others.
Three CRPF personnel, identified
as, Assistant Commandant of the 168th Battalion Madhu Nair, Inspector
T.P. Khan and Constable Manoj Kumar were injured when an IED,
suspected to be planted by the CPI-Maoist, went off while they
were trying to defuse it near Timmapur village of Bijapur District
of Chhattisgarh.
Dhanora Police of Gadchiroli District
of Maharashtra arrested a senior CPI-Maoist leader, identified
as Jethuram Dhurwa alias Raju during an anti-Naxal operation along
the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border. Raju, 'commander' of Aundhi
LOS, had a cash prize of INR 1.6 million on him announced by the
Chhattisgarh government.
Relatives of a business man identified
as Sagir Hussain who had gone to Demow in Shivasagar came to know
he was abducted when they managed to contact him and an unknown
individual stated that he has been abducted and demanded a ransom
of INR 2 million.(Assam)
Police arrested five unidentified
youths for demanding money in the name of ULFA from an undisclosed
location. (Assam).
Four unidentified individuals
were arrested with fake identity documents and SIM cards from
an undisclosed location. (Assam).
A PREPAK-Pro militant identified
as Moirangthem Ibomcha Singh was arrested from Imphal West District
of Manipur.
Another PREPAK-pro militant identified
as Mangdengbam Shamu Singh alias Tomba was arrested from Lamlong
Bazar in Imphal East of Manipur. On his disclosure SFs recovered
one Chinese hand grenade from his residence in an undisclosed
location.
According to Police reports, both
Moirangthem Ibomcha Singh and Mangdengbam Shamu Singh were involved
in extortion of huge amount of money from the general public,
private firms and offices and was also involved in transportation
of arms and ammunition. (Manipur)
JCILPS has sought monetary aid
from all the people of State who support the ILPS. The organisation
stated that they were facing acute financial difficulties. (Manipur)
YDO of Pallel organised a general
public meeting on ILPS YDO Pallel, ICDS Cell ground in Thoubal
in Manipur.
Daniel Lotha , CAO of UT-1 of
NSCN-IM alleged that ACAUT was formed through the initiatives
of retired Maj.Gen . George, former chairman of CFSB and CFMG.he
also accused that two ACAUT members were given Security by plain
clothed Army men. (Nagaland).
GNLA 'chief' Sohan D Shira vowed
to return to give a 'befitting' reply after Meghalaya Police accused
him of abandoning his group and seeking shelter in Bangladesh
to escape the ongoing 'Hill Storm' operations by SFs.He stated
that "Bangladesh is merely a route to various other countries
that we use frequently for our business. Our business is our fight
for Garoland and the fight requires better arms and technologies
for the future which those countries provide.
GNLA senior cadre Savio Marak
stated that "Sohan is our leader and he believes that all criticisms
are pouring in because of false Police stories. Our organisation
must endure these fabricated stories, false accusations, as Garoland
matters most".
Shalom Meghalaya, a church movement
for peace in Garo Hills strongly condemned inhuman and brutal
caning of villagers suspected to be Police informers by the GNLA
in a September 4 video at Pakregre village near Rongjeng in East
Garo Hills District.
Pro-ILP groups organised a public
meeting at Nongstoin Market in West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya
where they reiterated their demand for the ILP. The meeting was
attended by leaders of HNYF FKJGP KSU central body, KSU West Khasi
Hills unit and FKJGP West Khasi Hills circle.
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September 16 |
A suspected IM operative, identified
as Ajaz Sheikh (27), who was allegedly involved in the September
19, 2010 Jama Masjid bomb blast was remanded in 20 days' Police
custody by a trial court which said the accused needed to be interrogated
on various aspects.
Nearly six months after neutralising
an alleged IM network in Rajasthan, the ATS will file chargesheet
this week against the IM suspects arrested from Jaipur and Jodhpur.
Under the UAPA and Section 121A of IPC (waging war against nation),
the State Government provides prosecution sanction but the ATS
waited for almost two months to get the prosecution section.
One person, identified as Chand
Mohammad was arrested along with FICN with a face value of INR
12,000 from undisclosed location. During interrogation, Mohammed
revealed that his relative Shakir used to bring FICN from Pakistan
via Bangladesh. He further told that recently he had sold FICN
having face value of INR 50,000 in exchange of original currency
notes worth INR 25,000.
The NIA filed its second charge
sheet in the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case. The charge sheet was
filed against three IM operatives, Mohammad Riyaz alias Riyaz
Bhatkal alias Ismail Shahbandri alias Riyaz Ismail Shahbandri,
Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas alias Javed alias Ahmed alias
Nabeel Ahmed, a Pakistan national and Tahaseen Akhtar alias Monu
alias Hassan alias Sameer.
JKLF leader Yasin Malik interrupted
a flood rescue and relief team of Congress leaders from Maharashtra
near Budshah Chowk of Srinagar city when they were trying to rescue
some children stranded in a house in the area.
Pakistan Army violated ceasefire
and opened fire along the LoC in Lam area of Nowshera Sector in
Rajouri District of J&K.
Seven cadres of the CPI-Maoist,
including a woman, surrendered in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh
stating their disillusionment with the Maoist movement besides
exploitation of lower-rank and women insurgents by Maoist leaders
from Andhra Pradesh. The surrendered Maoists were identified as-Balkrishna
alias Krishna Nag (37), Dayaram (32), Lalit Kumar Potai (30),
Guddu Medam alias Pavan Kumar Pradhan (40), Koliya alias
Sudhram Netam (25), Tilanand alias Guddu (20), and a woman
Maoist Sukli Vadde (25).
A joint team of SF personnel arrested
a woman Maoist, identified as Yalam Sarita alias Rita (27), an
active member of Madded LGS and carrying a reward of INR 110,000
on her head, during a search operation in Marimalla forests coming
under Madded Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Members of tribal organisation
LSM from Surada area of Ganjam District of Odisha held demonstration
in front of office of DIG of Police, southern range, in the city,
to protest against alleged harassment of innocent tribals and
dalits by Police in the name of anti-Maoist measures. The CPI-ML-New
Democracy expressed its solidarity to this agitation.
Andhra Pradesh SIB personnel arrested
two cadres of the CPI-Maoist, working for the 'technical team
of the central committee' from Anandappa Layout of Bagalagunte
area in Bangalore of Karnataka. The arrestees were identified
as Kistappa alias Krishna (40), and his wife Laxmi alias
Bhavani (35).
KRA militant, identified as Minthing
Chonglo alias Livin was arrested from Lahorijan in Karbi
Anglong District of Assam. A .22 bore pistol, ten rounds of ammunition
and some other items were recovered from him.
Assam Police refused to withdraw
its pickets set up on the disputed Assam-Nagaland border and have
strengthened the manpower and armament in the border outposts
.Police have also sent a directive to its officers stating that
a constant liaison should be maintained with CRPF and SSB. A total
of 29 additional security pickets have been set up in the sector
B of Golaghat District for security of the affected and vulnerable
villages after the attacks by Naga miscreants on August 12 and
13.
A combined team of Thoubal District
Police Commandos and AR arrested a militant identified as Huidrom
Suraj alias Black Day of PREPAK-VC during frisking operation along
Wabagai Sekmaijin road at Terapishak in Thoubal District of manipur.
During frisking operation along Wabagai Sekmaijin road at Terapishak
in Thoubal District claimed a Police release.
AR arrested a militant of KCP-MC
identified as Thangjam Major Singh from Lamdeng Khunou in Imphal
West District of Manipur. A demand letter of KCP and a stamp written
with the name of 'finance secretary' Pamen Meitei were recovered
from his possession.
An OGW of KCP identified as Aribam
Jiten alias Inao was arrested from Waithou Bazar in Thoubal District
of Manipur.
AR in an operation in Purum Khullen
in Chandel District of Manipur arrested a militant of UKRA identified
as Thangzalien Kom alias Shakti.
An OGW of KNLA identified as Ngamcha
Touthang was arrested in Aijejang village in Chandel in Manipur.
12 persons including six women
leaders of different civil bodies and six executive members of
JCILPS arrested on September 12 and September 11 respectively
in connection with the ILPS issue have been sent to judicial custody
for 15 days by concerned magistrates. The arrested leaders were
separately produced before the court. (Manipur).A ten member delegation
of UNC including President L Adani, General Secretary Gaidon Kamei,
Speaker Timothy, and UNC Information Secretary Milan Shimray arrived
in Delhi. (Manipur).
A day after views from MU professors
regarding implementation of ILPS the all-political party committee
constituted to look into the demand for implementation of ILPS
held its fourth meeting in the office chamber of Deputy Chief
Minister Gaikhangam at Secretariat at Imphal.
Thang-Ta artistes of Performing
Arts and Culture, Keirao Bitra staged a sit-in-protest at Keirao
public waiting shed in Imphal East (Manipur) to show solidarity
to the ongoing ILP agitation spearheaded by JCILPS.
Meira Paibis of Keishampat Yumjao
Lairembi (Imphal West District of Manipur) also staged a sit-in
protest demanding implementation of ILPS.
AR busted an illegal arms factory
run by a former unidentified militant of NSCN-K at Noksen village
in Tuensang in Nagaland. The recovery included 10 arms and around
100 rounds of assorted ammunition. A large number of weapons under
manufacture were seized along with weapon-making tools were also
recovered.
Dimapur Police unearthed a well
organized network of "illegal taxation on transport and commercial
vehicles" where some NSCN-IM cadres and more than 17 transport
& goods company were reportedly involved. (Nagaland)
Following the murder of a teenage
girl whose body was found between Merapani and Bhandari on September
12 NSCN-IM UT-I CAO team apprehended one of the accused. (Nagaland).
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September 17 |
A special court granted six days
custody of suspected ISI agent Arun Selvarajan to the NIA. The
judge, however, dismissed a petition by CBI to include it as a
party in the investigation. NIA officials said they would be focusing
on the kind of information the accused is believed to have passed
on to his Pakistani handlers in Sri Lanka, Shaji and Siddiqui.
Following the arrest of Arun Selvarajan,
(on September 10) who is suspected to be an ISI agent, Tamil Nadu
'Q' branch sleuths have started enumerating Sri Lankans staying
in Tamil Nadu. Police sources said there are about 65,000 Sri
Lankan Tamil refugees in the 114 camps in the state. There are
more than 12,000 Sri Lankan Tamils with passports settled outside
the camps.
Lahore-based BKI terrorist outfit's
de facto chief Ratandeep Singh, who had only last year replaced
ailing Wadhawa Singh as the BKI head and was sent by ISI was arrested
by Punjab Police. He was sent to India as Hussain Sheikh Zahid
(son of Sheikh Nasiruddin) and was arrested by the SSOC team of
Punjab Police near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. He was sent to
10-day Police remand by an Amritsar court.
The SSB arrested a person, Riyaz
Mian along with FICN of INR 100,000 in Lakshmipur locality of
Raxaul in East Champaran District. The FICN consignment was in
the denomination of INR 1,000 notes. Riyaz has confessed that
he had brought the notes from Birganj in Nepal and was supposed
to hand them over to another person in Motihari in East Champaran
District.
Two militants were killed in an
encounter with SFs near the LoC in Macchil Sector of Kupwara District.
Two AK-47 rifles and one UBGL along with other war-like stores
were recovered from the site.
Two militants were killed in an
encounter with SFs near the LoC in Macchil Sector of Kupwara District.
Two AK-47 rifles and one UBGL along with other war-like stores
were recovered from the site.
One CRPF personnel of the CoBRA
unit was killed and a Deputy Commandant injured in an encounter
with the CPI-Maoist at Chiklam village in Ghatshila sub-division
of East Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. On receiving information
that a huge Maoist squad had entered Chiklam village from Dalma
forest, Security Forces had launched a joint operation cordoning
off the village.
One CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
during an encounter inside Pujariguda forests under Badadural
Panchayat in Malkangiri District of Odisha. The DGP Sanjeev Marik
has confirmed the death of the Maoist in the encounter and said
a carbine and an ordinary 303 rifle have been seized from the
spot.
Two hardcore CPI-Maoist cadres
were arrested after a gun battle with SFs during a search operation
at Santoshpur forests under Bijapur Police Station limits of Bijapur
District of Chhattisgarh. The arrested Maoists were identified
as Laxman Lekam (32) - head of Santoshpur 'range committee' and
Madkam Sukku (26) - head of Ghumra Jantana Sarkar group. A muzzle
loading gun was also recovered from their possession.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Kursam Santosh (20), was arrested under Modakapal Police Station
limits while another CPI-Maoist cadre, Kakkem Maraiyya, was arrested
under Awapalli Police Station limits of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Acting on intelligence inputs
Bihar Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Brij Mohan
Singh alias Mohanji, from Panapur area in Saran District of Bihar.
Singh works under Harihar Sahni of North Bihar Zonal Committee
of the Maoists and had been active in the area for the last six
years, and his main work was to expand the organisation and extort
levy imposed on businessmen, contractors, and others.
Fourteen CPI-Maoist cadres, belonging
to Kerlapal 'area committee', surrendered at the headquarters
of the 2nd battalion of CRPF in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
Of the surrendered, Kawasi Bandi (25), Jitender (19), Musaki Hidma
(35), Bhima (25), Soma (44), Madkam Deva (35) and Sodi Singan
(28) were working as LOS members and sangham members and the others
as village level members.
Two Maoists, identified as Sarita
alias Swarupa Kudiyam (17), a member of Awapalli LOS and
Munna Padam (23), a militia member under Ganagloor 'area committee'
of the Maoists, surrendered before District Collector Mohammad
Abdul Qaisar Haque and SP KL Dhruv in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
This year (2014) 220 lower rung
Maoists have surrendered in Chhattisgarh.
Police arrested Gunda Basumatary,
Dora Tadu Holongi and Bikram Boro from Holongi area in Papum Pare
District of Arunachal Pradesh after a brief encounter for their
involvement in the abduction and killing of a trader identified
as KC Chacko.All three have been admitted in hospital since they
were all injured in the encounter. Police also recovered one pistol,
4 live rounds, one fired empty cartridge.
Assam CM Gogoi reviewed the prevailing
law and order situation along the Assam-Nagaland border with senior
officials The officials of the Home & Political Department and
Assam Police apprised the Chief Minister that the situation was
fast returning to normal and the process of rehabilitation of
the displaced persons affected during the violence on August 12-13
was going on. So far around 5,700 camp inmates have returned back
to their villages while 4,167 are still in the relief camps.
Two women identified as AS Dinah,
ex-president of TSL and her niece identified as Lansophy Tangvah
were killed in IED explosion at Nitu Glass hardware shop in View
land market in Ukhrul in Manipur. Two men identified as Rajendra
Choudhury the proprietor of the shop and sales man identified
as Gudu were also injured in the blast.Electronic IED was used
for the blast. MNRP was suspected by the Police to be behind the
attack.
Although Ukhrul is dominated by
NSCN-IM many other armed organizations like MNPF, MNRF, MTRA and
RTA have started challenging NSCN-IM. (Manipur)
Former Vice President of TKS Ngamreishang
Ningshen was reportedly abducted from ISBT at Khuman Lampak in
Imphal West in Manipur.
Imphal West District Police Commando
arrested a UNLF militant identified as Okram Sawankumar alias
Abothe Singh and a KCP-MC militant identified as Khuraijam Helemjit
alias Naochouba Singh from Thangmeiband Hijam Dewan Leikai
in Imphal West District of Manipur.
A KYKL militant, identified as
Ningthoujam Dinesh Singh, was arrested by a combined team of Bishnupur
District Police Commandos and Indian Army at an undisclosed location
in Bishnupur District of Manipur. One mobile handset along with
two SIM cards were seized from him.
According to Sources UNC team
will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, HM Rajnath Singh Minister
of State for Home Kiren Rijiju. DoNER Minister (retired) General
VK Singh and others.
Issues for which UNC conducted
mass rallies on August 30 in Tamenglong, Senapati, Ukhrul and
Chandel such as demanding the GoI to expedite an acceptable and
honorable settlement of the Indo-Naga issue and in protest against
the alleged militarization of Naga areas particularly Ukhrul District
by State Government will be placed before the Central leaders.
Students of Ram Lal Paul Higher
Secondary School in Imphal embarked on a class boycott protesting
against failure to release members of JCILPS including student
leaders arrested by Police. (Manipur)
AR was informed by residents of
Half Nagarjan area in Dimapur District about certain illegal activities
being carried out. When AR troops identified and raided the house,
two unidentified individuals were found chained and locked in
a small room. The troopers arrested six persons who later confessed
that they were NSCN-IM. and were using the house as a base for
carrying out illegal activities in the area, including extortions,
abductions, kidnappings and illegal confinements. Various incriminating
documents were also recovered from the house. (Nagaland).
NMA lauded the effort of NSCN-IM
led by M. Daniel Lotha in apprehending the accused, Tsenthungo
Shitri, involved in the rape and murder of a teenage girl on September
11. (Nagaland).
ACAUT Nagaland questioned what
it described as "highly inflammatory statements" made by Daniel
Lotha , CAO of UT-1 of NSCN-IM against ACAUT on September 15.
Further On accusations made by the CAO against two ACAUT members
that they had security provided by Indian Army, ACAUT media cell
demanded that the CAO provide details since Naga people deserve
to know the truth if indeed its members were conniving with the
Indian Army. (Nagaland).
ACAUT added that the CAO had "made
the most dangerous statement" that if cease fire and peace talks
between the NSCN-IM and Government broke down ACAUT would be solely
responsible and its members would be targeted. ACAUT demanded
to know whether this statement was the personal view of the CAO
or the official stand of NSCN-IM. (Nagaland).
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma after
a meeting with ANVC stated that that the final signing of MoS
will be held in Delhi on September 24. Though ANVC-B leaders were
not present during the meeting, its leaders will be in Delhi during
the official signing of the peace pact. After the signing of the
peace pact, within three months, both ANVC and ANVC-B will be
disbanded.
ANVC-B is yet to deposit any arm
and ammunition with the Government. The ANVC has 161 militants
and the ANVC-B has 151 militants in their groups. (Meghalaya).
ANVC 'publicity secretary' Artist
Sangma stated that the outfit came to know about the date for
signing of the peace pact during the meeting with the Government.
He stated that peace pact is a good sign after a long wait and
we welcome it. He further added that even after the peace pact,
they will still press for the fulfillment of its original demand
for a Greater Garoland politically. ANVC 'political secretary'
Doreng Malja Sangma, 'liaison officer' Togan Marak and 'joint
secretary' Janggam G Momin were present at the meeting. (Meghalaya).
Joint Secretary (Northeast) MHA
Shambhu Singh stated that the agreement with the ANVC and ANVC-B
will be signed in the lines of the peace pact inked with UPDS.
Artist Sangma stated that "as
of now, there are too many groups, we don't know whether it will
bring lasting peace, but we hope that peace will be restored in
Garo Hills". (Meghalaya).
Mukul Sangma stated on Governments
proposal to initiate talks with HNLC that the Government is working
out the modalities and the matters related to appointing an interlocutor
will be shared with GoI. CM further added that after the signing
of the pact with ANVC and ANVC-B, the Government will initiate
the peace process with other groups as well.
After rumour about a possible
attack on the CM Mukul Sangma while he was leaving for Shillong
(East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya) from Tura (West Garo
Hills Distrct), State Police decided to increase the security
cover for him. official sources said that this threat against
CM might be due to his decision to go ahead with the signing of
peace pact with Garo rebel groups such as ANVC and ANVC-B as well
as the Governments strong stand on the demand for ILP.
Thangjam Romen a truck driver,
his helper Heikrujam Ibomcha and a betel leaf agent, Jongkhulai
were abducted from Barak area (Imphal East of Manipur) by suspected
ZUF in connection with a monetary demand of INR 500,000.
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September 18 |
Officers of the NIA are interrogating
a woman student of a dental college after Sri Lankan ISI agent
Arun Selvarajan, revealed about his relationship with her and
his accomplices in Tamil Nadu. Investigating officers have taken
in the woman for questioning as well as another of Selvarajan's
associates, an undergraduate student at a top college in the city.
NIA, which is investigating the
Kasargod FICN cases, has found that FICN with face value of INR
31,00,000 were brought to Kerala from Dubai through the Bangalore
(Karnataka) Airport in August 2012.NIA has charge sheeted Abdul
Jabbar Usman Abdul Nazir K A alias Nasar alias Safar
Nazar A M Subaida Moideen alias Moideenabba Ummer Beary, Haji
Master Manzil and Abdul Rehman. The NIA exempted Mammunhi alias
Muhammed Kunji alias Thailangadi Mammunhi and Majeed Mohammad
Abdul Khader alias Majeed Koliyad from charge sheet, stating that
the evidence available against them were not sufficient for prosecution.
Moreover, another accused, Majeed Koliyad is still absconding.
Engineering student, Mohammed
Maroof, has emerged as the brainchild of IM Rajasthan module.
He not only recruited six people from Sikar on instructions from
his IM handlers, but also contacted people in Jodhpur to join
the terror outfit. All these claims have been made in two charge
sheets filed in courts in Jaipur and Jodhpur.
Union Minister of Home Affairs,
Rajnath Singh raised the issue of growing radicalization among
Muslims in Nepal settled near Indo-Nepal border with Nepal PM
Sushil Koirala and Home Minister Bam Dev Gautam. Certain pockets
in these areas are learnt to have become fishing pools for Pakistan's
ISI and is suspected of being used against India.
Special TADA Judge G A Sanap has
allowed the CBI to prove the unavailability of over 170 witnesses,
whose depositions in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case may then
be used as evidence against seven accused on trial now and others
who are on the run. Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon and Mohammed Dossa
are three main accused in the case still wanted. The immediate
setback comes to Abu Salem and six others, including Mohammed
Dossa's brother Mustafa Dossa, currently on trial in the case
after the main trial of 123 accused ended in 2006.
Intelligence agencies have reportedly
found that terrorists are active again in the west UP Districts
of Rampur, Moradabad, Sambhal and Bijnor. These Districts are
considered the hotbed of terrorist activity, and are gaining renown
as regions that provide easy asylum, intelligence sources have
said.
A PoK national, identified as
Qasim Shah, was arrested by BSF after he was found under suspicious
circumstances in Gohalan village near LoC in Uri Sector of Baramulla
District of J&K.
Police arrested four suspected
cadres of the CPI-Maoist and a large haul of arms and ammunition
was recovered from Saranda forests in West Singhbhum District
of Jharkhand. Long-distance vehicles, including buses and goods
carriers, remained off road in different parts of Jharkhand during
the 24-hour bandh called by the CPI-Maoist on September
18.
SFs launched a massive search
operation in Ghatshila sub-division of East Singhbhum District
of Jharkhand, bordering West Midnapore District of West Bengal,
where a CoBRA trooper was killed and a CRPF officer injured during
an encounter with the CPI-Maoist on September 17 and around 50
Maoists from Bengal are suspected to be holed up.
'Red alert' has been declared
in Andhra Pradesh, as the CPI-Maoist is gearing up to go 'all
out to' celebrate the party's 10thanniversary in the AOB area
in a big way from September 21.
Terming the CPI-Maoist allegation
that the Central Government is dropping bombs from helicopters
in Jharkhand and Bihar as 'completely bogus', the UMHA has said
these claims are 'preposterous' and a figment of their imagination.
Earlier a pamphlet, issued by the Bihar-Jharkhand-North Chhattisgarh
Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist, had accused the government of
intensifying operation 'Green Hunt' and targeting innocent tribals.
The Supreme Court granted bail
to OJM leader Sangram Mohanty, son of Dandapani Mohanty, in as
many as eight criminal cases filed by the Odisha Police for his
alleged links with CPI-Maoist. Reprimanding the State Government,
the 'apex court' even threatened to proceed with perjury for filing
false affidavit.
The CPI-Maoist has conducted its
third public meeting, in the past one month, with the tribals
of Visakha Agency in Andhra Pradesh and threatened the government
with an armed struggle if it did not withdraw its plans to mine
bauxite reserves. Nearly 400 to 500 people from 20 villages attended
the meeting. Sources said that though nearly 60 to 70 Maoists
were present in the area during the meeting, only 15 to 20 armed
cadres were visible at the venue close to the Odisha border. The
nearly two and half hour meeting was addressed by a senior leader
of the Galikonda 'area committee', who accused Andhra Pradesh
CM of trying to benefit MNCs through bauxite mining.
Likabali Police arrested Taipodia,
Taju and Riba who have been reportedly demanding INR 50,000 to
INR 100,000 since the month of July pretending to be members of
NLCT and extorting from non APST Government staffs at Likabali
in West Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi in a letter
to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asked the GoI to deploy SSB
at the violence-hit B Sector of Golaghat District at Assam-Nagaland
border as a neutral force in the affected villages along Assam-Nagaland
Border.
A labourer Mohammed Nasir Khan
was abducted by some unidentified armed persons in connection
with a monetary demand from Borayangbi-Badarpur in Bishnupur District
of Manipur.
A twelve hour strike was called
from 6am was called by TSL to protest the killings. (Manipur)
CM Ibobi Singh condemned the bomb
explosion and added that Government views this attack on innocent
civilians very seriously and those responsible for this criminal
action will not be spared. The Gov also announced INR 5,00,000
as ex-gratia to the next-of-kin of deceased persons and financial
assistance of INR 100,000 per person for grievous injury and INR
20,000 per person for simple injury. (Manipur)
UNC, NWU and ANSAM have condemned
the bomb blast in Ukhrul town. (Manipur)
The United NGOs Mission-Manipur
also condemned the blast and added that during the last two months
seven persons have been killed in Ukhrul District of Manipur.
KCP-MC militant identified as
Mayangbam Roshan Singh was arrested by SFs from Moidangpok in
Imphal West District of Manipur.
UNC delegation visiting New Delhi
called on Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh. The delegation
expressed their concern about the Naga tribes in Manipur and their
earlier participation in economic blockades in the State and also
thanked GoI for assuring them to look into their grievances sympathetically.
Home Minister informed the delegation
that GoI India is fully committed to solve their problem in a
time-bound manner, but there is no scope for any violence. The
MHA Special Secretary for Internal Security Prakash Mishra and
RN Ravi, interlocutor of GoI for Naga Peace Process were also
present at the meeting.
All arrested ILPS agitators were
released from jails. 47 agitators including seven juvenile students
and 10 women. (Manipur)AR arrested five unidentified NSCN-K militants
with weapons at Ngangting in Tuensang District of Nagaland.
NSCN-IM denied the existence of
'detention centre" which was busted by AR on September 17 and
stated that two persons were only "temporarily detained" by NSCN-IM'.
NSCN-IM challenged the AR to prove that its "officers" were indulging
in extortions, abductions, kidnappings and illegal confinement
which AR was "so fond of trying their best to tarnish our image."
(Nagaland)
A former GNLA militant Teseng
Sangma who left the outfit to form his own group was killed in
an encounter with a joint team of North Garo Hills Police and
Army. . In the encounter another militant identified as Gobin
Sangma managed to escape. An INSAS rifle along with magazine holding
eight live rounds of ammunition were recovered from the encounter
site. Teseng Sangma who had joined GNLA in 2012 had deserted GNLA
along with Gobin Sangma few months back to start their own organization
to extort money. The group is believed to have around eight members.
(Meghalaya)
ANVC stated that it would continue
with its original demand for creation of separate Garoland. ANVC
'spokesman' Artist Sengsrang Sangma stated, "We will continue
with our demand for creation of separate Garoland state (to be
carved out of Meghalaya) not under the banner of the ANVC but
politically and through non-violence after signing the peace pact
with the central and Meghalaya government." He further added,
"This issue is very much alive as 80 per cent of our Garo people
in Garo Hills wants a state of their own i.e. Garoland. There
are political parties, civil society groups besides armed outfit
the GNLA demanding for the same".
In Garo Hills political parties
like the National People's Party (NPP) and the Garo National Council
had voiced their demand for a separate Garoland. (Meghalaya).
Syed Asif Ibrahim, Director of
IB was threatened by AuT-run Al Isabah website on the 6th anniversary
of Batla House (New Delhi) encounter. The website was disabled
that very day.
A delegation of ABSU, PJACBM,
BPF met Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju. (Assam)
NSCN-IM militants from Saramati
region (Tuensang) joined the NSCN-KK. (Nagaland).
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September 19 |
The special MCOCA Court adjourned
the July 11, 2006 Mumbai (Maharashtra) blast case till October
17, 2014.
Terror group AuT which recently
uploaded a video of IS 'chief' Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi with Hindi,
Urdu and Tamil subtitles hailed IM operatives who died in the
Batla House Encounter of 2008 as its "martyrs".
One trooper of the STF, Budhdeo
Sahu and two cadres of the CPI-Maoist were killed in an encounter
between SFs and Maoists in the forests of Harrakoder and Picchikoder
areas under Lohandiguda Police Station limits in Bastar District
of Chhattisgarh. Based on the inputs about presence of a few Maoists
in Harrakoder area, a joint team of STF and DF conducted search
operations during which some insurgents sensing SFs opened indiscriminate
fire on the team and the encounter ensued. The bodies of two dead
Maoists and a 4.5 automatic weapon were recovered from the encounter
spot.
Armed cadres of the CPI-Maoist
set ablaze three mobile phone towers and a bus in different areas
of Banka District of Bihar. Around 40 women Maoists cadres, all
in Police uniform, raided Bhedia and Gonda villages and set ablaze
mobile towers belonging to BSNL, MTS, and Vodafone. Simultaneously,
about nine Maoists, riding on three bikes, set ablaze a bus at
Bhalua and another group of Maoists exploded bombs and fired several
rounds in the air to scare people in Bhedia Bazaar. Incidentally,
the Maoists had called for a 24-hour bandh in Bihar and
Jharkhand on September 18 protesting against the killing of three
Maoists in Giridih District on Jharkhand-Bihar border on September
12.
Anti-Naxal posters have been found
pasted in Dumari and Musaboni block of East Singhbhum District
of Jharkhand. The posters were pasted by unknown "Gramin Ekta
Manch". The posters allegedly warned the Naxals to face sendra
if they dare to indulge in Naxal activities in Ghatshila Sub-Division.
Jharkhand Police has started the
process of recruiting reformed CPI-Maoist cadres from Ranchi,
Khunti, Gumla and Lohardaga Districts in its force by screening
documents of 30-odd of them. The Maoists were asked to assemble
at Ranchi Police line for verification. The reformed Maoists,
once recruited, will be trained at Jharkhand Police Academy.
CRPF has effectively stopped the
CPI-Maoist from recruiting Naxals from villages, said CRPF IG
(southern state), Mandava Vishnuvardhana Rao, who was speaking
at the CRPF training college at Kurudampalayam in Coimbatore District
of Tamil Nadu. "Maoist movements have been controlled in various
states by the CRPF. There is no fresh recruitment from tribal
villages and Naxalism will end soon," said Rao.
As Maoist organisations from across
the world prepare for a meeting in Milan, Italy, on September
27-28, the 'central committee' of the CPI-Maoist admitted that
it faced several setbacks ever since the Indian SFs launched 'Operation
Green Hunt'. Ahead of the meeting, it called for support to counter
the operation which they term as a "counter-revolutionary multi-pronged
countrywide offensive of the enemy". The CPI-Maoist, which is
celebrating its 10th anniversary, told the Milan International
Conference in a letter uploaded on its website bannedthought.net
"The situation we face is very difficult. But we are firmly holding
on, boldly facing up to it, and pushing forward to overcome it.
Needless to say, the solidarity you extend immensely helps us
in this task." It further said "in the face of superior forces
we are striving hard for revival of the movement from the areas
where we had to retreat."
Likabali Police arrested an individual
identified as Yomjum Nguba on the charges of extorting non APST
Government staffs at Likabali in West Siang District of Arunachal
Pradesh who have been reportedly demanding INR 50,000 to INR 100,000
since the month of July claiming to be members of NLCT.
Indian Soldier Lance Nayak Prathampal
Singh of 4th Rajput Regiment was injured and an Army vehicle damaged
in an IED blast at Betbari in Shivsagar in Assam. The IED was
planted by ULFA-I. A grenade and another IED kept in a tiffin
box were recovered by Army 200 mtrs from the blast site. ULFA-I
in an email sent to the media claimed responsibility for the blast.
Locals of Paltan Bazar in Dibrugarh
blocked the road leading to Maijaan protesting against the kidnapping
of a businessman identified as Sagir Hussain. The demonstrators
have set a deadline of 24 hours to the Police or else they threatened
to obstruct traffic from plying on the road that leads to Assam
Medical College and Hospital.
10 organisations launched a 100-hour
sit-in near the Golaghat DC office The organisations were demanding
a permanent solution to Assam-Nagaland border feud, ensure safety
of life and properties of people living on the border area, rehabilitation
of the people affected in recent border skirmishes, expedite development
of the border areas and take necessary steps for the release of
Philson Kujur and Ajoy Gour, two students, who were allegedly
kidnapped by miscreants from the Nagaland side of the border on
July 26.
The first hearing of Assam Government
appointed B.P. Kotoky inquiry commission to probe the incidents
of violence at Arengapara in Golaghat District on August 20 in
which three civilians were killed in Police firing will be held
on September 20.
Army team, divided into four groups,
has been carrying out search operations against militants along
the borders at Kanubari, Kherbari, Balijan, Lukhurakhon and other
areas in Sivasagar District of Assam since the evening , after
the IED attack..
The dead body of abducted TKS
ex Vice President Ngamreishang Ningshen was recovered at Thayong
hill in Imphal East.Family sources stated that suspected the hand
of an unspecified hill based militants in the killing as the deceased
had received threats from the group for allegedly being an informer
of security personnel. (Manipur).
The labourer who was abducted
on September 19 was rescued by Bishnupur Police from an unspecified
location in the District. (Manipur)
TNL , TSLD, TKS , TMNL , TNWL
and TSL in a joint statement condemned the bomb attack at View
land Market in Ukhrul District of Manipur.
UKLF hauled up three members of
a gang identified as Thongpao, Vungneithang and Johna who were
involved in kidnapping and extortion in the name of UKLF. MP Haokip,
the 'joint secretary' of UKLF stated in Chandel District that
on receiving specific information regarding some members of a
gang indulging in kidnapping and extortion in the name of UKLF
who were taking shelter in and around Sugnu area (Chandel District
of Manipur), a team of UKLF cadres them pulled up.
PREPAK publicity officer, 'department
of publicity and propaganda captain Achouba' denied any link between
the outfit and Huidrom Suraj alias Black Day who was arrested
on September 16.It further stated that there was no faction or
splinter group called PREPAK-VC. (Manipur)
A combined team of Imphal West
District Police and Indian Army conducted a search operation at
Kwakeithel Akham Leirak and Heinou Khongnembi under Singjamei
Police Station in Imphal West District of Manipur and four persons
who could not produce verification documents were detained for
further investigations.
Students and public staged a sit-in
protest at Kongba Kshetri Leikai in Imphal East District of Manipur
demanding ILP.
Khurai Thoidingjam Leikai Lamjing
Lup and women of Ayangpalli (both in Imphal East of Manipur) organised
a sit-in protest in their respective areas.
JCILPS Convener Ibotombi Khuman
stated that first preliminary talk with the State Government ended
on a positive note. Following a detailed discussion on the issue,
it was resolve to implement or regulate an Act which would be
feasible to the present situation in the State. (Manipur)
All the illegal activities are
being carried out in Dimapur by NSCN-IM under the code name of
'operation Acceleration Dimapur Town'. Defence Spokesman Lt.Coll
Suneet Newton stated that during the interaction with the public
it was revealed that NSCN-IM abducts individuals and illegally
detains them in the detention centers across Dimapur town and
released only on the receipt of ransom. (Nagaland).
The DC and DEO of Kohima W. Honje
Konyak through a prohibitory order, has banned carrying of arms
and ammunition under 11 Northern Angami - II AC till the date
of completion of the bye election in the constituency. The order
also stated that all licensed fire arms and ammunition should
be deposited at Chiephobozou Police Station in Kohima in Nagaland.
NSCN-IM UT has decided to conduct
"sudden raids" on all hotels, restaurants, lounges and other places
like Agri-Expo 4th Mile, Indira Gandhi Stadium, Rajbari and other
areas in Dimapur as it was the only option left to "stop" increasing
immoral activities. (Nagaland).
UNTBA refuted the allegations
by Assam CM that NAP had had stood in the way preventing displaced
Assamese people in returning to their homes. UNTABA also stated
that those affected people were not Assamese people as claimed
by Assam CM and alleged that they were "people of questionable
origins" who have been allegedly granted settlement in the traditional
and ancestral land of the Nagas by the of Assam Government.
UNTABA Chairman Hukavi T. Yepthomi
and Secretary Yanger Sangtam further added that there was no NAP
personnel posted in the affected areas from Nagaland side as the
State adhered to the various interim agreements made between the
Government of Assam and Nagaland from 1972 onwards.
JCILPS said that a team of the
committee had a dialogue with the Manipur Government and outcome
of the dialogue was positive.
Mahindra Pratap Bhansali lodged
a complaint that an unidentified person handed him over a bag
containing a mobile phone and demand note of INR one million in
the name of UALA at Hawakhana in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
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September 20 |
Army killed four militants near
the LoC in Tangdhar Sector of Kupwara District of J&K. Army sources
said that a group of at least 7-8 militants had infiltrated into
the Indian side and opened fire on troops leading to an exchange
of fire in which four militants were killed. Four AK 47 rifles
and other ammunition and water like stores were recovered.
Army foiled an attempted action
by the BAT of Pakistan Army along the LoC between Kanga Nullah
and MS Tekri area in Balakote Sector of Poonch District of J&K.
Around 200 heavily armed militants
were waiting across the LoC to infiltrate into the Indian side
even as the SFs foiled several attempts by the militants to sneak
into Kashmir valley following the recent floods.(J&K)
Twenty-eight passenger trains
of the ECR have been cancelled for a week in Bihar and Jharkhand
in view of a CPI-Maoist threat, said AK Razak, chief public relation
officer of the ECR in Patna. According to Police officials, Maoists
have announced they would celebrate their foundation day sometime
during September 21-30, hence security has been tightened across
Bihar following an intelligence report that Maoists are likely
to target trains.
Seven cadres of PLFI, a splinter
group of the CPI-Maoist were arrested from Karaikela area in West
Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. Acting on a tip-off, a Police
team conducted a raid and arrested five PLFI cadres, identified
as Suman Kumar Nayak, Laxmi Narayan Mahato, Shiv Narayan Sumbrai,
Praful Mahato alias Tutun and Anand Kumar Paan alias Doman Tanti,
from near Ahar dam on Lal Bazaar road. Three country-made pistols,
one air gun, one rifle butt, one barrel of double-barrel gun,
three live cartridges, two magazines, one motorcycle, one mobile
phone and pamphlets were recovered from them. Based on the lead
provided by the arrested cadres, two others - Durga Charan Koda
and Amar Singh Sardar - were arrested later from their house in
Karaikela.
SFs comprising four battalion
of the CRPF-215, two companies of the STF and the District Police
arrested three CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Naresh Turi, Behari
Manjhi and Lucas Khairbar, and seized some explosives in a search
operation launched in the forest areas two villages - Pathakchak
and Chhuchunariya under Khaira and Sikendra blocks in Jamui District
of Bihar bordering Jharkhand. One can bomb weighing about 10kg,
one live cartridge of AK-47 rifle besides huge quantity of ammonium
sulphate, three pieces of gelatine, two detonators, 25 pressure
cookers meant for cooking food, one heavy battery, medicines,
powder milk and syringes for injecting medicines were seized by
the SFs.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres identified
as Sada Mandawi (34) - former 'commander' of Barda Jan Militia
(Peoples militia) group, and 'squad members' Dukalu (32), Shardu
Kavde (22) and Manguram (32), surrendered in Kondagaon District
of Chhattisgarh. The cadres were disappointed with "discrimination
and exploitation by their seniors, particularly from Andhra Pradesh,
in the outlawed outfit.
The ECR that had decided to withdraw
services of at least 28 passenger trains for a week, fearing disruption
during Foundation Day celebrations of the CPI-Maoist in Bihar
and Jharkhand, withdrew its notification. The movement of trains
will now be regulated under strict police protection, said ECR
CPRO Arvind Rajak. Rajak added railways would maintain foolproof
safety at vulnerable places.
NDFB-P identified as Naba Deka
alias D Nathai was shot at and injured by miscreants at Naokata
in Baksa District of Assam. The 'information and publicity secretary'
of NDFB-P S Sanjarang demanded that SFs and law enforcing agencies
should find out the miscreants involved in the incident.
Two youths Amit Brahma and Bikram
Wary, were arrested from Simuluguri in Baksa District of Assam.
Police recovered a pistol, live ammunition, a mobile set and the
bike they were travelling on.
A man identified as Mitradhar
Saikia , father of a ULFA-I militant Ranjan Saikia alias
Bubu was picked up for questioning in connection with the IED
attack.(Assam)
A Police officer stated that "Operations
against ULFA-I militants have been beefed up across the District
and Security Forces are on high alert after Friday's incident.
We have launched a joint operation with the Army at all possible
shelters of the militants and it will continue." (Assam).
Assam CM stated that Government
had specific information on some fundamentalist groups trying
to set up their bases in the State with the help of local militant
outfits. "I have a doubt that there is a strategic understanding
between the Al-Qaeda and the ULFA-I. We have already alerted all
concerned, especially the security agencies. I am also appealing
to the people to help the State authorities with information on
any such development."
Assam CM further added that "There
is intelligence information that Al Qaida is trying to establish
a base in Assam. The government has already taken steps to prevent
any such development and has asked all those concerned to remain
cautious."
A militant of KNA-I Tongkhai Khongsai
was arrested from an un identified location in Ukhrul. (Manipur).
Muslim organisations in Manipur
demanded actions against a little known magazine, First World
and one local newspaper for publishing reports that 17 Muslim
youths are linked to al Qaeda. The unsubstantiated report claimed
that these youths who were recruited in the terrorist group had
left Manipur for training. However, it was pointed out that there
were discrepancies in the names and addresses of several persons.
DEF Dimapur raided the residence
of L Thyba Rongmei , the Chairman of Ragailong Colony, Burma Camp
Dimapur and seized cash worth INR 13,200 and a booklet used for
registration of labour for 2014 allegedly issued by NSCN-KK.He
was arrested while collecting 'labour tax' of INR 300 per head
from non-locals. The the anti-extortion team recovered the booklet
containing 50 slips from which43 slips had already been detached.
(Nagaland)
ACAUT Nagaland lauded the efforts
of the Anti-extortion team of Dimapur police in arresting the
colony chairman, L Thyba Rongmei, of Ragailong Colony, Burma Camp,
for his alleged involvement in extortion activities. They demanded
the District Administration to immediately strip off the chairmanship
of Thyba Rongmei as per DC order.
Ten member team under the leadership
of 'chairman' Isak Chisi Swu and the 'general secretary' Thuingaleng
Muivah of NSCN-IM left for Delhi on the invitation of GoI. NSCN-IM
will prepare for the formal talks with GoI in New Delhi for about
a week before the formal talks begin. A source stated that it
is expected that in the series of meetings to be held between
the NSCN-IM and GoI representatives of NSCN-IM will put up a series
of issues with the ceasefire coverage likely to be discussed as
the 'core issue'.
South Garo Hills Police and SWAT
attacked two base camps of GNLA in Chokpot at South Garo Hills
narrowly missing a wanted 'area commander'. SWAT commandos raided
two hideouts close to Nokatgre village in Chokpot region, but
the well armed militants led by top GNLA 'commander' Hedeo escaped
before the SFs arrived at the hideout. There were as many as 40
militants in the two camps who managed to get away. (Meghalaya).
Demand of ANVC to increase the
seats from the present 30 to 40 in GHADC will take more time for
its fulfillment even after signing of the final peace pact with
GoI. An official source said that the increase in seats will be
possible only after an amendment to the Sixth Schedule of the
Constitution. Under the proposed 40 seats, the ANVC had suggested
direct election to 35 seats and nomination to the remaining five
seats. At present, there is direct election in 29 seats in GHADC
and the remaining one is a nominated member. With the signing
of the peace pact on September 24, the ANVC will get six months'
time to prepare for the electoral contest in the GHADC. (Meghalaya).
BSF has stressed on the need for
greater deployment of troops along the Indo-Bangladesh border
due to its porous nature. The BSF has so far deployed nine battalions
in the Meghalaya sector. BSF has asked the Central Government
to raise one more battalion to further improve border management.
(Meghalaya).
The 'c in c" of ANVC-B, Mukosh
Marak was stopped by CISF at Airport in Guwahati for carrying
six empty shells of ammunition. However, the matter was settled
as Marak told CISF that he forgot to deposit the empty shells
and later proceeded to Delhi.
MHA has extended AFSPA on the
Districts of Tirap, Changlang and Longding of Arunachal Pradesh.
MHA through a formal notification stated that law and order situation
of these three Districts has remained unchanged. The three Districts
are also used as corridor for trafficking of arms and ammunitions
to various insurgent groups of the northeast.
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About 30 to 32 armed cadres of
the CPI-Maoist conducted meetings with the villagers at Jangidiri
village of Ramjori Gram Panchayat under Lathikata block in Sundargarh
District of Odisha. The Maoists reportedly asked village youths
to join their camp for the benefit of their villages and threatened
them of dire consequences if they inform about their presence
to the Police.
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September 21 |
FICNs of INR 900,000 were seized
from near the India-Bangladesh border in Malda district of West
Bengal. According to the BSF, Bangladeshi smugglers had thrown
the fake currency kept inside a plastic bag from across the international
border into the Indian side.
Investigations by UP ATS suggest
five members of SIMI, who escaped from Khandwa District jail in
Madhya Pradesh on October 1, 2013, might be on their way to neighbouring
Uttarakhand, 90 km from West UP's Bijnor District. The fugitives,
who were holed up at a rented house in Bijnor district of UP,
fled after explosives they were assembling, blew up on September
12.
Investigations in Jaipur and Hyderabad
into recent attempts by global jihadi outfits to recruit Indian
youths has revealed the presence of at least two Indian origin
recruiters on the Internet luring youths on behalf of ISIS or
IS and al Qaeda, and working in collaboration with each other.
Former Bhatkal native Abdul Khader Sultan Armar, who is believed
to be currently based on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and associated
with the Ansar ul-Tawhid ul-Hind has emerged as a common al Qaeda-linked
recruiter in both the Jaipur and Hyderabad investigations. Besides,
a SIMI man from Karnataka currently said to be based in the Gulf
region has been identified as a recruiter for the ISIS and as
the one who recently attempted to recruit four Hyderabad youths
via the Internet.
A National Conference worker,
identified as Mohammed Lateef Gupkari, was killed by militants
at Nowhatta area in Srinagar city of Srinagar District of J&K.
Rashtriya Rifles and J&K Police
recovered a consignment of arms and ammunition from Chika Khet
village under the jurisdiction of Kandi Police Station in Rajouri
District of J&K.
SFs on September 21 recovered
a live 81mm mortar shell from Mallu Chak village in Avtaal area
of Ramgarh Sector in Samba District of J&K.
Over 50 Kilometer of the three-tier
border fencing and flood-lighting have been damaged by the recent
floods along the LoC and IB in J&K.
According to an internal assessment
of the Army, the armed insurgency in J&K is gradually changing
course to thrive on more homegrown militants, rather than foreign
fighters.
An exchange of fire occurred between
the personnel of SOG and District Police and the cadres of CPI-Maoist
when a secret Maoist camp was busted in the forest area of Balandapada
near Bursingh village under the Gochhapada Police Station area
in Kandhamal District of Odisha. Three country-made guns, one
revolver, a bag full of medicines, food materials and other goods
of Maoist use left behind by the Maoists, were seized by the SF
personnel.
SFs comprising personnel of the
ITBP and DF busted a CPI-Maoist camp and seized laptops, printer
and other electronic gadgets in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh,
after an encounter with the Maoists in the dense forests of Katema
in the Kanghurra region of the District. After reaching the jungles
of Katema, the SFs and Maoists had an encounter following which
the rebels fled away leaving behind computers, laptop (i-5 generation),
mouse, backpacks, torches, cords, medicines and other items. Blood
stains were spotted at the encounter site which suggests few insurgents
would have sustained serious injuries, SP Sanjeev Shukla said.
The CPI-Maoist has started its
10th anniversary celebration in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh
from September 21. "It [10th anniversary] will be celebrated in
every village of Bastar with great enthusiasm," read a banner
put up by the Maoists at Nerli in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
However another poster found in Sukma District read "Develop the
guerrilla warfare into a mobile war. Convert the People's Liberation
Guerrilla Army into the People's Liberation Army. Induct large
number of youngsters in the PLGA". However, there was ambiguity
over the duration of the celebrations as some posters said it
would go on for a month and some said till September 28, 2014.
ZUF killed an alleged woman informer
of A R identified as Sathsiliu Gangmei at Tamlok in Tamenglong
District of Manipur .The militant group alleged that in her confessional
statement she disclosed that she was the one who informed the
whereabouts of the ZUF cadres which led to the arrest and encounters
of the ZUF cadres with AR.
AR raided a mobile camp of NSCN-K
at Rengkekiulong village in Tamenglong in Manipur. The mobile
camp at Rengkekiulong is said to be run by a combined team of
NSCN-K and ZUF. There There has been no report of any casualty
on the both sides.
Two UNLF militants, identified
as 'lieutanant' Mohan Singh alias Iboyaima and 'lance corporal'
Thongnaojam Naobi alias Loikaba were arrested from Koirengei in
Imphal East District of Manipur.
Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam
stated in Imphal that additional State SFs might be deployed again
in Ukhrul if the need arises or law and order deteriorates. (Manipur).
AR in an operation in general
area around Naga Cemetery in Dimapur recovered one 7.65 mm pistol,
two magazines, 26 rounds of assorted ammunition, 10 detonators,
safety fuse wire, incriminating documents, illegal tax collection
books and extortion money of INR 2,82,080 . The owner of the house
'joint secretary 'of NSCN-KK Hosheto Zhimo was arrested. (Nagaland).
NSCN-IM UT 'secretary' Khekuto
Jakhalu stated that the accused murderer of a teenage girl who
was killed on Sep 11 has confessed to the crime. (Nagaland).
LRC of NNC stated that the claim
of two individuals identified as Chumbemo Khenchung and Benri
Yanthan as the president and general secretary of Lotha Regional
Council was baseless with intent to create disunity among them.
In a clarification Medan peyu(region president) of Lotha Regional
Council, Shanremo Tsopoe stated that Chumbemo Khenchung and Benri
Yanthan are not an active members in the LRC and not known by
the NNC. (Nagaland).
Lotha Hoho Apex body of Lotha
Nagas at Wokha District of Nagaland called upon Assam Government
to "respect all the border related agreements and withdraw all
the recently established AAP camps established in the DAB area.
Press release by RALAN stated that Assam state Government "had
already established 11 Assam Armed Police camps after the recent
incidents between Lotha Naga land owners and Adivasis in B and
C sector in Ralan Area. The RALH also added that "The presence
of above 1000 AAP personnel's in Ralan Area is preventing six
Lotha Naga displaced villagers to return home till date."
ANVC does not regret the killings,
kidnappings, extortions and other crimes perpetrated by them over
the years. ANVC 'general secretary' Wanding K. Marak said, "The
question of regret does not arise. When you make a new road, you
have to start from scratch and if your plantation is in the way,
though you have precious trees in it, they will have to be sacrificed
and cut down if it comes within the alignment of the new road."
(Meghalaya).
The NIA has sought the permission
of the UMHA to file a case against the IS. Following reports of
Indian youths joining IS, the NIA is said to have suggested that
an 'open case' under provisions of UAPA and the UN Convention
on terrorism could be filed against IS for brainwashing youths
into committing acts of terror.
Aasim Umar, the leader of al Qaeda
in the Indian subcontinent, christened Qaedat al-Jihad, is closely
working with HuM and JeM to recruit and train jihadis for operations
in J&K. According to intelligence source, Umar is actively involved
in recruitment of cadre from PoK and J&K
to carry out fidayeen attacks targeting Indian establishments.
Five posters of the PLGA, the
armed wing of the CPI-Maoist, were found pasted on trees near
Chhoto Urma Railway Station in Purulia District of West Bengal.
In the posters, the PLGA urged the people to join the organisation
and denounced the Central and State Governments.
Concerned over the frequent incidents
of kidnapping of Bhutan citizens by NDFB-IKS Bhutan asked Assam
Government to enhance vigilance along the International Border.
Bhutan Consul general in Kolkata
Karma Tsering Namgyal stated that "The Government of Assam has
done its best to improve security along the border. But we believe
enhancing the vigilance would help provide a sense of security
to our citizens". He further added that he law and order situation
at present on the border areas of Assam had improved considerably.
Suspected militants of KCP-MC
abducted two labourers Chingngakham Dhanabandhu and Sansam Hemanta
from construction site at Andro Mamang Sanapat Market in Imphal
East District of Manipur in connection with ransom demand.
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The NIA filed a supplementary
charge sheet against at least 20 IM operatives for their involvement
in terror attacks in India, including Hyderabad. Some of the 20
who were charged are - Tahseen Akthar and Haidar Ali, Zia-ur-Rehman
alias Waqas, Ariz Khan, Mohammed Sajid, Mohammed Khalid,
Abu Rashid, Shanawaz Alam and Mirza Shadab Beg, Amir Reza Khan,
Mohsin Choudary, Riyaz Ahmed Shah, Iqbal, Mohammed Saleem.
Mumbai Police Crime Branch has
sought Maharashtra Government's nod to invoke the UAPA in two
FICN cases. According to Crime Branch sources, the first cache
of INR 4,40,000 in FICN 1000 rupee notes was seized from Reay
Road on July 9, while the second cache of INR 2,05,000 in FICN
was seized from the LT Marg area on August 8.
The Central Government has asked
Alok Joshi, the Chief of R&AW along with the chiefs of the IB
and JIC to give their inputs for a new strategy being framed to
counter LWE. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asked Joshi on
September 12 to give inputs for the new policy after reports with
the Ministry suggested that the CPI-Maoist was also drawing support
from organisations abroad.
The UMHA and the State-level ISIT
of Kerala have launched an inquiry into the source of a video
of wanted CPI-Maoist leader Roopesh, alias Praveen, telecast on
some Malayalam television channels. The video showed Roopesh in
army attire with a Sten gun giving a monologue of waging an armed
struggle against the government. A CD containing the video clipping,
along with a press note, was initially delivered by a messenger
to a Malayalam news channel at around 3 pm. Soon after the channel
aired the video at 5 pm, copies of the same were put inside the
press boxes of a few more channels at the Calicut Press Club at
5.45 pm.
AR and Lamlai Police arrested
an OGW of KRA-U Ningthoujam Birjit from Nongren Bazar in Imphal
East of Manipur. On his interrogation it was revealed that he
was involved in delivering demand letters of KRA-U, extortion
related activities and transportation of arms and ammunition.
AR and Thoubal Police Commandos
arrested a militant of PULF- MIKhan faction Mohammed Hassan Ali
from Top Chingtha in Thoubal District of Manipur.
Manipur Home Minister and Deputy
Chief Minister Gaikhangam Gangmei stated that people of Ukhrul
District have started realizing inadvisability of withdrawal of
Police Commandos from Ukhrul District. State SFs were deployed
in July after the killing of UADC member.
JCILPS stated that talks with
the All Political Party ILP Committee ended without a major breakthrough
at Assembly Complex in Chingmeirong (Imphal East of Manipur).
JCILPS convener Ibotombi Khuman stated that they proposed to provide
all the comments and suggestions relating to the feasibility on
introduction of ILP system submitted by legal experts and academicians,
but All Political Party ILP Committee headed by Gaikhangam insisted
that the suggestions and comments only matter with the Government
and instead demanded only comments on the issue from JCILPS.
JCILPS convenor thanked Gaikhangam
for his assurance given at the meeting to set up a flying squad
headed by a designated police officer to check illegal influx
of migrants and also register all hired labours brought into the
Manipur with the Labour Department.
A KYKL militant Khumujam Kameshor
Singh was arrested by combined a team of Imphal West Police Commandos
and Indian Army from Imphal East of Manipur. Investigation revealed
that the militant was involved in demanding money from the Gram
Panchayat members of Bishnupur.
Four members each of the two factions
of the ANVC will sign the MoS with GoI on September 24 in the
presence of Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh. Joint
Secretary for Northeast Shambhu Singh will be one of the signatories.
From the ANVC Dilash Marak and Jerome Momin are likely to sign
the MoS while Rimpu Marak and Mukosh Marak may sign on behalf
of ANVC-B. (Meghalaya)
NSCN-IM delegation will hold a
dialogue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when he returns from
the visit to the US. NSCN-IM delegation is likely to start meeting
GoI representatives in few days. NSCN-IM MIP stated that 48 NSCN-IM
leaders left Dimapur for New Delhi in batches to prepare for the
talks. The outfit is likely to hold talks with GoIs interlocutor
for Indo-Naga peace process RN Ravi and Union Home Minister Rajnath
Singh within this week. (Nagaland)
Nagaland Governor PB Acharya at
the Raj Bhawan in Kohima (Kohima District) observed that on the
one hand the people are talking about 'Greater Nagaland' encompassing
Naga-inhabited contiguous areas in adjoining Manipur, Assam and
Arunachal Pradesh, while on the other hand, within Nagaland, a
section is also propounding a smaller political entity vis-à-vis
Eastern Nagas.
A trader identified as Mayajul
Haq was abducted by UDLA militants from Ramnathpur in Hailakandi
District of Assam.
NSCN-IM team had held talks with
GoI interlocutor R. N. Ravi. (Nagaland)
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September 23 |
NSCN-IM send a senior leader
to Myanmar to explore fallback options in case of failed negotiations
with GoI. A "colonel" S. Nganingkhui alias Akhui is camping in a
KYKL camp with 30 cadres of NSCN-IM and KYKL at a place called Kattha
near Hesin, north of Tamu in Myanmar's Sagaing Division. NSCN-IM
source stated, "'Colonel' Akhui is still part of the steering committee
and is on a special mission". (Nagaland). |
September 24 |
Task Force Police arrested a fruit
vendor, identified as Mohammed Ghouse, from Talabkatta in Hyderabad
District and seized FICN worth INR 500,000 from his possession.
Police also seized cash worth INR 280,000 from him.
IM was planning to carry out terror
strikes in Muzaffarnagar town (Muzaffarnagar District) of UP,
in retaliation to communal riots that had taken place in the region,
Delhi Police sources said. The revelation came out in an email
message found in the laptop of Ajaz Sheikh, an IM operative, arrested
by Delhi Police on September 6 from outside Saharanpur Railway
Station in Western UP.
The IB has warned that "groups
and elements supportive of extremist ideology similar to al-Qaeda"
are trying to "increase communal tension" in states like J&K,
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, UP, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala
and Delhi. The intelligence report (reference no-3627-60 & 3698-
3731/C&R Cell-C-2/SII), has reiterated that al- Qaeda 'chief'
Ayman-al-Zawahari, who launched a new branch for the Indian sub-continent,
also intends to target commercial centres, tourist destinations,
religious places, aviation sector, railways infrastructure and
BJP offices in various states, including West Bengal and Assam.
The report has been dispatched to all state police agencies.
One person, identified as Ripun,
was arrested by the CBI from Falaknuma Express train from an unidentified
location between Kharagpur (West Bengal) and Balasore (Odisha)
railway stations along with FICNs with a face value of INR 500,000.
It is alleged that the intercepted person was going to Vijaywada
(Andhra Pradesh) for delivery of seized FICNs to some unknown
person at Hyderabad," according to the CBI spokesperson.
CBI Director Ranjit Sinha said
that the Indian legal system lacks clear and unambiguous mechanism
to prosecute maritime pirates. He commented, "India does not have
a separate domestic legislation to deal with piracy-related offences.
In the absence of a clear and unambiguous reference to the offence
of maritime piracy in the Indian law, problems have been faced
in ensuring effective prosecution of the pirates." He said the
piratical acts by a foreigner committed outside territorial waters
of the country do not constitute an offence under the IPC.
A joint team of District Police
Force and BSF recovered two single-barrel shot guns from the hilly
terrain of Nalkasa and Kumudkatta region under Lohattar Police
Station limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Two Maoists, identified as Mahangu
Kashyap and Sanku Mandavi, were arrested during a search operation
by a joint team of CAF and local Police from Kodoli forests under
Orchha Police Station limits in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
Mahangu is an active member of Maoist militia group active in
Ader village while Sanku, carrying a cash reward of INR 2,000
on his head, is a member of 'platoon number 28' of Maoists.
Four Maoists, identified as Hemla
(26) of Tangali, Lekam Pandu alias Pandaru (30), Hemla Ayatu (25)
of Fuladi, and Hemla Sukhram (28) of Hurrepal village under Mirtur
Police Station limits, were arrested by the District Police while
sticking posters on tree trunks on either side of National Highway-63
at Matwada area in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. The Police
seized 40 pamphlets, a banner, a tiffin bomb weighing 10 kilograms,
two detonators, and 50 meters of wire from the insurgents.
Four Maoists, including a woman
cadre, surrendered before the Police in Kondagaon District of
Chhattisgarh. The surrendered Maoists were identified as Dhansingh
Nag (25) of Kolega, Juggo Salam (25) of Kulanar, Ramu Gond (53)
and Budhram (40) both hailing from Badgai, were associated with
the CPI-Maoist for the past seven years in Barda Dalam and were
active in Dhanora, Iragaon, Amabeda and Benur region of the District.
The insurgents were involved in various serious criminal incidents,
including attack on Police, polling parties and demolishing school
buildings.
The CRPF has sent a large unit
of its specialised anti-Naxal force CoBRA into the dense forests
of Abujhmad in south Chhattisgarh searching for the rebels, following
intelligence inputs that the CPI-Maoist was holding its 10th Congress
near Orchha in their so-called "liberated zone".
Two NDFB-IKS militants Kanoon
Basumatary alias B Kampa and Unilish Muchahary alias M Jherli,
were arrested by SFs from Kumargram in Alipurduar in West Bengal.
They were involved in killing of 6 Hindi speaking people at Athiabari
in Kokrajhar (Assam) and brandishing weapons on June 17 at Sarfanguri
in Kokrajhar.
A militant of NDFB-IKS Birdao
Basumatary alias Bwibungsat B surrendered before Kokrajhar
Police along with two grenades. (Assam).
A former Chairman of Kaibi village
(Senapati District of Manipur), identified as Kashiprii Mikrimai,
was shot at and injured by unidentified assailants at Tadubi in
Senapati.
NSCN-K alleged AR of creating
tension and disturbance in Zeliangrong area in Tamenglong District
of Manipur. They further 'condemned' the raid by AR on mobile
camp of NSCN-K on September 21.
Irengbam Chaoren, 'president'
of RPF on the occasion of the 36th raising day of PLA reaffirmed
the outfits stand of continuing the "freedom struggle" saying
"freedom is our birthright.", RPF also 'condemned' the recent
deployment of IRBn at Ukhrul in Manipur.
UCM President Y Nabachandra stated
that UCM will fight with all its strength if the talk between
GoI and NSCN-IM concludes with the disintegration of the territorial
boundary of Manipur.
JCILPS stated that it would continue
to hold talks with the Manipur Government on the issue of ILPS
implementation.
Two civilians, identified as Derest
Siangshai and Setmon Phawa, were killed at Mookhep village in
East Jaintia Hills when Police allegedly fired at a mob which
blocked the NH protesting against the arrest of a person from
Wapungskur village (Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya) in connection
with the attack on Police and the magistrate on September 23.
ANVC and ANVC-B signed tripartite
MoS after more than 10 years of cease fire agreement. The Joint
Secretary in-charge of North East of MHA Sambu Sigh signed the
MoS on behalf of GoI and the Additional Chief Secretary KS Kropha
signed for the State Government. On behalf of the ANVC, Dilash
Marak, 'chairman' of ANVC and three others signed while Bernard
N. Marak, 'chairman' of ANVC-B and three others signed on behalf
of ANVC-B. (Meghalaya).
Union Minister for Home Affairs
Rajnath Singh, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju, Chief
Minister Mukul Sangma and State Home Minister Roshan Warjri were
present when the pact was signed. Former Mizoram Chief Minister
Zoramthanga, who acted as a facilitator and representatives of
GSU were also present during the signing of MoS.
According to the agreement, both
ANVC and ANVC-B will be disbanded within three months and their
cadres will surrender arms and ammunition to the authorities.
The Government will also review all the criminal cases barring
heinous ones pending against the leaders and cadres of ANVC and
ANVC-B. An official source stated that the Government has agreed
to give more powers to ADC under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution
in the Garo Hills region. Garo language will also be considered
as an official language of the State.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma stated
that signing of the tripartite agreement as a "historic occasion"
and said it was a strong message to other insurgent groups in
the North-East particularly in Meghalaya, to come to the negotiating
table and look for sustainable living. He stated that modality
for HNLC is also in progress and added that State Government will
also hold talks with the leaders and cadres of other militant
outfits if they give up violence and come to the negotiating table.
ANVC 'publicity secretary' Arist
Sangma stated "We feel happy and proud, as we have achieved this
after suffering very long years". However, expressing 'regret'
for the inability of ANVC to 'bring benefits' to the Garos living
in Khasi Hills, he stated, "We tried to bring benefits to Garo
people living in Khasi Hills, but we could not do so and we are
sorry for this." (Meghalaya).
The 'general secretary' of ANVC
Wanding Marak asked other militant groups to come forward and
to work for peace in Garo Hills. "We would like to urge our brethren
still holding onto their guns to come forward to work in peace
and co-operation for the uplift of Garo Hills". When asked if
it is too late to sign the peace package he stated that if the
peace pact was signed earlier it might have prevented the situation
from worsening in Garo Hills. (Meghalaya).
GNLA 'deputy commander-in-chief'
Toding Ch. Marak alleged that the Achik (Garo) community was losing
its liberty at the hands of Meghalaya CM Mukul M. Sangma. He alleged
that Mukul Sangma was utilizing State machineries to suppress
the popular movement for Garoland led by NGOs and Political parties.
AR conducted two separate search
operations at Jalukie in Peren District of Nagaland and arrested
three NSCN-IM militants with four weapons, assorted ammunition
and IMFL and incriminating documents.
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September 25 |
SFs neutralised a militant hideout
in the Kralsangar forest area of Handwara in Kupwara District
of J&K and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition including
three AK rifles, several RPG and UBGL rounds, Chinese grenades,
AK ammunition and IED circuits in the operation.
ED arrested three people from
Delhi and Amritsar in a narcotics related hawala racket.
The ED raids in Delhi and Amritsar were based on information provided
by Australian authorities who were trailing the network.
Suspected ISI operatives Arun
Selvarajan (arrested on September 10, 2014), Sakir Hussain (arrested
on April 29, 2014), Sivabalan (arrested on May 1, 2014), Mohammad
Salim (arrested on May 1, 2014) and Rafiq (arrested on January
16, 2005) were produced before a Poonamallee special court in
Thiruvallur District (Tamil Nadu) which extended their custody
and remanded them in Puzhal prison.
Two suspected Al-Umma operatives
(arrested on August 6, 2014), who were arrested for their alleged
role in the murders of a few leaders of Hindu organisations in
the state, were produced before the Poonamallee court and their
remand was extended.
Two of the five suspected AuT
militants charge sheeted by NIA on September 22 had rejected the
offer to fight in India preferring to go to Syria instead for
religious war. They, however, wished that an Iraq-Syria like situation
was created in India. According to the NIA charge sheet, Mohammed
Shafi Armar and Abdul Kadir Sultan Armar wanted to be sent to
Syria and Afghanistan with other jihadis to fight the 'religious
war'.
SFs arrested nine CPI-Maoist cadres
in separate incidents in the Singavaram area of Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh. The arrested Maoists were identified as Uika
Soni, Telum Sannu, Telum Bajju, Sodhi Joga, Madvi Jogi, Kunjam
Joga, Sodhi Rama, Telum Bodda and Soni Hidma, all residents of
Singavaram.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Sanjay Beshra, Mansukh Kandulna, Jena Munda and a female cadre
Lucia Munda, surrendered before Rourkela Police in Bonai sub-division
in Sundargarh District of Odisha. Beshra hails from Hazaribagh
in Jharkhand, while the rest three belong to Koida and K. Balang
in the sub-division under Rourkela Police District.
Two RNLF militants Tamit Rava
and Alibar Koch alias Rava were arrested from Harinchaora in Cooch
Behar District of West Bengal. Two Pistols were also recovered
from them.
Police arrested two individuals
identified as Sanjib Bora and Aswini Pegu in connection with the
missing person case from an unspecified location. Following interrogation,
Sanjib Bora confessed his involvement in the crime and revealed
the location of the body. (Assam).
Armed militants killed a Police
driver identified as Elangbam Joy after they hijacked a bullet
proof vehicle of the Imphal West District Police Commandos and
took him with them. The bullet proof vehicle was hijacked at oil
pump at Khoyathong (Imphal East) and the body was recovered at
Sabal Leikai Thambalkhong (Imphal East District of Manipur).
Two civilians Sagolsem Birchandra
and Keisam Ashobanta, were injured in a remote controlled IED
explosion at Sabungkhok Awang Leikai-Muirei village junction along
Imphal-Ukhrul road in Imphal East District of Manipur. IED exploded
when an AR patrol reached Leikai-Muirei village junction. Later,
AR personnel detained five suspects.
A grenade was lobbed at a building
belonging to a retired DIG of Police at Mantripukhril in Imphal
West of Manipur.
PLA observed its 36th raising
day. In to a statement issued by 'secretary publicity' of RPF
Roben Khuman, 'president' of RPF Irengbam Chaoren stated that
it was the responsibility of every ethnic group to protect their
own identities and added that protection of small ethnic groups
is not an easy task in today's era of globalization.(Manipur).
Prohibitory order under Section
144 CrPc has been imposed in East and West Jaintia Hills. Meghalaya
Government has deployed two companies of Para-military forces
in East Jaintia Hills and one company of BSF in West Jaintia Hills.
GNLA 'joint publicity secretary'
Garo Mandai Ch. Marak lambasted ANVC for selling 'fake dream'
of "Greater Garoland". He stated, "When ANVC are fed up with the
idea of 'Greater Garoland', they settled for the strengthening
of GHADC. They should not have sold fake dreams to the people
of Garo Hills if their real intention was to increase the members
of GHADC. (Meghalaya).
ANVC-B 'chairman' Rimpu Marak
stated, "We are grateful to the Centre for speeding up the final
settlement. This accord was long pending and signing a final settlement
has finally put hope in people of Garo Hills." (Meghalaya).
A sum of around INR 1000 million
will be disbursed as a package over the next five years for development
in Garo Hills area. A source stated that the package size has
not been finalised yet. (Meghalaya).
A section of people feel that
that other militant outfits such as GNLA should be brought back
to the mainstream. (Meghalaya).
A cattle grazer, identified as
Madakam Laxman (18), was critically injured in an exchange of
fire between the SFs and the CPI-Maoist in a forested area in
Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
A one-man judicial enquiry commission
headed by retired judge justice BD Agarwal of Guwahati High Court
was constituted to investigate the killing of Priya Basumatary.(Assam)
AR launched an operation in Naharbari
Gate area (Dimapur District of Nagaland) and arrested one arms
peddler, identified as Yasangwu Yimchunger, and recovered one
7.65mm pistol.
SFs reportedly averted a firebomb
attack on the first day of Navratra festival as when a powerful
incendiary IED was detected and disposed of from a passenger train
in Rewari, Haryana. Sources said that the bomb, with a timer and
detonator connected to a container of liquid insect killer with
firecrackers tied to it, was found in an abandoned bag on the
Rewari-Meerut train, which was on its way to Delhi.
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September 26 |
A CRPF trooper, identified as
Constable Kritikar Nishad, was shot dead by militants in the Alikadal
area of Srinagar city in Srinagar District of J&K. No militant
outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
Army and J&K Police in a joint
operation neutralised a militant module of HM and arrested four
militants from Sopore town of Baramulla District. Two pistols,
two pistol magazines, 14 pistol rounds, and two Chinese hand grenades
were recovered from them.
The special MCOCA Court discharged
Abdul Mateen Damda, who was accused of channeling INR 1 million
through hawala in July 13, 2011, Mumbai (Maharashtra) blasts,
also known as 13/7, due to lack of evidence. Officials of the
state ATS had claimed that Damda had sent money to a hawala operator
in Delhi who relayed the funds to IM.
The NIA has told a Delhi court
that suspected IM operatives Tehseen Akhtar and Haidar Ali were
'instrumental' in forming the Ranchi module of the outfit that
allegedly carried out blasts in Patna on October 27, 2013, during
an election rally addressed by Narendra Modi. NIA alleged that
Tehseen acted upon the directions of absconding IM leader Riyaz
Bhatkal to contact SIMI operatives in Ranchi for assisting the
terror group in executing its plans during the months of November-December
in 2012.
An Indian tribunal headed by Justice
G P Mittal that was set up to judicially scrutinize the ban on
the LTTE recorded the evidence presented by the UMHA in support
of a notification it issued proscribing the outfit for five years
from May 14, 2014. The notification banning LTTE cited threat
to India's sovereignty as a reason.
Two persons, supposedly father
and son, identified as Abubakar Shaikh and Salim were arrested
along with FICNs with a face value of INR 36,000 in Pune (Maharashtra).
Senior Inspector Sanjay Patil said that Salim, a labourer by profession,
resides in Pune and the notes with different serial numbers were
brought by his father from Malda District in West Bengal.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police
claimed to have neutralised an international FICN racket with
the arrest of two men, identified as Rasmuddin and Nasirul Sheikh.
They were arrested from Delhi-Haryana border in Old Toll Plaza
on NH-8. Rasmuddin hails from Mewat District in Haryana while
Nasirul is from Malda District of West Bengal. FICN of the face
value of INR 700,000 was seized from them. Police also found that
huge quantities of FICN pumps to the NCR through sub-syndicates
based in Mewat and Rajasthan.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres killed
Jeevan Patnaik (55), a Congress leader and resident of Sunki in
the Pottangi area of Koraput District of Odisha.
Five suspected CPI-Maoist cadres,
identified as Sonaru alias Mura, Somaru Gota, Lakshman,
Santu and Anat, all residents of Narayanpur, were arrested by
District Force personnel during a search operation carried out
near Kochwahi nullah under the limits of Narayanpur Police Station
in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh. Anat was president of
Kasturmeta 'Jantana Sarkar', while Mura was president of Mohandi
'Jantana Sarkar'.
Two top Maoists, identified as
Sukhdas Vishnav alias Fajul (40), resident of Bhattipara;
and Keshu alias Fakir (40), resident of Bazaarpara under
the Narayanpur Police Station limits, carrying cash reward of
INR 100,000 each on their heads, surrendered before the Police
in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh. The duos were involved
in serious criminal offences such as murder, abduction, attempt
to murder and attack on Police party. Sukhdas had joined the Naxal
outfit in 2008 and initially used to collect ration for the insurgents
and also gather intelligence at local level for Maoists operating
in the area, and later was made President of DKMSS, one of the
offshoots of CPI-Maoist.
NIA has filed its first charge
sheet on Jheeram Ghati incident before Bilaspur court for NIA,
almost after a year and four months of the Maoist attack targeting
convoy of Congress leaders on May 25, 2013. NIA has also attached
the property of other 26 offenders, belonging to Andhra Pradesh
and Bastar, who are still at large.
A CPI-Maoist couple, identified
as Ade Prabhu alias Chandram alias Satish (48), belonging to Kuntala
village of Neredigonda mandal in Adilabad District, and his wife
Talandi Kantha (35), belonging to Deshilpet village in Aheri taluka
in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, surrendered themselves
to District Police in Adilabad District of Telangana. Prabhu worked
as Abujhmad 'area committee' member and 'commander' of Mad division
in Chhattisgarh and carried a reward of INR 500,000 on his head
while his wife worked for over 23 years in the outfit.
Body of Sagir Hussain who has
been missing since September 15 was recovered from Demow in Sivasagar
District of Assam.
Guwahati High Court granted bail
to 10 UPLA including its 'commander-in-chief' Nikunja Kathar The
rebels were arrested from Bokajan in Assam and Dimapur in Nagaland
for their involvement in killing of Hamren SP Nityananda Goswami
and his security officer on June 5.
Parts of Southern Assam remained
cut off from the rest of India for the fourth day following a
blockade of the NH 6 in Meghalaya. MIPRLM an NGO in Meghalaya,
has called for an indefinite "economic blockade" since September
23 against a ban imposed by the NGT on unscientific coal and sand
mining in Meghalaya.
A hand Grenade was found near
the Manipur Diesels showroom in Mantripukhri (Imphal West of Manipur).
A KYKL militant Sarungbam Surjit
Singh, was arrested by SFs at Porompat road in Imphal East of
Manipur. One .32 pistol along with six live rounds were recovered
from him. It was later revealed that he was involved in extortion
of money from general public, private firms and Government offices.
Imphal East District Police arrested
two PREPAK-pro militants Gotimayum Kamaljit Sharma alias
Deben and Mohammed Sikander Khan alias Japan from Heingangkhong
Imphal East. (Manipur).
Imphal West District Police Commandos
arrested a KCP militant Nameirakpam Arun alias Dhoney alias Ajit
Singh, from Maibam Leikai Mailing Bokul Makhong Tri junction Imphal
East in Manipur. He was involved in serving demand letters and
extortion of money from general public and Government offices
in the District.
Thoubal District Police Commandos
and AR in a search operation at Wabagai Lamkhai in Thoubal arrested
an OGW of UNLF Laishram Chinglen alias Chingkheinganba. . It was
revealed that he was involved extorting money from general public
of Kumbi (Bishnupur), Pangaltabi (Thoubal), Sugnu (Thoubal), Chairen
(Thoubal) and Wangoo (Bishnupur) for raising the fund of UNLF
and he also recruited new cadres of UNLF. (Manipur).
A UKLF militant Moirangthem Thambal
Singh, was arrested in a joint operation by AR and Kakching Police
from Kakching Lamkhai in Thoubal District of Manipur. It was revealed
during interrogation that he was involved in extortion related
activities. INR 5000 and a cash receipt of INR 2000 were recovered
from him.
KYKL 'publicity and research secretary'
A. Yaiphaba rejected the news story under the heading "NSCN on
Myanmar Mission" which was published in The Telegraph on September
24. In a press release stated that KYKL has no camp in Myanmar.
In a meeting at the Sabungkhok
Lailampak community hall in connection with the bomb blast at
Sabungkhok Awang Leikai-Muirei in Imphal East it was resolved
to send a representation to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
appraising the plight of the people who often fall victim of such
attack. (Manipur)
It has been learnt that man who
hijacked a bullet proof vehicle of the Imphal West District Police
Commandos and later killed the driver on September 25 is an IRBN
trooper Thangkhensang Earlier it was reported that armed militants
had killed the driver after they hijacked the vehicle. Two Havildars
and a trooper of 1st IRB have been suspended in connection with
the event. (Manipur)
Parts of Manipur remained cut
off from the rest of India for the fourth day following a blockade
of the NH 6 in Meghalaya. MIPRLM an NGO in Meghalaya, has called
for an indefinite "economic blockade" since September 23 against
a ban imposed by the NGT on unscientific coal and sand mining
in Meghalaya.
HNLC announced a 24-hour shutdown
beginning October 1, opposing International Day of Non-Violence
and protest against the killing of two persons who were protesting
against NGT ban on rat-hole coal mining in East Jaintia Hills
District of Meghalaya in alleged Police firing on September 24.
The shutdown will begin at 6pm on October 1 and be effective in
Khasi-Jaintia hills.
GNLA 'joint publicity secretary',
Garomandai Ch Marak, also strongly condemned the death of two
persons who were protesting against NGT ban. (Meghalaya).
Mizoram remained cut off from
the rest of India for the fourth day following a blockade of the
NH 6 in Meghalaya. MIPRLM an NGO in Meghalaya, has called for
an indefinite "economic blockade" since September 23 against a
ban imposed by the NGT on unscientific coal and sand mining in
Meghalaya.
Nagaland C.M T.R. Zeliang has
said his Government is planning to amend the ILP ystem to facilitate
the flow of people from outside the State. He said non-locals
would be issued the ILP for at least a year or for six months.
He said the 15-day period of ILP was too short for labourers.
Tripura remained cut off from
the rest of India for the fourth day following a blockade of the
NH 6 in Meghalaya. MIPRLM an NGO in Meghalaya, has called for
an indefinite "economic blockade" since September 23 against a
ban imposed by the NGT on unscientific coal and sand mining in
Meghalaya.
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September 27 |
Two persons were arrested and
FICNs with face value of INR 500,000 were recovered from their
possession in Darbhanga District. On a tip off, DRI officials
arrested the two persons carrying the smuggled FICNs from Bangladesh
to Darbhanga through Farakka in West Bengal.
The suspects Abubakar Shaikh and
Salim, who were arrested along with FICNs in Pune, were produced
in a magisterial court, which remanded them in Police custody
till September 30.
The ISIT of the Kerala Police
arrested a key accused, identified as P. A. Raisal, in the 2008
Bangalore bomb blast case, at the Kozhikode International Airport.
Raisal, an aide of IM operative Thadiyantavide Nazeer, who is
an accused in many terror-related cases in Kerala and Karnataka,
was arrested by a team led by SP, Sam Christy Daniel.
An intelligence dossier reveals
that Pakistan's embassies in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand
and Bangladesh are involved in striking at the financial nerve
of India by pumping in FICNs. The probe by the security and intelligence
agencies reveals that diplomatic channel is used as launch pads
to clandestinely circulate the FICNs to underworld conduits and
further to the open market. According to the dossier, Pakistan
is printing and circulating FICNs worth an estimated INR 100 billion
every year to destabilize India's financial system. This estimate,
agencies pointed out, is based on the reports collected through
various probe and seizures in India and abroad.
Two CRPF personnel were injured
in an explosion caused by pressure bomb, planted by the CPI-Maoist
in a forested patch near Murdunda village on Basaguda road in
Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. The injured were identified
as Deelip Kumar Pandey hailing from Uttar Pradesh and Krishna
Mohan native of Punjab.
A joint Police party consisting
of BSF and DF personnel conducting a search/area domination exercise
in Siksod Police Station limits arrested a hardcore Maoist, identified
as Jitendra Samrath (30), near Aedka Mod area in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh. In another incident, a Police patrolling party
had started on a search operation from Edka Police outpost under
Narayanpur Police Station limits and arrested a Soma (30), resident
of Mohandi village under Narayanpur Police Station limits in Narayanpur.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Praveer Da alias Pravil Da, who played a major role in the
2013 killing of SP Amarjeet Balihar in Pakur District on July
2, 2013, was allegedly arrested from the residence of a mukhiya
at Harwadangal village in Ramgarh Block in Dumka District of Jharkhand.
Praveer Da was wanted in more than 20 cases of leading attacks
on Police personnel, including the July 2, 2013, ambush at Kathikund,
Dumka, which killed Balihar and five other Policemen.
Police arrested a criminal, identified
as Md Shamim alias Chotu Mian, allegedly involved in illegal
arms peddling and supply of arms to the CPI-Maoist, during a raid
in Mothabari village under Katoria Police Station in Banka District
of Bihar. Four country-made revolver (katta in local parlance),
a pistol and live cartridges besides a mobile phone were seized
from his possession. Police sources said that Md Shamim used to
operate in Munger, Jamui, Lakhisarai and Banka Districts and supplied
illegal arms from Munger to the Maoists.
A suspected KPLT militant Wilson
Rongphar was killed by Police at Uttar Borbil locality in East
Karbi Anglong District of Assam when he allegedly came to collect
money. A pistol was recovered from the militant. Police sources
said a faction of KPLT had sent a demand note to the teachers
of Binapani Higher secondary school located in Uttar Borbil (Karbi
Anglong) demanding INR 400,000. The encounter ensued when the
militants came to collect the money.
In a joint operation AR and Indian
Army arrested a militant of KCP-MTF'private' Habibur Rehman alias
Inaocha. It was revealed during interrogation that he was involved
in extortion activities in Chandel District of Manipur. One .22
pistol along with three live rounds and extortion note of INR
500,000 was recovered from him.
PREPAK-Pro 'senior publicity officer'
Melei stated that Gutimayum Kamaljit alias Deven and Mohammed
Sikander Khan alias Japan have no connection with PREPEK-Pro.
(Manipur).
Narendra Modi Government is "serious"
and is looking at time-bound steps for an early resolution of
the decades-old Naga issue, Nagaland CM T.R. Zeliang stated.
A ‘lieutenant colonel’ of KCP-
Taibang Nganba who is also the ‘army chief’ of the outfit died
under mysterious circumstances at the designated camp inside 7
AR in Churachandpur in Manipur.
Two individuals Tender Nongbri
and Edward Nongmin, were abducted by suspected militants from
Rongkhugre Village under Shallang Police Station in West Khasi
Hills of Meghalaya.
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September 28 |
Six members of a criminal group,
including its leader, were arrested in a FICN case from the Agamkuan
Police Station area of Patna. SSP, Manu Maharaaj said that "Police
seized three country-made pistols and live cartridges from their
possession. We have also seized INR 64,400 from their possession
and verifying the authenticity of the currency. They were also
operating in Nepal and Assam."
With an aim to forge a common
front against IS and al Qaeda, India dispatched Syed Asif Ibrahim,
Director of IB, for a week-long trip to Saudi Arabia to discuss
radicalisation of Muslim youth over the internet. Ibrahim is currently
under threat from a Pakistan-based group AuT for taking the Indian
fight to the Islamic jihadists.
Two pipe bombs, weighing five
kilograms and 20 kilograms, packed in containers allegedly planted
by CPI-Maoist cadres were recovered from Bhuski forests under
Durgkondal Police Station limits Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Police arrested an alleged woman
CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Basanti Barla, at Reamal in Deogarh
District of Odisha. "We suspect her to be a member of the CPI-Maoist.
However, we are yet to establish her links with extremists," SP
in-charge of Deogarh District Akhilesh Singh said.
Nizamabad District Police of Telangana
State have identified nine persons, including two women working
as underground cadres with the CPI-Maoist, in Dandakaranya region
of Chhattisgarh. The cadres are Loketi Chander alias Swamy
alias Ravi, Loketi Lakshmi alias Sulochana alias
Navatha, Loketi Ramesh, Loketi Lavanya, Kyatam Srinu alias Suraj
alias Suraj Tekam, Mudedla Sailoo alias Raghu alias Ravi, Erragolla
Ravi alias Santosh alias Prashanth, Nagapuri Lakshma Goud alias
Laccha Goud and Limbaiahgari Venkat Reddy.
Four militants of Mwinaguri section
of NDFB-IKS identified as Muhar Basumatary, 'second in command',
of NDFB-IKS, Domsatorong, Loharun and Maisaran were killed in
an encounter with a joint team of Police and Army at Mwinaguri
in Kokrajhar in Assam. An AK-56 and magazine with 20 rounds, two
7.65 mm pistols, one 9mm pistol, three grenades and other incriminating
documents were recovered from them.
Probe agencies will soon be taking
possession of Nepal-based bank accounts and immovable properties
allegedly operated by Niranjan Hojai alias Nirmal Rai 'c-in-c'
of Black Widow. (Assam).
A bomb planted by unidentified
militants exploded inside the gate of a building belonging to
a retired DIG at Mantripukhril in Imphal West of Manipur.
Chinese grenade was found in front
of the residential gate of Manipur Olympic Association joint secretary
Takhellambam Dusanta at Lalambung Makhong Ningthoujam Leirak in
Imphal West. (Manipur).
Imphal East District Police Commandos
arrested a UPPK militant Mohammed Babu alias Adat Khan
from Khergao Bazar in Imphal East. Investigations so far have
revealed that he was involved in extortion of money from general
public and Government officials for fund raising purpose for the
UPPK. (Manipur).
A KYKL militant, identified as
Maibam Ibomcha Singh, was arrested by AR personnel and Heingang
Police at Koirengai in Imphal East District of Manipur.
Family of Thangjam Romen alias
Inaocha who was abducted on September 17 by ZUF stated that there
has been no monetary demand served on the family. (Manipur)
Family of Thangjam Romen alias
Inaocha who was abducted on September 17 by ZUF stated that there
has been no monetary demand served on the family. (Manipur).
UDP appealed to HNLC to review
its decision of imposing the 24-hour bandh starting from October
1. (Meghalaya)
CSWO also appealed to HNLC to
call off the shutdown. East Khasi Hills Police requested for sanction
of additional forces in view of the ensuing Durga Puja celebrations.
(Meghalaya)
GoI will soon come out with a
new policy for dealing with militancy in the northeastern region
and the existing policy is being reviewed thoroughly. GoI is also
examining the viability of continuing with AFSPA. (Meghalaya)
Policy of talking with any militant
group which expresses its desire for talks may be amended. It
is now being reviewed whether the talks are yielding the desired
results as new outfits are cropping up every year in the North
East and on most occasions, the splinter groups of the outfits
under ceasefire agreement are creating major problems. (Meghalaya).
Home Minister Rajnath Singh would
personally review the policies and the situation in the North
East before formally announcing the new policy to deal with militancy
in the region. GoI is also reviewing the pros and cons of using
AFSPA for years.
NSCN-IM observed 35th year of
'Agony Day' in 'painful' remembrance of the past brutality committed
by 'Shillong Accordists' in connivance with the GoI. (Nagaland).
Gujarat is all set to deploy an
elite force of 1,000 'amphibious' marine commandos at strategic
locations for surveillance at sea and the coast against threats
like infiltration and drug trafficking. For this purpose, 50 per
cent of commandos will be recruited from the existing SRP, said
Gujarat Additional Chief Secretary (Home) S. K. Nanda.
A combined team of AR and Indian
Army arrested a UKLF militant Mohammed Shabir Ahamad Hussain,
from Malom Bazar in Imphal West of Manipur.
Chingakham Dhanabandhu and Ch.
Mandhu, who were abducted from Andro Sanapat in Imphal East District
of Manipur by suspected KNF militants have been set free by the
abductors and they have reached their home.
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September 29 |
One person was arrested along
with FICN worth INR 0.498 million by CBI in Delhi. A CBI spokesperson
said, "It is alleged that the intercepted person was coming
from Muzaffarpur [Bihar] for delivery of seized FICNs to some
unknown person at Malda [West Bengal]."
A Rajasthan Court sentenced one
accused to death while awarding life term to six others in 1996
Rajasthan bus blast case. Abdul Hameed who was awarded death sentence
belongs to Uttar Pradesh along with two other accused, the rest
four belong to J&K. Another accused was acquitted in the absence
of solid evidences.
Report said that Muzaffarnagar
city of Muzaffarnagar District in Uttar Pradesh is in jihadi
crosshairs and has become a new reference point for motivating
new recruits joining terror modules. An unnamed counter-terror
official of UP Police said, “An accidental blast in a room in
Muzaffarnagar’s neighbouring Bijnor town on September 12 revealed
the presence of a suspected six-member module of outlawed SIMI
here. One member of the module got injured in the blast. Though,
we have reasons to believe that the module was planning a terror
strike in Muzaffarnagar. The members of the module are yet to
be nabbed.” Central counter-terror officials say it was not the
first time a terror strike was planned in Muzaffarnagar.
The Bangalore unit of the NIA
will come to Kochi to interrogate P. A. Raisal, the key accused
in the Bangalore bomb blast case. According to sources, the NIA
would take Raisal to Bangalore for collecting details pertaining
to his alleged role in the bomb blast. He was arrested from Kozhikode
international airport of Kozhikode District in Kerala on September
27.
The CPI-Maoist cadres killed a
tribal man, identified as Munna Madhi (21), by slitting his throat
after accusing him of being a ‘Police informer’ at Irbanpali village
in the Padia area of Malkangiri District of Odisha. Two armed
rebels dragged Madhi from his home at Irbanpali village and killed
him by slitting his throat with a sharp weapon.
A top CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Kamlesh alias Tati Gandhi (28), was arrested
by a team of Bijapur Police when he arrived in Dantewada District
headquarter of Chhattisgarh, to allegedly execute some operation
at the ongoing Navratri fair in the town. Kamlesh, an active member
of the ‘platoon number-12’ of the CPI-Maoist, was involved in
several incidents of crime, including murder, abduction, murder
attempt, loot and attack on the Police party. He was carrying
a reward of INR 40,000 on his head and around 31 cases and 10
warrants were pending against him.
Two Maoists, identified as Budhram
Lekami alias Rangu (28) and Jhimtu alias Aagar
Mandavi (25), surrendered before senior Police officials in Dantewada
District of Chhattisgarh. Budhram, a ‘deputy commander’ of a technical
team of the Maoist outfit in Bijapur, played a key role in handling
the task related to maintenance and repairing of weapons, while
Jhimtu, carrying a reward of INR 500,000 on his head, was associated
with Barsoor Area Committee of the Maoist in 2011 and since then
he played a vital role in executing several incidents in the region.
A top woman PLFI cadre, identified
as Aasiyan Kandir alias Sungandhi alias Itwari
Bodra, was arrested under Bandgaon Police Station limits in West
Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. INR 200,000 was also recovered
from her.
Despite heavy setbacks in the
recent past, the Police said, the CPI-Maoist is expected to make
every possible attempt to disrupt polls in Gadchiroli District
during upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Elections, making ‘liberal
use’ of IEDs and ambushes. Gadchiroli SP Sandip Patil said, “We
have already started aggressive area domination. We are not allowing
the Naxal bid to move in large numbers together and have foiled
such attempts six times in the past 40 days. The latest was in
Kasansur last week, where we foiled one such congregation bid
by 40-50 Naxals and have recovered a lot of material, including
a few walkie-talkie sets.”
Basista (Kamrup District of Assam)
Police arrested two persons, identified as Ajijur Rahman and Bahar
Ali, while they were travelling from Meghalaya to Goalpara and
recovered 240 explosive sticks and 400 detonators. It is suspected
that duo were on their way to hand over the explosives to someone
in Goalpara where ULFA-I and GNLA have strong bases.
SFs arrested two unidentified
GNLA militants from an unspecified location at Goalpara District
of Assam.
SFs arrested a cadre of NDFB-IKS
militant identified as Sumang Baumatary from an unidentified location
in Chirang in Assam.
Two persons Mohidul Haque and
Hasan Ali were arrested along with FICN worth INR 89,000 from
Gauripur in Dhubri in Assam.
TADA court in Guwahati sent Ranjan
Daimary, the ‘chief’ of NDFB-RD back to jail. He has been out
on conditional bail since June 2013. Court rejected his bail extension
plea after the Assam Government informed it that several NDFB
members are still engaged in subversive activities.
Police have issued an alert across
Assam and directed cancellation of all the leave applications
of Police officials during Durga Puja Though sources denied there
was any specific threat from fundamental groups during the festive
season, all precautions are being taken.
A hand grenade exploded at the
gate of Urban Health Centre, Singjamei Bazar Imphal East in Manipur.
There have been no casualties in the blast.
AR arrested two militants of PREPAK
Warepam Sanahanbi Devi and Warepam Jayanta Singh from Tengnoupal
(Chandel in Manipur).
Imphal West Police Commandos arrested
a KYKL militant identified as Chanambam Lokendra Meitei, from
Thangmeiband Lourung Purel Leikai (Imphal West District of Manipur).
Investigation revealed that he demanded a huge amount of money
from Government officials for CorCom.
The driver and the handyman of
a truck, identified as Heikrujam Ibomcha and Thangjam Romen, who
were abducted by ZUF on September 17 were released somewhere at
a place near Nungba in Tamenglong in Manipur.
HNLC refused to withdraw its 24-hour
shutdown while exempting those who will celebrate Durga Puja.
HNLC also asked CPC to ‘instruct’ their community to ‘abstain’
from merry making, drinking, shouting, dancing and creating noise
pollution on October 1 and 2 as a mark of respect to the innocent
people who lost their lives in East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya.
Mawlai MDC Process, T Sawkmie
urged HNLC to call off their 24-hour shutdown in view of the upcoming
Durga Puja celebration. (Meghalaya)
Athrennu Yim a FGN leacy and ‘speaker’
of the Yimchunger Region was taken away from his house by an
unidentified assailants and shot dead at Longya ward Kiphire town
in Kiphire District of Nagaland.
AR arrested arrested two arms
suppliers identified as Temjenungsang and Aliba Longchar were
arrrested along with two .22 Pistols from a general area at 4th
Mile, Dimapur in Nagaland.
AR arrested an arms dealer, identified
as Abel Sema in general area railway colony of Dimapur in Nagaland.
One .22 pistol was recovered from him.
AR launched a search operation
at New Market Colony in Peren District of Nagaland and recovered
one .22 rifle, one 12 bore rifle, assorted ammunition, incriminating
documents and illegal tax collection books from the house of The
‘under secretary’ of Peren unit of NSCN-IM, Hainazin Ningkon.
He and another NSCN-IM militant Heguikam Pame were arrested.
AR searched a house in Jalukie
Colony (Peren District of Nagaland), Ward Number 09 and recovered
one .22 pistol, one .22 rifle, ammunition, incriminating documents,
illegal tax collection receipts and 364 bottles/cans of illegal
liquor from the house of Deituateung Newme, a leacy of NSCN-IM
who was also arrested.
NSCN-IM team will first meet Prime
Minister Narendra Modi before the formal talk’s start. (Nagaland)
Accusing Nagaland Government of
“complacent attitude” in protecting the ancestral land of the
Nagas in inter-state border areas, a new group - NBAPF has been
formed. NBAPF said the state government failed to protect the
border areas from land encroachment by IBIs and Adivasis under
the protection of AANLA and CPI-Maoists.
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September 30 |
A LeT militant, identified as
Mohmmad Shafi Dar alias Ukasha, a close associate of slain
LeT ‘commander’ Abdullah Yuni, was arrested by J&K Police
in the Sopore area of Baramulla District.
SFs neutralized a militant hideout
and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition in the Magam
area of Budgam District of J&K. Recoveries included ten rocket
propelled grenades, four Chinese grenades, 89 AK rounds and some
eatables.
SFs recovered two disposable rocket
launchers, three Chinese pistols, two Chinese pistol magazines,
three AK magazines and 30 rounds of Chinese pistol in the Handwara
forest area of Kupwara District of J&K.
A LeT militant, identified as
Omar Hafiz alias Hafizul Omar, a Pakistani national, was
killed while at least three others slipped out of security cordon
in the Lolab Forest area of Kupwara District of J&K. One AK-47
rifle, Five Magazines 60 rounds, four Matrix, two cell phones,
one GPS and one UBGL grenade were recovered from the encounter
site.
A person, identified as Mohammad
Fuqran, who is said to have helped SIMI militants allegedly involved
in a blast in Bijnor District of Uttar Pradesh on September 12,
2014, was arrested by Police in Bijnor. Police recovered INR 96,600
in cash from his possession.
PM Narendra Modi, while addressing
the Council for Foreign Relations in New York, said that all terrorism
in India is "exported" and are not "home-grown".
Modi said this even as he rejected any distinction between good
and bad terrorism and called for a collective fight to effectively
tackle the global challenge.
Investigations by the NIA against
key IM operatives have revealed that their relationship with Pakistan's
ISI has turned sour and is almost on the verge of a breakup. The
NIA got the whiff of it when scouring through the voluminous chats
and e-mail correspondence between senior IM operatives, including
Iqbal Bhatkal, Riyaz Bhatkal and Shadaab Beg, it came across that
they are not happy with the ISI control and have code named ISI
as kutte (dogs) for treating them as slaves living on its
crumbs. IM is now trying to forge alliance with al Qaeda and TTP
to intensify war against India and some of its members are even
fighting against NATO forces in Af-Pak region.
The wireless communication wing
of the Maharashtra Police has been grappling with severe staff
crunch as nearly 60 per cent technical hands have retired in the
last few years and not a single person has been recruited since
2004. Senior officers of the state CID, Pune Police and rural
Police claimed that the staff crunch would surely affect their
functioning during the Assembly election.
A poster of the CPI-Maoist, threatening
against use of schools as polling booths in Gadchiroli District
for upcoming State Assembly elections, was recovered by the Police
in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra. The Naxalites have also,
as usual, appealed to people to boycott the elections through
the poster.
The UMHA has alerted three southern
States after the CPI-Maoist’s message at an international conference
in Milan in Italy held on September 27 and 28, on opening up a
new war front in the Sahyadri (Western Ghats) border region of
Karnataka-Kerala-Tamil Nadu. The message of the CPI-Maoist Central
Committee at “the International Conference in Solidarity with
the people’s war in India” comes even as the party admitted that
it was “facing heavy odds and losses” in many of its strongholds.
A group of CPI-Maoist cadres set
ablaze a poclain machine used in sand excavation, at Bajitpur
Balughat area in Gaya District of Bihar, after the sand contractor
refused to pay them levy.
The Maoists set a truck ablaze
at Baheriabigha village in Gaya District of Bihar, after the contractor
engaged in construction of road under the PMGSY between Baheriabigha
and Harna villages failed to pay levy.
A top CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Mahesh alias Singa Kattami (25) of Tagoorkota village
under Motu Police Station, was arrested by a joint team of the
BSF and the Odisha Police during a search operation in the Sudhakonda
area in Malkangiri District of Odisha. Kattami, carrying a cash
reward of INR 100,000 on his head, was a cadre of the Podia LOS
and was engaged in the protection of CPI-Maoist’s Malkangiri division
‘secretary’ Uday.
The wireless communication wing
of the Maharashtra Police has been grappling with severe staff
crunch as nearly 60 per cent technical hands have retired in the
last few years and not a single person has been recruited since
2004.
Police recovered an IED from Mangaldai
in Darrang District of Assam. The IED was later disposed off in
a controlled explosion.
Police arrested an unidentified
arms smuggler from South Bhamraguri village in Kokrajhar District
Assam.
NDFB has called for a 12–hour
Assam bandh in protest against the re-arrest of its ‘president’
Ranjan Daimary alias DR Nabla. The ‘information and publicity
secretary’ of NDFB, B Najib asked the Assam Government to release
Ranjan Daimary unconditionally. In a press statement NDFB claimed
that it was unfortunate that being in the formal cease-fire and
yet to start the formal political talks with the GoI, the Home
Department, Principal Political Secretary and TADA court had sent
wrong reports to the judicial process against him.
January 2009 and December 2013,
a total of 588 illegal weapons were seized in BTAD (Assam). 88
in Udalguri, 126 in Baksa, 107 in Chirang and 267 in Kokrajhar.
This year, 58 weapons have been seized in the trouble–torn Bodo
areas till July. Police have not charge sheeted 236 of the cases
while final report to the court was given in 97 cases.
Red Shield Division raided an
arms factory at New Lamka in Churachandpur District of Manipur
and recovered three 9mm Pistols, three .22 Rifles under construction,
one 12 Bore Rifle under construction, two Lathode trigger mechanisms
and one spare barrel. The factory was functional for more than
four years and has been producing Pistols, Carbines and AK series
Rifles .The factory supplies weapons and arms to various valley
based insurgent groups, Kuki militant groups and extortionists
and drug peddlers.
Beginning of the Durga Puja in
the midst of an intense public campaign for implementation of
ILP has prompted Manipur Government to take extra security measures
for the festival.
Security in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills
region has been tightened ahead the visit of Union Minister for
Home Affairs Rajnath Singh and Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju on October 1 They are set to take stock of
the flood situation in Garo Hills region.
AJYWO demanded that a CBI inquiry
or a judicial inquiry be made into the September 24 firing incident
in which two people were killed in East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya.
Deputy Commissioner of East Khasi
Hills District of Meghalaya Cyril Diengdoh stated that Shillong
city and its suburbs are almost free from any purported threat
perceptions. He also exhorted the public to defy all strikes or
caution made by any unwanted groups .HNLC has called for a 24–hour
bandh from October 1 in protest against the killing of two civilians
on September 24 and to oppose the international day of non violence.
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October 1 |
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire
and resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling in three sub-sectors
along the LoC in J&K, drawing retaliation from Indian forces.
A Panchayat Secretary,
identified as Hingaram Kodiyam, was killed by the cadres of the
CPI-Maoist near Keshkutul village under Bhairmgarh Police Station
limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. Kodiyam's body was
found lying in a pool of blood in a restive patch of Bhairamgarh-Kutru
road.
The Police shot dead a Maoist
‘deputy commander’ after an exchange of fire in a forested patch
in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. During the operation at different
places, the Police teams were attacked by Naxals who had
also placed IED and pressure bombs in different places and a Head
Constable of District Police, Dasrath Nag, was injured in one
of the blasts during the operation. While searching the area after
the encounter in forests of Munga village, body of a Naxal was
found who was identified as Korsa Ayatu (26), resident of Munga
Devgudipara village, along with a muzzle gun, backpack and items
of daily use near the body.
Close on the heels of the video
propaganda by CPI-Maoist leader Roopesh through the media, warning
of an armed struggle, the Maoist group functioning in Kerala is
strengthening its presence through local recruitment. Police doubt
that the Maoist group has recruited around 50 persons recently
and most of them are from various places in Malabar.
‘commander-in-chief’ of UDLA Jakir
Hussain Laskar, was killed in an encounter with SFs in the forest
of southern Hailakandi District of Assam near Mizoram border.
The abducted trader
The 12–hour shut down call given
by NDFB-RD in protest against the re–arrest of its chairman Ranjan
Daimary, passed off peacefully in Kokrajhar District of Assam.
Report said that ULFA-I managed
to smuggle seven to eight IEDs but don’t have trained man power
to use an IED and hey may use hired persons to plant the IEDs
on the roads frequented by SFs. (Assam)
ULFA-I is facing desperate shortage
of funds as those receiving demands are refusing to pay. Under
the circumstances, the outfit is desperate to prove its strength
by indulging in acts of violence.(Assam)
NDFB-IKS after suffering serious
setbacks in recent times since it has lost many of its cadres
in CI operations is desperate to hit back at the SFs A security
Source stated that outfit may also look for soft targets as it
had done in the past. (Assam)
Police Commando identified as
Mayanglambam Ibotomba was killed in an IED explosion at Thangal
Bazar in Imphal West District of Manipur. Another commando identified
as Ahongsangbam Milan was injured persons in the blast.
Mother of the Pradhan f Phayeng
Gram Panchayat Angom Gojen identified as Thaning was injured when
unidentified persons lobbed a hand grenade at the Phayeng Awang
Leikai in Imphal West of Manipur.
AR and Kakching Police arrested
two OGWs of KCP Mohammed Jamir alias Athou and Mohammed
Saruk Khan alias Amu from Soura village in Chandel District
of Manipur. Two mobile handsets with one SIM card, two demand
letters, and two live rounds of AK-47 were recovered from them.
RPF alleged that civilians in
the interior villages of Manipur are being oppressed by the Indian
Army on false charges of planting bombs.
District Magistrate of Thoubal
clamped section 144 CrPC to the whole of Thoubal District of Manipur
in view of the likelihood occurrence of violence, breach of peace
and unwanted incidents during the conduct of by-election and Durga
Puja.
The Bihar Government has decided
to recruit Police Women from the ST category and deploy them in
the CPI-Maoist infested zones as part of a two-pronged strategy
to provide employment to tribal women and check Maoist menace.
The Cabinet meeting, chaired by CM Jitan Ram Manjhi, recently
approved the proposal following which around 1,000 tribal woman
cops would be recruited, trained and initially posted for maintaining
law and order. After they successfully complete their initial
assignment, they would be placed in Champaran and Jamui, the two
Maoist Districts.
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October 2 |
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire
and resorted to heavy firing by small arms and automatic weapons
and shelling of 81 mm mortar bombs in two forward sub-sectors
of Sabjian and Mandi along the LoC in Poonch District of J&K,
injuring six civilians including two women and six houses were
damaged. The injured have been identified as Hajra Begum, Sakina
Begum, Zahoor Ahmed, Gulam Nabi, Khaja Ahad and Mumtaz Ahmed of
Gigriyal and Uripora villages.
The NIA in its supplementary charge
sheet filed against 20 suspected IM operatives, has told a Delhi
court that Pakistan’s ISI was closely connected with top terrorists
of the IM. The NIA told the Court that ISI had been provoking
them against Indian and had been giving them shelter too.
India’s intelligence agencies
have begun investigating information that the head of al Qaeda’s
new unit in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) is a former Uttar Pradesh
resident. Maulana Asim Umar, earlier reported to be a Pakistani
national, is now believed to have studied at Dar-ul-Uloom seminary
in Deoband, before emigrating from India in the late-1990s.
Two suspected IM militants were
killed and another one critically injured when an IED they were
allegedly making exploded in the house of a TMC leader in Khagragarh
area in Burdwan District of West Bengal. The killed militants
were identified as Shakeel Ahmed from Nadia District and Shobhan
Mondal from East Midnapore District. The third militant, identified
as Hasan Saheb of Murshidabad District is in critical condition.
Police sources said 55 IEDs were seized along with RDX, several
wrist watch dials, maps and SIM cards. Sources also said that
among the half burnt papers found later were leaflets of al Qaeda
leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and IM. Security agencies believe that
since the militants were already assembling IEDs, they planned
to hit an Indian city in a few days.
The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up
a mobile telephone tower at Mananpur area in Lakhisarai District
of Bihar, to enforce a 24-hour bandh called by them to
protest against the alleged killing of their members by Security
Forces. A dozen of armed rebels used dynamite to blow up the tower
of a private telecom operator at Mananpur area in the District.
Maoists set ablaze a private vehicle
in Jamui District of Bihar, during the bandh called by
the Maoists.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as, Laxman Pujari (25) and Chaitanya Harijan, surrendered before
the BSF DIG K.V. Raghavacharyulu at its Sector Headquarters in
Malkangiri District of Odisha. Pujari and Harijan, natives of
Luler village under Mathili Police Station limits, were the members
of CPI-Maoist Darbha division operating in Odisha-Chhattisgarh
border and were working for Sunadhar, ACM of the CPI-Maoist Darbha
Division, and also indulged in extortion of money, providing logistic
support for conducting public meetings, distribution of banners
and pamphlets in the area.
NSCN-K militant Daikho was abducted
by suspected NSCN-IM militants from his residence in an undisclosed
location. (Manipur)
URF that the outfit is left with
no other option other than quit MoS signed with both Manipur and
GoI. The ‘chairman’ Lanheiba Meitei stated that that its cadres
have been instructed to be vigilant against any instigation and
stated that picking up arms once again has been necessitated in
order to defend one’s own rights.
A sit-in-protest was staged at
MG Avenue at Thangal Bazar in Imphal West District by the Non-Manipuris
of the State condemning the bomb blast at the area on October
1 which killed a Police mand and injured 27 civilians.
The local populace of Phayeng
(Imphal West of Manipur) took out a protest rally condemning the
grenade attack on the residence of Pradhan (chief) of Phayeng
Gram Panchayat.
24 hour shutdown in the Khasi
Jaintia Hills region called by HNLC passed off peacefully. Stringent
security measures were taken by the police to thwart any law and
order problems. (Meghalaya)
A Government official stated that
there would be a ceremony for the surrender of arms by ANVC and
ANVC-B. (Meghalaya)
NLFT allegedly abducted two tribal
youths Barendra Reang and Harendra Reang, from a Jhum hut in remote
J. C. Para under Gandacherra Police Station in Dhalai District
of Tripura.
Dimapur Police arrested 6 persons
from Kushiabill area in Dimapur in Nagaland for collecting illegal
taxes from trucks. They have been identified as Akashe Chopy,
Shikato Chopy, Hotokhu Chopy, Zubemo Merry Kitoka Chopy and Vikaho
Sema. Police recovered INR 14,367 and list of the vehicles from
whom the illegal taxes were collected.
Dimapur Police arrested an individual,
identified as Mughato Awomi, from Zani village in Dimapur District
of Nagaland while he was extorting money for NSCN-IM and FGN.
Tax challan of FGN, two motor cycles and cash amounting
to INR 1100 was recovered from him. He was collecting money for
both FGN and NSCN-IM for three months.
Police recovered body of a civilian
identified as Sukur Ali from Watregre village under Raksamgre
in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya. He is suspected to have been
murdered by unknown miscreants.
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October 3 |
Violating ceasefire, Pakistan
Army resorted unprovoked firing along the LoC in Sabjian Sector
of Poonch District of J&K, killing a teen-aged girl and injuring
four others. At least 40 houses suffered minor damage in six villages
in Pakistan shelling.
An HM militant, identified as
Showkat Qasba, was killed in an encounter with SFs at Batpora
Charsu area in Pulwama District of J&K.
Pakistan Army resorted unprovoked
firing along the IB in Arnia and Pargwal Sectors of Jammu District
of J&K. No casualties or damage was reported so far in the
firing.
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire
and resorted unprovoked firing along the LoC in Gulmarg Sector
of Baramula District of J&K. Indian troops retaliated strongly.
An Army official said that the ceasefire violation is aimed at
providing cover to infiltrators. He said that over 200 militants
are waiting for infiltration on launch pads along the LoC in PoK.
The Indian security establishment
is worried over the discovery of a defused grenade inside an Air
India aircraft kept standby in Delhi for PM Narendra Modi's recent
trip to the US. Security agencies found a defused grenade inside
the business class of the aircraft.
Around 30 unidentified CPI-Maoist
cadres raided Urain village and killed Arjun Mandal, a Police
guard working at Kajra Police Station in Lakhisarai District of
Bihar. Mandal was deputed on duty for Durga puja in Urain village.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Naresh Usendi (18), was arrested by the Police team during
a search operation in Edanar village forests under Tadoki Police
Station limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
The Police have stepped up vigil
in Attappady region in Mannarghat Taluk in Palakkad
District of Kerala, following the appearance of flex boards allegedly
installed by the CPI-Maoist to exhort the working class to prepare
for an ‘armed battle’ against ‘ruling elites’. While most of the
flex boards were seen in Kallamala region of western Attappady,
a few were installed at Poonchola and Pambbanthode villages close
to Mannarkkad.
Trader identified as Mayajul Haq
who was abducted on September 25 managed to escape from the militants.(Assam)
Body of NSCN-K militant Daikho
who was abducted by suspected NSCN-IM militants was recovered
at Khongnem area in Senapati District of Manipur.
A joint team of AR and Indian
Army launched a joint operation at Heigrutampak in Chandel District
of Manipur and arrested a UNLF militant ‘private’ Khongdongbam
Ibosana Singh. One hand grenade and eight live rounds of AK-47
were recovered from him.
Manipur Government announced an
ex-gratia of INR 500,000 to the next of kin of the Policeman,
who died in IED blast on October 1. A compensation of INR 50,000
each has also been announced for the persons who suffered serious
injury and INR 20000 to those who sustained minor injury.
Responding to query on whether
the Manipur Government has established any clue on the culprits
of the blast, CM Okram Ibobi said that Police are investigating
the incident and the culprits would come to light soon.
Meghalaya Government will work
out a date for the surrender of arms and ammunition by ANVC and
ANVC-B. One of the conditions stipulated in the peace pact is
that both factions would be disbanded within three months from
the date of signing of the peace pact.
As per FIR lodged by East Jaintia
Hills District ADM and Deputy SP Karthekeyan about the September
24 shooting incident in East Jaintia Hills when two civilians
were killed, states that gun shots came out from the mob. The
FIR is understood to be an indirect pointer at the possibility
of the mob themselves who were responsible for the death of the
two people. (Meghalaya)
A trader Mayajul Haq who was abducted
by UDLA on September 22, managed to escape from the militant hide
out. (Assam)
An individual identified as Rocky
Langthasa, was abducted from Hazagaphar in Karbi Anglong District
of Assam for a ransom demand of INR 300000.
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October 4 |
An Army soldier, identified as
Akshaya Godbole, was killed while another - Shubam Khadatkhar
was injured when an IED went off at Mendhar sector near the LoC
in Poonch District of J&K.
Two civilians, identified as Dewan
Chand and Ghar Chand, were injured as Pakistan Rangers fired on
forward Indian positions at Arnia sector of Jammu District of
J&K, along the international border.
During a joint search operation,
Army and local Police thwarted a major terror plot by neutralizing
a hideout of the militants at Badani Nullah in Bhaderwah tehsil
of Doda District of J&K. Recoveries made from the hideout,
included one AK-47 rifles with two magazines and 195 rounds, two
9mm Chinese pistols with two magazines, one .303 rifle with 15
magazines and 15 rounds, one 12 bore gun with one cartridge and
two fired cases, one Chinese sniper sight with eight rounds, 45
belts with Pika rounds, four UMG rounds, seven Chinese hand grenades,
seven UBGL rounds, eight kg RDX, two electric detonators, one
country made pistol, one pouch, two blankets, Rs 10 in Pakistan
currency, Pakistani literature, three steel plates, two glasses
and one stove.
Agencies probing four youths from
Kalyan (Maharashtra) who are suspected to have joined the ISIS
have found a photograph of one of them riding a motorcycle in
Syria, carrying a flag of the terror organizatio. Sources from
local investigating agencies claimed that the IB had received
a photo from Syria from their sources in which the youth is seen
riding motorcycle with three others. The IB shared the photo with
investigators from Maharashtra and showed it to the youth's family.
But sources said the youth's family insisted the person in the
photograph was not their son.
AuT, an ultra-religious offshoot
of IM, has pledged allegiance to the terrorist group IS and its
self-styled caliph Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi threatening major attacks
in India. In a video released through its official media outlet,
AuT’s ideologue and chief Abdul Rehman Nadvi Al-Hindi announced
the group’s decision of getting under the IS umbrella. AuT is
in its nascent stage and has evolved under TTP, focusing primarily
on waging jihad in India. Vowing to create Islamic State
in India, Nadvi said: “The Ummah (community) could not
afford to lose this battle, as it will mean subjugation forever.”
Nadvi is believed to be leading the pack of old IM leaders, mostly
from Azamgarh District of Uttar Pradesh, who had moved to Pakistan
after the Batla House encounter in Delhi.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as, identified as Yalam Samaiyya (34) and Dubba Kanahiya (25),
upset by harassment by their colleagues surrendered before the
Police in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. The Maoist duos, residents
of Loded village were active in Madded area in the District and
were involved in different Naxal activities.
The Delhi Police crime branch
in a joint operation with Jharkhand Police arrested former Agriculture
Minister and sitting Congress MLA of Jharkhand Assembly, Yogendra
Saw from JJ colony in Shakurpur of northwest Delhi in New Delhi.
Saw is a suspected CPI-Maoist sympathizer and accused of running
two terror organizations-Jharkhand Tiger Group and Jharkhand Bachao
Andolan-which carry out anti-social activities, Police said.
Two suspected GNLA were killed
in an encounter with SFs at Balaikhamar in Goalpara District of
Assam. Two 7.65 mm pistols, 9 cartridges and three grenades were
recovered from them.
A suspected arms dealer Samuel
Bora was injured when Police resorted to firing near Bamunimaidam
in Kamrup District of Assam. The incident took place when suspected
elements tried to snatch the weapon of the on-duty Police personnel.
Subsequently Police fired on the arms dealer and he was injured.
During the search operation, a revolver was seized. The suspected
arms dealer is believed to have some links with NSCN-IM.
UDPF condemned the arrest of the
founder chairman of Ranjan Daimari UDPF press communiqué appealed
to the Government to release Daimary and continue the peace process
to find out an amicable solution to their problems. The UDPF also
appealed to the NDFB to refrain from any kind of violent activity
and maintain peace and tranquillity in the region. (Assam)
A combined team of Thoubal District
Commandos and AR arrested a ‘lance corporal’ of KCP Ningombam
Bijen Singh alias Nongyai, during a frisking and checking
operation conducted at Kakching Wairi Khunyai area in Thoubal
District of Manipur. On his disclosure a 7.65 mm pistol with two
live rounds were seized from his house in an undisclosed location.
ZUF claimed in a press statement
that a militant of NSCN-IM as ‘second lieutenant’ Namyineng Nriame,
has joined ZUF. The press statement also claimed that of the Home-Coming
of Zeliangrong Comrade was held at the General Head Quarters of
ZUF. (Manipur)
SFs arrested ‘lance corporal’
Thokchom Momo Meitei alias Marjit alias Francis
of PREPAK from Nongmeibung Pung Makhong in Imphal East of Manipur.
On his disclosure another PREPAK militant, identified as Okram
Nanao Singh alias Nandi, was arrested from his residence.
Investigation revealed that they were involved in extortion of
money from the general public, Government Officials and contractors.
BSF and Police recovered FICN
of INR 184,000 in the denominations of INR 1000 at Tlabung Market
in Demagiri in Lunglei District of Mizoram and arrested two smugglers
Chandalay Chakma and Taranga Mohan Chakma. DIG of BSF Satish Budakoti
stated that FICN was brought from Bangladesh to Demagiri in order
to take them to the interior areas.
Intelligence agencies have learnt
that Indian agents have to take the cattle in high demand in Bangladesh
as a barter system to the pre–arranged destinations there. In
exchange of the market price of INR 4,000 for a cow, Bangladeshi
agents pay their Indian counterparts FICN of INR 10,000. (Mizoram)
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October 5 |
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire
in the Mendhar and Sawjian Sector of Poonch District of J&K.
At least five civilians were killed
and 26 others were injured in a major ceasefire violation along
the IB by Pakistan Army in Arnia Sector of Jammu District of J&K.
According to reports, Pakistan troops fired at BSF posts and also
targeted civilian areas in Arnia sector.
Violating the ceasefire, Pakistani
troops opened heavy fire on Indian posts along the LoC in Balnoie
Sub-Sector of Poonch District of J&K.
Police arrested Shakeel's widow
Rumi Biwi and Hasan's wife Amina Biwi along with landlord and
TMC leader Nurul Hasan Choudhury in connection with the Burdwan
blast and they were remanded to nine days in Police custody. ASP
(Burdwan) Tarun Halder said that "Following their interrogation,
we have found sufficient evidence to suggest they are a part of
the conspiracy." The STF, ATS and CID are looking into the
possible involvement of groups like LeT and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami.
According to sources, a suspected
terror financier and senior IM operative slipped out of India’s
hands when the UAE, under pressure from Pakistan, freed Abdul
Wahid Siddibappa as New Delhi was slow in sending the extradition
request. Abdul Wahid Siddibappa is a suspect in 2006 Mumbai (Maharashtra)
train blasts in which 209 people were killed. He is also a cousin
of jailed top IM member Yasin Bhatkal. Wahid was arrested in Abu
Dhabi in January 2014. Source said that Wahid was released from
a prison in Abu Dhabi in May and he could be in Pakistan now.
A tribal village head or peda,
identified as Kalmu Penta (52), was killed by cadres of the CPI-Maoist
in the Malkangiri District of Odisha, suspecting him to be a ‘Police
informer’. According to the anti-Naxalite cell in the District,
some rebels had reached the house of Penta in the Potteru Basti
area of Mangipalli village in the night of October 4, and forcefully
took him with them. Later they had shot him from close range and
the bullet-ridden body of Penta was found near a hillock on the
outskirts of Mangipalli village under Malkangiri Village 79 (MV79)
Police Station limits of the District.
The ‘chairman’ Lanheiba alias
Gopendro Mangang of URF had left the designated camp which
was a Spinning Mill at Loitang Khunou in Imphal West in Manipur.
Around 90 cadres who have left the designated one by one before
September 20 have also not returned to the designated camp.
HNLC threatened to resort back
to its militant activities. The ‘publicity secretary’ Sainkupar
Nongtraw said that even though the deadline given by the outfit
to assign an interlocutor ended on September 24, the GoI was yet
to act on the matter.( Meghalaya)
MHA official stated that at least
2,136 Bru refugees have returned to Mizoram from the six relief
camps in Tripura since June 21. MBDPF has been demanding resettlement
package to be increased from INR 85,000 to INR 150,000 per family
and that the free ration to be provided to the repatriated families
should be extended from one year to two years.
GoI and the leaders of NSCN-IM
agreed to expedite the peace talks and to take the process to
a logical conclusion as soon as possible. MHA sources revealed
that the GoI has made it clear that political solution to the
issues would have to be found within the framework of the Constitution
of India. (Nagaland).
According to the Police, several
jehadi videos, CD of the 9/11 attack, grenades, shrapnel
etc have been recovered from Burdwan blast site (West Bengal).
It has been mentioned that a Bangladeshi called Kausar used to
take those grenades. But no clarification has been given about
where they were used.
Reports said that besides targeting
Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and even Kolkata, terrorists also had
plans to assassinate Bangladesh PM Sheikh Haseena. Sources said
documents and leaflets obtained from the house at Khagragarh in
Burdwan (West Bengal), where the blasts took place, point to a
larger plot to cause widespread destruction.
Four NDFB-IKS militants Ringsar
Daimary, Babul Rabha, Bisan Daimary and Jisoya Khaklary and one
RNLA militant Paneswar Rabha were arrested by a team of Army and
Police from Murabari in Udalguri District of Assam. A factory-made
revolver, two rounds of AK-47 live ammunition, a knife, INR 36,500
was recovered from them. They were involved in extortion in Kalaigaon,
Harisinga and Khairabari as well as Goreswar area.
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October 6 |
Three militants were killed as
Army foiled an infiltration bid along the LoC in Tangdhar Sector
of Kupwara District of J&K. An Army spokesman said that Army
troops in the forward areas of Tangdhar killed three militants
who were infiltrating from PoK. Bodies of these terrorists were
recovered from the site along with three AK 47 Rifles, ammunition
and other warlike stores.
Pakistan Rangers targeted 40 BoP
and 25 border hamlets by resorting to heavy mortar shelling and
firing along the IB in Arnia, R S Pura, Kanachak and Pargwal Sub-Sectors
of Jammu Districts of J&K, leaving three civilians injured.
The NIA in its supplementary charge
sheet filed against 20 suspected IM men in a special court said
that IM co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal not only used to send funds for
terror acts across the country but also regularly provided money
to families of the jailed and absconding operatives of the banned
outfit. The NIA also claimed that Pakistan-based Riyaz Bhatkal
had earlier asked arrested IM India chief Yasin Bhatkal to establish
contacts with Maoists in Nepal for supply of arms for terror activities
in India.
The IB and other Central intelligence
agencies have warned that Pakistan has prepared terror plots to
target India’s hinterland in the festive season, and a large consignment
of arms and ammunition has been sent to the Delhi- NCR area. The
IB added that the terror module meant to handle this cache is
also headed here from Karachi, Pakistan. According to the IB alert
the Delhi area’s mass transit systems, including airports, railway
stations, Metro, and places where people gather in large numbers
like malls are likely targets. According to the inputs, the arms
consignment from Pakistan has entered the country through Rajasthan
and reached Faridabad where it is stored at an unspecified place.
Sources in the central intelligence
agency said that al Qaeda, which recently announced an Indian
wing AQIS, to carry out terrorist activities, has launched a module
to recruit jihadis. The analysis of chatters between terrorists
based in Pakistan reveals that an al Qaeda terrorist has been
given the responsibility of Uttar Pradesh and he is said to be
operating independently. Several IM sleeper cells too have joined
the separate module. According to officials, the al Qaeda cell
in Bangladesh comprising Rohingya Muslims is tasked to provide
logistics to terrorists in India to target vital installations,
including trains. The terror finance is pumped through a Nepal-based
hawala operator routed through Dubai.
Four days after the Burdwan blast
the CID in its primary report to the State Government has blamed
Bangladesh-based terror outfit JMB. CID report said that the blast
was an accident and that the explosive devices were meant for
Bangladesh. According to the report, one of the persons killed
in the blast, Shakil Ahmed, was a resident of Bangladesh and a
member of JMB, an organisation founded by Shaikh Abdur Rahman
in 2005.
The central investigating agencies
probing the Burdwan blast are not ruling out the involvement of
Indian terror outfits like the banned SIMI. According to sources,
SIMI's Safdar Nagori, who is now in jail, was present in this
area between 2005 and 2009. An IB officer said “We need to know
who gave them financial and logistic support." The NIA report
says that this matter is not solely restricted to activities of
JMB. According to NIA, Shakil used to frequent the port area of
Kolkata from where a top SIMI leader was arrested in 2012.
Police busted a gang involved
in making FICNs and seized 11,000 notes of INR 100 denomination
after a raid at a fake currency printing unit in Satna District
of Madhya Pradesh. Four people, identified as Sonu Pathak (20),
Manoj Pandey (30), Prasenjit Mishra (27), and Ashish Sharma have
been arrested and equipment used for printing notes was also detained
from the premises.
Reports said that the CID is on
the lookout for two suspects Kausar and Abdul Kalam Sheikh in
connection with the Burdwan blast case (October 2) in Khagragarh
area in Burdwan District of West Bengal. Kausar is suspected to
be a regular at the house in Khagragarh were the blast took place.
The CID is also searching for one Abul Kalam, a resident of Mangalkote
area of Burdwan District.
A villager, identified as Madkami
Hidma (38), was killed by suspected armed cadres of the CPI-Maoist
in Milanpalli village under Jagargunda Police Station limits in
Sukma District OF Chhattisgarh, branding him as a ‘Police informer’.
Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh said
that he is ready to embrace Maoists if they give up their path
of violence and join the mainstream of society. “People involved
in Maoist activities are part of our society. We are ready to
hug them if they wish to join the mainstream by laying down arms
and quitting violence,” Singh said while addressing a ‘Muria Darbar’
meeting of tribals in Jagdalpur District headquarters.
Chhattisgarh Police denied reports
that said its personnel and para-military forces have encircled
top Maoist leader and ‘general secretary’ of the party Muppala
Lakshman Rao alias Ganapathy in the Abujmarh forests in
tribal Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. It said the reports are
"highly speculative."
A man identified as Mohammed Azad
Khan was injured in an IED explosion at Hatta Makha Leikai in
Imphal East of Manipur.
URF asked the Government to return
the weaponry that were handed over to the administration as part
of the process of entering the peace talks. They also threatened
that until the fulfilment of its demand it will start striking
the Manipur Government and Congress workers.
43 militants were arrested in
the month of September. The arrested militants include 12 militants
of KYKL , 7 UNLF, 6 PREPAK-pro , 2 PREPAK and one militant each
of UKRA ZRA KNLA PULF-MI Khan and KCP-MTF.(Manipur)
ZU –AMN termed the killing of
Police informer Sathsiliu Gangmei on September 21 by ZUF
as unfortunate and urged all Zeliangrong National workers, civil
societies and individuals to restrain from any violent killing
in Zeliangrong inhabited areas of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur.
Six militants of GNLA including
an ‘area commander’ surrendered before Police at Tura in West
Garo Hills in Meghalaya. The surrendered cadres also deposited
arms and ammunition including an AK-56 along with two magazines,
82 live AK rounds, two 7.56 pistol with 2 magazines, 12 rounds
of 7.65 pistol ammunition and one grenade. All of the surrendered
cadres were recruited by the outfit between the years 2010-11
with most of them having received training in the Durama Hill
Range.
Six armed unidentified masked
miscreants robbed gold ornaments and cash valued at INR 282,000
from passengers of a bus and car at Laitumsaw village, Dangar
in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya.
Three suspected ASAK militants,
identified as Dilip Dalu, Gili Marak and and Sundaybirth Marak,
were thrashed by residents of Harigaon village near Garobadha
in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya while they were allegedly extorting
locals.
NSCN-KK NSSR celebrated its 2nd
anniversary.(Nagaland)
CM T.R.Zeliang stated that ILP
to enter Nagaland and some other north-eastern states has not
been successful in tackling the influx of migrants or illegal
Bangladeshi immigrants. He also added that Assam also bears responsibility
for the problem.
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October 7 |
A total of 16 persons including
three Army soldiers and a BSF trooper were injured in shelling
by Pakistan along the IB and LoC in Poonch sector in Poonch District
of J&K. Three Army soldiers including a JCO were seriously
injured when their location was hit by a mortar shell fired from
across the LoC in Gali Maidaan in Sabjian sector of Poonch District.
BSF ASI Resham Singh of the 86th battalion deployed at BOP Mala
Bela in Kanachak sector was also hit by splinters of mortar shell
and was injured, while a civilian, identified as Girdhari Sharma
was injured in Bhalwal Molu at Pargwal sector of Jammu District.
Eleven civilians were injured in heavy mortar shelling by Pakistan
Rangers along the IB in Arnia, RS Pura, Kanachak and Pargwal sectors
in Jammu District.
Police produced around 20 suspected
SIMI terrorists, who were arrested in 2008 on charges of conspiring
to spread terror by blasting bombs in several parts of South India,
before the Additional District and Sessions Court in Hubli, Karnataka
to record their statement. The accused were brought from different
states. Eight of them from Ahmedabad prison (Gujarat), two from
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) and the others from Dharwad central
jail (Karnataka). Another accused who is out on bail, was also
present in court to record his statement. All the accused ruled
out having any links with arrested IM terrorist Yasin Bhatkal
and claimed that they were framed by the Police.
More than 2,000 terrorists are
waiting across the LoC in the PoK to infiltrate into the Indian
Territory, according to Army estimates. There are more than 2,000
terrorists hiding on the other side and are getting trained in
the 20 terrorist camps there, Army sources said in New Delhi.
Bangladesh has asked India to
share any details of the Burdwan blast investigation that point
to the hand of Islamist terror groups on its soil. The prime suspect
in the blast, Shakeel Ahmed, who died on the spot, had allegedly
crossed over from Bangladesh in 2009. He had earlier rented a
house in Beldanga in Murshidabad District and only a few months
ago rented the one in Khagragarh in Burdwan, where the explosion
occurred. Expressing concern over the incident, Bangladesh’s junior
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said the Government of Bangladesh
has “not allowed” its territory to be used for anti-Indian activities.
Intelligence agencies have warned
the Centre that there is credible information to suggest that
al Qaeda has already initiated a move to rope in the SIMI to spread
its network in the country. According to a classified note sent
by the IB to key agencies and some Union ministries, “al Qaeda
through its operatives in Pakistan has already established contact
with Riyaz and Iqbal Bhtakal, founders of IM, in Karachi, to gain
access to SIMI’s formidable network of sleeper cells in the country.
Since IM has worked in close association with the SIMI in the
past, they will definitely help the al Qaeda and SIMI to come
together.”
Two Bangladeshi nationals have
been arrested from Basirhat in North 24-Parganas District of West
Bengal with FICNs. The arrested persons were identified as Farukh
Hossain Sardar and Saddam Hossain Sardar, residents of Satkhira
District in Bangladesh. ASP (North) of North 24-Parganas District
Bhaskar Mukherjee said "It is being investigated if they
have links with any terror outfit in Bangladesh."
Sheikh Abdul Hakim alias
Hasan Saheb, from Lalgola in Murshidabad District of West Bengal,
who was injured in the Burdwan blast was arrested.
Two more houses used by the Burdwan
blast suspect have been found at a walking distance from the Khagragarh
house where the October 2 explosion took place. SP, S M H Mirza
said the two houses at Baburbagh and Badshahi Road respectively
were traced on the basis of mobile tower location. The investigators
suspect that Kauser, whom the CID is looking for in connection
with the Burdwan blast, had resided in one of the houses.
In a joint operation, the CRPF
and District Police arrested a top CPI-Maoist, identified as Kedar
Yadav, from Thansinghdih village under Lokainaiyanpur Police Station
limits in Giridih District of Jharkhand.
A total of 12 CPI-Maoist cadres,
including three women cadres surrendered before Bastar IGP S.R.P.
Kalluri and senior BSF officials in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
The surrendered Maoists were identified as–Militia Platoon ‘Commander’
Somnath Kavade alias Bhagat alias Sher Singh, ‘Jan
Militia Commanders’ –Amitra, Mailiram Negi, Raju Paddha, ‘Jan
Militia’ members-–Shambhuram Dhruva, Santosh, Koksa Nureti, Maoist
cadres Pramila and Surekha and LOS Commander Rajnu and ‘Area Committee’
member Jela alias Risau Gavade.
Eight Maoists including two women
and a ‘Jan Militia Commander’ carrying a reward of INR 125,000
surrendered before SP Office in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
The surrendered cadres were active members of Barda Dalam
for past seven years, SP Kondagaon, Abhishek Meena said.
NDFB-IKS flayed the Government
of Assam for ‘slanderous’ remarks against them. In a press
statement ’information and publicity secretary’ NE Esara stated
that the arrest reports of NDFB-IKS militants on October 5 was
false.
Police rescued Rocky Langthasa,
who was abducted from Hazagaphar in Karbi Anglong District of
Assam on October 3.
SFs arrested a NSCN-K militant
identified as ‘2nd lieutenant Kalingong Pammei’ from
Chinghulong in Imphal West of Manipur and recovered one 9mm pistol
along with magazine was recovered from him.
Imphal West District (Manipur)
Police Commandos arrested a UNLF militant, identified as ‘lance
corporal’ Pukhrambam Birojit Meetei alias Yumsengba, from
an unidentified location.
NSCN-KK condemned the killing
of ‘captain’ Diko by NSCN-IM militants on October 3 at Khongnem
in Senapati.(Manipur)
Union Minister of state for Home
Affairs, Kiren Rijiju said that the BJP Government would not allow
the ongoing peace talks with NSCN-IM to jeopardize Manipur’s territorial
integrity.
Although SoO pact between UPF
and KNO, Manipur Government and GoI has been extended by another
one year, there is no question of holding any tripartite political
dialogue as both the KNO and the UPF have certain grudges against
the Government.
A Bangladeshi FICN racketeer,
identified as Sital Nokret, was arrested by BSF at Border out
Post Gaonbari in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. FICN
of INR 8,000 was recovered from him.
Two NSCN-K militants identified
as as Atoka Awomi and Lutoi Chophy were arrested while they were
allegedly collecting illegal taxes from business establishments
in Old Market, Dimapur in Nagaland. An illegal tax slip and INR
1500 were recovered from them.
PM Narendra Modi is unlikely to
meet the NSCN-IM leaders and instead the Home Ministry has been
told that negotiations will take place only at the level of the
Central interlocutor RN Ravi. The move by the Government may come
as a surprise because the NSCN-IM leaders have, called on the
PM in the past. NSCN-IM top leaders Isak Chisi Swu and Th Muivah
have sent feelers several times for a meeting with Modi. (Nagaland)
Nagaland Home Minister Y. Patton
asked SP and DC Wokha District to lift Section 144 CrPc from Ralan
areas with immediate effect. He alleged that the Central Armed
Police Force were “harassing and checking” Nagas and their vehicles
while vehicles owned by people from Assam could ply freely.
ACAUT appealed the public to be
vigilant of anti social elements coming for “donation and contribution”
in the name of ACAUT.(Nagaland)
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October 7-8 |
UNC has reaffirmed its earlier
stance to severe political ties with the ‘communal government’
of Manipur and the boycott of ADCs. The resolution to this effect
was taken during its 4th Council Assembly held at Tumnoupokpi
Village, Tahamzam in Senapati.
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October 8 |
A 70-year-old woman was killed
in firing by Pakistani troops in Samba sector in Samba District
of J&K. Six persons have also been injured in the firing by
Pakistani troops in Jammu, Samba and Kutwa Districts along the
IB.
Two women, identified as Shukuntla
Devi and her daughter-in-law Poli Devi, were killed in Challyari
Village of Samba District of J&K and 16 others including two
BSF personnel and 14 civilians were injured in border area as
Pakistan Rangers violated ceasefire and fired mortar shells in
civil areas along the entire IB from Kathua to Akhnoor (Jammu
District).
Nearly 20,000 people including
about 7500 alone in Hiranagar Sector (Kathua District of J&K),
have deserted their houses in forward areas on the IB from Hiranagar
to Akhnoor, and taken shelter in safer locations identified by
the administration for them. Authorities were in the process of
identifying more locations in safer areas to accommodate the people
as they were anticipating more migration from the border villages
due to continued shelling and firing from Pakistan side.
The BSF troopers retaliated effectively
at all the places with equal caliber of weapons. Pakistan side,
according to available reports, has suffered extensive damage
in retaliatory firing by the BSF. (J&K)
The CID officials said that the
four persons arrested in connection with the Burdwan blast case
have been charged under sections of the UAPA and other sections
of the IPC such as 121A, 122 and 123 relating to waging war against
the state. DIG of CID, Dilip Adak said that “We have charged all
the four including two women under several sections of the UAPA.”
The arrested persons were identified as Sheikh Abdul Hakim alias
Hasan Saheb, Hafez Mollah alias Hasan, Rajira Bibi alias
Rumi and Amina Bibi.
The CID officers claimed that
the terror links of Burdwan blast seem to have spread across the
country to J&K, Mumbai and Tamil Nadu. DIG of CID Dilip Adak
said “It seems Shakil and his associates in Burdwan made and received
several calls to and from Tamil Nadu, Mumbai and J&K barely
48 hours before the blast on the morning of October 2.” Another
investigating officer said “We are now certain that Bangladeshi
outfit JMB is involved in the crime. Shakil and his wife are members
of the outfit. Analysing these phone calls, we are trying to find
out whether other outfits like IM also involved.”
Fearing a backlash against Indians
in Iraq, the Central Government is reluctant to allow NIA to register
a case against terror group ISIS. Highly-placed sources said Indians
who are still in the captivity of the ISIS could become soft targets
if India initiates any action against them. Thirty nine Indians
still remain in their custody. "We are apprehensive as the
group could target Indians in Iraq and other countries in the
region where it is active," said a senior Government official.
A person, identified as Aayturam
(50), was killed by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres in Bhanupratapur
region in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. The daughter of Aayturam
had worked with Maoists as member of Maoist group active in Rajnandgaon
region, and few months back she had laid down arms, SP, RN Dash
said.
Three woman cadres of the CPI-Maoist
were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in Bijapur
District of Chhattisgarh.
Four Maoists were arrested during
separate operations carried out by SFs in Kanker and Kondagaon
Districts of Chhattisgarh.
Joint team of Police and Army
killed four NDFB-IKS militants, ‘second in command’ of outfit
Muhar Basumatary, Domsatorong, Loharun and Maisaran at Kokrajhar
in Assam. SFs recovered one AK-56 magazine, 20 live rounds of
ammunition, three pistols.
NDFB-IKS militant, identified
as Nirjon Basumatary alias Ganda alias B Nangtha,
was killed and three civilians identified, as Lalit Swargiary,
Pratap Boro and Ratneswar Boro, were injured when two groups of
the militant outfit fired at each other at Rowta in Udalguri District
of Assam.
SFs arrested three NDFB-IKS militants
after an encounter at Londangpara in Sonitpur District of Assam
‘section commander’ of the 3rd battalion Swgdang Basumatary alias
B. Sibbu, Rahul Boro alias D. Rwda and Arjun Mushahari.
A linkman of NDFB-IKS Jiban Narzary was also arrested. SFs recovered
two Chinese-made grenades, a 7.65mm pistol and live cartridges
from the arrested militants. The ‘section commander’ was injured
during the encounter.
Unidentified gunmen killed a former
NSCN-IM militant Mataimi Tangkhul and injured a one and a half
months old infant and his grandmother identified as Bilerian and
Ningwonla Muivah at Muirei village in Ukhrul of Manipur. The victim
has joined another faction and that he was summoned by NSCN-IM
to return which he had neglected to comply.
A hand Grenade grenade was found
at the gate of Misao Gas Agency's go down at Khuman Lampak in
Imphal West District of Manipur. Police later recovered the grenade.
District Police Commandos of Thoubal,
Imphal West of Manipur and AR conducted search operation at the
area of Salungpham Makha Leikai in Thoubal District and arrested
a PLA militant Phuritsabam Manimohon Meitei in Thoubal District.
On his disclosure, his associates namely, Pebam Roben Singh was
arrested from Salungpham Maning Leikai in Thoubal District and,
Naorem Sobha Meitei was arrested from Khangabok part-3 in Thoubal
District.
On further investigation it was
revealed that Phuritsabam Manimohon Meitei received IEDs from
Jakir Hussain alias Babu Khan and he was arrested from
Phouden Moirangpalli in Thoubal in Manipur. SFs also recovered
a remote control IED with 2 Claymores2 Special electrical detonators,
a Circuit with Arial, a Remote control device and a 9 volt battery
and a 2nd packet containing a High explosive mortar shell weighing
4.2 kg, a piece of TNT weighing 200 gm, 161.5 batteries, a Special
electrical detonator, a remote control device, a 9 volt battery
and a black circuit board with Arial, a Claymore weighing 1.69
kg, a Circuit board with Arial a remote control device, wire about
5m in length, a square black box containing TNT weighing 2.6kg,
a special electrical detonator and a 9 volt battery. All the arrested
persons were involved in transportation and causing IED blasts
in the State.
Suspected militants reportedly
thrashed a shop-keeper at Sim Veng cemetery under Churachandpur
District of Manipur.
PREPAK its 37th rising
day The ‘chairman’ Nongdrenkhomba on the occasion called upon
all the indigenous people to unite and collectively take the fight
against the common adversary. He also greeted the party members
of CorCom. (Manipur)
NPMHR expressed serious concern
at the perpetuation of violence through continued militarisation
of the North East and the propensity of the State to rely on militaristic
means to address any issue.(Nagaland)
NSCN-IM cautioned all the “national
workers” against involving in the 11-Northern Angami-II Assembly
Constituency (AC) bye-election. In a notification it stated that
“any national workers (Angami region in particular) found participating
in the electioneering process in any manner shall be dealt with
dire consequences. (Nagaland)
Tripura State Police IG stated
that 15 hideouts of NLFT still exist in neighbouring Bangladesh.
Around six hideouts are adjacent to the Indo-Bangladesh border
while others are far away from it and all the hideouts are concentrated
in CHT. IG also stated that intelligence reports indicated zero
militant movement inside the State.
A forester employed by GHADC Albert
B Marak was reportedly abducted by unknown miscreants from Boda
Apal village under Mendipathar Police station in North Garo Hills
of Meghalaya.
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October 9 |
At least 15 persons including
three BSF personnel and 12 civilians were injured as there was
no let up in heavy mortar shelling and firing by the Pakistan
Rangers all along 198 kilometers long IB in Jammu Division of
J&K. According to sources, nearly 70 BSF posts and 150 villages
along the IB were being shelled constantly by the Rangers.
Army said that SFs recovered an
automatic rifle and ammunition after neutralizing a militant hideout
in Reasi District of J&K.
Police arrested a suspected militant
guide who acted as an OGW, identified as Wali Mohammed (65), on
the LoC in Poonch District of J&K.
The Central Government transferred
the Burdwan blast case to the NIA, a day after the West Bengal
Police invoked the provisions of the UAPA against the four arrested
accused. A week after the incident, the Centre invoked Section
6 (5) of the NIA Act, 2008 to transfer the case to the agency.
The provision empowers the Centre to suo motu transfer cases involving
laws specified in the Offences Schedule of the Act. The Central
probe was approved after it was apparent that the West Bengal
Government would not come in the way of the NIA investigation.
The State investigating agency
said that it suspects the Burdwan blast terror network spread
over at least three Districts of West Bengal. According to the
CID as many as 16 calls were made to Sheikh Kader at his Kirnahar
home days before the Burdwan blast on October 2. A total 24 calls
reached Borhan Sheikh at Simulia village in Mangalkote in Burdwan
District and Yusuf Mollah staying at Mokamnagar in Lalgola in
Murshidabad District as a build up to the operation. The CDR points
to a triangular chain touching Burdwan, Birbhum and Murshidabad
Districts from where members of the Bangladesh-based Islamic outfit
Hifazat-e-Islami were coordinating with one another. Raids in
these areas have brought to fore specific job distribution of
the coordinators from the three places.
CID has recovered a dairy, which
was maintained by both Shakil Ahmed, who died in the Burdwan blast,
and the absconding Kausar, the suspected linkmen to the entire
JMB module has entries made in coded languages. Sources said the
diary speaks extensively of an all-women educational institution
that was set up in 2008 in Simulia in Burdwan District. It was
in 2007 that Shakil had come to India and the module became operational.
. Sources claim that the working of this institute was exactly
how the Bangladesh-based Hifazat-E-Islam, allegedly a Jamaat wing,
runs its own educational institutes in the Chittagong area.
The ED has started probing the
Burdwan blast case in order to track the money trail that helped
the suspected militants buy raw material for the explosives.
The ED is probing the case since there are reports that money
was sent to the suspected terrorists through the hawala
channel. After the blast, the Police seized INR 48,000 stacked
in bundles of INR 500 denomination notes. The ED also suspects
that huge money was sent from Bangladesh.
The Indian Navy has placed warships
on high alert for terrorist attacks on the high seas following
last month’s near successful hijacking of a Pakistani missile
frigate in Karachi. The preparations come amidst new revelations
that AQIS had attempted to hijack the Pakistani missile frigate
PNS Aslat to attack Indian warships. The sources said that naval
commanders had been asked to watch for unusual movements by Pakistani
warships operating in the Indian Ocean, and also to guard against
strikes involving fishing boats rigged with explosives.
A full-blown hacking and defacement
war has erupted in the cyberspace as over a dozen Indian and Pakistani
websites were defaced by hackers from either side. The website
of the PCI in the capital was hacked and defaced, with the hackers'
message on the website's home page claiming Pakistani origin.
A hacker group calling itself "Indian Hackers Online Squad"
hacked and defaced the website of the Pakistan's main opposition
party, PPP, www.ppp.org.pk, with one "Bl@k Dr@gon" claiming
credit.
Madhya Pradesh Police arrested
three persons, identified as Babulal Sahu, and Parsuram Sahu of
Harrai village in Chhindwara District and Anupam Majumdar of West
Bengal, from Chhindwara District with FICN of INR 568,000. Police
suspect it as a module of an international syndicate allegedly
involved in pumping Pakistan-made superfine quality FICNs into
remote tribal areas of the state. Police have also come across
more links of the syndicate. DIG Chhindwara range, Umesh Joga
said that "Chhindwara now has the second highest circulation
of FICNs because of tribal population. We have dispatched our
team to West Bengal for further investigation."
A CRPF trooper, identified as
Sandeep Kumar, was injured in an encounter between SFs and the
cadres of the CPI-Maoist in a forested pocket in Kudmel hills
under Mirtur Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Ajay Kumar Mandavi (19), surrendered in Dantewada District
of Chhattisgarh. He deposited crackers, bombs, pipes used in making
explosives along with Maoist literature, banners and posters.
Three cadres of PLFI, a splinter
group of the CPI-Maoist, were lynched by villagers at Baghima
Narotoli village of Gumla District of Jharkhand.
SFs killed an unidentified NDFB-IKS
militant at Tarajuli of Sonitpur District of Assam. One pistol,
a grenade along with some ammunition was recovered from the slain
terrorist.
Assam will soon get an elite RAF
battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to combat
unrest and riots, especially in BTAD. RAF is a specialized wing
of the paramilitary forces and helps control riots, riot-like
situations and unruly crowds. It also helps in rescue and relief
operations.
PREPAK militant, identified as Nongthombam Loken
Singh, was arrested by SFs in Nambol Thangtek area in Bishnupur
in Manipur.
PREPAK militant, identified as
Laishram Nongdrenkhomba Meitei alias Shusil alias
Ningai, was arrested by SFs from Leimapokpam near Kabui village
in Thoubal District of Manipur. One 0.32 pistol and one live round
was recovered from him.
AR and Moreh Police launched an
operation at Pangal Basti in Chandel District of Manipur and arrested
a KCP-N militant identified as Phundeimaiyam Sanatomba.
Police have registered a case
against URF which had earlier announced its decision of taking
up arm again, under UAPA and relevant section of IPC.(Manipur)
Two militants of GNLA and ULFA-I,
identified as Ratan Marak and alias Okkaru and K Rabha
alias Nobo, surrendered before the Meghalaya Police in
East Garo Hills.
There have been 20 cases of militants
being lynched unto death by villagers in the five Districts of
Garo Hills in Meghalaya in the past eight months. The public lynch
occurred mostly in remote villages where there is virtually no
Police presence at all. Analysis carried out by the security agencies
suggested to the type of harassment and physical abuse that the
villagers had to face before taking on the militants.
A senior Meghalaya official stated
that September 24 Peace pact between GoI , ANVC and ANVC-B does
not deter the law to take its own course of action against those
cadres listed and charge sheeted for their involvement in heinous
crime.
Sources involved in monitoring
the insurgent activities in Garo Hills are emphatic in saying
that the GoI ANVC, ANVC–B peace pact will usher peace in the five
Districts of Garo Hills of Meghalaya. A Police Source stated that
multiple militants groups have crop up from these forces and they
are creating a reign of terror in many pockets.
To resolve Naga Insurgency issue,
GoI offered 6th Schedule as a possible solution three times in
the course of the ongoing political dialogue with NSCN-IM Pan
Naga Development Council was mooted at one instance in the course
of exploring a solution to the Naga issue. But the idea could
not fructify as a solution to the peace process. (Nagaland)
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October 10 |
The Police arrested six persons
in Barpeta District of Assam for alleged links with the Bangladesh-based
terror outfit JMB, which is suspected to be behind the October
2 blast at Burdwan in West Bengal. The arrested persons, identified
as Golam Osmani, Johurddin, Siraj Ali Khan, Rafiqul Islam, Sarbes
Ali and Saiful Islam were remanded in 14-day Police custody by
a Kamrup Court.
Officials of the DRI with the
help of Police arrested one person, identified as Satyendra Kumar
alias Satyendra Yadav, who is believed to be a kingpin
of a FICN smuggling racket that pumps in about INR 10 million
counterfeit currencies in the state every month, from West Champaran
District of Bihar. He was presented before the economic offences
court, Muzaffarpur and sent to 14 days of judicial custody.
Top LeT bomb expert Abdul Karim
Tunda was produced in Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Ghaziabad,
Uttar Pradesh by the Delhi Police in connection with four bomb
blast that took place in the District in 1997 after which the
case was shifted to the Sessions court. CJM, Harendra Prashad,
transferred the case to District and Sessions court, District
Prosecuting Officer SK Singh said. Now he will be produced before
the Sessions Court on October 28, Singh said.
The NIA began its probe into the
Burdwan blast after registering a FIR in connection with the case
in Delhi. Sources said the case would be investigated by NIA's
Kolkata branch. The NIA FIR has invoked five sections of UAPA
apart from various sections of Arms Act and IPC. NIA will take
into custody all the suspects for questioning. An NIA official
said that “There is evidence to suggest that those involved had
links in Bangladesh. If necessary, we will also contact the Bangladeshi
authorities seeking cooperation in the probe. The material evidence
would also be sent for forensic examination and analysis. The
case papers are being handed over to us.”
An IB report based on the statement
of the suspected JMB hit squad member, Razia Begum alias
Rumi said that Shakil Ahmed Gazi, who died in the Burdwan blast,
was the operations head of JMB and the No. 2 of JMB's India unit.
The Central investigating agencies said that the JMB module operating
in Bengal, led by Shakil, specialized in IEDs and had 12 core
members with dozens of locals who provided the logistics. According
to security agencies, Police are investigating how many IEDs have
crossed the border. Sources said that Kausar, who acted as the
group's carrier and now tops Bengal's most-wanted list may have
delivered at least seven "consignments" from Khagragarh.
Since each consignment contained about 100 IEDs, over 700 such
IEDs might have crossed the border, said security agencies.
The NIA has been granted three
days custody of Arun Selvarajan, a suspected ISI spy who was arrested
last month in Chennai by a special Court in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
NIA sought custody of Selvarajan for the second time, submitting
a need to further interrogate him on details of his activities
and of his links with the Pakistan’s intelligence agency.
This was for the first time during
past 10 days that not even a single bullet or shell was fired
by Pakistan Army on the IB from October 9 night during past 10
days. The LoC in Poonch District of J&K was also calm for
past three nights.
The cadres of the CPI-Maoist set
ablaze two mobile phone towers at Karhbinda village under Ramgarh
Police Station limits in Dumka District of Jharkhand, to protest
against the arrest of top Maoist leader Pravil Da from Harwadangal
village in Ramgarh Block in Dumka District on September 27. The
rebels also raised anti-Police slogans and announced a daylong
bandh in Santhal Pargana on October 11. The Maoists had
organized a meeting in the village and around 11am, led a mob
of 150 villagers to the site where the towers were located 200m
apart, Police said. The rebels also blocked the Dumka-Ramgarh
road for hours.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Hemla Joga (30) and Kawasi Joga (25), were arrested and weapons
recovered from them following a brief gun-battle between Police
and the Maoists at Banjepalli village under Jagargunda Police
Station in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
Two cadres of the CPI-Maoist,
identified as Mekala Raju alias Rajkumar (28) of Bhupalpally
and Midium Somidi alias Sangeetha (23) of Chhattisgarh,
surrendered before the Police in the presence of Rural SP L.K.V.
Ranga Rao, in Warangal District of Telangana. Raju is the secretary
of Maoist party Eturunagaram – Mahadevpur ‘area committee’ while
Somidi is a member of the same.
Amrit Paul, IG (Western Range),
said that there was no noticeable Naxal activity in Udupi
District of Karnataka, but intelligence agencies were on the guard.
Answering to a question, he said that there were only about 20
Naxals in the State, as per intelligence reports. Speaking
to presspersons in the District, he said that the State Government
had offered a package for Naxals to surrender. Monetary
assistance would be given to them on a case by case basis after
studying them for six months to a year. There was some Naxal
activity at the tri-junction of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu,
he said.
Acting on information that some
suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist were moving around in the Naxal-affected
villages, the District Police and the Anti-Naxal Force
are conducting combing operations in parts of Sringeri in Chikamgalur
District of Karnataka. The operation, which began on October 10,
is expected to continue for a few more days.
SFs busted a camp of NDFB-IKS
after a brief encounter at Rangapara of Kokrajhar District of
Assam. Two 9mm pistols, four live rounds, three grenades, NDFB-IKS
demand papers other documents were recovered.
Imphal West District Police Commandos
arrested an OGW Soraisam Gobin Singh alias Boy from the
tri-junction of Tiny Tot's School in Imphal West District of Manipur.
Police stated that he collected fund from the general public and
businessmen for ZUF.
Militants attacked a vehicle carrying
four Assam-based businessmen and killed a trader identified as
Atawar Ali at Abrong Hill Road in Wageasi in East Garo Hills of
Meghalaya and wounded two others identified as Haider Ali and
Sayedur Rahman. . Police stated that militants wanted to kidnap
these traders for ransom.
Two militants of ASAK Rahul M
Sangma and Pisal M Sangma who had joined the militant group in
February and May this year surrendered before the Police at Baghmara
in South Garo Hills of Meghalaya. They surrendered with two country
made pistols, six rounds each, two jungle knives and three detonators.
Meghalaya Government is working
out names of people who can intermediate between the Government
and HNLC. Security agencies are of the opinion that HNLC leadership
should agree to surrender before deliberating on the grievances
of the group.
Suspected NLFT militants abducted
11 persons from Amchurmukh, near Rajivnagar in Mamit District
of Mizoram. SP Uttam Bhaumick said 16 people including five from
Chakma tribal community were coming towards Tripura by a jeep
which was stopped at gun point at Amchurmukh and then five tribals
were freed and the rest 11 persons (construction labourers from
Karimganj District of Assam) were abducted.
NSCN-IM sent another senior member
identified as ‘colonel’ Thotmathing to Myanmar. He is said to
be in touch with KYKL to explore fallback options in case of failed
negotiations with GoI. He is believed to have led 40 militants
to Myanmar recently. Almost a hundred armed cadres are now said
to be in Kattha near Hesin, north of Tamu in Myanmar. This is
the first time in over a decade that the rebels have reopened
channels with other north-eastern outfits with bases in Myanmar.
NSCN has had channels of communication
open with the Chinese but the outfit had restrained from building
a physical base in Myanmar. NSCN-IM also claims that it has crack
teams placed in many locations in Myanmar and the outfit is prepared
for the worst. (Nagaland)
Three BDFM militants identified
as Van Lal Liana Reang alias Pastor, a ‘senior commander’,
Kishan Reang and Lal Tlana Reang surrendered before AR at Khedacherra
under North Tripura District with three Chinese rifles and one
bullet. BDFM is the only Bru under-ground group which is active
in the tri junction of Tripura, Bangladesh and Mizoram and is
involved in extortion and abduction.
A ‘captain’ Vezolo Doulo of NSCN-IM
was arrested from Hong Kong market in Dimapur in Nagaland for
extortion. Extortion money of INR 47,130 and 26 work permits were
recovered from him. He was earlier arrested on September 17 from
Half Nagarjan in Dimapur and was later released on bail by the
Court on September 30.
SFs arrested a civilian identified
as I Heigang Zeliang from Tening in Peren District of Nagaland
with one .22 rifle, one 12 bore rifle and assorted ammunition
Four militants of NNC-NA joined
NNC-PGN.(Nagaland)
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October 11 |
Pakistan Rangers broke two days
lull on the IB by resuming heavy firing and shelling forward Indian
posts and civilian areas in Kirni and Shahpur sub sectors in Poonch
District of J&K, damaging over a dozen houses and killed and
injuring some cattle. The Rangers resumed heavy mortar shelling
targeting entire Arnia sector including town and forward villages
of Allah, Kaku-De-Kothe, Mashan-De-Kothe, Chenaz, Chingia, Treva,
Sei and Devigarh in the District. About a dozen shells fell in
Arnia town and Main Market while four shells fell near Arnia Police
Station. However, there were no reports of any casualties as people
of Arnia town and forward villages have already migrated to safer
areas.
Army and Police busted a major
hideout of the militants at Maalghote Dhar forests in Kishtwar
District of J&K, and recovered a large quantity of arms, ammunition
and explosives, which was capable of causing major terror attacks.
Several mortar bombs, grenades and Pakistan made pistols were
among the seizure, official sources said. Recoveries made from
the hideout included one 52mm mortar with six mortar bombs, 12
grenades of UBGL, 10 hand grenades, one SLR, two Pakistan made
pistols, one Kenwood radio set, three SLR magazines, two pistol
magazines, 417 rounds of 7.62mm and 12 rounds of .38mm ammunition.
Police arrested 28 Bangladeshis,
including 6 women, in two separate raids at Basirhat near Ghojadanga
border, North 24-Parganas District of West Bengal. Police team
raided Chourangi village near Itinda in Basirhat and arrested
21 Bangladeshis. A senior District Police official said "Most
of them are residents of Satkhira in Bangladesh. They could not
show any legal documents that allow them to stay here and hence
were booked under Foreigners Act. We are investigating how they
crossed the border." Police also arrested seven infiltrators
from Swarupnagar in Basirhat in a separate raid.
The BSF said that it arrested
three people, including a 13 year old boy, in Malda District of
West Bengal and seized FICNs of INR 200,000 from them. “The trio
has been handed over to the local Police," BSF Deputy Commandant
Ajay Kumar said.
The NIA’s probe into the Burdwan
blast is pointing to a bigger plot extending not just to neighbouring
Assam, but also to J&K and the southern states of Tamil Nadu
and Kerala. The NIA has, based on leads gathered from the women
arrested from the Burdwan blast site, picked up a suspect from
J&K, a construction worker belonging to West Bengal. An official
said that “Phone records reveal that they had contacts in almost
all the major megacities, also in South India. We will have to
verify the antecedents of each and every contact. Six of the Assam-based
suspects who were in touch with the two men killed in the blast
have already been arrested.”
The Assam Police claimed the arrested
were linked to a module operating under the patronage of JMB.
Importantly, terrorist organization ISIS has also cropped up in
the course of questioning of the suspects. The agencies have found
a picture of the ISIS flag downloaded a suspect's phones. Though
the suspect claimed that the phone was being used by another person,
who may have downloaded the flag, the NIA will be probing the
angle further.
The discovery of grenades and
bomb-making equipment from Burdwan, as well as linkages across
several states like J&K and even southern states, indicate
elaborate planning and high level of preparations by JMB to carry
out attacks in Bangladesh. Intelligence agencies believe that
strikes were planned as retaliation against the PM of Bangladesh,
Sheikh Hasina regime's crackdown on JMB elements.
The Police arrested a CPI-Maoist
cadre, identified as Yogendra Yadav, in Patna District of Bihar.
The Police were tipped off that some Maoists had assembled
at the residence of Yadav and a raid was organised. While other
Maoist cadres managed to escape, the Police arrested Yadav and
recovered two .303 and .2 bore rifles from his possession.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres, who were
involved in various acts of violence in Odisha-Jharkhand bordering
areas of Saranda forests surrendered before Rourkela SP A Singh
in Sundargarh District of Odisha. The surrendered Maoists were
identified as Jakrius Munda of Jhirpani under Koira Police Station
and Harun Munda of Banko under K Bolanga Police Station, both
in Sundargarh District; Jagdish Naik of Thalokbad under Chhatragara
Police Station and Baiga Gagaria of Nuagaon under Jaraikela Police
Station, both in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. They all
left rebel camp being frustrated with Maoist activities.
Jharkhand State has urged the
UMHA to deploy seven CRPF battalions in some of the CPI-Maoist-affected
Districts which have seen the worst violence triggered by LWE
since 2004. Over 24,000 CRPF personnel (23 battalions) are deployed
in the state and are engaged in anti-Maoist operations. But Jharkhand
Police claim that several Districts do not have enough Central
Security Force to fight Maoists. The demand has already been forwarded
to Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who had recently visited a CRPF
camp in West Singhbhum District, said the DGP. "I hope we
will get the seven battalions soon," said DGP Rajiv Kumar.
A CPI-Maoist ‘zonal commander’,
identified as Mukhlal alias Mochhu alias Bhagat,
carrying a cash prize of INR 500,000 on his head, was arrested
from Jumla village under Silli Police Station limits in Ranchi
District of Jharkhand. Jharkhand Police launched a joint operation
with CRPF after they got information about Mukhlal, and another
‘zonal commander’, Gautam Dhara Ram Mohan, and 20 other rebels
meeting at Jumla in Silli Police Station area. Police said Mohan
and other rebels escaped after a short exchange of fire while
Bhagat was arrested and some arms were recovered from his possession.
However, a source in the Police department said some senior officers
were not convinced with the identity of the Maoist. "The
man is being interrogated. In such cases we cross check the identity
before making any announcement," said a Police officer who
requested anonymity.
Army arrested an NSCN militant
identified as A. Konyak, from Hahnsora in Sivasagar District of
Assam. A pistol and 15 rounds of ammunition were seized from him.
A businessman identified as Naba
Sarma and his employee identified as Sandu Newar were abducted
from their residence at Maujuli in Sonitpur District of Assam
by suspected AANLA militants. Local people stated that Naba Sarma
had received an extortion note from the militants but was abducted
because he did not pay up. Sonitpur SP Sanjukta Parashar stated
that search operations are going on in various locations in the
area.
With the arrest of militant Ronjit
Kemprai alias Jabali from Lahori Jan in Sonitpur District
of Assam Police have exposed the existence of a new militant group
UDLA. The arrested ultra was under the police scanner since October
7 after Ppolice rescued Rocky Langthasa.
AR and Heingang Police launched
an operation in the general area of Kairang Heikrummukum in Imphal
West District of Manipur and arrested a PLA militant ‘private’
Ejao Rehman alias Laija. One Chinese hand grenade was recovered
from him.
SFs arrested a PREPAK militant
identified as Laishram Kulachandra Singh from Chanura Bazar in
Bishnupur of Manipur.
ZDV an armed group under UPF observed
its 17th anniversary at Tangpijol village in Churachandpur in
Manipur. With an official figure of around 37, the rebel group
has undergone deadly clashes and factionalism before entering
SoO. pact and has lost considerable number of its cadre in due
course.
CorCom called a general strike
in the State on October 15 from midnight to Six PM which CorCom
has been observing as ‘National Black Day’. October 15 was the
day on which Manipur became part of India.
Two unidentified traders were
abducted by suspected militants from Rengsinpara under Raksamgre
in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
Forester Albert B Marak who was
abducted on October 8 was released a place near Kaldang in North
Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
A militant of NSCN-KK, ‘lieutenant’
Aviho Yepthomi was killed by NSCN-K at Phongkhuri village along
the Indo-Myanmar. An unnamed NSCN-K leader stated that NSCN-KK
militants had attacked an NSCN-K ‘post’ at Phongkhuri, and the
attack was a retaliation and added that three people were NSCN-KK
militants were killed. (Nagaland)
Yimchunger Berü Arihako Kiphire
Unit (YAKU), Singrep Village Students’ Union (SVSU) and Yimchunger
Students’ Union Kiphire (YSUK) have strongly condemned the killing
of Athrennu Yimchunger, Leacy (area representative) speaker
of FGN on September 29. (Nagaland)
AMEF militants Goran, Stap and
others abducted a trader, identified as Sopon Rabha, and his driver,
identified as Noor Alam, from Chima-Impel village in East Garo
Hills of Meghalaya.
JIC chairman RN Ravi submitted
"a paper on strategy and action on Northeast policies"
to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and was further discussed
with Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiu. MHA had set a 3
month deadline to revise the Northeast policies. A senior official
stated that "A targeted approach to sort out the problem
is the need of the hour. We will soon consult the states and also
issue fresh guidelines for the security personnel in Northeast
to deal with the situation.” It was also agreed that tough approach
towards the insurgent groups needs to be adopted and they shall
not be allowed to run their extortion racket.
AR arrested two unidentified NSCN-IM
militants with arms as they were moving in a vehicle on Patkai
Bridge in Dimapur District of Nagaland. A .22 rifle, a .22 revolver
and assorted ammunition were recovered from them.
AR troopers arrested an extortionist
with cash and documents in the Rail Bazaar Colony in Dimapur District
of Nagaland.
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October 12 |
Two brothers, identified as Surjeet
Kumar (38) and Som Nath (50), were injured as Pakistan Army violated
ceasefire along the IB in entire Arnia Sector of Jammu District
of J&K. However, some of the people, who were still putting
up in their houses in Arnia town, fled to the relief camps after
two civilians were injured when mortar shells fell inside their
houses. Sources said several mortar shells landed inside the abandoned
houses in Arnia town and border villages causing extensive damage
to them.
Two militant hideouts were neutralized
and a cache of arms and ammunition recovered by the Army in Makhiddhar
forest of Reasi District of J&K. Arms and ammunition include
one AK-56 assault rifle, 18 rounds of AK-56, 2 magazines, 50 sniper
rounds and two rounds of 7.62 MM SLR.
Pakistan wrote to the UN Chief
on the security situation along the LoC and the IB with India
and sought the world body's intervention in resolving the issue,.
In a letter to UN Chief Ban ki-moon, Adviser to the Pakistan Prime
Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz
accused India of "deliberate and unprovoked violations of
the ceasefire agreement and cross-border firing" over the
past weeks.
CID officers said that, the prime
accused in the Burdwan blast, Sheik Kausar travelled nearly 100
kilometres before he sneaked into Bangladesh via Hakimpur bordering
Nadia and North 24-Parganas District of West Bengal. The investigators
have also reconstructed the escape route. According to CID, Kausar
left the spot immediately after the blast, but he didn't leave
the place till the next day. However, the CID officers are not
sure about the exact day he crossed the border. But, they believe
that he had at least five facilitators who arranged the logistics
for a safe transit.
A joint team of Police and CRPF
personnel, unearthed a landmine allegedly planted by CPI-Maoist
several years ago, along the Lakshmipuram-Edugurallapalli forest
route near Lakshmipuram village in Bhadrachalam sub-division in
Khammam District of Telangana, near the inter-State border. Police
sources said the landmine was planted at the spot by the rebels
in 2006 to target the SF personnel.
The Maharashtra State committee
of the CPI-Maoist has urged for boycott of the assembly elections
on October 15 over the separate Vidarbha issue. The Maoists have
claimed that the four prominent political parties, including Congress
and BJP, have opposed the century-old demand of statehood for
Vidarbha, and this warrants a boycott of the polls as a mark of
protest. A press release by the secretary of the Maharashtra state
committee of CPI-Maoist claims that Shiv Sena has openly opposed
the issue of statehood for Vidarbha while others like Congress,
NCP and BJP have refrained from taking a stand only to mislead
the masses. The Maoists have appealed to the electorate to use
boycott to punish parties for the injustice to Vidarbha.
ZUF denied having any connection
whatsoever with Soraisam Gobin Singh alias Boy of Ningthemcha
Karong who was arrested on October 10. (Manipur)
AR arrested a PREPAK-pro militant
identified as ‘private’ Meiteingakpa alias Naocha Singh
from Sunrise Ground, Ward No 4, Moreh in Chandel in Manipur. One
9mm Pistol along with 3 live rounds and two hand grenades with
a detonator were recovered from him.
URF denounced the current surrender
policy of the Government and warned anyone who surrenders to the
government in the name of URF will be severely punished by the
armed wing of URF, Manipur Army.
PREPAK-pro clarified that they
had no connection with Moirangthem Birla Meetei alias MC
Meetei who was arrested on October 8 from Heirangoithong Mutum
Leirak, Imphal West of Manipur.
Two unidentified persons were
abducted from Belguri market in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
Militants belonging to various
outfits have come out to surrender in the Garo Hills region. A
source stated that surrender by GNLA militants has come at a time
when intelligence reports indicate that the GNLA “commander-in-chief”
Sohan D. Shira has taken shelter in Bangladesh. With the Operation
Hill Storm by Police and CAPFs militants have been feeling the
heat. A source in the Government stated that “With Shira taking
shelter in Bangladesh, some of the cadres felt neglected as they
were left to fend for themselves. This led them to come out and
surrender before the Police. There could be many more who would
follow the same path.” (Meghalaya)
Whereabouts of the labourers abducted
on October 10 from Amchurmukh in Mamit District is still unknown.
Police stated that the abductors have demanded a ransom of INR
3 million for the release of abductees. (Mizoram)
Mamit District SP C Lalnunmawia
said 12 militants, 10 of them armed and wearing fatigues, abducted
a total of 15 people, but four were released later. Sources stated
that NLFT and BDFM were suspected to be involved in the abduction.
They also added that it is suspected that the militants might
have taken the workers towards neighbouring Rangamati District
of Bangladesh's CHT where both the groups have hide outs. (Mizoram)
According to the latest data available
with the MHA violence in CPI-Maoist-affected States is continuing
its downward trend of the last five years. “This year,
till September 30, we have got reports of 834 incidents and 241
deaths. Last year for the same period, 288 deaths were reported,”
said a MHA official. Under the new anti-Maoist strategy, the government
is focusing on development with an initiative to create developmental
hubs in the worst affected areas. These hubs will have latest
heath facilities and educational institutions. Besides, the government
plans to raise around 20,000 more men in the paramilitary ranks
for anti-Maoists operations exclusively.
West Bengal has been delisted
from the “extremely affected” LWE category States. MHA sources
said the list of extremely affected districts has been revised
from 34 to 23 and does not include West Midnapore, the lone West
Bengal District that was part of the earlier list. This means
West Midnapore may not be eligible for the special treatment under
the new policy, which plans to demarcate four to five blocks in
each of the 23 Districts and turn them into “model development
hubs”.
Two motorcycle-borne cadres of
PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, shot dead a PDS dealer,
identified as Dilip Choudhury, in front of his house at Marcha
village under Rania Police Station limits of Khunti District of
Jharkhand.
28-year-old Balku Sahu was shot
dead by PLFI cadre in Kathkunwari Bartoli village under Lapung
Police Station of Ranchi District of Jharkhand.
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October 13 |
An Army trooper, identified as
Gurau Sahib Singh, was shot dead by militants at Muldari forests
in Handwara area of Kupwara District of J&K. An Army officer
said that the militants who fired on the troops were two-three
in number and troops have launched massive searches in the area
to trace them out. He said Army has recovered one AK 47 rifle
from the forests during searches.
Two Army soldiers and a woman
were injured, as Pakistan violated ceasefire along the LoC at
Sabjian, Shahpur, Kirni and Balakote Sectors in Poonch District
of J&K. Army retaliated strongly.
A city court in Kolkata remanded
three accused in the Burdwan blast case, who were till now in
CID custody, to NIA custody till October 22. Additional Sessions
Judge Gopal Chandra Karmakar directed that the accused Hafez Molla
alias Hasan, Rajira alias Razia Bibi and Alima Bibi
would be in NIA custody till October 22. A fourth accused, Sheik
Hakim, who was injured in the blast is undergoing treatment at
the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata.
The Central agency recovered an
orange Tata Nano car, used by the terror accused, with “Indian
Army” sticker and a duplicate Bengal number plate lying abandoned
along the main road, about 100 metres from the Simulia madrassa
in Mangalkot in West Bengal.
NIA probing the Burdwan blast
case is examining the links of suspected al Qaeda and JMB terrorists
with the Simulia Madrassa that is believed to be a centre for
training terrorists, around 38km from the blast site. Investigators
said all the terrorists of the Burdwan module, who infiltrated
the non-descript village in West Bengal to set up terror arms
factory, were radicalised in jihadi ideology in the same Simulia
Madrassa. Sources said “At least four teams of the NIA have launched
a simultaneous probe at Burdwan, Kolkata, Nadia and Barpeta in
Assam.
NIA found that the Simulia Madrassa
was used for arms and IED training. Air gun cartridges, glass
bottles tied with chords for use as targets, and pellets embedded
in the mud walls gave proof of target practice. There were bundles
of optical fibre, electrical equipment and a lot of chemicals
found in three rooms. NIA also seized a Sigma table clock, whose
circuit could be used as a timer in an IED, sources said. Investigators
seized a phone book believed to belong to Yousuf Sheikh, the terror
module's mentor.
The six accused, including two
women, who were arrested in the Burdwan blast case have reportedly
given some important leads in the transnational terror conspiracy,
in which JMB’s key militant Kausar, who is now on the run, reportedly
has connections with some Kerala-based terror modules, which are
an alleged offshoot of the banned SIMI.
Karnataka Police and State Intelligence
have also sought information from the NIA on possible terror links
after unconfirmed reports indicated that Abdul Qader Sultan Armar
from Bhatkal, who is reportedly absconding and is recruiting vulnerable
Indian Muslim youth for the global jihadi organization, al Qaeda
may also have a hand in the terror conspiracy and the revival
of JMB.
Asserting that the problem of
terrorism in India was imported, President Pranab Mukherjee said
that indigenous terrorist activity was "extremely negligible"
with hardly any involvement of the 150 million Muslims of the
country.
Even though Assam Police are yet
to establish specific links between the six JMB members, who were
allegedly involved in the Burdwan blast, and the al Qaeda, the
state, however, is on the radar of global Islamic terrorist groups,
said security sources. Such militant groups used the Kokrajhar
riots (2012) to attract youngsters, investigation has revealed.
"The state started featuring in discourses of pan-Islamic
jihadi forces after the 2012 communal riots in BTAD in which Bengali-speaking
Muslims found themselves being pushed to a corner.
Top officials with access to intelligence
inputs have warned that al Qaeda has apparently joined hands with
Indian terror outfits like the SIMI to plan a series of bombings
in the country during the festival season. The two groups were
found to have joined forces when investigators discovered their
roles in the recent Burdwan (West Bengal) and Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh)
blasts. A top official said "To impart a big blow in India,
al Qaeda and SIMI had chosen the month of October and their motive
was to conduct a series of bombings on Dussehra and Eid-ul-Adha."
However, the accidental blast in Burdwan in West Bengal put paid
to the terrorists' bombings plan and they could not carry out
any bombings on these occasions, the official added. "But
Diwali (October 23) might be on their radar and any Indian city
could be targeted by these outfits on this festival," the
official said.
SFs arrested a militant of PREPAK
identified as Mayengbam Naoba Singh alias Suresh from Uchiwa
Mayai Leikai in Imphal West District of Manipur.
SFs arrested a woman militant,
identified as Laishram Leibaklei Leima, of KCP-MC at Thinungei
Mayai Leikai in Bishnupur District of Manipur. Investigation revealed
she was involved in extortion of money from the general public
for KCP-MC.
SFs busted an illegal weapon making
facility in Aokum village in Mokokchung District of Nagaland which
was supplying weapons to various factions of NSCN and arrested
the manufacturer identified as Makam. Two rifles, a variety of
ammunition and weapon making tools were recovered.
SFs arrested two FGN militants
identified as ‘lance corporal’ Khiamniungan and ‘constable’ Pusing
Khiamniungan from Signal Angami Basti in Dimapur of Nagaland.
One7.65 mm pistol and two .22 pistols were recovered from them.
SFs recovered a cache of over
200 kg of explosives and six dozen locally made pressure bombs
during an anti-Naxal raid in the forests of Barwadih in
Latehar District of Jharkhand. "203 kg explosives, 35 pressure
cooker bombs and 36 tiffin bombs have been recovered from the
Maoist hideout," an unnamed senior officer said.
DGP Rajiv Kumar has said that
there has been remarkable decrease in the Naxal related
incidents in the State this year (2014) as compared to the number
of incidents which took place in the previous two years (2012-13).
According to the data available, only 178 incidents took place
till September, 2014 against 287 and 300 incidents in 2013 and
2014 respectively. “Similarly, only 07 casualty of Policemen took
place in 2014 as compared to 25 in 2013 and 23 in 2014,” said
Kumar. There has also been fewer casualties of civilians during
this year counting to only 69, while 91 civilians got killed in
2013 and 87 were killed in 2012, added the DGP. According to the
DGP, Police has succeeded in recovering more weapons this year.
“In case of recovering the ammunitions also, we have recovered
5767 ammunitions this year, while only 2023 ammunitions were recovered
in 2013 and 2690 were recovered in 2012, DGP added.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Paras Yadav, involved in the setting ablaze of a helicopter
of former BJP President Venkiah Naidu in 2005, was arrested from
Navadih village in Gaya District of Bihar. Naidu's helicopter
had made an emergency landing in the campus of Middle School at
Parariya village in the District in 2005 during election campaign.
Naidu was taken away from the school by road before the Maoists
swooped and set ablaze the helicopter.
The Bokaro Police, during a patrolling
with the CRPF, recovered arms and ammunition in a raid on an artificial
CPI-Maoist bunker near Hadewe forest area at Jhumra hills in Gomia
block under Mahuatand Police Station in Bokaro District of Jharkhand.
The Bokaro Police and CRPF recovered 30 container bomb, 14 claymore
bomb and huge others explosives from the artificial bunker.
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October 13-14 |
SFs arrested two PREPAK-pro militants
‘sergeant major’ Ningthoujam Sharat Chandra Singh alias
Ibungo and ‘private’ Ngairangbam Chingkheihunba alias Nanao
Singhfrom Sekta and Yurabung Nungoi Litan Makhong in Imphal West
of Manipur. One .32 pistol along with three live rounds was recovered.
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October 14 |
Police arrested one Person, identified
as Shafiq with FICN of INR 12,000 in Kamrauli Police station area
in Amethi District of Uttar. Police said that Shafiq was arrested
while trying to use fake notes in market and 22 INR 500 notes
and one INR 1000 note were recovered from him.
The NIA investigators questioned
three mysterious suspects at a Park Circus nursing home, Kolkata
where they were admitted by Burdwan Police on October 6 with blast
injuries. NIA is probing if the trio is linked to the Burdwan
blast. There is tell-tale evidence at the Burdwan blast site that
a few more people may have been present when the IEDs exploded.
However, the injured trio has denied involvement in the Burdwan
blast, claiming they were injured in a separate blast in Malda
on October 5.
Another NIA team questioned three
suspects, including an alleged ISI conduit in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
after the agency found uncanny similarities in the IEDs that exploded
in Burdwan and the May 1 blasts on Bangalore-Guwahati Express
at Chennai central station.
NIA has found a secret chamber-like
small room at Shimulia madrassa, which was allegedly used as a
terror hideout with links with Burdwan blast. This clandestine
room was apparently used to store either arms and explosives or
militant literature. The NIA recovered several key books, documents
and arms from the room.
Another madrassa at Lalgola in
Murshidabad, suspected to be a terror hideout, has also come under
the scanner of the NIA. The madrassa has remained under lock and
key since October 3, a day after the Burdwan blast.
The NIA officials were surprised
by the variety of explosives and chemicals found at the blast
site in Burdwan leading them to suspect a foreign link with the
accused. The list of explosives seized includes gun powder, power
gel, picric acid, lead azide, magnesium powder, urea nitrate,
potassium nitrate, sulphur, ammonium nitrate, iron oxide, methyl
alcohol, ethanol, nitrobenzene, barium peroxide, sodium hydroxide
and lead nitrate purified. Besides, detonators, wires and timer
devices were also seized. An officer said "This is the first
time such a variety of chemicals and explosives were found at
a single place related to blast suspects.”
Delhi Police moved a court seeking
extension of time to complete its probe against some suspected
LeT operatives who were arrested for their alleged involvement
in planning terror strikes in Delhi and adjoining areas. The
agency filed an application in this regard before Additional Sessions
Judge Reetesh Singh who extended till October 17 the judicial
custody of alleged LeT members Abdul Subhan and his nephew Asahbuddin
arrested in connection with the case.
At least 50 militants have managed
to infiltrate into Kashmir valley from PoK this summer before
the fresh snowfall along over 400 kilometres long LoC in Kashmir.
Sources said that these militants managed to cross the LoC, mostly
in North Kashmir’s Kupwara District through Keran, Tangdhar, Macchil
and Gurez Sectors since July 2014. They said that these militants
are mostly confined to the forests where SFs have been conducting
operations against them for past few months.
The Burdwan blast case, which
has cross-border ramifications, is reportedly spread from West
Bengal to Assam and South India. Karnataka has also sought information
from the West Bengal Police and NIA about the case and the support
network of JMB. Official sources said that “We are at a security
risk because we have a sizeable population of illegal Bangladeshi
immigrants in Bengaluru and other Districts.”
A 0.22 rifle was recovered from
the Beki River at Narayanguri Nonke Kagrabari in Baksa District
of Assam.
URF ’chairman’ Lanheiba Meitei
stated that that the outfit decided to back out of the SoO pact
as the party had understood the ‘deceit’ of the Government.(Manipur)
Police busted a GNLA camp at Sakalgre
deep inside the Nokrek jungle in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya
after a brief fire fight. Police on October 13 had detained an
individual, identified as Sengrak Momin, in Rongram (West Garo
Hills District) who led them to the hideout. Police said that
during the raid Baichung, an ‘area commander’ and Jarek both senior
members of the outfit managed to escape. One SBBL gun, three country
made shotguns, one 7.65 magazine, four mobile phones, detonators,
demand notes and other incriminating documents were recovered
from the camp.
SFs arrested three alleged arms
peddlers identified as Havij Uddin , Mohammed Alim and Saidul
Islam from Tenyiphe, Dimapur of Nagaland. Two 7.65 mm pistols
were recovered from them.
NSCN-IM ‘chairman’ Issak Chisi
Swu has written to all the churches in Nagaland to organise a
special prayer programme on October 19 to pray for the success
of the peace talks.
Security sources in MHA stated
that was no meeting either slated or even proposed between PM
Narendra Modi and NSCN-IM leaders. The sources also stated that
first round of meeting of NSCN-IM with R.N.Ravi, the chairman
of JIC was aimed to familiarise the Naga leadership with New Government
and its interlocutor.
Security sources stated that NSCN-IM
has given up their demand for a sovereign Nagaland, but may press
for an independent Naga state having its allegiance with India.
A top CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Raiju Potai alias Kavo (28) was arrested from Haatchapai
village forests under Dhanora Police Station limits in Kondagaon
District of Chhattisgarh. Raiju, native of Vartana village under
Amabeda Police Station limits, was a member of the Kiskodo LOS
of the CPI-Maoist since 2004 after being motivated by Barda Dalam
‘commander’ Kamlesh and Ful Singh, and was also the president
of the Telangana ‘Jantana Sarkar’ group in the region since
2010.
Vigil has been stepped up at Kinnakorai,
Geddhai, Hiriyaseegai, Upper Bhavani and Manjoor in Tamil Nadu
and the surroundings along the Kerala border in the Nilgiris following
reports of CPI-Maoist activity in some of the tribal villages
in the Kerala forests. This comes in the wake of intensified combing
operations across the border in Kerala. Security Personnel in
Kerala had been combing Karikankunnu, Varadimalai, Mel Thottam
and Mukkoli near Attappadi in Kerala in search of nine suspected
Maoists reportedly engaged in propaganda among tribals for the
past three months.
A tribal youth, identified as
Midiam Balakrishna (29), a farm labourer from Tippapuram in Venkatapuram
mandal of Bhadrachalam division, was allegedly abducted
and killed by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres, after branding him
a ‘Police informer’, in the forest area near Ramachandrapuram
Village in Nelakondapally mandal in Khammam District of
Telangana. Police reportedly recovered a letter left behind by
Maoists near Ramachandrapuram, where they dumped the body of Balakrishna
after gunning him down.
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October 15 |
Two persons, identified as Ziaul
Sheikh and his son Nawab Sheikh were injured in a blast in the
Malda District of West Bengal while making bombs. A senior officer
of Baishnabnagar Police station said that both were injured late
in the evening (October 15) when they, along with some others,
were allegedly trying to make bombs in the house of one Murshed
Sheikh. District ASP, Abhishek Modi said that "We have information
about the incident. Murshed Sheikh is absconding after the incident
and a search is on to trace his whereabouts. A police team has
already rushed to the spot to investigate the matter."
Over a dozen houses were damaged
and a school student, identified as Riaz Ahmad, was injured as
Pakistan Army violated ceasefire and resumed heavy mortar shelling
and firing along the LoC in most parts of Poonch Sector in Poonch
District of J&K. Army retaliated effectively.
A Pakistan origin claymore mine
along with a knife, shawl, tracksuit and caps was recovered on
LoC in Sabjian Sector of Poonch District of J&K.
The NIA arrested one of the most
wanted in the Burdwan blast case, identified as Habibur Shiekh,
an alleged operative of the terror module and 'trainer' at the
Shimulia madrassa from Muluk on the outskirts of Bolpur town in
Birbhum District of West Bengal.
NIA also arrested alleged Kader
aide Hifzulla Kaji from Kirnahar market in Birbhum District of
West Bengal in connection with the Burdwan blast case. According
to Police, Kader had ganged up with a group of local youths, including
Hifzulla.
NIA discovered two more suspicious
constructions in Burdwan District. One of them is in Nigon village,
about 5 kilometers from the Shimulia madrassa that was allegedly
used to indoctrinate and train women recruits for JMB. The second
unfinished building is at Tamilpukur, just one and a half kilometers
from the Shimulia madrassa.
NIA officers have found blood
stains in the Tata Nano car found parked near the Simulia madrassa.
Investigators fear that Sahidul might have driven some of those
injured in the Burdwan blast to safe destinations. NIA believes
that the Indian Army sticker pasted on the car was genuine and
procured from the Army base at Nasik, Maharashtra which is home
to the Artillery Regiment HQ. According to the sources, the central
agencies including NSG and ED will also arrive in Burdwan on October
16 to look into the matter.
Despite initial suspicion that
the Burdwan blast might be linked to a terror module of either
the al Qaeda or the ISIS, both the NIA and Central intelligence
agencies have now categorically ruled out any such possibility.
Two alleged terrorists believed to be members of the JMB died
in the Burdwan blast and it was being initially suspected that
the JMB had directed them to set up terror modules in India for
either al Qaeda or the ISIS. Sources said so far the probe has
not revealed any al Qaeda or ISIS link though the investigations
are progressing at a fast pace.
A series of Internet chats between
key members of IM based in India and Pakistan provided leads as
early as July 2013 to the emergence of new terror modules with
links to West Bengal, Assam and Bangladesh, and a branch leader
identified only as “Bengali”. The transcripts of some of these
chats, unearthed last year by NIA reveal that the ground had been
laid in 2013 to launch terror operations under the leadership
of “Bengali”. They also indicate that it was this operative who
carried out the SMS campaign in 2012 that sparked panic among
people from the northeast living in southern cities such as Bangalore
(Karnataka).
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi said that
his state is more vulnerable to threats from the jihadi elements
than J&K. He said “They (jihadi elements) have for long been
trying to set up bases here and I had once told PM Narendra Modi
that Assam is more dangerous than Kashmir when it comes to the
threat from them.” “Fundamentalist elements and extremists are
all dangerous. Not just the fundamentalist elements, we also have
threats from the ULFA and the NDFB” he added.
The most senior military officer
in Kashmir valley warned that the waving of ISIS flags in Kashmir
was a matter of grave concern and the security establishment needed
to take note of it at the highest level. General officer commanding
the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, Lt Gen Subrata Saha, said ISIS had
the ability to attract a large number of volunteers and it was
a cause of worry. He said concerted efforts had to be made to
secure the right to prosperity of the youth in the valley and
high level attention was necessary to keep them away from the
path of terror.
Assam Government has decided to
create Research and Analysis Centre, an Intelligence Branch of
the Assam Police as a separate autonomous organisation with a
dedicated cadre of intelligence officers.
A law and order meeting convened
by Assam CM Tarun Gogoi in Guwahati discussed the prevailing law
and order situation along the Assam-Nagaland border. During the
meeting it was decided to take all possible measures for strengthening
security along the border continuation of dialogue at community
levels as part of confidence building measures and strengthening
of critical roads.
Kokrajhar District Committee of
ABSU began a month-long ‘long march’ with a motto including demand
for Bodoland. (Assam)
Imphal West District Police Commandos
arrested NSCN-IM ‘captain’ Phungshok Thanmi from Dingku road in
Imphal West District of Manipur. Investigation revealed that he
was involved in extortion of money from public, Government offices
and businessmen.
SFs arrested two militants of
HPC-D ‘sergeant’ Lalsangzuol Zoute alias Zuola and ‘sergeant
major’ Lalsangkung Hmar alias Kunga, from Langol game village,
Zone-II football ground in Imphal West of Manipur. One 9 mm pistol
along with 10 live rounds and incriminating articles were recovered
from them. Further from their disclosure another militant of HPC-D,
identified as ‘corporal’ Laltlankung Hmar alias Pute, was
arrested from Khomoi bazar in Churachandupur District. Investigation
revealed that they extorted a huge amount of money from village
chiefs, Kuki people settled in Imphal area and transportation
of arms and ammunition.
Acting information about the presence
of suspected PREPAK cadres, a combined team of Thoubal District
Police Commandos and AR conducted a search operation in and around
Yangdong Salam Pumlempat in Thoubal District of Manipur. Although
the militants managed to escape , the SFs recovered two 9mm pistols,
one 7.65 pistol, one single bore rifle, nine detonators and eight
125gms of plastic explosives.
PREPAK denied having any connection
with Thokchom Momo Meitei alias Marjit alias Francis
and Okram Nanoa alias Nandi who were arrested on October
4 and with Laishram Kulachandra Singh and Mayengbam Naoba Singh
alias Suresh who were arrested on October 11 and 13. (Manipur)
AMEF claimed that it was not involved
in the recent killing of Atawar Ali at Abrong Wageasi in East
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya on October 10. Commander in chief’
of AMEF Chang Matgrik claimed that “None of the members of the
AMEF were involved in the incident in which a non-tribal was killed.
It is the work of anti socials who are misusing the name of our
organization for their personal gains”.
Bodies of two non tribals were
found near Tuikhurhlu in Aizawl in Mizoram. Police said that though
the identities of the two could not be ascertained, they surmised
that one was a truck driver and another his helper and both might
be from Kamrup District of Assam.
The 11 Assamese labourers who
were abducted on October 10 from Amchurmukh in Mamit District
of Mizoram still remain untraced. Tripura Police spokesman Uttam
Bhowmik stated that SFs of Tripura and Mizoram with BSF have jointly
continued search operation to rescue the hostages and to nab the
militants. The BSF also sought help from BGB, since the militants
may have crossed over to Bangladesh.
NNC appealed to all the Naga people
in the Naga inhabited areas to prayerfully observe the Naga National
Martyrs’ Day on October 18.(Nagaland)
Former Mizoram CM Zoramthanga
stated that he was ready to broker peace between any Government
and insurgent group, if they wanted so.
Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra
witnessed polling in three Assembly segments under heavy security
cover, amid a boycott call by the CPI-Maoist.
The CPI-Maoist cadres triggered
a landmine blast and attacked a polling party in Gadchiroli District
of Maharashtra. Maoists opened fire on a Police team providing
security to a polling party near Makkepalli forest in Chamorshi
block in the District in which a Police constable suffered minor
injuries during the encounter.
Furious over reports that the
CPI-Maoist was planning to execute 40 hostages after trying them
in the jan adalat for deserting their cadre, around 2000
unarmed tribals gathered at Polampalli and then marched to the
jungles of Sisma of Sukma District of Chhattisgarh to free their
kin who had been held hostage by the Maoists since October 9,
ultimately, forcing the Maoists to release the hostages.
This was the first instance where tribals in Bastar dared to raise
a banner of revolt against Naxals forcing them to free the hostages.
The Maoists had on October 9 visited villages of Polampalli, Kerlapal,
Sirsatti, Sisma and Pongabheji to look for their former cadres
who have surrendered before Police recently to join the mainstream.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Ranjeet alias Sheturam, Jano alias Sambatti and
Dalsai Vadde alias Santosh, surrendered before the Police
in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh. The insurgents also handed
over an INSAS rifle with live 60 rounds, before IG, Bastar SRP
Kalluri. Ranjeet was ‘Section Commander’ in Platoon Number-2 in
Company number-2 of Maoists, while his wife Jano was ‘Section
Commander’ in Company-1’. Likewise Dalsai was active member of
division action team working in Manpur-Mohala region of Rajnandgaon
District.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Uika Gunda (27), was arrested by SFs from Kumharapara village
under Basaguda Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
During interrogation, Uike admitted of being involved in several
crimes.
Two Maoists, Vijay Uike (38) and
Samru Mahavir Uike (45), were arrested by a joint team of the
BSF and District Police from Khairkatta forest in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh. Both the Maoists have many offences registered
against them in different police stations, informed Kanker SP
R.N.Das.
Two Maoists were arrested by the
Police from Madded forest in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
“Matti Ram Babu (32) and Dubba Setthi (30) were arrested from
Bagapalli village under Madded Police Station of Bijapur,” claimed
Bastar range IG, S.R.P. Kalluri.
A 30-ft tall Maoist memorial constructed
in dense forests of Pakhanjore in North Bastar's Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh was demolished by a joint contingent of local
Police and BSF between Mad Pakhanjore and Uliya under Bande Police
Station limits. "It was the tallest of all Maoist memorials
so far we have destroyed in the district," SP RN Dash said.
Trader identified as Bharat Singh
Sekhawat was abducted by AMEF militants from Samanda village in
East Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
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October 16 |
Two Army personnel were injured
as a powerful IED planted by suspected militants went off when
an Army convoy was passing through Nadihal in Rafiabad area of
the Baramulla District of J&K.
Violating ceasefire, Pakistani
Army fired along the LoC in Hamirpur Sector of Rajouri District
of J&K. No casualty has been reported from the Indian side.
The NIA recovered a sack containing
40 improvised hand grenades from a store room in a house near
the Burdwan blast occurred. NIA officials said that “NIA investigators,
along with Burdwan District Police during a search of the house
of one Rezaul Karim recovered the IEDs this evening (October 16)”.
This is one of the three houses found by the investigators to
be used by the blast suspects besides the one where the explosion
had taken place. NIA had conducted searches at various places
including the residence and shop of the arrested accused Hashem
Moulla alias Badre Alam in Burdwan District.
The UMHA has placed a company
of BSF, comprising around 100 personnel, at the disposal of NIA
to help it with raids and searches conducted as part of the Burdwan
blasts probe.
The NIA has found fresh evidence
which shows that the terror module stored IEDs at several hideouts
in four Districts of West Bengal. According to central intelligence
sources the nature of the planning and the information from the
interrogation of Abdul Hakim at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata point
towards links with HuJI, SIMI and LeT. The network's main targets
in Bangladesh were Dhaka and Rajshahi but Indian cities may also
have been on the radar. Hakim has told investigators that the
module has extensive presence across Burdwan, Birbhum, Murshidabad
and Nadia and was scouting for new hideouts in West Midnapore
and Malda.
NSG director general J N Choudhury
warned of the possibility of global jihadi outfits al Qaeda
and ISIS joining hands to launch "multi-city, multiple attacks"
in India. Choudhury said, "Now that they (al Qaeda) have
declared an intention to attack India, they might combine with
outfits like LeT, ISIS and IM." Calling the 2008 Mumbai
attacks (26/11) a “curtain raiser”, he said the country is facing
threat of such attacks in more than one city at a time. He added
that al Qaeda operatives had recced Bangalore and Goa several
years ago and “looking for vulnerable spots in India is nothing
new for al Qaeda”. He said the NSG does not have its own intelligence
setup to corroborate these inputs which were given by intelligence
agencies.
The UMHA is actively considering
NIA's proposal to register a case against the ISIS to check the
threat posed by it after intelligence inputs said nearly 20 Indian
youths may have joined the global outfit. Of the 20 persons said
to have been recruited by ISIS, four have already been identified
as residents of Kalyan in Mumbai, while one is said to be from
J&K and another settled in Singapore. A senior UMHA official
said a case against ISIS may be registered but did not support
the NIA's stance that ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi should be
named in the "open FIR".
India will hold counter-terrorism
exercises with China despite a recent face-off on their disputed
border. According to the reports, India agreed to China's request
to move next month's exercises away from the border with Pakistan
with which China shares a close relationship. The military sources
said that the two armies will field 103 soldiers each for the
"hand-in-hand" manoeuvres in Pune (Maharashtra) that
involve scenarios such as recapturing a border post taken over
by terrorists.
JACS has called for 1000 hours
Karbi Anglong bandh from October 27 to to December 7. According
to JACAS chairman, Khorsing Teron the bandh has been called
in order to press forward their two principal demand resumption
of talks with GoI on the issue of creating an Autonomous state
encompassing the two 6th Schedule Hill Districts of Assam and
the introduction of bill in the Parliament for creation of the
autonomous State in the winter session within the ambit of Indian
Article 244(A) of Indian Constitution”.
PREPAK-pro denied having any connection
with Ningthoujam Saratchandra alias Inungo and Chingkheihanba
alias Nanao, who were arrested by SFs on 13 and 14 from
Sekta and Yourabung Nungoi Litan Makhong in Imphal West District
of Manipur.
PREPAK militant identified as
‘private’ Indrish Khan alias Salim alias Ramesh
was arrested by SFs from general area of Pallel in Thoubal District
of Manipur.
The ‘department of finance’ of
KRA-U denied any involvement in monetary demand and issuing threat
along the National Highway from Senapati to Sapormeina. .
The ‘finance secretary’ of the outfit, S Tommy Kuki expressed
concern that there were many extortion and monetary demands in
the outfits name without its knowledge. (Manipur)
According to Police AMEF was formed
by ‘commander’ Jack Marak, who was initially with GNLA and was
responsible for the kidnap of Government official Boro, the then
BDO of Daddengre, in June, 2011. He later parted ways with GNLA
and joined Reading T Sangma to form ASAK. Jack Marak, on August
5, kidnapped Subodh Kumar Mishra, Cashier, SBI, from Gasuapara
in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya and after taking INR 1 million,
he ran away and formed AMEF.
Police further stated that Jack
Marak ganged up other criminals and resorted to kidnappings and
extortions in North Garo Hills areas of Meghalaya. “His other
associates are Chesran D Sangma alias Goran, and Niksrang
Marak alias Stap,”. Police further added that Niksrang
Marak had killed Akbar Ali at Wageasi and injured two other passengers
on October 10 in East Garo Hills District. Bibash Sangma, who
is the uncle of Niksrang Marak, was arrested by the North Garo
Hills Police on October 15 from lower Samrak in North Garo Hills
District. Bibash Sangma revealed to the Police about Niksrang
alias stap and also provided his photo. When Niksarang
Marak was working as Secretary, Village Employment Council, he
stole INR 250,000meant for MNREGA and joined GNLA. which he later
deserted to join AMEF.
Opposition Party in the state
NPP asked the Meghalaya Government to make public the agreed text
of settlement signed with ANVC and ANVC-B on September 34.NPP
also demanded for a NIA probe into the alleged nexus between politicians
and militants.
SFs exploded a land mine planted
by the CPI-Maoist cadres near Yelchil village between Etapalli
and Alapalli in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra minutes before
buses carrying polling officials were supposed to pass the stretch
potentially saving several lives.
SFs recovered land mines at Pendri
and Aldandi in Etapalli taluka under Aheri constituency
in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
After repeated exchange of fire
near Tadpalli forest in Etapalli taluka during October
15 Assembly polling, the CPI-Maoist cadres once again targeted
the SFs as road opening exercise was underway near Gatta in Gadchiroli
District of Maharashtra for polling officials from the interiors
returning in buses.
The Police arrested a senior CPI-Maoist
cadre and three others while they were trying to plant mines to
target Sursundi polling booth in Dhanora tehsil in Gadchiroli
District of Maharashtra.
Eight Maoist cadres surrendered
before the CRPF in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh. Sunil
alias Sunnu Koram (24),Sayatram alias Guddu Salam
(22), Rajju alias Mangatu Koram (24), Rupram alias
Jugalu Koram (23), Mainuram Salam (23)and Motiram Koram (25) were
the Maraskol militia members of the CPI-Maoist and surrendered
before the CRPF DIG to join the mainstream. Rainu Nureti (25),
the Kiskodo Militia cammander and Raidhar Karanga alias
Surinder (28), the Rawghat LGS commander of the CPI-Maoist also
surrendered before the CPRF, said Narayanpur SP Amit Kamble in
a press statement. All of them surrendered without weapons.
The Union Railway Minister D V
Sadananda Gowda said fresh recruitment would be made in the RPF
to deal with the attacks by the CPI-Maoist. "The railway
department is planning to recruit 17,000 constables, including
4,000 women, as safety and security is its topmost priority,"
Gowda said in reply to a query that Maoists have been targeting
railway properties.
Prompt Policing and timely reinforcement
of troops averted a major CPI-Maoist attack when armed rebels
attempted to raid Anandpur Police outpost in Kotoria block headquarters
in Banka District of Bihar. The Maoists and Police exchanged fire
but no casualty has been reported.
The Central Government will use
any element of its "national power" against the CPI-Maoist
under a new policy to deal with the extremists and not hold peace
talks with them till they renounce violence and express faith
in democracy. This strategy has been envisaged in the policy formulated
by the NDA government to combat LWE and circulated to all the
nine Maoist-affected States. "The State is duty-bound to
resolutely deal with the Maoist violence and reserves the right
to use any element of its national power against the outfit as
the situation warrants," according to the policy devised
by the UMHA.
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October 16-17 |
Labourers have been identified
as Thokchom Kanta Singh and Haobijam Jackson Singh, who were abducted
on the intervening night of October 16 and 17. (Manipur)
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October 17 |
Police recovered more than two
dozen crude bombs from a mango orchard in 16 Mile area under Kaliachak
Police station in Malda District of West Bengal. A Police officer
said that "About 30 crude bombs have been found from the
bag. A bomb disposal squad is diffusing them. We are also in the
lookout for Mohshin Sheikh, the owner of the orchard."
A LeT militant, identified as
Abid Magray alias Suju, was arrested by Police and SFs
in Sheikhabad Village of Pulwama District of J&K.
A local Court in Delhi dismissed
the bail plea and extended till October 30 the judicial custody
of the suspected LeT operatives, Subhan and his nephew Asahbuddin,
arrested for alleged role in planning terror strikes in Delhi
and adjoining areas. The duo was produced before the court on
expiry of their judicial custody. The court also allowed the plea
of Special Cell of Delhi Police seeking extension of the period
of investigation from three months to six months.
Security agencies are on high
alert following the warning from NSG Director General J N Chaudhary
about possible attack on Indian cities jointly by global jihadi
outfits al Qaeda and ISIS. Amritsar Police commissioner J S Aulakh
said that "We are reviewing the security situation and also
working on the input received from intelligence agencies”. BSF
IG Ashok Kumar said that "This threat already exists and
we are alert." Intelligence sources didn't rule out the possibility
of using Indian hostages held by ISIS in Mosul city of Iraq to
spread terror and pressurize India. Around 39 Indian youths, mostly
Punjabis, are in the captivity of ISIS after the terror outfit
took control of Mosul and abducted them from a factory.
The NIA, which is investigating
the Burdwan blast case, in a preliminary report submitted to the
Central Government said that there was a conspiracy by the Burdwan
terror module to convert West Bengal into a major terror hub over
the next few months to carryout subversive activities in different
parts of the country. The NIA along with Central intelligence
agencies is investigating the matter which is suspected to have
international ramifications also.
With mounting evidence that the
JMB network has spread its tentacles across the central and bordering
Districts of West Bengal, NIA has begun visiting each of the suspects'
homes and questioning their aides. According to intelligence inputs,
JMB cadres are known to recruit from their close and extended
families, creating strong blood networks. Sources said that "once
you begin questioning these aides of the absconding men, there
are chances you can gain valuable leads."
Police arrested two youths identified
as Javed Ahmad Lone and Hashim Ahmad Mir for carrying the flag
of IS in Jamia Masjid area of Srinagar in J&K.
A special MCOCA court granted
bail to one of the accused in the IM terror emails case in connection
with the Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Delhi serial blasts. Farooque
Tarkash, an accountant from Pune, was granted bail on grounds
of parity, as another accused in the case who was arrested on
the same charges had been granted bail earlier by Bombay High
Court. Tarkash was among the 21 IM operatives arrested in September
2008 by the Mumbai crime branch, which was probing the terror
emails sent by IM operatives after the Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Delhi
serial blasts.
TADA court in Guwahati in Assam
deferred the bail hearing of Ranjan Daimary, ‘chief’ of NDFB-RD
till October 21.
Police recovered a grenade from
Leirongthel stone quarry in Thoubal District Police speculated
that the bomb threat could be related to monetary demand. (Manipur)
A combined team of Bishnupur District
Police Commandos and Indian Army arrested a PREPAK militant Manson
Ningthoujam alias Sana from Nambol Bazar in Bishnupur District
of Manipur. Investigation revealed that he was involved in recruiting
youths for PREPAK.
SFs arrested two militants, identified
as Ksh Amuthoi of KCP-MC and Ngambom Khongsai of KLA from Chana
in Imphal East District and Yawllen Chepu in Ukhrul District of
Manipur. An extortion letter was recovered from the KCP militant.
ANVC-B ‘chairman’ Rimpu N Marak
announced that it was preparing a pamphlet, in Garo language explaining
the contents of the peace agreement, which was signed on September
24. Announcement came a day after the state opposition party NPP
asked the Meghalaya Government to make public the agreed text
of settlement signed with ANVC.
NSCN-KK welcomed eight ‘home comers’
from NSCN-K and NSCN-IM who recently join its fold. (Nagaland)
Police seized FICN of INR 21,000
from the house of one Mashuram Reang, a surrendered insurgent
of NLFT at 'DM Colony' rehabilitation colony of the tribals in
Unakoti District of Tripura.
A 38-year-old man, identified
as Raghunath Kisku, was allegedly killed by CPI-Maoist cadres
near Bakra Bridge under Musaboni Police Station limits in Ghatsila
Sub-Division of East Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. Local residents
claimed Kisku was the founder member of Nagarik Suraksha Samity
(NSS), an anti-Maoist organisation of the villagers that was active
in the mid-2000
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October 18 |
SFs arrested an Al-Badr militant
identified as Irfan Ahmad Bhatalias Irra from Sopore area
in Baramullah District of J&K. Spokesperson for SFs stated
that Irfan boy was motivated and recruited into the Al-Badr outfit
by Al-Badr ‘district commander’ Muzaffar Ahmad Naikoo alias
MuzMolvi with a view to build a network of Al-Badr operatives
for the execution of various militant actions in and around Sopore.
The former president of banned
extremist outfit SIMI, Salauddin Ahmed (45) died in a road accident
at Peddakaparthi village under Chityal Police station limits on
NH-65 in Nalgonda District of Telangana. Salahuddin, who originally
hails from Nalgonda, was accused in the 2002 Dilsukhnagar Sai
Baba Temple bomb blast case.
The ATS of the Mumbai Police arrested
a terror suspect, identified as Anis Ansari (24), a software engineer
who was allegedly planning to blow up American organizations including
the American School at BKC in Mumbai. Officials of the ATS said
that the accused, who had allegedly opened fictitious accounts
on a social networking site, had allegedly mentioned about 'carrying
out a blast on American organizations in Mumbai' in chats with
some Shakeel Ahmed.
The NIA is getting new clues to
a wider terror network with each passing day of its investigation
into the Burdwan blast case. An intelligence sources said that
What was suspected to be the handiwork of elements from SIMI,
HuJI and LeT of India and JMB of Bangladesh now seems to point
to a much bigger network that was trying to recruit, train and
push back cadres into Bangladesh and parts of Assam to "revive
Jihadi terrorism."
Two suspected NDFB-IKS militants
were injured in an exchange of fire with SFs at Hugrajuli in Sonitpur
District of Assam.
Also, chances of Ranjan Daimary,
the chief of the NDFB-RD faction being released from jail have
become bright with the Assam Government informing the court that
it had no objection if he was granted bail. Government stated
that NDFB-RD is currently in peace talks with Government and as
the outfit head, Daimary’s presence in the talks is required to
make it fruitful.
A man identified as Mohammed Raj
Khan sustained injuries after he was shot in his right knee by
unidentified miscreants at Lilong Hangamthabi in Thoubal District
of Manipur.
A female militant of ZUF Meinguiliu
Gangmei was arrested by SFs from at Wahengbam Leikai Jiri Parking
area in Imphal West of Manipur. Investigation has revealed that
she along with her husband and other fellow members of ZUF had
abducted two betel leaf traders and extorted money.
AR arrested a UNLF militant identified
as Elangban Frank alias Rupa Singh from Hiyanglam Awang
Leikai in Thoubal in Manipur.
An unidentified juvenile militant,
suspected to be a GNLA militant was arrested from Gasuapara in
South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
A ‘sergeant major’ and medical
officer of HNLC identified as BynrapborPathaw alias Khlain
surrendered at Mawlai Police Station in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.
Two UALA militants identified
as Chingku N. Sangma and John K Sangma surrendered
in Tura in West Garo hills of Meghalaya. Both were founding members
of UALA and were in Nagaland command from where they used to supply
arms to UALA.
Two ASAK militants surrendered
with arms in Baghmara in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
They deposited one 9 mm pistol with 15 rounds and one 7.65 mm
pistol with eight rounds and one wireless handset.
AMEF ‘general secretary’ Niksamso
Matgrik, who was earlier a GNLA militant, accepted that he was
behind the abduction of PK Boro, the then BDO of Dadenggre, but
stated that “The abduction was carried out to show GNLA strength
to the Government. Operations against the GNLA were intensified
during that time. It was only to dissuade the Government that
Boro was abducted, he also claimed that no money was taken in
return for his release. (Meghalaya)
A cache of arms and ammunition
were recovered from a hill top tribal hut in remote Rambhaktapara
in West Tripura District after villagers reported few youths staying
in the makeshift hut. Police recovered three country-made guns
and five live cartridges.
The cadres of the CPI-Maoist abducted
and killed an ailing Policeman in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
The Maoists halted a bus plying on Chintalnar-Jagargunda road
in the District, abducted constable Shivkumar Sidar of the 9th
Battalion of CAF and killed him, ADG of Police, Anti-Naxal
operations, R.K. Vij said.
Carrying out a combing operation
against the CPI-Maoist ahead of the PACS elections in Nawada District
the SFs defused five landmines planted by the Maoists in Hudhudwa
forests in Nawada District of Bihar. The SFs also seized 40 meter
cottage wire, 30 meter fuse wire, five detonators, and five pressure
switch, besides large quantity of Maoist literature, from the
spot.
Three ASAK militants Salchang,
Sengrang alias Jamok and Gilbirth alias Border surrendered
to Police at an unspecified location and handed over a rifle,
two pistols, two wireless handsets ammunition and camouflage uniforms.(Meghalaya)
An individual identified as Numberson
M Sangma was abducted at West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya.
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October 19 |
Violating ceasefire, Pakistan
Rangers resorted to small arms firing on forward BOPs along the
IB in Pargwal Sector of Jammu District of J&K. BSF troops
retaliated strongly.
The NIA and a BSF team, in a raid
at three key hideouts in Murshidabad District of West Bengal,
recovered several crucial evidence in connection with the Burdwan
blast of October 2. NIA team with BSF’s intelligence officials
and personnel searched the unlicensed madrassa, Talimul Banatli
Hatematuj Johura at Mukhimnagar village in Lalgola and recovered
two gas cylinders, two motorbikes, bunches of jihadi scripts,
some of them being half-burnt, and leaflets.
After that NIA-BSF joint team
raided the house of Mofazzul alias Laden, who has been
absconding and recovered two cell phones, a SIM, a mobile chip,
a passbook and some money receipts.
Later, they searched “Burqa Ghar”
in Beldanga which had been run by Shakeel Ahmed, one of the two
deceased in the Burdwan blast and recovered a cellphone, a SIM,
various carry bags and leaflets.
Another NIA team questioned Mithu
Sheikh, an aide of the terror accused, and his family members
at the office of sub-divisional Police officer at Bolpur in Birbhum
District. The Police then summoned him. Reports also said that
during the day, the officers inspected the blast site in Burdwan
once again and recovered various items close to two dozen.
The NIA officials are on the lookout
for three children of Yousuf Sheikh, Rahima Khatoon (5), Asifa
Khatoon (4) and son Khattab Sheikh (2). Yousuf Sheikh is one of
the key accused in the Burdwan blast case, who used to give jihadi
training at the Simulia madrassa in Mangalkote. NIA officials
believe that Yousuf, who is now absconding, will not take the
risk of travelling with three kids, as they are too young and
this can even lead to his identification. NIA officials also suspect
that Yousuf would try to cross the border to reach Bangladesh.
A suspected GNLA militant, identified
as Alet G Marak, was arrested in Nongalbibra, in Agreng area in
East Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
Police stated that Operation Hillstorm
is finally reaping dividends as intensified operations have led
to militant cadres giving up armed struggle. Lakador Syiem stated
that “In South Garo Hills, police activities and operations have
increased leading to cadres of various outfits coming forward
to surrender. The coming days should see more militants surrendering”.
He also added that “We are receiving a lot of help from civil
society organisations, Church elders and residents who are bringing
the militants to us. We are confident that the results of Operation
Hillstorm will be better with time”. (Meghalaya)
ANVC-B demanded fresh elections
to the GHADC following the signing of the Agreed Text for Settlement
on September 24. The tenure of the council was first extended
for six months with effect from February 18 this year. It was
scheduled to expire on August 17, but since elections cannot be
held in a short span of time, the cabinet extended its tenure
by another six months. The ANVC-B ‘chairman’ Rimpu N. Marak stated
that “The executive committee of the council was extended on the
ground that the settlement was due. Now, as the settlement has
been signed, we want the government to prepare for fresh elections.”
(Meghalaya)
SFs seized 5,000 rounds of smuggled
ammunition from the border trade centre at Zokhawthar village
in Champhai District of Mizoram. Police said the ammunition was
smuggled from Myanmar by a man identified as Nang Go Tuang, who
was arrested. The smuggled bullets worth INR 1.25 million were
for US-made M-16 and domestically manufactured INSAS rifles.
A joint team of BSF and DF arrested
seven cadres of the CPI-Maoist from a forested patch of Koilibeda
region in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. The arrested Maoists
were identified as Heeralal Anchale (35), Rajendra Usendi (23),
Bansingh Nureti (40), Maansingh Anchala (30), Birsingh Marai (40),
Shankar Marai (30) and Parshuram Darro (35), all residents of
Pusavahi village Koilibeda. Kanker SP, R N Dash informed that
the arrested Maoists were involved in serious criminal incidents
like murder, attempt to murder and carrying out bombings on Government
infrastructure such as road and school buildings.
The terror suspect, Anis Ansari,
arrested on October 18 for `chatting' with his friends on Facebook
about jihad and attacking the American school in BKC in Mumbai,
was indoctrinated by hearing lectures of al Qaeda preachers, said
sources. Ansari who has been booked under the charges of criminal
conspiracy read with IPC section of 302 of murder and information
technology act told Police that he was indoctrinated hearing the
Jihadi lectures of Nouman Ali, Ahmed Farooque and Abu Bakr
Bagdadi on the internet.
Four Maoists, identified as Mangal
Singh Munda, Bhuta Singh Munda, Kora Munda and Mangra Munda, were
arrested and arms and ammunition seized following a brief encounter
at Dari jungle in Khunti District of Jharkhand. A .303 rifle,
one regular rifle, one country-made gun, 68 live cartridges including
two AK-47 rifle ammunitions were recovered from them. However,
Chaura Munda and Chaika Munda managed to escape from the spot.
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October 20 |
A civilian, identified as Romesh
Chander injured in shelling by Pakistan Rangers in Arnia town
of Jammu District on the intervening night of October 5 and 6,
2014, succumbed to his injuries in the Government Medical College
in Jammu.
Army and J&K Police neutralized
a militant’s hideout and recovered a large quantity of arms, ammunition
and explosive material from Abbalkot forest area of Nachlana area
in Ramban District. Recoveries made from the hideout included
one AK-47 rifles with three magazines, one .303 rifle, one 12
bore rifle, one pistol with one magazine, 119 rounds of AK-47,
two Chinese hand grenades, four UBGL grenades, two RPG boosters,
one Samsung binocular, one radio set, one Kchibo transistor and
20 batteries of 1.5 volts.
A Pakistani intruder, identified
as Rahman Khan, was arrested along the LoC in Salohtri-Krishnagati
forward area of Poonch District of J&K.
ED has summoned six persons in
connection to the probe into funding of terror modules in Burdwan
blast. According to sources, the six persons are Asua Biwi (Burhan
Seikh's mother), Abul Kalam (absconding Seikh Kader's brother),
Jamat Seikh of Napara village (Ayesha's father), Seikh Asadulla
of Bhatar, Nazrul and Israel (brothers of Yousuf Sheikh).
CID recovered cash worth INR 44,000
from Rumi Biwi, wife of deceased Shakeel Ahmed Gazi, from the
Khagragarh house in Burdwan District. She has told investigators
that she has received INR 30,000 from Nadia and INR 14,000 was
given to her by Rezaul. She said she took the money to purchase
land at Goda mouza to build her own house. NIA has already discovered
that Yousuf Seikh purchased several plots for construction of
madrassas. They have also traced 48 bank accounts of Yusuf and
21 bank accounts of Ayesha to Canara Bank's Nigon branch. ED has
now started to track those behind such large pay-outs.
Three NIA officials, led by DSP
Vijayendra Singh, have begun the probe to find out whether there
was a TMC party office above the garage at the Burdwan blast house.
The agency questioned landlord and TMC leader Nurul Hasan Choudhury
and his son Ashraf Ali Choudhury over four hours.
Al Qaeda, in the latest issue
of its online propaganda magazine ‘Resurgence’, has revealed terror
plot for attack on oil shipments passing through Strait of Hormuz
and other key choke points in Turkish straits. Most of the oil
shipments passing through the Straits of Hormuz are bound for
Japan, India and China. The al Qaeda’s magazine talks about several
vulnerable points in the Strait of Hormuz, which it says transports
17 million barrels of oil on a daily basis. The 117-page magazine
quoting the official figures and maps, allegedly downloaded from
various Government websites and data borrowed from the US Department
of Energy, points out that critical sea lane provide strategic
opportunity for the Mujahideen to launch attacks.
A top J&K Police officer,
Kashmir range IG Abdul Gani Mir said that unidentified youth seen
waving ISIS flags in Srinagar have no knowledge about the group
and wave the "black color flags just for fun. "We are
investigating the matter thoroughly and prima facie reveals that
those few youth who were found waving the flags know nothing about
the Islamic State," Mir said.
A joint team of SFs killed two
unidentified NSCN-IM militants at Thinsa village in Tirap in Arunachal
Pradesh. One AK–56 rifle with two magazines and 50 rounds of ammunition,
one M 16 rifle with a magazine and 30 rounds of ammunitions were
recovered from the dead militants.
ATSUM imposed an indefinite economic
blockade on N.Hs and a ban on all Central Government projects.
ATSUM President Muan Tombing stated that the blockade was imposed
as Manipur Government had failed to implement the promise given
in November 2013 such as demands related to education, employment,
bifurcation of power, opening of new offices, setting up of new
Commission and other schemes for Scheduled Tribes.
The individual identified as Numberson
M Sangma, who was abducted on October 18 was rescued by a Police
team assisted by BSF and VDP from Noarsora in West Khasi Hills
District of Meghalaya.
Five GNLA militants identified
as Griksang B Marak, alias Katnap ,Chanang K Marak alias
Rasong, Tengbarth M Marak alias Jingjang, Lonan M Sangma
and Nikrak M Sangma alias Mikjan surrendered before NGH
SP at Bajengdoba Police Station in East Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
They were under the command of GNLA leader Jongman. The militants
surrendered with a US made automatic carbine rifle with two magazines
and a hundred rounds of ammunition, two 7.65 pistols with two
magazines and nine rounds of ammunition and a wireless handset.
An ASAK militant Salning T Sangma
surrendered before Police at Baghmara in South Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
HNLC demanded withdrawal of armed
forces and their political machineries at the earliest from the
Hynniewtrep soil if the Centre wanted wants peace and normalcy
to be restored in Meghalaya.
Meghalaya Government is planning
to make the peace pact with ANVC public after the formal surrender
of arms and ammunition by the militant outfit. State Home Minister
Roshan Warjri stated that should not be any problem in placing
the agreed text of settlement signed with the Garo rebel outfit
in the public domain. Government would soon hold an official programme
where the ANVC cadres will be surrendering their arms and ammunition.
Meghalaya HM said that State was
still on the job to shortlist the names of the interlocutors to
facilitate the peace process with HNLC and also informed that
State Home Ministry was also working out the modalities for the
talk with the militant group.
A group of irate tribals lynched
three CPI-Maoist cadres, after the Maoists killed one of their
fellow villagers, Gemmeli Sanjeeva Rao, at Veeravaram village
in Chintapalli mandal of Visakhapatnam District of Andhra
Pradesh. The dead Maoists were identified as ‘district committee
member’ Sindri China Ranga Rao alias Sarat, Palasa Gangapati
and Korra Nageswara Rao, both members of Maoist militia squad.
A group of 30 to 40 Maoists came to Veeravaram village to kill
Sanjeeva Rao, a former Maoist and his friend Satyanarayana alias
Simhachalam. Maoists suspected them of being ‘Police informers’.
A group of 10 Maoists caught hold of Sanjeeva Rao and Simhachalam
when they were returning to Boddalaveedhi and killed Rao incurring
the wrath of the villagers. The villagers attacked the Maoists
killing three of them on the spot.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Haribandhu Kadraka, was arrested at Sarapally under Muniguda
Police Station limits in Rayagada District of Odisha. Police also
recovered three electric detonators, a tiffin bomb, three IED,
three live cartridge of 7.62 mm (SLR) and two Maoist banners and
huge electric wires from him. At least 11 criminal cases are pending
against him under Muniguda Police Station.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Dhaniram Gond (22), Mangal Salaam (26) and Kumarsingh Korram
(28), surrendered in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh. "The
cadres surrendered before senior police officials citing high-handedness
of senior cadres, particularly those from Andhra Pradesh as well
as sexual exploitation of women and girls by them," Kondagaon
ASP Surjit Atri said.
A former ‘sub zonal commander’
of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Mangal Nagesiya, was killed by
the Maoists at Kanshikona village in Gumla District of Jharkhand.
He carried a reward of INR 500,000 on his head. The incident took
place when Nagesiya, who had formed his own group called Janhit
Kranti Party was at small hamlet near Kanshikona with his
small squad including a woman member. After shooting him dead,
the Maoists are believed to have taken away the woman with them.
Khudi Munda's squad of Maoists was involved in the incident and
Maoist leader Vishwamitra ji is learnt to have taken responsibility
for the incident.
Maoists blew up a portion of a
railway track in Bokaro District of Jharkhand which resulted in
the disruption of train services. State Police said the Maoists
destroyed about 1.5 meters of track due to which passenger trains
were held up at different points. Police also confirmed the recovery
of a 15 kilogram can bomb hidden below an over bridge on National
Highway-2 at Chittarpur.
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October 21 |
The Crime Branch arrested two
persons, identified as Ali Ahmad Jibril Ahmad Sha (35) and Arif
Bar Sai (32), for the possession FICN of INR 500,000 in Airoli
in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. The Police recovered 400 notes of
INR 1000 denomination and 200 notes of INR 500 denomination, and
confiscated the car used by the two accused.
Union Minister of Home Affairs,
Rajnath Singh said that the possibility of terror attack in the
country cannot be ruled out. He said that "The possibility
of terror attacks can't be ruled out during the festive season.
Terror threats are there and alerts are being issued.” He added
that "We issue regular alerts. We issue alerts on the basis
of whatever information we get."
NSA, Ajit Doval said that there
is no threat from either al Qaeda or ISIS of a magnitude which
the country cannot deal with as security agencies were keeping
a "very close watch". Doval said that "There is
nothing as big or small terrorism. It is not on the basis of geography,
but on the basis of groups, it is on the basis of capabilities
and tactics. Any group, about whom we have information that has
the capability and intention to strike against would be our biggest
targets." He added that "I don't think threats are of
magnitude from either one of them which we are not in a position
to cope."
DGP, Assam, Khagen Sarma said
that Assamese youths who were arrested in connection with the
Burdwan blast (West Bengal) have undergone a training under the
Islamic terror network JMB to carry out terror attacks. He said
that "We have received information against some youths who
have been visiting Bangladesh for getting the training under the
Islamic terror networks such as the JMB to carry out terror attacks.”
There has been an alert and police are keeping a close eye on
some Districts in lower and central Assam and Barak Valley.
Specific intelligence reports
reaching the Centre suggest that the NIA’s team probing the Burdwan
blast case is facing a serious threat from subversive elements.
According to the sources, even though the NIA team has been provided
adequate security cover by para-military and local Police, the
high threat perception shows that the Burdwan terror module had
probably managed to establish a good network within the state
(West Bengal) and subversive elements may want to prevent security
agencies from busting the entire module. The case has serious
security ramifications for both India and Bangladesh due to which
intelligence agencies of the two countries are said to be working
in close co-ordination.
An arms dealer suspected to be
a linkman of Islamic fundamentalist groups identified as Yusuf
Ali was killed in an encounter with SFs at Lalmati area in Kokrajhar
in Assam. Another individual identified as Sohrab Ali was injured
during the incident. Two others, one of them identified as Faisal
Ali, were also arrested.
Two unidentified individuals were
arrested from Jwhwlao Dwimalu Road in Kokrajhar District of Assam
and five live ammunitions were recovered from the spot. Recently,
the State Home Department had issued red alert in some sensitive
Districts including Kokrajhar following the threat from Al–Qaeda
and NDFB-IKS.
Suspected NDFB-IKS militants reportedly
snatched seven INSAS rifles from personnel of 135 battalion of
Territorial Army ETF, at Khalashi area in Kokrajhar in Assam,
when about 60 to 80 NDFB-IKS militants surrounded the Eco Task
Force personnel and took away the rifles at gunpoint.
The ‘commander in chief’ of ULFA-I
stated that mindset of the political leaders of India would have
to change for a political solution to the issues. He also said
a concrete shape to the common platform of the “revolutionary
organisations” of the region would be given shortly. He also said
if majority of the bonafide citizens of Assam vote to stay with
India, the ULFA-I would accept it. But at the same time GoI must
accept the result of the plebiscite if majority vote in favour
of separation. Further when asked if ULFA-I is receiving help
from China, He stated that, “we are ready to receive political,
moral or logistic help from any country which comes forward to
extend help without any pre-condition. We will also like to make
it clear that we will not accept help from anyone by compromising
the interest of Assam.”
Unidentified miscreants planted
a hand grenade at the residence of Yengkhom Muhindro, Pradhan
of Khonghampat Gram Panchayat at Imphal West in Manipur.
Later, a bomb disposal squad Police retrieved the bomb.
SFs arrested an unidentified UNLF
militant from Geljang in Churachandpur in Manipur. Initial interrogation
of the UNLF cadre confirmed that the individual was involved in
the IED explosion on February 26, 2013 in which one SF was killed.
Police arrested an AMEF militants
identified as Millan M Sangma and two others identified as Sengsimbirth
R Marak and George Marak from Williamnagar town in East Garo Hills
of Meghalaya while they were looking for potential victims who
could be kidnapped for ransom. Sengsimbirth R Marak and George
Marak were planning to join AMEF after executing the planned abduction.
The ‘deputy commander-in-chief
‘ of GNLA Toding Ch Marak claimed that Meghalaya police is staging
a plot to assassinate the family members of its top leaders including
Sohan D Shira by using surrendered cadres. He stated that “Based
on our intelligence, we received specific inputs that Mingran
T Sangma along with other surrendered cadres and with the help
of Meghalaya police in the guise of militants are planning to
assassinate our families including our ‘c-and-c’ Sohan D Shira’s
family. If they draw first blood then we won’t hesitate to retaliate
in equal measure and we will not take responsibility for it.”
The abductors of 11 non-tribals,
who were abducted on October 10 have reduced earlier ransom amount
from INR 3 million to INR 1.1 million. The abductors, belonging
to NLFT and BDFM said that the ransom should be paid this month
itself, otherwise it would be the responsibility of the relatives
if anything happened to the hostages. (Mizoram)
Police killed a CPI-Maoist woman
cadre in Sukma District and arrested two top Maoists in Dantewada
District of Chhattisgarh, in separate incidents. IG (Bastar) SRP
Kalluri informed that a joint team comprising CRPF and DF
personnel started from the Gorkha camp for conducting search operation
in a forested patch under Kistaram Police Station in Sukma District.
Suddenly, they had a face-off with Maoists hiding in the forests
and both sides engaged in gun battle. After exchange of fire for
about an hour, the insurgents fled inside the forest. Later on,
during the searching of area, body of a woman Maoist was found,
he said. In another incident, two Maoists, identified as Jilaram
and Mahru, were arrested from Harla village under Geedam Police
Station in Dantewada District when they had reached the village
to meet some of their relatives.
The CPI-Maoist has accepted that
it was facing a “difficult situation” in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh
where it was dominant until recently. In a statement issued by
Gudsa Usendi, spokesperson of the DKSZC, to “condemn” the surrender
of DKSZC member Arjun and his wife Ranita before the Police in
Telangana, the party said the couple could not withstand the “difficult
time” faced by the movement. “Arjun and Ranita overestimated the
enemy power as undefeatable in the present tough times. But these
are only the phases of any revolutionary movement,” claimed Gudsa
Usendi adding that their surrender did make a “negative impact”
on the party.
Abhay, the spokesperson of the
CPI-Maoist ‘central committee’ in another statement said “Not
a single day is passing without the ‘usual’ encounters and fake
encounters of both revolutionaries and common people in the movement
areas. Excessive cordon and search operations, area dominations,
loot, destruction, mayhem, tortures and atrocities on people by
the government forces are going on in Dandakaranya.”
On the deployment of the Naga
Battalion in Chhattisgarh, the DKSZC spokesperson appealed to
the Naga troopers not to come to Chhattisgarh “as slaves in the
service of exploiters” and raise their voice against ‘forcible
deployment’ and express solidarity with the tribal people fighting
for their very existence.
The CPI-Maoist also condemned
the re-arrest of Goppanna Markam, an alleged senior Maoist leader
by the Bastar Police and termed it “illegal and unconstitutional.”
Stating that the Police personnel
are fighting with terrorists and anti-national elements like Maoists
in recent times, DC of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh D. Randeep
has said the government must provide modern weaponry and training
to the Police to combat terrorism. Speaking at the Police Commemoration
Day event in Bijapur District, he said with increasing terrorist
attacks, it was the Police that had to face them to save the lives
of the people.
SFs during a search operation
recovered two powerful cane bombs, weighting 20 kg each, and a
100 metre fuse wire from a CPI-Maoist hideout at Patthadiha locality
in Bhimbandh forest of Munger District of Bihar.
Two PMGSY workers of tribal-dominated
Nagira village under Pallahara gram panchayat in Angul
District of Odisha were abducted by suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist.
The abductees were identified as Amarendra Sahoo and Hemant Swain,
and they were working as labourers under SK Agrawal, a contractor.
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October 22 |
Poonch Police arrested two militants,
identified as Mohammad Azam and Sikander Khan and recovered consignments
of explosives and ammunition from their vehicle at Panar bridge
in Poshana area of Behramgala of Poonch District of J&K. The
consignment included two HE36 grenades, one Chinese grenade, one
Chinese pistol with one magazine and four ammunition rounds of
9mm.
Pakistan resorted to firing from
across the IB in Ramgarh and Arnia sectors of Jammu District of
J&K for a brief period. There were no casualties or damage
on the Indian side. The BSF retaliated silencing the Pakistani
guns.
A SIMI activist and an associate
of arrested IM activist were arrested by North Zone Police in
Secunderabad in Hyderabad District of Telangana. The duos, who
are natives of Maharashtra, were reportedly in contact with three
residents of Saidabad in their endeavour to go to Afghanistan
for jihad training. Police said that one of them, identified as
Shah Mudassir alias Talha, runs a general store at Umerkhed
Yavatmal District and is a member of SIMI. The other youth is
identified as Shoeb Ahmed Khan alias Tariq Bhai of Hingoli
District and is an associate of Mansoor Ali Peerboy (Media in-charge
of IM, Pune Module). Police recovered mobile phones, literature
on explosive formulae and jihad, pen drives, CDs containing militant
training programmes, passports and other documents from them.
A villager, Deuri Hanse was killed
by suspected KPLT militants at Langthu Rongphar village in Karbi
Anglong in Assam, suspecting that he was a Police informer. KPLT
had called for a bandh in Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao
Districts in protest against the killing of two KPLT militants
on October 20.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi stated that
he was ready to write to GoI for amnesty to ULFA-I’s ‘chief’ Paresh
Baruah, if he decides to return and contest polls His comments
come a day after a report quoting Baruah that India was scared
of holding a plebiscite on sovereignty of Assam. Gogoi countered
ULFA-I’s allegations that Assamese people were not independent
and gave examples of high turnout during elections held in the
state in recent years.
HSDP delegation had submitted
a memorandum demanding the creation of a separate state comprising
the two autonomous hill Districts of Assam
Unidentified miscreants fired
three rounds of bullets at the residence of head-mistress of the
Praja High School located just opposite to the school in Lamdeng
Khunou near Lamsang Bazar in Imphal West in Manipur.
Imphal East Police commandos arrested
three active members of ZDV Lalpu Zou alias Chongminal,
Jamlal Haokip alias Alal and Lunkhogam Haokip alias
Angam, during a search operation conducted at Tribal Market, New
Checkon in Imphal East District of Manipur.
SFs arrested a militant of PREPAK-pro
Leimapokpam Brojen Singh at Nambol bazar in Bishnupur in Manipur.
One 9 mm pistol along with one magazine loaded with 2 live rounds
was seized from him. Investigation revealed that he was involved
in the transportation of arms for PREPAK.
Assistant Marketing Officer in
Manipur Hills and Backward Development Co-operation Bank identified
as Tongbram Ibomcha Alias Ibungomacha who was abducted
on August 29 by UKLF from Phutap area of Churachandpur District,
and kept at UKLF designated camp, managed to escape from the camp.
He was kept in the camp for a ransom demand of INR 1.4 million.
Following assurances by Manipur
CM Ibobi Singh ATSUM, suspended its two-day old stir, which imposed
an indefinite economic blockade on National Highways and a ban
on all Central Government projects from October 20.
Kuki civil organisations including
Kuki Inpi Sadar Hills and its frontal organisations, Sadar Hills
Women Union, KSO-Sadar Hills and Kuki Chiefs` Associations reaffirmed
their stand not to endorse and give any tax or donation to NSCN-K
or KTU which they allege is a proxy of the militant group. (Manipur)
Six
suspected cadres of ULFA-I were arrested during a joint operation
of the army and police between Rabhagre Rongsai and Pedaldoba,
near Tikrikilla, about 135km from Tura in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
The cadres have been identified as Suraj Hajong , Hiran Rabha,
Vikas Rabha , Mingson Rabha , Elam Rabha , and Korton Rabha and
all of them were from Pedaldoba village under Tikrikilla Police
Station in the District. Six 9mm pistols, 20 live rounds of ammunition
and two hand grenades were recovered from their possession.
Five ASAK militants Raksing Ch
Marak, Bikash M Sangma, Dengcheng N Sangma, Minseng M Marak and
Bikam Ch Marak surrendered before the Police in a remote place
in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya with three magazines
and 13 rounds of ammunition and a hand grenade.
The ‘joint public secretary’ Garo
Mandei Ch Marak of GNLA said that despite the surrender of many
GNLA cadres, the outfit still has a good number of committed cadres
with it. (Meghalaya)
The Agreed Text for Settlement
signed on September 24 with ANVC and ANVC-B does not specify the
exact number of seats to be increased in GHADC. and also any special
central package for next five years Though earlier it was suggested
to increase the strength of GHADC from the current 30 to 40 ,
the Agreed Text for Settlement only says that “an increase in
the number of members of the Council is agreed in principal” without
mentioning how many seats will be increased. A Home Department
official stated that the exact number of seats to be raised was
not considered by the Union Cabinet as the number will come up
when the amendment of the Constitution is initiated. (Meghalaya)
GHADC will be made more accountable
and transparent as per the Agreed Text for Settlement with ANVC-ANVC-B
The agreement stipulates that there is a need for strict adherence
to established norms of financial management in the administration
of Council and all concerned should maintain the highest standards
of probity to prevent misutilisation of funds. For better monitoring
mechanism, a joint committee of both State government and District
Council will monitor and review the regular release of scheme
based funds to the Council. The matter will be informed to another
Monitoring Committee proposed under MHA. (Meghalaya)
While the ANVC will dissolve itself
as an organization within three months from signing the agreement,
the State Government will provide full support to the relief and
rehabilitation of members of the ANVC who have surrendered with
arms in accordance with the existing policy of the state. (Meghalaya)
The criminal cases registered
against the members of ANVC for non-heinous crime will be withdrawn
by the Meghalaya Government. According to Agreed Text of Settlement,
“Criminal cases registered for heinous crimes shall be reviewed
case by case according to the existing policy on the subject and
wherever feasible steps for withdrawal of such cases will be initiated
by the State Government”.
As per the agreement with ANVC
and ANVC-B is concerned, GoI has not budgeted any amount for the
next five years as part of empowering GHADC. However, a Home department
official said that though the specific amount of money is not
quantified, funds will be arranged in due course of time. As per
the agreement, the Meghalaya Government will provide one time
funding support for five years to strengthen the local/ traditional
institutions at the grass root level.
Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister
stated that that the Committee which he is heading has not been
able to meet since the pro-ILP groups have refused to participate
in the discussions.
Besides the Rowell Committee,
the other two Committees are headed by ADGP SK Jain and Chief
Secretary Barkos Warjri. The Jain Committee has already submitted
the report to the Government on the entry and exit points in State
except Garo Hills as the process of identifying the entry and
exit points in Garo Hills was delayed due to flood. The Committee
headed by the Chief Secretary Barkos Warjri was asked to study
and examine various legislative measures to achieve the objective
of coming up with the comprehensive mechanism to check influx.
(Meghalaya)
Naga civilian identified as Hekuto
was injured when Assam Police fired at some people at Liphayan
in Wokha District of Nagaland. One of them managed to escape while
the third person was apprehended by Assam Police and later released
and handed over to Ralan Police station. According to Ralan Area
Lotha Hoho chairman Hayithung, three Naga youths had “gone
Liphanyan village to visit friends”. On seeing “new faces” a non-local
reported their presence to Assam Police.
Four arms peddlers identified
as Ketshukuolie, Rokuongutuo Angami, Gulo Mao and Api Chakesang
were arrested and a 7.65 mm pistol and one .22 pistol was recovered.
(Nagaland)
In retaliation for the reported
eviction of the family members of ‘general’ Nikki Sumi of NSCN-K
by NSCN-KK, NSCN-K has directed all family members of NSCN-KK
to vacate Dimapur within 24 hours of publication of the directive.
NSCN-K ‘public relations officer’ stated that around 30 members
of NSCN-KK “forcefully” evicted Nikki Sumi’s family and children,
adding it would also do the same with NSCN-KK family members
residing in Dimapur. (Nagaland)
An IED weighing 10 kg packed in
a steel container found placed beneath the Kondagaon-Bayanar road
allegedly by the CPI-Maoist to target SFs, was recovered in Kondagaon
District of Chhattisgarh.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Santara Dehuri alias Sanju (26), was arrested by the
CRPF personnel from Taparasingha village under Jujumura Police
Station limits in Sambalpur District of Odisha.
A woman CPI-Maoist ‘commander’,
identified as Shanti Kunjam (32), who was heading Mirtur LOS,
surrendered in Bastar Division of Chhattisgarh after she was persuaded
by her brother, who is a Police personnel. IG, Bastar Range, SRP
Kalluri said initially she worked with Mirtur ‘area committee’
and subsequently shifted to Kamloor ‘area committee’. In December
2013, she was elevated as ‘commander’ of Mirtur LOS.
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October 23 |
Violating ceasefire, Pakistan
resorted unprovoked firing along the IB in Ramgarh and Arnia Sectors
of Jammu District of J&K. There were no casualties or damage
on the Indian side. The BSF retaliated strongly.
The follower Rafiq Ahmed Mir of
IRP 12th battalion was shot dead by LeT militants in Hassanporabagh
area of Kulgam District of J&K. SP, Kulgam, and Mohammad Shafi
Mir said the militants barged into Mir’s house at Hassanporabagh
last night and fired upon him from a point blank range killing
him on the spot. He said that the militants managed to escape
after carrying out the attack.
12th standard student
identified as Siddhartha Jain, son of a business man Binod Jain
was abducted by miscreants while returning from his father’s shop
in Udalguri Town in Udalguri District of Assam. UDPF condemned
the abduction and appealed to abductors to release the boy.
NDFB-IKS ‘general secretary’ B
Saoraigwra, alleged that in the name of military operations, and
searching for illegal arms in Bodo villages, SFs had been committing
acts of human right violations like harassing, arresting and torturing
innocent civilians and family members of the militant group.(Assam)
Paresh Baruah, the leader of ULFA-I
stated that ULFA-I would never join hands with any fundamentalist
force. (Assam)
Arabinda Rajkhowa, the leader
of ULFA-PTF stated that the jihadi groups were trying to
create a base in the state and appealed to people and Government
to be vigilant against such forces. Expressing satisfaction over
the progress of talks with Government, he stated that said they
expect the next round of talks to be held soon after Diwali.(Assam)
Police rescued two labourers identified
as Thokchom Kanta Singh and Haobijam Jackson Singh from Molnom
Village in Sadar Hills in Manipur. They were held for a ransom
of INR one Billion. The rescue happened after Police arrested
active militants of KNF-N Jangkhohen Kipgen alias Jangpu
, Saikul PS and another individual identified as Paolenmang Kipgen
from Andro parking in Imphal East District. Investigation also
revealed that they had come to Andro parking for negotiation of
ransom amount for two kidnapped labours.
Lok Sabha members from Manipur
Thangso Baite, Dr T Meinya and Rajya Sabha member Abdul Saam met
the All Political Party Inner Line Permit (ILP) Committee and
asserted that implementation of ILP System or a comparable law
in Manipur is highly needed as numerous outsiders have come to
the State.
A Meghalaya Police SI Pramoth
Sangma was killed in an exchange of fire at Purakhasia area of
West Garo Hills.He had won he prestigious Governor Police Medal
earlier this year.ASP Bruno A. Sangma stated area was frequented
by ASAK and AMEF militants.
A GNLA militant Griksang Marak
alias Chuang was arrested from Salpara area of Mendipather
in East Garo Hills of Meghalaya. He later Police to a hideout
inside a forest near Rongcheng village West Khasi Hills District
where he had concealed a Chinese Sniper Rifle along with an AK
rifle and a .303 rifle. Police also recovered as many as 160 rounds
of ammunition with four magazines meant for the sniper rifle,
an AK magazine containing 35 rounds and four .303 calibre bullets.
A wireless handset along with a GNLA training manual, two mobile
phones, sim cards were also recovered from the hideout. The militant
was arrested from the house of a woman collaborator identified
as Gretwila R Marak. Her brother, Dikrak R Marak was arrested
for harbouring the militant.
Four OGWs of GNLA Sachin M Sangma,
Maketh Ch Marak, Nanak Ch Sangma and Danle M Marak surrendered
before the South Garo Hills Police. (Meghalaya)
Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan
Warjri stated that operations against the militants will continue
against militants who are engaged in creating terror in the state
and asserted that counter-insurgency operations would continue.
Operation Hill Storm has yielded
results, leading to the killing of many rebels. In the last three
weeks, over 25 cadres of different outfits have surrendered. In
the last five years, over 1,000 cases of crime by militants have
been registered in Meghalaya. This year, 230 cases have been registered
so far.
NNC appealed both NSCN-KK and
NSCN-K to “withdraw the quit notice served to each other’s family
members immediately. (Nagaland)
A BSF trooper, Biswas Kumar as
killed by suspected NLFT militants at Malda Para in Dhalai District
of Tripura.
A three-month long conspiracy
culminated into the meticulously planned CPI-Maoist attack, which
was rehearsed over six days, on the convoy of senior Congress
leaders in Chhattisgarh on May 25 in 2013, the NIA has concluded
after conducting a probe for nearly 16 months. The report was
submitted in a court in Bilaspur on September 23 and said the
Maoists celebrated with a "macabre dance of death" on
the spot after killing Karma.
SOG personnel and CPI-Maoist cadres
exchanged fire for about 10 minutes at Beherakhai village under
the Saintla Police Station in Balangir District of Odisha. According
to information, some Maoists suddenly opened fire at the SOG personnel
resulting in the exchange of fire while the latter were on a patrolling
operation near the village under the Tikhari Reserve Forest area.
Exchange of fire continued before the Maoists fled from the spot.
Police seized detonators, solar lights with battery charger wires,
Maoist literatures and daily consumable items, including cooking
food, from the spot.
Five top CPI-Maoist cadres, including
a teenage girl, who carried a total reward of INR 2.6 million
on their heads, were arrested during a three-day operation from
October 21 to October 23 in Maharashtra. Those arrested have been
identified as ‘commander’ Dunga Yesu Bapu Teka (30) - carried
a reward of INR 1.2 million - was heading platoon number five,
‘section commander’ of platoon number four Manas Sonare Sainu
Tarami (21) - carried a reward of INR Eight lakh - local supplier
Raju Vishnu Naitam carried a reward of INR Two lakh, ‘commander’
of platoon number three Vasant Rejiram Pathiram Wadde (21) carried
reward of INR Two lakh, and woman Maoist cadre Rupi Suman Gawade
(16), who is alleged to be a local ‘committee member’ also carried
a reward of INR Two lakh.
A gang of extortionists, led by
Hussain, had hurled a hand grenade at the house of Faizal Haque,
a teacher of Sonarpar village in Dhubri District of Assam. Hussain
reportedly called up Haque, introduced himself as a “Maoist” and
demanded INR 1.5 million. When Haque did not give the money, Hussain
and his gang threw the grenade.
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October 24 |
SFs neutralized a militant hideout
and in Lolab forest area of Kupwara District of J&K and recovered
huge cache of arms and ammunition.
A group of militants fled into
the dense woods after firing at SFs in Wudur Bala area of Handwara
Kupwara District of J&K.
The NIA, along with West Bengal
CID, STF and Jamshedpur Police arrested one suspect, identified
as Sheesh Mahmood (45), from Tanzil Manzil, Azadnagar Raod No-12A
in Jamshedpur in Purbi Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. The joint
team led by Bidhannagar commissionerate inspector Tarak Bhattacharya
recovered two mobiles, three SIM cards, telephone diary, passport,
voter card, driving licence and other documents. According to
the sources, NIA is now focusing on Jamshedpur in connection with
the Burdwan blast (West Bengal) on October 2 after their interrogation
revealed Sheesh Mahmood’s links with JMB, LeT and his Bangladeshi
nationality. Police sources also said Sheesh was originally a
resident of Bagura District of Bangladesh but has been living
in Jamshedpur with his second wife Nazira Biwi for the past nine
years during which he graduated from a mason to building contractor.
The NIA filed a chargesheet in
a Chennai court against the Sri Lankan national Sakir Hussain
and two others for conducting espionage on behalf of Pakistan's
ISI and plotting to attack Israeli and US consulates in Chennai
and Bangalore The chargesheet has cited as evidence photos of
vital installations in India, emails exchanged between the accused
and a Pakistani embassy official in Colombo, Sri Lanka and forensic
analysis of FICNs recovered from the accused at the time of arrest.
The Chargesheet has also listed 40 witnesses. Sources said that
the Sri Lankan national was hired by Pakistan embassy official
Aamir Zubair Siddiqui who had been building a network of spies
from the country to conduct espionage in India. Hussain had, in
turn, hired Siva Balan and Mohammed Saleem who were arrested with
FICN. There are a total of nine accused in the case including
the Pakistan embassy official.
The security at the Kochi airport
in Kerala had been tightened after the airport authorities received
information from Kolkata that there was a threat of a bomb explosion
or a possible suicide attack to the Air India (AI) flight on the
Mumbai-Kochi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai sectors. Airport director AKC
Nair said that they received information from Kolkata that there
was a threat of bomb attack or bomb suicide attack on an AI flight
on the Mumbai-Kochi sector on October 25 and Ahmedabad-Mumbai
sector on October 24. Airport sources said that the airport will
be on high security till Monday (October 27) when a review meeting
will be held. The situation will be analysed after the meeting
after which a decision to continue with the high security or not
will be taken.
Four persons including a tea garden
official were injured and two vehicles damaged in a grenade blast
by NDFB-IKS at Itakhola in Sonitpur in Assam. The injured have
been identified as Bijay Singh, Diplonga tea garden assistant
manager, Hamed Ali, Baharul Islam and Rajesh Gupta.
‘commander-in-chief’ of the ADF,
Habil Murmu was arrested from Salbagan in Kokrajhar District of
Assam.
A NDFB-IKS militant identified
as Heramba Brahma was arrested by Police from a Diwali fair in
Ulubari area in Chirag in Assam.
Union Minister of State for Home
Kiren Rijiju stated that GoI did not have any policy for creation
of separate or autonomous states at the moment. This was disclosed
by former MLA and present member of Autonomous Council Jagat Sing
Engti.
KNF militant identified as Letlalthang
Chongloi alias Linus was arrested by Imphal East District
Police Commandos from vicinity of Lamlai bazar, in the eastern
side of Lamlong Bridge, in Imphal East District of Manipur. Investigations
revealed that he was on his way to collect Rs 10000 from one village
chief at Khongsai Veng in Imphal West District.
AR arrested a militant of KCP-MC
identified as Moirangthem Anand alias Anil Kumar Meitei
from Tellou in Imphal East of Manipur.
Body of abducted trader Bharat
Singh Sekhawat who was abducted on October 15 was exhumed from
other side of the Simsang river in Denamgre village in East Garo
Hills of Meghalaya. SP EGH stated that “After receiving the payment
on October 21, the outfit killed Sekhawat the same day”. AMEF
militants Raksing Ch Marak, Bikash M Sangma, Dengcheng N Sangma,
Minseng M Marak and Bikam Ch Marak who had surrendered on October
22, were arrested by Police for their role in the abduction and
killing of the trader. The militants had demanded a ransom of
INR 1 billion. Later, the family of Shekhawat paid INR 1.6 million
to the abductors as ransom amount but despite payment of the ransom
amount, he was killed.
The killing of SI Pramoth Sangma
in Purakhasia area of West Garo Hills (Meghalaya) has once again
brought to the fore absence of sophisticated combat equipments
especially bullet proof jackets and bullet proof vehicles with
the Police when they are deployed in anti-insurgency operations
in Garo Hills. The Police team which was led by the slain Police
man did not use any protective gear including old bullet proof
jackets, which were earlier reported to be too heavy.
Though Police claimed that Sangma
fell to the bullets of militants during anti-insurgency operations,
neither any group was named by Police nor any militant outfit
claimed responsibility of killing the SI. There has been a rumour
among villagers that Pramoth Sangma may have been a victim of
‘friendly fire’ incident. Critics have also stated that that instead
of a Sub Inspector leading the anti insurgency operations in the
Indo-Bangladesh border which is infested with militants, other
senior Police personnel’s including SPs and ASPs should have lead
the team for counter-insurgency operations in their respective
Districts. (Meghalaya)
A grenade exploded inside the
compound of NSCN-KK chaplee (finance) secretary Kideon
Zhimomi’s residence at Diphupar in Dimapur District of Nagaland
injuring him, his six year old son, Kideon Zhimomi’s guard and
another person. NSCN-KK MIP Kilonser (minister) blamed
NSCN-K for the attack.
An IED exploded in Kichutip Ward
in Mokokchung. The explosion took place inside the compound of
Lanukaba, President of NPF Farmers Wing Nagaland. No one was injured
in the explosion.
BSF personnel busted a Maoist
camp in Sishaguda forest under Khairput block in Malkangiri District
of Odisha and recovered a huge cache of explosives from the ultras’
hideout. The BSF personnel while conducting a search operation
found the hideout and recovered 200 explosives, 15 kg gelatin,
100 detonators and tiffin bombs.
Two persons, identified as Soman
(45) and Rajesh (27), were arrested near Gudalur in Nilgiris District
of Tamil Nadu, in connection with a case relating to the manufacture
of country made guns. Police said, a country made gun was recovered
from a jeep found abandoned in the Pandiyar forest range. Investigations
led to the arrest of Soman, an ironsmith who used his unit to
manufacture guns. A few country made weapons were seized from
the unit. Later, Rajesh, a buyer, was arrested. Since the accused
was residing near the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, and it is suspected
that CPI-Maoist activity was on the rise in some areas there,
various agencies have started probing the matter.
Three men and two women who once
owed allegiance to the CPI-Maoist became Police constables with
the Jharkhand State Government inducting them into the force at
Skipa, in Ranchi District. Chief Minister Hemant Soren offered
the appointment letters to them in tune with the government’s
surrender policy.
The East Division Committee of
the CPI-Maoist in Odisha has called for a bandh on October
30 to protest the lynching of three of their armed cadres by tribals,
East Division ‘secretary’ Kailasam told some media persons on
the phone. Earlier the Maoists had killed Gemmeli Sanjeeva Rao
of Veeravaram village of Chintapalli mandal of Vishakhapatnam
District and were abducting another person, Jaggam Dora Simhachalam,
a religious preacher, when they were attacked by hundreds of tribals,
who killed three Maoists - Sindri Chinna Ranga Rao alias Sarat,
Palasa Ganapati and Korra Nageswara Rao on the night of October
19.
Sources said that a man suspected
to be Sheikh Yusuf, one of the key operatives accused of running
the JMB module in West Bengal, has been arrested from a border
town in Nepal by Kolkata police's STF. According to the sources,
the detained man, whose appearance apparently matches with Yusuf's
latest photograph that is with the investigators, was arrested
from Kakarbhitta, around 70km from Siliguri, Darjeeling District
on the other side of the Nepal border. STF sources said that "We
are certain that the detained man is Yusuf and have handed him
over to the NIA, which is probing the Bardhaman blast." However,
NIA did not confirm any such detention.
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October 25 |
Assam Police killed a KLO ‘commander’,
Samar Rai alias Rambo at Chesapani near Magurmari in Kokrajhar
District. Kokrajhar Police said Rai, along with two other rebels,
was coming to collect ransom when a Police team intercepted them
and killed him on the spot, while the other two associates managed
to escape. Police found a 7.65 mm pistol, four bullets, a magazine,
two grenades were recovered from him.Rai had a cash prize of INR
500,000 on his head.
Two –made crude bombs, one 8 mm
pistol with eight bullets, six round of 7.65 mm pistol and one
magazine of 8 mm pistol were recovered from a house of an individual
identified as Nur Zamal, at Tuslibil–Jaypur village in Kokrajhar
District of Assam.
Suspected NDFB-IKS militants abducted
two volunteers of Lutheran World Service India Trust from Patgaon
Kausi Bazar in Kokrajhar in Assam.
Traders Itakhola in Sonitpur held
a protest against the grenade attack by NDFB-IKS militants.(Assam)
NDFB-RD demanded the immediate
release of its ‘chief’ Ranjan Daimary to salvage the ongoing peace
process. NDFB-RD ‘general secretary’ B. Ohnjalu stated that “The
government must prove its seriousness to expedite the peace process
by releasing him and other leaders immediately. Any delay in releasing
them may have serious repercussion in the peace process and the
government will be responsible for it.” (Assam)
NDFB-PTF condemned the abduction
of Rahul Jain, a class 10 student from Udalguri town (Assam) on
October 23. They demanded immediate release of the victim and
condemned the continuing illegal activities like extortion, abductions
in BTAD.
ULFA-I has asked cinema halls
to screen each Assamese movie at least for one week in each hall
in its bid to boost the revival of the ailing Assamese film industry.
Avijit Asom, ‘chairman’ of ULFA-I asked businessmen or groups
who own cinema halls in Assam to facilitate shows of each Assamese
movie at least for one week in each of the cinema halls.
SFs arrested a UNLF militant identified
as ‘‘sergeant’ Moirangthem Joykumar Singh alias Shyamji
alias Mera from Wangoo Sabal Makha Leikai in Bishnupur
District of Manipur. 9 mm pistol along with one magazine loaded
with 6 live rounds were recovered from him.
Two petty traders identified as
Manzul Sheikh and Habibul Sheikh were abducted by armed men from
Bamundanga weekly market in Chibinang area in West Garo Hills
of Meghalaya.
GNLA deputy commander-in-chief’
Toding Marak alleged that death of SI Promoth Sangma on October
23 was a mistake on the part of the Police Team. He also added
that the villagers stated that there were no militants in the
village. (Meghalaya)
ANVC has decided to seek more
clarity on the Agreed Text for Settlement with the Centre and
State Government. ANVC ‘publicity secretary’ Arist Sangma said
that the agreement is ‘diplomatic’ in nature and lacks clarity
on many points, and added that “But it is up to us to pursue continuously
to make the agreement a reality.” (Meghalaya)
GoI asked the Meghalaya Government
to look into the implementation of Instrument of Accession and
Annexed Agreement signed on August 17, 1948, by the Khasi chiefs
for constitutional recognition and protection of the traditional
institutions. This was informed by Sanjay Kumar, Under Secretary
of MHA on October 14 to John F Kharshiing, Co-Chairman, Meghalaya
State Planning Board, and Chairman, the Grand Council of Chiefs
of Meghalaya.
CM TR Zeliang, has expressed concern
about the 1000-hour bandh called by JACAS of Karbi Anglong,
Assam. In a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh the chief
minister on October 25 stated that Nagaland and Manipur have been
the worst-affected by frequent bandhs (shutdown) imposed
by various organisations of Karbi Anglong District.
Nagaland Minister for National
Highways and Mechanical Engineering Nuklutoshi has strongly condemned
the IED explosion at the residence of Lanukaba, the president
of NPF Nagaland farmer’s wing, at Mokokchung on October 24.
NPF Mokokchung Division condemned
the incident in which an IED had exploded at the residence of
Lanukaba, the president of the NPF Nagaland farmer’s wing at Mokokchung.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres attacked
SFs at Saruapani forests under Kathikund Police Station limits
in Dumka District of Jharkhand, leading to an encounter that lasted
for more than an hour. Police said the SFs were on a long-range
patrolling in the deep forests of Sartuapani adjacent to Maoist-hit
Shikaripara and Gopikandar Police Station areas in the District
when the rebels opened fire on them from atop the hills. This
was followed by an encounter between Maoists and SFs which continued
till 12.30 noon. There were, however, no reports of casualty on
either side.
The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up
the house of one of their former cadre, a result of an ongoing
rivalry among two different factions of LWE in Nawada village
in Gaya District of Bihar. Around 30 to 35 cadres of CPI-Maoist
came to Nawada village, and blew up the house of Bhola Yadav,
their former colleague who had recently joined the TPC, a breakaway
faction of the CPI-Maoist.
Five CPI-Maoist cadres, including
four women, surrendered before ASP, Bonai, RB Panigrahi, at K
Bolanga Police Station in Sundargarh District of Odisha. The Maoists
have been identified as Sukramani Tarkat alias Sunita,
Mamata Bodra, Chaitu Tarkata, Merry Munda and Gouri Naik.
A CPI-Maoist cadre belonging to
mangi dalam, identified as Siddam Laxman alias Surander,
surrendered before Adilabad District Police of Telangana.
Seven unidentified suspects threatened
labourers at Shillong Bypass. Police stated that the suspects
went to Diengpasoh Tollgate in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya
and demanded 'Labour License' from the labourers and also warned
them to obtain Labour Licenses in order to continue their work.
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October 26 |
The BSF recovered FICNs of over
INR 1.4 million from Sasani border outpost in Malda District of
West Bengal. The fake notes, wrapped in a polythene bag were thrown
over the fence from Bangladesh to Indian side of the border. Recovered
FICNs were handed over to Police for further disposal.
Eight LeT militants were arrested
by the SFs in North Kashmir in J&K. Eight UBGL, five Chinese
grenades and 100 AK-47 rounds have been seized from them. Police
in Sopore (in Baramulla District), with the help of 30 RR, have
busted a recruitment module of LeT. Three of them Rayees Ahmad
Bhat, Sajad Ahmad Bhat and Shabir Ahmad Kumar are residents of
Harwan, Sopore. While remaining five, Lateef Ahmad Gujar, Zubair
Ahmad Gujar, Mohammad Qasim Gujar, Mohammad Iqbal Gujar and Hakim
Din Gujar are residents of Gujarpatti Zaloora village.
On the eve of his visit to Burdwan
Blast site in West Bengal, NSA Ajit Doval said that there appeared
to be a large network of the banned group (JMB) that the investigators
were working to unravel. He said that both Indian and Bangladeshi
Governments were working in close coordination in the fight against
terrorism. “Both the countries enjoy excellent bilateral relations
and we have been working together,” he added. Ajit Doval is expected
to visit the blast site in Burdwan and meet CM Mamata Banerjee
on October 27. He is also expected to meet officers of the Central
agencies in Kolkata
NSA Ajit Doval’s visit comes on
the back of NIA chief Sharad Kumar's revelation that they had
found some 58 terror modules operating in West Bengal. The investigators
have zeroed in on some 180 Bangladeshi nationals operating these
modules and working with JMB. This deadly al Qaeda affiliate,
JMB has reportedly been planning attacks both in India and Bangladesh.
A holiday court in Mumbai extended
the ATS custody of Anis Ansari, a terror suspect, who was arrested
on charges of allegedly planning to blow up the American School
at BKC in Mumbai, till October 31. Ansari, a software engineer
was arrested on October 18 from his office. A Police officer said
that “Ansari had used six computers at his office to chat with
two unknown persons about his plan and conspiracy. The Police
have so far seized three computers and are scanning hard disks."
The public prosecutor told the court that identity of the two
persons that Ansari had been chatting with was not known and hence
the ATS needed more time for custodial interrogation.
Sources in the security establishment,
involved in tracking the activities of the D-Company, said
that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim had been whisked away from
his high-security mansion in Karachi's Clifton area in Pakistan
by the ISI and shifted to an undisclosed location close to the
Afghanistan-Pakistan border. According to the reports Indian intelligence
agencies, keeping close tabs on movement of Dawood and his men,
received specific inputs over the past few days about the gangster
shifting base. Sources in the intelligence claimed that "Dawood
seems to have gone completely underground. He has not been seen
or even heard of interacting with his close aides. The ISI and
Dawood appear under a lot of pressure". Sources added that
ISI appeared extremely wary of the new Indo-US cooperation to
fight terrorism, with special focus on targeting the D-Company
network.
Format of talks between GoI and
NSCN-IM has been changed with both sides agreeing to expedite
the talks to find an amicable solution as soon as possible. Highly
placed sources in the UMHA stated that decision has been taken
to do away with the practice of holding one or two rounds of formal
talks in a year. Sources said that several rounds of talks have
already been held after the first round which was held last month
and added that the Governments interlocutor and leaders of NSCN-IM
are meeting more frequently. (Nagaland)
NSCN-KK has asked the GoI to remove
Suruhuto Camp in Zunhebotto District, of NSCN-K. It also stated
through ministry of information and publicity (MIP) that they
will remove the camp if GoI failed to do so. (Nagaland)
Nagaland Home Minister Y. Patton,
while reacting against the grenade attack in Dimapur and IED blast
in Mokokchung on October 24, stated that violence was not the
answer to any issues and called on citizens to condemn the same
the larger interests of the peace loving people of the state.
On the quit notice issue between the NSCN-K and NSCN-KK, the Home
Minister appealed both the groups to restrain themselves and urged
them to settle the issues amicably as the State could not afford
to damage the hard-earned peace due to “internal misadventures.”
NBPF, earlier known as NBAPF has
assured ‘retaliation’ and protection of Nagas residing in inter-state
border areas if they were harassed and provoked by either AANLA
or Assam Police.
Wall posters and notice in the
name of the CPI-Maoist appeared at some locations under Vadakara
Police Station limits in Kozhikode District of Kerala. The posters
asked the people to join the CPI-Maoist for a new democratic-unexploited
India by strengthening the ‘class struggle’. Further, the posters
requested the people to be united with the CPI-Maoist ‘to defeat
the imperialist government and its armed forces’. The posters
asked the people to reclaim the rights for forest, water and land.
The CPI-Maoist has apologised
for killing Shivkumar Sidar, constable with the CAF, in Sukma
District of Chhattisgarh on October 18. “One of our guerrilla
squads killed him near Timilwada village without the permission
of the CPI-Maoist leadership. We apologise for his death,” said
a statement issued by the South Bastar Divisional Committee of
the party. “He was sick and was travelling to Dornapal for treatment.
He was not carrying any weapon. We consider it our mistake to
have killed him in such a situation and we regret it,” the outfit
said. The CPI-Maoist also warned Policemen posted in the Timilwada
and Chintagufa camps against “troubling and exploiting villagers.”
A top woman Maoist, identified
as Sita alias Jagarbati (23), carrying a reward of INR
800,000 on her head, surrendered in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
Sita turned herself in before Police citing atrocities and exploitation
of female cadres by senior Maoists, Dantewada SP Kamlochan Kashyap
said.
India's intelligence report has
revealed that JMB was plotting a terror attack on Bangladesh to
assassinate PM Sheikh Hasina Wajed and opposition BNP Chairperson
Begum Khaleda Zia. MHA official revealed that ISI was running
the entire plot from Dubai and helping JMB to establish its modules
in West Bengal, where at least 58 terror modules have been discovered
by NIA so far. The report also revealed that JMB was not plotting
the terror attack alone, IM, other Kashmiri radical groups and
Al Jihad, an outfit of al Qaeda, were also assisting it in developing
the terror camps across West Bengal.
SFs arrested a PREPAK-pro militant
identified as Kangabam Uttam Singh alias Nanao alias Tombi from
Konung Mamang in Imphal East in Manipur. He had recently collected
INR 50,000 from an Executive Engineer.
NSCN-K militant identified as
major' Yanpongse Sangtam was arrested by AR from Chare town in
Tuensang. One 9 mm pistol with magazine, five 9 mm live ammunition
and letter pad in the name of 'Government of People Republic of
Nagaland' was recovered from him.
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October 27 |
A fierce gun battle is going on between SFs and
LeT militants in Handwara area of Kupwara District of J&K. However,
no casualty has been reported on either side so far.
NIA, investigating the Bardhaman blast case, said
that they had identified 25-30 members of the JMB, mostly of Bangladeshi
origin and part of the larger conspiracy to launch attacks in
Bangladesh and India, are active in India. NIA along with intelligence
agencies is conducting raids across the country for these suspects,
some of whom are also suspected to have fled to Bangladesh.
Sources said that NIA has conducted as many as
150 raids to get the suspected JMB members across the country,
especially West Bengal, Assam and some South Indian states. During
the investigation, NIA has found that JMB was trying to set up
bases in different locations and recruiting locals.
Sources said that the JMB module in Bardhaman
managed to transport six IED consignments to Bangladesh to be
used for terrorist activities. Investigators are trying to find
out whether the explosives found in Bardhaman, were exclusively
meant for Bangladesh or to be used somewhere in India as well,
the source said.
NSA Ajit Doval visited the Bardhaman District
of West Bengal where the blast occurred on October 2. Later he
met CM Mamata Banerjee and conveyed the details about jihadis
"playing havoc in Bengal" and pointed out how terror elements
were using Bengal for their gain. Sources said that he cautioned
Mamata that the terror module unearthed after the Bardhaman blast
had far more sinister designs than believed.
Anis Ansari, a terror suspect, who was arrested
on October 18 for being an ISIS sympathiser and conspiring to
bomb an American school at BKC in Mumbai has told interrogators
that he planned to kill Americans and other foreigners in the
city. As part of the plan, Ansari had got details of how to prepare
a thermite bomb and had created 11 accounts on Facebook.
An ATS officer said that Ansari spoke about his attack plans with
someone through chat. The Police have also found that Ansari used
to listen to speeches of international terrorists on YouTube.
The NIA expressed its concern that FICNs continue
to be pumped across the border from Bangladesh to fund the activities
of outfits like the JMB and IM. The high quality FICNs are printed
in Pakistan and routed to India through Bangladesh. NIA sources
said that "We now suspect that sending in FICN is a form of the
much talked about 'Money Jihad'. A clear pattern has emerged regarding
the route of the FICN once it reaches Indian soil. A large part
of it is sent to places like Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh that have
links to terror outfits. The remaining has been tracked to southern
states, particularly to locations from where terror modules are
known to operate."
A militant module was neutralized by J&K Police
by arresting its two members from Sopore town of Baramulla District.
According to SP Abdul Qayoom the module was set up by Pakistan-based
militant outfit LeT and used to provide logistics to the extremists
in Sopore town.
Thailand Government issued a lookout notice for
Jagtar Singh Tara, a top BKI militant, on India's request. This
is part of the Centre's urgent crackdown on what is being termed
as re-configuration and likely impetus to Punjab militancy with
help from across the border. However, there is a bit of confusion
on whether Tara is in Malaysia or Thailand, with sources pointing
out that the border between the two countries is porous. A Thailand
military Internal Security Operations Command Region (ISOC) official
said border control units have been instructed to screen visitors
and Tara's photos were also posted on local police's wanted list.
A militant of NSCN-IM, identified as Meha was
arrested by SFs from Tumnoupokpi area in Senapati District of
Manipur. Three 7.62mm ammunition of AK-47 rifles, one M-3 MK-II
rifle, three magazine of AK-47, one magazine of M3 MK-II, 16 live
rounds of AK-47, 58 live rounds of M-16, 120 live rounds of 7.62mm
were recovered from him.
A KYKL militant Singhamyum Ibomcha alias
Ajimuddin Khan alias Ajimucha was arrested by a combined
team of AR and Thoubal District Police Commandos from Chandrakhong
area in Thoubal District of Manipur.
SFs arrested a UNLF militant Irengbam Mocha alias
Selenga, from Ahallup in Imphal East of Manipur.
A CPI-Maoist 'militia' member, carrying a reward
of INR 100,000 on his head, was arrested from Visakhapatnam District
of Andhra Pradesh. "Keesava Rao alias Balabadrudu was arrested
by G.K. Veedi Police," said Vishal Gunni, OSD, Narsipatnam.
Three cadres of the CPI-Maoist, including a couple
and a Maoist 'jan-militia commander', carrying rewards ranging
from INR 100,000-800,000 for their arrest, surrendered in Bastar
region Of Chhattisgarh. All the three Maoists, namely Manku Kachlam
(31), his wife Anita (30) and 'jan-militia commander' Sukhram
Kawde (22) cited disillusionment with the functioning of the CPI-Maoist
and ill-treatment by senior cadres as the reason to turn themselves
in, they said.
Disillusioned with the Maoist ideology and treatment
met out to them by Andhra Pradesh Maoist leaders, Sukhdas (40)
and Keshu (40) laid down their arms in Narayanpur District of
Chhattisgarh. The duos were carrying a reward of INR 10,000 each
on their head. Both the outlaws had joined the Naxal movement
in 2008 and used to work for their area commanders. Later in 2010,
Sukhdas was promoted as the head of Sonpur Dandakaranya Kisan
Mazdoor Sangathan while Keshu was made the Sonpur 'militia commander'.
Karnataka Home Minister K.J. George while addressing
media conference in Raichur District said that negotiations are
on to facilitate the surrender of two CPI-Maoist leaders, Noor
Zulfikar alias Sridhar and Sirimane Nagaraj, who, apparently,
want to relinquish their underground lives to join the mainstream.
"The State government has formed a committee with the Chief Secretary
as its president and senior officers and some civil society individuals
as its members. The committee is exploring the possibility of
a smooth surrender of the two Naxal leaders. The government has
no problem if any Naxal activist wanted to accept, and function
under, the Indian Constitution," he said.
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October 28 |
Two persons, including a JCO of Army and a militant,
were killed in an ongoing fierce gun battle between SFs and militants
in Waderbala forests near Petta Village in Handwara area of Kupwara
District of J&K.
Police arrested a former Google employee, Munawad
Salman (30), hailing from Tamil Nadu, in Hyderabad District (located
in Telangana) for allegedly trying to join the ISIS. Police sources
in Hyderabad said that Munawad Salman was arrested after officials
tracked his conversation for months and was certain that his hidden
agenda to visit Saudi Arabia was to cross over to Iraq and join
IS.
The terrorists, who had escaped from the Jatana
area of Bijnor in UP after a low-intensity bomb blast on September
12, were also involved in a bank robbery in Telangana. Shaikh
Mehboob, Amjad Ramzan alias Dawood, Mohammad Aslam Ayub alias
Bilal and Zakir Hussain alias Siddiqui, owing allegiance to a
faction of the SIMI, had committed the bank robbery a few months
after running away from Khandawa jail in Madhya Pradesh on October
25, 2013. Sources in the UP ATS claimed that they had committed
bank robbery in Karimnagar to fund terrorist activities. It is
also believed that they also have links to the October 2 Bardhaman
blast in West Bengal.
A NIA report on the Bardhaman blast case revealed
a new trend of women taking to Jihadi indoctrination and terror
activities in JMB all-female jihadi training centres in Bardhaman
and Murshidabad areas of West Bengal. According to top officials,
these centres started operating in 2011 and recruited women who
were trained in bomb-making and violent extremist ideologies.
Sources said that the two madrassas, one is at Shimulia in Bardhaman
District and another is at Laal Gola in Murshidabad District were
reportedly training only females in bomb making and other terror
activities like transporting arms and ammunition safely from one
area to the other. NIA officers concluded that Rejara Biwi and
Amina Biwi, arrested after the October 2 Bardhaman blast, were
also trained in one of these madrassas and a few more madrassas
in the bordering areas are under the NIA scanner. "So far, we
have been able to link 40 terror modules to the Bardhaman blast,"
said an officer.
The NIA report said that Interrogation of the
suspects have also revealed that at least 40 ready IEDs were shipped
to Bangladesh in four consignments. However, Investigators were
yet to ascertain whether the explosive shipments were moved within
the country. According to the sources, the bomb-manufacturing
unit was operational for almost three years in the house rented
by alleged JMB terrorists in Bardhaman District.
Sources said that the Bardhaman blast mastermind,
Sheikh Kausar, who escaped after the blast is believed to have
been in Birbhum District for three days after the blasts. He went
off the radar on October 5. Unconfirmed reports said that Kausar
may have escaped to Nepal and the Security agencies are learnt
to have received information on his whereabouts.
A status report on the probe into the Bardhaman
blast states at least 165 to 190 Bangladeshis managed to sneak
into India in the past few months to join JMB terror modules.
Investigators have identified as many as 27 routes used by terrorists
to move within the country and sneak out. NIA has broadly divided
the routes in three categories, inter-Districts, inter-State and
borders with Bangladesh and Nepal. Report said that nearly 58
terror modules had bases in nine Districts of Bengal, including
Bardhaman, Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar,
Howrah, and South and North 24-Parganas. It is also believed that
these routes were chosen to give them easy access to UP, Bihar,
Jharkhand and Sikkim and Bangladesh and Nepal.
Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh
on ordered investigation agencies to take immediate action to
neutralise the terror modules of the banned group JMB. The Minister
issued the directive after NSA, Ajit Doval gave him the detailed
briefing about the JMB's network in the country as well as people
associated with it.
Days after the Kerala Government was warned that
the state was turning into a recruiting hub for ISIS, now rechristened
as Islamic State, a poster supporting the terror outfit appeared
near the Thampanoor Police station in the Thiruvananthapuram District.
The Police immediately removed the poster and are investigating
the case. The poster reportedly carried a message justifying ISIS's
activities in Iraq and Syria.
The BJP office in Kerala's capital has received
a letter threatening harm to PM Narendra Modi, who is slated to
visit Thiruvananthapuram next month. The letter features Modi's
photo juxtaposed against that of British aid worker David Haines,
who was beheaded by the ISIS.
Mumbai Police Crime Branch arrested a person,
identified as Rasheed Sheikh (37), a resident of the Vitthalwadi
area in Kalyan in Thane District of Maharashtra for allegedly
trying to circulate FICNs in Mumbai, and recovered FICN worth
INR 600,000 from his possession. The Police claimed that he has
confessed to have circulated FICN in Mumbai in the past. This
is the second seizure of FICN in Mumbai this month.
NIA has come across various information about
the activities of JMB members in different parts of India and
their links with Bangladesh. Moreover, NIA has come to the conclusion
that at least IEDs were transported to Bangladesh in four batches.
Sources added that India has also sought details from Bangladesh
about the interrogation report of two JMB militants Asif Adnan
(26) and Fazle Elahi Tanjil (24) who were arrested from Segunbagicha
area of Dhaka city, Bangladesh.
GoI is planning to hold talks with the members
of JACS in December. DC of Karbi Anglong (Assam) Prasanta Kumar
Borgohain stated, "The Centre has already prepared a schedule
for the talks and we have been informed about it." The Karbi Anglong
District administration met JACS representatives at Diphu.
RPF alleged that seemingly fast growing economy
of Manipur is anti-poor and it is favouring only a handful of
people who are close to the Government.
A primary school teacher, identified as Maliram
Rabha was abducted by a group of suspected GNLA militants from
Damas Kaskona village in East Garo Hills of Meghalaya. The suspected
GNLA militants armed with pistols entered the village, claimed
to be members of a non-existent A'chik Matgrik Tiger Force (AMTF)
and walked off with their captive on foot towards the interior
of Damas region, bordering Goalpara.
AMEF denied its involvement in the killing of
a trader Bharat Singh Shikawat, who was killed on October 21.
AMEF alleged that outfit's name was being dragged merely to bring
an end to the pending murder case.(Meghalaya)
ANVC-B demanded immediate election to GHADC saying
that election is a mandatory process to perform the duties that
are coined in the peace agreement and therefore, it is constitutionally
essential to have an election to constitute an executive committee
in the GHADC in order to execute the signed agreement.(Meghalaya)
Meghalaya Police denied that SI Promoth Sangma
was killed in a cross fire between two groups of anti- insurgency
Police teams. GNLA had issued a statement on October 26, stating
that the SI was killed when Police teams fired amongst themselves
at Songmagre village of West Garo Hills.
A senior Police officer stated that militants
of AMEF and ULFA-I militants were present in the area, and added
that all of them used the terrains to escape the Police team.
Another source confirmed that these are the ULFA-I militants who
are in Garo Hills operates under the indirect supervision of Dristi
Rajkhowa, the 'chief' of ULFA-I. (Meghalaya)
AR arrested an armed militant identified as 'lieutanant'
Nganapa Phom of NSCN-KK from Police Station Colony of Tuensang
in Nagaland. One .22 pistol and one 9mm pistol along with incriminating
documents were recovered from him.
NNC sub-region has "disqualified" the president
of youth federation Council of NNC, identified as Kuduve Kapfo
with effect from October 25 for his involvement in "anti national
activities".(Nagaland)
Minister in charge of NPF farmers wing Dr. Benjongliba
condemned the IED explosion on October 24, inside the compound
of Lanukaba, President of NPF Farmers Wing in Mokokchung. (Nagaland)
DNYO, DNSU, DNWO, KGWSD and AVC condemned the
grenade attack on October 24, at NSCN-KK chaplee (finance) secretary
Kideon Zhimomi's residence at Diphupar in Nagaland.
The Tirhut 'sub-zonal commander' of the CPI-Maoist,
Ganesh Paswan alias Ganseh Bharti alias Mantriji alias Gautam,
operating mainly in Muzaffarpur and Vaishali Districts for the
last 12 years, was arrested along with three other Maoists, identified
as Deep Lal Sahni, Shashi Ranjan and Krishna Nandan Das, from
Meenapur Police Station area in Muzaffarpur District of Bihar.
A 12 bore desi rifle, some ammunitions and levy collection receipts
were recovered from his possession and, on his disclosure, the
police subsequently raided different locations of the District
on the same day, and seized 15 detonators, one desi pistol and
a large quantity of Maoists' leaflets.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Aaytu (30)
and Singhrai (40), were arrested during a search operation carried
out in the forests of Pittegudum under Badgaon Police Station
limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. The local court had
issued arrest warrants against them for their involvement in criminal
incidents.
Nachika Linga, the leader of the CMAS of Narayanpatna
block, a CPI-Maoist front organization, who was in the most-wanted
list of both Odisha and Andhra Pradesh Police, surrendered at
Bhaliaput village before a Police team led by the Inspector in
Charge of Narayanpatna Police Station in Koraput District of Odisha,
in the presence of some local elected panchayat representatives
of Narayanpatna block. Nachika was arrested after his surrender.
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October 29 |
SFs killed two more LeT militants, including one
'commander', in the Handwara forest of Kupwara District of J&K.
The slain militants were foreigners from whose possession three
AK-47 rifles, AK magazines, one UBGL, one matrix sheet, one compass,
one GPS and warlike stores were recovered.
India and Oman signed a pact paving the way for
substantial engagement in pursuing and eliminating transnational
crimes and terrorism of various types. The agreement was signed
by Union Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh and Oman Minister
of Commerce and Industry Ali Bin Masoud Al Sunaidy. "Agreement
on Legal and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters" contains
provisions for transfer of documents, records and objects, search
and seizure, availability of persons to give evidence and assist
in investigation. UMHA officials said the pact will be a deterrent
to those who directly or indirectly obtain benefit from proceeds
of crime.
Intelligence officials in West Bengal have found
a purported al Qaeda pamphlet, which talks about establishing
an ISIS-style Islamic caliphate in Bangladesh which eventually
includes several eastern and northeastern Indian states. The pamphlet,
written in Bangla and being secretly distributed in West Bengal
and Assam, says establishing a caliphate in Bangladesh is crucial
for intensifying jihad in Indian states on the eastern border.
The pamphlet specifically mentions West Bengal and Assam, though
intelligence officials suspect Bihar and Jharkhand also feature
in the terror group's plans. The pamphlet, suspected to have been
smuggled into the state through Bangladesh, was discovered a few
days before the October 2 Bardhaman blast in West Bengal.
The NIA, investigating the Bardhaman blast case,
will interrogate two persons arrested from Chinwan in Madhya Pradesh
along with huge amount of FICNs. NIA has found during the investigation
that the duo arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police allegedly made
several calls to Shakil Ahmed Gazi (who died in the Bardhaman
blast) six days before the Bardhaman blast on October 2. NIA officers
believe the duo might provide vital links in the case. The NIA
also has information that the duo was in touch with the six suspected
SIMI activists who fled from a jail at Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh
and were allegedly responsible for the Bijnor blast in UP.
A NIA team on October 29 met Ahmedabad city Crime
Branch officials to get details of the accused with a SIMI background
arrested in the July 26, 2008, serial blasts case. According to
sources before carrying out the serial blasts in the city, SIMI
and IM operatives had attended terror camps held in the jungles
of Wagamon in Kerala and Halol in Gujarat. Senior Police officials
said after the Bijnor blast in Uttar Pradesh (September 12, 2014),
it had come to light that the explosion had occurred when alleged
IM operatives, who had earlier escaped from Khandwa jail (Madhya
Pradesh), were making explosives inside the house. "There was
an intelligence input that IM operatives, while on the run from
Khandwa, had passed through a place near Ahmedabad. It is also
believed that the IM operatives were helped by underground sleeper
cells of SIMI," said a Police official.
Sources said that Meghalaya has been given an
advisory to take extra vigilant steps to prevent the fanatical
Jihadi elements. The advisory, which is said to have come from
the NIA, pertains to monitoring of certain pockets that could
be vulnerable to establishment or existence of the sleeping cells.
A KPLT militant Jirjar Teron was arrested from
Colony of Dokmoka Town in Karbi Anglong in Assam. One 7.65 mm
pistol was recovered from him. Five NDFB-IKS who were on their
way to Myanmar for training were arrested in Guwahati in Kamrup
Metropolitan District of Assam.
Three NDFB-IKS militants were arrested at Lokhra
in Kamrup District of Assam. Four mobile phones and INR 24000
were recovered from them.
Police arrested five suspects, identified as Lakhyajit
Borah, Horeswar Phukan, Makum, Rantu Borah, and Samujjal Handique
who were posing as ULFA militants from Digboi in Tinsukia in Assam.
Nearly 30 youths from Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and
Sivasagar Districts of Assam, who had gone to Kerala Karnataka
and Tamil Nadu may have joined CPI-Maoist. The suspicion arose
on the basis of inputs collected by the Police from local sources
that these youths, who had left in 2012, had not visited their
homes since and seldom called their family and friends. They were
employed in the hospitality sector, private security agencies
and construction companies.
Bijay Teron, the convenor of JACS was arrested
by Diphu Police after JACAS had defied Governments order to call
of the bandh (shut down) as per the order of the Supreme Court.
JACS had called for a 1000 hour shut down in Karbi Anglong District
demanding creation of an autonomous state out of Karbi Anglong
and Dima Hasao Districts of Assam.
Unidentified miscreants shot and injured a retired
Public Works department employee identified as Ningthoukhongjam
Ibopishak at Mongba Hanba jungle in Imphal East in Manipur.
UKLF clarified that allegations of the outfit's
involvement in abduction of an individual identified as Tongbram
Ibomcha alias Ibungomacha was unfounded. Earlier it was reported
that Tongbram Ibomcha, who was abducted on August 29, had escaped
from abductors on October 22. (Manipur)
GNLA denied its involvement in the abduction of
school teacher identified as Maliram Rabha on October 28. Police
had earlier stated that GNLA militants abducted the school teacher,
after claiming to be members of a nonexistent militant group AMTF.
Police also stated that GNLA was holding him for a ransom of INR
2 million.( Meghalaya)
Two UALA identified as Selbith and Barnius, were
arrested from Tura in West Garo Hills in Meghalaya. They confessed
that they were tasked with the job of serving demand notes and
planning abductions of businessmen on the orders of UALA 'chairman'
Novembirth Marak alias Chiindik Marak who had been arrested from
a nursing home in Guwahati in Assam on June 14. Marak has since
been out on bail and has reportedly re-established links with
UALA and begun planning operations to extort money from traders
and businessmen. One of the arrestees, Selbith, is a family relative
of Novembirth Marak.
There was a reported exchange of fire between
SFs and the CPI-Maoist cadres, in the Pamedu forest area of Bijapur
District of Chhattisgarh. However, no casualty was reported from
either side.
Following the exchange of fire, Venkatapuram circle
Police in Khammam District of Telangana stepped up area domination
operations in forest areas in Charla and Dummugudem mandal of
Telangana, which share a long border with Chhattisgarh. Vigil
has been intensified along the remote tribal pockets situated
close to the inter-State border to check the movement of rebels.
Five cadres of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Sopsingh
Mangau (35), Raturam Chamara (30) and Sanau Ayaturam (30) from
the Kiskodo LGS, Mahari Bajju Ram (25) and Dulari Gajju (27),
Maoist 'jan militia' members from the Bayanar area, surrendered
before the Police in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh. While,
Mangau, Chamara and Ayaturam surrendered before SP Abhishek Meena,
Mahari and Dulari, surrendered before Bayanar Police Station in-charge
Sharad Dubey.
A group of 20-30 tribals staged protests outside
APCLC Visakha unit President T Srirammurthy's house at Gajuwaka,
as well as APCLC members G Raghuram's house at Mangapuram Colony
near Kalabharathi Auditorium and A Annapoorna's house at Arilova
in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh protesting the alleged
support to Maoists by civil rights activists. The tribals belonged
to Veeravaram village and other parts of GK Veedhi mandal of Visakhapatnam
District.
Hem Chandra Mishra, a student of JNU in New Delhi,
who was arrested by the Maharashtra Police in 2013 for alleged
CPI-Maoist links, has accused the Police of "inhumanly torturing"
him in custody. Mishra is currently in Nagpur jail of Maharashtra.
Unidentified armed miscreants abducted employees
of an individual, Samnur Ali, identified as Jafer Ali and Sohor
Ali from Waribok in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
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October 30 |
J&K Police neutralized a module of LeT which was
tasked to disrupt upcoming State Assembly elections in Srinagar
city and are looking for more such modules operating in the city.
Police arrested three suspects Mohammad Ganzafar Hajam, Sajad
Ahmad Dar and Javid Rasool Bhat in Srinagar over the last one
week. Police sources said that ten pistols were recovered from
their possession. "These pistols were brand new and were handed
over to them by two Pakistani militants in South Kashmir district
of Pulwama," sources added. The three suspects told Police that
these pistols were handed over to them by LeT militants in September
this year and were asked to wait for the further instructions
for their distribution. "They were tasked by the LeT commanders
to target election rallies and candidates in Srinagar during Assembly
elections", sources added.
The officials of the ED has informed the NIA,
which is probing the Islamist terror network in West Bengal, that
a prominent TMC leader was involved in passing funds through hawala
transactions to the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, who were running
terror training camps in the state. The ED has provided detailed
information to the NIA officials on how the JMB terrorists received
funds from the Jamaat in Bangladesh through some businessmen in
the state.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi said different militant groups
were joining hands to target Assam and some youths were being
led astray to join jihadi outfits in the state. He said, "There
are jihadi groups and also the ISI. All extremist groups are joining
hands to target Assam." Gogoi added that terrorism was not new
in Assam, but of late, the state was being targeted by international
terror outfits like al Qaeda and JMB. He went to acknowledge that
some youths in the state were being misled to join the outfits
because of poverty.
According to reports the five SIMI fugitives wanted
for Bijnor blast in Uttar Pradesh (September 12, 2014) operated
and followed the methods mentioned in the al Qaeda training manual.
The manual was first implemented by al-Qaeda while bombing US
embassy in Kenya in 1998. It was produced as evidence in the case's
trial by the FBI in 2001. FBI had first recovered it from the
laptop of an alleged al Qaeda operative in Manchester in UK. The
investigators probing the Bijnor blast case said that the way
SIMI operatives functioned shows they followed the manual in toto.
It guides on details like location of the hideout, lifestyle to
be followed by operatives and keeping sufficient cash ready. Report
adds that al Qaeda has already announced its intention to revive
Islamist terrorism, which has ebbed in India following a crackdown
on IM cadres. Now, SIMI elements are being warmed up to replace
them. While IM supports the Iraq-based Islamic State, the SIMI
operatives have cozied up to al Qaeda.
BSF personnel recovered FICNs of INR 105,000 and
arrested three persons, identified as Mohammad Razeeb (22), Mohammad
Vazir (40) and Sushanto Majumdar (35) in this connection from
Darivita village in Bihar located close to Indo-Bangladesh border.
The three are residents of Islampur Police station area in West
Bengal. BSF Deputy Commandant P K Ranjan said "The three were
nabbed from Darivita village located close to Indo-Bangladesh
border. Apart from FICN, a car and a motorcycle were also seized
from them. They were taking the consignment to deliver at a village
near Islampur." BSF officials said the arrested persons are members
of a gang dealing in FICN. One Mohammad Jahangir is the kingpin
of the gang. He is connected to some people in Bangladesh who
pump fake notes into India.
In a joint operation of Muzaffarnagar Police and
ATS, an IM terrorist, Saleem alias Patla, wanted in connection
with the 1992 attack at a PAC camp in Meerut, was arrested from
from Khatoli town in Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar Pradesh.
SSP H N Singh said that "Saleem was wanted in connection with
the attack at a PAC camp in Meerut in 1992 and was absconding
since then."
The ED registered a case of money laundering against
JMB and several of its recruits to probe the funding of Bardhaman
blasts. The case was registered by the agency based on the FIR
filed by the NIA and the information provided by it. Sources said
all the accused in the case, including two women, who are part
of the NIA FIR are also accused in the ED case.
Unidentified assailants fired three rounds at
the gate of residence of one Lourembam Tiken, personal assistant
of Lamshang MLA W Brajabidhu, at Imphal West in Manipur. No casualty
was reported.
West Garo Hills Police raided a hideout of GNLA
at Rangdapara village along Tura-Dalu Road in West Garo Hills
of Meghalaya. Police recovered two hand grenades after a brief
encounter. GNLA leaders, identified as Hedeo and Jangjang, were
believed to involve in planning to carry out an IED blast on a
potential target travelling through the road when police raided
the hideout. Two of the other militants who were with the group
were, identified as Niksrang and Adil.
Maliram Rabha, the school teacher who was abducted
on October 28 by GNLA, which used the name of nonexistent AMEF
was released. He was released at Sepikol village in North Garo
Hills District of Meghalaya. It has been reported that no ransom
was paid for his release.
Unidentified miscreants abducted a truck driver
identified as Mohammed Ekram Ali, from residence of Chee M Sangma
at Rongreng Baija in East Garo hills of Meghalaya. The abductors
demanded INR 1.5 million from Jalil Mohammed, the owner of the
truck.
The CPI-Maoist cadres killed a tribal youth in
Malkangiri District of Odisha, suspecting him to be a 'Police
informer'. According to reports, a group of 10 to 15 Maoists reached
Panimetala village in the night of October 29 and abducted Bhima
Madhi (27), whose bullet-ridden body was found lying on the main
road near MPV-31 village by the villagers. The villagers also
found two Maoists posters near the body. While one poster said
that Bhima was killed for being a 'Police informer', the other
poster was on the call for a Malkangiri Bandh on October
30, to protest the killing of three Maoists by tribals at Biravaram
village on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh Border on October 19.
Three Police personnel were injured during an
encounter with CPI-Maoist cadres in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
A joint squad of CRPF and District Police was carrying out an
anti-Naxal operation in forests under Chintagufa Police Station
limits, when a group of armed Maoists opened indiscriminate fire
on the Police party while they were cordoning off Ramaram forests
leaving three of them injured, IG of Police Bastar Range, SRP
Kalluri said. Later, the Maoists escaped into the deep forests
after finding that SFs were surrounding them in a retaliatory
attack, Kalluri added.
Two Maoists, identified as Koyana Baghel (36)
and Sukhram Baghel (37), expert at making IEDs, were arrested
from their native Bukrawada village under Kukanar Police Station
limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh. Acting on inputs that
the duo was planning to hold a meeting with villagers at their
native place, a joint squad of CRPF and local Police launched
a combing and arrested them. The Maoists were working as 'jan
militia' members in Katekalyan 'area committee' of the CPI-Maoist
and were tasked with preparing and planting the IEDs to target
the SFs, Kalluri said.
Two suspected Maoists, identified as Aayturam
Salam (30) and Shinga Ram (40), both residents of Pattegudam village
were arrested during a search operation carried out by a joint
team of BSF and DF in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. The arrested
Maoists were wanted in various criminal incidents and cases were
registered against the duo with Badgaon Police Station, SP, Kanker,
RN Dash said.
A tiffin bomb weighing five kilograms, along with
10 meter wire was found near Mungwal village under Bayanar Police
Station limits in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh. A Road Opening
Party which had started from Bayanar Police Station detected the
bomb and it was defused at the spot.
Jharkhand Police arrested two CPI-Maoist cadres
along with cache of ammunition in Latehar District of Jharkhand.
Latehar's SP, Michael S Raj, said the duo was involved in several
acts of violence since 2011.
Bandh in Visakha Agency of Andhra Pradesh
area, for which the CPI-Maoist had given a call in protest against
the killing of three of its cadres near Korukonda in Vishakhapatnam
District on October 19, was partial except in a few panchayats.
The CRPF battalions deployed in Maharashtra's
Naxal-affected Districts are now being moved to Bastar region
in Chhattisgarh. The Maharashtra Districts will now be manned
by ITBP personnel who are already present in the contiguous district
of Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh. According to the report, it is
being done to ensure seamless coordination between forces across
State borders and maintain a single command chain in any given
area in the LWE-affected zones.
Maoist cadre Madkami Bheema surrendered before
SP Kamlochan Kashyap in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh. Kashyap
informed that Bheema, member of Dandakaranya Kisan Shramik Morcha,
an offshoot of the CPI-Maoist, was involved in several serious
criminal incidents like murder, attempt to murder, loot and attack
on Police party.
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October 31 |
Srinagar Police busted a LeT sleeper cell in Srinagar
that was planning to carry out subversive activities in Srinagar
city. Two LeT militants identified as Mohammad Irfan Haroon and
Shakeel Ahmad Bhat were arrested and three AK-47 rifles, 14 pistols
and 2 wireless sets were recovered from them.
SFs detected and defused an IED, planted by militants
in a handy gas cylinder, near Mughal Road in Shopian District
of J&K.
DGP K Rajendra Kumar stated that over 150 militants,
mostly foreigners are operating in Kashmir valley and SFs had
more successes this year against them. He also stated that "We
reviewed security, counter-terrorist operations and election preparedness
in North Kashmir today. We have discussed all the arrangements."
The NIA announced rewards ranging from INR 3 lakh
to INR 10 lakh on 12 suspected members of JMB in connection with
the Bardhaman blast case. The identification details of these
suspects including photographs, build, complexion and height,
and their known addresses have been uploaded on the NIA website.
The suspects on whom the NIA has declared the highest reward of
INR 10 lakh are Sajid, a suspected Bangladeshi national and the
head of the Bardhaman module Kausar, who made IEDs and transported
them to Bangladesh Yusuf Sheikh, who oversaw jihadi indoctrination
and training at the Shimulia mosque and jihadi trainers Nasirullah
and Talha Sheikh. A bounty of INR 5 lakh each has been announced
on Amjad Ali Sheikh, the main supplier of chemicals for the IEDs
fabricated by the Bardhaman module Sahanur Alom, a resident of
Barpeta in Assam and Habibur Rahman Sheikh, resident of Birbhum
in West Bengal. Absconding suspect Abul Kalam alias Azad,
Burhan Sheikh, Rejaul Karim and Jahirul Shaikh carry a reward
of INR3 lakh each. According to the NIA, seven of the suspects
are said to be from different parts of West Bengal and Assam.
Official said that "All the 12 suspects have been declared proclaimed
offenders by court in connection with the Bardhaman blast case
or the conspiracy hatched by the JMB."
According to the latest investigation update shared
by the NIA with the UMHA, a key Bardhaman blast suspect Amjad
Ali alias Kajal may have been hiding in Delhi around the
time the NIA took over the probe from West Bengal Police. Amjad
Ali, the main supplier of chemicals for IEDs to be used by JMB
for attacks in Bangladesh and different parts of India, is believed
to have escaped from West Bengal soon after the blast and was
in Delhi on October 8. Sources said that the NIA's probe into
SIM card details of the accused has not only exposed JMB's network
extending to several Indian states, including West Bengal, Assam
and Tamil Nadu, but it has also thrown up numbers in Bangladesh,
Nepal and Saudi Arabia.
NIA in its preliminary report to the UMHA has
not mentioned anything about JMB's alleged plan to target Bangladesh
PM Sheikh Hasina and the main opposition leader Khaleda Zia. NIA,
meanwhile, identified 14 women cadres of the JMB who were training
girls enrolled in two madarssas in Shimulia in Bardhaman District
and in Lalgola in Murshidabad District in "gun shooting and other
jihadi activities." The agency also said that the JMB aimed to
establish an Islamic State comprising Bangladesh and the Murshidabad,
Malda and Nadia Districts of West Bengal.
Police recovered materials which are used to make
IED from residence of individuals identified as Uttam Chanda,
an employee of Sale Tax Department and Gautam Chanda, owner of
a grocery shop, at Chencoorie Road in Silchar District of Assam.
Police arrested both individuals and after interrogation they
were released.
NDFB-RD being dissatisfied with the arrest of
Ranjan Daimary on September 29 threatened to withdraw its cease
fire agreement, unless he and other militants of NDFB-RD were
not release by November 30.(Assam)
NIA submitted charge sheet on the May 2, 2014
Baksa killings. Those charge sheeted are Rajen Boro, Jayanta Boro,
Mallajit Kherkatari and Nijam Basumatary. All the four are Forest
Department employees. They helped a group of militant's torch
villages and kill at least 36 people in the NK Khagrabari area
in Baksa District of Assam. Currently, Rajen and Jayanta are in
judicial custody while Mallajit Kherkatari and Nijam Basumatary
are out on bail.
JACAS called off its 1000 hour bandh in
Karbi Anglong in Assam. chairman Khorsing Teron while announcing
the decision informed that the committee received favourable response
from GoI for taking forward the process of discussion on the issue
of autonomous state demand - introduction of a bill for creation
of an Autonomous state encompassing the two autonomous sixth schedule
hill districts of Assam as envisaged in sixth schedule Article
244 (A) of Indian Constitution in the winter session of the Parliament.
GNLA abducted a school teacher identified as Nikhil
R. Sangma from an undisclosed location. He was a teacher in Riangdim
village in West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya. Police Sources
stated that The GNLA militants abducted him after he failed to
fulfill their demand".
Meghalaya Government directed the completion of
disbandment of ANVC and ANVC-B by November. Also, during the meeting
with Government ANVC-B placed a demand before the Chief Minister
to provide them with a camp at Edenbari in Tura (West Garo hills)
to facilitate the disbanding process since most of their cadres
were scattered. ANVC-B 'general secretary' Wanding Marak stated
that "As soon as we get the camp at Edenbari, we will disband
our organization within ten days". He also added that ANVC-B will
float a social organization for those cadres who did not want
to return to their homes.
During a meeting with Police department, which
was held at Salbari village in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya,
a list of demands were submitted to Police officers, one of which
was establishment of a Police Station at Salbari Village The meeting
was attended by Vivekanand Singh SDPO among others, SDPO sought
the cooperation of the public in order to check militancy.
The failure to meet the demand made on October
1 by USSC, on termination of office of 'major' Shikato of NSCN-KK
for assaulting a teacher and allegedly making attempts to murder
him, USSC on October 31 has decided not to cooperate with NSCN-KK
after a meeting at Kiphire. . It was also added that there should
be no-movement of armed NSCN-KK militants within Sangtam jurisdiction
during the period of non co-operation. (Nagaland)
A mass rally was held in Kohima, under the aegis
of ACAUT Nagaland resolved to support the peoples' movement towards
'one government, one tax' and avoid all forms of unabated taxations
imposed by different Naga political groups.
As many as 12 cadres of the CPI-Maoist, identified
as Somnath Darro, Ram Lal Dhruv, Rajau Usendi, Parshuram Himachi,
Sukku Ram Vadde, Gaid Singh, Maniram Gavde, Sagaram Uiyke, Bajaru
Ram, Ghasiya Mandavi, Prakash Jain and Dev Singh, surrendered
before IG of Police Bastar and the District administration officials
in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. Somnath, 'commander' of Maoist
LOS operating in Medhki region of the District, carried cash reward
of INR 500,000 on his head while cash reward of INR 100,000 each
was declared on the arrest of the remaining 11 insurgents.
Four hardcore Maoists including three female insurgents
surrendered before Police in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh.
The four insurgents who surrendered in Jagdalpur (District headquarters)
are 'deputy commander' Indravati Area Committee Podiyami Hidma
alias Lakshman and three female insurgents identified as
Murami Palo, Madvi Batti and Ramo Vekka. SP, Jagdalpur, Ajay Yadav
informed that Lakshman handed over one hand grenade and 6 kg tiffin
bomb to Police after surrender.
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November 1 |
SFs busted a LeT module in Sopore area of North
Kashmir and arrested its four members. A Police spokesman said
that Sopore Police and 22 RR busted the module involved in grenade
attacks in Sopore in J&K. The arrested four members of the module
have been identified as Tawseef Ahmad Dar, Majid Gulzar, Tawseef
Ahmad Dar and Nameez Ahmad Yatoo. Two hand grenades were recovered
from them.
Telengana anti-terror agencies' list of wanted
terror absconders, from Hyderabad and Karnataka include 22 persons
suspected to be hiding in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and the
Philippines. "Of the 22, eight are believed to be holed up in
Pakistan and 11 in Saudi Arabia. One of them is in Dubai and others
in the Philippines," revealed an official. The suspects are linked
to LeT, IM and JeM, against whom red corner notices are issued
by the Interpol. Police suspect that Chota Sajid, alias Mohammed
Sajid, is hiding in the Philippines. One Najiullah, alias
Najji, is believed to have been sent to India by the LeT. NIA
has also issued a second request to Interpol regarding Shahed
Bilal's brother, Mohammed Majeed, seeking his whereabouts. Far-hatullah
Ghori, another suspect, is an accused in a conspiracy to eliminate
BJP leaders. Mohammed Asadullah Khan is an accused in the Bengaluru
conspiracy case. Sabeel Ahmed and Mohammed Faisal, who are linked
to the Bengaluru module, are also in the list.
NIA announced a reward of INR 5,00,000 to information
leading to the arrest of a 'most wanted' suspect, Sahanour Alom
alias Doctor hailing from Barpeta District of Assam. After
about a week from the October 2, 2014 blast in West Bengal's Bardhaman
District, he disappeared.
The Assam Police arrested his brother Zakaria
on charges of having links with terror outfit, JMB. While local
Police of Assam, suspect Alom has been associated with JMB for
about three years or so, NIA has found evidence of his frequent
trips to Bardhaman and other places in West Bengal. The Assam
Police meanwhile is on the look-out for Alom's wife Sajina, who
hails from Chenimari Borpitha village in Barpeta District, for
her alleged links with JMB. Sajina, Police said, had attended
a madrasa in Bardhaman District, before she got married to Alom.
BSF troopers were put on high alert along the
India-Pakistan International Border after a blast left over 45
people dead and over 70 others injured at Wagah [Lahore District]
border in Pakistan. Security officials in Pakistan said that the
blast was suspected to be carried out by a 'fidayeen' (suicide
bomber).
Three unidentified MULTA militants were arrested
by SFs at Devattar Kopati in Kokrajhar in Assam. Three pistols
and FICN were recovered from them before they could execute an
extortion drive.
A body of an allegedly abducted UKRA militant
Khupneilun Kom was recovered from Sialmat Reserve Forest Area
of Lamka in Churachandpur in Manipur. He was reportedly abducted
by ZRA on October 31 from Lighthouse area along the Tiddim Road
in Lamka in Churachandpur.
ANVC-B summoned all the cadres scattered to report
to the Eden Bari camp in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya
within ten days. ANVC-B 'secretary' Jakrik Wareng stated that
"State Government acknowledged the Eden Bari camp and assured
to provide assistance to make the camp functional so that listing
of the cadres can be completed."
Four cadres of the CPI-Maoist, who were allegedly
involved in triggering IED blast during the Assembly by-polls
for Antagarh seat held on September 13, were arrested by a joint
squad of DF and BSF from Tadhur forest under Bande Police Station
limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. Those arrested were
identified as Somji Mandavi (30), Alsuram Khorcha (28), Raigi
Sodo (32) and Sainuram Mandavi (40). Police also recovered three
SBML guns from their possession.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Singa Katami
alias Mahesh, allegedly involved in several violent incidents
was arrested during combing operations by SFs in Sudhakonda forest
in MV-79 in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
The CPI-Maoist has warned journalists working
in Chhattisgarh against helping the Police in carrying out surrender
of Maoist cadres. "We appeal to the journalist brothers to condemn
the fake surrenders and stop encouraging those who have deceived
the people's movement. The journalists who support the surrendered
Maoists will be termed as 'anti-people' by the party," said Ganesh
Uike, 'secretary' of the SRC of the CPI-Maoist, in a press statement.
A senior CPI-Maoist leader, identified as Sushil
Ganju, self-styled 'zonal commander' involved in a deadly attack
on SFs in 2013, has been allegedly arrested by Jharkhand Police
along with a woman companion in Gumla but Police have denied arresting
him, prompting the Maoists to call a state-wide shutdown on November
3 unless the authorities quickly produce him in public. Sushil
Ganju is said to have led the Karmatiya massacre in Latehar District
in which 14 security personnel were killed. The government had
announced a reward of INR 300,000 for his capture.
The CPI-Maoist announced its return to action
in Telangana by calling for a one-day bandh on November
8 to protest the 'inept policies' of the TRS government that is
resulting in farmer suicides. The party's NTSZC spokesperson Jagan
said that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had claimed that
Maoists were true patriots during his election campaign and that
he would implement their agenda when he comes to power. On the
contrary, K. Chandrasekhar Rao was behaving in the same manner
as the earlier chief ministers by trying to suppress free speech,
Jagan said.
NIA filed a chargesheet against HM 'chief of operations'
in Kashmir valley, Muzaffar Ahmad Dar and claimed that he was
able to engineer terror attacks in the Kashmir valley and collect
funds while being in jail. The chargesheet was filed in connection
with a case of terror funding in which NIA has alleged that HM
was funding its activities through cross-border trade and NGOs
which collected funds in the name of welfare of Kashmiri people.
Describing Dar as a terrorist trained in Pakistan and Afghanistan
who remained active in the Valley since the late 1990s before
he was arrested in 2009, the chargesheet said, "Muzaffar Ahmad
Dar continued his terrorist and other unlawful activities from
inside Central Jail Srinagar, where he was lodged."
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November 2 |
BSF seized one pistol, 30 live rounds, three Pakistani
mobile phones and four SIM cards along with 22 packets of 22 kilogram
of heroin, valued at around INR 1.10 billion and 20 gram of opium,
after gun battle with Pakistani smugglers, in which one smuggler
from Indian side, Tasveer Singh died and other two Balwinder Singh
and Fateh Singh were injured.
The Chief of the JuD (the LeT front), Hafiz Saeed,
has shifted his operational base to a terrorist training camp
of the LeT in Muzaffarabad in PoK to disrupt the Assembly polls
in Kashmir Valley. There are reports that both the Pakistan Army
and the ISI have assigned the task of subverting the poll process
in the Valley to the man who is arguably the most wanted terrorist
by Indian security agencies. On its part, the Pak Army and ISI
have assured all help to Hafiz Saeed and his key operators in
terms of providing adequate firing cover while trying to infiltrate
into India.
Indian intelligence agencies sources said that
Hafiz Saeed has asked the LeT militant group to recruit youths
in Kashmir who has been rendered homeless and jobless by devastating
floods in the Valley.
A seven-member NIA team, along with experts of
the CFSL, raided an aluminum factory in Shantipara of Bardhaman
District. Abdul Hakim, the JMB terrorist who was injured in the
bomb blast at Khagragarh on October 2, 2014 and presently admitted
at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, used to work in the factory. The
factory is very near from the Khagragarh blast site. Hakim's wife
Amina Biwi, who is in NIA custody at present, has told the investigators
during interrogations that Abdul Hakim has been working at that
factory for INR 100 per day remuneration. On October 1, a day
before the blast, Hakim had worked there for the last time.
Assam police arrested NDFB-IKS militant identified
as Bimal Rajbongshi during an encounter at Sipajhar area of Darrang
District of Assam. Police stated that several youths of the area
had joined NDFB-IKS, under the guidance of a militant identified
as Ratan Boro.
NDFB-IKS militant identified as Gaidang Narzary
was arrested from Shantipur Market in Chirag in Assam. One grenade,
four 7.62 mm live rounds of ammunition, a mobile phone and one
Bhutan SIM card were seized from him. He was involved in planning
and abduction of Bhutan nationals and was passing information
about SFs to militants.
An unidentified arms dealer was arrested from
Oxaiguri in Kokrajhar in Assam and two country-made guns, a handmade
pistol, 10 rounds of locally made ammunition and two crude bombs
were recovered from him.
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Kokrajhar
(Assam) to demand the release of two social workers of a Calcutta-based
NGO LWSIT identified as Tapan Kumar Khan and Sabaikhor Muchahary,
who were abducted on October 25 from Patgaon Kausi Bazar in Kokrajhar.
Sources said the abductors first demanded INR 6 million for their
release and later called Tapan Kumar Khan's family members and
demanded INR 1.2 million for his release.
Suspected militants set afire to an excavator
and a bull-dozer engaged in the road improvement work of the Old
Cachar road at Nungsai village in Tamenglong. Police suspect militant
have torched the machines in connection with monetary demand from
the contractor engaged in the road improvement work.(Manipur)
AR arrested a UNLF militant Takhellambam Inaocha
Singh alias John alias Thoungamba from Koirengei in Imphal East
of Manipur. A .32 pistol along with magazine and three live rounds
were recovered from him.
URF, in a statement signed by its 'chairman' Silheiba
Meitei and 'publicity secretary' Wayelba Meitei, cautioned the
public against "fake" revolutionaries who, allegedly under the
leadership of Lanheiba Meitei still continue to hold arms and
extort money from the general public. (Manipur)
URF headed by Silheiba Meitei has promised a new
workers' revolutionary movement which would be waged without using
any arms or seeking monetary assistance from Manipuri people.
During a meeting held on October 29, resolved to oust Lanheiba
Meitei, who was the 'chairman' of URF.
BSF deployed at Border Out Post Kuliang in East
Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya arrested two Bangladeshi nationals
identified as Abdul Sukur and Kalain Miya while they were trying
to infiltrate Indian territory. One fake Indian Voter Id and a
PAN card were recovered from them.
UALA threatened to affect a complete shutdown
of the entire Garo Hills if the Meghalaya Government continues
to remain unresponsive to its offer of peace talks. UALA also
alleged that recent arrest of two persons, Selbith and Barnius
from Tura in West Garo hills on October 29 was a case of Police
targeting the outfit.
NBPF, a group formed comprising members of various
Naga tribes to 'protect' the border areas from land encroachment
by Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants, asked all Ralan Area landowners
to reach their respective villages and occupy their land for joint
harvest before November 5 failing which they would not be allowed
to claim ownership of their lands. NBPF 'commander' of Wokha-Assam
boundaries T. Yimto Yimchung stated that NBPF would take over
all the disputed lands and would pursue the matter by way of confronting
AANLA and Adivasis. (Nagaland)
A woman Maoist 'commander', identified as Laxmi
Salaam (32), wanted in 12 cases was arrested from her native village
Sambalpur under Koilibeda Police Station limits in Kanker District
OF Chhattisgarh.
BSF evening seized apprehended a woman, Anita
Mandal along with FICN with face value of INR 10,94,000 from Duisatbighi
village in the Kaliachak Police Station of Malda District of West
Bengal. She was later handed over to Police. So far in 2014, the
South Bengal Frontier of the BSF has seized FICN of face value
INR 1,20,12,500 and apprehended several smugglers.
Top CPI-Maoist leader and an accused in the April
2010 Dantewada attack that killed 75 CRPF personnel, Hemant Mandavi
alias Bijja was arrested in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
According to the SATP data 75 CRPF personnel and a State Policeman
were killed in the Dantewada attack by the Maoists. The Chhattisgarh
Police, which made the arrest, claimed that he was involved in
the murder of 136 civilians and security personnel and was leading
Platoon No-1 of a CPI-Maoist military company.
The Dakshina Kannada Police have sought two platoons
of ANF to be posted in Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka
for quick response in incidences in CPI-Maoist-affected areas,
said SP SD Sharanappa. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of
the monthly SC and ST grievance meet, he said that till the platoon
is posted here, the District Police will use the services of the
existing "Anti-Naxal Squad" (ANS), as an ad hoc measure.
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Two unidentified suspected CPI-Maoists were arrested
from separate unspecified location. (Assam)
SF recovered seven Chinese hand grenades from
a woman, identified as Ingalei, from Khudengthabi check post in
Chandel District of Manipur, while she was travelling from the
border town Moreh in Chandel District to Imphal.
A UNLF militant, Kh Dhim Singh was arrested by
SF personnel from Heinoupokpi in Imphal West District of Manipur.
Manipur CM O Ibobi Singh, who is also the chairman
of the Unified Command, reviewed law and orders of the state with
top brasses of Police, Army and other Central Security Forces.
A reliable source stated that CM reviewed the CI operation along
with the law and orders situation of the state, particularly in
Imphal areas in the wake of disturbances that were likely to come
up ahead or during the 10 days Manipur Sangai Festival, an annual
tourism festival hosted by the Manipur government. The source
also stated that CM instructed to intensify counter insurgency
operation in their respective areas of operation citing possible
strikes from the insurgent groups.
West Jaintia Hills Police arrested an individual
identified as Sephrin Dkhar from an unspecified location, for
possession of an SBML gun. (Meghalaya)
UALA 'chairman' Chiindik Marak, who had recently
jumped bail to reunite with the outfit, in a statement refuted
that he had absconded with a large sum of GNLA funds before joining
UALA.(Meghalaya)
EGH Police charge-sheeted Social Welfare Minister
Deborah Marak and political activist Tennydard Marak for hatching
conspiracy with GNLA to influence the voters in the last Assembly
elections held in February, 2013. The Independent candidate from
William Nagar (East Garo hills District of Meghalaya) Jonathon
N Sangma, who had lost in the elections, had filed a FIR on February
16 2013, accusing her of taking the help of GNLA to influence
the voters to vote for her in the elections.
Deborah Marak who was charge sheeted by the Police
for hatching conspiracy with GNLA, denied using militants to further
her electoral cause. She stated that "I have not used any militant
outfit to seek votes and if at all my supporters had used the
help of militants, I cannot be blamed." Also, lawyer of Tennydard
Marak alleged that the filing of charge sheet may be a conspiracy
to scuttle the move on the part of him to pursue the case related
ST status of Mukul Sangma. (Meghalaya)
UNTABA met Union Minister for State Kiren Rijiu
and apprised him of the problems being faced by the people living
in and around Nagaland-Assam border areas. Minister informed the
team that GoI was keen to bring about an amicable settlement.
UNTBA Chairman also stated that he would meet Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh and PM Narendra Modi to submit a memorandum on the
inter-state border issue.
Two persons, identified as Fazal and Mehraj, were
killed and two others, identified as Shahid and Shakeel, were
injured in Budgam District of J&K.
BSF recovered 22 kilogram of heroin close to the
India-Pakistan border near Ulloked village of Ferozepur District
in Punjab. Disclosing this, BSF DIG, Ferozepur Sector, R K Thapa
said they received inputs regarding smuggling from the area around
Ulloke border outpost, following which security was intensified
in the area.
The sleuths of NIA raided the residence of Bardhaman
blast (October 2, 2014) accused Sahanur Alom located at Chatala
within the jurisdiction of Sarthebari Police Station in Assam's
Barpeta District. NIA sources said the investigating agency has
recovered several incriminating documents, digital data, foreign
currency notes and receipt book of a West Bengal-based madrasa.
"All the evidence seized will be thoroughly scanned before coming
to any conclusion," said a NIA official.
The Pentagon has told the US Congress that the
Pakistan is using militant groups as proxies to counter the superior
Indian military. "Afghan - and India - focused militants continue
to operate from Pakistan territory to the detriment of Afghan
and regional stability. Pakistan uses these proxy forces to hedge
against the loss of influence in Afghanistan and to counter India's
superior military," the Pentagon told the Congress in its latest
six-monthly report on the current situation in Afghanistan. "These
relationships run counter to Pakistan's public commitment to support
Afghan-led reconciliation. Such groups continue to act as the
primary irritant in Afghan-Pakistan bilateral relations," the
Pentagon said in the report running into more than 100 pages.
After investigating the Bardhaman blast case,
the NIA has unearthed several calls to Tamil Nadu, Mumbai and
J&K, and the investigators have zeroed in on Wadala West, a slum
in Mumbai from where numerous calls were made to and from Bardhaman,
Birbhum, Murshidabad and other parts of the country. "The calls
have been made from an area that is between Wadala and Kingscircle
railway station and this area is mainly dominated by Bengalis
from Bangladesh. There is a possibility that the people who have
fled from West Bengal might have taken shelter in this particular
area," NIA sources said.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi said the JMB was trying to
establish a women's wing in the state. "The JMB was trying to
set up a women's wing in Assam. They have already attracted a
number of youth from Assam, some of whom have also gone abroad
to train in jihad," Gogoi said. He also said that Barpeta District
in Assam had become a major concentration of jihadi elements.
"They are most active in Barpeta District," Gogoi said.
Suspected cadres of the PLFI, a breakaway faction
of the CPI-Maoist, gunned down seven persons, reportedly members
of Shanti Sena, a local outfit formed to maintain peace and brotherhood
in Gumla District of Jharkhand. Jharkhand Police spokesperson
Anurag Gupta confirmed the deaths.
18 CPI-Maoist cadres, including hardcore cadres
involved in last year's (2013) Jiram Valley attack on Congress
leaders, surrendered in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh. "As
many as eighteen ultras, most of them carrying cash rewards on
their heads, turned themselves in before senior Police and CRPF
official in Dantewada.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Pangi Sathi
Babu and Korra Venkat Rao of Galikonda dalam of the CPI-Maoist,
surrendered before ASP Vijaya Rao in Rampachodavaram mandal
in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. The surrendered duos
were natives of Yendakota village under Koyyuru mandal
in Visakhapatnam District. They were involved in the killing of
a dalam 'commander' of the same group a couple of months
ago at Gangala Thota area in Yendakota mandal, the ASP
added.
The CPI-Maoist accused the Chhattisgarh Government
and Bastar Police of trying to hatch a "conspiracy" to establish
Maoists' links with Islamic extremists and Pakistan's the ISI.
"The government and police are trying to propagate that the Maoists
are in contact with Muslim militants and the ISI. As a part of
this conspiracy, the Police killed an unknown Muslim youth in
Harrekoded village of Bastar on September 19 and declared him
a Maoist," alleged Gudsa Usendi, the spokesperson of the DKSZC,
in a statement sent to senior journalists based in Bastar. The
spokesperson appealed to all Muslims, minority social organisations,
Human Rights bodies and the media to make an 'independent inquiry'
into the September 19 Harrekoded encounter.
The Korukonda area committee of the CPI-Maoist
organised a meeting on the AOB, to 'pay homage' to two of its
members who were killed by people near Korukonda shandy on October
19. According to reports, secretary of Korukonda area committee
Vijayalakshmi, who addressed the meeting with other leaders of
the party, claimed that the killing was the handiwork of the Police
and the party would not spare the 19 persons it had identified
for the attack and killing of its members. More than 2,000 people
had reportedly attended the meeting which was held on the border
abutting Munchingput mandal in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra
Pradesh. The SATP, has earlier, reported that three Maoists were
killed in the incident.
An engineer of TA identified as Lance Naik Jagga
Singh of 107 Engineer Regiment, was killed in a grenade attack
by militants in Imphal East District of Manipur. The militants
had attacked 165 A-company post of the Territorial Army at Koirengei
under Heingang police station. Later, Police conducted a search
at the blast site and found an unexploded grenade that was later
diffused.
SFs arrested a UNLF militant Bim alias Naobi from
Heinoubok Awang Leikai in Imphal West of Manipur.
GNLA denied its hand in the recent abduction of
a school teacher from Riangdim in West Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.
GNLA's 'joint publicity secretary' Garo Mandei Ch Marak, however
stated that possibility of the abduction being the handiwork of
two of its former cadres, Kobith Ch Marak alias Jongmen
and Benith N Marak alias Skylance who deserted the camp
with two AKs along with 8 others on October 27.
Tripura CM Manik Sarkar criticised the demands
of the IPFT for a separate state in the name of 'Twipraland' by
carving out the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council,
saying it is divisive and communal,. CM said that unity between
tribal and non-tribal communities of the state was achieved after
a long struggle that cost many lives.
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Two persons, including a woman Police Constable
and a civilian, were injured in a militant attack at Shaltakna
area of Awantipora Town in Pulwama District of J&K.
Militants attacked a CRPF bunker with grenades
in Sopore Town of Baramulla District of J&K. An unnamed senior
Police officer said, "Militants fired two UBGL grenades at a CRPF
bunker outside the SBI building in Sopore. One grenade exploded
without causing any damage while the other did not explode and
was later diffused."
Curfew was imposed in parts of Srinagar Districts
after protests broke out following November 3 killing of two youth
in alleged Army firing in Budgam District of J&K. An enquiry has
been set up.
The Police arrested five of a six-member gang
involved in circulating FICN along with INR 1,00,000 cash, 10
gram of gold biscuits and two duplicate gold in Tadepalligudem
of West Godavari District. The arrestees were identified as T
Ramesh, M Anjaneyulu, D Suryanarayana, A Narsing and Mohammed
Yacob Mia. However, S Anjaneyulu, the sixth accused is at large.
The NIA continued its investigation of Bardhaman
blast accused Sahanur Alom and his wife Sajina in Assam and inspected
the duo's bank accounts. Sources in the NIA said Alom holds at
least three bank accounts in two nationalized banks in Barpeta
District whose transaction details they are cross-checking."Hawala
money generated in Bangladesh used to be routed through Assam
with Alom's help. His dental clinic would receive the funds. Infiltrators,
part of the JMB, would drop in from Bangladesh and park funds
with Alom," said NIA sources.
Central intelligence agencies have alerted Kolkata
Police about the possibility of a terror attack in the city, especially
in the port area, a senior official of Kolkata Police said. "We
have received inputs from central intelligence agencies that there
might be a terror attack in Kolkata, especially in port area.We
have increased security in the port area and have put the entire
city under security blanket," the officer said. According to the
input, terrorists may use small boats to carry out an attack in
port area, he added. The alert was that the terror strike may
have been planned by Pakistan's ISI with help from the Pakistan
Navy.
Army foiled a major infiltration bid by the militants
along the LoC at Sona Wali Gali in Mankote Sector of Poonch District
of J&K. Reports said a group of seven to eight militants tried
to infiltrate into the Indian Territory from Sona Wali Gali in
Mankote Sector at 9.15 pm. The militants opened firing on the
troops. Few shots were also fired by Pakistan Army to facilitate
infiltration by the militants. However, reports said, the Army
personnel lit up the area with para-lites and fired at the direction
being used by the militants to infiltrate into this side.
BSF intercepted two people along with FICN worth
INR one million near the Bangladesh border in Joyenapur village
of Malda District of West Bengal. The accused and the notes were
handed over to the local Police. So far, the South Bengal Frontier
of the BSF has seized more than INR 13,012,500 in FICN in the
current year.
Kolkata Sessions Court remanded Abdul Hakim, the
suspected terrorist who survived the Khagragarh blast in Bardhaman
of October 2, 2014 in NIA custody till November 14. Razia Bibi,
wife of dead terror suspect Shakeel Ahmed Gazi, and Hakim's wife
Alima Bibi were sent to jail till November 20.
ATS, headed by ASP D Harish Kumar of Hyderabad
Police, reached Umarkhed in Yavatmal District in Maharashtra,
along with suspected Mudshir Shah, a resident of Shah Colony of
the town and conducted a thorough search in his shop and house
to ascertain if there is any evidence leading to his association
with an Afghan-based terrorist outfit. However, Police has refused
to disclose anything about their two-week long investigation.
Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh raised the
issue of growing influence of global terrorist organisations on
the internet and social media, and suggested that Interpol take
the lead in surveillance of internet activity aimed at jihadi
indoctrination and recruitment.
Indian Government asked Pakistan to choose whether
it wants to talk to the Indian government or those who want to
break India, in yet another signal that the bilateral composite
dialogue process is not going to be resumed anytime soon. "We
create the environment, we fix up a dialogue at the level of foreign
secretaries, our foreign secretary is to visit Pakistan, and literally
a few hours before that they invite the (Kashmiri) separatists
for a dialogue to their high commission (in New Delhi)," said
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley.
Heroin seizures by BSF troops in Punjab have increased.
The BSF has recorded its highest seizure of drugs in recent years
along the India-Pakistan international border. In over 10 months,
BSF has seized over 328.6 kilogram of heroin valued at INR16.50
billion (about USD 270 million) in the international market. The
seizure of poppy husk and FICN from the Pakistan side has, however,
gone down this year. Compared to over 246 kilogram poppy husk
and FICN of face value over INR 52,00,000 the seizures this year
has been only 25 kilogram and nearly INR 12,00,000. In 2012, just
5.5 kilogram poppy husk was recovered.
Three top CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested by a
joint team of CAF and District Police from Chotte Karkeli canal
in Kutaru village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. The three
Maoists were identified as National Park 'Jan Militia' members
Manguli Kohrami (23), Lala Poyami (25), and Chaitu Vacham (30)
of Murkinar village. The joint team also recovered three muzzle
guns, huge number of banners and posters from each of the three
arrested Maoists.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Sodhi Baman (20) and his
woman associate Sodhi Payake (19), were arrested by a joint team
of CRPF and local Police from Palnar Bazar Square under
Kuwakonda Police Station limits of Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
One Maoist cadre was arrested from an unspecified
location of Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
Eight-km-long kaccha road was laid by the
District Police by participating in shramdhan programme to provide
road connectivity from the CPI-Maoist-affected Mudhedu village
with Pankena village in the Mahadevpur mandal of Karimnagar
District of Telangana. SP V. Shiva Kumar also assured to take
measures to lay a permanent road under the government scheme.
Launching a scathing attack against the Maoists, the SP said that
the region was neglected because of Maoist presence. He called
upon the villagers to chase away the Maoists as their ideology
was outdated.
Suspected militants opened fire on an Army convoy
of 4 Rajput Regiment near Tewai Camp, a remote area in Longding
District of Arunachal Pradesh. Army sources said the militants
exploded a bomb before firing at the Army vehicle forcing the
Army personnel to retaliate. However, there was no report of any
casualty.
NSCN-IM hideout was busted and a militant was
killed personnel in the Kepailo area of Dima Hasao District of
Assam. NSCN-IM accused AR of violating ceasefire ground rules
and killing five militants at forest of Kepeilou village in North
Cachar in Assam. A saw mill owner Rakhal Baishya and his manager,
Sunil Banerjee were abducted by suspected militants from Kalachans
under Maibong Police station of Dima Hasao in Assam.
SFs arrested a KPLT 'area commander' Mukreng Beg alias
Songriso Linjapo from Rangagoura in Assam.
Police arrested one suspect, identified as Nayan
Das, in connection with the death of Chandan Das, a student of
Pub Bangshar College, whose decapitated body was found near Hajo
in Assam. Police later said it was a case of abduction. A sum
of INR three million was demanded for his release following which
the family lodged an FIR at Amingaon Police outpost.
Unidentified miscreants set off an explosive suspected
to be dynamite in Hamleikhong in Ukhrul District of Manipur.
Two KNF-N militants, identified as 'private' Mangcha
Kipgen and Mangpuhao alias Haopu were arrested by SFs Bongbal
Gamnoum village in Thoubal in Manipur. One 9 mm pistol with magazine
and 9 live rounds were recovered from them.
NSCN-K militant A Veini Johnson was arrested by
AR at Langthabal in Imphal West of Manipur. Blank letter with
letter head of NSCN-K two mobile phones, four SIM cards, one driving
license, one voter card and INR 4650 were recovered from him.
Based on information revealed by him, a follow up operation was
launched at Singjamei in Imphal East and one .22 pistol along
with magazine and four live rounds were recovered.
A wanted abductor and extortionist identified
as Branush D Sangma, who was also involved in the abduction of
a Police officer's son a few months ago, was arrested from Kaldang
village in East Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
Meghalaya Police announced INR One Million each
reward for information about 10 "most wanted" militants mostly
based in the Garo Hills area of Meghalaya. The wanted militants
list included eight GNLA militants Baichung Ch. Momin alias
Nikkam, Kiljang R. Sangma alias Jangjang, Hedeo Ch. Momin
alias Karak, Ajan Ch. Momin alias Jimmy, Kennedy
T. Sangma alias Hebel, Rakban D. Shira alias Philiport,
Rikchi D. Shira alias Rakkam and Zen Robert Ch. Marak alias
Toding alias Rupanto, two AMEF militants identified as
Jack Marak alias Jack and Chesrang D. Sangma alias Goran alias
Janat.
A local Court in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya
has accepted a charge sheet filed by Police against state Social
Welfare Minister Deborah Marak and Tennydard Marak for allegedly
using GNLA for intimidating voters during last year's Assembly
elections.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma defended Police action
against Social Welfare Minister Deborah Marak saying that it would
send a strong message to all concerned.
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November 5 |
Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire and resorted
unprovoked firing along the IB in Ramgarh Sector of Samba District
of J&K. There were no casualties or damage on the Indian side
in the firing.
Curfew-like restrictions continued in five Police
Station areas of the Srinagar after protests broke out following
November 3 killing of two youth in alleged Army firing in Budgam
District of J&K.
Two persons, Gajendra Singh and Amarjeet Singh
were arrested along with FICN of INR 32,000 at retiring room of
Ratangarh Railway Station in Churu District of Rajastan. According
to Police, the peddlers had started from their home District of
Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh with FICN of INR 1,20,000 (in denominations
of INR 100 and INR 1,000) and had come to Ratangarh from Bikaner
after trading some currency.
Two persons, Shakir Rashid and Mohammed Javed
Rashid were detained for questioning after their T-shirts had
inscription of terror outfit ISIS in Dhanbad District of Jharkhand.
"The duo was detained after the photos of the youths were published
in the media. DSP Rama Shankar Singh questioned them," SP Hemant
Toppo said. The police also questioned the painter who drew it,
Toppo said, adding that there was no terror-related link found
during interrogation. No FIR has been filed so far, he said. However,
Jharkhand Police Chief G.S. Rath said that he would not rule out
presence and operation of terrorist sleeper cells in the state.
A West Bengal native who is accused in a FICN
case was found guilty by the Ernakulam Additional Sessions Court.
The accused is Azadullah Sheikh of Murshidabad District. He is
found guilty of offences IPC 489 B and C for using and selling
FICN. Premson Paul Manjamattam, additional public prosecutor,
appeared for the prosecution.
IB submitted a report that ULFA-I is gun-running
for the JEI, the largest Islamist political party of Bangladesh.
According to IB, representatives of the BNP were also present
at the secret meeting. The report stated that some leaders of
JEI, BNP and two ULFA-I representatives held a secret meeting
at Madhutilla Eco Park in Bangladesh for striking an arms deal
with ULFA-I. The JEI leaders demanded small arms and ammunition
from ULFA-I for which BTD 2 million was paid to ULFA-I.
Decrypted communications between IM and al Qaeda
and testimony from suspects have triggered alarm among intelligence
officials in New Delhi, as the terror groups appear to be working
together to launch major attacks in the region. The officials
told that plots they had uncovered included the kidnapping of
foreigners and turning India into a "Syria and Iraq where violence
is continuously happening". Weeks after al Qaeda announced the
formation of a South Asia wing to strike across the subcontinent,
agencies said they had discovered IM cadres were training with
al Qaeda and other groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan for major
attacks. "The thing we are looking for is how al Qaeda/ISIS tie
up with local groups, especially as the drawdown takes place in
Afghanistan," said Sharad Kumar, head of the NIA.
Security personnel escaped a CPI-Maoist triggered
powerful IED blast under a small bridge between Pamalwaya and
Cherpal under Bijapur Police Station limits in Bijapur District
of Chhattisgarh. "The explosion was so powerful that it left a
five-and-half feet deep crater on Bijapur-Gangaloor road," Bijapur
ASP Indira Kalyan Elesela said. However, no one was injured in
the blast.
A 'platoon commander' of the CPI-Maoist's PLGA,
identified as Jeevan Kandulna alias Gajendra Singh, in
an interview in Porahat forest of West Singhbum District of Jharkhand
has confessed that the outfit is not in a healthy state in its
former stronghold of Porahat 'sub-zone', blaming its absence at
the grassroots level.
A group of CPI-Maoists cadres stormed into a mining
area of state-run NMDC at Bailadila in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh
and set a poclain machine on fire.
In another incident involving the Maoists at Bailadila
in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh, they removed the fishplates
from a railway track in a bid to disrupt train services on Kirandul-Jagdalpur-Visakhapatnam
route.
Police claimed, two SPOs were among the seven
persons killed in the Gumla incident of killing on November 3,
where PLFI cadres had opened indiscriminate firing on a SUV carrying
seven persons between Harup and Rerwa villages under Kamdara Police
Station. "We have lodged an FIR against the rebels. Two of the
seven persons killed were working as SPOs and were working to
stop to PLFI activities," Gumla SP Bheemsen Tuti said. The SATP,
has earlier, reported that seven persons, reportedly members of
Shanti Sena, a local outfit formed to maintain peace
and brotherhood, were killed in the incident.
Police arrested 4 extortionists who were extorting
under the banner fo NLF, though they were not members of the group,
from Itanagar at Param Pare District of Arunachal Pradesh. Police
recovered a kilo of Ammonium Nitrate, 8 electronic detonators,
one timer device and one 0.315 Rifle with 7 rounds of live ammunitions
from them. Police also recovered seized literature material of
an unspecified faction of NSCN and ULTA.
Three NSCN-IM militants were killed in an encounter
at Robi Basti in Dima Hasao District of Assam. The militants were
active in areas around Malangpa village in Dima Hasao. SFs recovered
two AK-series rifles, 73 rounds of ammunition and other war-like
stores. The Sentinel further adds that this will be a severe
blow to NSCN-IM which has carried out extortion from poor farmers
during the ongoing harvesting season.
'Assistant section commander' Filip Owary alias
Lodrai was killed in an encounter with a joint team of Police
and Army at Saraibil area in Kokrajhar District of Assam. One
7.65mm pistol, two Chinese hand grenades, two magazines, three
live rounds of bullets, NDFB demand note and three mobile handsets
were recovered from the encounter site. Intelligence sources states
that the cadre was listed under INR 500,000 reward category.
An unidentified ULFA-I militant was killed and
two ULFA-I militants were arrested after an encounter at Charing
in Jorhat in Assam.
ULFA-I is gun-running for the JEI, the largest
Islamist political party of Bangladesh. According to the agency,
representatives of BNP were also present at the secret meeting.
The report stated that some leaders of JEI, BNP and two ULFA-I
representatives held a secret meeting at Madhutilla Eco Park in
Bangladesh for striking an arms deal with ULFA-I. The JEI leaders
demanded small arms and ammunition from ULFA-I for which BTD 2
million was paid to ULFA-I.
NIA court in Guwahati granted bail to seven accused
in two cases related to BTAD violence in May.(Assam)
SFs arrested a UNLF militant identified as Irengbam
Raghu Singh, from Irengbam and Oinam village in Bishnupur in Manipur.
During a follow up investigation 'district secretary' of UNLF,
identified as Longjam Sanajaoba Meitei alias Boy alias
Sana alias Batri alias Romi was also arrested from
his residence at an unspecified location. One 9mm pistol along
with magazine loaded with 4 live rounds were recovered from him.
On further follow up action, another UNLF cadre, Sanjengbam Ramananda
Singh alias Rama was arrested from his residence at an
unspecified location. One 7.65 mm pistol along with magazine and
three live rounds were recovered from him.
TSL a Tangkul women's organization, has condemned
the bomb blast at Hamleikhong in Ukhrul District of Manipur.
UTLA- SK Thadou observed its 5th Reformation Day
on November 5 at the outfit's designated camp of Leisangphai,
Muktokhal in Tamenglong in Manipur.
UKRA decried the killing of 'captain' L Khupneilun
Kom alias L Lulun Kom and cautioned that UKRA will not
remain silent if SFs do not arrest the militants of ZRO or ZRA.
who allegedly killed him.(Manipur)
Trader sustained a bullet injury when militants
opened fire on the vehicle he was travelling in at Oragitok in
WGH in Meghalaya. West Garo Hills Police suspect the incident
to be the handiwork of local dacoits working at the behest of
GNLA. Police added that the armed men had planned to abduct the
traders for ransom.
An unidentified 15 year old girl was reportedly
abducted by unknown miscreants from Pynthorbah in Shillong in
East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.3
GNLA issued a death threat against the Deputy
Commissioner, the Chief Judicial Magistrates, the ASP, DSP working
in Garo Hills of Meghalaya and promised a cash reward of INR 2
million to whoever kills any of the officials, through a post
uploaded on social networking site Facebook.
Police have taken the Facebook posting
seriously and have prepared a special report which has been sent
to DGP Sources informed that all the District Police chiefs have
been put on alert and security of all the officials have been
strengthened.(Meghalaya)
UDP working President Bindo Mathew Lanong termed
the Deborah charge sheet episode as a political move, and added
that there was a lot of politicization in the present State Government.(Meghalaya)
AR arrested two ULFA militants, Babon Teka and
Preanjal Nath and recovered the dead body of a suspected ULFA
militant, Prakesh Baruah was recovered during further search from
Saring in Mokokchung District of Nagaland. 303 Rifle, seven 303
ammunition, one K-10, three magazine with 100 Resilient Defense
Systems (RDS), 102 cartridges and 14 detonators were recovered.
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November 6 |
Police arrested three persons, identified as Ghulam
Mohu-Din Akhoon, Bilal Ahmed Gojri and Ashok Kumar Sharma along
with FICN. A case under FIR number 170/14 has been registered
at Pacca Danga Police Station in Jammu District of J&K, under
relevant Section of Law and investigation started.
Police team from Gandhi Nagar Police Station in
Jammu District intercepted a truck bearing registration number
JKO2AG-8069 and During search, Police recovered 6 bags of poppy
straw and arrested two persons, who have been identified as Manoj
Kumar and Bhupinder Singh. A case under FIR number 246/14 under
Section 8/15 NDPS Act has been registered at Gandhi Nagar Police
Station.
A top KTF terrorist, Ramandeep Singh alias
Goldy wanted for April 20, 2010 Patiala blast and the murder of
Rulda Singh, head of Rashtriya Sikh Sangat on July 28, 2009 was
arrested by Punjab Police in Chennai after he was deported by
Malaysian authorities. He will soon be produced before the concerned
court. The Counter Intelligence Wing of the Punjab Police has
started tracking wanted terrorists who are staying abroad and
in this process, intelligence leads about the whereabouts of Ramandeep
were received, developed and shared with the Central agencies.
Fearing 'lone wolf' terrorist attacks on western
targets in major metropolitan cities, central intelligence agencies
have asked Police forces to take extra measures to secure embassies,
consulates and nationals of such countries, especially the US.
The target list includes Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore
and Chennai. Agencies fear that educated youths from different
parts of the country, radicalized over the internet by terrorist
group ISIS, may carry out solo attacks on western targets, sources
said. Sources said agencies have picked up chatter on the internet
asking youths to "pick Americans and Israelis on the streets and
stab them". The alert warns that there are now several cases of
educated, young boys being radicalized over the internet in places
like Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Rajasthan.
Reports said that Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan
have become untraceable for Indian intelligence agencies. Intelligence
agencies have written to the Maharashtra Police to provide assistance
as both of the dons have deep connections in Mumbai and its neighboring
areas.
More than a month after an explosion killed two
persons in Khagragarh in Bardhaman District of West Bengal on
October 2, 2014, the Police are yet to confirm the identity of
one of victims. In his dying statement, the victim had given his
name as Subhan Mondal, a resident of East Midnapaore District.
However, police could not find the village Mondal claimed to have
hailed from. Mondal, the NIA sleuths believe, was a resident of
Bangladesh. His actual identity has remained a missing link in
the investigations into the blast. The NIA has now opted for Mondal's
DNA profiling to establish his identity. A Central Forensic Science
Laboratory team recently visited the Police morgue in Bardhaman
and collected samples from Mondal's teeth, hair and nails for
DNA testing.
Police arrested 'self-styled divisional commander' of JeM, identified
as Mohammad Sadiq from Sopore area of Baramulla District of J&K.
According to Police, Sadiq is a resident of KP
province in Pakistan.
Assam Police arrested Susena Begum alias
Sajina Begum, wife of Sahanur Alam, who is one among the 12 people
wanted by NIA in connection with October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast.
She was arrested from the Inter-state bus terminus on the outskirts
of Guwahati. Sahanur went underground along with Sajina and their
two children after the police had arrested six people in connection
with the blast case from Assam's Barpeta District last month.
The investigators believed that Sahanur and his wife carried money,
sourced in Bangladesh, to the Simulia madrasa in West Bengal.
The madrasa is in news for its link to terror outfit JMB.
A teenager was arrested along with FICN worth
INR 9,000 in Virar of Palgarh District of Maharashtra. The currency
was allegedly given to him by a friend after being promised money.
The teen told the Police that the currencies were handed over
to him by his friend, who had come from West Bengal. The teen
was asked to circulate the notes and was promised a good amount.
FICNs are believed to have been procured from Bangladesh and brought
to Malda District in West Bengal.
Kashmiri separatists have issued a four-minute
video clip via social networking sites asking people to boycott
the assembly polls later to be held in November.The video has
gone viral on social networking sites. It has messages of APHC-G
leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani APHC-M Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
and DEM 'founder-chairperson' Asiya Andrabi. The three ask people
to "vigorously boycott" the assembly elections in the video. The
video also shows Geelani addressing a gathering via phone asking
youth not "to undermine the mission of martyrs". The Mirwaiz is
seen posing for the camera seeking "en-masse" boycott. The video
also has a clip showing JKLF 'chief' Yasin Malik raising slogans
for election boycott during a rally.
A joint effort by the CERT from India, the US
and the UK helped the NIA extract crucial online chats of key
IM militants with the al Qaeda. The IM is not only banned in India
but also in the UK and New Zealand. In the US, the outfit is listed
as a FTO under the Immigration and Nationality Act and also declared
a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under an Executive Order.
Investigations revealed that the accused persons created chat
accounts under fake names using proxy servers to hide identities
and locations. They passed on the account details to one another
either in coded language or through encrypted files. The chat
contents revealed that IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal and other Pakistan-based
operatives briefed each other about the outfit's developing association
with the al Qaeda.
The Visakha Rural Police of Andhra Pradesh arrested
four people, including an Associate Professor of Andhra University's
Telugu Department, for allegedly supplying explosive material
to CPI-Maoist. The arrested were identified as Associate Professor
Jarra Appa Rao (44), Ganapatiraju Subba Raju, Varupari Prasad
and Kovvuru Jagadesh. The Police seized 300 kg of ammonium nitrate
(packed in six bags), 500 EDs, 100 empty EDs and a car from the
possession of two of those arrested.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres killed a tribal village
headman, identified as Radhaya Sirika (60), in Siriguda village
under Narayanpatna block in Koraput District of Odisha. Though
the modus operandi of the killing is similar to that of Maoists,
Police are yet to confirm their involvement.
Normal life in Kokrajhar District of Assam was
hit due to the shutdown called by NDFB-IKS in protest against
the killing of Filip Owary alias Lodrai Owary on November
5.
Three armed miscreants allegedly abducted an individual
identified as Ramchandra, hailing from Bihar, at Rengkai Road
in Churachandpur in Manipur. According to sources, the armed miscreants
are suspected to be hills-based militant group.
SFs recovered a 9 mm pistol, one country weapon,
one magazine of AK- 47, one Chinese hand grenade, one Kenwood
radio set, fifteen live rounds of AK - 47, eight live rounds of
9 mm pistol and ten live rounds of M-16/5.56mm of INSAS rifle
from Lumphu area in Chandel in Manipur.
PREPAK militant, identified as 'lance corporal'
Saikhom Maipak Singh alias Amuba was arrested from Pangaltabi
Chingkha village in Thoubal in Manipur. One 9mm pistol along with
magazine and two live rounds were recovered from him.
A UNLF militant Mairembam Iboyaima Meitei alias
Suraj alias Toijinghan was arrested by combined team of
Bishnupur Police Commando unit and AR from Moirang Khunou in Bishnupur
in Manipur.
SFs arrested two KRA militants identified as Thangeo
Hangsing and Lungminthang Chongloi, from Saikul market in Senapati
District of Manipur. One .22 pistol with six rounds of live ammunition
and one syringe and 10 miligram of heroin were recovered from
them.
A combined team of Police Commandos and AR arrested
a UNLF militant, identified as Mirenjam Iboyai from an unspecified
location. (Manipur)
JCLIPS a conglomerate various civil organisations
demanding ILPS set November 18, 2014 as deadline to Manipur Government
for implementation of ILPS in the State. JCLIPS stated that if
Government fails to implement ILPS, JCILPS will enforce the system
with the supports of the like- minded civil organizations.
In the wake of Police's charge-sheet against Meghalaya
Minister, for links with GNLA, former CM Salseng C Marak said
that there should be a thorough inquiry by a neutral body to look
into all cases of politician-militant nexus in the state so as
to clear the air of suspicion and mistrust.
NPP Meghalaya spokesperson James Sangma questioned
the state Government for not putting the Agreed Text of Settlement
in the public domain. He said that in the agreement there is a
reference made to increase in the strength of GHADC which is agreed
in principle, but the document fails to mention how many seats
will be added and when such exercise will be completed. The NPP
also expressed its surprise that the Agreed Text of Settlement
does not mention how the militants would be rehabilitated.
Mizoram Police recovered 19,300 detonators from two arrested
men identified as Kaphnuna and Rochhingpuia Indo-Myanmar border
village of Zokhawthar in Champai District of Mizoram. On further
investigation another individual identified as Lalhmunmawia was
also arrested from an unspecified location.
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November 6-7 |
Hackers breached the security firewall of 22 Government
department and organisation websites of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,
and Odisha states on November 6 night and posted content alleging
atrocities by the Indian Army in Kashmir. Majority of the websites
are maintained by the NIC and by November 7 morning, all the hacked
websites became inaccessible.
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November 7 |
A jawan (trooper), Suresh Kumar was injured
when Army foiled an infiltration attempt by militants along the
LoC in Pallanwalla sector of Poonch District of J&K.
Punjab Police arrested 'chief' of the KLF, Harminder
Singh alias Mintoo and his key operative Gurpreet Singh
alias Gopi. Police traced and located the two in Thailand
and coordinated with central agencies and Thai authorities. Mintoo,
was running active modules among Khalistani terrorists outside
India, was arrested from Delhi airport. The arrest location of
Gopi is still not specified. He was wanted in 10 terror offences
filed in Punjab.
The NIA arrested an alleged operative of the JMB,
Zia-ul-Haque, in connection with the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman
blast case, from Talha Masjid in Khagragarh area of Bardhaman
District of West Bengal. Haque, a resident of Old Gurutolla in
Malda District of West Bengal, is considered to be closely associated
with top JMB 'commanders', and absconding operatives Rezaul Karim
and Yusuf Sheikh alias Moulana Yusuf.
The central investigation agencies are not only
looking into alleged KTF militant Ramandeep Singh Goldy's role
in Patiala and Ambala bomb blasts in 2010 and the killing of Rashtriya
Sikh Sangat chief Rulda Singh in 2009 but also whether he was
in touch with former Punjab CM Beant Singh's assassin Jagtar Singh
Tara during his stay in Thailand and Malaysia. "We are going to
question him about his link with Tara and whether he was in touch
with him during his stay in Thailand and Malaysia," said a senior
investigating officer.
Police tracing the links between IS and al Qaeda
and local elements of Hyderabad have gathered that proxy user
IDs were being used by both handlers and intended recruits on
social networking sites to avoid getting caught by security agencies
hot on their heels. By using fake IDs, they establish communication,
strike deals and then delete the accounts so that they can remain
untraced, the security agencies, stated. Such a method of communication
was used by Mothasim Billah, former SIMI cadre, while speaking
to his handlers, sources said.
Latest intelligence inputs by security agencies
have indicated that terrorists and LWE are planning to target
upcoming assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand. A
top intelligence official confirmed the alert shared with the
state adding that Maoists and absconding IM terrorists may launch
terror attack against politicians and security forces in Jharkhand.
Agencies also fear that PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist,
may target politicians as the outfit has been involved in 'Supari
killing' (contract killing).
Maoists set ablaze three vehicles in the Nerli
Ghati area in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh, and opened fire
on the Police parties. However, there was no report of casualty
on any side, Bastar Range IGP, S.R.P. Kalluri said.
Two Police Constables were injured in Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh by spikes put on a road.
The Bastar region of Chhattisgarh remained on
the edge, as intensified CPI-Maoist activity was witnessed in
many Districts on the eve of Maoist bandh on November 8. The DSZC
of the CPI-Maoist has called for "Dandakaranya bandh" on November
8, against the Central Government's "fascist policies."
A top CPI-Maoist 'Jan militia commander' identified
as Arjun Nureti, wanted in connection with 12 criminal incidents
including killing of a CRPF trooper, was arrested from Diyagaon
village under Durgkondal Police Station limits in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh. Nureti was active in Enhur region, carried cash
reward of INR 100,000 on his head.
Police recovered 24 camouflage jackets, identical
to those used by CPMFs during anti-Naxal operations, abandoned
under Murhu Police Station area in Khunti District of Jharkhand.
Police claimed the jackets were meant for PLFI, a breakaway faction
of the CPI-Maoist, active in Khunti.
In Khammam District of Telangana, Maoist 'militia'
members allegedly placed the branches of a tree on the Charla-Venkatapuram
main road, disrupting vehicular movement on the eve of the State
bandh on November 8, in protest against the apathetic attitude
of the State government towards distressed farmers and growing
attacks on tribal people..
Peace talk interlocutor and JIC Chairman R.N Ravi
held deliberations with youths of Tirap, Changlang and Longding
Districts. This was a follow up meeting to an earlier deliberation
between JIC Chairman and Editor-In-Chief of Eastern Sentinel,
Jarpum Gamlin. JIC Chairman also stated that violence and atrocities
must stop and things must change for better and added that issues
and concerns of the affected locals in Arunachal Pradesh shall
be taken into consideration in the peace talks. He also acknowledged
the pitfalls in ceasefire agreement when youths raised concerns
over the "non-transparency" in ceasefire agreement, including
ambiguity over operation, jurisdiction and members of the ceasefire
monitoring committee. "We will bring in more transparency into
the process and address grievances."
The continuing bandh called by NDFB-IKS
in protest against the killing of its 'assistant section commander'
Filip Owary alias Lodrai Owary has hit normal life in Kokrajhar
District of Assam on the second day.
SFs claimed that the killing of NSCN-IM cadres
in two encounters was one of the biggest blows to the outfit,
stalling extortion activities in Dima Hasao District of Assam.
UBPO aiming at unity among all indigenous Bodo
groups living in Assam urged the Government's intervention for
addressing all long pending and burning issues affecting the indigenous
Bodo people and stressed the need for addressing the pending border
disputes Assam has with states like Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
and Meghalaya.
Indian Army established a vehicle check post at
Pallel, in Thoubal District of Manipur and arrested a KYKL militant
private' Laishram Hemen Singh alias Ramesh.
KNF-N militant identified as Mohammed Aktar alias
Nageshwar was arrested by SFs from Yairipok Santa Bazar in Thoubal
District of Manipur. One 9 mm pistol loaded with six live rounds
was seized from him.
NSCN-K has claimed the responsibility for destroying
road construction machineries, on November 2.(Manipur)
The 'commander-in-chief' of AMEF who until now
has only been known as Chang Matgrik, has revealed his real identity
as former GNLA leader and ASAK 'finance secretary', Jack Marak.
AMEF 'chief' also revealed that Chesrang D Sangma alias Goran
was now known as Jakrikra Matgrik and held the post of 'deputy
commander-in-chief' of the AMEF. Jack Marak said that AMEF was
formed in the interest of the people of Garo Hills and it was
unnecessary to put a prize on their heads as he along with the
rest of his cadres was willing to give up arms and surrender if
the Meghalaya Government was willing to sincerely initiate development
works in Garo Hills.
Eleven workers who were abducted on October 10
by NLFT militants from Amchurmukh in Rajivnagar District of Mizoram
were released, at an unspecified location.
19 militants of 'people's government of NNC-PGN
joined NNC-NA. (Nagaland).
NNC joint secretary' Aeüyi Vadeo said NNC has
learnt that some "Naga self-style renegade groups" were taking
the name of NNC 'president' Adino Phizo and demanding money from
different departments and offices in Nagaland under the pretext
of collection for 'the nation.
NIA arrested Amjad Sheikh alias
Kajal, a JMB militant and an accused in the Bardhaman blasts (October
2, 2014) case from Birbhum District of West Bengal. According
to NIA, Kajal procured explosives from various chemical shops
in Kolkata on the pretext of legitimate business and supplied
it to bomb-makers such as Shakil Ghazi and Shobhan Mandal, who
died in the Bardhaman blast. These bombs were then transported
across the border by couriers such as Kausar. He is suspected
to be part of a network in Delhi which NIA is now investigating.
It is also suspected that he procured explosive chemicals from
at least two suppliers in Delhi who also have businesses in Kolkata.
Police have recovered INR 7, 29,000,
apparently collected by PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist
from a rented house at Jagannathpur area in Ranchi in Jharkhand.
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November 8 |
An Army soldier and a 17-year old girl were killed
as Pakistani troops violated ceasefire along the LoC in Kamalkote
area of Uri Sector in Baramulla District of J&K. Indian troops
retaliated strongly.
West Bengal Police arrested Sheikh Rahmatullah
alias Sajid, 'chief commander' of JMB and key accused in
Bardhaman blast (October 2, 2014) case from Jessore Road near
Kolkata airport. Sajid carried a reward of INR 10, 00,000 which
was announced by the NIA last week. The Bidhannagar ATS and Kolkata
Police STF made the arrest and handed him over to the NIA. According
to NIA sources, Sajid was "one of the key leaders in the JMB conspiracy"
and his arrest will help unravel the outfit's terror designs not
only against Bangladesh but also on possible Indian targets. "He
was one of the key JMB leaders and is undoubtedly a big catch,"
a senior NIA official commented.
Five cadres of banned SIMI, who escaped during
the Khandwa jailbreak in October, 2013 are suspected to be involved
in the bank heist at Satna District of Madhya Pradesh. ATS team
has been dispatched to collect CCTV footage. Five masked robbers
had looted INR 15, 00,000 at gunpoint from Nadan branch of Madhyanchal
Rural Bank in Maihar Police Station. ATS officials said, the five
SIMI fugitives - Aizazuddin alias Aizaz, Mohammed Azizuddin
(Narsinghpur), Zakir Hussain alias Sadiq Badrul Hussain,
Mehboob alias Guddu Ismail Khan, Aslam Ayub Khan and Amzad
Ramzan Khan could be behind the Satna robbery.
Condemning the TRS government's stand on Naxals
and its anti-people policies, the CPI-Maoist in Warangal District
of Telangana called for a 24-hour bandh. The Maoist party
KKW 'division secretary', Damodar, in a statement in Warangal
on November 7, urged people to make the bandh a success.
CPI-Maoist cadres damaged roads and railway tracks
in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh disrupting movement of people
and goods during a bandh called by them in the region in protest
against Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government's "Brahminic and
fascist" policies. "The Maoists tried to destroy public property
in many places in Bastar today. They damaged railway tracks in
four places in Dantewada and Jagdalpur. They also stole some telephone
sets from the Kakalur Railway Station," IGP Bastar, SRP Kalluri
said.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested after a brief
gun-battle between Police and the Maoists in Aader forests under
Farsegarh Police Station limits of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Those arrested were identified as Somi Kadati alias Vaneela,
the woman Maoist 'commander' of the LOS, her two women associates
- Paiki Kaaram, Poonem Naan and another Madavi Bichchem. A 12
bore rifle, a country made pistol, live cartridges, couple of
detonators, and a petrol bomb were recovered from their possession.
Tribal activist and AAP leader Soni Sori has accused
Bastar Police of implicating "wrong and innocent" people in connection
with the attack on her father by suspected Maoists in 2011.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Binaprava
Meksima Kullus (32), surrendered before the Rourkela Police in
Sundargarh District of Odisha. Addressing a Press meet, Rourkela
ASP Santosh Kumar Mohanty and Mahila Police Station IIC Prativa
Majhi informed that Kullus, a resident of Dahichor under Gurundia
block of the District, had fallen in love with one Suria about
four months ago. Suria had promised her to marry and she had eloped
with him, but she had no idea that Suria is a Maoist cadre. Suria
engaged her in Maoist activities. After she became sick, she fled
from the Maoist organisation and surrendered before the Police.
The 24-hour bandh call given by Maoists
evoked mixed response in Malkangiri District of Odisha. "Though
Malkangiri comes under Dandakaranya region, the bandh failed to
evoke any response here," said a source at Malkangiri.
SFs recovered A US-made M16 rifle, two Italian-made
Beretta pistols, three .32 bore pistols, 300 rounds of 9mm ammunition,
80 rounds of ammunition of AK-series rifles, 198 rounds of M16
ammunition and 60 rounds of 32 ammunition from a vehicle at Chapaguri
in Chirag District of Assam. Police source stated that two individuals
identified as Umesh Kami from Darjeeling (West Bengal) and Ganesh
Chetri from Nikashi area in Baksa District have been arrested.
Police the vehicle was coming from Dimapur in Nagaland and was
heading for Siliguri in West Bengal. A police source said they
are investigating the links of the arrested duo with a newly formed
militant organisation, UGPO.
OGW of GNLA was arrested by a team of Assam Police
and Indian Army at Kumripara village in Goalpara District of Assam.
Two NGO volunteers of Calcutta-based LWSIT, Tapan
Kumar Khan and Sabaikhor Muchahary, who were abducted by NDFB-IKS
are yet to be freed even after 15 days of abduction. Sources said
the kidnappers had demanded ransom for the release of both men.(Assam)
Deputy CM, Gaikhangam Gangmei stated that All
Political Party Committee constituted to look into the demand
for the implementation of ILPS has prepared a preliminary draft
of its recommendations to be submitted to the Manipur Government.
UKRA dismissed the clarification of ZRA which
denied hands in the killing of L Khupneilun alias Lulun
Kom, on November 1.(Manipur)
SFs recovered a revolver, three 9 mm pistols,
two Chinese hand grenades, one American type hand grenade, nine
AK-47 ammunition, four 9 mm ammunition and one lethod shell from
North East side of Kakching Lamkhai and Laiching Minou village
in Thoubal in Manipur.
KCP-NRFM militant identified as as Ngairangbam
Apollo Meitei alias Ibungo was arrested from North AOC in Imphal
East District of Manipur. A booklet containing 101 numbers of
demand letters of KCP-NRFM and other incriminating articles were
recovered from him. On further investigation, two KCP-NRFM militants
identified as Laishram Rozy Singh and Likmabam Sandeep Singh were
arrested from Khurai Lamlong Bazar in Imphal West District and
Paite Veng crossing in Imphal West District.
DSP Polster Syiem, of Meghalaya Police was injured
when the team he was leading was fired upon by Assam Police, mistaking
them for militants, at Moolaber in West Jaintia Hills District.
According to Police, the DSP along with around 20 others went
to the area as part of the 'Long Range Patrolling' after receiving
several complaints about Karbi militant outfits serving demand
notes to the farmers of that area. Assam Policemen who had reached
the area ahead of their Meghalaya counterpart, opened fire mistaking
the latter for militants.
NSCN-IM militant identified as
Kossam Konyak was arrested from Ward number 7, Chumukedima, in
Dimapur in Nagaland. Several incriminating documents including
extortion slips and demand letters of NSCN-IM were recovered from
him.
The Purulia zilla parishad
is not getting contractors to construct a road across the forest
hamlets in Purulia District of West Bengal as no one is willing
to take up the work because of CPI-Maoist threats in the area.
In order to facilitate the movement of the force and provide for
the people of Ayodhya Hills a better conveyance system, the administration
had decided to construct a metal road through the forest.
47 CPI-Maoist sympathisers have
surrendered before Andhra Pradesh Police at Rampachodavaram in
East Godavari District. All of them fall in the age bracket of
30-50 years, said ASP, Vijaya Rama Rao. The Officer added that
all Maoist sympathisers were active in the District between 2005
and 2008.
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SFs arrested an Over Ground Worker of HM, identified
as Ali Mohammad Mir from Baramulla District of J&K. An unnamed
Police officer said that Mir was involved in anti-election activities
during Parliamentary polls early this year. He was also involved
in threatening of voters during the elections and beating of the
voters after the elections.
Police arrested BKI terrorist Ramandeep Singh
alias Sunny, from Cantonment Road in Bathinda, and recovered 200
grams explosive material, a timer, battery, wire, a pistol .32
bore and five letterheads of BKI. A case under UAPA, Explosives
Act and Arms Act has been registered against him at Bathinda kotwali
Police Station. The arrested terrorist has reportedly been guided
by Pakistan's ISI. Ramandeep also confessed that Babbar Khalsa
terrorist Jagtar Singh Tara has floated a wing, KTF, and is recruiting
youths to carry out terrorist activities in India.
At least four women jihadis trained at
Simulia madrasa (Islamic seminary) in Bardhaman District (West
Bengal) are at large Assam, reveals Sujena Begum one of the accused
in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast. "Sujena has said during
interrogation that she and at least four other women from the
state have also been trained at Simulia. They all went for a three-month
training programme," a source said.
NIA is investigating the angle of JMB involvement
in the FICN business, according to a UMHA source. Indian intelligence
agencies believe that FICN are used to fund the activities of
outfits such as JMB and IM in the country. It is believed that
NIA has many vital clues about the involvement of Northeast India-based
militant organisations with the FICN business.
A CRPF trooper was injured in a gun-battle with
Maoists in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. "The face-off took
place in restive Kudmel hills under Mirtur Police Station limits
when a joint squad of paramilitary personnel and District Force
was carrying out combing operation in the region," Bijapur ASP
Indira Kalyan Elesela said.
Arunachal Pradesh Police arrested two extortionists
from Chimpu area in Papum Pare District, identified as Achi Tallo
and Arun Tayung.
Suspected militants abducted a sub-contractor
of a construction company, identified as Maheswar Reddy, from
an area near Hatikhali in Dima Hasao in Assam. Police suspect
the hands of a newly formed militant group identified as Dima
Hasao Liberation Army.
Four individuals, Mondal, R Burman, Mannan Ali
and Rahul Mech was arrested from Chapaguri in Bongaigaon in Assam.
They are suspected to be NDFB 'careers. . One M-16 rifle, five
M-16 magazines, 100 rounds of M-16 ammunition, ten grenade shells,
one magazine pouch, camouflaged uniform were recovered from them.
Six militants, including five UNLF militants identified
as Irengbam Tomba, Keisham Herojit, 'lance corporal' Laishram
Naocha, 'lance corporal' Heishnam Thoi and Haobam Malemnganba
and one PLA militant identified as Thangjam Sanjit Meitei were
arrested at Aishey village in Ukhrul District by AR. It is suspected
that the militants were entering from Myanmar to Manipur.
PREPAK stated in a press statement that November
12 will be observed as 'Athoubagi Ningshing Numit (martyrs day)
in remembrance of PREPAK militants killed on November 12, 1979.(Manipur)
JCLIPS continued with its survey of non-Manipuris
at the Mini Indoor Stadium in Lalambung Makhong, Imphal West of
Manipur. During the survey, numerous non-locals were found in
possession of fake documents such as electoral cards and driving
licences.
Six GNLA militants, identified as 'lance corporal'
Binetson N Marak alias Skylance, Pilick M Sangma alias
Mikdak, Amit R Sangma alias Wegop, Sengning D Sangma alias
Bola, Belseng T Sangma alias Aldurik and Sadam R Marak,
surrendered before North Garo Hills District Police Chief J.F.K.
Marak at Resubelpara at North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
The militants handed over an AK-47 rifle with two magazines containing
58 rounds of ammunition, a semi automatic pistol with magazine
and five rounds, a hand grenade and a wireless handset.
NNC-PGN a press release, has questioned the authenticity
of the report (of November 7) which claimed that some cadres of
NNC-PGN joined NNC-NA, NC-PGN stated that majority of cadres who
joined NNC-NA, do not belong to their faction. (Nagaland)
NLFT abducted abducted two villagers, identified
as lindra Tripura and Gunadhar Tripura, for ransom, from remote
Manyakumar para villager under Raishyabari Police Station of Dhalai
District of Tripura. Alindra Tripura is the son of former village
chairman and CPI-M leader Falguni Tripura.
LeT and JeM operatives are recruiting
youths to trigger large-scale violence to thwart the poll process
in J&K. Sources in the security establishment claim that with
infiltration bid by terrorists organisations from across the border
being effectively curbed by the alert forces on the IB and the
LoC, the terror groups are now vigorously pushing ahead their
plan-B by intensifying their recruitment bid to carry forward
their `bloody agenda’. As per estimates of the intelligence agencies,
around two dozen youth from the state have all been recruited.
Report said that JMB allegedly
involved in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast, was planning
to carry out terror attacks in India, in addition to the outfit's
plans to trigger explosion in the neighbouring country. According
to the sources who questioned Sajid, alleged to be a mastermind
of the blast, JMB was trying to set up a terror network in West
Bengal, particularly in three Districts of Murshidabad, Nadia,
Malda, and in Assam through armed struggle besides having an 'Shariyat'
rule in Bangladesh, official sources said. In the process, the
banned terror group was ready to do terror acts to achieve their
goal, Sajid, a Bangladeshi national and stated to be the 'chief
commander' of JMB, is claimed to have confessed before the investigators.
SFs arrested a PLA / RPF militant
identified as Khumukcham Romen Singh from Kakching Uchan Makhong
Leikai in Thoubal in Manipur.
Four unidentified armed miscreants
abducted an individual identified as Saha Allom from Chipakram
in North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. They demanded INR 1
million from him and also looted INR 5220 from him. However, later
the victim was able to escape from the abductors on an unspecified
date.
AR arrested one militant of NSCN-IM
identified as Vikato Sema from Thilixu village in Dimapur in Nagaland.
One .22 pistol and one .22 CMG were recovered from him.
With posters of the Western Ghat
committee of the CPI-Maoist appearing on various parts of Mavelikkara
taluk (administrative unit), the Kerala Police intensified
its search operations in Alappuzha District. The posters, as part
of the 10th anniversary of the organisation, called on patrons
to array behind the party and to defeat the armed forces sponsored
by the rulers. The same posters appeared at Kurathikad area on
November 8. Mavelikkara CI Jose Mathew said that the Police have
registered cases in connection with issue and are scouring the
District for Maoist rebels.
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A bomb exploded at Silapur, in Tinsukia District
of Assam.
Four NDFB-IKS militants identified as 'area commander'
Ratan Boro, Sanjib Boro, Namalu Boro and Chiran Boro were arrested
by Indian Army from Balabari near Goreswar in Baksa District of
Assam. Two 7.65 mm Pistol, One .22 Pistol, three magazines, eleven
hand grenades, 43 live ammunitions, two mobile phones and thirteen
Sim Cards were recovered from them. Ratan Boro was involved in
abduction, murder and extortion.
BSF official stated that "At least 55 camps of
northeast India militants are still functional in different parts
of Bangladesh and opposite to Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and
Assam's borders with Bangladesh.",including camps of NSCN-IM,
ULFA, NLFT.
ULFA-ptf Arabinda Rajkhowa, stated that they were
committed to fight jihadi forces that have reared their heads
in the State. He also added that the ongoing talks with the GoI
was at its last leg and in a crucial stage. He stated that "We
cannot say that we are dissatisfied until and unless we find that
the GoI is not serious. So we have no reasons to complain.(Assam)
A hand grenade was found planted at the residential
compound of an individual identified as Wangkhem Sudhachandra
at Wangkhem bazar in Thoubal in Manipur. Police later retrieved
the grenade.
Police conducted assive search operations in Imphal
West, Imphal East and Thoubal in Manipur. In the search operation
at Thoubal District, seven non-locals who were without proper
identity proof documents were picked up During the search operation
at Hatta Golapati area of Imphal East, 29 persons including non-locals
were detained and handed over to Porompat Police station for further
verification.
Manipur Hills and Backward Development Co-operation
Bank assistant marketing officer Ibomcha Tongbram who escaped
on October 26 after being held captive for 55 days has refuted
the claim of Twisomjang Village chief Letmang Haopkip that he
was not abducted but only 'detained'. He further clarified that
he was not kidnapped by UKLF but simply handed over to them by
Letmang Haokip. He further clarified that he didn't have any personal
enmity with the organisation and didn't escape from their camp
but from a house located near one of their camps.
ANVC which will be disbanded soon after the surrender
of arms and ammunition will form 'Chelongma Kotok (group
of wasps) Welfare Association' to look after the welfare of its
cadres. With no arms and ammunition, the proposed Chelongma Kotok
Welfare Association consisting of ANVC cadres also plans to carry
out welfare initiatives for the people of Garo Hills in Meghalaya.
A minor explosion took place outside
the CRPF camp in West Bengal's Salt Lake area where NIA has set
up a makeshift office for the Bardhaman blast probe. NIA officers
were questioning three major Bangladeshi terror suspects Sajid,
Hamid and Zia-ul-Haque when the blast was heard around 7.30pm,
said sources.
Around 11 country-made bombs were
recovered from a garbage bin on the Anna Nagar East Main Road
in Madurai District of Tamil Nadu. On being alerted, the Madurai
City Police reached the spot and recovered the bombs. The bombs,
which were in oval and cylindrical shapes, were fastened with
threads. The Police said they were clueless about the persons
who had dumped the bombs in the bin.
SF personnel launched a joint
operation at Pallel bazar in Thoubal in Manipur and arrested an
OGW of UKLF Paolen Kipgen alias Lelen alias Chingin
Khomba.
AR established a vehicle check
post at Sora village in Thoubal District of Manipur and arrested
a militant of KCP-MC identified as ‘sergeant’ Sirathan Awungbi
alias Hitler alias Raiban alias John.
A gang of nine suspected CPI-Maoist
vandalized the corporate office of NGIL at the upmarket Panampilly
Nagar in Kochi city in Ernakulum District of Kerala. The company
estimated a loss of INR 4 million. Pro-Maoist pamphlets were found
at the scene after the gang had left the scene. A letter—written
in Malayalam—said there was a need for taking action against the
"polluting" company. Pamphlets were distributed among
the staff and a crowd that had gathered in front of the office.
SFs seized 400 kg of local explosives
and over 1,700 detonators during an anti-CPI-Maoist operation
in Bokakhar-Ranidah area of Latehar District in poll-bound Jharkhand.
The seized items include 1,745 detonators, three gas cylinder
based IEDs of 50 kg each, a 5kg cane bomb, 400 kg of urea mixed
with petrol, 10 kg of gun powder, nitro sulphide weighing approximately
1 kg, two large cutter machines, two drill machines, 400 syringes,
tool boxes, electronic gadgets and 200 pressure cookers used to
prepare IEDs.
Hundreds of school children and
villagers organised rallies at different places in Sukma District
of Bastar region in Chhattisgarh against the CPI-Maoist bandh
(shut down strike) of November 8 and protested against the damage
of public property by the Maoists.
‘Sub-zonal commander’ of the CPI-Maoist,
Kauleshwari zone, Chetlal Yadav alias Hansraj, was shot
dead at Daihar in Chouparan town in Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand.
Police said Chetlal, who had three bullet marks on his body, might
have been killed by his rivals.
A Maoist cadre, identified as
Lobin Murmu, was arrested in an inebriated state from Devdand
in Godda District of Jharkhand. During interrogations, he revealed
that he was involved in the murder of former Pakur SP Amarjit
Singh Balihar and five other Policemen on July 2, 2013.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Dewa Kunjam (25), Barse Manjhi (30) and Kuma Kunjam (25), involved
in the attack on the house of Congress leader Awdhesh Gautam in
2010, have been arrested by a joint squad of CRPF and District
Force under Kuwakonda Police Station limits in Dantewada District
of Chhattisgarh.
A woman Maoist ‘deputy commander’
belonging to Basur ‘area committee’, identified as Jyoti, was
arrested by the Police at Marandum village in Bastar District.
The Chhattisgarh Police had announced a cash reward of INR 3 lakh
on her head.
The ANF launched combing operations
in the forests of Sakleshpur taluk in Hassan District of
Karnataka. A team of 21 Police personnel from the Hassan Police
joined hands with the ANF for the operations, which may continue
for three-four days.
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November 11 |
At least two BSF personnel were
injured as Pakistan violated ceasefire and resorted unprovoked
firing in seven borders out posts along the IB in Arnia Sector
of Jammu District of J&K.
Pakistan troops violated ceasefire
and resorted unprovoked firing along the LoC in Uri Sector of
Baramulla District of J&K.
Army recovered IED along the LoC
from Amrui Village of Karnah Tehsil (revenue unit) in Kupwara
District of J&K.
Intelligence sources said there
was indeed specific information that terror outfit HM has been
recruiting teenagers ahead of the Assembly elections in J&K.
Sources added, there is accurate input suggesting that the HM
has already recruited 25 young men in South Kashmir and that some
of the new recruits were to travel to a locality in Budgam in
a white car, which apparently led to a “case of mistaken identity.’’
Central intelligence agencies had shared this information with
the Army following which it was on high alert in the Budgam area
when the tragic incident happened on November 3 in which two youth
were killed in alleged Army firing in Budgam District.
ED officials have booked a case
against Abraham Jayakumar, a karate master in Kanyakumari District
for hawala (illegal money transfer) transactions in Tamil
Nadu. NIA officials have also started inquiring into the background
of the accused, after suspicion of his links with some terror
groups in the Middle East.
A court in Kolkata sent JMB militant
Amjad Sheikh, a key conspirator in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman
blast to NIA custody till November 20, 2014. Absconding after
the blast, Sheikh allegedly was hiding in UP before his eventual
arrest from West Bengal.
NIA which is probing the October
2, 2014 Bardhaman blast case, has issued lookout notices for at
least three persons hailing from Chatala village in Barpeta District
of Assam. The three have been reported missing for a while now.
The NIA has announced a reward of INR 500,000 for anyone who provides
information leading to his arrest. An NIA team visited Chatala
for the third time since naming Sahanur as key conspirator a few
weeks ago. A source said the NIA officials found that at least
two to three youth from the village have gone underground. "One
of them is Anar Ali, who has not been seen in the village for
a long time. He, along with the others, is Sahanur's companion,"
the source added. The NIA asked the headman of the Chatala village
to furnish details of the missing youth.
Police arrested a two-member inter-state
gang dealing with FICN in Railway Station Road of Vishakhapatnam
and recovered FICN worth INR 25,500. The accused were identified
as Mohammed Zia and Mohammed Anil Sohail.
Five unidentified NDFB-IKS linkmen
were arrested from Janata Bazar in Chirag in Assam.
GoI declared KLO a terrorist organisation,
banning it for five years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act. KLO’s ban is the 37th in the list of banned terrorist organisations.
Its leaders have had hideouts in neighbouring Bhutan and Bangladesh.
KLO, which came into existence in 1993 has been consolidating
its position in the fourteen Districts in Assam and six Districts
in West Bengal organisationally and in terms of weapons and cadres
and to achieve the objective of a separate "sovereign Kamatapur
state".
Two unidentified AR troopers were
killed and while three AR men were injured when militants of an
unidentified group attacked them at Behiang in Churachandpur District
of Manipur. The militants first set off an IED and then opened
fire at the troopers. It is suspected that the militants sneaked
into Manipur from Myanmar past border pillar number 43 and went
back to Myanmar through the same route after the attack.
SFs established a vehicle check
post at Sagolband in Imphal West District of Manipur and arrested
a ZUF militant, ‘private’ Gaidingam alias Thai One 9mm
Pistol along with magazine and four live rounds of 9mm were recovered
from him.
A UNLF sympathizer identified
as Yengkhom Nabachandra Singh was arrested by SFs from Moidangpok
village in Bishnupur District of Manipur. Investigation revealed
that he was involved in distribution of money to families of deceased
militants of UNLF in connection with the raising day celebration
of UNLF in October 2014.
A militant of UNLF identified
as Asem Sharat Singh was arrested from Heikrujam village in Bishnupur
District of Manipur.
A KCP militant identified as Mayanglambam
Lamphel alias Ibomcha alias Suresh was arrested
by SFs during a search operation at Salankonjin area in Bishnupur
District of Manipur.
A PREPAK militant identified
as Thokchom Okendro alias Oken Singh was arrested while
SFs were frisking and checking at Tentha Lamkhai near YK College
in Thoubal District of Manipur. Incriminating articles along with
INR 100,000 were recovered from him. Investigation revealed that
he extorted the said money from contractors and he had also extorted
about INR 36,000 from a college located at Wangjing in Thoubal
District.
ZSF condemned the attack on AR
troopers at Behiang in Churachandpur District of Manipur.
SFs arrested a KCP-MC militant
identified as Okram Nanao Singh alias Chingkhei from Napet
Palli in Imphal East of Manipur. Investigation revealed that the
individual was involved in extortion of money from general public,
private firms, Government offices, businessmen of Patsoi, Yaiskul
and Sagolband.
Six militants suspected to be
involved in November 5 attack on a vehicle at Oragitok in West
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya were arrested next to a waterfall
in Oragitok in West Garo Hills District. West Garo Hills District
Police Chief Mukesh Kr Singh claimed that arrestees were GNLA
militants and added that that two of the arrestees were identified
as Sengseng T Sangma and Jackey T Sangma belonging to GNLA ‘area
commander’ Baichung’s group. Other Police Sources stated that
the arrested members are a mix group of criminals, including members
of AMEF, ASAK and GNLA. The other arrested were identified as
Salnam Ch Marak, Dandil Ch Marak, Ismail Sangma, and Francis Sangma.
GNLA ‘area commander’ of West
Khasi Hills, identified as Kobit Ch. Marak alias Jongman
surrendered before SP S. Nongtnger at Nongshram village in West
Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya. He surrendered with an AK 56,
three AK magazines, one walkie-talkie and 84 AK live ammunition.
GNLA militant identified as Jelliush
Ch. Sangma alias Galmak PS surrendered before North Garo
Hills SP J.F.K. Marak, with a hand grenade at an unspecified location.
He had fled from an encounter with Police in which two other militants
were caught alive, on November 10. (Meghalaya)
GNLA ‘chief’ Sohan D Shira has
denied issuing death threats to judicial officials and top Police
Officers in the Garo Hills but maintained that its earlier bounty
of INR 1.5 million for information of Police movement and locations
was still standing. The militant leader issued a statement in
response to Meghalaya Police’s move to register a case against
him over a post in a social media website by an account holder
who had posted a bounty of INR 2 million for targeting judicial
and other government officials in Garo Hills.
Meghalaya Social Welfare Minister
Deborah Ch Marak would be appearing before a local court in Williamnagar,
in East Garo Hills on November 14. She was charge sheeted for
allegedly having links with GNLA.
District Police arrested a Maoist
cadre, identified as Guhiram Murmu (25), from Ghurabandha-Dalbhumgarh
road under Ghatshila subdivision in East Singhbhum District of
Jharkhand, while he was going to fix posters and distribute pamphlets.
Murmu, a resident of Bhalki in Ghurabandha, is an active member
of the Supai Tuddu squad active in Ghurabandha, Dumaria and Dalbhumgarh.
Police recovered a bag containing over 200 posters and pamphlets
and Naxalite (LWE) literature from his possession.
SF personnel launched a massive
anti-Maoist operation in poll-bound Jharkhand to prevent any untoward
incident.
Six CPI-Maoist cadres including
a ‘Jan Militia Commander’ carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on
his head surrendered in different Police Stations in Kondagaon
District of Chhattisgarh. Agnu alias Sagnu (30) Kiskodo
‘Jan Militia Commander’ belonging to Kolenga village under Badedongar
Police Station limits surrendered before Badedongar SHO in the
District. This apart, Keshkal Sangham member Pankaram (47) of
Kupagondi village under Honhed Police Station limits, Keshkal
Dalam (squad) member Sukhdev Marai (40) of Irragaon, Sukhram alias
Sukku (25) of Kanagaon, Lakaruram (28) of Vyaparipara, and Ramo
surrendered before Kondagaon SP Abhishek Meena at Irragaon Police
Station in the District.
Police registered a case under
the UAPA against the nine-member of the CPI-Maoist that vandalised
the corporate office of Nitta Gelatin at Panampilly Nagar on November
10. City Police Commissioner KG James said that Police have not
picked suspects for questioning and a case has been filed under
UAPA against the nine-members.
A former CPI-Maoist ‘commander’,
identified as Gopi Niriasai Darbari Madavi, carrying a cash reward
of INR 1.2 million on his head, surrendered before Gadchiroli
Police in Maharashtra. Madavi belonged to Korchi dalam (armed
squad) in Gadchiroli District and was involved in as many as 18
encounters in and around the District.
CPI-Maoist Maharashtra ‘state
committee’ in a press release, signed by Sahyadri – who is believed
to be Milind Teltumbde, a top Maoist operative, asked Dalits
to form groups for eradication of caste and launch ‘stiff resistance’
to condemn the killing of three persons from a Dalit family in
Javkhed Khalsa village in Pathardi taluka of Ahmednagar
District on October 21.
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Pakistan Rangers resorted to ceasefire
violations at three places along the IB in Ramgarh Sector of Samba
District and Makwal Sector of Jammu District but there were no
casualties or damage. The BSF didn’t retaliate.
NIA arrested five people, including
a woman, from Assam’s Barpeta District, All those arrested hailed
from Chatala village in Barpeta. The five detainees were taken
to NIA regional office at Guwahati where they were subjected to
intense grilling. The NIA believes that the bearded Sahanur, accused
in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal) blast was hiding
somewhere in the state capital. “We have learnt that he is hiding
somewhere in Guwahati. We have also learnt that he has changed
his looks by shaving of his beard and getting his hair cut,” the
investigator said.
NIA sleuths investigating October
2, 2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal) blast detained two suspects, Salauddin
Sheikh and Jehangir Khan from Sangrampur village under Mufassil
Police Station of Pakur District of Jharkhand. Pakur shares border
with neighbouring West Bengal and along with adjoining Sahebgunj
District has emerged to be safe haven for some of the miscreants
carrying out unlawful activities in Bengal.
Assam Police is keeping a close
watch on several NGOs and madrasas across the state to
unearth jihadi links, if any, DGP Khagen Sarma stated. A joint
team of NIA and Assam Police has discovered valuable leads in
the recent Bardhaman blast case, Sarma added. "We are scanning
some NGOs, madrasas and other places which might have been used
by jihadi elements as shelter and for funds," he said.
A discreet survey of the country's
madrasas by the government has reportedly found the foreigners
teaching there, largely Bangladeshi instructors who have managed
to acquire Indian identity documents, to be a key source of indoctrination
among young Indian Muslims. The report, submitted to the UMHA
in October, 2014, has flagged the mushrooming of unaided and unregulated
madrasas along the Indo-Bangladesh or Indo-Nepal border in West
Bengal, Assam and Terai region.
India and the US stepped up cooperation
to track Dawood Ibrahim, who generally lived at Karachi (Sindh)
in Pakistan till recently, of late started shifting his base frequently
and purportedly moved to different locations within and outside
the neighbouring country. The officials of India and US may discuss
the issue of bringing the elusive D-company chief to justice during
the third round of bilateral Homeland Security Dialogue, which
is likely to take place in New Delhi later this month or early
next month. The dialogue will be co-chaired by Union Minister
of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh and US Secretary for Homeland Security
Jeh Johnson.
During the interaction between
PM Narendra Modi and Myanmar President Thein Sein at Nay Pyi Taw
in Myanmar, India has pressed Myanmar to mount a crackdown on
ULFA-I. According to sources, India asked the Myanmar President,
Thein Sein to assist in getting six wanted militants including
Jyotirmoy Bharali, who looks after the ULFA’s Myanmar operations.
Militants attacked a team of AR
troops at Haollenphai village near Moreh in Chandel District of
Manipur by exploding an IED No SFs were injured in the incident.
. It is being speculated that the IED was planted by some militants
who sneaked into the village from across the border from Myanmar.
SFs conducted a search operation
at Chingnungkhok Mayai Leikai in Imphal East District of Manipur,
and arrested a KCP-MC militant identified as Okram Nanao. One
9 mm pistol, three live rounds and a magazine were recovered from
him.
Memorial stone of former ‘commander
in chief’ of KRA Khupkholam Hangshing alias K Hangshing
was erected to mark his death anniversary, at KRA Gamnom designated
camp at Lhungtin village under Saikul subdivision in Senapati
in Manipur.
Police recovered body of a planter,
identified as Ropson T Sangma, who was abducted on November 6
from his plantation at Rongapgre in East Garo hills of Meghalaya.
His body was recovered from Rongpachu jungle. Police did not rule
out the involvement of LAEF and ANLA.
Suspected GNLA militants by Jimmy,
‘area commander’ of GNLA in William Nagar in East Garo Hills District
tried to execute a man whom they suspected to be a witness in
the case related to Meghalaya social welfare minister Deborah
C. Marak, Jangkegre village at East Garo Hills District.
AR arrested six unidentified militants
of NSCN-K from Naginimora in Mon District of Nagaland. They were
arrested on charges of extortion, from, Oting and Naginimora under
Mon District. Two country-made pistols with ammunition along with
some incriminating items were recovered from them.
Four Communist Party of India-Maoist
(CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as Hurra Kunjam – a Janmilitia
(people’s militia) ‘commander’, Kunjami Joga – a Janmilitia ‘member’,
and Madkami Joga, were arrested from Bade Bedma area in Dantewada
District of Chhattisgarh. Hurra and Kunjami were carrying cash
reward of INR 10,000 each on their heads.
Four Maoists, identified as Kumma
Barsa, Sukhram Barsa, Laxman Bhaskar and Sudru Barsa, surrendered
before Police in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh. They were
active as members of ‘Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Morcha Sangthan
(Dandakaranya Tribal Farmer Organisation) in the region.
The Union Minister of Home Affairs
Rajnath Singh said CPI-Maoist was in "turmoil" due to
growing desertions, absence of fresh recruitment and low morale
among its armed cadres, but cautioned that it had the potential
of bouncing back with a spectacular attack against soft targets
in its stronghold areas.
CRPF asked the Government to replace
its outdated, especially the INSAS rifles, to avoid casualties
at the hands of the Naxals-LWEs and other outlaws. Quoting the
CRPF DG Dilip Trivedi an official said “These are slow in response
and often can’t counter the Naxal bullets, putting the jawans
in danger.” The CRPF has submitted its proposal to the UMHA for
replacement of the old weapons.
The UMHA is likely to discuss
the deplorable performance of CPI-Maoist-affected States in ensuring
the rights and entitlement of the local communities during a high-level
meeting. The Government had enacted the Scheduled Tribes and Other
Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act,
2006. Bihar, which last year (2013) reported 176 incidents, could
only distribute 1.67 per cent of title deeds to forest dwellers.
Till July 31, Bihar had received 2,930 claims, but only 28 title
deeds were distributed. Chhattisgarh, which reported 353 incidents
in 2013, had received 7,56,062 claims, but only 3,12,250 title
deeds could be distributed. Although Chhattisgarh has performed
much better with 43.73 per cent title distribution when compared
to Bihar, the State rejected over four lakh claims. Sources said
among the states, Odisha was the best performing State in terms
of ensuring the rights and entitlement of local communities, distributing
70.71 percent title deeds. Even states such as Maharashtra could
only distribute 1,43,283 title deeds out of 3,48.075 claims.
Blaming the Maoist menace in certain
worst affected areas for the delay in the development activities,
sources said the road network of 2,297 km remained incomplete
because it fell under the Maoist dominated areas. The Centre had
approved INR 73 billion under Road Requirement Plan-I for Maoist-affected
areas in 34 Districts. So far, the agencies have completed 3,180
km-long road network.
SFs an armed civilian identified
as Keviswe, from Nsong in Peren District of Nagaland, and recovered
.22 rifle and ammunition was recovered from him.
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Two LeT militants were killed
by SFs in Chanigam Frisal Village of Kulgam District of J&K,
where a fierce encounter broke out. Sources said that Police had
information about the presence of two militants of LeT in the
village. They said that these militants fired on the troops leading
to a fierce encounter. Police believes that both the militants
are dead but so far no body was recovered.
Four persons were arrested by
the ATS and Aligarh District Police from new over bridge, Mathura
Road under Sasni gate Police Station area of Aligarh and FICN
having a face value of INR 195,000 in the denomination of INR
1,000, INR 500 and INR 100 was recovered from their possession.
They were arrested for alleged involvement in trade of FICN brought
from Bangladesh. Those arrested said that they used to get the
FICN from Bangladesh and used to run it in the market through
a commission agent, it said, adding that a case has been registered
and further investigations are on.
Police arrested four persons and
neutralised a hawala racket near Chermas, Abids in Hyderabad.
They also recovered INR 2.09 crore in cash. Task Force sleuths
said that Darshan Turkhiya and Piyush Azmeera, who were repeat
offenders, had brought INR 2.09 crore from Mumbai and Delhi and
handed it over to BECL General Manager Madhava Ram and Assistant
General Manager Ramesh Chand Goyal. All four are arrested.
NIA has tracked the source of
funds utilised in Bardhaman blast of October 2, 2014 to sustain
the JMB modules in India. The agency has identified a man named
Abdul Noor, suspected to be a key operative of the outfit in Bangladesh,
as the man who carried cash tranches across the border periodically.
NIA has also identified a JMB operative from West Bengal who was
working as a mason in Jammu and Kashmir. The man has already been
interrogated by the agency.
Government said it was monitoring
the activities of some madrasas over suspicions that foreign
teachers there were indoctrinating young students in the jihadi
ideology. “We are keeping an eye on every activity,” Union Minister
for Home Minister Rajnath Singh said.
BTKF terrorist Rattandeep Singh
recorded a confession statement about his involvement in the bomb
blast at Sector 34, on June 30, 1999, and named Pakistan-based
Sikh terrorist, Paramjeet Singh Panjwar, for masterminding the
blast. Singh, in his confession statement, also claimed that most
fugitive terrorists settled in European countries and Pakistan
have been indulging in drug trafficking. Singh disclosed that
the recently held Jasbir Singh aka Jassa had got him INR 1,00,000
prior to uting the blast. He also disclosed his links with Pakistan-based
head of KZF, Ranjit Singh Neeta.
Owner of a grocery shop, identified
as Janardan Bangrung was killed by unidentified militants.(Assam)
An individual identified as Prem
Ekka was killed and three others identified as Bobita Kujur, Julius
Kujur and Monika Kujur were injured, at Ratanpur village in Golaghat
District of Assam, when miscreants from Nagaland side opened fire.
According to SP NSCN was involved in the firing. Nine other unidentified
individuals are missing after the incident.
Unidentified miscreants hurled
a grenade at the residence of a pan seller identified as Pheiroijam
Radha Devi at Sagolband Tera Moirang Hanuba Leirak in Imphal West
of Manipur.
SFs arrested a PLA militant Th
Romen Singh from Yairipok Khoirom and Kekru areas in Thoubal in
Manipur. Investigation revealed that the militant was involved
in planning of an attack against SFs and has also extorted a sum
of INR 200000 from contractors for PLA fund raising purpose.
Imphal West District (Manipur)
Police Commandos arrested a member of a gang of extortionists,
identified as Guruaribam Johny Sharma, from an unspecified location.
Investigation revealed that he was involved in extortion activities
while working on contract basis as a data entry operator at Election
Office, Lamphelpat in Imphal West District. He also had demanded
INR 1 million from the staff members of election office.
As a part of security measures
taken up ahead of the Manipur Sangai Festival, a combined team
of Imphal East District Police and AR conducted a cordon and search
operation at Kongman Zone-I in Imphal East District. During the
operation, eight persons, who could not produce proper identity
proof documents and a man who is currently on bail were detained
for further verification.
UNLF denied any connection between
them and Yengkhom Nabachandra and Asem Sarat who were reportedly
arrested on November 11. A press release stated that they have
no connection with UNLF/MPA. (Manipur)
Normal cross border trade activities
between India and Myanmar in Moreh in Chandel District of Manipur
came to a complete halt following a shut down observed by the
residents of the border town in protest against the blast that
targeted troops of AR guarding the international border on November
12.
MP from Tura in West Garo Hills District, P A
Sangma stated that he will raise issue of politician-militant
nexus in Meghalaya in Lok Sabha.
Security has been tightened in
William Nagar in East Garo Hills ahead of Nov 14 court hearing
on the alleged link between Meghalaya Social Welfare Minister
Deborah Ch Marak with GNLA.
NBPF, a group formed comprising
members of various Naga tribes to 'protect' the border areas with
Assam, claimed to have killed a member of AANLA in Ralan area
in Wokha District of Nagaland. NBPF ‘chairman’ Limachan Lotha
said that AANLA (Maoist) led by one ‘captain.’ Kolsa intruded
in Ralan area and started harvesting” in the field owned by a
Naga. NBPF led by ‘major’ Yimto Yimchung had enquired whether
the Naga owners had asked them to harvest their field. However,
Limachan said they were fired upon by AANLA and in retaliation,
‘captain’ Kolsa was killed. He also added that two adivasi
women were also injured in the crossfire.
A truck driver, identified as
L Inao, was abducted from Ukha in Kohima District of Nagaland
by NSCN-K militants. . It has been reported that the militant
outfit has asked for a ransom amount of INR 1.5 million.
A CoBRA trooper, Santosh Kumar,
was critically injured in a gun-battle between SFs and CPI-Maoist
in Kumari forest under Bishunpur Police Station limits in Gumla
District in Jharkhand.
The CEC of India V S Sampath asked
candidates not to go to CPI-Maoist infested areas without informing
the Police during campaigning for the five-phase elections in
Jharkhand.
A tipper and a road roller were
set ablaze by CPI-Maoist cadres on NH 30 near Kukanar village
in Jagdalpur (District Headquarters) in Chhattisgarh. The two
vehicles were parked on NH-30 between Kukanar and Lakhapal villages
about three kilometers from Jagdalpur for the repair of six roads,
officials stated. About 20 Maoists walked to the site and threatened
the contractor and labourers to stop the work and they set ablaze
the two vehicles.
The CPI-Maoist posters have been
found near the new bus stand, railway station and Cherkalain area
of Kasargod District of Kerala. One of the posters read “Maoism
is not terrorism, but the way to liberate the oppressed. People
have the right to take up arms for self-defence. Terminate ‘Operation
Green Hunt’ immediately.” They have been signed off by an organisation
called Revolutionary Democratic Front.
Senior Security Adviser in the
UMHA K Vijay Kumar while addressing a session on ‘’community policing
and internal security’’ organised by Janamaithri Suraksha Project
of Kerala State Police in Thiruvananthapuram said coordinated
efforts of the Centre and State Governments were imperative for
tackling the Maoist issue. He termed the Maoist presence in the
Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka tri-junction as ‘under control.’’
‘’They are in the propaganda stage and we are stepping up counter-propaganda
and preventive action,’’ he added. He said there were no specific
reports on insurgents’ presence in urban areas.
The East Godavari District (Andhra
Pradesh) Police arrested 13 members of the CPI-Maoist ‘militia’,
including two accused in the murder case of Muvvala Satish, a
surrendered Maoist. The Police also recovered a dump consisting
of landmine, detonators, rifle rounds and rod pieces near Donkarayi
mandal. Speaking to the media at Kakinada, SP M. Ravi Prakash
told that there was a spurt in the movement of Maoists in East
Godavari and Visakhapatnam Districts following the bifurcation
of the State.
The Union Minister of Home Affairs
Rajnath Singh while addressing the CRPF Diamond Jubilee Parade
appealed to the LWEs to lay down arms, adding that in a democracy
like India, there is no place for violence. He said "Naxals
and Maoists, operating in certain parts of India, should abjure
violence. In a democracy like India, there is no place for violence
and the LW) should join the mainstream."He further asked
the LWEs give up Mao Tse-tung whose ideology has already been
forgotten in China.
The cadres of the CPI-Maoist belonging
to the Srikakulam-Koraput Division, reportedly damaged a private
guesthouse of a granite company at Pedapadu village under Pottangi
block in Koraput District of Odisha.
Defying the Maoist threat, hundreds
of tribals from the cut-off areas in Malkangiri District of Odisha,
for the first time, arrived at the District headquarters town,
and submitted an 11-point charter of demands to the collector
demanding developmental work in their area.
CRPF and Bihar Police personnel
in a joint operation arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as
Raja Yadav, from Tarwadih village under Dumaria Police Station
limits in Gaya District of Bihar. He was wanted in connection
with three cases of Maoist violence in the District.
The Maoists are using GPS to evade
and avoid any direct contact/confrontation with the SFs this election.
The ASP (Operations) Palamu, Jharkhand, Kanhaiyya Singh has confirmed
this saying the extremists are using GPS since the year 2006 but
the SFs are well prepared to take them on. The ASP added much
they (Naxals) use this device their sinister design would be aborted.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Dashrath Korram (30) and Dhaniram Korram (30), carrying cash
reward of INR 2,000 each on their heads were arrested by a local
Police team from a weekly market at Totar village under Mardapal
Police Station limits in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh. They
worked as Aadanar Maoist people's militia members.
The CRPF deployed in Gadchiroli
District of Maharashtra will soon be replaced with the ITBP. The
process of withdrawing the CRPF battalions has already begun following
which the deployment of ITBP troopers will commence. Both the
processes will be completed within a span of six months, CRPF
Western Sector's IGP Sanjay Kaushik said. This will enable the
ITBP troopers, some of whom are from Maharashtra, to get closer
to their families.
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Army neutralized a militant hideout
in Nilla forest of Kandi belt in Rajouri District of J&K recovering
arms, ammunition and explosive material. According to reports,
one AK 56 rifle, a magazine, 41 rounds of ammunition, three grenades
and three rounds of Pika rifle were recovered by the Army.
Two LeT militants and a civilian
were killed in an encounter with SFs in Chanigam Frisal Village
of Kulgam District of J&K. However, the locals alleged that
the civilian died when security men fired on protestors demanding
bodies of the dead militants. Police said that the encounter that
started on November 13 evening and continued in the November 14
morning. “The troops shot dead both the militants and their bodies
were recovered from the debris of the houses that were damaged”,
Police added.
Army and Police destroyed militant
hideout at Sangiot Village under the jurisdiction of Gursai Police
Station in Poonch District of J&K. Recoveries made from the
hideout included one IED weighing four kg, one AK-56 rifle with
three magazines, one wireless set, one pistol with one magazine,
210 rounds of AK-56, one pouch and a Khan dress.
Intelligence inputs have warned
that HM, LeT and JeM militants may disrupt the ensuing assembly
election in J&K by attacking security convoys and political
workers in south Kashmir. Intercepts suggested that TTP commander
Mohammad Abdul Wali alias Umar Khalid Qureshi had constituted
22 terror teams, each comprising six militants, to target SFs
and locals. Pakistani troops are also planning to deploy commandos
and snipers at Pakistani posts on IB/LoC to carry out raids and
sniping activity.
The judicial custody of arrested
IM terrorist Saleem Patla, was extended to November 28, 2014 by
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sunder Lal. He was arrested
in Khatoli in Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar Pradesh after he
was booked in the case on October 31. Patla was also involved
in an attack on a PAC camp in Meerut in 1992. The Meerut police
has also served a warrant against him in connection with the case.
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
has asked the Mumbai Police what they would require to crack down
on cyber criminals better. “We received a call from the CM. He
has asked us to submit our requirements to enhance the capacity
building programme we have undertaken to tackle cybercrime,” said
Dhananjay Kulkarni, DCP (detection) and Mumbai Police spokesperson.
The Mumbai Police has recognised cybercrime as a crisis area.
It said the department is being trained and their capacity is
being expanded.
Cyber attacks have grown nearly
five times in the last three years and most of them have been
found to be originating from the IP addresses located in China.
"Most of the cyber attacks that we have tracked show IP addresses
located in China but we are unable to establish if the attacker
is from China. We need international cooperation for handling
such crimes," NTRO Director of cyber security , Alok Vijayant
said.
The officials of Central intelligence
agencies have unearthed the network of JMB Bardhaman terror modules
link in Jharkhand. Sources in the government stated that JMB terrorists
had opened two Jihadi Madrasas in Sahibganj District of
Jharkhand to recruit and train terror modules. The Bardhaman terror
handlers were already operating two separate madrasas in
Simulia and Murshidabad, which was primarily focusing on female
Jihadis. “The two Madrasas in Sahibganj are linked to Bardhaman
terrorists. They were already operating two Madrasas in West Bengal.
It appears the JMB terror had become a diffuse movement with recruits
in other states that threaten the country,” sources said.
NIA along with Assam Police arrested
one person, Subruddin Ali from Boroliapar village of Nalbari District
of Assam in connection with October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast. Suburuddin
Ali, a close relative of Sahanur Alam who is one of the main accused
in the blast incident was arrested during a search operation in
his house.
A brick kiln owner, identified
as Shivaji Prasad, was shot dead by suspected ULFA-I militants
at Kamalabari in Majuli river island in Jorhat District of
Assam. The river island, with its numerous isolated and inaccessible
pockets, is a popular safe haven for ULFA-I. Police picked up
a SULFA militant, identified as Banshidhar Sonowal. He was arrested
from Sonari chapori area after the incident.
A non- Manipuri man, identified
as Ramchandra Shah, who was abducted on November 6 from Rengkai
Road in Churachandpur, reportedly escaped from the clutches of
his abductors.
MP Purno A. Sangma accused the
Meghalaya Government of cheating ANVC and ANVC-B He
stated that there was nothing new to offer for Garo Hills in the
text for settlement arrived at between both the factions and Government
and added that GoI has washed its hands off the settlement as
it has entrusted the matter to the State Government.
Two unidentified individuals abducted
an unidentified 12-year-old girl from Fire Brigade, Laitumkhrah
in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. They took her to Smit in East
Khasi Hills District, and while shifting her to a car, the child
managed to escape.
Suspecting that extensive illegal
hemp cultivation in some parts of the State is benefiting Maoist
organisations, the Odisha Police have taken steps to destroy these
cultivations and initiate criminal proceedings against land owners
who are allowing the cultivation of hemp on their land.
Bihar Police busted eight illegal
gun factories in Rishikund forest under Bariyarpur Police Station
limits of Munger District and arrested one person, identified
as Rajaram Paswan, in connection with it. Paswan, who ran one
of these eight factories, has been arrested while the owners of
seven other units managed to flee. As many as 19 automatic pistols,
two magazines, two crude bombs and a large quantity of equipments
used for processing illicit weapons were seized from these factories.
During interrogation, Paswan told the Police that Maoists had
forced them to run the factories.
Two powerful IEDs suspected to
be planted by the CPI-Maoist were recovered by the SF personnel
on search operation in Barigada-Sashank village in Khunti District
of Jharkhand.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres, including
a people's militia ‘commander’ carrying a cash reward of INR 100,000,
identified as Kosru Ram (30), Govinda, Libru and Ghanshyam, surrendered
before Police in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh. "With
this, as many as 85 cadres have surrendered so far in Kondagaon
District this year," said Kondagaon ASP Surjit Atri.
The CPI-Maoist claimed responsibility
for having attacked the corporate office of NGIL in Kochi on November
10. A release issued in the name of the ‘Western Ghats Zonal Committee’
of the CPI-Maoist said the incident was a symbolic protest.
Hinting that CPI-Maoist is trying
to regroup in the Junglemahal area of West Bengal, CRPF officers
said paramilitary forces are keeping a close watch on inputs about
movement of various Maoist leaders in the area.
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One person, identified as Imtiyaz
Ahmed Mir, was arrested with eight kilograms of explosive by Indian
Army at Pazalpura area near Watlab in Sopore Town of Baramulla
District of J&K.
NIA investigating the October
2 Bardhaman blast, is looking for Gulshan Bibi- “drug queen"
from Kolkata, now reportedly based in Chennai. Gulshan Bibi, who
fled to Chennai years ago, still runs, through remote control,
the narcotics business and sleuths have found connections between
her and Islamic terrorists, said NIA sources. However, the Police
in Chennai have no clue about her. Official sources in the Chennai
branch of the NCB too said no drug smuggler or peddler by the
name of Gulshan Bibi had figured in their radar so far. But NIA
sources in Kolkata said Gulshan provided shelter to two JMB terrorists,
who visited Chennai before the May 1 blasts at the Central railway
station.
The UAE Cabinet announced the
names of 86 banned terror groups, including IM, JeM and LeT. The
list comes after an anti-terror law was issued by President Shaikh
Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Three 'state-of-the-art' interceptor
boats were inducted into the ICG in Porbandar, adding firepower
to marine security and shoring up search and rescue operation
capacity in the sea. Gujarat CM Anandi Patel commissioned the
boats, C-409, C-411 and C-412, fitted with high-tech navigation
and communication equipment and said the Government is maintaining
a strict vigil along the coast.
SFs are keeping a strict vigil
along India's border with Bangladesh and Myanmar ahead of PM Narendra
Modi’s visit by November end. The Prime Minister will be on his
first visit to five north eastern states.
A KLO militant, identified as
Hareswar Rai alias Kaltu was arrested by SFs at Rani in
Kamrup District of Assam. A Chinese-made 9mm pistol with ammunition
and four electric detonators were seized from him. The militant
is an expert in making bombs and IEDs
A Source stated that Police in
Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Chirang and Bongaigaon Districts in Assam have
been asked to go strong against the KLO, as they have been against
NDFB-IKS and ULFA-I. KLO, believed to have about 100 militants
in the State and six of its 12-member ‘central committee’ hail
from Assam, and KLO militants have been found involved in some
extortion incidents in Chirang and Kokrajhar Districts.
Two ANVC-B militants and a linkman
were arrested by SFs at North Garo Hills in Meghalaya. A 9mm pistol,
two 7.65mm pistols and ammunition were recovered from them. Though
both factions of ANVC have signed peace agreements, the militants
were carrying out extortion and abductions in the Garo Hills.
Two arrestees have been identified as Tengjring R Marak and Saksel
D Momin.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Madkam Lachha (40), carrying cash reward of INR 100,000 lakh
on his head, was arrested from of Chhote Bedma area under Kuwakonda
Police Station limits of Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh. Lachha
was a Janmilitia (people’s militia) ‘commander’ in the Malangir
‘area committee’ of the CPI-Maoist.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Suraj Korram (30), was arrested from his house in Chhote Usri
village under Mardapal Police Station limits of Kondagaon District
of Chhattisgarh. A 5-kg tiffin bomb was recovered from his possession.
Days after Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh cautioned that the CPI-Maoist is down but not out,
the Maoists have claimed that what he said was right. CPI-Maoist's
BJSAC general secretary Rupeshji said their silence should not
be mistaken for disenchantment of the militia with its ideology.
"It could be a part of our strategy that we are not willing
to waste our energy, forces and weapons, but an appropriate response
will be given to the security forces if they continue with their
repression," he said.
CRPF recently sent two small squads
of (35 women in one squad) women commandos to fight the Naxals-LWEs
in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. "This is for the first time
that women have been deployed in active operations in a high-risk
and sensitive area where contact with the enemy is regular and
very dynamic. The squads were placed at two locations about a
fortnight back and they have begun operating," a source said.
Two NDFB-IKS militants, Sootem
Mushahary and Pramod Brahma were arrested from Sootea in Sonitpur
District of Assam.
A 'sub-zonal commander' of the
JPC, a CPI-Maoist splinter group, and three of his aides were
arrested from a Chatra village in Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand.
Hazaribagh Police said Purushottam alias Basant Ganjhu
and three of his associates "had created a reign of terror in
Katkumdag block under Pelawal Police Station by setting ablaze
an IOC outlet on November 4 allegedly for non-payment of levies
and also damaged an SBI ATM.
The IB has warned Jharkhand Police
of a possible Chhattisgarh-like Maoist ambush in assembly segments
situated along the interstate border. Most of 13 assembly segments
going to polls on November 25 are situated on the Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh-Odisha
border.
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One person, identified as Ghulam
Mohidin Dar, was shot dead by militants at Dogripora Village of
Awantipora Town in Pulwama District of J&K. Dar’s brother,
Mohammad Shaban Dar, who was a Sarpanch and a PDP worker,
was killed on April 17, 2014, ahead of Parliamentary elections.
Indian spy agencies have begun
to see IM terrorists sheltered by Pakistan’s ISI in Karachi (Sindh)
abandoning the terror outfit to join IS which has an estimated
15,000 foreign terrorists from at least 80 nations operating in
the terror-torn Middle East region for a new global jihad.
Intelligence sources citing the intercepted chatters between IM
cadres said that two IM operatives—Sultan and Farhan, suspected
to be Indian nationals, may have entered Syria to join IS. Besides,
four Pakistani terrorists, part of the IM module, have defected
to IS. At least four other IM terrorists, who were used as arsenal
by ISI, are also suspected to have disappeared into Afghanistan
to fight the religious war with al Qaeda and the Taliban.
According to intelligence inputs,
al Qaeda, which has announced plans to target India, is keen on
recruiting youth trained in computers or aeronautics for its terror
designs and is taking the help of banned terror outfit SIMI for
this. Sources said intelligence inputs shared by central agencies
with the Police in some major cities including Delhi, Bangalore,
Kolkata and Mumbai talked of al Qaeda not only planning to recruit
disgruntled youth but had a target to pick up those familiar with
use of computers or having knowledge about aeroplanes. They said
that al Qaeda is using IM operatives in Pakistan to establish
contacts with the sleeper cells of SIMI to recruit educated Muslim
youth.
In a joint operation, Army troops
and Police arrested an unidentified GNLA linkman from Goalpara
District of Assam.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres shot
dead a 30-year-old Panchayat (village level local self government
institution) ward member, identified as Motai Bodra, near Narsingarh
weekly market in Dalbhumgarh of Ghatshila in East Singhbhum District
of Jharkhand.
SF personnel engaged in anti-Naxalite
(LWE) operations in the forests of Khunti District of Jharkhand,
detected and defused an IED at Nichikel village two kilometers
from Ulihatu village in Torpa tehsil (revenue unit) in
the District, the birth place of tribal icon Birsa Munda, minutes
before the arrival of District officials to celebrate the freedom
fighter’s birth anniversary.
A CPI-Maoist couple, identified
as Sudram alias Bhadru (27) and his wife Parwati (26),
surrendered before Police citing disappointment with the exploitation
of women and lower rung cadres by senior leaders of CPI-Maoist
in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh. Bhadru was the Barsoor
local guerilla squad ‘commander’.
60 mobile towers will be installed
by BSNL in Gadchiroli, Chandrapur and Gondia Districts of Maharashtra
over the next 12 months. The mobile towers will be installed at
secure locations like police stations, out-posts and revenue tehsil
offices, which enjoy 24x7 Police protection. "Thirty seven
towers will be installed in Gadchiroli, 17 in Gondia and six in
Chandrapur district. We hope these towers will help improving
communication," a senior IPS officer posted in Gadchiroli
said.
Himachal Pradesh Police has reinforced
security at Bhakra dam after the intelligence agencies raised
fresh concerns over its security. Intelligence agencies have asked
the Himachal Pradesh Police to increase security at the dam site.
"We have asked Police to take the security measures at the dam,"
said an official.
According to the EY Global Information
Security survey, about one-third organisations in India have no
real-time insight on cyber-risks necessary to combat cyber threats.
Companies are lacking agility, budget and skills to mitigate known
vulnerabilities and successfully prepare for and address cyber-security.
The Kurla Railway Police arrested
a 38-year-old man, Faiyaz Khan for allegedly trying to smuggle
a pistol and two loaded magazines wrapped in carbon paper in order
to prevent it from being detected by the metal detectors at the
Lokmanya Tilak Terminus. Further, Police found five fixed deposit
receipts worth INR 1,00,000 each, INR 24,000 in cash and several
ATM cards. His phone contained photographs of Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar,
Osama Bin Laden and Ajmal Amir Qasab, as well as some literature
in Urdu.
Personnel established a vehicle
check post at Sita in Thoubal District of Manipur and arrested
a militant of UNLF, "sergeant' Aheibam Ngouba Meitei alias
Bulu.
A combined team of Thoubal District
Police commando and AR personnel arrested a militant of UNLF,
identified as Keisham Nanao Singh alias Rabi alias
Achangba, while conducting a search operation in Wabagai area
in Thoubal in Manipur.
Udairam Reang, who was abducted
by NLFT militants on August 9, from Joychandrapara in Dhalai District
and Birendra Tripura who was abducted from Girachandrapara in
Dhalai District in Tripura on October 1 returned unharmed.
The Telangana Government has provided
its Cabinet Ministers bullet-proof cars fearing attacks from the
CPI-Maoist. "There are certain concerns including Maoist activities
although there are no reports as yet, and the Chief Minister is
of the opinion that security must be beefed up for the Ministers
as they are expected to travel extensively across the Districts,"
said State Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy. Earlier CM Chandrasekhar
Rao had denied there was any CPI-Maoist threat in the State.
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NIA arrested a suspected Myanmar national, Khaleed
alias Khalid Mohammed who was allegedly trained by TTP
from Hyderabad in connection with the Bardhaman blast case. Khaleed
who had been residing in Hyderabad on the basis of alleged fake
documents, was arrested by the State Police following an intelligence
tip-off by central security agencies, official sources said. He
was handed over to the NIA a day later. Khaleed is believed be
an expert in IED, the NIA said and claimed that he belonged to
Rohingiya solidarity organisation and had links with Bangladesh-based
terrorist groups. The NIA also claimed that he was involved in
running terror camps in bordering areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
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The NIA officials produced four alleged operatives
of IM: IM ''India operations chief'' Yasin Bhatkal, Asadullah
Akhtar alias Haddi, Zia-ur Rahman alias Waqas and Mohammed
Tahseen Akhtar alias Monu, all accused in the 2013 Dilsukhnagar
twin blasts case, before the First Additional Metropolitan Magistrate
in Nampally criminal court in Nalgonda District of Telangana.
The accused were lodged in Tihar jail in Delhi.
A metropolitan court accepted the discharge recommendations
for three accused persons Afroz Pathan, Bilal Ahmed and Mustufa
Saiyed in connection with the February 2006 blast that took place
at the Kalupur Railway Station in Ahmedabad. Failing to find any
evidence to show their involvement in the blast case, the probe
agency requested the court to discharge all three persons and
filed a report according to the provisions of section 169 of CrPC.
The court has discharged all three from this case.
A truck driver, identified as Kiren Ray was killed
and his helper, Ranja Sangma was injured when unidentified gunmen
fired upon them at Joypur area in Kokrajhar in Assam.
SFs defused a grenade that was recovered on the
campus of the Bibekanada Club at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur District
of Assam.
SFs arrested a MULTA militant, Anyal Khan from
Bahiya village in Barpeta District of Assam. A factory-made 9
mm revolver and four rounds of ammunition have been recovered
from him. The arrest comes at a time a manhunt is on for Burdwan
blast. Police officer said, "We have not found any link between
Khan and Alom so far, though both hail from Barpeta. The arrest,
however, proves that Islamic fundamentalist groups have recruited
many from the District".
KLO has more militants from Assam than West Bengal.
KLO was considered to be a North Bengal based militant outfit.
The outfit has more members from Assam. Sources revealed that
the outfit in the last few years, managed to recruit a number
of youths from Bongaigaon, Chirang and Goalpara. The total strength
of the KLO is now estimated to be around 100 to 120 cadres. They
have close ties with NDFB-IKS and KYKL. The newly youths recruited
in recent months by the KLO from Lower Assam were sent to the
base in Myanmar for training.
A low intensity IED exploded near a mobile check
post of AR at Tengnoupal-Sita junction along Imphal-Moreh road
in Chandel District in Manipur.
Government employee, identified as Sorokhaibam
Raji was abducted by suspected militants of a Kuki militant group
currently under cease fire pact, from Kanglatongbi in Imphal West
in Manipur.
AR recovered an IED weighing 2 kilo grams near
Kondong Lairembi complex in Moreh in Chandel District of Manipur.
An IED, which was placed in a tree was recovered
from New Mongjang in Chandel District of Manipur.
SFs arrested a PREPAK militant, Puyam Sindur Singh
alias Chalamba, while conducting a search operation at
Moirang Khunou in Bishnupur in Manipur.
Around 50 militants attempted to set ablaze a
bull dozer being utilized in the work for construction of an industrial
estate at Koraopokpi in Thoubal District in Manipur.
Mizoram Government asked MHA to declare Manipur-based
HPC-D as unlawful organisation.
A BSF trooper Adil Abbas, and a civilian driver,
identified as Himari Rangtor, were killed and a civilian driver
Jiten Chhakma was injured when suspected NLFT militants ambushed
thier vehicle at them in a remote area bordering Pusparam Para
in North Tripura District in Tripura. Khantlang strategically
important as militants use it for cross border movement.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, including a woman, were
killed in an encounter with SF personnel near Bachepal village
in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. The encounter ensued when
the Maoists started firing indiscriminately at the SF personnel
which was on the move acting on a specific intelligence inputs
about the presence of Maoists in the area.
Two troopers of the elite CoBRA unit were injured
in a gun-battle between SF personnel and Maoists in the forest
under Chintagufa Police Station limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh
during an anti-Maoist operation.
The CPI-Maoist has introduced structural changes
in their organization by introducing new committee with focus
on the Jharkhand-Bihar region and dismantling an existing one.
The formation of the East Bihar Eastern Jharkhand Special Area
Committee (EBEJSAC) - to dominate four districts of Dumka, Godda,
Pakur and Jamtara under Santhal Pargana division and Bhagalpur,
Banka, Jamui Lakhisarai and Monghyr in Bihar - is part of the
strategy adopted during the fourth central committee meeting of
the CPI Maoists held in 2013.
According to the Global Terrorism Index, 2014
report India was the sixth worst affected country by terrorism
in 2013. The Global Index report said "The number of attacks also
increased, with 55 more attacks in 2013 than 2012. However, the
majority of terrorist attacks in India have low casualties. In
2013 around 70% of attacks were non-lethal. Communist terrorist
groups are by far the most frequent perpetrators and the main
cause of deaths in India.
Bharat Bhagat, an active member of BJP's Ghatshila
unit has come under the scanner of Police and the intelligence
department for his alleged links with Rahulji, a top CPI-Maoist
leader, who is the prime accused in the 2007 murder of MP Sunil
Mahto. Police had picked up Bhagat, a resident of Girishbasa village
in Mosabani in East Singhbhum District of Jharkhand, for questioning
after his cellphone details reportedly revealed that he had spoken
to Rahulji for extending support to BJP's Ghatshila candidate
Laxman Tuddu.
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One Pulak Sadhu (30), the owner of a house-cum-shop
in Kesabganj Chati in Bardhaman District was picked up by the
NIA sleuths for interrogations after Bardhaman blast suspect,
Amjad revealed he kept the picric acid at his accommodation rented
out by Pulak. This place is barely one kilometre from the Khagragarh
blast site. When the NIA officials grilled Pulak, he told them
that after knowing that Amjad was a suspected JMB terrorist, he
threw all the containers to a pond near Rabindra Bhwan in Borhat
area of Bardhaman. Pulak himself accompanied the NIA officials
and fishermen to the pond, where five containers of picric acid
were recovered. Five more containers are missing. Amjad had earlier
told NIA that there were ten containers with pricric acid at the
Borhat godown.
One person, identified as, Sarvind Yadav (25),
was arrested near Old Delhi railway station along with 153 FICN
of INR 100 denomination. According to Police, Yadav was trying
to purchase belt and purse using FICN from a shopkeeper, who raised
an alarm. The accused during the interrogation disclosed that
one Rahul of Azamgarh has given him total 200 currency notes of
INR 100 denomination each to circulate in the market.
A lower court in Guwahati sent the six accused
arrested in connection with the Bardhaman blast case from lower
Assam's Barpeta District to judicial custody. Assam Police had
arrested all of them on October 10 from various places in the
District for having links with the blast case and spreading fundamentalist
ideology.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met UHM Rajnath
Singh and discussed with him the Bardhaman blast and other issues
concerning the state. Official sources said that during the 30-minute
meeting, Banerjee briefed the home minister regarding the prevailing
law and order in West Bengal. Singh is understood to have raised
the issue of incident of the blast and asked Banerjee to intensify
the vigil across the state. Issues like modernisation of Police
Forces and the Naxal situation also figured their meeting, sources
said.
The IB wrote a letter to the UMHA seeking an immediate
ban on IS. IB in its letter said that IS is trying to spread its
wings in India and preparing to recruit many people from here.
There were also reports that the militants group has been recruiting
youths from states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra and Jammu
and Kashmir to fight in Iraq, Syria and other places in the Middle
East.
Residents of Balijan circle under Papum Pare District
in Arunachal Pradesh 'arrested' two extortionists, identified
as Brasan Doimary and Alhen Doimary after overpowering them and
handed over to Police. The extortionists were demanding ransom
in Tengabari area in Papum Pare District. They were allegedly
serving extortion notices to businessmen of the area.
An 18 year old, identified as Ranjit Ray, was
killed by suspected militants of unspecified faction of NDFB at
Manas forest in Chirag District of Assam. The SDPO stated that
it was not confirmed yet whether the rebels who killed Ranjit
belonged to the NDFB.
Two militants of ULFA-I were arrested from Teleria
in Sonitpur in Assam.
18-member Indian delegation consisting of officials
from MHA, BSF, led by IG BSF Sudesh Kumar left for Bangladesh
to hold Border Co-ordination Conference with BGB. The Conference
is scheduled at Tamabil in Sylhet District of Bangladesh. During
this conference, issues of mutual interest pertaining to various
kinds of crimes on the international border with the states including
of Assam will be deliberated upon.
At least 12 AR men were injured in an encounter
with suspected ZUF militants at Kambiron in Tamenglong District
in Manipur. The six AR men have been identified as Subedar MS
Negi, Rifleman Amandeep Singh, Riflemen Ramesh Nuniya, Rifleman
PG Bulgam, Rifleman Babu Masharay and Rifleman Shyamlal.
SFs arrested a PREPAK militant; Laishram Langlen
and two OGWs Laishram ongbi Babita Leima and Shrimayum Bijitra
were arrested from Pallel Bazar in Chandel District of Manipur.
SFs arrested a KYKL militant Sanasam Ibotomba
Singh alias Chalamba from Wangoo village in Thoubal in
Manipur. Investigation revealed that he was involved in extortion
of money for raising fund of KYKL.
AR arrested an arms dealer identified as Th Joychandra
alias Joy Singh from area of Koirengei in Imphal East District
of Manipur. He revealed that he is a free lance arms dealer and
operated from his house at Khurai Sajor Leikai in Imphal East
District and his restaurant 'Joy Hotel' for sale of weapons.
The house of Laishram Langlen, who allegedly recruited
youngsters for PREPAK was set ablaze by locals at Heirok Part
II in Laimayum Leikai in Thoubal in Manipur. According to reports,
Langlen and her mother allegedly recruited a 15 year old girl
from Wangjing in Chaoyang District into PREPAK.
SF arrested a militant of PREPAK, identified as
Kangabam Sanathoi Singh alias Nanao, from Mantripukhri
in Imphal West District of Manipur. Investigation revealed that
he was involved in extortion of money from general public, private
firms, Government offices, businessmen and contractors.
ZUF claimed that it had carried out the attack
on AR at Kambiron in Tamenglong District of Manipur, which injured
12 AR troopers. A press statement issued by A Dangmei, 'information
and publicity secretary' of ZUF said that the outfit is against
the 'evil design' of the AR which allegedly used some deserters
of the outfit namely Ningtingthan, Ngamthang, Kiuliangbou and
Jeanchuilung as informers to track down the cadres of ZUF.
Two Policemen Havildar Aldrin Lyngdoh of 3rd MLP
and Armed Branch Constable Aitom A Sangma of DEF were killed and
three Police men as driver-fireman Medison Sangma, Constable Betherson
M Sangma of DEF and 3rd MLP Battalion constable Brething K Sangma
were injured in an IED attack by GNLA at Siju in South Garo Hills
District of Meghalaya. Meghalaya SWAT and CoBRA commandos have
been rushed to area. Close to two dozen armed GNLA men are believed
to have taken part in the operation.
Meghalaya CM condemned the attack and stated that
the Police have set its own timelines to neutralise the militants
of various splinter groups in Garo Hills.
Meghalaya Government said it is drawing up an
action plan to complete exercises as per the 'agreed text for
settlement' signed between GoI, state and both factions of ANVC
and ANVC-B. C.M stated that process of verifying the cadres of
ANVC and ANVC-B as well as disbanding the militant organisations
would be completed by the first week of December.
Surrendered militants launched a hunger strike
at Lachi Rehabilitation Camp in Santir Bazar sub-division in South
Tripura. The surrendered militants, who are undergoing vocational
training, have been demanding BPL cards and loans from Government
departments. Having failed to draw the attention of administration,
all inmates of the camp began hunger strike on their 20-point
charter of demands.
A CRPF trooper - Lakhinath - was injured in a
pressure bomb blast carried out by the CPI-Maoist when a contingent
of it was engaged in providing security to road-construction work
between Awapalli and Basaguda under Awapalli Police Station limits
in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist set ablaze
a BJP's election campaign vehicle seeking votes for party candidate
at Patgachha village under Gumla Police Station area in Gumla
District of Jharkhand. Party's campaign materials being carried
in the vehicle were also burnt by the Maoists who warned people
campaigning for the BJP of dire consequences if they do it again.
Suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist attacked a
private tourist resort in Thirunelli in Wayanad District of Kerala.
The local Police said six persons barged into the Agraharam resort
and broke the windowpanes of the resort's office building, staff
quarters and reception centre.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met UHM Rajnath
Singh and discussed with him the Bardhaman blast and other issues
concerning the state. Official sources said that during the 30-minute
meeting, Banerjee briefed the home minister regarding the prevailing
law and order in West Bengal.
The BSF personnel diffused two landmines along
the Boipariguda-Malkangiri road in Koraput District of Odisha.
"The Maoists had planted the two powerful landmines, weighing
around 10 kg each to target the BSF personnel," said Boipariguda
IIC Ashok Mohapatra.
Residents of Balijan circle under Papum Pare District
'arrested' two extortionists, identified as Brasan Doimary and
Alhen Doimary after overpowering them and handed over to Police.
The extortionists were demanding ransom in Tengabari area in Papum
Pare District of Arunachal Pradesh. They were allegedly serving
extortion notices to businessmen of the area.
Dilip Chao, an Assistant teacher at Jaoliabari
LP School in Kashikotra village in Chirang District of Assam was
abducted. ABSU appealed to groups behind the abductions to release
the victims immediately.
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Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai,
insisted that Afghanistan would not allow itself to become the
battleground in a proxy war between India and Pakistan after the
imminent departure of US-led troops. Rejecting warnings by former
Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf who said that India
and Pakistan could co-opt allies among Afghanistan's main ethnic
groups to effectively wage war against each other, saying such
claims were "hurtful". "Of course Afghanistan will not allow a
proxy war between Pakistan and India," Karzai said in an address
to a think-tank, saying he was "sure" India wouldn't allow such
a scenario either.
The Assam Police came very close to arresting
Bardhaman blast (October 2, 2014) accused Sahanur Alam, who has
been on the run, but he managed to give them the slip. Police
picked up two persons, Sahanur Ali and Abdur Noor, on November
18 who had been in constant touch with Sahanur, from two different
locations of Fakirganj in Dhubri District. Apparently, it was
from the duo that the Police came to know of Sahanur's whereabouts.
Intelligence agencies tracking the October 2,
2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal) blast said that some madrasas in
West Bengal had indoctrinated children to hatred and violence.
The interrogation of terror suspect, Sujena Begum, wife of Sahanur
Alom, has revealed that Simulia Madrasa used by JMB as terror
training centre had admitted a few girls from Assam in the 11-18
age group.
According to the latest reports, FICN with a total
face value of INR 128.5 million was recovered until September,
this year (2014) alone from countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, Thailand and UAE, with Pakistanis acting as carriers
in most cases. Most of these recoveries were made from outbound
flights from Gulf nations, after they landed in destinations like
Dhaka or Colombo. The highest recovery was at Dhaka airport on
April 27 when Armed Police Battalion of Bangladesh intercepted
a FICN consignment of INR 64 million from the cargo section of
the airport. The consignment, brought from Pakistan in a Qatar
Airways cargo flight, comprised six bundles of FICN with same
serial number. At least 18 foreign nationals and an Indian were
arrested in 13 cases spread between January and September 2014.
Of this, nine were Pakistani nationals while one was a Canadian
with Pakistan origin, five Nepali and three Bangladeshi nationals
besides an Indian.
ULFA-I shot dead a civilian identified as Okon
Tati and injured another individual identified as Shankar Rai
at Dwarmara Reserve Forest at Tinsukia District of Assam.
Three NDFB-IKS identified as B Naibijit, Ganesh
Basumatary and Narkeswar Narzary surrendered before Chirang District
Police and SSB in Assam. The militants surrendered with three
7.65 mm pistols and 12 round of ammunition.
Police sources stated that several traders have
been receiving extortion demands from ULFA-I ranging from INR
40,000 to INR 100,000 in Majuli, in Jorhat in Assam. Two individuals
identified as Bansi Sonowal and Rahul Sonowal has been arrested
for killing of trader on November 14. SP stated that ULFA-I have
been using criminal elements for collect money on its behalf.
There have been intelligence reports that ULFA-I
militants under the leadership of Rashid Bharali had entered Majuli
Island in Assam to rebuild the outfit's base.
Suspected ULFA militants lobbed a grenade at the
residence of a businessman, identified as Mahavir Agarwala, at
Gurguri Line in Samdang of Tinsukia District of Assam. According
to locals, the militants had demanded money from the businessman.
Security agencies have inputs that a group of ten ULFA militants
have sneaked into the District to carry out subversive strikes,
extortion and abduction.
SFs arrested two PLA, identified as RK Sanioy
Singh and Narengbam Ratankumar Singh from Malom Bazar in Imphal
West District of Manipur. One 9 mm pistol along with 6 live rounds
was recovered from him.
Suspected GNLA militants lobbed a grenade near
the Rongram Police out Post at West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
Two suspected GNLA militants, identified as Malseng
T Sangma and Tengpan N Sangma were arrested during a raid at Rongrong
area in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
ANCA claimed responsibility for the November 18
attack, which killed two Policemen. A man claiming to be ANCA
'area commander' of South Garo Hills, staked claim for the attack
terming it retaliation for harassment of family members of its
cadre. However, Police stated that ANCA saw the incident as an
opportunity to put themselves in the limelight and expand their
criminal activities knowing that the GNLA was unlikely to come
forward and stake claim for the attack". (Meghalaya)
Police have identified three members of GNLA,
identified as Geloram, Mangsang and Sanja who took part in the
attack.(Meghalaya)
GNLA 'joint publicity secretary' Garo Mandei Ch
Marak stated, "The charge against GNLA of setting up an IED blast
at Rewak in Meghalaya which slaughtered two policemen and injured
three others is not true.
There is apprehension that more of such attacks
could be in the pipeline of the GNLA to target SFs in Garo Hills
given that intelligence reports have indicated transfer of IEDs
from 'commander in chief' Sohan Shira's base camp to various commands
of the group. Meghalaya Police stated that Sohan Shira with the
help of ULFA-I had trained and issued some IEDs to senior cadres
like Hedio, Jimmy, Philiport and others to target SFs.
Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri stated that
the Government deputed several senior Police officials to Garo
Hills to review and take stock of the situation in view of November
18, 2014 attack.
Seven GNLA militants, including a militant identified
as Milton were arrested with an IED from Ampati in South West
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. Ampati is the constituency of
CM Mukul Sangma. An IED weighing 6 kilogram with two detonators
and a 9 mm pistol with few live rounds were recovered from him.
The arrested militant has revealed that the IED blast, on November
18 which killed two Police men was masterminded by Nangalbibra
(East Garo Hills) 'area commander' Rakkam with the active support
of GNLA cadres Geloram, Timtam, Sanja, Mangsang and others. Reports
also said that the arrested militant is suspected to have joined
the AMEF this August.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Lakhmu Jurri
(30), was arrested from Jharawahi forests under Kurusnar Police
Station limits of Bryant area in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
Lakhmu, the head of Jharawahi Janatana Sarkar, was active in CPI-Maoist
since 2004-05.
A joint squad of Kanker District Force and BSF
personnel arrested a Maoist, identified as Raje, from Siksoda
Police Station limits during a search operation in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh.
Haryana Police have struck upon a CPI-Maoist link
to controversial Haryana-based Godman Rampal, whose ashram in
Hisar saw two days of bloody and chaotic scenes before his arrest.
In August 2014, Haryana Police had arrested Mahaveer Saklani,
believed to be a 'sub-area commander' in CPI-Maoist. Saklani was
staying at Barwala ashram of Rampal before he was picked up from
Gurgaon in a joint operation with the STF of Bihar Police.
Over five dozen tribal people, hailing from Visakhapatnam
District in Andhra Pradesh, holding placards landed at the residence
of social activist and revolutionary poet Vara Vara Rao near Ashok
Nagar, and shouted slogans requesting him to save their lives
from attacks from the CPI-Maoist. Rao, however, was not at his
residence.
Around 25 CPI-Maoist cadres, including female
cadres, set on fire an excavator at Chulabhat area in Nuapada
District of Odisha.
The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a culvert on the
road connecting Potora with Dharambandha in Nuapada District of
Odisha. One Budhuram Paharia, who identified himself as spokesman
of 'Nuapada Maoist Division', called up some media persons in
the District the next day and informed them that the violence
was a part of the bandh called by them in the District on November
19. The bandh call had no impact in the morning.
A District Court in Telangana has granted bail
to Narayan Sanyal (81), a former Polit Bureau and Central Committee
member of the CPI-Maoist. Due to some procedural lapses, the Khammam
Court in Telangana was not executing the bail in a case in which
Sanyal was granted bail earlier. Finally, the Telangana High Court
asked the Khammam Court to execute the bail and thus, he was released
on bail from the Hazaribagh jail in Jharkhand.
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Three militants were killed in a gun battle in
Tral town of Pulwama District of J&K. Police said that Army and
SOG of Police laid an ambush near Jammu and Kashmir Bank in Tral
Town following the specific information about the movement of
militants in the area. The deceased militants were identified
as Shiraz Ahmad, Asif Ahmad and Riyaz Gojjar. One SLR, one carbine,
one pistol, grenades and other ammunition were recovered from
the slain militants. However, the outfit to which they belonged
is not known.
BSF personnel killed one suspect trying to cross
the IB into Pakistan in Pargwal sector of Jammu District of J&K.
The identity of the infiltrator was yet to be ascertained and
no significant recoveries were made from his possession.
A city sessions court in Kolkata sent Myanmarese
national Khaleed alias Mohammed Khalid, who was brought
to Kolkata on transit remand after his arrest over his alleged
links with the Bardhaman blast, to eight days' NIA custody. All
the eight accused arrested in connection with the Bardhaman blast
were produced before the court. Sajid alias Rahmatullah,
the head of JMB's Bardhaman module and Amjad Seikh, the man responsible
for supplying chemicals were also sent to NIA custody. Five others,
Abdul Hakim, Zia-ul-Haque, Hasem Mollah alias Burhan Mollah,
Amina Biwi and Rajia Biwi, were sent into judicial custody till
December 5 2014.
A metropolitan magistrate court in Kurla in Mumbai
Suburban District acquitted eight persons who had been accused
of having links with SIMI. Two of the acquitted persons, Ehtesham
Siddiqui and Dr Tanveer Ansari are accused in the 2006 serial
train blasts case (7/11 train blast case). The prosecution failed
to prove the charges levelled against the accused in 2001. All
the accused were arrested after the Central Government declared
SIMI as a banned organisation.
According to the Intelligence sources, the twin
blasts in the Bangalore-Guwahati Express at Chennai Central Station
on May 1, 2014, in which one person died and injured 14 others,
was reportedly carried out by the five fugitive terror suspects
from the terror outfit SIMI, who had escaped from the District
jail in Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. The breakthrough in the investigation
came after the UP ATS tracked the call detail records of the suspects'
mobile phones, which they had left behind. The terror suspects
are also allegedly behind the September 12 accidental blast in
Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh.
Three unidentified GNLA militants were killed
in an encounter with SF personnel at Sespani in Goalpara District
of Assam. A pistol some live ammunition and extortion demand letters
were recovered from them.
A MULTA linkman, identified as Mizanur Rahman,
was arrested, at Barbilla village in Barpeta District of Assam.
He was carrying a suspected IED weighing approximately 3kg along
with a 20 meter wire.
ULFA-I militant Parikshit Gogoi was arrested from
Panbessa on the outskirts Sivasagar town in Sivasagar District
of Assam.
A UNLF militant, identified as Thokchom Nimai
Singh was arrested by SFs at Kangmong Meisnam Mailing Leikai of
Bishnupur District of Manipur. Further on his disclosure another
UNLF militant, identified as Thokchom Manibabu Singh was arrested
from his residence in an unspecified location.
Two unidentified militants of HNLC surrendered
before the East Jaintia Hills Police, at an unspecified location
in Meghalaya. The militants who were residents of Jalyiah village
in East Jaintia Hills were missing for more than a month. Sources
state that they came back to the village after a month and half
and revealed that they had joined the rebel outfit. Later the
Dorbar Shnong (traditional village institution) handed over them
to Police.
HNLC has appealed to Meghalaya Government to appoint
an interlocutor to start the peace process. HNLC 'spokesman' Saiñkupar
Nongtraw stated, "The government should announce the name of the
interlocutor appointed to start the peace process without any
hindrances as early as possible so as to avoid any misunderstandings
in the peace process".
Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjari submitted
her resignation letter to CM Mukul Sangma.
Dimapur Police arrested an extortionist, identified
as Athohito, from Rilan village in Dimapur District of Nagaland,
while extorting money from lorries. INR 15,000 was recovered from
him.
NSCN-KK organised a formal reception program for
the members of NSCN-IM, NSCN-K and NCC-FGN who joined its fold
at Designated camp at Khehoi in Dimapur in Nagaland.
A total of 16 cadres of the CPI-Maoist surrendered
before IGP BSF AS Chahar, District Collector Alarmel Mangai D,
SP Rajendra Dash and other Police officers in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh. The State Government had declared cash reward
of INR 100,000 on arrest of each of them, SP Kanker, RN Dash said.
A red alert has been sounded across the Kerala-Karnataka
border near H.D. Kote in Mysore District as a gang of four armed
CPI-Maoist cadres are reportedly waiting to slip into the State
forests to escape the Kerala Police crackdown.
Fearing CPI-Maoist attack the Thrissur District
Police have sounded an alert and intensified security at the Paliyekkara
Toll Plaza on the National Highway 47 in Thrissur District of
Kerala. Thrissur Rural SP N Vijayakumar said there has been intelligence
report that CPI-Maoist cadres or its frontal organisations may
target the toll plaza, as part of its 10th anniversary in Kerala.
The cadres of the CPI-Maoist killed Bhagat Kunjam
(48), a former village sarpanch in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
Kunjam's body was found on the outskirts of the village the next
day morning. Kunjam, a native of Dhurli village under Bhansi Police
Station limits, was abducted from his house and murdered by the
Maoists, Dantewada SP Kamlochan Kashyap said.
Five CPI-Maoist cadres, including a woman Maoist,
surrendered before Rourkela Police in Sundargarh District of Odisha,
as they were disillusioned with the activities of the Maoists.
The five Maoists were identified as Jeetan Bari (24), who carried
a cash reward of INR 100,000 on his head, Chamu Munda alias
Arjun (27), Kanhu Bora (24) Mangu Bandra (23) and Sukimati Gagarai
alias Shilpa (22).
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November 21 |
Two persons, identified as Sattar Ansari and Danish
Ansari were arrested along with FICNs of INR 1,95,000 from near
the Roadways bus station in Sigra Police Station area of Varanasi.
The accused told the Police that they had boarded a bus from Ranchi
(Jharkhand) on November 20 night for distributing the counterfeit
notes to their contacts in Varanasi. A case has been registered
in this connection, the statement said, adding, important inputs
about the gangs involved in the racket and their network have
been received in the interrogation.
Army arrested a person, identified as Nausar Ganai,
who lobbed a grenade at PDP election rally (on the same day) in
Gondwani Village of Kulgam District of J&K while Police said that
they have achieved a major success as one of the three killed
militant on November 20 in Tral town of Pulwama District was a
top commander of LeT.
Indian security agencies believe that the absconding
''Haath-Kata'' Nasirullah, who was training jihadis at Mukimnagar
in Murshidabad District of West Bengal is none other than JMB
'military chief' Sohel Mahfuz. Bangladeshi authorities have indicated
that Mahfuz is the most important name on the list of 41 militants
suspected to be hiding in India. Dhaka had handed over this list
to India two days ago. Sources say Myanmar militant Khalid Mohammad
and JMB 'Bengal head' Sajid both of whom are in custody have confirmed
that Mahfuz was posing as Nasirullah in India.
The US OSAC raised concerns about terrorist activity
in Hyderabad. While noting that the "most common regional terrorist
threat" is that from the Maoists, the "India 2014 Crime and Safety
Report: Hyderabad" also raises concerns about radical Islamist
groups in general and the IM in particular. Describing IM, which
the US recognises as a "global terrorist organisation", as a "compilation"
of groups such as SIMI and LeT, the report claimed that the militant
group has on its agenda "carrying out terrorist actions" for the
advancement of an Islamic Caliphate across South Asia.
Investigators have found a link between of Saradha
Scam and Bardhaman blast of October 2, 2014. Shakil Ahmed alias
Swapan Mondal one of the bombers killed at Bardhaman blast had
received Saradha funds which were in turn channelised to West
Bengal, an officer with the NIA informed. The agencies are looking
at close to INR 75 crore transaction between the JMB and the Saradha
masterminds. Although Shakil Ahmed is dead, documents which belonged
to him which have been seized go on to suggest that he had moved
money for the Saradha accused 18 times in the past three years
and parked the money in instalments in Bangladesh.
Police have stepped up security measures and asked
tea and oil sectors to adhere to certain advisories ahead of PM
Narendra Modi's proposed visit to Assam next week, especially
in view of ULFA-I's heightened activity in the state.
The dismantling of the 57 camps of the north east
India insurgent groups in Bangladesh was taken up during the high
level meeting between BSF and BGB.
Unidentified militants lobbed a grenade at the
residence of an associate geotechnical officer of AECOM identified
as Thingujam Dolendro at Thongju Part-II in Imphal East District
of Manipur. Blast has raised the question on the security measures
being taken in the state capital in view of the ongoing 10-day
state-sponsored Sangai (tourism) festival.
PREPAK denied having any connection with Laishram
Langlen, who was arrested on November 18, from Pallel Bazar in
Chandel in Manipur.
Police arrested a UALA militant identified as
Robinson R Marak from Bajengdoba in North Garo Hills in Meghalaya.
Shillong District Jail authorities in Meghalaya
lodged a complaint with Police against GNLA 'chairman' Champion
R Sangma who allegedly threatened a jail staff. He on October
16 tried assault a jail staff, identified as Kontro Khongwir inside
the jail premises.
GNLA refuted Police claim that three GNLA militants
were killed in an encounter at Sesapani under Goalpara District
of Assam and termed it as nothing but another fake encounter.
The agreed text for settlement was tabled in the
Meghalaya State Assembly. The peace pact states, "Criminal cases
registered against ANVC and ANVC-B members for heinous crimes
shall be reviewed case by case and more than 400 militants will
receive pardon for their crimes.
Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjari stated
that she was resigning from the post owing to moral responsibility
or the escalating law and order situation in the State, particularly
the Garo Hills region.
The dismantling of the 57 camps of the north east
India insurgent groups in Bangladesh was taken up during the high
level meeting between BSF and BGB.
AR and Dimapur Police jointly raided a PCO at
Railway Station in Dimapur and arrested a civilian, identified
as Rinku Sharma along with one 380 auto pistol Beretta, two magazines,
50 380 pistol live rounds and four mobile handsets.
Dimapur Police neutralised a FICN racket and arrested
four persons, identified as Vapruhi Neinu, Konthonjam Ibotom Singh,
Laimayum Ibomcha and Mridul Gogoi along with items used in counterfeiting
currency at Hong Kong Market in Dimapur in Nagaland.
NNC-NA 'president' Kiumukam Yimchungru said that
NNC-NA under him is working for the cause of the Naga Sovereignty
besides unifying all the Nagas under one umbrella in order to
bring a common platform of the Naga society.
Three SF personnel, including a CRPF Inspector,
were injured in a pressure bomb blast by the Maoists in Bijapur
District of Chhattisgarh.
The Maoists fired on a joint team of District
Police and the CoBRA of the CRPF, near Chintagufa village in Sukma
District of Chhattisgarh, injuring two District Policemen and
three CoBRA troopers.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres fired at SFs when
they were on a LRP near Sitasal village around Shikaripada of
Dumka District of Jharkhand. Dumka SP Anoop T Mathew, who visited
Shikaripada soon after being informed about the encounter, said
around 200 rounds of firing were exchanged in the dense forest.
CRPF personnel and Bihar Police, in a joint operation,
arrested two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Pintu Marandi (22)
and Ganesh Ram (45), in Jamui District of Bihar. Laxmipur SHO
Vivek Bharti said "The arrested persons were also involved in
managing logistic supplies to the Maoists. They are being interrogated."
The Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak while answering a question in Odisha State
Assembly said there are as many as 1,647 posts of doctor, which
is 34.02 per cent of the sanctioned strength, vacant in Odisha.
The residential building of a business man identified
as Mahabir Agarwalla was partially damaged when suspected ULFA-I
militants lobbed a grenade in Doomdooma in Tinsukia in Assam.
A top engineer overseeing the construction of
flood lights along the border fencing with Bangladesh, identified
as A K Srivastava, was abducted by Garo militants from Rongara
border in South Garo Hills in Meghalaya.
AR Troops arrested fifteen unidentified persons,
along with arms and ammunitions from the outskirt of Nihoi village
near Jalukie in Peren District of Nagaland. Five .22 rifles, one
.22 pistol, four 12 bore rifles and large quantity of assorted
ammunitions were recovered from them.
AR arrested NSCN-IM militant identified as 'captain'
Tongriba Sangtam Tronger from Tuensang District of Nagaland. One
9 mm pistol magazine and a 9 mm ammunition were recovered from
him.
At least 15 CPI-Maoist cadres were killed and
25 grievously injured in an encounter with the CRPF's CoBRA near
Chintagufa and Kasalpara area in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
The Maoists had also opened fire on a Mi-17 helicopter which was
flown in to rescue the injured COBRA personnel. Six COBRA troopers
were injured. However, not a single body was recovered from the
encounter site.
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November 22 |
The Army termed as baseless reports of a fierce
encounter between the SFs and a group of infiltrators in the Poonch
District of J&K. Defense spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Manish Mehta
said "There was no fierce encounter between terrorists and the
Army at the Kalsa forest areas of Poonch District on November
21, as reported by a section of media."
Khaled Mohammed, the Myanmar national arrested
from Hyderabad on November 16 in connection with Bardhaman blast
of October 2, 2014, disclosed that IM, TTP and JMB had joined
hands for terror activities in India. Khaled disclosed that he
had come to India with a specific target of increasing JMB's terror
network in the country with help of local outfits like IM. Intelligence
sources said that Khaled had been running a number of training
camps along Indian border in Bangladesh and Myanmar. During this
time he came in contact with members of TTP who further trained
him in making explosives.
UHM Rajnath Singh blamed Pakistan for terrorism
within India. Singh's address comes at a time when the NIA is
investigating a blast in West Bengal's Bardhaman District. He
said "Terrorism in India is Pakistan sponsored. ISI is aiding
terrorism". Blaming Islamabad for sponsoring terrorism in India,
he said the neighboring country is providing shelter to Dawood
Ibrahim and the mob boss is currently staying along the Pak-Afghan
border.
Terror activities in India have increased by 70
per cent during 2012-2013 with the number of deaths rising from
238 to 404, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2014. Prepared
by IEP, the number of attacks also increased with 55 more incidents
in 2013 than in 2012. "Terrorism increased by 70 per cent in India
from 2012 to 2013, with the number of deaths increasing from 238
to 404," it said. However, the majority of terrorist attacks in
India have low casualties. In 2013, around 70 per cent of attacks
were non-lethal. There were attacks by 43 terrorist groups who
can be categorised into three categories - Islamists, separatists
and Communists. The Index said generally, the dispute with Pakistan
over Jammu and Kashmir is the source of Islamic terrorism. In
2013 three Islamist groups were responsible for around 15 per
cent of deaths. This includes Pakistan-based HM.
In a joint operation conducted, Bihar Police and
CRPF arrested an alleged CPI-Maoist operative, identified as Ram
Babu Prasad, from his house at Narayanpur village under Rajepur
Police Station limits in East Champaran District of Bihar.
A member of LOS of the CPI-Maoist, identified
as Jagat Ram Dhurva alias Ramesh (21), surrendered before
Police in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh.
Andhra Pradesh Police found a camp of CPI-Maoist
at Golluru on the border with Koraput District in Odisha and Vizianagaram
District in Andhra Pradesh.
Bihar Police has launched anti-Naxal operation
amid intelligence inputs that Maoists from Jharkhand were shifting
base to the state to escape the security dragnet in the wake of
impending state assembly polls there.
Two KPLT militants were killed and another was
arrested by a joint team of Police and Army at Rongtaru in Karbi
Anglong District of Assam. Two AK47 rifles and one pistol were
recovered from them.
Imphal West Police Commandos arrested a RPF militant
Rajkumar Surjit alias Mocha from near Iroisemba Mamang
Hiden community hall in Imphal West District of Manipur.
Three GNLA militants identified as Roneth Ch Marak,
Ringaing Ch Marak and Modil R Marak from Purakhasia in West Garo
Hills in Meghalaya. Roneth Ch Marak and Ringaing Ch Marak underwent
training in 2012 and worked under 'area commander' Simbat.
Suspected militants of the NSCN-IM attempted to
hijack a truck carrying turbine machine for NHPC from near Bakho
village in Senapati District of Manipur.
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The Army claimed to have made an arms haul in
north Kashmir's Kupwara and Baramulla Districts of J&K. In Kupwara
District, the Army recovered 18 AK-47 assault rifles and five
pistols from a militant hideout in the forests near the LoC in
Keran sector. In Baramulla, the Army recovered a sniper rifle,
two pistols, two UBGL with 23 UBGL grenades, 18 hand grenades,
six RPG, two disposable rocket launchers, four radio sets and
two mortar bombs.
Dawood Ibrahim is hiding on Pak-Afghan border
in NWA while Pakistan's ISI agency is looking for a safe haven
for him, according to reports. Attempts to shift Dawood to a safe
base are being made by ISI who tried to move him to Thailand,
Nairobi (Kenya), UAE and Bangladesh but plans were later changed
the plan, sources further stated.
A facility to collate and analyse data from radar
stations across India, providing a sweeping coverage of the country's
vast but vulnerable coastline was opened in Gurgaon in Haryana.
Named, Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC), it will
operate as a joint facility for the Navy and Coast Guard and will
function as a nodal centre of the National Command Control Communications
and Intelligence Network, which integrates the radars of both
maritime forces.
UHMA sanctioned INR 1.92 billion for equipment
and training of Police forces. "Modernisation of the Police force
is an ongoing process. We have sanctioned Rs 192 crore for 2014-15
for various things, including training, equipment and weapons.
Also, some funds will be spent on construction of buildings that
are needed for the Police force," an official from UMHA said.
The Centre will also give its share of funds for the modernisation
process, the official added. With the funds, the Police can purchase
modern weapons, bulletproof jackets, helmets and shields, transport
vehicles and communication systems such as satellite phone interceptors,
cyber crime kits, cell phone trackers, a voice data bank and radio
link wireless systems.
The separatist Groups including in Assam, Bodoland,
Kamtapur and Meghalaya were responsible for 16 per cent of deaths
in the region, reports Global Terrorism Index 2014 of IEP.
ULFA-I militant identified as Arup Das alias
Bikram Asom was arrested by a joint team of Indian Army and Goalpara
Police, near Bardak village in Goalpara District of Assam. At
least 10 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, one mobile phone and some
cash were recovered from him. According to Police intelligence
inputs, ULFA-I faction is trying to target tea, coal and oil sectors
in Upper Assam.
ULFA linkman, identified as Arun Mahanty was arrested
from an unspecified location for lobbing a grenade at the residence
of a businessman, identified as Mahavir Agarwala, at Gurguri Line
in Samdang of Tinsukia.(Assam)
SFs has beefed up vigilance and intensified counter
militancy operations to foil attempts by ULFA-I to disrupt PM
Narendra Modi's visit to the state on November 29.
Recent operations by AR in Dima Hasao District
in Assam have eliminated almost 12 militants, including eight
militants of NSCN-IM.
A jeep belonging to a company, VIOM was hijacked
near St Paul English School, Komlathabi in Chandel District of
Manipur, along with the driver, Laishram Bobo and his assistant
by NSCN-IM militants. Driver and his assistant were later set
free on the evening with instruction to representatives of the
Company.
SFs arrested four arms dealers, identified as
Hoi Hneihching, Em Khanmang, Vungnaihlian and Alice Ching Gouman
were arrested along with illegal arms and ammunition from Khudengthabi
check point in Chandel District of Manipur. One MA3 MK-II assault
rifle, two magazines, three mobile phones two voter identity cards,
one driving licence and INR 21,890 were recovered from them.
The separatist Groups including in Assam, Bodoland,
Kamtapur and Meghalaya were responsible for 16 per cent of deaths
in the region, reports Global Terrorism Index 2014 of IEP.
UALA threatened to call for an 'indefinite stir'
in protest against the State Governments failure to initiate peace
talks. The 'political secretary' of UALA, Rangdat Garo said that
the Meghalaya Government was dragging its feet on the peace talks
with UALA and accused it of failing to bring any group to the
negotiating table with concrete conclusion.
Meanwhile, a little known group ARF, believed
to be having close ties to the UALA, has voiced its support for
the group in its endeavour for peace talks. However, Meghalaya
Police claim that there is no such group as ARF other than UALA
using the same name to exert pressure on the Government. A Police
source stated that "UALA is desperate to hold peace talks to escape
police operations. They are using the name of ARF to show the
government that a conglomerate of outfits under the banner of
ARF is supporting them. The ARF is UALA."
IG Police GHP Raju stated that the Seven GNLA
militants arrested on November 19 were allegedly planning to carry
out blasts in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya before Christmas.
The IG also added that Ampati market in West Garo Hills was the
main target of the militants.
GNLA declared that it has adopted the 'Maoist
style' of operation in accessing vital information of Meghalaya
Government. The 'joint publicity secretary' of GNLA, Garo Mandei
Ch Marak stated that like the Maoists in Dantewada, the GNLA,
too is applying, the same tactics against the Government. He also
said that GNLA was not involved in the IED attack which killed
two Police men on November 18, 2014. He stated, "We have no plan
to do such practices. We have sent numerous mystery operators
in north, south and west Khasi hills, to gather crucial data and
information about the government. This is to avail the most effective
method to do our execution. We have allocated unique secretive
delegations like the Maoists as it is done in Dantewada.
The separatist Groups including in Assam, Bodoland,
Kamtapur and Meghalaya were responsible for 16 per cent of deaths
in the region, reports Global Terrorism Index 2014 of IEP.
DUCCCF slammed, what it alleged, the open threat
upon the lives of the chairman by NSCN-IM in the event of failure
to pay 'tax'. requested NSCN-IM to revoke the statement, issued
by UT 'supervisor', Dhobinallah Area in Dimapur District of Nagaland,
L.Nzio Lotha, which stated "this office will not take any responsibility
if the government so decides to take any action against you."
NSCN-IM 'kilo ministry' informed all the
public to refrain from all undesirable conflicts in Nihoi village
in Dimapur District and Jalukie Sangtam village in Jalukie District
(both in Nagaland) as it has noticed clashes and unauthorized
encroachment attempts in the recent past.
Two CPI-Maoist posters appeared on trees in Bandhghra
area in West Midnapore District of West Bengal, but Police claimed
those were put up by some local miscreants to extort money. The
posters, giving warning to local people, were seen in Chatnisole
and Deuldanga villages, SP Bharati Ghosh said. "These posters
were not put up by Maoists as they have no presence in the area.
Some miscreants have done it to extort money from the villagers,"
she said.
Eight suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist were
arrested allegedly with a haul of arms and explosives from Sohati
village in Muzaffarpur District of Bihar.
Karnataka Home Minister K.J.?George while speaking
to media persons in Mysore (Karnataka) said the Karnataka State
will have another round of talks with neighbouring Kerala Government
about the action taken in mitigating CPI-Maoist menace in Kerala.
Intelligence agencies have issued a specific alert
that the Delhi-Lahore bus service could be targeted in the next
few days. According to a source, militants can either choose to
target the passengers or the bus itself. "Officers should be properly
briefed while making security arrangements on the bus route or
the stand where it originates. All concerned may take preventive
measures to avoid any untoward incident," the alert says. The
input further says that Samjhauta Express can be targeted as well
and the Railway Police have been alerted to increase security,
the source said.
The separatist Groups including in Assam, Bodoland,
Kamtapur and Meghalaya were responsible for 16 per cent of deaths
in the region, reports Global Terrorism Index 2014 of IEP.
Two civilians, identified as Manilal Gupta and
Akbar Mansuri, were killed and 29 injured in an explosion at Rajgarh
area of Dibrugarh in Assam. Police suspect the role of ULFA-I.
DIG stated that explosion was most likely caused by a grenade,
not an IED.
A business man of Basugaon in Chirang District
Assam, identified as Kartik Paul, was abducted.
Two IEDs EDs were detected at two different points
of Okshongbung in Bishnupur District of Manipur, along Tidim Road.
Both IEDs were fitted inside pressure cookers and they were planted
underneath two culverts which are 200 metres apart. The two bombs
were later set off safely by a bomb disposal squad of Manipur
police. The IEDs were recovered during a search operation carried
out in view of the 50th raising day of UNLF.
NNC-NA and NNC-PCN have merged following a joint
consultative meeting of council of kilonsers (ministers).
(Nagaland)
Barely 24 hours after the arrest of eight CPI-Maoist
cadres and recovery of 25 detonators under Deoria Police Station,
about 45 Maoists retaliated by attacking the base camp of SP Singla
Construction Company, a bridge construction company, engaged in
building a bridge over river Gandak at Bangraghat under Sahebganj
PS in Muzaffarpur District of Bihar and burnt five vehicles including
three transit cement mixers, a JCB machine and a pick-up van
A joint squad of SFs personnel found two IEDs
- one of around 20 kgs and another of 2.5 kgs, placed beneath
Chintagufa-Dornapal route under Chintagufa Police Station limits
in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Midiyami
Joga and Jai Singh, were arrested under Gadiras Police Station
limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
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Police arrested a person, identified as J Tamin,
along with FICN worth INR 3,600 near Pendurthi areain Visakhapatnam
in Andhra Pradesh. Tamin is a native of Malda District of West
Bengal. According to sources, Tamin had been circulating FICN
in the surroundings of Pendurthi, which were allegedly printed
in Bangladesh.
Police arrested a college student after recovering
FICN from his possession at Bagirposi in Mayurbhanj District of
Odisha. "We have recovered 17 number of FICNs of 500 denomination
from a student of a local college," said Bangirposi Police Station
IIC, Suresh Chandra Patra. Patra, however, said that the main
accused in the fake currency note case, a vegetable vendor, was
absconding since arrest of the college student.
Army said that they have inputs that militants
might attempt to disrupt the ongoing polls and added the Army
is prepared to deal with it. While talking to reporters in Srinagar,
GOC of the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, Lieutenant General Subrata
Saha said "The inputs are coming from different Districts and
tehsils (revenue units). We are working on those inputs
and keeping track of the trends. And we are ready to respond to
all the challenges which will emerge from the attempts of militants
to disrupt the polls."
According to statistics released by the cyber
cell of Gurgaon Police Department, cybercrime complaints have
gone up nearly three times compared with 2013. As many as 850
cybercrime complaints were registered in 10 months till October
2014 compared with only 350 such complaints in all of 2013. So,
at the end of the year, more complaints are likely to be registered.
In 2012, 380 cyber fraud complaints were registered.
Five members of a SIMI-linked group known as the
Abu Faisal gang, who escaped from a Khandwa Jail, Madhya Pradesh,
on October 1, 2013, have emerged at the centre of investigation
into a series of terrorism-linked cases and a bank robbery since
the jailbreak. Investigations since September 12, 2014, when a
few members of the gang are said to have fled leaving behind a
mobile phone and other material at a hideout in Bijnor in UP following
an accidental bomb blast, have allegedly given vital leads on
the gang's involvement in crimes across the country. These include
a February 1, 2014, bank robbery in Karimnagar in Telangana the
May 1, 2014, blast on a Bangalore-Guwahati train at the Chennai
Central Station and the July 10, 2014, blast in the parking lot
of Faraskhana and Vishrambag Police Stations near the Dagdusheth
temple in Pune, Maharashtra.
A militant of NSCN-K Nokjem Konyak was killed
and another unidentified militant injured in an encounter with
the Army at Namtola near Sonari in Sivasagar District of Assam.
Three militants escaped from the area.
A bomb was found in the compartment of intercity
express running between Alipurduar in northern West Bengal to
Kamakhya, at at Kendukona railway station in Kamrup District of
Assam. The bomb was later diffused. NIA stated that the bomb was
meant to be used during the high-level conference, and Police
suspect ULFA-I behind the incident. The incident comes ahead of
the visit of PM an Home Minister visit. They are also scheduled
scheduled to address the conference of DGP at Administrative Staff
College, Khanapara in Guwahati on November 29 and 30.
Three unidentified abductors were arrested from
South Salmara in Dhubri District of Assam. They were involved
in the abduction of a youth identified as Khursed Alom on an unspecified
date.
Intelligence reports indicate ULFA-I is planning
to carry out attacks on BJP leaders and non-Assamese people living
in the State, ahead of the PM's visit. Assam Police and other
security agencies have been alerted. to take all precautionary
steps.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi said that ULFA-I was a 'puppet
of foreign forces'. He said that the militants are working under
the instruction of forces from abroad which want to create disturbance
in the country.
SFs detected an IED weighing around 4 kilo grams
at Tidim Road, Keinou Makha Leikai in Bishnupur District of Manipur.
The Bomb Disposal Squad retrieved it and set if off safely.
RPF 'chief department of publicity 'Bangkim stated
that there was no connection between RPF and Rajkumar Surjit alias
Mocha who was arrested on November 22. (Manipur)
UCM lauded recent initiative of the current GoI
to expedite the Indo-Naga peace process, and called upon people
to keep a close tab on the developments of the peace talk. UCM
stated that it welcomes the recent initiative of the PM to bring
a positive result to the Indo-Naga peace process within a period
of six months, but further added that GoI or NSCN-IM would insist
on anything which may disturb the political boundaries of the
neighbouring States.
Two GNLA militants, identified as Solly Ch. Sangma
and Johny A. Marak, who were lodged in Tura District jail have
been brought to Shillong for threatening a Police officer and
his family of East Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya. Two militants
on behalf of GNLA, created a Facebook page 'Meg Pol V/s
public', where they threatened to kill one of the police officers
of East Khasi Hills District and his family as the officer was
involved in operational duties. They also claimed that they know
the details of his residential address. Later during investigation,
it was learnt from Tura Jail authorities that five mobile sets,
which were used to send the message, had been from inmates on
November 22.
Police arrested an individual identified as Sanjeev
Roy, close associate of ANCA 'commander' William A Sangma, from
Lower Babupara in West Garo Hills in Meghalaya.
Three NSCN-IM militants identified as leacy
Kugial, Atale Disueng, rajao peyu Emo Zeliang were arrested
from Nsung Village in Peren District of Nagaland.
ACAUT Nagaland demanded that L.Nzio Lotha, 'supervisor'
of NSCN-IM evoke his open threat upon the lives of the chairman
and Gaon Burhas (village chiefs) (GBs) community in case
the DUCCCF members refused to collect tax on behalf of NSCN-IM.
ACAUT also requested all GBs and chairmen in every village including
business community, Government servants, contractors and general
public to emulate the example of DUCCCF. (Nagaland)
A CPI-Maoist Jan Militia 'commander' identified
as Santosh, who carried a cash reward of INR 100,000 on his arrest,
surrendered before Police with a muzzle gun in Dantewada District
of Chhattisgarh.
Three PLFI cadres, identified as Rupchand Majhi,
Duryodhan Majhi and Pandit Suri, were arrested from Randori area
under Theteitangar Police Station limits of Simdega District of
Jharkhand. Five country-made guns and a crude bomb were recovered
from their possession.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Jagram
(30), was arrested from Permapal village of Kondagaon District
of Chhattisgarh by a joint squad of CAF and Bayanar Police.
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November 25 |
Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju informed
Lok Sabha that New Delhi, being the capital of the country
and the seat of the central government, is always under the radar
of terror groups, inimical to India's national security. Rijiju
said that there are intelligence inputs that the IM terror outfit
receives shelter, training, weapons and financing in Pakistan.
"The Government of India is addressing this issue through enforcements,
intelligence and diplomatic means," he added.
The Government said that the overall coastal and
maritime security along the entire coast is "much stronger than
before" as several steps have been taken in this regard. "At any
given time, the entire west coast is under continuous surveillance
by ships and aircraft of the Navy and Coast Guard", according
to an official statement.
The four youths from Kalyan recruited by the ISIS
are said to have contacted their families, expressing a wish to
be rescued and brought back home. "All four are in touch with
their families here and sought facilitation of their rescue and
return. However, only Arif's family has contacted the NIA office
in Mumbai and sought the intervention of the Centre to bring him
back," a senior intelligence officer stated. Arif had reportedly
called his father, Ejaz Majeed, and claimed to have fled to Turkey
after fighting for IS for a few months. As for the other Kalyan
youths, Aman Tandel, Fahad Shaikh and Sahim Tanki sources told
that even they are believed to have conveyed to their respective
families their "desperation" to be rescued from the violent war
being fought by the IS. Their location is said to be somewhere
in Iraq.
Increasing circulation of FICN in Pune is a big
cause of worry for citizens as well as Police. Between 2009 and
2013, around 173 cases of FICN circulation have been reported
in Pune and Police have arrested 70 suspects. The annual crime
report "Crime in Maharashstra-2013" published by the Maharashtra
CID stated that Maharashtra state has registered maximum number
cases in the country in connection with FICN and also arrested
maximum suspects involved in circulating and manufacturing these
fake notes. In 2013, the State Police seized FICN of INR 1.55
crore from the different parts of Maharashtra.
DG of BSF, DK Pathak has confirmed that only 65
per cent of the Indo-Bangladesh border has been fenced, while
85 per cent of the western border with Pakistan has been sealed.
Pathak, while speaking on the occasion of completion of 50 years
of the BSF said that non-fencing of the international border poses
a threat of infiltration from Bangladesh. He added that the fencing
is not possible in the riverine areas but they are exploring various
technical solutions including the deployment of UAVs to resolve
the problem.
A brisk 71.28 per cent turnout was recorded in
first phase of polling for 15 Assembly constituencies of J&K with
people defying various odds including election boycott call given
by the separatists and adverse weather conditions with cold wave
sweeping many parts of the segments that went to polls.
Buddha Basumatary, who had demanded INR 200000,
in the name of NDFB-IKS, from a shopkeeper identified as Dadhi
Barman, at Amaniapara village in Nalbari District of Assam, was
nabbed and lynched by local people when he allegedly threatened
Barman with a pistol.
KPLT is divided into 4 factions he first led by
Teron is anti-talks faction and is concentrated in Bokajan subdivision,
bordering Golaghat and Nagaon Districts of Assam. The second,
led by Donri Kramsa, comprises 20 members and is pro-talks, third
faction is led by Simmon Teron which is inactive right now and
the fourth faction is led by Sojon Liding and works independently.
48 hour Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao bandh
(shutdown) called by KPLT, on November 24, to protest against
the killing of KPLT militants on November 22 brought life to a
halt in both Districts. (Assam)
ABBSYF called a 24-hour BTAD strike against the
spurt in abduction, extortion and harassment of Bengali-speaking
people. Various organisations like ABSU, AASU, AASAA and BPF,
teachers and local residents participated in the protest. (Assam)
Various organizations staged a demonstration in
front of the Chirang DC office in Chirang District of Assam protesting
against the abduction of Dilip Kumar Sao, the school teacher who
was abducted on November 19. They said that if the abducted school
teacher was not released within two days, then they would come
out on the streets against militants groups and against the failure
of the administration in providing security to the common people.
TADA court at Guwahati decided to reserve any
judgment on the bail petition of the Assam serial blasts key accused
Ranjan Daimary till November 28.
Assam Government pointed out that though law and
order is a state subject, the onus also lies on the Central Government
in containing insurgency.
AASU president Shankar Prasad Rai said that the
issue of illegal migrants should not be communalized and that
it should be resolved as per the Assam Accord. BJP leader Subramanian
Swamy that the Assam Accord had become outdated and that if an
illegal Muslim immigrant was ready to convert to Hinduism then
he could be allowed to stay in India.
BJP MP Ramen Deka in Parliament demanded the Central
Government intervention to deal with the deteriorating law and
order situation in Assam as the Tarun Gogoi Government has failed
to provide security to the people.
A grenade was recovered at Hapta Kangjeibung,
Palace Compound, in Imphal East District of Manipur. .36 high
explosive hand grenade was found 300 metres inside a gate opened
on the western side of the ground.
AR arrested a UNLF and a mobile handset, three
SIM cards, one voter card, hand written slip of extortion and
INR 2070 were recovered from him.(Manipur)
PREPAK militant identified as Sagolsham Tarzan
alias Arun was arrested by AR troops from Uyumpok Mamang
Leikai in Imphal East of Manipur.
ZUF claimed that they caught an NSCN-IM militant,
Robinson when he was collecting tax in Noney (Longmai) area, in
Tamenglong. However, no stern action was taken against him .They
also added that if the same course of actions continues, ZUF will
take strong actions. ZUF also added that those who mingle with
the militant or other NSCN-IM militants in the area would also
be given same punishment.(Manipur)
The 'commander' of ANCA William A Sangma along
with his aide, Alas R Sangma, were arrested from Tirupur in Tamil
Nadu. On being given a lead by a source, the Special Team took
the help of Tirupur District Police and tracked William and his
accomplice in a readymade garment manufacturing factory. William
Sangma was earlier arrested on August 16, at Goalpara in Assam,
but however he had escaped.
ANVC-B militants are now waiting for the official
communication from the Meghalaya Government on the disbanding
ceremony. ANVC-B 'general secretary' Jakrik Wareng stated that
in the Shillong meeting held on October 31 it was decided that
the disbanding ceremony would take place in November.
UALA has condemned the arrest of Robinson R Marak,
who was arrested on November 21 from Bajengdoba in North Garo
Hills in Meghalaya. In a press release, 'political affairs secretary'
of UALA Rangdat Garo has claimed that Robinson was an innocent
civilian and not a member of UALA.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma stated that he had been
a victim of militancy in the run up to the Assembly elections
in 2003 when he had contested from Ampati in South West Garo Hills.
He said in the State Assembly that his supporters had been attacked
during an election rally in 2003, when rival party had fielded
a candidate who was the brother-in-law of the commander-in-chief
of the ANVC.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma, irked by the continuous
allegations of having nexus with ANVC-B stated that such allegations
as unsubstantiated and wild" and asked Opposition to refrain from
smear campaigns.
Meghalaya PWD Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar said
that construction of roads under the PMGSY has been hit hard in
Garo Hills region due to militancy. He said that contractors were
reluctant to participate in the tender process for construction
of roads under PMGSY due to fear of being targeted by militants.
He also added that as many as 14 projects tenders were called
at least thrice but there were no response from the contractors.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres set two election campaigning
vehicles ablaze in Kiura village in West Singhbhum District of
Jharkhand.
A suspected Maoist squad opened fire on a polling
party in Chatarpur in Palamu District of Jharkhand during the
first phase of Assembly elections. BSF personnel repelled them
with return fire.
A group fired at the vehicle of candidate Gobind
Singh in Bishrampur in Palamu District of Jharkhand. It is not
clear if they were Maoists.
In Palamu of Jharkhand, 57 EVMs from 19 booths
were taken to a CISF camp with forces suspecting Maoists had planted
landmines along the way. Forces defused four IEDs in the same
District.
At Mahuadanr of Latehar District of Jharkhand,
poll officials evacuated two booths and conducted polling in an
open field after suspected IEDs were spotted in a primary school.
Jharkhand recorded 62 per cent turnout during
the first phase of Assembly elections. Voter turnout was 58.04
in these constituencies in 2009.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Rameshwar
Anchala (29), Maniram Anchala (40), Shyamlal Dugga (30) and Shanvalu
Ram (45), were arrested during a combing operation under the Koyalibeda
Police Station limits of Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Three CPI-Maoist people's militia members namely
Santosh Yadav (27), Kasru (25) and Pilsu Muria (22) were arrested
in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
Five CPI-Maoist cadres, including three women,
identified as Soni, Budhwan Mandavi, Gasonti, Lakhmi and Bavji,
have surrendered before the CRPF in Dhamtari District of Chhattisgarh.
They were active members of LOS and CNM.
According to the data provided by the UMHA in
reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, 472 CPI-Maoist cadres
have surrendered until October 31, against 283 for the whole of
2013. However, Chhattisgarh accounts for 247 surrenders by October-end,
up from just 28 in 2013. Chhattisgarh has also reported a major
increase in the number of Maoists arrested this year (2014).
NSCN-IM reportedly hijacked a truck loaded with
315 bags of FCI rice from Khongnem area in Senapati District of
Manipur.
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November 26 |
Indian PM Narendra Modi recalled the horror of
November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai terror attack at the summit in
Kathmandu (Nepal) and stressed on the need to combat "terrorism
and trans-national crimes". "Today, as we remember the horror
of the terror attack in Mumbai in 2008, we feel the endless pain
of lost lives," said Modi. "Let us work together to fulfil the
pledge we have taken to combat terrorism and trans-national crimes,"
he added.
UHM Rajnath Singh said the trial of those responsible
for the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai terror attack is progressing
very slowly in Pakistan and should be expedited on a priority
basis. The perpetrators of Mumbai attack are yet to be punished,"
he said in a tweet.
Report said that BSF is planning to use laser
walls to stop infiltration from Pakistan. This is one solution
BSF is exploring to implement more effective border checks. The
laser wall will ensure that anyone approaching the border or breaking
the beam in an unfenced zone sets off an alarm. Other than laser
walls in unfenced areas, the force is considering anti-tunnel
ground sensors and thermal sensors in the fenced stretches.
MHA said that although some youths in Srinagar
were found unfurling flags of the IS on a few occasions during
the past couple of months, there were no intelligence inputs that
the outfit was trying to gain ground among the youth in Kashmir.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju, in a written
reply in the Rajya Sabha said "Interrogation of the accused youths
in these cases indicated that they had seen IS-related literature
on social media and were fascinated by it." Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh tweeted "None of the youths were associated with
any terrorist or militant organizations. The Government is closely
monitoring the situation and directed the intelligence and security
agencies to identify all such elements."
PM Narendra Modi will visit to the northeast on
November 29 amid high alert over Islamic terror attack. Assam
Police ADGP (special branch) Pallab Bhattacharya said that there
was information about two IEDs being transported in the Alipurduar-Kamakhya
(Guwahati) Intercity Express on November 24. But only one was
found at Kendukana railway station in Kamrup District. "As per
information, one bomb is still traceless and so there is a threat,"
said the ADGP.
A joint team of Police and Army recovered four
handmade guns, seven cartridges and 200 grams of gunpowder from
the house of Abdul Samad in the Tulsibari area under Rangiya Police
station in Kamrup District of Assam.
Kamrup Metro District administration and the Railway
authorities jointly carried out a major eviction drive along the
railway line from Paltan Bazar to Athgaon in Kamrup District of
Assam and recovered two rounds of live bullets from one hut along
the railway track. Two unidentified persons, including a man and
a woman, who were living in the hut were arrested.
Two ULFA-I linkmen Nitul Konwar from Tingkhong
in Dibrugarh and Babul Hazarika from an unspecified location.
(Assam)
Ahead of Narendra Modi's two-day visit, SFs tightened
up the security and the search operation is going on for two cadres
reportedly belonging ULFA-I who have apparently entered the city
to blow up Government buses. Police sources said they have intelligence
inputs that two tribal boys are planning to plant explosives in
bus that operates in Guwahati city in Assam.
Two IEDs were recovered at Maharabi in Imphal
West District of Manipur. An Army bomb disposal team reached the
spot and safely retrieved the two explosives, weighing 1.5 kilo
gram each.
RPF militant identified as Open Singh alias
Santosh was arrested by AR, during a frisking and checking operation
near Wangjing Bazar in Thoubal District of Manipur.
SFs arrested an NSCN-IM militant as Tholung Warngam
Lamkang alias Bethei from Komlathabi in Chandel District
of Manipur. A mobile handset, three SIM cards, one voter card,
hand written slip of extortion and INR 2070 were recovered from
him.
UTLA- SK Thadou faction denied the chrages of
assault on KSO Secretary Tamenglong branch and Chief of Tatbung
village Hemkhojang by its cadres. The 'general secretary' T. Robert
Singson said that UTLA-SK Thadou has been maintaining a peaceful
relationship with its neighbours. (Manipur)
Paddy piled up for harvesting at Challou Keimang
agricultural fields near Itam river kutcha dam at Imphal East
District of Manipur were burnt by some unidentified militants.
ZUF also claimed that they caught an informer
for Indian Army, identified as D Magangmei. (Manipur)
Security has been tightened and put on a maximum
alert across Manipur ahead of PM Narendra Modi's visit to the
state. Modi will be visiting the state on November 30 to attend
the closing function of annual Sangai Festival at Hapta Kangjeibung
in Imphal East.
PREPAK-VC, identified as Heikrujam Hero Singh,
was arrested at Sabungkhok Khunao brick field in Manipur by SFs.
AR arrested UNLF militant, identified as 'private'
Khaidem Raju Singh, from Sugnu Makha Leikai in Thoubal in Manipur.
AR and Imphal East Police commandos arrested a
PULF militant identified as Mohammad Hussain alias Ethem
during a joint operation in the general area of Lilong Bazar in
Imphal West in Manipur.
Acting on a tip-off regarding the presence of
ANCA, Police conducted a raid at the house of one James Sangma
of Wahthre village in West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya and
recovered two SBBL guns and 122 ANLA demand notes. However, no
one was arrested in this regard as the militants had fled from
the scene before the raid.
ANVC-B denied its involvement in the kidnapping
of an engineer at Rongara in South Garo Hills District in Meghalaya
on November 21.
Kohima City Police mobile unit after getting a
tip off some miscreants demanding money from shopkeepers of Fancy
Market in Kohima in Nagaland arrested an individual Vibulie Kimho
from the market. On frisking him, the Police recovered 12 information
slips issued by ministry of chaplee (finance) affairs,
of the Khaplang faction of NSCN-K. He is reportedly a deserter
of Indian Army.
Kiumukum group of NNC-NA led the merger of 'president'
and 'general secretary' NNC-NA Temjen Yanger and Hozheto Z Chopi
under the banner of NNC-NA, which it said was critical to justify
before the Nagas.(Nagaland)
NPF expressed hope for an early solution to the
vexed Naga political problem while iterating its stand on the
integration of the Naga areas. (Nagaland)
The CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze eight tractors
carrying logistics for CRPF at Rai village near Saryu forests
in Latehar District of Jharkhand after heavy crossfire with the
CRPF, a day after peaceful polling in the first phase of Assembly
elections.
The CPI-Maoist have put up handwritten posters
and printed pamphlets at various localities in Venkatapuram and
Cherla towns in Khammam District of Telangana, urging people to
wage a fight for the rights of Adivasis over Jal, Jangal and
Zameen. The rebels launched the poster campaign in connection
with PLGA Week celebrations slated from December 2 to 8.
As many as 63 Naxals including supporters
of CPI-Maoist surrendered before the Police in Narayanpur District
of Chhattisgarh. All the surrendered extremists used to work for
different frontal Maoists organizations like Jantana Sarkar,
Janmilitia, CNM, DKMS, KAMS all part of the CPI-Maoist, SP
Amit Kamble said.
The UMHA has expressed serious concern over a
string of incidents involving the CPI-Maoist in Kerala recently.
At least two incidents, the attack on Agraharam Resort at Tirunelly
in Wayanad District on November 18, and at the Indo-Japanese joint
venture Nitta Gelatin India Limited in Ernakulum District on November
10, have left officials puzzled.
The CRPF wants the Centre to purchase used MRAPs
from the US, which have already been deployed in Afghanistan and
Iraq. A message has been delivered to the UMHA, highlighting that
the ever-growing sophistication in combat tactics of the CPI-Maoist
calls for urgent modernisation of the forces. The CRPF has recommended
to the home ministry that purchasing these used MRAPs will be
far less expensive than making new purchases.
Seven CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested from Nerlighat
valley under Bacheli Police Station limits of Dantewada District
of Chhattisgarh. The Maoists have been identified as Somaru Apka,
Madkami Budhram, Vetti Butlu, Rakesh Apka, Padami Boti, Apka Podia
and Budharu.
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November 27 |
10 persons, including four civilians, three Army
soldiers and three militants, who were members of a suicide squad,
were killed in day long encounter at border village of Kathaar
in Arnia sector, close to the IB, of Jammu District of J&K. As
the reports last came in Para Commandos of Army, who took over
the area after the attack, were trying to eliminate the fourth
militant. Though identity of the slain militants hasn't been established,
sources said all four infiltrators were believed to be members
of suicide squad of LeT.
In a joint operation, Police and Army neutralized
a militant hideout and recovered arms, ammunition and war like
stores from Gallu forest in Gandoh area of Doda District of J&K.
The recoveries included one Baretta pistol along with three magazines,
two magazines of AK-47, one magazine of 7.62 mm SLR and around
502 rounds of assorted ammunition.
Army soldiers arrested a militant, identified
as Abdul Qayoomi alias Punjabi, from Lam area of Nowshera
sector, along the LoC, in Rajouri District of J&K and foiled militants'
plot to disturb the elections. Troops recovered one AK-47 rifle,
30 rounds, one Pakistan made pistol and PKR 8100 from the arrested
militant.
Principal Sessions Judge Kishtwar (Kishtwar District
of J&K), Bala Joyti acquitted three persons, namely Abdul Gani,
Sher Kahn and Raju, who were allegedly involved in the militancy
related activities. The court acquitted the accused of the charge
under Sections 302/34 RPC and 7/27 Arms Act registered in 2006
at Police Station Chatroo.
Police recovered a JMB poster pasted on the boundary
walls of the playground of a high school at Bishnupur under Rajarhat
Police Station in North 24-Parganas District of West Bengal. The
poster, written in black ink has threatening of a human bomb explosion
at Sealdah Railway Station (Kolkata) as part of JMB plan
Zahir Hussain, a Sri Lankan national and suspected
ISI spy who was arrested in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) in April, 2013,
pleaded guilty in Poonamallee Special Court by confessing that
he had circulated FICN in India on instructions from Pakistan
embassy officials in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Nine soldiers have been indicted for killing two
youth in Budgam District of J&K on November 3 and will face court
martial, the Army said.
There were 363 ceasefire violations along the
IB and 61 along the LoC in J&K with Pakistan between August and
November 17, 2014, the Government told the Rajya Sabha.
In a written reply, Union Minister of State for External Affairs
V K Singh said that Government continues to take all necessary
steps to safeguard India's territorial integrity and safety and
security of people.
A team of Bangladeshi intelligence officials reached
Kolkata to talk to investigators, including the NIA, regarding
the October 2 Bardhaman blast in which terror group JMB is suspected
to be involved. The team comprises high-ranking officials of Bangladesh's
Directorate General of Forces Intelligence, the National Security
Intelligence and the Detective Branch and other agencies. The
delegation will share information with the NIA to help it locate
more suspects.
ULFA-I militants killed a Hindi speaking trader
, Kumud Rai, when they fired at a petrol pump in NH 15 in Lakhimpur
District of Assam Two other individuals identified as Roopak Singha
and Satish Patel was injured in the incident.
Suspected militant of ULFA-I lobbed a Chinese
hand grenade at a residential compound of an individual identified
as Munundra Nath Sarmah, a noted businessman of Bordumsa in Tinsukia
District of Assam. Sources suspected that the militants lobbed
the grenade after the businessman refused to comply to their monetary
demands.
Security personnel recovered 1,800 detonators,
600 gelatine sticks and 12 rolls of fuse wire from a travel counter
near Mizoram House in Guwahati in Assam. Police arrested Abhijit
Sarkar, who reportedly carried the bags, and Saharuddin Borbhuyan,
the driver of the vehicle which had delivered the cache.
Police, recovered four RPGs one carbine, 30 rounds
of ammunition, a pistol and explosives from Gorlinga No 2 Tiopajan
village under Sadiya Police station in Tinsukia District of Assam,
belonging to CPI-Maoist. Police stated that the carbine had been
snatched by them from 2nd Assam Police Battalion personnel from
Amarpur in Tinsukia District in 2011.
ULFA-I also warned PM Modi to face armed attacks
on BJP if he does not publicly reveal the whereabouts of 26 ULFA
militants who are missing since the Bhutanese operation against
Indian militants in 2003. (Assam)
ULFA-I militant, identified as Nitul Gogoi was
killed in an encounter at Betonichuk village in Tingkhong village
in Dibrugarh in Assam. One AK 47 rifle was recovered from the
militant.
Police arrested a suspected ULFA-I militant Munna
Bezbora from Kamakhya Express at Mariani in Jorhat District of
Assam.
DGP Khagen Sarma stated that militants had used
a US made Hand Grenade in the Rajgarh explosion on November 23.
This the first time that militants have used US made hand grenade
in Assam.
ULFA-I is trying to revive its bases in Bangladesh.
DGP stated that Chittagong has become a vital proposition from
the security point of view and said that militant activities in
Bhutan and Myanmar too have increased. DGP also added that here
are inputs about youths undergoing training in POK and Bangladesh.
Rebels shot and injured a senior MHA official
identified as Ch Manoranjan Singh at his Langol Games Village
official residence in Imphal West District of Manipur. The official
stated that the attack might be linked with the Centre's efforts
to hold political dialogue with rebel outfits in the region.
Two PLA militants, identified as Mayangbam Borunchandra
Singh alias Bobo alias Barun and Heirangkhongjam Nilo Singh
alias Joy were arrested from front of Wahengbam Leikai
Lairembi temple in Imphal West District of Manipur. During the
follow-up investigation, another PLA militant was arrested from
Wahengbam Leikai parking area in Imphal West District.
UNLF claimed that the bomb attack at Koirengei
in Imphal East District of Manipur, which killed a TA soldier
and attack at Behiang in Churachandpur District, which killed
two SFs were carried out by by its armed wing MPA as a part of
their military operation code named 'operation Araba'. UNLF also
stated that a women bomb squad of the MPA also took active roles
in the Behiang attack.
CorCom a conglomerate of valley based militant
outfits condemned the proposed visit of the Indian PM Narendra
Modi to Manipur and declared a 24-hour 'curfew' from the midnight
of November 30.
Special Police raiding team the sentry of camp,
identified as 'Great' of GNLA Durama forest in East Garo Hills
District of Meghalaya. He was PSO of of Sohan D Shira, the 'chief'
of GNLA. Sohan D Shira, who was inside the camp, however managed
to escape. IED detonators, electronic devices, an AK rifle along
with ammunitions and important documents were recovered by the
Police.
Police arrested an individual, identified as Founder
Stone Dan from the house of one Sawalang Dkhar in West Jaintia
Hills District of Meghalaya and recovered one .38 revolver and
6 rounds of live ammunition stolen from Khliehriat in East Jaintia
Hills District.
A senior militant of GNLA identified as Shuzaram
R Marak alias Mahatma who was working under the direct
supervision of 'area commander' Baichung Momin to mobilize funds
from Tura town surrendered before BSF at Tura in West Garo Hills
in Meghalaya. He had undergone arms training at Durama Hills in
East Garo Hills for three months.
ARF condemned and refuted the statement made by
Government officials earlier terming their approach to peace as
'plan to escape ongoing operations'. ARF stated that "We declared
our willingness to join the peace process long ago and before
the ongoing operations. It seems the Government officials are
busy not in restoring peace and normalcy but more interested in
spreading violence and destruction."It also accused that the Government
officials of filling their own pockets with funds meant for the
development of the State. (Meghalaya)
Government interlocutor for the ongoing Naga Peace
talks, RN Ravi will visit Nagaland to give impetus to the ongoing
dialogue between GoI and NSCN-IM. Sources said Ravi would accompany
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a two-day visit to the Nagaland
from November 30. He is expected to meet Naga NGOs and State Officials.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre was killed in a gun battle
between SF personnel and the Maoists under Awapalli Police Station
limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. A rifle and several
other Maoist related materials, including commodities of daily
use, were recovered from the spot encounter spot.
District Police have succeeded in demolishing
five mini gun factories being run under the patronage of the CPI-Maoist
in the dense forest on Paisra hilltop under Dharhara Police Station
in Munger District of Bihar, after continuous raids in the preceding
24 hours on the main hideouts of the Maoists under Dharhara and
Bariarpur Police Stations. Eight skilled workers engaged in manufacturing
the firearms including Md Anish, Md Iznamul Haque, Md Mahtab Alam,
Md Wasim and Md Ali Azam were arrested at the site. 20 complete
pistols and sixers, about 100 magazines, 12 base machines, 12
drilling machines, spring wires used in triggers, about two dozen
razors, screw- drivers, hexa blades and steel plates were also
seized by the Police.
Two PLFI cadres, identified as Mantosh Lakua and
Hemant Singhdeo, were arrested during a vehicle checking drive
in Belatulunga village in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
Police have recovered a 9mm pistol and three live cartridges from
Lakua.
Ahead of the PLGA week commencing on December
2, the CPI-Maoist held a meeting on the border with Odisha in
Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, to pay homage to its
District committee member Sharath and militia member P. Ganapathi
who were killed in an attack by the people near Korukonda shandy
on October 19 and repeated its warning that it would not spare
Simhachalam who escaped from the Maoist attack and 19 villagers
who attacked the party men at the behest of the Police. Charging
SP Koya Praveen with implementing a Salwa Judum type operation
in the Agency, he said he would meet the fate met by Salwa
Judum leader Mahendra Karma. Kailasam demanded withdrawal
of proposal for creation of village protection force.
An active member of Kalimela Dalam of the
CPI-Maoist, identified as Maka Beti (36), surrendered before Police
in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
Outgoing CRPF DG Dilip Trivedi made serious allegations
of Maoism benefitting Naxal-affected states. In a question answer
session with journalists, when asked about lack of participation
from states in fighting Naxals, Trivedi said, "For some states,
continuing Naxal violence is beneficial. It helps them get central
funds. And then it's not their men who die but those from outside
the state (central force personnel)." Sources said the DG was
hinting at Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha.
Apparently shaken by spate of surrender of Maoists
in Chhattisgarh's conflict zone of Bastar in recent time, LWEs
have threatened to kill the deserting cadres, intelligence sources
said. The Maoists leaders have begun holding meetings in villages
in remote areas in south Bastar region warning the cadres of execution
in public if they surrendered before the Police.
AR launched a search operation
in general area of Blue Hill counter in Dimapur District of Nagaland
on and arrested two cadres of NSCN-KK, identified as ‘major’ Ghutoshe
Sema and ‘captain’ Bijon Kiho along with one 9mm pistol and live
ammunition.
NNC-NA “army top brass” held an
emergency meeting and extended their support to work under ‘president’
Temjenyanger Aier and ‘general secretary’ Hozheto Chophi to strengthen
the NNC-NA Government. (Nagaland)
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November 28 |
Death toll rises to 12 after one civilian and
one militant killed at village Kathaar in Arnia sector of Jammu
District. After completing the operation, Army, BSF and Police
sanitized village Kathaar and all surrounding areas of Arnia sector
before allowing the people into their houses. Bodies of all four
slain militants, who were part of suicide squad of LeT outfit
were recovered from the village. From the site of encounter, Army
recovered four AK-47 rifles, one pistol, one IED, one disposal
rocket launcher, two fired disposable rocket launcher cases, three
radio sets, hand grenades and a large quantity of AK ammunition.
All five civilians killed by the militants have been identified
as Vikas Kumar alias Vicky (25), Rakesh Kumar (24), Sham
Lal (22), Kishore Kumar (38) and Vijay Kumar (36).
RR Battalion based at Dharmund of Delta Force
and Police busted a terrorist hideout and recovered a cache of
arms and ammunition and war like stores from Marmat in Bhadarwah
tehsil (revenue unit) of Doda District of J&K. The busting
of a well concealed hideout resulted in recovery of one AK-47,
one Chinese Pistol, two .303 rifle, three 12 bore gun, one sniper
rifle, one country made pistol along with four magazines of AK-47
and three magazines of .303 rifle. In addition, two Radio Sets,
around 216 rounds of assorted ammunition, four hand grenades and
several other logistic stores were also recovered.
Areef Majeed, the Kalyan youth who joined ISIS
while returning to India was arrested and will be produced in
a local court on November 29. "I went to Iraq to serve a larger
cause," Aarif Majeed, stated. The National NIA filed a case against
Aarif under Section 125 of the IPC (waging war against the state)
and certain sections of the UAPA.
The judicial custody of arrested IM terrorist
Saleem Patla was extended to December 11, 2014. Patla is currently
lodged in a Meerut jail (Uttar Pradesh) in connection with an
attack on PAC camp in Meerut in 1992.
NIA and the Bengal authorities sought court permission
for five-day Police remand of three top JMB operatives so that
they can be questioned by a visiting Bangladeshi intelligence
team. In the past hours, security personnel of Bangladesh have
questioned some key suspects in the October 2 Bardhaman blast,
particularly the 'head of 65th unit' (Bengal unit) of JMB Sk Rehmatullah
alias Sajid. They are also likely to question Abdul Hamid,
who survived the blast. NIA and Bangladeshi security agencies
are also trying to gauge the level of infiltration JMB has among
the Rohingyas of Myanmar that has security implications for both
nations.
Mohammed Sakir Hussain, suspected ISI agent from
Sri Lankan was convicted to five years by a special court in Poonamallee
on charges of smuggling FICN. "At the time of his arrest, he was
in possession of INR 2, 53,000 worth high quality FICN meant to
be circulated in the country to destabilise the economy," said
special public prosecutor C.S.S. Pillai who appeared in the case.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Lok
Sabha (Lower House) that the Government has not taken any
de-mining operations along the LoC during the last three years.
The Minister said due care has to be taken to ensure minimum casualties
to soldiers and civilians due to mine accidents.
Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said
in a written reply to Lok Sabha that to prevent illicit
money flows into capital markets, authorities have put in place
advanced risk management mechanism and other systems. "SEBI maintains
constant vigil in the market, and in case of any abnormality,
takes appropriate action against the concerned entities," In response
to a query on whether SEBI has warned bourses regarding probable
inflow of terror funds into the market, Sinha replied in the affirmative.
The West Bengal Police didn't pay sufficient attention
to October 2, 2014 blast in Khagragarh (Bardhaman) due to lack
of sufficient manpower and inadequate training, J.N. Choudhury,
DG of NSG, stated. According to him, the civil Police Force in
West Bengal and some other states require additional manpower
and proper training.
India asked Thailand its cooperation to arrest
militants of North East militant groups. Minister of State for
Home Kiren Rijiju said that India would approach the Thai authorities
for assistance in checking their activities. "Many insurgent groups
from India's North-East have links to the South East Asian countries
and tend to go to Myanmar and Thailand. There have been some reports
of their presence in Thailand and the GoI would approach the Thai
authorities for assistance in curtailing their activities," Rijiju
Stated.
NSG DG J.N. Choudhury that militancy has become
a "cottage industry" in North East India. He stated that "In northeast,
militancy has become almost a cottage industry where extortion
and abduction for ransom is seen as an easy means for money."
TADA court granted bail to Ranjan Daimary, the
leader of NDFB-RD. He was granted bail for two cases in Udalguri
and one at Dispur. The bail was granted for six months.(Assam)
BJP mission 84', to win 84 out of 126 Assembly
seats in Assam in 2016 polls has apparently come under the threat
of ULFA-I. -I warned of using force to stop all activities of
BJP party in Assam after January 10, 2015.
Assam has been placed under a thick security blanket
for PMs Visit from November 29. Sources said as many as 50 additional
companies of SFs from outside the state, each comprising 100 personnel.
India asked Thailand its cooperation to arrest
militants of North East militant groups. Minister of State for
Home Kiren Rijiju said that India would approach the Thai authorities
for assistance in checking their activities. "Many insurgent groups
from India's North-East have links to the South East Asian countries
and tend to go to Myanmar and Thailand. There have been some reports
of their presence in Thailand and the GoI would approach the Thai
authorities for assistance in curtailing their activities," Rijiju
Stated.
Former NSCN-IM cadre who was a 'parliament' member,
identified as Yarkhao Wungkhai was found murdered, by unidentified
individuals at his Dungrei Hundung residence at Ukhrul in Manipur.
As part of intensification of the security for
PM's Visit, Imphal East District Police conducted mopping operation
at various places on both sides of the road leading from Kangla
Fort to the Sangai festival where the PM will travel. (Manipur)
With a day left before PM Narendra Modi visit
and half hour stop at Imphal, huge security cover has been blanketed
over the State especially in the State capital.( Manipur)
Mukul Sangma said that Meghalaya Government was
facilitating members of HNLC come over ground and avail of the
rehabilitation package. The CM also added that legal procedures
have to be followed for holding peace talks with any banned organisations
like the HNLC.
Meghalaya CM also stated that State Government
is compiling the names of interlocutors who will be responsible
for holding talks with HNLC.
Sustenance and consistent up-gradation of the
upcoming Special Force-10 of Meghalaya Police will be highlighted
by Meghalaya during the DGP meet scheduled to be held in Guwahati
in Assam.
India asked Thailand its cooperation to arrest
militants of North East militant groups. Minister of State for
Home Kiren Rijiju said that India would approach the Thai authorities
for assistance in checking their activities. "Many insurgent groups
from India's North-East have links to the South East Asian countries
and tend to go to Myanmar and Thailand. There have been some reports
of their presence in Thailand and the Government of India (GoI)
would approach the Thai authorities for assistance in curtailing
their activities," Rijiju Stated.
Many GNLA militants are not daring to surrender
due to their chief Sohan D Shira's direct threat to eliminate
them and their families. These threats were delivered through
the self styled 'deputy commander-in-chief' identified as Rupanto
and area 'commanders' identified as Rakkam and Savio, disclosed
a senior Police official while divulging the feelers sent by some
GNLA cadres. (Meghalaya)
BSF-IG Tripura sector Sharma, stated that Tripura-based
militant organisations still have 32 hideouts in Bangladesh, majority
being that of NLFT-BM.
A total of nine cadres of the CPI-Maoist were
arrested during an anti-insurgency operation by a team of 123rd,
140th and 146th Battalion of BSF stationed at Koyalibeda, from
the forested patch of the villages of Maalmeta, Kutul and Pushawahi
in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Seven Maoists, who were allegedly involved in
setting ablaze heavy vehicles and attacking SF personnel in Dantewada
District of Chhattisgarh earlier this month, were arrested from
Nerlighat valley under Bacheli Police Station limits in the District.
SP Koya Praveen, Visakhapatnam District of Andhra
Pradesh, strongly contested the CPI-Maoist allegation that the
Police was mobilising the Girijans in the interior parts of the
Agency area for a Salwa Judum type of operation against
the Maoists. Addressing media in Visakhapatnam, he said that the
news reports published in various dailies, were based on a press
communication released by the Maoists and it was unfounded.
Jahan Shiekh, a labour contractor abducted by
suspected GNLA militants, was rescued from Garo Hills.
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November 29 |
Two days ahead of the second phase of assembly
polls in J&K, terrorists lobbed a hand grenade at a CRPF picket
at Lal Chowk in Srinagar in Kashmir, injuring eight people including
a child and a CRPF officer.
Blaming "state actors" in Pakistan for making
attempts to destabilize India, UHM Rajnath Singh said that the
neighboring country has not abandoned its efforts to harm the
country through various tactics.
BSF troopers arrested a man, identified as Rejabul
Haque and seized FICN with a face value over INR 2,56,500 in Malda
District. The arrest and the seizure was made from near Churiantpur
border outpost. The accused along with the notes have been handed
over to Police.
BSF South Bengal Frontier in November, 2014 seized
FICN with face value of INR 23, 94,000 along with 48.78 kilogram
of ganja (hashish) and over 5.5 kilogram of gold. The recovery
were made in the three Districts of Malda, Murshidabad and Nadia.
BSF troopers have also arrested 339 Bangladeshi illegal migrants
in the past month.
UHM Rajnath Singh told the heads of state Police
Forces and intelligence agencies that the threat from al Qaeda
to convert the Indian subcontinent into an Islamic one was real.
He said the Muslims of the country, who sacrificed as much as
the Hindus in the freedom struggle, will not accept this. "There
is no doubt that society will stand united and al-Qaida will not
succeed in its designs," he added.
Indicating that IS has been trying to recruit
young men from Delhi and bordering areas using social networking
websites, intelligence agencies have written to Delhi Police to
"keep utmost vigil" on the "internet activity" of the terrorist
organisation and its offshoot, AuT. In their communiqué, intelligence
agencies say that IS and AuT are increasingly trying to mobilise
support on online social forums and are motivating youths to join
them for various objectives such as avenging the 2010 Batla House
encounter.
The code name for the terror plot to attack the
US consulate in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) was "wedding hall" which
was to be executed by "cooks", a code for terrorists who were
to gain entry from Maldives into India, and "Spice" was the code
name for the bomb devices which were to be planted at the consulate.
Details of the failed plot were contained in the 23-page court
order of Designated Special NIA Judge in Poonamallee, Chennai,
in connection with the case.
An IED planted on Moirang-Kumbi road near Mukta
High School between Moirang and Thoya in Bishnupur District in
Manipur was detected by AR. Later a team of explosive experts
of the Army set off the bomb safely.
A KCP-MC militant Laithangbam Brajakumar Singh
was arrested by SFs from YKPI Market in Imphal East District of
Manipur. Seven demand letters and a round stamp of KCP-MC were
recovered from him.
UKLF welcomed the proposed visit of PM Narendra
Modi to Manipur.
Bing Chandra Sangma, resident of Bollonggre Apal
near Rari area under Bajengndoba in the North Garo Hills of Meghalaya
was killed by GNLA militants for extorting in the groups name.
SP Davies Nestell R Marak confirmed that the GNLA
militant who was killed in an encounter with Police at Durama
forest on November 27 was PSO of Sohan D Shira, the 'chief' of
GNLA.( Meghalaya)
An official involved in the ongoing 'Operation
Hill Storm' said that the operation will go on unabated. The official
said that they have reached the citadel of the militants in many
strongholds, waiting for an appropriate opportunity to bust it.
(Meghalaya)
AFSPA was extended for another six months in Tripura.
The act was first enforced in Tripura in 1997 when terrorism was
at its peak. In view of the improvement in the situation and the
lessening of terrorist activities, the Tripura Government in June
2013 reduced operational areas of the AFSPA to 30 Police station
areas instead of the earlier 40.
Jharkhand Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre,
identified as Dinesh Manjhi, from Giridih District of Jharkhand.
The Maoist was pasting posters for boycotting the ongoing State
Assembly elections. The Police also recovered explosives along
with arms and ammunition from his possession.
The CPI-Maoist has said that some of their cadres
are getting attracted towards the "corrupt surrender policy" of
the government. "The revolutionary public terms those who surrender
before police enemies of people. The revolutionary public hates
such people. When such people are coming back to their villages,
they have to face people's ire," claimed Gudsa Usendi, spokesperson
of the DKSZC of the CPI-Maoist.
The CPI-Maoist has admitted that its cadres are
deserting the party and are getting attracted towards the "bankrupt"
surrender policy employed by the Government. "It is true that
some of our 'weak' cadres are getting attracted towards the bankrupt
and corrupt surrender policy of the government and laying down
their arms," Gudsa Usendi, the spokesperson of the DKSZC of the
CPI-Maoist, said in a press statement. The Maoist statement has
come in the wake of a spate of alleged Maoist surrenders in Bastar
region of Chhattisgarh.
Jamui Police of Bihar is preparing the sketches
of all the active CPI-Maoist cadres hiding in the forest areas
and hilly tracts. In order to avoid the arrest of innocent persons
and ensure correct identity of the Maoists operating in and around
Jamui District and the bordering Jharkhand, District Police is
using skilled sketch-makers and experienced artists to prepare
the sketches.
The delivery of two advanced military helicopters
to India for use in air support role in anti-Naxal operations
has been delayed with BSF taking up the issue with Russian officials.
The Mi17V5 helicopters were scheduled to be handed over to the
BSF's air wing by the end of September 2014 but sources said the
delivery has got delayed by few months now.
IB Chief Syed Asif Ibrahim said
that while the CPI-Maoist is besieged with serious problems and
the security situation has shown marked improvement in J&K,
the security situation in the Northeast region was fragile, with
some militant outfits still outside the ambit of the peace process.
Speaking at the 49th conference of the DGPs, IGPs and head of
all Central Police organizations, the IB chief said that the safe
sanctuaries of the militants in neighbouring countries, particularly
Myanmar, was compounding the situation. He said in Arunachal Pradesh,
turf war between NSCN factions continued in two Districts of Triap
and Changlang.
IB Chief Syed Asif Ibrahim said
that in Assam, the militant outfit NDFB-IKS accounted for 85 per
cent of the civilian casualties.
IB Chief Syed Asif Ibrahim said
that in Manipur, Meitei underground outfits accounted for 55 per
cent of the casualties.
IB Chief Syed Asif Ibrahim said
that in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills, the militant GNLA, operating in
tandem with the ULFA-I accounted for 75 per cent of civilian killings
and 40 per cent of the incidents.
Three Naga political groups, NSCN-KK,
NNC and NNC-FGN issued a joint statement declaring to work closely
and facilitate each other in finding an acceptable political settlement
with the GoI for Nagas of Nagaland.
UHM Rajnath Singh said that most
conflicts in the Northeastern region have socio- economic reasons
behind them and these (reasons) have been there since even before
independence. Singh added that these socio-economic disparities
have existed due to lack of development including that of infrastructure
in the region. He suggested that the Police summit should try
to hammer out a special strategy to tackle insurgency in the Northeast.
He announced that the Government was fully committed to formulate
a special development package for the Northeast to facilitate
all encompassing development for all the communities.
Police arrested two linkmen of
NDFB-IKS, identified as Arun Basumatary and Bilifang Basumatary,
from Simlabagan village under Runikhata Police Station of Chirang
District of Assam. One country made revolver, one hand grenade,
four rounds 7.62 bullet and four electric detonators were recovered
from their possession. Both have been sent to Kokrajhar Jail.
An ambulance driver was abducted
by militants in Chirang District of Assam. According to sources,
the ambulance was recovered in the forest area after militants
called up the owner, informing him that the driver was with them
and would be released only after an amount was paid.
An IED found at the office complex
of DC, Senapati District of Manipur was defused. The explosive
was found after MNRF claimed on November 28 about placing the
IED inside the DC office.
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November 30 |
Militants killed a Sarpanch and NC worker
in South Kashmir District. Police said that militants barged into
the house of Sarpanch at Nazneenpora village in
Shopian in South Kashmir and fired indiscriminately at Mohammad
Sultan Bhat. Militants fled after carrying out the attack under
the cover of darkness.
Pakistan Rangers opened fire on Indian border
posts after objecting to construction by BSF on the Indian side
in Samba sector of Samba District along the IB. The BSF retaliated
to the ceasefire violations. No casualties have been reported
so far.
Describing Baghdadi militia and al Qaeda as serious
security challenges for India, Director of IB Asif Ibrahim said
the Indian diaspora has become increasingly vulnerable to elements
having allegiance to terror groups. "The rapid territorial gain
and the influence of caliphate on one hand glamorises the image
of the group (Baghdadi militia), while on the other it enhances
its capability," Ibrahim commented. Ibrahim said vulnerable groups
and fringe elements from more than 80 countries have gone to the
region (Iraq-Syria) to participate in the conflict.
Areeb Majeed, IS operative revealed the names
of the local contacts, who allegedly provided him the logistics
to join the group to take part in the battle in Iraq, NIA officials
said. "Majeed was today grilled for several hours when he revealed
the names of the local contacts, who radicalised him and his three
other friends here, and helped them fly to Iraq. We are verifying
his claims and are trying to locate these local contacts," a NIA
official said. According to reports Majeed, told investigators
the IS was looking east towards to India, for which it has "special
plans". Also he said the "new world order" under the IS was something
"everyone should fight for".
RPF denied having any connection with three militants,
Mayanglambam Boruchandra alias Barun, Heirangkhongjam Nilo
alias Joy and Oinam Rajkumar who were arrested from Wahengbam
Leikai Lairembi Laisang Mamang in Imphal West of Manipur on November
28.
DGP P.J.P. Hanaman 30 said that the number of
militants who have surrendered in Meghalaya exceeds the figure
in Chhattisgarh. Hanaman who attended the two-day meeting of the
state DGPs on internal security said that though there is spurt
in militancy in Garo Hills, the success rate of the police is
visible if one goes by the number of militants who have surrendered.
AMEF 'general secretary' Niksamso Matgrik denied
any kind of involvement with ARF. Niksamso warned that "We do
not know what kind of organization ARF is or who its members and
leaders are. How can we be a part of something which we understand
nothing about? Our name cannot be dragged along with it. The leaders
of the ARF should be careful in future". In an earlier statement,
lieutanant Chugrim, the 'Information and Public Relations Secretary'
of the ARF had claimed that the outfit was made up of several
militant groups operating in Garo Hills namely, UALA, LAEF, ASAK
and AMEF. (Meghalaya)
The day is not far when Chhattisgarh will become
Naxal-free, thanks to the joint efforts of State Government
and Centre in wiping out the CPI-Maoist, Chief Minister Raman
Singh said. He conveyed this to a delegation of NSAB which called
on him in Raipur.
An outbreak of malaria in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh
has severely impacted the SFs on the Maoist front. At least one
Policeman, Govind Tamga, has died and over 400 have been affected
by the disease in the last 10 days. Besides the personnel, a huge
number of villagers have been hit by the disease.
The Kerala Police's Intelligence wing received
information suggesting the possibility of CPI-Maoist carrying
out an attack soon in the Attappady tribal zone of Palakkad District.
As per the report, the State Intelligence has submitted to the
Government the Maoists are most likely to attack tourist resorts
built allegedly on encroached Adivasi lands in the Attappady region.
The report is said to have warned about the possibility of attacks
also on Government offices, especially those of the Forest Department.
Joga Markam (22), a native of
Bade Lakhpal village, was axed to death by CPI-Moist cadres near
Gatam village under Katekalyan Police Station limits of Dantewada
District of Chhattisgarh.
A Joint team of CRPF and Assam
Police recovered one M-16 rifle and 25 live bullets at Borthol
Dalani village in Karbi Anglong District. According to Police
the arms and ammunition was neatly packed and concealed in a hideout.
Police also found a blue coloured Maruti Alto car parked near
the hillock in abandoned condition.
PM Narendra Modi said the Union
Government was taking steps to check illegal migrants from Bangladesh
by enforcing the land swapping deal for a lasting solution. Modi
said, "I will make such arrangements, after which all roads
will be closed for Bangladeshis coming and destroying Assam every
day. Believe in my word that land swapping deal will be done for
a permanent solution to this problem of Assam."
Three villagers of New Tusom village
in Ukhrul District of Manipur, identified as Raingam Shatsang,
Chihanpam Vashum and Shimreiso Vashum, were found dead, with bullet
injuries, in an unspecified area near Indo-Myanmar border. A village
elder, narrating the incident leading to the death of the three
villagers expressed strong suspicion that the killing was the
handiworks of armed militants. The dense forest area, located
at least 10 kilometres from the village, is said to be used as
thorough fare to neighbouring Myanmar and Nagaland. The area is
also said to be the safe haven for many armed militant groups.
Zeliangrong Baudi AMN in its Central
Executive Meeting at Longmai Bazar in Tamenglong District of Manipur
observed ‘Zeliangrong Homeland Demand Day’, which began from November
30, 1982.
A suspected ASAK militant, identified
as Gamseng Sangma, who was trying to extort money from villagers
in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya, was killed by a mob.
He had entered Rewak village near Siju in South Garo Hills District
and began serving demand notes on behalf of the ASAK and also
threatened the villagers. The mob caught up with him and beat
him to death.
NSCN-KK in a statement acknowledged
that the agreement which SS Khaplang concluded with Myanmar Government
for the ‘welfare’ of Nagas in Myanmar was necessary. It said the
leaders declared that the people of Nagaland are responsible for
their own future and therefore while maintaining solidarity and
social attachments with Nagas outside Nagaland state, it was agreed
in principle the tribes of Nagaland must come together at all
levels so that their political future is decided by themselves
and not by their brethren from Myanmar, Manipur, Arunachal or
Assam.
In a memorandum to PM Narendra
Modi , ACAUT Nagaland urged the PM to bring about a ‘true and
permanent’ settlement to the protracted Indo-Naga political issue,
and to resolve the 67 years old conflict. In a press statement
ACAUT Nagaland said that it has asked PM to consider the consequences
of any settlement minus ‘One Government One Tax.’ ‘In the absence
of unity amongst the Naga Political Groups (NPGs), it would counterproductively
perpetuate another round of Civil War within Nagaland, with all
the sidelined Factions predictably refusing to endorse GoI agreement
with only one faction.
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A sarpanch (head of Panchayat,
village level local self Government institution), Shiraz Ahmad
Bhat, was shot at and injured by unidentified militants on December
1 at Suggan in Shopian District of J&K. Bhat, who was earlier
associated with ruling NC, had joined PDP six months back.
BSF has increased its round the
clock vigil along the LoC. IG of BSF, Jammu Frontier, Rakesh Sharma,
stated, “Intense vigilance and security measures have been put
in place along the border. It is apprehended that Pakistan may
resort to cross-border firing to disrupt elections (in J&K)
and for that we have made elaborate arrangements.”
Interrogation of Arif Majeed,
a youth from Kalyan, who returned to Mumbai after fighting along
with the IS militants in Syria and Iraq, has revealed that the
Kalyan group recruited by the IS in May 2014 was originally made
up of five youth, though one opted out at the last moment. The
agencies are now aware of the identity of this fifth man, and
will question him to reconstruct events right from indoctrination
to their journey to Iraq.
Pakistan Rangers violated ceasefire
by targeting forward posts of BSF along IB in Samba and Kathua
Districts of J&K. Sources said Pakistan Rangers started unprovoked
firing with small arms from their forward post Tippu in Samba
District. In a similar transgression Pakistan Rangers fired on
Indian posts in Bobiyan in Kathua district. BSF troops retaliated
effectively.
Police arrested one person from
Engrej Bazar area of Malda District for allegedly possessing FICN
with a face value of INR 165,000.
Minister of State for Home Affairs
Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary told Lok Sabha in a written
reply, "All high quality FICN seized in India and abroad,
originate only from Pakistan which has created a self sustaining
criminal network in the South and South East Asian region for
infusing fake India currency notes into India via Nepal, Bangladesh,
Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates".
FICN having face value of INR 30.88 crore have been either recovered
in different branches of RBI or seized by Police during January
and September this year from the country, as per the Home Ministry
data.
Chaudhary said the government
has constituted a special FICN coordination (FCORD) group to share
intelligence or information amongst the different security agencies
of state or Centre to counter the menace of circulation of fake
currency notes in the country. The Government has also constituted
a terror funding and fake currency cell to investigate terror
funding and fake currency cases, Chaudhary added.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed 14 CRPF
personnel, including two officers, and seriously injured another
13 troopers in an ambush near Kasalpara village in Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh.
Two top CPI-Maoist women ‘commanders’,
identified as Yasoda Kumari alias Urmila (20) and Naiti
Kumari alias Pramila (19), surrendered before Ranchi Zonal
IG MS Bhatia after being subjected to sexual harassment.
CPI-Maoist has called for a 10-day
'celebration' on December 1 to mark the 14th anniversary of the
PLGA.
A head Constable of the Gadchiroli
District Police in Maharashtra has been placed under suspension
for dereliction of duty after a CPI-Maoist cadre identified as
Ranjit alias Chandrika Jethuram Raut (45), who was arrested
by the Police escaped.
A band of 10 to 15 armed CPI-Maoist
cadres including two women cadres, were sighted by villagers in
the forests of Vaipet in Indervelli mandal in Adilabad District
of Telangana which only indicates that some from the dalam which
was involved in two exchanges of fire in late July and September
have not gotten out.
IG of BSF, Mizoram and Cachar
Frontier, Dinesh Kumar Upadhyaya said that BSF’s Mizoram and Cachar
Frontier recovered FICNs worth of INR 5.13 lakhs in the current
year. The BSF IG said the border guards under its area of operation
also recovered a number of arms and ammunitions including five
M 16 assault rifles etc.
A prime accused in the grenade
blast (October 23) at Sonarpar village in Dhubri District of Assam,
Abdul Bellal Hussain, and two of his accomplices, identified as
Ennus Ali and Aminul Haque, were arrested by the Police. Hussain
was arrested from a Hatsinghimari-bound bus at Krishnai in Goalpara
District by a police team and his accomplices were arrested from
Fakirganj in Dhubri District.
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju said in the parliament that as many as 1,977
infiltrators have been apprehended by the BSF from along the India–Bangladesh
border in the current year, 2014.
According to a recent study by
the NERSWN, a NGO based in Assam’s Kokrajhar District the children
in four conflict-hit Districts in Assam and Manipur are facing
death, torture and distress. The study found that children were
being forced to join militant outfits, arrested by security forces
on charges of being rebels, taking up arms out of curiosity or
had lost their parents in insurgent attacks and were displaced.
The report also said “Over 3.14
lakh people were internally displaced in Kokrajhar District alone
in 1996 and 1998. They spent over three years in relief camps.
More than 1.26 lakh children were forced to live in camps in pathetic
condition for more than 15 years. The clash in 2012 that affected
Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri and Bongaigaon Districts left over
4.85 lakh people displaced.” It said 26 of the 45 people killed
in Kokrajhar and Baksa in May 2014 by suspected NDFB-IKS militants
were minors.
Disturbed area status applied
to all parts of Manipur has been extended by one more year in
accordance to a Cabinet resolution adopted. A Supreme Court directive
said that the State Government should review disturbed area status
applied over a State or some areas of the State with due permission
of the CM after six months based on the prevailing law and order
situation.
UNC, the apex organisation of
the Nagas in Manipur, has renewed its demand for an early agreement
in the ongoing peace talks between the GoI and NSCN-IM. UNC President
L. Adani stated, “The government of India must go beyond assurances
and platitudes and expedite the peace process for finding an acceptable
and honorable settlement of the Indo-Naga issue.”
Garo Mandei Ch. Marak, the ‘joint
publicity secretary’ of GNLA, while responding to the Police claim
that the outfit’s members were afraid to surrender in fear of
‘commander-in-chief’ Sohan D. Shira, said that there were provisions
in the ‘constitution’ of the GNLA which allowed anybody who wanted
to leave and lead an open life to go. (Meghalaya)
ANVC-B expressed its anxiousness
to complete formalities for the handover of its arms to the Government
and blamed the State Government for unnecessary delay which the
outfit said was preventing the peace process from moving forward,
It also said that there was no clarity in the announcement made
by Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma regarding discussions taken up during
the November 23 session on the rehabilitation packages for the
former militants.
A senior cadre of HNLC, identified
as Ornet Phanbuh, surrendered before senior Police official Ricky
Dkhar in Shillong in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya. According
to Police, Phanbuh was from the 2002 batch of the outfit and had
been looking after a makeshift HNLC camp Aru Sumer in the Chittagong
Hills Tract of Bangladesh.
IG of BSF, Mizoram and Cachar
Frontier, Dinesh Kumar Upadhyaya said that BSF’s Mizoram and Cachar
Frontier recovered FICNs worth of INR 5.13 lakhs in the current
year. The BSF IG said the border guards under its area of operation
also recovered a number of arms and ammunitions including five
M 16 assault rifles etc.
Nagaland CM T R Zeliang appealed
to the Centre to arrive at an early solution to the six-decade-long
Naga political issue. Speaking at the annual Hornbill Festival,
on Nagaland's 51st statehood day, Zeliang said the issue is important
for the State Government, mass-based organizations, NGOs, civil
societies, business organizations and residents. He said that
the Nagas' long-cherished dream would become a reality under the
leadership of PM Narendra Modi.
CM Manik Sarkar said that Tripura’s
success story in tackling insurgency and experience of post-surrendered
militants may be implemented in other insurgency or Maoist-affected
states or areas. CM said a nine-point wish list was given to PM
Narendra Modi in the meeting with the Council of Ministers. He
also said though militancy has been contained largely in the State,
the outlawed groups have still 15-16 hideouts in Bangladesh. But
the Bangladesh Government has been doing a good job in flushing
out Indian militants from their soil, he told the PM.
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December 2 |
At least five infiltrators were
killed and two Army personnel were injured in a shootout in the
Nowgam sector near the LoC in the frontier District of Kupwara
in J&K. Sources said that a group of at least six heavily
armed militants infiltrated through Nowgam sector and the Army
noticed their movement and launched an operation against them.
The Army challenged the infiltrating militants leading to a fierce
encounter in which five militants were killed and two Army personnel
were injured.
A packet containing FICN of INR
1000 and IR 500 denominations having a total face value of INR
1.4 million were seized by BSF at Kaliachak in Malda District.
The packet was thrown over the border fencing from Bangladesh
side near Sasani border outpost.
There accused in the October 2,
2014 Bardhaman blast in West Bengal, were sent to judicial custody
till December 5 by a court in Kolkata. The trio of JMB 'commander'
Sajid, Myanmar national Khalid Mohammed and Abdul Hakim who was
injured in the blast were presented before the Chief Sessions
Judge Mohammad Mumtaz Khan, on the expiry of their respective
NIA and judicial custody.
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju told Lok Sabha that with a view to
provide dedicated air support to ITBP, the Government has accorded
approval to ITBP for wet leasing of 02 Light Helicopters to meet
its operational air support requirements in J&K and Uttarakhand
through tendering process. Besides, dedicated air support is provided
to ITBP through MI-17 Helicopters of BSF as well as IAF Helicopters
based on the availability of Helicopters to meet the operational
requirement of the force on Indo-China border including J&K
and Uttarakhand.
Minister of State for Finance,
Jayant Sinha in a written reply in Rajya Sabha stated that
Government has seized FICN with a face value of INR 59,83,000
which has linkage to Pakistan in three fiscal years. He said FICN
with a face value INR 24,93,000 were seized from Munabao village
in Barmer District of Rajasthan bordering Pakistan in 2012-13.
In 2013-14, FICN with a face value of INR 30.01 lakh were seized
from Krishnanagar in Nadia District of West Bengal and Delhi.
In 2014-15 (till October), again counterfeits with a face value
of INR 4,89,000 have been seized in 2014-15 from Malda District
in West Bengal.
The Indian banking system detected
over 2,52,000 pieces of FICN of INR 500 denomination in Financial
Year 2014 as against the 2,81,000 the year before. The number
of INR 1,000 denomination fake notes rose to 1,10,000 as against
the 98,459 in the preceding year, according to a study by RBI.
Phase-II of Assembly elections
in Jammu and Kashmir spread over 18 Assembly constituencies witnessed
heavy turnout of 72.1 per cent.
The Appointments Committee of
the Cabinet cleared the name of Anil Kumar Sinha, a 1979 batch
IPS officer of Bihar cadre, as the next Director of CBI.
With a conviction rate of almost
80 per cent in FICN cases, the Maharashtra ATS is one of the leading
agencies in the country to have achieved this rate, compared to
their counterparts, according to Police sources. "Since 2006,
24 cases of FICN have been registered by the ATS in which trial
has completed. We have got convictions in 19 of these 24 cases,"
said an ATS officer. Sources say in majority of the cases it has
come to light that the FICN were smuggled into the city from West
Bengal and Jharkhand Districts.
The CPI-Maoist is reportedly forcing
at least one child per family to join its ranks in Maoist-hit
Districts of Lohardaga and Gumla in Jharkhand and Kanker in Chhattisgarh,
according to intelligence reports reaching the Centre.
In keeping with the upward swing
in voter turnout in the first phase of assembly election on November
25, the second phase held in 20 constituencies across seven CPI-Maoist-hit
Districts registered a voting percentage of 65.72%.
Kerala High Court quashed the
FIR registered against Swiss national Jonathan Baud who was arrested
alleging CPI-Maoist connection for attending a commemoration ceremony
of Sinoj, a Maoist in Thrissur.
A couple, identified as Jaggu
alias Yeshwant Tulavi (23) and his wife Rina Hemlata Panchu
Puda (22), belonging to the CPI-Maoist Tipagarh dalam in
Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra surrendered before the District
Police.
Maoists in Jharkhand addressed
around 3,000 villagers at the 14th anniversary week of the PLGA
at a remote village on the Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh border declaring
the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre a greater threat to them
and the poor masses than the UPA Government.
Two traders, identified as Isab
Ali and Jamal Khandakar, were abducted from Helchaguri in Baksa
District of Assam and their bodies were recovered at Mainamata
under Labdanguri Police station in Barpeta District. Though no
organization has claimed responsibility for the incident, initial
reports suggest that the NDFB-IKS is behind the incident.
A special team of BSF Intelligence
Wing and Police personnel launched a joint operation at Gumrah
area in Cachar District of Assam and arrested one person, identified
as Nazmul Islam Laskar, along with FICN worth of INR 150,000 in
denomination of INR 500. BSF spokesperson DIG Satish Budakoti
said that the consignment came from Bangladesh and was supposed
to be utilised for local areas like Gumrah, Kalain, Jalalpur and
bordering villages.
In a statement signed by Leibak
Ngakpa Luwang, ‘assistant secretary Publicity and Propaganda’,
stated that PREPAK ‘chairman’ Ningombam Nabachandra alias
Naba alias Nongdrenkhomba and ‘finance secretary’ Potsangbam
Chinglen alias London fled from PREPAK camp with INR 24
million, on November 19. It also stated that both of them have
taken shelter under the Manipur state SF.
MCPM in a statement signed by
Nonglen Meitei, ‘secretary publicity and propaganda’ of MCPM declared
that a joint body called International Committee of Solidarity
for Manipur Revolution, ICSMR, has been formed and it has declared
January 26, 2015, as International Protest Day against ‘Indian
Expansionism.’
All Political Parties Committee,
constituted to look into the demand for the implementation of
ILP, has been working to submit a report to the Government on
December 10, according to the committee’s convenor R. K. Anand.
(Manipur)
Following a complaint from a truck
driver, Biraj Dutta that some unknown militants were demanding
INR 10,000 “as annual tax” in the name of FGN near K.T Gas Gowdown,
in Darogapathar area in Dimapur District of Nagaland, Police arrested
one person, identified as Nahyu Konyak from Sangtamtilla in Dimapur
District. PRO Dimapur Police said Police recovered four demand
slip of FGN and vehicle documents from him.
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Army killed one more militant
in the Nowgam sector of Kupwara District in J&K near the LoC,
bringing the total number of militants killed at six. A JCO was
also killed and four soldiers, including an Army Major, were injured
in the 36 hour long gun battle.
A CRPF officer was killed and
seven others injured after suspected militants lobbed a hand grenade
on a patrol team in Pulwama District of south Kashmir in J&K.
Suspected militants targeted a joint patrol of the CRPF and J&K
Police at Pohoo village on the Srinagar-Pulwama road, killing
CRPF, ASI Shamsher Singh. Seven others, including two CRPF men,
two Police personnel and three civilians, were injured in the
attack.
The ED probing the money laundering
aspect in October 2, 2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal) blast case has
unearthed a few suspect bank accounts and would probe whether
they were linked to terror funding. “We have got a few account
numbers of some unidentified persons while probing the money trail
in the Bardhaman blast case,” an official said. The agency would
probe possible links of these accounts to find whether money was
used for terror funding.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
said that boundaries between India and Pakistan can’t be redrawn
through terrorism, insurgence and violence as J&K is an integral
part of the country. Minister said that violence can’t be used
to bring a change in the country where one sixth of world population
lives.
Minister of State for Personnel
Jitendra Singh told Lok Sabha that investigations have
so far not found any link between the Saradha scam and October
2, 2014 Bardhaman blast. He said, "The investigation has
so far not revealed any such transaction where money was routed
to Bangladesh to fund terror activities". After his reply
Singh however, issued a clarification, saying no clean chit has
been given to anybody.
The Government said that there
were 545 ceasefire violations on the country's borders until November
25, marking a 57 per cent increase over the 347 violations reported
in the whole of 2013. The bulk of the ceasefire violations (395)
in 2014 were reported from the IB under operational control of
the BSF, while the LoC and IB areas under the Army's control accounted
for only 27.5 per cent of the cases.
As per data presented in Rajya
Sabha, the 395 truce violations reported from IB areas under
BSF were nearly 167 per cent more than the 148 incidents witnessed
in 2013. However, the situation was reversed in LoC/IB areas manned
by the Army, with violations falling from 199 in 2013 to 150 until
November 25. Incidentally, the Army-controlled LoC/IB had reported
a higher incidence of truce violations in 2013 than the IB areas
under BSF.
Navy Chief Admiral R.K. Dhowan
said that dynamics of maritime security have changed due to rising
“terrorist threat” in the domain. Dhowan said following September’s
PNS Zulfiqar incident, when suspected al Qaeda militants hijacked
a Pakistani warship to carry out terrorist activities, the jihadi
angle has to be “taken into account”.
Two siblings, identified as Syed
Jamil and Syed Askar from Bengaluru (Karnataka) were arrested
while trying to exchange FICN worth INR 14,000 for purchasing
a used two-wheeler at Triplicane in Chennai (Tamil Nadu). A third
brother and accomplice, Syed Wasim however, had managed to escape.
The Delhi Police that had arrested
IM operative Ejaz Shaikh, in the July 13, 2011 (13/7) Mumbai blasts
case from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh this September handed over
his custody to Maharashtra ATS. ADGP, ATS, Himanshu Roy said Shaikh,
a Pune resident, is the brother-in-law of another IM operative
Mohsin Chaudhary. "Shaikh was produced before the MCOCA court,
which has granted us his custody for 14 days. We have reasons
to believe he was involved in the 13/7 blasts," Roy added.
Telangana Home Minister Nayani
Narasimha Reddy ruled out the presence of CPI-Maoist in the State.
The Union Government has set up
a committee under advisor to the Union Home Ministry on LWE K
Vijay Kumar to review standard operating procedures and counter-Naxal
strategy in the wake of killing of 14 CRPF personnel in an ambush
by CPI-Maoist at Sukma.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh,
while making a statement in Lok Sabha on the Sukma ambush,
said area domination operation was underway since November 17
and during the first two phases on November 17 and November 21,
there were several encounters between the security forces and
Maoists. "On the basis of information received from various
sources which include intelligence and media sources, there have
been reports of killings of 12 Maoists on November 21," he
said, adding that this information was yet to be confirmed. Singh
said it was only during the third phase of the operation, which
began on November 27 that the Maoists launched the ambush. He
told Lok Sabha that CRPF troops retaliated, leading to an encounter
that lasted three hours. However, the CRPF lost 14 men. While
14 others were injured, their weapons were looted by the Maoists.
The CPI-Maoist has declared a
village school, a Panchayat building and a Community Centre
at Hariharganj in Palamu District of Jharkhand as their recruitment
centres by putting up banners on them to spread the information.
Kerala Home Department has decided
to strengthen its initiative of reaching out to the tribal population,
especially in northern districts.
A temporary camp of the PLFI was
dismantled by Bisra Police at Parbinga hill near Gunjor in the
bordering Nuagaon block of Sundargarh District of Odisha. A PLFI
cadre identified as Kaleswar Bhuiyan alias Chhotu (19)
was also arrested from the spot.
The Centre is reportedly studying
the feasibility of providing air support to SFs battling the LWEs.
Police arrested a suspected arms
dealer, identified as Bhagirath Chetry, from Sankosh Tapu in Kokrajhar
in Assam. A 7.65 mm pistol, a magazine and three live rounds were
recovered from him.
AIUDF and several other organizations
criticized the Assam Government for 'failing' to ensure security
in BTAD, after the killing of two traders on December 2, by suspected
NDFB-IKS militants.
Zofest, the Cultural festival
of the Mizos scheduled to begin at Haflong in North Cachar District
of Assam could not start due to reported objection from militants
of HPC-D MZP sources said that Manipur-based HPC-D which has been
at loggerheads with Mizoram Government objected to the Zofest
at the last moment as Mizoram Chief Minister (CM) Lal Thanhawla
was invited to attend the three-day festival as chief guest.
Two civilians, identified as Mohen
Phangcho and Lalchon Kipgen, were killed and another individual
Mangthang was injured in a factional clash between the splinter
groups of KPLT. The incident happened at Napak Terang village,
Bokajan in Karbi Anglong District of Assam. In between July and
August 2014 KPLT has splintered into four factions.
Manipur Police commandos conducted
a search operation at Leimapokpam Village in Bishnupur District
and arrested the acting ‘chairman’ of KCP-MTF, identified as Yumnan
Shantikumar Singh alias Kiran alias Raja.
A team of commandos conducted
search operation at Waheng Khuman Village in Bishnupur District
of Manipur and arrested an active member of KCP-MTF, identified
as Oinam Gobind Singh alias Poirei along with one 9mm pistol
loaded with 2 live rounds.
One active cadre of PLA, identified
as Naorem Sanatomba Singh alias N Ibocha Singh was arrested
during a search operation jointly conducted by the Bishnupur District
Police commando and AR at Ningthoukhong Kha Leikai area in Bishnupur
District of Manipur.
A team of Imphal West District
Police commando arrested one active member of PREPAK-Pro, identified
as Takhellambam Yaiphaba Meetei. One Chinese hand grenade, a broken
Kenwood Radio handset and other incriminating articles were recovered
from him. (Manipur)
AR established a vehicle check
post in the general area of Awang Khunou in Imphal West District
of Manipur and arrested one NSCN-IM cadre, identified as ‘SS Sgt’
((Staff Sergeant) Neilarchiru. One fake PAN card, one voter identity
card and a Mobile phone was recovered from him.
RPF denied the claim of the Police
that Laishram Iboyaima, who was arrested by a team of Thoubal
Police commandos from Pallel Bazar on December 2, was a member
of the outfit. A statement issued by the ‘chief’, ‘dept of publicity’,
RPF, Bangkim clarified that L Iboyaima has no connection whatsoever
with the RPF or its armed wing the PLA. (Manipur)
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma said
that ANVC cadres are expected to surrender their arms and ammunition
by mid-December. angma said that the surrender of arms would pave
the way for the disbandment of the outfit. Recently, the State
Government issued a directive to start disbanding process of ANVC
and ANVC-B.
GNLA ‘chairman’ Champion Sangma
was produced in a local court in connection with a case in which
he allegedly threatened a jail staff.( Meghalaya)
NSCN-KK welcomed and confirmed
eight members who joined its fold from different NPGs at designated
camp in Khehoi in Dimapur in Nagaland. Six were from NSCN-K and
one from NSCN-IM and one from NNC-NA.
Nagaland Gaon Burhas (village
chiefs) Federation (NGBF) appealed to GoI for settlement of long
pending Naga political issue at the earliest for peace, development
and advancement.
CRPF is mulling an increase in
the number of officers in its strike teams conducting anti-Naxal
operations as facts emerged in the recent encounter in Chhattisgarh
that as soon as the two commanders were shot dead, Maoists pinned
down the trapped troops and killed a dozen others.
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December 4 |
A high alert has been sounded
in the Delhi after credible intelligence inputs suggested that
LeT militants were planning a “sensational terror attack” in the
run-up to US President Barack Obama’s two-day visit during the
Republic Day in January, 2015.
Arif Majeed, who is being held
by the NIA for enrolling in IS has told his interrogators that
he has no qualms in reuniting with the insurgents if given the
chance. Majeed has admitted that he was told to prepare for war
in India, and that the caliphate would soon be established in
this country. "Injustice was being done to my community,"
he is reported to have said during interrogation.
In a joint search operation ATS
and SOG, arrested two persons, identified as Nawab alias
Nabiya and Kachra Khan along with FICN with a face value of INR
2,40,000 at Hatma-Phanta check post in Barmer District. Both were
being interrogated to explore their links with other FICN suppliers.
Four officials of the Jharkhand
Mines Department are suspected to have been kidnapped by Naxalites
in the Roro hills near Chaibasa of West Singhbhum District of
Jharkhand.
Jharkhand Police arrested a TPC
‘zonal commander’ identified as Ajay Prasad alias Roshan
with a country made pistol, four cartridges, motorcycle and a
mobile phone from Palamu District of Jharkhand.
SFs recovered 10 IEDs, six SIM
cards and as many pen drives from a CPI-Maoist hideout in Kumratali
area of Munger District of Bihar
A suspected CPI-Maoist cadre,
identified as Yogendra Singh Bhokta, who was arrested in a raid
by Delhi Police's Special Cell in 2009 was acquitted by a Delhi
court.
Police arrested ‘deputy commandant’
of NLCT at Likabali under West Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh.
CBI which is probing the 2012
ethnic riots in BTAD has named an Assam Police constable as the
main culprit for fuelling clashes in its final report. The CBI
has sought State Government sanction prosecute Mohibur Islam alias
Ratul, the accused, who is on the run at present.
Kokrajhar based journalist Jaiklong
Brahma who was arrested by Kokrajhar Police on September 2, for
having alleged link with NDFB-IKS, was released on bail from Kokrajhar
Jail. (Assam)
Chairperson of the All Political
Parties Committee on ILPS, Gaikhangam said that the committee
is in the final stage of reviewing its draft report on the feasibility
of the ILPS implementation in the State and it may however, be
unable to submit its report for the Government to introduce a
Bill in the upcoming Winter session of the State Assembly. He
said that the committee may take more time in checking the points
and making some minor corrections in the report. (Manipur)
Thoubal Police recovered a Chinese
made hand grenade that was placed by miscreants at the Sangaiyumpham
Part-II residence of the acting Pradhan (village head)
of the Sangaiyumpham Part-II Gram Panchayat (village
level local self-Government institution) under Thoubal Police
Station. The grenade which was found hanging at the front door
of the Pradhan, identified as Mohammad Fakharuddin.(Manipur)
Two persons involved in an IED
blast at Moreh in Chandel District of Manipur, identified as Bempu
Haokip and Paolin Kipgen, were arrested by AR personnel.
Suspected members of the LEAF
abducted a supervisor of a road construction company, identified
as Arun Pandey from Rongri, East Garo Hills in Meghalaya. SP,
East Garo Hills Davies Marak stated that it is the handiwork of
the LEAF and was a case of abduction for ransom.
HNLC denied that senior cadre
of HNLC, Ornet Phanbuh had surrendered to Police on December 1.
HNLC ‘public secretary’ Sainkupar Nongtraw, in a statement claimed
that the statements of the Police about the escape and surrender
of Phanbuh was a planned conspiracy to create misunderstandings
among the cadres of the HNLC and to sow the seeds of disunity.(
Meghalaya)
Suspected GNLA militants attacked
the official residence of the East Garo Hills Additional SP at
Williamnagar in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. Thirteen
empty rounds of AK ammunition were recovered along with three
live rounds from the incident site.
KSU denounced the frequent atrocities
being meted by the people of Raid Nongrung in Ri Bhoi District
and the recent threats against the Umtlieh village Rangbah Shnong
(headman) from the Karbi militants. KPLT militants, in the month
of November, started demanding percentage from the agriculture
produces of the Khasi Community in the area. As informed by the
villagers, the militants have also demanded percentage from the
central sponsored scheme – NREGS which is implemented in the village.
(Meghalaya)
Reacting to the statement regarding
three NPGs to pursue political solution issued by NSCN-KK, the
‘ministry of rali wali affairs’ (MIP), FGN clarified that the
statement was issued without the knowledge of its ‘Kedahge’
(president) ‘Brigadier (retd.) S. Singnya and ‘Kedallo’
(vice president) Zhopra Vero. FGN MIP ‘secretary’ stated that
the outfit did not accord to the same thoughts as communicated
in the statement.(Nagaland)
NNC clarified to the general public
that NNC-NA of Angami region has re-affirmed for unflinching support
to NNC-NA ‘president’ Kiumukam Yimchunger without any reservation
or doubt “as he was a dedicated senior most and one of the founder
members of the organization”. NNC-NA stated that it was functioning
and progressing for Kiumukhan Yimchunger’s dedication and patriotic
life experience. (Nagaland)
BGB and a RAB launched an operation
against from the Northeast, based in the interior areas of CHT
on November 22. As a result, the NLFT rebels have fled the jungles
of the CHT. This came to light when BSF arrested NLFT ‘commander’
Amarjeet Debbarma from the Raisyabari market in the Gandacherra
subdivision in Dhalai District of Tripura.
High-level sources in the Special
Branch of the Tripura Police said they had received feedback from
sources from across the border that in the past 12 days, six hideouts
of NLFT, HNLC and NDFB militants had been destroyed and At least
seven suspected NLFT militants and allegedly one each of HNLC
and NDFB militants have been arrested.
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December 5 |
At least 21 persons including
11 SF personnel, two civilians and eight militants were killed
as a series of four terror attacks rocked Kashmir valley in J&K.
In an audacious attack, a group of heavily armed militants stormed
into an Army’s Camp located at Mohra in Uri Sector of Baramulla
District LoC. During the intense operations one Lieutenant Colonel
and seven soldiers of the Army, one ASI and two constables of
J&K Police were killed. Six militants were also killed in
the operation. Six AK rifles with 55 Magazines, two shotguns,
2 Night Vision Binoculars, 4 Radio Sets, 32 unused Grenades, 1
Medical Kit and a large quantity of miscellaneous warlike stores
were recovered from the dead terrorists.
Police killed a top LeT commander
and his associate in an encounter in Ahmad Nagar area of Srinagar
city. Police identified LeT commander as Qari Asrar District commander
of LeT. Police recovered two AK rifles and seven magazines and
hand grenades from the encounter site.
In another attack, militants exploded
a grenade in Tral town of Pulwama District of J&K, near Bus
Stand leading to death of two people.
Militants exploded a grenade on
Police Station in South Kashmir’s Shopian District of J&K.
The grenade hit a Chinar tree and exploded with a bang without
causing any damage.
Key suspect in October 2, 2014
Bardhaman (West Bengal) blast, Shahnoor Alam, alleged to be the
financial brain of JMB, was arrested by NIA with the help of central
security agencies from Nalbari District of Assam. NIA had also
declared a reward of INR 5,00,000 for anyone providing any information
about him.
UHM Rajnath Singh declared that
India will not tolerate militant attacks like Uri and Shopian
and called upon Pakistan to rein-in militant forces operating
from their country. He said “We always extended the hand of friendship
to Pakistan but in reply we got bullets. We will not tolerate
such kind of activities. We have given a befitting reply to the
militants.’’
Former CM and senior Congress
leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad held Pakistan and some internal forces
responsible for the multiple attacks that rocked Kashmir valley.
India denounced as "mainstreaming
of terrorism" the rally held by LeT 'founder' and JuD 'chief'
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and said it was against all evolving global
norms on terror. Saeed addressed a public rally, apparently facilitated
by Pakistani authorities who even ran special trains for it, at
the ground of 'Minar-e-Pakistan' in Lahore. "What is happening
in the so-called 'ishtimaah' (congregation) of the JuD
... I think I would describe it as nothing short of mainstreaming
of terrorism," said MEA Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin.
Arif Majeed, the IS militant who
returned to India told investigators that he was part of a radicalised
group of 40 students at Anjuman Islam's Kalsekar Technical College
in Panvel (Maharashtra) and each one of them was referred to as
Naqeeb, Urdu for a leader. Arif revealed that all 40 in
the group spent a lot of time on the internet, mining information
on terrorist groups and Islamic preaching. However, when an opportunity
came their way to join the IS, everyone except Arif refused. And
eventually Arif left for Iraq with three of his friends from Kalyan.
Police is likely to question more students from the College where
Arif did his engineering.
CPI-Maoist posters exhorting the
people of Telangana to revolt against the dictatorial rule of
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao were found at Thallasingaram
and Lingojigudem villages under Choutuppal mandal, hardly
50 km away from State capital Hyderabad, in Nalgonda District
of Telangana.
Police rescued two of four employees
of the Director General of Mines Safety from the captivity of
the PLFI a day after they were kidnapped while on an inspection
of an abandoned asbestos mine at Roro village in West Singhbhum
District of Jharkhand.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Rina Jamuda, surrendered before Keonjhar SP Kavita Jalan. She
was working in the Maoist organisation since 2009.
A former sarpanch of Sundargarh
District in Odisha, Rabi Pradhan, was attacked by cadres of the
CPI-Maoist at Mohulpada under Bonai sub-division.
Cadres of the CPI-Maoist set off
two landmines near Nakkapalli in GK Veedhi mandal (administrative
unit) in Visakha Agency area (Vishakhapatnam district) in Andhra
Pradesh.
Assam Police launched a manhunt
to arrest fugitive Constable Mohibur Islam who has been named
by the CBI as the prime accused in the July, 2012 ethnic violence
in BTAD. Report said that CBI has written to the State Government,
seeking sanction to prosecute Mohibur last week, but the latter
is yet to locate him. According to the CBI, Mohibur, a founder-member
of ABMSU, had instructed its members to kill four Bodo youths
on July 20, 2012, which triggered the violence. According to sources,
Mohibur could still be in Kokrajhar, working for some political
party.
ABMSU denied its involvement in
the BTAD violence. General Secretary of the union, Lafiqul Islam
Ahmed said that Mohibur is no longer a member of the students'
body. The ABMSU staged a blockade at Barpeta Road and Rangiya
railway station, demanding protection of non-Bodos in BTAD. (Assam)
A sit-in-protest was staged at
Rafiuddin L/P School, Sangaiyumpham, Pt-II Awang Leikai in Thoubal
District of Manipur protesting against the bomb threat. Womenfolk
staging the protest appealed not to repeat such act in future.
A team of Imphal West commandos
led by Inspector P Sanjoy arrested ‘division secretary’ of Division
XII (Chandel District) of PLA, identified as Lairikyengbam Somendro
alias Kennedy,from Singjamei Super Market in Imphal West
District. Police recovered two Chinese hand grenades along with
detonators and 15 rounds of 9mm ammunition from near his cousin’s
house. Police also searched the house of one person, Engpu Chiru
in Uran Chiru village in Senapati District and recovered two AK
56 rifles along with four magazines and 67 live rounds of AK 56
ammunition, one writing pad, two Chinese hand grenades, one laptop,
one transcend disc writer and two 3G adaptors along with incriminating
articles. On further investigation, Somendro disclosed that he
kept hidden arms at the house of Waikhom Nimaichand Singh of Ingourok
Awang Leikai in Thoubal District of Manipur. The SFs also raided
the house and recovered two AK assault rifles along with six magazines
and 200 live rounds of AK 56 ammunition.
Troopers of AR along with Imphal
East Police commandos launched a joint search operation in Thiyam
Konjin Makha Leikai in Imphal East District of Manipur and arrested
one arms smuggler, identified as Mujibur Rehman alias Ithem.
One 9mm pistol along with two magazines and a mobile phone with
two SIM cards were recovered from his possession.
Suspected GNLA militants ambushed
a Police convoy by triggering an IED and injured five Policemen
of 3rd Battalion of MLP at Rongrakgre village in South Garo Hills
District of Meghalaya. The injured personnel have been identified
as Havildar Bibison Baitha, Battalion Constable (BNC) Karbinath
Sangma, BNC Alians B Marak, BNC Dambarth B Marak and driver of
the gypsy Riwstarwell Nongklaw.
North Garo Hills Police arrested
three militants belonging to ULFA and GNLA, at Rari village in
Bajengdoba in North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. The militants
had come from a GNLA camp in Chokpot region and were en-route
to Goalpara District in Assam. The arrested militants have been
identified as Pranjal Rabha alias Ringdim Himu Rabha alias
Rangsang and Brillion N Sangma alias Sokjol.
A K Srivastava, the engineer who
was abducted from Rongara in South Garo Hills close to the IB
with Bangladesh, was released unharmed on the outskirts of Baghmara
town in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. SP stated that
LAEF, a group known to be responsible for a number of extortion
and kidnapping cases in the region was responsible for the abduction.
AMEF reiterated its demands setting
a deadline of ten days for the fulfilment of each one. Chang Matgrik.
‘commander in chief’ , resumed two of its demands one being regularization
of all Adhoc teachers and warned of action against Education officials
and ministers if it was not done within 10 days. It also demanded
the up-gradation of all timber bridges in Garo Hills into RCC,
the tenders for which should be floated within a week. AMEF threatened
to set fire to all timber bridges in Garo Hills if action with
regard to its demand was not seen within 10 days of its statement.
(Meghalaya)
A small time florist of South
Garo Hills, identified as Ranjit Modak was abducted by militants
at gunpoint from Dambuk Aga area in South Garo Hills District
of Meghalaya.
The Police at Venkatapur mandal
in Warangal District of Telangana unearthed one tapancha
and one toy pistol hidden underground and arrested two persons
suspected to be CPI-Maoist sympathisers.
The effort of jailed cadres of
CPI-Maoist to shape up a steady movement in different jails across
India have now found praise in the higher echelons of the Maoists'
central military commission. The CMC has expressed its satisfaction
in a document issued on the occasion of the ongoing 14th PLGA
week (December 2-8).
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December 6 |
Dismissing threats of LeT founder
and chief of JuD Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, UHM Rajnath Singh said
"no one has the power to ruin India" and that a befitting
reply will be given to any terror strike in the country.
MHA has directed the BSF to intensify
vigil along the IB in the wake of repeated attempts by militants
to infiltrate into J&K. Official sources said that in the
past two months, Pakistan-based militant groups like LeT and JeM
have made many attempts to infiltrate into the country some of
which have been successful.
According to the Ministry statistics,
there have been more than 130 infiltration attempts till October
and of these nearly 45 have taken place in the past three months.
In 2013, there were 354 cases of infiltration along the India-Pakistan
border in which 56 militants were killed and 145 others arrested.
There were 332 incidents of infiltration from across Pakistan
in 2012 in which 30 were killed and 123 were apprehended. Similarly,
in 2011, there were 317 incidents of infiltration in which 50
militants were killed and 86 others were arrested. Interestingly,
a total of 545 incidents of ceasefire violation also have taken
place along the LoC and IB till November 25. Of these, 395 incidents
of ceasefire violation have taken place along the IB and 150 incidents
of ceasefire violation took place at LoC till November 25. There
were 199 incidents of ceasefire violation along the LoC in 2013
and 148 along IB in 2012.
Police arrested three former cadres
of Janashakthi group of Naxal during a vehicle check at Venkatapur
village in Mulug division of Warangal District of Telangana. The
arrestees were identified as Bodagani Sarangam, Yata Kumaraswamy
and Pllerla Thirupathi.
Two armed woman cadres who were
a part of the Maoist group involved in the attack on Rabi Pradhan,
surrendered before the Rourkela police and 19th battalion of CRPF.
After attacking Pradhan, Maoists fled from the scene but the two
women stayed back and surrendered. They had attacked Pradhan on
December 5.
The Central Government has decided
to deploy an additional 11,000 paramilitary forces for undertaking
anti-Maoist operations in Bastar Division.
A banner and pamphlets, allegedly
exhorting tribals and forest-dwellers to celebrate the 10th founding
anniversary of the CPI-Maoist, was found at Kabbinale village
near Hebri in Udupi District of Karnataka.
Suspected militants of a faction
of KPLT abducted two employees, identified as Hemai Bey and Bibison
Rangpi, working in a rubber garden near Nilalong under Diphu Police
station in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.
69 KPLT cadres were arrested and
another 15 were killed in different encounters and search operations
with security forces during the year (2014).
BSF officials in Dhubri sector
in Dhubri District (Assam) claimed that strict vigilance along
the Indo-Bangladesh border has helped them arrest trans-border
miscreants, illegal migrants and recover a huge amount of goods
and FICNs this year, 2014. Sources said till November 30, BSF
jawans manning the border had arrested 17 anti-nationals,
trans-border criminals and Bangladeshi nationals and recovered
cattle, drugs, FICNs and other smuggled goods valued at INR 30
million. The BSF has 45 BOPs in Dhubri District along the 134
kilometers long border with Bangladesh, including 45 kilometers
riverine border. Of the 45 BOPs, 17 BOPs are located on the Brahmaputra
sars (sandbars), a BSF official said.
However, many of the border outposts
like the ones on Chowki sar, Ghaspara, Salapara and New Diwaner
Alga are in danger of being gobbled up by the Brahmaputra. Floods
have affected most of the border outposts located on the sars,
report added.
During a counter insurgency operation,
a team of Imphal West District Police commando unit arrested three
cadres of URF, a breakaway group of KCP, identified as Salam Keshorjit
Meitei alias Manja, Khundrakpam Biren Meitei alias
Manao and Wangkhem Shyamkanhai Singh alias Wareppa. (Manipur)
Troops of Red Shield Division
recovered arms and ammunition from the general area of Moulvaphei
in Churachandpur District of Manipur. According to the sources,
based on specific information regarding the presence of HPC-D
cadres in the general area of Moulvaphei, troops of Red Shield
Division of AR launched an operation and recovered one 9 mm pistol,
one magazine of 9 mm pistol and two live rounds of 9 mm pistol.
Five CPI-Maoist cadres, including
three women who were carrying reward on their heads, surrendered
in Kondagaon and Narayanpur Districts of Chhattisgarh.
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December 7 |
One CISF personal was injured
as militants hurled a grenade at a polling booth in Tral constituency
of Pulwama District, where polling is to be held on December 9.
GOC 15 Corps, Lieutenant General
Subrata Saha said that the militants who attacked Army camp at
Mohra in North Kashmir’s Baramulla District on December 5 infiltrated
through Uri sector from PoK and commended troops for avoiding
attack on any civilian target which they were aiming at to disrupt
the polls. The General said that target of these militants was
to disrupt the poll process but they were engaged by the Army
and killed.
IS recruit from Kalyan (Mumbai),
Areeb Majeed, arrested after his return, is a trained suicide
bomber who made as many as three attempts on SFs at different
vital installations in Syria without any success, it has now emerged.
The bullet injuries which he has received too were sustained in
one of the many battles, including the August offensive on Mosul
dam in Iraq, he participated in as an IS man against Iraqi and
US forces. According to one of the interrogating officers Majeed
fought alongside IS against Kurdish Peshmerga and US forces who
eventually took over the dam. "After sustaining bullet injuries,
he was given $2,000 by ISIS as reward and medical assistance before
he fled to Turkey and decided to come back home," said the
officer.
CPI-Maoist cadres shot dead Md
Shabbir, a resident of Dumaria Police Station area of the Gaya
District of Bihar. The Maoists abducted the villager from his
house located near the police camp in Chakarbandha on December
6.
BSF and CRPF have sought improvement
of 18 critical roads in LWE-affected pockets in Odisha. Of the
12 road projects, the BSF wants the Odisha government to take
up seven roads in Koraput District alone. Similarly, Malkangiri
and Nabarangpur Districts have three and two such road projects,
respectively. The CRPF has suggested development of six road projects
in Nuapada, Kalahandi, Keonjhar and Sundargarh Districts.
Kerala Police Commandos exchanged
fire with suspected CPI-Maoist cadres in a tribal forest settlement
at Kunjootu Chappan colony under Vellamunda Police Station limits
of Mananthavady taluk in Wayanad District of Kerala.
SFs have seized some electronic
items, including a laptop and a mobile phone, from a CPI-Maoist
transit hideout after an encounter took place between village
Irdvaya and Bhattebeda under Orcha Police Station limits in Narayanpur
District of Chhattisgarh.
Police sources have said the team
of the CRPF which lost 14 of its men in an encounter with the
CPI-Maoist near Kasalpara village in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh
on December 1 had “deviated” from its planned route.
Police arrested one person, identified
as Om Prakash Sinha of Tripura, from the Rajendra Nagar Express
at Guwahati railway station (Assam) along with a 7.62 pistol and
four rounds of ammunition.
Police arrested one person, identified
as Jiaur Rahman, on charges of demanding INR 50 million from a
businessman in Fancy Bazar in Guwahati in Kamrup District of Assam.
Police claimed that he demanded the money in the name of ULFA
but he is not a member of the militant group.
A joint team of the Army and SWAT
commandos busted a hideout of AMEF in East Garo Hills District
and recovered arms along with explosives.
The ‘chairman’ of KNO/KRA-U, a
SoO signatory group, identified as Paokhothang alias Thangboi
Chongloi, was shot dead by unidentified militants near Khengjang
cemetery under Gamnom Sapormeina Police station in Senapati District
of Manipur.
Police recovered a dead body of
one Kamminlal Chongloi near Koubru Leikha in Senapati District
of Manipur. An unconfirmed source suspected that the body was
that of a cadre of KRA-U.
The CBI of India has sought the
assistance of Interpol to its request to question, Kumaran Pathmanathan
alias KP, the LTTE leader, who is under Sri Lanka's protective
custody, for the conspiracy behind the assassination of former
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on May 21, 1991.
Five powerful IEDs planted along
the roadside of Phaico village near Nampisha in Ukhrul District,
close to Manipur-Myanmar border were detected by a team of Assam
AR. According to a Police source, the powerful IEDs were suspected
to have been planted by underground militants to target SFs.
KSO in a statement urged the Union
Government to seek the release of four truckers from Churachandpur
District of Manipur bordering Myanmar, who were apprehended by
the Myanmar Army in November. The statement said that the four
have been transporting household commodities like rice, tin sheets
and cement in Behiang area on the Indian side for the past three
years and they are innocent truckers, who have nothing to do with
any illegal activities. KSO urged the Indian authorities to act
immediately to ensure that the four were reunited with their families.
Troops of Assam Rifles launched
an operation at Chumukedima in Dimapur District of Nagaland and
arrested two arms peddlers, identified as Kejing Yimchunger and
Arong Sema.
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December 8 |
Pakistan violated the bilateral ceasefire along
the LoC by resorting to unprovoked firing at Indian positions
in Poonch District of J&K. MoD spokesman Colonel Manish Mehta
told "Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing in Balakote
sector of the LoC at our positions at 8 p.m. using small arms.
Indian soldiers responded with same calibre weapons. The exchange
of fire continued till 8.10 p.m. There was no casualty on the
Indian side."
JeM militants were convicted by the Delhi HC for
conspiring to wage a war against the country. The HC held that
Bashir Ahmed Ponnu, Fayaz Ahmed Lone, Abdul Majeed Baba and Shahid
Gafoor "conspired knowingly to facilitate the commission of a
terrorist act and have carried out an act preparatory to the commission
of a terrorist act". The court said Bashir, Fayaz and Abdul collected
and brought the explosive substance and handed over the same to
Shahid and held them guilty of various offences punishable under
ant-terror law UAPA. The judgement came on the state's appeal
against the trial court's 2013 decision.
A group of six SIMI cadres, including five who
escaped from Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) jail in October 2013, has
been tasked by ISI to unleash terror acts in India, most likely
in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Issuing an alert to the
states in this regard, the central intelligence agencies released
photographs and other details of members of this SIMI module,
also suspected behind the Chennai (Tamil Nadu) railway station
blast in May 2014, the explosion near Pune's (Maharashtra) Dadguseth's
temple in July 2014 and, more recently, the blast at a Bijnor
(Uttar Pradesh) house in September 2014. According to intelligence
sources, the five SIMI cadres involved in the Khandwa jailbreak
have been moving from one state to escape surveillance.
NIA custody of arrested IS 'recruit' Arif Majeed's
was extended till December 22. Majeed was sent to the NIA's custody
by a special NIA court a day after he was arrested on November
28. A case under sections of UAPA and section 125 of IPC which
deals with waging war against any Asiatic country which has friendly
ties with India, was registered against IS, Majeed and other three
other youngsters.
Police recovered the body of a person, identified
as Bibhash Mondal of Lakhiganj under Bilasipara Police station,
from a road in Alengamari (Lakhiganj) in Baksa District of Assam.
Sources said that the body bore marks of multiple injuries.
According to the Police officials, the interrogation
by the Assam Police has established prime accused Sahanur Alam's,
who was arrested on December 5 from Nalbari District, involvement
in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal) blast and his links
with the JMB. ADGP - Special Branch - Pallab Bhattacharjee said
that "Sahanur's involvement in the Burdwan case has come out during
interrogation. He was in contact with the terror group JMB in
Burdwan." The officer added that "We don't think the JMB operations
are very important in Assam. Some of them who were here are on
the run and we are on their trail. The situation is not serious
in Assam."
AKRSU alleged that the NDFB-IKS has unleashed
a reign of terror and violence in the BTAD in Assam. AKRSU president
Biswajit Ray said that the NDFB-IKS has even barred villagers
in the northern part of Bijni subdivision in Chirang District
from selling poultry and produce without their consent. He also
threatened the NDFB-IKS of cutting off movement of essential items
to the northern part of Chirang District by imposing an economic
blockade if the atrocity on the innocent villagers is not stopped
immediately.
AASAA staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in New
Delhi to press for its demand to include Adivasis living
in Assam in the ST list.
Police conducted a search operation in Koutruk
area under Sekmai Police station in Imphal West District of Manipur
and arrested three members of the URF- Lalheiba along with arms
and ammunition. The arrested persons were identified as Thounaojam
Ingoucha, his elder brother Thounaojam Chaoba and Nunglepam Joy.
Further acting on the disclosure of the three arrested cadres,
three AK 56 rifles, three magazines, 90 live rounds and one mobile
phone with two SIM cards were recovered by the Police. However
some hard-core cadres of URF escaped the Police net as they left
the area last night (December 7).
Troops of Red Shield Division of AR arrested one
cadre of HPC-D in the general area of Thingchom in Churachandpur
District of Manipur. One 7.65 mm pistol auto and two live rounds
of 7.65 mm pistol auto were recovered from the cadre.
Suspected hill-based armed militants kidnapped
a survey engineer, involved in the construction of the Imphal-Jiribam
rail line, identified as Sandip Vera, and a supplier, identified
as Shiv Singh Rana, from Tunnel No: 2 at Kulbung in Churachandpur
District of Manipur. Although the reason behind their kidnapping
is yet to be confirmed it is suspected to be connected with a
monetary demand.
A shopkeeper, identified as Laishram Sunil alias
Khoimu, who was abducted from his shop at Singjamei market in
Imphal West District of Manipur.
ANVC 'publicity secretary' Arist Sangma said that
it will be "ecdysis' of ANVC when the militant outfit officially
joins the mainstream on December 15 at a function to be held at
Tura in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. While the Government
has termed the function to bid farewell to arms as "home coming
ceremony", the ANVC wants it to be known as 'ecdysis' which means,
shedding the outer cover (old ways). The official disbanding of
ANVC and ANVC-B will be held on December 15 at 11 am at Tikki
Bandi in Dakopgre MP Stadium in Tura. This will be attended by
both Central and State Government officials.
According to ANVC, a total 167 armed cadres and
around 285 civilian cadres will be verified by the Government.
It was on September 24 that the agreed text for settlement was
signed by both Meghalaya and the Central Government officials
in the presence of ANVC and ANVC-B leaders in New Delhi paving
way for the disbanding of both the groups. As per the agreed text
for settlement, ANVC should be disbanded within three months.
Meghalaya Police has decided to interrogate Sahanur
Alam, the key-accused in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal)
blast case as he had spent sometime in the plains belt of Garo
Hills before his arrest. The plain areas in Garo Hills are close
to the IB with Bangladesh and share the inter-state boundary with
Assam. Meghalaya DGP PJP Hanaman said that a team of State Police
would interrogate Sahanur about JMB's activities in Garo Hills.
"So far we know that Alam went to Tura to evade Police arrest
but we are going to investigate into all aspects," Hanaman said.
Troops of the AR raided a "detention centre" allegedly
run by the NSCN-IM at Jalukie town in Peren District of Nagaland
and rescued five civilians who were illegally detained there.
During the raid, 11 suspected NSCN-IM cadres, who were running
the detention centre, were taken into custody.
NSCN-IM alleged that there have been frequent
raids conducted by the AR in Jalukie town in Peren District of
Nagaland against their cadres despite the many commitments made
through CFMG to respect and honour the rules. It said such agreements
have become a mockery.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in an encounter
with the Police in Gangaloor area of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Four can bombs were recovered from Chargi forest
during an anti-Maoist operation in Bokaro District of Jharkhand.
The bombs have been found just a day before the third phase of
Assembly polls in the State.
Five CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered before the
Security Force personnel at Bonai in Sundargarh District of Odisha.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered before Deputy
Commissioner B.S. Shekarappa and SP R Chetan in Chikkamagaluru
District of Karnataka. Shekarappa said the duo, identified as
Sirimane Nagaraj and Noor Zulfikar, surrendered voluntarily.
Personnel of the Forest and Police Departments
intensified combing operations in the Kunhome section of the forest
under the North Wayanad Forest Division in Wayanad District in
search of a militant group who reportedly exchanged fire with
a platoon of Thunderbolt near Chappa forest tribal settlement
under Vellamunda Police Station limit.
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala while
making a clarification in the State Assembly to the first reported
instance of exchange of fire between the Maoists and the Police
in Wayanad District said the State Police is capable of dealing
with the Maoist violence.
In a bid to strengthen the anti-Maoist drives
the Kerala, the State Police have posted two young IPS officers
in the northern Districts of Malappuram and Palakkad. The two
IPS officers posted to counter the Maoist threat are Debesh Kumar
Behera as Malappuram District Police chief and H. Manjunath as
Palakkad District Police chief.
The Kerala State Government will employ the services
of the CRPF for combing operations in the forest areas of north
Kerala in the wake of the encounter between the Police and Maoists.
Senior IPS officer Prakash Mishra has been appointed
as the Director General of CRPF. He presently holds the post of
Special Secretary, Internal Security, in the UMHA.
The CPI-Maoist has declared to switch over to
mobile warfare from guerrilla attacks to counter security forces
in their strongholds. In a press release issued to a section of
media, South Regional Committee spokesman Gudsa Usendi said the
Left-wing insurgency would now be upgraded from guerrilla warfare
to mobile warfare to take on security forces in the rebel strongholds.
The Sukma attack (December 1) was a demonstration of a successful
mobile warfare by the reds, the press release said.
The Additional District Sessions Judge in Gajapati
District of Odisha freed four persons accused of being CPI-Maoist
cadres, who were arrested from the Bhaliagada forest under Gajapati
District's Mohana block on November 19, 2012, due to lack of evidence.
Activities of the CPI-Maoist in Kerala have increased
manifold and the situation in the State has the potential of becoming
more serious if immediate preventive measures are not taken, according
to a note prepared by the UMHA. In the 17-page note, the Ministry
said in recent times that the outfit is focusing on a southern
theatre in the tri-junction of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The note further said the core of Maoist insurgency lies in 23
Districts of India which reported 80 per cent of the total violent
incidents in 2013. The Districts are: Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh),
Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui, Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Bijapur, Bastar,
Dantewada, Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Sukma (Chhattisgarh)
Chatra, Giridih, Gumla, Khunti, Latehar, Palamu, Simdega, West
Singhbhum (Jharkhand), Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), Koraput and Malkangiri
(Odisha). The note added "However, the front organisations of
the CPI (Maoist) exist in 21 states and carry out overground agitational
activities in an attempt to enlarge the mass-base of the party
and prepare the state for armed insurrection."
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Army and Police destroyed a hideout of the militants
and recovered arms, ammunition and explosives from Bharat ridge
in Doda District. On a tip off, a joint team of Army and Police
carried out searches at Bharat Ridge and recovered the consignment
of arms, ammunition and explosives dumped there by the militants,
official sources said. The recoveries included one .303 rifle,
two Chinese pistols, one sniper rifle, one .315 country made pistol,
two 12 bore rifles, two magazines of AK-47, three magazines of
Chinese pistol, 324 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, nine sniper rounds,
five hand grenades, four RPG grenades, 15 grenades of UBGL and
other logistic stores.
Unfazed by the recent terror attacks, a 58 percent
voter turnout was recorded in the third phase of the Assembly
polls in J&K as they continued to ignore boycott calls but it
was lower than the earlier rounds.
UMHA said Pakistan's ISI had been indulging in
espionage activities in India, and that 33 espionage modules backed
by Pakistan had been busted over the past three years. In a written
reply to a question in Lok Sabha Union Minister of State
for Home Affairs Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary said as many as
50 espionage agents, including some ex-babus (employees) of the
Indian government had been arrested as part of the crackdown on
Pakistan-backed modules. "Pakistan intelligence agencies, particularly
the Pakistan ISI, has come to notice for conducting espionage
activities in the country... during the period from January 2011
to November 2013, a total of 33 Pakistan-backed espionage modules
were neutralized in the country, resulting in the arrest of 50
espionage agents, including some retired Indian government officials,"
Chaudhary told Lok Sabha.
Six persons, suspected to be the cadres of the
NDFB-IKS, who had allegedly come to abduct a trader, were arrested
from Dilbazar railway market at Nilibari in Chirang District of
Assam. The arrested youths have been identified as Surat Basumatary,
Ajay Basumatary, Derhasat Narzary, Rinkhang Narzary, Jiban Basumatary
and Fokhon Narzary. Dhaligaon Police in Chirang District were
also on the lookout for the youths as they were involved in abductions
in the District. A pistol, seven rounds of bullets and a hand
grenade were recovered from them.
Meanwhile, honouring the martyrs who laid down
their lives for the cause of the State and its people during the
Assam Movement, the AASU will observe "AASU Martyrs' Day" on December
10.
Orange farmers of Tamenglong braved a boycott
call by the UNC to participate in large numbers in the annual
orange festival which was being held at the District headquarters
town. Earlier, the UNC had given a call to public organisations,
church leaders, social workers and individuals to stay away from
the festival. It said it did not oppose the festival, but was
against the presence of Government representatives as UNC had
severed ties with the Manipur government since 2010. Despite the
boycott call, the number of farmers who turned up at the festival
increased this year.( Manipur)
Personnel of AR recovered an IED near Phoungakchao
Ikhai along Imphal-Churachandpur road near Kangvai village in
Bishnupur District of Manipur. According to a source, the IED
weighing around 1.50 kilograms, was found wrapped in a polythene
bag at a place located around 200 metres away east of Phoungakchao
Ikhai Keithel.
An unnamed leader of the UNC reiterated that UNC
will never compromise and capitulate. Earlier, the UNC had called
for the boycott of the orange festival held at the District headquarters
and it is believed that the UNC was not happy with the heavy turnout
and flawless observance of the function despite the boycott call.
On the other hand, the deputy chief minister Gaikhangam Gangmei
who is from this District termed the UNC as anti people and anti
development.(Manipur)
Troops of AR established a vehicle check post
at Takyel in Imphal West District of Manipur and arrested one
KCP-MC cadre, identified as Sorokhaibam Tondonba Meitei alias
Amy. One 9 mm pistol along with a magazine and two live rounds
of 9 mm were also recovered from his vehicle.
Troops AR established a vehicle check post at
Sita road junction in Thoubal District of Manipur and arrested
an active cadre of PLA, identified as Potshangbam Sanaton Singh
alias Hemat.
While the ANVC has kick started it adherence to
the agreed text settlement by submitting the names of its cadres
and a portion of its arsenal, its breakaway faction, ANVC-B has
asked the Government to allow the outfit to complete the necessary
formalities by December 13. The ANVC-B directed all its cadres
to report to its camp at Eden Bari in West Garo Hills District
of Meghalaya before December 12 to facilitate the disbanding of
the outfit ahead of the December 15 official dissolution. In a
statement, the outfit's general secretary Jakrik Wareng said that
the cadres who fail to report will be excluded from the final
list which will be submitted to the Government. "The organization
will not take any responsibility of those who fail to report on
time," he added.
Dimapur Police arrested two persons, identified
as Abeto Zhimomi and Kughato Chophy, for collection of tax from
the truck plying towards Zion Hospital in Purana Bazar in Dimapur
District of Nagaland. Police said cash amounting to INR 3200 was
recovered from the possession of Kughato Chophy.
Police personnel of South Police Station arrested
one suspected NSCN-U cadre 'sergeant major' Ase-u Kense while
extorting a sum of INR 1500 from a shop located at South Point
Market in Kohima District of Nagaland.
Security Forces personnel and the CPI-Maoist cadres
exchanged gunfire near Kendua Pahari under Gaona Police Station
limits in Giridih District of Jharkhand.
Two undertrials were shot dead and three injured
in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand from among a group of
55 prisoners who attempted to flee the jail premises. All of them
were being brought back in a van after having been presented in
Chaibasa court earlier in the day. Fifteen prisoners escaped.
A joint team of District Force, CAF and STF seized
a printer, world map, computer, CPI-Maoist literature, and solar
plates from a Maoist camp in Jappemarka village in Bijapur District
of Chhattisgarh after a brief gun battle with Maoists while on
a searching operation.
Another joint Security Force team found a Maoist
hideout in an area coming under Gadiras Police Station limits
in Sukma District.
With the deployment of the CRPF in the forest
area of north Kerala in the wake of an encounter between the Kerala
Police and the CPI-Maoist in Wayanad District, security was tightened
at all check-posts on the inter-State border in Theni District.
Two former Naxals identified as Sirimane
Nagaraj and Noor Zulfikar, who joined the mainstream, were presented
before a court in Koppa in Chikkamagaluru District of Karnataka.
The PLGA Week, which was being observed by Maoists
in Malkangiri and Koraput Districts from December 2 to 8 ended
with no big unwanted happenings.
Jonathan Baud, the Swiss national arrested on
charges of taking part in a meeting held at Thriprayar in Thrissur
District on July 28, in remembrance of Sinoj, a CPI-Maoist leader,
was acquitted by a Kodungallur court in the District. The court
ordered the authorities to return his passport and others documents.
The Thunderbolts, the elite commando Force of
the State Police, continue its combing operations against suspected
Maoists in the forest areas of Wayanad District.
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December 10 |
Two persons, identified as Arvind and Manoj were
arrested along with FICN having a face value of INR 200,000 in
Varanasi. On being interrogated, the accused told the Police that
the counterfeit currencies were brought in from Bangladesh to
West Bengal's Murshidabad District. The FICN then were to be distributed
by them to Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
The Supreme Court further stayed the execution
of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, lone death row convict in the 1993
Mumbai (Maharashtra) serial blasts case, and sought responses
from Maharashtra STF and CBI on his plea seeking review of death
penalty awarded to him.
21,562 terrorists were killed in J&K during
insurgency since 1990, Rajya Sabha was informed. Union Minister
of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said
16,757 civilians and 1425 Police personnel also lost their lives
in the state during January 1990 to December 2013. "As reported
by the J&K Government, the ex-gratia relief has been provided
to the next of kin of those who got killed in militancy related
incidents as per their relief rules, amended from time to time,"
he said in reply to a written question.
AASU observed the 'AASU Martyrs' Day' in different
parts of the State and paid tributes to the 'martyrs' of Assam
movement and asserted that the supreme sacrifices of the 'martyrs'
would not be allowed to go in vain. Khargeswar Talukdar became
the first 'martyr' of the Assam movement on December 10, 1979,
and since then, the day has been observed as 'Martyrs' Day'.
A delegation of the AATSA in New Delhi requested
the UHM, Rajnath Singh to initiate steps for the permanent solution
to the Assam-Nagaland border dispute.
Against the backdrop of lingering border dispute
between Assam and Nagaland, the GoI reiterated that such issues
could be resolved through cooperation of the State Governments
concerned. Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said
in Parliament that seven incidents of violence took place along
the Assam-Nagaland border that resulted in the death of twelve
people.
One person, identified as Honor Kro, was killed
by suspected KPLT militants in Valughat Mantaro village under
Dokmoka Police station in Karbi Anglong District in Assam. According
to the Police, suspected KPLT cadres dragged out Honor Kro from
his house and axed him to death.
According to the reports, the ULFA-I is facing
severe financial crunch, which has made the outfit desperate to
indulge in acts of violence to make its presence felt. Security
sources said that the militant outfit is finding it difficult
even to run its camps in Myanmar due to paucity of funds. There
are times that the senior leaders of the outfit even find it difficult
to make payments for procuring rice. In the face of threats of
rebellion from the cadres, the leaders of the ULFA-I are desperate
to boost its coffers and there have been attempts by them to launch
an extortion drive. Sources also added that ULFA-I is also not
in a position to send its own cadres to serve demand notes and
they mostly send couriers to deliver such letters. The report
concludes that the situation has now totally changed and there
have been instances of people simply ignoring the demand notes
of the outfit.(Assam)
In a memorandum submitted to the PM, Narendra
Modi, All Assam Surrendered ULFA Samittee (AASUS) demanded deportation
of Bangladeshis from Assam and stopping handing over Assam's land
to Bangladesh, recovery of the land occupied by Pakistan in Jammu
& Kashmir, implementation of the Assam Accord, a MoS signed
in 1985 and stopping the Guwahati-Dhaka bus service.
A shopkeeper, identified as Laishram Sunil alias
Khoimu, who was abducted on December 8 from his shop at Singjamei
market in Imphal West District of Manipur escaped from the clutches
of his abductors and was brought by the Police on the way. Sunil's
relatives said when he was abducted he had INR 250,000 in his
pocket but when he returned he only had about INR 1,500 with him.
APPC on ILPS submitted their report to Manipur
CM Okram Ibobi Singh. Following an intense agitation spearheaded
by JCILPS, the Committee was constituted with Deputy CM Gaikhangam
as the Chairman at a joint meeting of the political parties of
the State on August 6. The Committee compiled their 280-paged
'Report on ILP System' after having 16 sittings and consulting
around 33 academicians, legal experts and private individuals
including representatives of JCILPS in five months.
Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh said that the report
is voluminous as the issue is sensitive. He said that it is hard
to spell out the future steps on the report at this point of time
and the report would be forwarded to the Law Department as the
recommendations must be developed to a Bill. The Bill must be
passed by the State Assembly before sending it for his final approval
to the Governor, he added.
West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner Praveen Bakshi
said that ANVC has already submitted its list of cadres and arms
prior to the December 15 disbanding ceremony of ANVC and its breakaway
faction ANVC-B scheduled to be held at Dikki Bamdi stadium in
Tura in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. "ANVC has already
submitted its list of cadres and arms," Bakshi said adding that
the splinter group is expected to submit its list in the next
few days.
ANVC has 162 'combat' and 285 'civilian' cadres,
and all of them are expected to be present when the formal disbanding
of the outfit takes place. The group will also bring along arms
and ammunition to be handed over to the Government. However, for
the benefit of its cadres, the ANVC will take a new name 'Chellongma
Kotok', which literally means a "group of wasps" (Meghalaya)
Troops of AR arrested two suspected militants,
identified as N Asongba and Toshi Ao from Yaongyimsen village
in Mokokchung District of Nagaland and busted illegal arms making
facility. A large number of tools and weapon making stores were
recovered from the house of N Asongba. Toshi Ao was arrested with
one point 22 rifle and 14 live rounds.
The Naxals are reportedly extorting a
"levy" of about INR 1.4 billion annually from a variety of sources,
the Central Government informed the Rajya Sabha. "The
Left Wing Extremists groups are reported to extort 'levy' from
industrialists, businessmen, contractors particularly Tendu
patta contractors, transporters, government servants and
various illegal mining mafia groups in the LWE affected states.
Though an exact quantification is not possible, a study conducted
by the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis, Delhi has assessed
that the CPI (Maoist) party has been collecting not less than
Rs 140 crore annually from a variety of sources," Minister of
State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary told the Rajya
Sabha in a written reply.
The Minister for Communications and Information
and Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad has told the Lok Sabha
that the NDA Government has earmarked INR 50 billion for improving
the telecom network in the northeast and INR 35 billion for the
CPI-Maoist-affected States.
Three women CPI-Maoist cadres, one of them carrying
a reward of INR 100,000 on her head, surrendered before Bijapur
District Police of Chhattisgarh.
The Maoists in Bastar region have offered a "deal"
- 'pay us INR 1 lakh and get an ensured victory' - to prospective
candidates who will contest the upcoming urban body and the panchayat
elections in the State.
The CRPF has sought the "immediate dismissal from
service" of two BSF pilots, blaming their "deliberate and intentional
misconduct" for the CPI-Maoist attack in Kasalpad village of Sukma
District on December 1, in which the CRPF lost 14 of its personnel.
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December 11 |
Three Policemen, identified as Constable Zahoor
Ahmad, Mohammad Ashraf and Farooq Ahmad were injured as militants
threw a grenade towards a Police Station in Anantnag District
of South Kashmir. The grenade exploded inside the premises of
the Police Station Sheirbagh resulting in injuries to three Policemen.
Army recovered an IED in Shopian District. A defence
spokesman said: "Based on the intelligence inputs received from
unit source about a presence of IED on Shopian-Bahibug road, the
troops of the Army Unit, carried out a search operation of the
areas resulting into the recovery of one cylinder based IED, planted
under the culvert near village Lundura."
Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar said that recent
militant attacks in Kashmir are aimed at scaring people away from
the democratic process but they have failed in their designs.
He said "Due to high voter turnout in elections, this is an attempt
to bring it down again. But we managed to get good voting. You
see the result of Tral, for example, from one per cent to 37.8
per cent."
European Parliament, on behalf of the EU welcomed
the smooth conduct of the first three phases of Assembly elections
in Jammu and Kashmir.
Indian Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar stated
that "I feel that there has to be some strong response which will
once and for all reduce these blatant attempts. It's an open secret
that they (militants) came from Pakistan". "You will
see the developments in the next six months ... We have to ultimately
teach those who are rogue a proper lesson," he said.
A cadre of the ULFA-I, identified as Raktim Moran,
a resident of Mudai Gaon in Dibrugarh District surrendered before
the Assam Police and deposited a cache of sophisticated arms and
ammunition. Dibrugarh District SP Rana Bhuyan said that Moran
has deposited one AK-81 rifle, one Chinese grenade, three magazines
and 79 rounds of ammunition. Having joined the banned terrorist
group in 2011, Moran had undergone training in Myanmar.
While surrendering his arms, Moran said that currently
at least four training camps of the ULFA-I are operating inside
Myanmar with around 250 cadres, apart from some NSCN-K militants.
Raktim surrendered before the Police with the help of his family
members. He sneaked into Sivasagar District from the Mon District
and reached Dibrugarh.( Assam)
A civilian, identified as Moirangthem Sanyai Singh,
was injured when a moderately powerful IED exploded at the roadside
of the diversion to ITI Phaknung along the Imphal-Ukhrul road
near the Sawombung Bridge under Lamlai Police station in Imphal
East District of Manipur. The explosion took place when the two
BSF vehicles had just crossed the area.
NPO in collaboration with frontal bodies and tribe
hohos (apex bodies) organised a massive public rally
cum public meeting at Senapati District (Manipur) headquarters
to denounce recent unwarranted anti-social activities in the area.
Concluding the rally, the NPO and frontal bodies read out a common
declaration stating that, any form of anti-people activities by
any group or individual will be socially boycotted.
Manipur CM Okram Ibobi who accepted the 280-page
report prepared by the APPC on ILPS has expressed the view that
it will not be possible to introduce a bill during the winter
session of the Assembly beginning from December 18. The reports
said that there will be just three sittings which will make it
impossible to deliberate and pass the bill on it. Secondly, he
has to take hints from the Union Government.
Troops from the Army's Red Shield Division launched
a special operation to maintain continuous surveillance over the
movement of the arms dealers and arrested three Myanmarese arms
dealers, identified as Khenthang, Paudoa and Seamtong along with
7 MA III MK II Rifles, 14 Magazines, 19 rounds packed in a steel
case and cash of MMK 2,08,000 from Indo-Myanmar Border. Further
interrogation of the individuals revealed that consignment was
bought from Kalemyo in Burma on December 6 and were being illegally
smuggled inside Manipur to abet insurgent activities.(Manipur)
Troops from the Army's Red Shield Division launched
a search operation in Veng in Churachandpur District of Manipur
and arrested a ZRA cadre, identified as Jampao Guite. According
to the sources the ZRA cadre was arrested from a medical store
while demanding money. A motor cycle, mobile, INR 5,090 in cash
and incriminating documents having financial details of the extortion
activity being carried out by the individual were recovered.
NPF, Manipur State unit, has raised strong objection
against the motive of the APPC in trying to politicize the whole
issue of ILPS by digging up the issue of hills and valley. NPF
Manipur unit general secretary Honreikhui Kashung said in a statement
that APPC's report which was submitted to the CM, Okram Ibobi
Singh on December 10 would be fiercely opposed and objected by
NPF and like-minded groups if the report tries to vitiate the
ill areas of Manipur.
JCILPS Students' Wing has appealed to the Manipur
Government to ban all kinds of games which involve betting or
staking of money,
AR launched an operation in Purana Bazaar in Dimapur
District of Nagaland and arrested one militant, identified as
Montsothung Yanthan, along with one .22 pistol with magazine.
Suspected militants of the NLFT kidnapped one
lorry driver, identified as Amrit Das, from near Bhiju BoP under
Chamanu Police station of Dhalai District of Tripura. According
to highly reliable sources, the militants sneaked into Indian
border by cutting the barbed fencing. Police said this was the
third terrorist incident in Tripura within two months. Report
added that the NLFT militants have been abducting people in Tripura
and Mizoram to collect ransom.
A tribal youth, identified as Madakam Tirupati
(20), of Kaliveru in Charla mandal, who was allegedly
abducted by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres near the Telangana-Chhattisgarh
border on December 10, was reportedly found murdered at Yerrampadu
in Charla mandal of Khammam District.
Suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist set ablaze
19 heavy vehicles, which includes 16 trucks, two earth movers
and one dumper, at Chapi village under Kisko Police Station area
in Lohardaga District of Jharkhand.
Following a tip off from the IB, a joint team
of State Police and IB arrested Sanjay Ganjhu alias Ramesh
alias Rameshwar alias Pratap Ganjhu, member
of the Bihar-Jharkhand-North-Chhattisgarh 'regional committee'
and who carried a cash reward of INR One million on his head,
from the border of West Singhbhum and Simdega Districts where
the Maoists have called for election boycott.
Several CPI-Maoist posters, some threatening an
armed movement against the Birlas, were put up outside the Hind
Motor plant gate in West Bengal. The car factory has been shut
since July, 2014. Residents of houses around the factory and a
slum nearby spotted the posters in the morning and informed the
Police.
Pamphlets and posters in the name of CPI-Maoist
appeared in Vishakhapatnam Agency of Andhra Pradesh. The propaganda
literature was in Odiya.
Assistant General Manager of SBI Laitumkhrah Branch
Shillong lodged a complaint that an individual identified as Medalang
Nongrum attempted to deposit fifteen FICN amounting to INR 7500
in the branch.
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December 12 |
The 14th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
in Hyderabad rejected the bail petition of two alleged SIMI operatives
Shah Mudassir alias Talha and Shoeb Ahmed Khan alias
Pusad Shoeb. The duo, who hails from Maharashtra, was arrested
by the Gopalapuram Police on October 22, 2014. The investigation
agencies have alleged that they were planning to travel to Afghanistan
to seek militant training from al Qaeda.
Intelligence agencies are scanning the employee
records of a leading Indian software company headquartered in
Bengaluru (Karnataka), to identify the man behind @ShamiWitness,
an IS propaganda Twitter account. This follows UK's Channel
4 report that claimed that one "Mehdi" was running what was
"perhaps ISIS's most influential Twitter account, which
was seen two million times each month and was followed by two-thirds
of all foreign fighters" on the micro-blogging site. Intelligence
sources identified him as Mehdi Masroor Biswas from Bengal.
The channel claimed that in an interview to the
channel, Mehdi said, "If I had a chance, I would've left everything
and joined them. But my family needs me here. My parents are dependent
on me." However, the account is no longer operational. It provided
graphic accounts of the IS war, based on information provided
to him by his online followers. The account operator is reported
to have claimed that he was in regular contact with British jihadis
before they left to join the IS and after they arrived.
Police arrested one person, identified as Alomgir
Paramanik from Joypur in Dibrugarh District of Assam in connection
with arms dealing and a murder case.
ULFA-I warned that would resort to armed protest
in case the GoI and the NHPC try to construct the 2000 MW Lower
Subansiri Hydro-electric Dam project forcefully ignoring the mass
protests in Assam against the construction of the dam under the
prevailing conditions.
UTLA/KNO denied any involvement in the kidnapping
of two NFR employees as claimed by the state and central SFs.
The militant group said that the incident occurred because both
the State and Central Governments failed to issue a designated
camp to them at Vangai in Churachandpur District of Manipur as
requested since the signing of the SoO pact.
The KHADC CEM Adelbert Nongrum expressed apprehension
over the alleged atrocities and highhandedness perpetrated by
the Garo Hills based militants, especially the GNLA, against the
Khasi population residing along the coal belt areas in West Khasi
Hills and South West Khasi Hills Districts of Meghalaya. He claimed
that GNLA cadres were active in the coal belt areas and were indulging
in rampant extortion activities.
The Government of Meghalaya, through the Political
Department, has informed that the disbanding ceremony of ANVC
will be held on December 15 at Dikki Bamdi Stadium in Tura in
West Garo Hills District from 11am. CM Mukul Sangma will attend
the programme as the chief guest. The ceremony will also witness
surrender of weapons by both ANVC and its breakaway faction, ANVC-B.
Acting on a complaint received from one businessman
that he has been receiving a call from an unidentified militant
demanding INR 50,000, the Dimapur Police arrested one suspect,
identified as Basachu Kar. Sources said that the Police
recovered one mobile handset along with the SIM card used for
making the demand from the possession of the accused. (Nagaland)
A 36-member search team including tribals and
officials from forest and Police departments searched the border
belt of Thrissur forest area in Thrissur District for alleged
CPI-Maoist presence in the region, as part of routine patrolling.
They could not retrieve any evidence.
The Andhra Pradesh State Government has reconstituted
a high-powered Cabinet Sub-committee for taking top level decisions
relating to Naxalite-problems in the State.
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December 13 |
Police arrested Mehdi Masroor Biswas, an engineer
by training and an executive in an Indian multinational company,
accused of being the key voice of the global jihadi group ISIS
on Twitter from his residence in Jalahalli in north Bengaluru
in Karnataka. A Bengali-speaker from Kolkata, Biswas owned @ShamiWitness,
a Twitter account that propagated the violent ideology of the
ISIS. Police described him as a radical ideologue of the jihadi
cause, who reportedly told interrogators, "India does not have
real Muslims capable of jihad". A senior Police officer who interrogated
him said Biswas supported ISIS because he felt they were fighting
"the real war".
Bengaluru Police Commissioner M N Reddi said that
cases had been registered against Mehdi Masroor Biswas, the alleged
handler of the pro-ISIS Twitter account, under various provisions
of IPC, UAPA and IT Act. Karnataka DGP L Pachau said Mehdi had
more than 17,000 followers on Twitter and used to "ferociously"
tweet by aggregating information and closely watching developments
of the region.
Hundreds of supporters of Mehdi have taken up
a cyber battle and are driving a threat campaign to free him.
'#FreeShamiWitness', a new hash tag that surfaced just hours after
news of Mehdi's arrest went public on the social media, is campaigning
extensively for his release.
The Central Government appointed Dineshwar Sharma,
a 1979-batch Kerala cadre IPS officer, as Director of the IB.
After a lull, the ULFA-I has intensified its activities,
especially extortion, in Tinsukia District of upper Assam. According
to the report a few untoward incidents like grenade blasts have
occurred in the last few weeks in various places of the District.
Most of these incidents occurred due to the refusal of paying
of money to the ULFA-I. The banned outfit now-a-days is using
e-mails for extortion purposes.
The questioning of arrested Sahanur Alom, one
of the key persons of the JMB in Assam and other members of the
outfit arrested in Assam and West Bengal revealed that the JMB
was trying to establish a full-fledged network in Assam, particularly
in the Muslim-dominated areas and trained up several persons specifically
for the purpose. Security sources said that at least ten people
were specially trained by the JMB for establishing the network
of the outfit in Assam. According to the reports, the JMB started
trying to establish bases in Assam after the ethnic riots in the
BTAD area in 2012 where more than a hundred people were killed.
The JMB took advantage of the situation and started exploring
the possibility of expanding bases in the State.
KAAC CEM Tuliram Ronghang in a meeting after unfurling
the statue of martyr Ratul Nunisa, who lost his life on the June
5 in an ambush by ULPA, at Tumpreng in west Karbi Anglong in Assam
said that "Bullet has not solved any problem in this world so
far, rather created more problems. It hinders development and
disrupts peace. There should not be any place for bullets in a
good society." He further said that doors were open for KPLT militants
to come for talks.
Troops of AR arrested one UNLF cadre, identified
as Saikhom Bungba Singh alias Ashingba Singh at Sita road junction
check post in Thoubal District of Manipur.
Survey engineer of Coastal Project Private Limited
Sandip Vera and pot supplier Shiv Singh Rana who were allegedly
kidnapped by armed militants on December 8 from Tousem sub-division
in Tamenglong District of Manipur were released. Later, Sandip
Vera said that he was severely tortured by his kidnappers.
A small time florist of South Garo Hills, identified
as Ranjit Modak who was abducted at gunpoint from Dambuk Aga area
in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya on December 5 and taken
across to Bangladesh was released unharmed. Earlier, the kidnappers
had demanded INR 1 lakh for his safe release. However, the Police
suspect that money had exchanged hands although the victim claims
to have only paid INR 18000 which was forcibly taken from him
by the group at the time of his kidnapping. Ranjit Modak reportedly
revealed that the gang comprised of Bangladeshi Muslims and Garos
who were armed.
A CRPF Constable was killed in a pressure bomb
explosion at Sarkeguda village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, each carrying a reward
of INR 5000, were arrested from Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
Jharkhand Police along with CRPF arrested a 'sub
zonal commander' of BKP, identified as Santosh Khervar, from Kurund
village of Manika region in Latehar District of Jharkhand.
Talking to reporters after a meeting of political
party leaders, senior officials of various departments, and representatives
of three-tier local bodies in Kalpetta of Wayanad District of
Kerala, Minister for Home and Vigilance Ramesh Chennithala said
political parties in tribal areas, especial in remote forest tribal
settlements, should take collective effort to prevent CPI-Maoists
infiltration into the State.
TPC has managed to hold a jan adalat in
Latehar District of Jharkhand to distribute 'compensation' to
villagers.
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December 14 |
An Army personal was injured in a mine blast along
the LoC in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch District of J&K.
PM Narendra Modi spoke against drug abuse and
said the money used to buy drugs could be funding terrorist activities.
Gujarat Police have initiated the process for
issuing of a red-corner notice against Yunus alias Lota, an accused
in the 1993 Gosabara (Porbandar District, Gujarat) arms landing
case. Lota, who is originally from Porbandar, is the prime accused
in the arms landing case that was registered with the Porbandar
Police in 1993. The arms and explosives that were delivered on
the Gujarat coast were allegedly used in the 1993 Mumbai (Maharashtra)
serial blasts.
J&K recorded 49.5% polling in the fourth phase
of assembly elections. At a post-polling press briefing, chief
electoral officer Umang Narula said the voting percentage figures
received from the 18 constituencies were tentative and were expected
to go up.
The CCTV footage shows that five operatives of
SIMI who escaped from a jail in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa in October
2013, Aizazuddin, Amjad, Aslam Ayub, Zakir Hussain and Mehboob
alias Guddu, escaping after the Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh) blast of
September, 2014. They were all spotted in the video seeking medical
attention after getting injured in an accidental blast while making
bombs. According to sources, the Bijnor attack was planned somewhere
in the NCR.
West Garo Hills District administration (Meghalaya)
has made elaborative security arrangements for the disbanding
ceremony of the ANVC and its breakaway faction ANVC-B to be held
at Dikki-Bandi stadium in Tura on December 15. Deputy Commissioner
Praveen Bakshi said that "We have put in place elaborative security
arrangements at the venue to ensure that the ceremony passes off
peacefully." He also said that that both the ANVC and ANVC-B have
submitted the list of cadres and arms and added that around 450
cadres of both ANVC and ANVC-B would be formally surrendering
during the ceremony.
The Meghalaya Police denied the presence of GNLA
cadres in the coal belt areas of West Khasi Hills and South West
Khasi Hills Districts as was claimed by KHADC CEM Adelbert Nongrum.
A senior Police official said that "So far we have no information
about GNLA cadres indulging in rampant extortion activities along
the coal belt areas located in these two districts." He also said
that Police had not received any complaint about any such activity
by the militant group.
A suspected CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Karam
Narasimha Rao, was killed and another person was injured in an
encounter with Police in Cherla mandal of Khammam District.
More Maoist posters have been found at Kudunur
and Satyanarayanapuram area of Cherla mandal of Khammam District.
The intelligence agencies have got credible evidence
that Naxals are planning to attack PM Narendra Modi during
his visit to CPI-Maoists-infested States.
With a view to wean away youth from Naxals,
the Warangal District Police of Telangana organised a mass
contact programme in Medaram forest area where the DIG B Malla
Reddy and SP AK Jha reached out to hundreds of tribals.
A week after suspected Maoists exchanged fires
with members of a Kerala Police commando Force in Wayanad District;
the Maoists have said that they would now target illegal money-lending
rackets. In an article that appeared on 'Kaattuthee' (Wild fire),
a mouthpiece news bulletin in Wayanad, the Maoists said Policemen
were also aiding illegal moneylenders who have caught farmers,
labourers and tribals in a web of debts and forced thousands to
commit suicide in the District.
Jailed GNLA 'chairman' Champion R. Sangma will
appeal to the Supreme Court with the hope that he would be freed
from detention under the MPDA, 1995. "We will file a special leave
petition before the Supreme Court very soon," Champion's legal
counsel Sujit Dey said.
RSO operative and Myanmar national Khaleed Mohammed,
who was arrested on November 17, 2014 by NIA with regard to October
2, 2014 Bardhaman blast case, has confessed that his handlers
were two JMB operatives belonging to Bangladesh, Ali Ahmed and
Abdul Rehman, who facilitated in honing his various skills, including
making explosives. Intelligence sources said that Khaleed, who
originally started as a cook, was associated with the Darashava
madrasa in Myanmar for almost 10 years till 2010. After
a couple of years, he came in contact with Ahmed and Rehman, who
lured him to jihad and took him to Bangladesh, where
extremists of the TTP trained him.
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December 15 |
Six CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested and firearms
were recovered from them from separate places in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh.
Two CPI-Maoists cadres wanted in connection with
the murder of two security guards were arrested along with arms
and ammunition in Lakhisarai District of Jharkhand.
The death of Karam Narasimha Rao, a tribal youth
of Dosillapalli in Charla mandal in Khammam District
of Telangana, after being hit by a bullet during an anti-CPI-Maoist
operation by the Police in the night of December 13 set off protests
in his native village in Bhadrachalam division.
SF seized a cache of arms and ammunition from
a couple near Kolia Bhomora bridge in Sonitpur District. Sonitpur
SP Sanjukta Parashar said a couple, identified as Jolen Narzary
(44), and his wife Belsree Nazary alias Kareng (40),
were carrying the arms on a bike and were arrested at a checkpoint
near the bridge. The recoveries included a HK-33 rifle, an M39
grenade launcher along with 80 rounds of ammunition, 16 grenade
shells and 17 SIM cards. Police suspect the arms were meant for
NDFB-IKS and the couple was bringing it from Nagaland.
According to a Police source, the NDFB-IKS as
well as other militant organisations are suspected to be supplying
arms from Nagaland via Dimapur to a militant group in Arunachal
Pradesh bordering Sonitpur District in Assam.
Two migrant traders were killed and four others
were injured, when an IED exploded at Thangal Bazar, a non-Manipuri
concentrated and commercial area, killing betel leaf-sellers Naresh
Shahni and Joylal Shah. No militant group has claimed responsibility,
Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and Deputy CM Gaikhangam, who
is also the Home Minister, blamed militants for the blast.
When attending the 'homecoming ceremony' of the
K. K. Nganba faction of KCP, CM Okram Ibobi Singh stated that
"The state government has withdrawn AFSPA, from seven Assembly
constituencies of Imphal. We want to withdraw the act from more
areas. However, such bomb blasts [referring to the IED explosion]
will hamper the effort." The KCP-Nganba signed a MoU for peace
talks with the State Government at the function on December 15.
Nganba came with 35 cadres, including three girls, and 31 weapons.
Twenty militants of KCP -MC action also joined
the peace process by turning up for the 'homecoming ceremony'.
Nongdrenkhomba, 'commander-in-chief' of the outfit, sought autonomy
for the state and repeal of the AFSPA among the 10 demands raised
by the outfit at the ceremony. The other demands include: autonomy
for Manipur like Jammu and Kashmir constitutional safeguard for
the protection of territorial integrity repeal of army act enforcement
of inner line permit uniform land law for both hills and plains
for equal development establishment of medium industries establishment
of Manipur regimen employment facilities for all the members for
their livelihood separate squad of KCP (MC) for violence against
women and children in Manipur and an anti-corruption squad to
be set up by the government. Nongdrenkhomba, who has brought 20
more cadres to join the peace process, said, "We will talk until
we get our 10 demands fulfilled. We have not yet taken any help
from the government and we decided to talk peace and not to take
benefits for the comrades." The outfit is at present at the designated
camp at Moirang Khunou in Bishnupur District.
Imphal East District Police Commandos arrested
a URF militant identified as Ngairangbam Jayanta from Sawombung
bazar in Imphal East District. INR 17,000 along with some incriminating
items were seized from him.
Two militants of an unidentified militant group,
who were involved in the December 15 bomb blast, were arrested
by Imphal West District Police, from an unidentified location.
57 militants of three different militant groups
including top leaders of two groups laid down their arms in a
home coming ceremony held at the banquet hall of the 1st Manipur
Rifles complex. Among the surrendered militants were 'chairman'
of KCP K. K. Nganba faction 'chairman' and 'finance secretary'of
PREPAK. Nabachandra and Chinglen, respectively. Of the 57 surrendered
cadres, 20 belonged to KCP-MC (Nongdrenkhomba group).
The ANVC and its Breakaway faction ANVC-B were
disbanded at a function at the Dikki-Bandi Stadium at Dakopgre
in Tura in West Garo Hills District. 'Chairmen' of the two outfits,
Dilash Marak and Bernard N Marak, respectively, surrendered arms
and signed the affirmation for disbandment with CM Mukul Sangma.
CM Mukul Sangma said, "The disbanding of ANVC
and ANVC-B rekindles the hope that the era of peace and stability
will return to the Garo Hills and together we will be able to
chart out the path of development and peace." The CM urged the
leadership of the two outfits to show the way to 'other misguided
outfits' to come overground and join the mainstream.
The ANVC, which was formed in 1994, signed a ceasefire
agreement with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the State
Government on July 23, 2004. During the process, ANVC-B parted
ways from the parent organization and formed a breakaway faction
in 2010-11. This breakaway faction, too, signed a peace pact and
the ceasefire agreement was reviewed and strengthened from time
to time. The extended ceasefire agreement was signed in Shillong
on January 5, 2012. On September 18, 2013, the same commitment
was reiterated and both the groups - ANVC and ANVC-B- were requested
to submit the list of their cadres to the State Police Special
Branch for further processing. Finally, a formal text for settlement
was signed by the Union home ministry, the chief minister of Meghalaya,
leaders of ANVC and ANVC-B in New Delhi on September 24, 2014,
paving the way for disbanding the two militant outfits.
The outfits' cadres no longer need to fear certain
cases filed against them. The MoS signed on September 24 has provided
immunity to the cadres who were burdened with criminal cases of
assorted hues. "Criminal cases registered against members of the
ANVC for non-heinous crime shall be withdrawn by the state government,"
the MoS states. It also states that the cases registered against
ANVC members for "heinous crimes shall be reviewed case by case
according to the existing policy on the subject, and, wherever
feasible, steps for withdrawal of such cases will be initiated
by the state government".
A total of 748 militants of ANVC and ANVC-B militants
formally laid down their weapons. Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul
Sangma, who attended the disbanding ceremony held at Tura in West
Garo Hills District, hailed the return of the militants to peace
and said the groups had proved that violence was not the right
path. The disbanding of the ANVC however does not guarantee peace
in the region as GNLA has emerged as a major source of worry for
the government in the last couple of years. "It is an exemplary
courage to be part of the mainstream. It demonstrates that violence
can never be a solution to problems.
Two Indians, among 17 people who were taken hostage
at Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Martin Place in Sydney (Australia)
by a man of Iranian origin are safe. The siege ended with the
Police storming the cafe which resulted in three deaths - the
gunmen and two of the hostages. Five of the 17 hostages, including
one Indian, had escaped before the operation begun. The Indian
consulate in Sydney was evacuated in view of the hostage situation
in the cafe and all the staff members are safe.
Security around Indian cricketers has been increased
in Brisbane owing to the hostage crisis in Sydney. India is currently
playing a four-match Test series in Australia with the second
Test due to start on December 17 in Brisbane.
The NIA investigating the October 2, 214 Bardhaman
blast case has found that besides the Simulia and Lalgola madrasas
used by the JMB to train recruits in West Bengal, a third JMB
recruitment and training base was on the verge of becoming operational
in Murshidabad District.
The NIA has also learned that JMB operatives had
paid money to buy a plot of land to set up a madrasa
for similar purposes in Kenduwa village in Jharkhand's Deoghar
District in July, 2014. NIA sources said that besides West Bengal,
Assam, Bihar and Jharkhand, its probe into the JMB's network had
also led them to Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Hyderabad,
where local networks of masons hailing from Malda and other Districts
of West Bengal were under the scanner.
Intelligence agencies are tracking a second pro-IS
Twitter handle purportedly operated by one of the four Kalyan
youths still in IS territory. The account, which the agencies
do not want identified just yet, is a near replica of Mehdi Masroor
Biswas' handle @ShamiWitness in that it propagates IS ideology,
re-tweets posts by its leaders and publicises their violent acts
including beheadings.
@ShamiWitness operator Mehdi Masroor Biswas has
confirmed to his interrogators that he firmly believed in the
extreme-radical interpretation of Islam and found nothing wrong
with beheading or sexual slavery. He claimed that around 60 per
cent of his followers on Twitter were non-Muslims from western
countries, apart from UK Muslims and a "negligible" number of
Indian Muslims. In fact, an official from UMHA said Mehdi has
described Indian Muslims as "sarkari", a terminology they claimed
meant "useless". Mehdi's disclosures were shared with Parliament
in a suo motu statement made by UHM Rajnath Singh.
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December 16 |
Unravelling the foreign linkages of CPI-Maoist,
the UMHA informed Lok Sabha that some senior cadres of
the Communist Party of the Philippines were known to have trained
members of the domestic LWE outfit on two occasions in 2005 and
2011. In reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of
State for Home Kiren Rijiju said CPI-Maoist, responsible for LWE
spread across 12 states has "close links with Maoist organizations
in the Philippines and Turkey, etc". Apart from being a member
of the conglomerate CCOMPOSA, the LWE groups have participated
in conferences and seminars in Belgium and Germany. "The so-called
'people's war' being waged by the CPI (Maoist) against the Indian
state has also drawn support from several Maoist fringe organizations
located in Germany, France, Holland, Turkey, Italy, etc," Rijiju
said.
While pointing out that the recovery of foreign-made
arms and ammunition from the Left-wing extremists in different
encounters and operations indicated that they were procuring weapons
from various sources, the minister said the possibility of CPI-Maoist
front outfits clandestinely receiving foreign funds could not
be ruled out.
Bihar Police arrested eight alleged CPI-Maoist
cadres including four women, from Turki village in Muzaffarpur
District and recovered six detonators, a pistol, some ammunition
and Maoist literature from them.
The Chhattisgarh Government has doubled the reward
money on top CPI-Maoist leaders active in the Bastar region of
the State. The Government has declared a reward of INR 10 million
for providing information on CPI-Maoist 'general secretary' Mopalla
Lakshmana Rao alias Ganpathi, and five other senior leaders
who earlier carried a reward of INR 5 million each on their head.
The senior leaders are Katakam Sudarshan alias Anand;
Mishir Besra alias Bhaskar; Mambala Keshav Rao alias
Gagganna; Kisan Da alias Prashant Bose; and Mallojulla
Venugopal alias Sonu.
A high-level meeting of Police and forest officers
of Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu and Kollam District of Kerala
was held at Thenmala of Kerala to discuss ways to check CPI-Maoist
threat.
Four CPI-Maoist camps were destroyed in Telan
reserve forest under Urladani gram panchayat of Kalahandi
District of Odisha, while about 40 Maoists including a 'central
committee member' Jingu Narasimha Reddy alias Jampanna
escaped after exchanging fire with the Police.
Five top CPI-Maoist cadres, two of them carrying
cash reward of INR 0.8 million each on their head along with three
others carrying reward of INR 0.1 million each, surrendered before
Dantewada District Police of Chhattisgarh.
Maoist cadres attacked a construction site and
its workers leaving several injured in Latehar District of Jharkhand.
The Maoists destroyed a make-shift tent and thrashed all the workers
engaged in the construction of a bridge.
Police and Army during a joint operation recovered
arms and ammunition from Rainawari forests of Handwara in Kupwara
District. The Arms and ammunition recovered include one AK-47
rifle, five AK-Magazine, 1450 AK ammunition rounds, 170 Pika rifle
ammunition rounds, 12 UGBL grenade, 9 detonators, three IED RC
3, 4 RPG round 4 and two RPG boosters.
Speaking on the sidelines of a function held on
the occasion of Vijay Divas at Chinar Corps headquarters
in Srinagar, the two top Army commanders from 15th and 16th Corps
based at Srinagar and Jammu, said that militants are desperate
to infiltrate into this side of the border to carry out strikes
and disturb elections.
Assam's list of active militant groups has just
got a bit longer with the entry of JMB. Forest Minister Rockybul
Hussian, in a written reply to a question by AIUDF legislator
Hafiz Bashir Ahmed in the assembly stated that the eight 'active
militant groups in ULFA-I ,NDFB-IKS, KPLT, KLO, HuM, MULTA, CPI
-Maoist and JMB. The Minister said that from January 2001 till
November this year, 6,483 ULFA militants, 2,881 NDFB, 346 KPLT,
50 KLO, 14 HuM, 106 MULTA, 80 CPI (Maoists) and 10 JMB module
rebels have been arrested. Of the eight, currently, only three
are active, which include MULTA, HuM and JMB, he added. The inactive
radical groups are HuJI, MULFA, PULF, IURPI and ISFI. He stated
that from 1995 till date, 626 members of these radical groups
have been arrested.
A bomb was recovered from a pit while draining
water out of it at Khundrakpam Mayai Leikai of Imphal East District.
The bomb was picked up by a Bomb Disposal Squad of Manipur Police.
The SFs launched an operation and arrested one
PLA cadre and one over ground worker of KYKL at Khurai under Heingang
Police Station in Imphal East District. The arrestees were identified
as self styled 'corporal' Phijam Ajit Singh East and Irungbam
Santosh alias Deepak Meitei.
SFs arrested one NNC cadre at Patsoi in Imphal
East District. He has been identified as Kalondi Dangmei
Police had arrested a URF militant Khangembam
Sanjoy Singh alias Athoi alias Pamei alias
Amumba from near Lamshang Commando Post in Imphal West. One Glock-26
9 mm pistol loaded with five live rounds in the magazine was recovered
from the house of RK Irabot Singh on Sanjoy's disclosure.
A combined team of Imphal West District Police
commandos, Senapati District Police and AR raided the house of
one Stephen at Kalianjang village near Taphou Kuki village in
Senapati District and after a brief encounter, arrested another
URF militant identified as 'lieutenant' Kamei Badal alias
Bravo.
Thoubal District Police Commandos arrested a UNLF
militant identified as Sagolsem Malemnganba Meitei alias
Chingburoi Meitei from Wabagai Lamkhai bazar in Thoubal.
PREPAK-pro militant identified as private' Atun
Singh alias Rahul Singh was arrested from T Nampao in
Chandel District by SFs.
The Nagaland Home Minister Yanthungo Patton informs
State Assembly that more than 756 persons have been arrested in
arms and ammunition cases in Nagaland in the past five years.
Yanthungo Patton said that so far, 639 cases have been solved
and 32 are pending. He said whenever illegal arms were recovered
or service weapons were lost from any unit, Police have registered
cases against the accused. For the past couple of years, Security
Forces have busted several illegal arms-manufacturing units in
the State.
Expressing confidence in India's ability to tackle
crisis situations like the December 15 Sydney (Australia) hostage
episode, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said India's preparedness
has definitely improved. "I think we are improving and definitely
much better than probably what we were prepared in the earlier
years. So, ultimately it comes with situation, each situation
differs. But I think we are quite well prepared," he stated. Terror
group IS has been banned in India, UHM Rajnath Singh disclosed."We
have banned this organisation (IS) as a first step. I will like
to inform (the House) that the group has been banned under Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act," he said during the Lok Sabha
Question Hour.
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December 17 |
Three members of the CPI-Maoist 'Triple K' squad,
identified as Dalsuram Parasram Kachlam (21) alias Jalher,
Tulsiram Parsu (20) alias Rishi alias Sukhlal
and Kashiram Eitu Koretti, surrendered before Gondia District
SP Shashi Kumar Meena in Maharashtra.
The Police went on high alert in Idukki District
of Kerala after receiving information of sighting of suspicious
persons in the forest areas near Maniyanpetty in Vandanmedu, bordering
Tamil Nadu. A 15-member Police team have been rushed to the region
to carry out combing operations after Kunju, a tribal man, alerted
Police of seeing unfamiliar persons in the forest area, which
is around three kms away from the Tamil Nadu border.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres have slit the throat
of a villager, identified as Kalicharan Munda, at Kuchai in Seraikela-Kharswan
District of Jharkhand.
Jharkhand Police is probing the alleged sale of
Police bullets to the Naxals by middlemen through connivance
of few corrupt Policemen.
A Police team arrested three Jan Militia
members, identified as Madavi Ganga (20), Handa Ram Madavi (25)
and Linga Madavi (28) in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh who
were allegedly involved in various criminal incidents, including
attacks on security personnel, obstructing roads during Maoist
bandhs.
Maibang Police recovered the bodies of two civilians,
identified as Rakhal Baisnab and Utpal Banerjee, from a jungle
near Hadima village in Dima HasaoThey were abducted on November
3 at Basa Bari near Kalachand in Dima Hasao District, for ransom.
It is learnt that even after the payment of INR 700,000 they were
not released.
A trader identified as Pronab Saha was abducted
from Bengtal in Chirang District.
An NDFB-IKS militant identified as Sunil Musahary
was arrested from Tarajuli in Sonitpur. One 12 Bore Gun along
with a mobile phone was recovered from him.
GoI alerted the Assam Government about the possibility
of an attack by ULFA-I in Guwahati. According to government sources
the ULFA-I leader, Drishti Rajkhowa, managed to procure at least
five sophisticated bombs with timer devices and he is looking
for avenues to get those planted in Guwahati city. Sources said
Rajkhowa, who spends most of his time in Garo Hills of Meghalaya
at the bases of GNLA. is maintaining close contacts with the leaders
of the outfit. It also said that whenever the pressure of the
security forces increases, Rajkhowa shifts to Bangladesh by taking
advantage of the porous border.
India and Bhutan will launch a massive crackdown
against NDFB-IKS along its border areas. The decision was taken
in a recent meeting between security chiefs of both the countries.
An accused in Assam arms haul case during interrogation
revealed that 15 Gorkhaland Personnel (GLP, a voluntary force
affiliated to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, a political party campaigning
for a separate state of Gorkha land) had undergone 14 days arms
training in Nagaland in 2013 with the intention of launching an
armed movement for separate state of Gorkhaland, under the banner
of GLA.
NIA probe into the October 2, 2014, Burdwan blast
has revealed that JMBhad prepared a hit list of around 40 to 50
Bodo leaders to assassinate. An unnamed official of the UMHA stated,
"Assam was the immediate target of the JMB module detected after
an accidental blast on October 2 in West Bengal's Burdwan. Arrested
accused have told counter-terror officials that a dossier-like
hit-list of around 40 to 50 Bodo leaders was prepared by the JMB
members in which their photographs and other details were mentioned.
These Bodo leaders were to be killed in retaliation of anti-Muslim
riots in the Bodoland Territorial Area District in the last two
years." He also added, "It seems that around 100 improvised explosive
devices (IEDs) prepared by the Burdwan module were meant for Assam.
Initially, the suspicion was that the IEDs were being transported
to Bangladesh as claimed by some lower rank members of the module.
But now, the NIA has reasons to believe that the IEDs were being
sent to Assam may be through Bangladesh. The agency is yet to
get concrete evidence in this regard as it has not recovered any
IEDs in Assam so far".
Two unidentified militants lobbed a hand grenade
at the sentry post of 40 AR, which is on the northern side of
the Lilong Police station at Thoubal District. There has been
no report of casualties.
A joint team of Indian Army and AR arrested a
militant of KCP-MTF identified as Taorem Hero Singh, from Leirambam
in Bishnupur. One 9mm pistol along with a live round was recovered
from his possession.
AR and Bishnupur District Police Commandos launched
a joint operation at Kamong in Bishnupur District and arrested
a UNLF militant identified as Saroijam Bimol Singh.
Imphal West Police Commandos raided Kuki Taphou
and Onaeme Taphou villages on December 17, and arrested a KCP
militant who was suspected to be the involved in a recent abduction
incident in Imphal.
HNLC has again started its extortion activities
by serving demand notes to few local businessmen in Shillong.
East Khasi SP M Kharkrang stated, "We have received intelligence
inputs that the proscribed outfit is demanding money from the
local businessmen ranging up to INR 1 million. The acknowledgement
for such payment will be given in the name of some non existing
sports club". SP informed that this information was received about
a month ago and till date no one has come forward to register
a complaint.
Meghalaya Chief Minister, a day after the Police
unearthed the arms deal between the surrendered cadres of the
ANVC and the GNLA stated that leaders of the disbanded group should
be responsible and accountable for actions of their cadres. He
also asked the leadership of both the ANVC and its breakaway faction
ANVC-B to cooperate with the investigating agency so that peace
and development of the state is achieved. Meanwhile, when asked
for the increase of the cadres of both the ANVC and the ANVC-B
which was far more than those staying in the designated camps,
He stated that when the peace process was signed in 2004, the
group did not declare all its cadres.
India is all set to issue a country wide terror
alert asking all the states to maintain full vigil for at least
the next two months. The advisory comes at a time when festive
season of Christmas and New Year is on and the US President Barack
Obama has confirmed his presence for the Republic Day parade on
January 26, 2015.
Sources said that though terror attack by Taliban
that killed at least 146 school children is not directly connected
to India, the network of hardened affiliate terrorists like LeT,
al Qaeda, IM, JeM and JMB etc. can always get emboldened by such
incidents and take the fancy to do something more to keep the
momentum of terror strikes.
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to fence the
entire stretch of the 4,096 kilometre international boundary with
Bangladesh, and take immediate steps to deport illegal Bangladeshi
migrants from the country. As of now, only 65 per cent of the
border is fenced. The order comes at a time when the BSF has raised
an alarm over the increasing number of Islamic militants infiltrating
the border. A BSF report has said at least 3,000 to 4,000 infiltrators
are arrested by it every year from the border.
The NIA produced IS operative Areeb Majeed before
the special NIA court, which remanded him in judicial custody
till December 30, 2014. NIA had earlier obtained Areeb's custody
till December 22. 2014. Areeb has been booked under sections 16,
18, 20 of the UAPA and section 125 of the IPC.
A month ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit
to India, the security establishment in India is on its toes with
the IB warning that LeT may target two "unspecified hotels in
the national capital and the Delhi-Agra highway. While security
in and around New Delhi is being increased following inputs shared
by American intelligence agencies, officials are also alive to
the possibility that "hotel" and "highway" may be code words for
other possible targets. As a result, security at all vital installations,
sensitive locations and public places with high footfalls is being
intensified. UHM Rajnath Singh said that all states were told
to ensure "target hardening" of vulnerable places and installations,
including the Railways and schools, after the Peshawar attack.
The intelligence agencies have also warned of
a serious threat from SIMI operatives, who, they claim, have capability
to carry out attacks in most parts of the country.
The Police went on high alert in Idukki District
after receiving information of sighting of suspicious persons
in the forest areas near Maniyanpetty in Vandanmedu, bordering
Tamil Nadu. A 15-member Police team have been rushed to the region
to carry out combing operations after Kunju, a tribal man, alerted
Police of seeing unfamiliar persons in the forest area, which
is around three kilometres away from the Tamil Nadu border.
UMHA is working on a proposal to double the strength
of the intelligence wing of SSB and give it state-of-the-art technical
intelligence tools, to effectively counter terror activities mounted
by Pakistan from Nepal. SSB, which guards the porous Nepal and
Bhutan borders with India, is the only paramilitary unit to have
a full fledged intelligence wing. Sources said the idea is to
shore up SSB's capabilities to effectively guard entry of ISI
backed terrorists and monitor the activity of ISI in fast mushrooming
madrasas on the border. It would also help the force
counter activities of north-east insurgents on the Bhutan border.
Madhya Pradesh counter-terrorist group and ATS
detained three persons, from Rampur Patel mohalla of Jabalpur.
They followed and interacted with IS propaganda on twitter
account @ShamiWitness run by Mehdi Masroor Biswas. The trio was
among 17,700 followers of Mehdi's twitter handle, intelligence
sources said.
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December 18 |
Suspected Maoists opened fire on Police leaving
one injured at Amrapara area of Pakur District of Jharkhand. The
Maoists after the attack fled with three Police rifles. The one
injured is an Assistant Sub-Inspector rank official, confirmed
Police sources from Pakur.
Suspected Maoists kidnapped two Police personnel
at Kushchira on Dumka-Pakur border. The Maoists also took away
three rifles.
The State Government has informed the Kerala High
Court that the presence of CPI-Maoist cadres had been reported
from all over the State, especially from the northern Districts
of Wayanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Kannur during the last one-and-a-half
years.
A pamphlet released allegedly by the Western Ghat
Zonal Committee of the CPI-Maoist has warned of strong agitation
against the State government for tribals' cause. The pamphlet
was deposited in the news boxes of media organisations at the
Palakkad Press Club. The pamphlet termed the recent Police encounter
with suspected Maoists in Wayanad as part of a conspiracy hatched
by Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala.
The Dharmapuri District Police of Tamil Nadu and
the forest department launched a joint search operation for eight
people, including two women, who are said to be staying in the
reserve forest in Morappur division.
Six Maoists, including two women cadres, surrendered
in Dantewada and Kanker Districts of Chhattisgarh.
An encounter broke out between militants and SF
personnel in Bazpora area of Kupwara District. Following information
about presence of militants, SF personnel launched an operation
in the area. The militants opened firing on the SF personnel triggering
a gun battle after the latter retaliated. However, there were
no reports of casualty on either side.
A LeT militant was killed in a fierce encounter
in the Frontier District of Kupwara. One Army jawan Kuldeep Singh
of 4 Para was injured during the encounter. One AK rifle, 3 magazines,
one Radio Set and some documents were recovered from the encounter
site.
Two suspected militants of the Norrok X Momin-led
UALA were killed in an encounter with SFs at Nala, near Thantipahar
village in Goalpara. SFs recovered two pistols, two powerful 36
high explosive hand grenades, 2 crude bombs, two detonators, two
gelatine sticks, UALA documents, seven rounds of live AK ammunition
and seven rounds of live 7.65 ammunition for pistols. The area
has long been an area of militant activity for GNLA, UALA. ULFA
UALA' chief' Norrok X Momin denied his group's involvement in
the encounter.
A Defence source stated that UALA was now trying
to 'fill the vacuum' created by disbanding of ANVC.
Three unidentified people were arrested for extortion
and criminal conspiracy under the Arms Act from an unspecified
location.
AASU to the Supreme Court to continue to monitor
NRC update till the process is completed and other provisions
of the Assam Accord are implemented. AASU welcomed the Supreme
Court's ruling that set a time frame for NRC update and requested
the Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court to monitor the functioning
of foreigners tribunals, directed the Centre to complete the fencing
of India-Bangladesh border and referred Section 6A of the Citizenship
Act, which deals with the cut-off date for citizenship according
to the Assam Accord, to a Constitution bench.
Unidentified militants reportedly set ablaze two
bulldozers at a place between Nungshit Haibi and Khamlang in Ukhrul.
Tangkhul Naga Aze Longphang (Southern Tangkhul Naga Union) has
strongly condemned the burning down of the two bulldozers. The
machineries belonged to ABCI Company in the construction of the
road under a project funded by ADB.
Imphal West Police Commandos arrested a URF militant
identified as Deben Yendrembam, from a hotel room in Imphal.
The 'chairman' of ANVC-B Bernard R Marak stated
that some of the surrendered militants of ANVC and ANVC-B may
go back to jungles if they are not rehabilitated as promised by
the Government. There are half a dozen militant groups operating
in the Five Districts of Garo hills conducting extortion and abduction
for ransom and engaging the SFs in the name of separate Garo land.
GoI has given the nod to setup twenty five Anti
Terrorist School in Tripura and thirteen other states. This was
stated by Hari Bhai Parathibhai Choudhury, Union Home Affairs
Minister at Parliament in New Delhi. Eighteen of the school would
be set up in Maoist affected areas. Presently, seventeen CIAT
Schools are functional in various states including Tripura where
several training courses are running for Police.
Police arrested one person from Assam, identified
as Moniul Islam, for allegedly abducting a person and later demanding
a ransom of INR 200,000, on December 18. Police stated that the
abductors abducted an individual identified as Walsing D Sangma
from Rongbang Mangsang in East Garo Hills and later and demanded
the ransom over phone.
India asked Pakistan to hand over LeT 'founder'
and JuD 'chief' Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and Dawood Ibrahim. Union
Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
should seize the opportunity in the wake of terror attack on Peshawar
school and take bold steps to combat terrorism.
IS operative Mehdi Masroor Biswas asserted, "I'm
a soldier and messenger. I don't regret what I've done". Mehdi,
was remanded to 15 days in Police custody by Special Judge Somaraju.
One of the advocates asked Mehdi outside the courtroom, "Why did
you do this, man?" Mehdi replied he had no regrets.
Goa was put on alert following the terror alert
sounded by UMHA in view of a threat from LeT and JuD. Goa
DGP T N Mohan held a meeting to review the security situation
in the state. After the meeting, Goa Police issued circular to
Police department which has asked the Coastal Police to be brought
into full operational capabilities and to maintain close coordination
with coast guard.
Delhi Police is on a high alert and increased
the security of vital institutions in the national capital, including
the Tihar Central Jail.
There are reports that LeT may execute a fidayeen
attack to release several hardcore Pakistani terrorist lodged
in the jail. "Security has been enhanced and tight vigil is being
kept on every movement within and outside the jail," a Tihar Jail
source said.
India reacted to the release of LeT 'commander'
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi on bail, saying this was "unacceptable".
"Grant of bail to Lakhvi will serve as a reassurance to terrorists
who perpetrate heinous crimes. We call upon the Government of
Pakistan to immediately take steps to reverse this decision. There
can be no selective approaches to terrorism," said the Spokesperson
of the MEA.
Areeb Majeed, the IS militant, who was brought
back to India from Turkey on November 28, 2014 by intelligence
officials and is now in judicial custody, was released on 'formal
leave' and was dropped off by four IS militants in Istanbul (Turkey)
with USD 2,000 cash, said NIA sources.
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December 19 |
A 15 kilogram 'tiffin bomb' planted by CPI-Maoist
cadres was found under a forest road connecting Isalnar and Hangwa
villages in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
Four Maoists including two women surrendered before
Police in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh citing "sexual exploitation"
of women members by senior cadres.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Budra Podiami
alias Budra and Irma Kawasi alias Irma, were
arrested by BSF personnel and Malkangiri Police from Pithakonda
forest under Kalimela Police Station limits of Malkangiri District
of Odisha.
A civilian, identified as Tarun Biswas, was killed
by CPI-Maoist cadres at Chitrangpalli village under Kalimela Police
Station limits in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
As the Maoists are killing more and more civilians,
the State Government has decided to urge the Centre to provide
two more battalions of CAPF and two more choppers to tackle the
menace. Chief Secretary GC Pati chaired a Unified Command Meeting
to take stock of the situation of Maoist violence.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren
Rijiju stated that GoI will soon hold a meeting with all Chief
Ministers of the eight North Eastern states to discuss the new
security threat by jihadi group through their various terror networks.
He also appealed to members of various rebels
to come over ground and join the mainstream saying their illegal
activities is not affecting anyone except their own community.
Further referring to the conflicts within the region because of
the emergence of various militant groups, Rijiju said, "By taking
up arms, we are doing the greatest damage to our own community.
It will not have any impact on others. I appeal to the misguided
youths to join the mainstream. They will be engaged constructively."
Union Minister of State for Home affairs Kiren
Rijiju expressed concern over the security threat posed by terror
sleeper cells to the North East region.
A top security official revealed that at least."
Twenty IED packets (unassembled bombs) were transported from Bangladesh
to Assam in May this year. "Ten of them were given to Sahanur
Alon at Barpeta and the remaining to another jihadi cadre who
is yet to be traced".
Parliamentary secretary (home) Etwa Munda stated
that intelligence agencies have indicated the threat to Bodo leaders.
"We have told the police to identify the leaders who are facing
the threat and we will ensure maximum security for them."
Assam has put Police and SFs on high alert to
prevent a Peshawar-like attack in the state. Assam faces threat
from the al-Qaeda and serves as a refuge for JMB. Eleven JMB cadres,
including the key accused in the Burdwan blast in West Bengal,
Sahanur Alom, were recently arrested from the state.
Rockybul Hussain, the Panchayat & Rural Development,
Environment & Forest of the State said in the State Assembly
that aided by anti-national forces, insurgent groups like ULFA-I
and NDFB-IKS are continuously trying to trigger violence. He also
added that both the outfits are operating from their bases in
Bangladesh and Myanmar.
A team of bomb disposal squad safely disposed
a bomb at the Gate No. 2 of the border town of Moreh in Chandel
District.
In a joint operation, department officials along
with AR arrested two Myanmar nationals, identified as Gintunmung
and Gintheihthang and seized two smuggled Chinese-made 9 mm pistols
at Zokhawthar in Champhai District.
AR busted an 'illegal arms fabrication workshop'
in Tening in Peren District. The workshop was engaged in fabrication
and repair of illegal arms and AR arrested an individual identified
as Dintalak. AR also recovered one .22 Rifle, four 12 Bore Rifles,
partially fabricated arms parts and tools used for arms fabrication.
AR arrested a militant of the Isak- Muivah faction
of NSCN-IM, identified as Khupmang Chongloi, who is the 'assistant
political officer' of the group in Peren District, from Vongkithem
village in Peren District.
A NIA court in Patna (Bihar) framed charges against
Haider Ali, Mujibullah and Taufique Ansari in the July 7, 2013
Bodhgaya serial blasts case. Charges were framed under IPC sections
of criminal conspiracy, promoting enmity between different groups
on grounds of religion, attempted murder, causing hurt by dangerous
weapons or means, mischief by fire or explosive substance with
intent to destroy house etc, house-trespass or break-in by night
after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint, as
well as sections of the Explosive Substances Act and the UAPA.
A top security official revealed that at least
20 IED were brought to Assam from Bangladesh by JMB, to target
people and places in the four Districts in BTAD in retaliation
to 2012 riots. Twenty IED packets (unassembled bombs) were transported
from Bangladesh to Assam in May this year. "Ten of them were given
to Sahanur Alom at Barpeta and the remaining to another jihadi
cadre who is yet to be traced". Parliamentary Secretary (Home)
Etwa Munda stated that intelligence agencies have indicated the
threat to Bodo leaders.
Assam Police has put Police and SFs on high alert
to prevent a Peshawar-like attack in the state. Assam faces threat
from the al-Qaeda and serves as a refuge for JMB. Eleven JMB cadres,
including the key accused in the Bardhaman blast in West Bengal,
Sahanur Alom, were recently arrested from the state.
Rockybul Hussain, the Panchayat & Rural Development,
Environment & Forest Minister of the State said in the State
Assembly that aided by anti-national forces, insurgent groups
like Independent faction of ULFA-I and the NDFB-IKS are continuously
trying to trigger violence. He also added that both the outfits
are operating from their bases in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
The Centre reissued a set of guidelines detailing
how schools can ward off terror threats and respond effectively
in the event of a terror attack. The SOP, last conveyed to schools
through a CBSE circular dated April 5, 2010, advise the school
managements on how to deal with kidnapping of students during
arrival/departure, random firing from the road near the school,
armed intrusions followed by hostage taking and explosives planted
on school premises.
Recent intelligence inputs had warned of possible
terror strikes by LeT, SIMI or remnants of IM based in Pakistan,
at places with high footfalls, including malls, railway stations,
and, prominently, schools. Earlier, the Centre on December 16
issued an advisory to all states/Union territories, asking them
to be on high alert until end of January 2015.
The Lok Sabha adopted a resolution condemning
bail granted to alleged November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, and asking the
government to put pressure on Pakistan to satisfactorily carry
out the trial for the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case.
Two suspected terrorists were arrested in Noida.
While one of the terrorists is said to be a Bangladeshi national,
another is from Uttar Pradesh. The operation was executed jointly
by Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal ATS teams and the IB. However, the
West Bengal Police has taken the custody of the two terror suspects.
The arrested terrorists were being grilled by intelligence agencies.
During interrogation, their laptop has revealed a plot to bomb
many cities in India.
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December 20 |
Suspected militants killed a sarpanch
identified as Ghulam Ahmed Bhat (65), in Sopore Township of north
Kashmir's Baramulla District. Bhat, a resident of Bomai village,
was fired upon by unidentified militants near the main Chowk in
the village, causing serious injuries to him, Police said. Bhat
was rushed to SMHS Hospital where doctors declared him brought
dead. No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for
the killing.
Two NDFB-IKS militants, identified as Rirana Narzary
Nayanjyoti Medhi were killed in an encounter with SFs at Golaichowk
under Missamari Police station of Sonitpur District. Police recovered
a 7.65mm pistol and ammunition from the dead militants.
Assam Police's SOU recovered a consignment of
bombs belonging to JMB. The bombs were recovered by a five-member
team of the Special Operation Unit from Panpara village in Barpeta
District.
Senior Assam Police officials confirmed that the
explosives were IEDs. A Police official stated that "The operation
was carried out following confessions by Nur Jamal Haque, a resident
of Pakalagi village (Baksa) adjacent to Panpara village (Barpeta).
He was arrested from Chirang on December 19. The explosives were
kept buried near his residence," He is the twelfth jihadi activist
to be arrested in the State.
Nurjamal was a trained cadre of the JMB and he
was a close associate of Sahanur Alom, one of the key men of the
Bangladesh based militant outfit in the State. Also a total of
ten IEDs were recovered during the incident.
AR killed a militant in an encounter at Behiang,
close to Indo-Myanmar border in Churachandpur. A Rifle Grenade
MG-2, fired rounds of AK-47 and an HD cartridge were recovered
from him.
An IED exploded over Ngasuan Bridge along Singhat-Behiang
road in Churachandpur District. It is suspected that the IED was
planted there to target AR troops who may rush to the encounter
site as reinforcement. On searching the area, another IED was
detected, and was detonated safely.
An OGW of KCP identified as Sorokhaibam Anand
was arrested from area of Shekmaijin Khunao in Thoubal.
Unidentified armed men went to the home of a villager,
identified as Jenison Sangma at Dilligre village in South West
Garo Hills District and was shot and killed.
The last weekly market day in Williamnagar (East
Garo Hills) ahead of the upcoming Christmas celebrations failed
to take off with shops downing shutters before mid-day following
a bomb threat. The market day ended before it even got to half
the business day after Police teams fortified the area fanning
out in search of a teenager carrying a dark bag believed to hold
an IED. District Police Chief Davis Nestell R Marak stated that
"We had intelligence inputs about the GNLA planning to conduct
serial blasts at three places in Williamnagar.
The CBI filed a chargesheet against suspended
Assam Police constable Mohibur Islam in the court of special judicial
magistrate, Bongaigaon, under Sections 153-A, 182 and 211 of the
IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act in a case of alleged ethnic
violence in BTAD areas. Mohibur Islam alias Ratul, the
main accused in the 2012 Bodo-Muslim riot in Kokrajhar, Dhubri
and Chirang Districts. The riots left over 100 people dead and
more than four lakh homeless.
Suspected NLFT militants, opened fire at BSF at
Vandarima of Dhalai District. Militants fired from Bangladesh
at BSF patrolling party of 98th battalion. BSF also retaliate
back, firing from both side lasted for one hour. There have been
no casualties on BSF side. This unfenced area is used by militants
to cross Indo - Bangladesh international border.
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December 21 |
BSF recovered FICNs of INR 399,000 near BOP Kharkola
along IB in RS Pura Sector of Jammu District. BSF troops on specific
information, conducted search near BOP Kharkola and recovered
2 packets wrapped with yellow color tape. In one packet, 399 FICN
in the denomination of INR 1000 with face value of INR 399,000
were recovered.
A joint team of Indian Army and Assam Police killed
two militants of NDFB-IKS identified as Raikhang and Rikhigang,
at Khungring reserve forest in Chirang. The security team rescued
Sushil Deb, a trader of Bongaigaon who had been abducted by the
militant group As per the local sources the NDFB-IKS militants
had a frequent movement in the jungle area bordering Bhutan and
were involved in a number of abduction and extortion cases. One
M-16 rifle, one AK-56 rifle, one INSAS rifle, which was snatched
from the forest guards in Kokrajhar District in October.
In reaction to the encounter the militant group
had triggered a grenade blast at Chapaguri rolling mill area in
front of a temporary shoe shop under Dhaligaon Police Station
at Chirang District. No casualty has been reported.
Three non-locals were killed and four others injured
in an IED explosion, in a tea stall run by a non-local at Khoyathong
near Motbung bus parking, in Imphal West. The dead have been identified
as Ram Khusum Das, Shiva Kumar and Lallan, all hailing from Uttar
Pradesh. The injured have been identified as Gena, Rajkumar, C
Lotha and Surandar.
Deputy CM Gaikhangam termed the fresh attack as
barbaric and senseless and said the attackers seemed to have no
future or ideology.
A combined force of the Imphal East District Police
Commandos and AR arrested a PULF militant identified as 'second
lieutenant' Juma Khan from an unspecified location. One USA made
7.65 mm automatic pistol with live rounds of ammunition and a
mobile phone were recovered from him.
Indian Army and Bishnupur Police Commandos launched
a joint operation at Leimapokpam in Bishnupur District and arrested
three PREPAK militants identified as Sagar Oinam, Naoba Chungkham
and Sital Laiharaobam. One 9 mm pistol with ammunition and magazines
were recovered from them.
High Court of Meghalaya recently upheld the detention
order of GNLA 'chief' Champion Sangma under MPDA. Under the MPDA,
a person is detained for a maximum of three years and the accused
can get bail only after an Advisory Board chaired by a retired
Judge gives a decision on the matter.
IGP-BTAD L. R. Bishnoi informed that in 2014 at
least 40 militants were killed by Security Forces, while 175 of
them were arrested during the period. He further stated that the
current year also witnessed 37 incidents of violence, besides
29 cases of abduction and 110 incidents of extortion. Meanwhile,
72 civilians were killed during the period.
A hand grenade was found planted near the residential
gate of a special contractor of PWD, identified as Hijam Somendro
at Kakwa Hijam Leikai in Imphal West District. Police later retrieved
the grenade.
An 11 year old boy identified as Bishwarjit Irungbam,
managed to escape from a group of youths who had abducted him
near his house at Naoremthong in Imphal West District. He was
being taken to an unknown place probably for recruiting as a child
soldier.
Combined team of Imphal West and Thoubal District
Police commandos arrested a militant of PREPAK, identified as
Huidrom Deben alias Eyamba while conducting frisking and checking
during at Kakching Lamkhai in Thoubal District.
Two people, identified as Bishnu Miyan and Tariq
Sheikh were arrested along with FICNs of INR 596,000 in Malda
District of West Bengal by BSF troopers. The accused,
both residents of the District have been handed over to Police.
Investigations reveal that Mehdi Masroor Biswas,
pro-IS Twitter handler had two other Twitter accounts. He was
initially believed to have Twitter handles @ShamiWitness and @ElSaltador.
Mehdi, however, claimed to have forgotten the passwords to the
other two Twitter accounts, sources privy to the investigation
said. Mehdi is learnt to have had three e-mail accounts and used
them regularly to be in touch with supporters of his Twitter accounts,
sources said. But the suspect is believed to have deflected further
queries, claiming he does not remember the passwords for email
accounts as well.
India has said that terror groups like LeT do
not "live on love and fresh air", expressing concerns that they
receive funds despite being slapped with sanctions by the UN,
as the world body reaffirmed the need to cut monetary lifelines
of terrorists. India said that financing to terror groups is supplemented
by illegal resources generated through drug trafficking, piracy,
kidnapping for ransom and extortion even though the terror organizations
are placed on the Council's sanctions list and are subject to
travel bans, freezing of assets and an arms embargo.
Letters written from the Sabarmati Central Jail
(Ahmedabad, Gujarat) by high-security inmates will be scrutinised
by the Ahmedabad CB and then sent to the addressees. The decision
was taken after it came to light in October 2013 that an IM suspect
lodged in Sabarmati Jail written letters to two addressees in
Pakistan and that the letters went un-scrutinised.
As the NIA investigates case of Areef Majeed the
youth from Kalyan who returned to India after joining IS, they
have stumbled upon various NGOs which help such a cause. There
were a large number of Wahabi scholars who had visited India in
the past couple of years and according to an IB report the number
was around 25000. These scholars came to India, preached and also
ensured that several NGO's such as the Islamic Guidance Society
were set up in a bid to help youth who wanted to go abroad and
fight the war to set up the Sharia law.
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December 22 |
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Ram Say Samad
(25) and Anu Champia (22), surrendered before Rourkela Police
in Sundergarh District of Odisha.
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has affirmed
that the violence that took place in Palakkad and Wayanad Districts
was not perpetrated by the CPI-Maoist.
CRPF DG Prakash Mishra has said his top priority
would be to ensure zero casualty in the largest para-military
force of the country.
The Andhra Pradesh Police Department is desperately
looking for foot soldiers and has submitted a proposal to recruit
8,000 Constables, State DGP JV Ramudu said.
The PDP of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, which bagged
28 seats in the 87 member Assembly, became the largest party in
the 12th Legislative Assembly elections. The BJP took to highest
ever tally of 25 in the history of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative
Assembly elections making it second largest party in the State
just three seats behind the PDP. Ruling NC recorded worst ever
performance with just 15 seats while the Congress bagged 12 seats,
down from the tally of 17 in the outgoing Assembly.
For the first time since 1996, NPP was wiped out
in the elections drawing blank as all its three sitting MLAs including
Harshdev Singh lost the polls. PC of separatist turned mainstream
leader Sajjad Lone, an unofficial ally of the BJP, won two seats
while CPI-M lone member Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami retained Kulgam
seat for fourth time. Three Independent candidates won the elections.
AAPSU expressing their surprise over the ULFA-I's
'vice-chairman' and 'commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah threat to
launch armed protest against the GoI if it goes ahead with the
2000 MW LSHP stated that it would oppose any such moves, reports
The Sentinel. 'President' of the apex students' body of the State,
Kamta Lapung, in a statement, said that AAPSU oppose any intervention
or remarks made by any person who is not bonafide citizen of the
state. LSHP will be constructed at Gerukamukh area of Dhemaji
District in Assam.
Highly placed sources in the MHA stated that there
is thinking in GoI that the existing policy of dealing with militancy
in the North East is not yielding the desired results and there
is need for amending it. Sources pointed out that, as per the
existing policy, Government is agreeing to talk with any militant
group, which comes forward for talks. But of late, GoI has found
that the policy is not yielding the desired results as new outfits
are cropping up regularly. Moreover, the splinter groups of militant
outfits, which have come for talks, are still active.
Unidentified militants lobbed six grenades at
three different places in Kokrajhar District. The blasts were
probably triggered by the militants of NDFB-IKS.
An IED weighing around 3 kilograms was recovered
at Pengaree in Tinsukia District. The area is infested by ULFA
militants and with the entry of around 10 militants of ULFA-I
in Tinsukia District, the entire area has been kept under a security
blanket.
NDFB-PTF and GoI held another round of talks to
bring about a settlement on their demands and decided to "meet
more often" to chalk out a roadmap to a possible solution. The
meeting was held among NDFB-PTF 'General Secretary' Govinda Basumatary
alias B Swmkwr, senior MHA officials and interlocutor
P.C. Haldar. GoI feels a final settlement can be worked out when
NDFB-RD faction is also on board..
Specially trained commandos of the Assam Police
will guard the inaccessible dense forest areas of the Indo-Bhutan
border in four Districts of BTAD as part of the continued operation
against cadres of NDFB-IKS. ADGP-Law and Order, RM Singh told
that commandos will act in synergy with the Army, SSB and other
security agencies.
SOU of Assam Police confirmed that they have arrested
a close associate of JMB militant Sahanur Alom, indentified as
Nazmul Islam, from Barpeta District on December 21 evening. Nazmul's
name surfaced following the arrest of another JMB militant Nurjamal
Haque.
Officials of Bangladesh and Assam held a meeting
to discuss issues relating to bilateral interest in Dhubri. Officials
of Kurigram District of Bangladesh and Dhubri discussed transborder
crimes, smuggling and ongoing trade between the two countries
through Mancachar and Sonahat border of Dhubri district. Dhubri
shares a 134 kilometre (km) border with Bangladesh out of which
45km is riverine.
NDFB-IKS had warned the Government of retaliatory
attacks if the Security Forces did not stop operations against
its cadres. A source said, "The NDFB (Songbijit faction) might
have targeted the Adivasis suspecting them passing on information
about its cadres to the police."
Central Government extended the ban imposed on
all factions of NDFB under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
for another five year.
Two persons who had reportedly recruited two boys
as child soldiers had been remanded to judicial custody.
Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam, at State
Assembly, stated that Government will not spare the perpetrators
of December 21 blast which killed three and injured four. The
Deputy CM stated that a valley based militant group was behind
the bomb blast. The Government also announced ex-gratia of INR
500,000 to each of deceased victims and INR 100,000 to seriously
injured individuals and INR 50,000 to those who sustained minor
injuries.
Gaikhangam stated, "A preliminary police investigation
has suggested that the bomb was exploded by a particular militant
group by using a remote control device. The motive was to target
the migrants".
The PREPAK-pro, through a press release issued
by its 'senior publicity officer' Melei has refuted any connection
between the outfit and Atul Singh alias Rahul Singh who
was reportedly arrested on December 16.
AR along with Imphal East District Police commandos
launched a joint operation at Chingningko in Imphal East District
and arrested a KCP militant identified as Kangujam Khoiraba Singh.
GNLA refuted the statement by East Garo Hills
Superintendent of Police Davies Nestell Marak that it had intended
to carry out multiple blasts in three different locations of Williamnagar
in East Garo Hills District.
Unidentified militants hurled a crude bomb at
a LPG godown at 2 ½ Mile Darogapathar area in Dimapur District.
No one was injured in the incident. The incident is suspected
to be related to 'tax demand'. The PRO of Dimapur Police also
stated that the LPG agency had complained of having received "threatening
calls" sometime back prior to the incident and added that the
owner, being a member of ACAUT, Nagaland had refused to entertain
any demand for 'tax'.
ATS arrested a weapon smuggler, identified as
Allahnoor from Bhuj area in Kutch District in Gujarat, who bought
guns from Barmer-based smugglers. These smugglers had allegedly
got the guns from Pakistan. The ATS is on the lookout for one
more Gujarat-based smuggler. During interrogation it was found
out that the consignment was smuggled near border post SKT route
under Serva Police Station area. The consignment brought to India
contained FICNs, weapons and heroin.
One of the three Kalyan youths, suspected to have
joined IS, has reportedly been made captive by the extremist group
when he was trying to flee, the R&AW is learnt to have informed
the Government. "There have been reports that IS is executing
fighters who want to desert the group and we have got reports
that one of the Kalyan men is in their custody," said a senior
official.
Officials of Bangladesh and Assam held a meeting
to discuss issues relating to bilateral interest in Dhubri. Officials
of Kurigram District of Bangladesh and Dhubri discussed transborder
crimes, smuggling and ongoing trade between the two countries
through Mancachar and Sonahat border of Dhubri District. Dhubri
shares a 134 kilometre (km) border with Bangladesh out of which
45km is riverine.
Rajya Sabha adopted a resolution condemning the
bail granted to November 26, 2008 (28/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. The Rajya Sabha also expressed
its concern over Pakistan's "apathetic attitude". In the resolution
adopted unanimously, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari
said the House expresses its grave concern at the numerous delays
in the prosecution of Lakhvi.
Zarrar Shah, LeT 'technology chief' had posed
as an Indian businessman while negotiating to buy from an American
company a Voice-over-Internet Phone service that was later used
by the LeT handlers to communicate with the November 26, 2008
(26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attackers while concealing their
actual origin.
The marine law enforcement agencies have intensified
patrolling along the Goa coast to avoid any possible terror threat.
"In the run up to the New Year, The Indian Coast Guard, Navy and
Coastal Security Police have intensified patrolling on and off
the Goa coast," Coast Guard DIG Manoj Badkaar stated. There is
deployment off the coast. Also, bigger ships of Indian Navy are
patrolling the western coast.
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December 23 |
Two college students, identified as Sreekanth
Prabhakaran, a B Ed student and Arun Balan, a journalism student,
who were arrested on charges of attacking KFC outlet in Palakkad
District of Kerala on December 22, were remanded in judicial custody.
They are members of a rural wing of the CPI-Maoist.
The two youths are also involved in the vandalism
at Nitta Gelatin's office at Panampilly Nagar in Kochi of Kerala
on October 22.
Police raided the office of 'Keraleeyam', a magazine
that focusses on Human Rights and environmental issues, and took
three persons into custody in Kerala.
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala while
speaking to reporters in Thrissur of Kerala said that there is
no need for alarm over attacks in the State by suspected Maoists.
CPI-Maoist senior cadre, identified as Bandi Ramesh
alias Saleem, surrendered before Warrangal District Police
of Telangana in the presence of SP AK Jha. Ramesh, a native of
Vippalagada in Narmetta mandal (administrative unit)
had gone underground in 2003 when he was 14 years old. He carried
a reward of INR .4 lakh on his head.
Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire by resorting
to small arms firing and mortar shelling in forward areas in Pansar
border outpost belt of Hiranagar sub-sector in Kathua District.
There was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing and
shelling.
Suspected militants belonging to NDFB-IKS killed
48 Adivasis at five different places in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar
Districts.
Curfew has been clamped in Rangapara, Thelamara,
Dhekiajuli and Biswanath Chariali areas of Sonitpur District.
Late at night, the Army was called in to maintain law and order
in affected areas.
Manas National Park located in Baksa District
been closed for three days in the wake of the killings. administration
has closed down the Manas National Park for tourists for the next
few days for launching operations against militants belonging
to the NDFB-IKS inside the park.
The attacks came within hours of CM Tarun Gogoi
brushing aside a recent NDFB-IKS warning of retaliation to operations
launched against the formation, reports The Telegraph. Talking
to reporters in Guwahati, CM Tarun Gogoi, said: "I don't care
for such warnings. The situation in the Bodoland Territorial Areas
District (BTAD) is not conducive and corrective measures have
to be taken."
SFs arrested a ULFA linkman from Nalanga Ujjanpura
area in Goalpara District.
Four leaders of undivided NDFB, Dhiren Boro, Ranjan
Daimary, Nileswar Basumatary and Hecterson Mushahary, were acquitted
by a TADA court in a murder case. These four leaders were accused
of the murder of Police sub-inspector Narahari Gogoi at Sapkhaiti
area presently located in Udlaguri District [prior to 2003 Bodo
accord, Udalguri was a sub-division within Darrang District] on
September 25, 1991.
Different organisations and leaders based in BTAD,
welcomed the chargesheet filed by the CBI against suspended Assam
Police constable Mohibur Islam alias Ratul, the main
accused in the 2012 Bodo-Muslim riot in Kokrajhar, Dhubri and
Chirang Districts. The riots left over 100 people dead and more
than four lakh homeless. The leaders demanded stern action against
the conspirators.
A bomb exploded, at Ukhrul-Imphal road between
Mahadev and Litan in Ukhrul District. There has been no casualty.
The place is frequented by foot patrolling party of the AR.
A joint security team of Bishnupur District Police
Commandos and troops of 12 Bihar Regiment arrested a PLA militant
identified as Warepam Jamson alias Babu alias Lukhoi, from Langpok
in Bishnupur District. The arrested militant is said to be the
'secretary' of division number 20 of PLA.
RPF, in a statement issued by Bangkim , 'chief',
'department of publicity', claimed that two troopers of AR were
killed and few others injured in an offensive launched by the
PLA's 252 mobile unit under its Operation Blue Eagle on Dec 21.
It also stated that a militant identified as 'sergeant' Doren
was also killed.
UNC strongly condemned the Imphal blast which
killed three people and stated that in spite of deploying thousands
of State security forces in Imphal, kidnapping, rape, murder and
criminal activities are the routine affairs of the day.
MCP-M stated that it is closely monitoring the
'colonial policy of the India' and alleged that it causes bomb
explosions in public places specially targeting innocent people
to defame 'revolutionaries' of Manipur.
State government has appointed interlocutors to
negotiate with UALA. Principal Secretary, Home, K S Kropha on
December 23 stated that the first round of talks were held at
Tura in West Garo Hills on December 22 in which modalities for
laying down arms and officially joining the mainstream were discussed.
UALA 'chairman' Novembirth Marak and 'general secretary' Nagra
and the 'commander-in-chief' Eliast Dakchak and four others were
present along with Government interlocutors identified as Reverend
Janang Marak and Reverend Frithing D Sangma.
UALA 'chief 'Eliast Dakchak stated that "We officially
declare our joining for peace negotiation". In view of this development
the outfit has directed all its cadres to report to their own
commands and commanders immediately.
ACAUT has condemned the bomb attack. ACAUT media
cell stated that NPGs know too well that throwing grenades and
crude bombs to maximize carnage and create fear psychosis is a
terror activity and any factions indulging in such tragic episodes
can be labelled as terrorist organization. ACAUT also added that
a militant of the NSCN-K , identified as 'captain' Nagaho Ayemi
has been threatening business community around Dimapur town.
Eight militants of NSCN-KK have reportedly joined
the NSCN-K.
One person was arrested along with FICN with a
face value of INR 80,800, at Ajronda Chowk in Faridabad.
Police found FICN in the denomination of INR 100 in a bag during
checking, a Police spokesperson said.
Four Armed Forces personnel have been arrested
in last two years for spying for Pakistan, Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar informed Rajya Sabha. One of the accused was
dismissed from service later. Manohar Parrikar told
that three personnel were arrested in 2014 while one was arrested
in 2012.
Minister of State for Home, Haribhai Parathibhai
Chaudhary informed Lok Sabha, "During the current year-2014
(till December 17), six Pakistani espionage modules have been
neutralized in the country resulting in the arrest of six persons
along with information and documents relating to various establishments
in the country. Out of these six accused, five are Indian and
one is a Sri Lankan national".
A tweet from fugitive Fahad Shaikh, an IS recruit
from Kalyan, threatens a terror attack on the Gujarati community
in Mumbai (Maharashtra). In the tweet, sent out recently, Fahad
Shaikh has threatened an attack on Gujaratis in Mumbai, say intelligence
officials. The tweet reads: '26/11 in India was targeted bcoz
Gujaratis financed riot in Gujarat and killed many innocent Muslims.
Now they are in the first class...boom...'
ULFA 'General Secretary' Anup Chetia could be
repatriated from 'protective custody' in Bangladesh immediately
after Nur Hossain, a wanted criminal presently imprisoned in Kolkata,
is sent to his native Bangladesh for trial. Hossain is accused
in seven murder cases at Narayanganj in Bangladesh, Hossain fled
to India and was arrested by Kolkata Police on June 14 for illegally
entering India.
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December 24 |
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres attacked a Police
patrolling party injuring two Policemen at Itkhori in Chatra District
of Jharkhand.
A Police constable was killed and two other Policemen
were injured in a CPI-Maoist assault at Itkhori in Chatra District
of Jharkhand.
State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala stuck to
his assessment that the recent violent incidents in Wayanad and
Palakkad Districts were nothing but the handiwork of miscreants
posing as CPI-Maoist.
Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire by resorting
to small arms firing and mortar shelling in forward areas in Pansar
border outpost belt of Hiranagar sector in Kathua District. BSF
troops guarding the borderline took positions and gave a befitting
reply. There was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing
and shelling.
Arunachal Pradesh sounded a high alert after the
December 23 attacks by the NDFB-IKS militants in Assam. Also Home
Department has issued directives to Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent
(SP) of all the Districts bordering Assam to keep a strict vigil
on possibility of ultras sneaking into the state's territory after
the massacre, stated the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam
Tuki.
The death toll in attacks by the NDFB-IKS reached
76 amid reports of retaliatory strikes and thousands of people
leaving their homes and taking shelter in schools and churches.
Retaliatory attacks began in the morning of December 24 in which
five Bodos were killed in Sonitpur and Chirang Districts. Subsequent
Police firing to control hundreds of rampaging tribals claimed
the lives of three more adivasis in Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur District.
The NIA will probe killings on December 23, said
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh after a meeting with Assam Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi in Guwahati. Singh, accompanied by Union
Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju, took stock of
the situation and said Tuesday's (December 23) massacre should
be treated as an "act of terror". "The Union Home Minister directed
security forces to deal firmly with the outfit and treat it as
a terrorist group," a source said.
Paresh Baruah, the ULFA-I leader, also the mentor
of NDFB-IKS leader I K Songbijit, in an interview on December
24 stated that the massacre on December 23 as 'collateral damage'.
He stated that "These killings of civilians are part of the strategy
in any war."
IED exploded near a BSF post in Imphal East District.
Police said an IED planted by militants on the foothills of Laikotching
under Lamlai Police Station in the District exploded shortly before
noon. However, no one was injured in the blast.
SFs launched an operation and apprehended one
Noyon faction of KCP-Noyon cadre, identified as Sagolsem Lolindro
Singh alias Mantri alias Govind (43), at Khabeisoi
in Imphal East District.
A special MCOCA Court dropped MCOCA charges from
the 23 suspected IM operatives who are accused of sending terror
emails before and after the 2008 Gujarat serial bomb blasts. This
could help the accused get bails now. The Mumbai Police Crime
Branch had arrested a set of 23 people in August 2008 and alleged
that they were behind the terror emails that warned bomb blasts
and later claimed the responsibility of the bombings. The accused,
said the Police, had hacked into the unsecured wi-fi network of
a private firm Chembur, Khalsa college's wi-fi and the wi-fi network
of an American national, Ken Heywood (who stayed in Navi Mumbai).
Terror outfit IS appeared to have emerged as a
threat factor in the Indian security radar during 2014. The arrest
of a Bangalore-based executive, Mehdi Masroor Biswas, who was
operating a pro-IS Twitter handle to propagate the ideology of
the Middle-East terrorist group, climaxed some disquieting events
earlier in the year.
The disappearance of four Mumbai youths in Iraq-Syria
and return of one of them raised concerns over how some of the
Indian Muslim youths have become radicalized through social networking
sites and other cyber outlets.
IB Chief Asif Ibrahim recently said there was
an imminent danger of Indian youths moving to the conflict zone
(Iraq-Syria), emerging as a role model and such developments may
directly or indirectly pose a threat to the country.
The Indian hinterland continues to remain the
prime focus of Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, particularly
the LeT and IM, as the UMHA found that these groups were setting
up their infrastructure in Bangladesh and using the porous Indo-Bangla
border to send arms and ammunition into India. Blast in a madrasa
in West Bengal's Bardhaman District has pointed out designs of
the terrorists of the neighbouring country to set up bases in
India.
During 2014, the UMHA also extended the ban imposed
on SIMI saying if not curbed, the outfit will reorganise and "disrupt
the secular fabric" of the country. The extension came as the
government found that the activities of the outfit continue to
be "prejudicial to the integrity and security of the country".
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December 24-25 |
SFs arrested a KCP-L, 'Lance Corporal Amar alias
Nao, who was posing as auto rickshaw driver.
SFs arrested two KYKL militants namely 'Sergeant'
Ibohanbi Sharma and 'Private' Gopal Sharma. SFs recovered weapon
and explosives from the car they were travelling.
SFs arrested a KCP-L militant, 'Lance Corporal'
Inao alias Loya and recovered one 9 mm pistol with five
rounds from Phayang in Imphal West District.
SFs arrested a KNLF militant, 'Lance Corporal'
Ainkam alias Kambay along with one pistol and four live
rounds.
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December 25 |
The CPI-Maoist cadres killed Budhram Salaam (27),
a villager suspecting him of being an 'informer' in Narayanpur
District of Chhattisgarh.
The CPI-Maoist has claimed responsibility for
killing 14 CRPF personnel in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on
December 1. It said the attack was the "people's reply" to the
"expansionist policies" of the Narendra Modi Government at the
Centre and the Raman Singh Government in the State. In a statement
issued by Gudsa Usendi, spokesperson of the DKSZC of the CPI-Maoist,
the outfit "congratulated" the South Regional Command of the DKSZC
for leading the attack on SFs near Kasalpara village of Sukma.
Bihar Police arrested an alleged top CPI-Maoist
cadre, identified as Gani Khan, on the basis of intelligence inputs,
from Tandwa - Hariharganj road under Tandwa Police Station in
Aurangabad District of Bihar.
Maharashtra Government has decided to allocate
INR 640 million to four LWE-affected Districts in the Vidarbha
region to fast-track their development. Under the IAP to develop
tribal and backward Districts in LWE-hit areas, the Centre will
provide a total of INR 1200 million for 2014-15, to be distributed
equally among the four Districts of Vidarbha.
Pakistani Rangers resorted to unprovoked small
arms firing in forward areas in Pansar border out post belt of
Hiranagar sector in Kathua District along the IB. There was no
loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing exchanges.
Army and Police busted a militant hideout in Saranwa
area of Kishtwar District and recovered one revolver with US marking,
four rounds of the revolver, three hand grenades (Chinese), one
blanket, one pouch, cooking utensils, syringe and medicines, reports
Daily Excelsior. However, no arrests were made from the
spot.
The December 23 attack by NDFB-IKS on remote Adivasi
villages which resulted in 67 fatalities had also led to the displacement
of more than 57,000 who are lodged in camps across Kokrajhar,
Chirang and Sonitpur District.
The Kokrajhar District administration has opened
24 relief camps, including 15 in Kokrajhar subdivision and nine
in Gossaigaon subdivision, housing over 45,000 inmates. In Chirang
District, seven relief camps have been set up where over 5,000
inmates are taking shelter.
Sonitpur Deputy Commissioner Lalit Kumar Gogoi
stated that Over 7000 people have their villages and taken shelter
at the six relief camps in Sonitpur District. About 6,000 are
reported to have fled Sonajuli-Phulbari, while another 1,500 people
have fled from the villages under Rangapara Police Station in
Sonitpur District.
Hundreds of Adivasis from Assam have taken shelter
in Alipurduar District of West Bengal to escape the violence in
Kokrajhar and other adjoining districts.
According to Police, around 80 rebels carried
out December 23 attacks in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur Districts. A
Police official stated that "NDFB had a base in Bhutan earlier,
but they were driven out in 2003. The Bhutan government now says
there are no Indian militants on its soil. We, however, have reports
that militants do cross over when security forces step up measures
against them."He also added that a part of Manas National Park,
in Baksa District spills over into Bhutan, and its unfenced border
is a major security concern. Another source stated that "Intelligence
inputs suggest the militants might have left behind their weapons
to ensure a safe passage".
Tension was still prevailing in most of the areas
in Sonitpur District the affected people are not yet convinced
that no further incident of violence would occur following the
visit of the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The affected areas
include Tinkhuti, Samukjuli, Behali-Moithali Basti, Gwjunphur,
Sonajuli, Naharbari, Lakhipathar, Ompur, Simangpuri, in Biswanath
subdivision and Hograjuli and Ghogra Kochari Gaon at Dhekiajuli
in Tezpur subdivision.
Burning of seven villages has been reported from
the Balidonga area of Biswanth Chariali in Sonitpur District.
Two common patterns observed in the latest mass
killings by NDFB-IKS are that all the victims were Adivasis
(aboriginal people of India) and all the affected places were
remote areas either bordering Arunachal Pradesh or Bhutan. Also
the dilapidated bridges and non-motorable roads have made areas
along the border with Arunachal Pradesh in Sonitpur district a
safe haven for NDFB-IKS militants. Being locals, the rebels know
the area well and operate on foot even while carrying out massacres.
GoI asked Bhutan and Myanmar to help evict Indian
militants, reports Indian Express. SFs looking for NDFB-IKS
militants fear that they might have slipped into Bhutan and Myanmar
after the massacre on December 23. He stated that External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj spoke to the premiers of Bhutan and Myanmar.
Union Home Minster ruled out any dialogue or talks
with NDFB-IKS. He stated that "There should be a time bound action.
We should not (the operation) drag it for a long time. He said
that GoI wanted a time-bound action against NDFB-IKS and would
extend all help to the State Government to launch a full scale
operation. Army help would also be extended, if needed, he added.
GoI has already provided 50 companies of Central Armed Police
Forces".
Home Minister Rajnath Singh stated that Prime
Minister Narendra Modi had taken the incident very seriously and
announced ex-gratia of INR 200,000 to next of kin of each victim.
Home Minister added that NIA would probe the incident and added
that probe would unearth the nexus of NDFB-IKS with other forces.
72 were killed in the ongoing violence in Assam.
40 people died in Sonitpur District, 30 in Kokrajhar District
and two in Chirang District. 67 of those killed were Adivasis
and five of them Bodos who were killed by Adivasis in retaliation.
The victims included 21 women and 18 children.
Miscreants set ablaze a weekly market at Balipara
in Sonitpur District. On the same day, miscreants vandalised a
tea factory godown at Dholmara and set the furniture on fire,
arson was also reported from Gossaigaon subdivision, both in Kokrajhar
District.
Thagi Phukan (43), owner of a small tea plantation
and Chakra Nayak Sahu (38), a labourer at his plantation, were
found by Police along the Assam-Nagaland border in Jorhat District
around. Suspected Naga militants had abducted Phukan along with
Sahu and another worker, Nabin alias Baje Bauri, 44, from the
plantation in Gabharu Pahar area under Selenghat Police Outpost
in Jorhat District on December 24. Nabin was later released by
the abductors who asked him to inform Phukan's family to pay a
ransom of INR 300,000 for the safe release of the remaining duo.
SFs arrested a husband-wife duo of Abdul Aziz
Sheikh (40) and Mozila Bibi (37) along with FICN from ward 1 of
Dhubri town near the main SBI branch in Dhubri District.
SFs launched an operation and apprehended an Over
Ground Worker of NSCN-IM, identified as JV Seldon Lamkang (35),
at Chandel Lamkei in Chandel district.
SFs arrested a PLA militant, Moirangthem Korbin
alias Naoba alias Likla Meitei (24), while conducting
a search operation at Moirang Bazar in Bishnupur District.
SFs arrested URF militant, identified as Yumnam
Mani Singh alias Nanao alias Telheiba (35),
at Keinou Bazar area in Bishnupur District.
SFs arrested a UNLF militant, identified as Naorem
Gouridas alias Punshishemba Singh (40) at Hiyanglam Laipangamba
area in Thoubal District.
The North 24 Parganas Police of West Bengal has
stumbled upon a fund channel with its roots in Basirhat and Bongaon
Districts in West Bengal, Perundurai in Tamil Nadu and Bangladesh.
Police have identified at least seven bank accounts where funds
as much as INR 10 million were transferred in each of these accounts
from Tamil Nadu every month before the money went to Bangladesh.
Further investigation suggests that 50,000 suspected Bangladeshis
are working as construction workers and labour contractors in
the Erode District of Tamil Nadu.
The UAE-based pro-IS fundamentalist Abdul Khadir
Sultan Armar is now on the radar of MP Anti-Terror Squad after
intelligence 'inputs' suggested he made online attempts to recruit
youths from MP to join the terrorist army. Intelligence agencies
are already on the hunt for him. Armar operates under aliases
of Sultan, Sult, Mulla, Moulana, Nakhwa, Pandit, Shekhu, Sheikh-Ul
and Pujari. He used the name 'Mohammad Ata' when he launched his
online recruitment.
Mumbai Police have increased the coastal security
and will not allow boat parties this year too. The Police boats
will patrol the sea till 12 nautical miles, which is under the
jurisdiction of the Mumbai Police, and the rest will be secured
by central agencies such as the Coast Guards and the Navy.
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December 26 |
The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court at Chittur
in Palakkad District of Kerala granted nine days Police custody
for two suspected CPI-Maoist sympathisers arrested in connection
with the attack on two multinational fast food joints on December
22.
The CPI-Maoist has called for a day-long bandh
to protest against the arrest of Sanjay Ganjhu, member of the
CPI-Maoist Bihar-Jharkhand-North-Chhattisgarh Special Area Committee
on December 12 from Simdega District of Jharkhand. The West Singhbhum
District Police of Jharkhand had arrested him in an alleged encounter
with Police during which he sustained bullet injury in his right
leg.
Army busted hideout of the militants in Chilli
forest area of Doda District and recovered large quantity of arms
and ammunition. On a tip off, Sohanda based Rashtriya Rifles under
Dharmund based Delta Force launched joint search operation in
Chilli forest area of Doda District and destroyed hideout of the
militants. Recoveries made from the hideout included one Chinese
pistol, one country made pistol, two 12 bore rifles, four magazines
of AK-47, one Chinese grenade, two High Explosive grenades (Number
36), four UBGL grenades, 190 rounds of 7.62mm AK-47, 25 Pika rounds
of 7.62mm, one Russian Night Vision Device and other items like
stoves, plates, bowls, steel glasses, gunny bags and blanket.
Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice
along the IB in Jammu and Kathua Districts. Pakistani troops resorted
to small arms firing on Vikraman post in Arnia sub-sector of Jammu
District. There was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the
firing. Another ceasefire violation was reported at Jabowal post
in Hiranagar sector of Kathua District. There too, no loss of
life or injury was reported in the brief firing.
81 were killed in the ongoing violence in Assam.
Two persons, one each in Sonitpur and Chirang District, injured
in December 23's attack by NDFB-IKS militants succumbed to their
injuries on December 25, while a charred body was recovered from
Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar District on December 26, a Police spokespersons
said on December 26. Further, three Adivasis were killed in Police
firing in Sonitpur District on December 24.
NDFB-IKS militants lobbed a grenade at SSB personnel
and exchanged fire with them at Phoisana Bazar area under Bijni
sub-division in Chirang district along the Indo-Bhutan border.
None was injured in the incident.
The Indian Army has intensified operations against
the NDFB-IKS. Intensive area domination is being carried out by
the Army in all the violence-hit areas. Flag marches are on in
some of the vulnerable areas to check spread of violence to newer
areas. Besides, aerial surveillances are also on in some of the
vulnerable areas, said Army sources here. Sources also denied
the Army launching any new operation against the NDFB-IKS named
'Operation All Out,' adding that the counter-insurgency operations
in the State were never suspended, and now the ongoing operations
are only intensified.
A 12-hour bandh (general shutdown strike)
called by the AAASA, ATTSA and AYP [Youth wing of Asom Gana Parishad]
disrupted normal life across the state. The bandh was total in
the affected Districts of Sonitpur, Kokrajhar, Chirang, Udalguri
and Baksa along with tea garden dominated Districts of Jorhat,
Golaghat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia in Upper Assam.
Over a lakh people belonging to both Bodo and
Adivasi community have fled their villages. Kokrajhar Deputy Commissioner
Thaneswar Malakar said that 74,912 people had taken shelter in
77 relief camps in the District. In Chirang District, 14,920 refugees
had taken shelter in 11 relief camps, 9,650 people were in nine
relief camps in Sonitpur District and 8,105 people were in five
relief camps in Udalguri District.
Security Agencies, following the NDFB-IKS attack
against Adivasis, are worried about the possibility of Adivasis,
moving closer to CPI-Maoist because of frequent armed attacks
on them.
SFs seized crude bombs at two separate locations.
The first seizure was made near Naharbari junction in Dimapur
where a motorcyclist met with an accident. Upon examining the
site Police recovered the bomb. The rider was later identified
as "Obeto (26), a NSCN, '2nd lieutenant' militant and was arrested.
Another bomb was recovered from the militant's house (Padampukhuri
village, Dimapur).
SFs arrested a member of a gang which indulged
in extorting money from the private schools in the name of URF,
organisation, in and around Lamlai Bazar in Imphal East District.
The arrestee was identified as Phijam Chitaranjan Meitei alias
Naocha (22).Incriminating articles were seized from his possession.
In a follow up action, another member of the gang, who was operating
as' Deputy Secretary' of KSA identified as ,Mayanglambam Anilkumar
Meitei alias Tangba (21), was arrested from Porompat
crossing in front of State Bank of India in the same District.
SFs arrested a NSCN cadre, 'chapel' Ibeto Sema,
along with one .32 pistol with magazine and eight live rounds,
at BOC South point in Zunheboto town of Zunheboto District.
Police arrested one person, identified as Gorji
Baria along with FICNs of INR 406,500 in Mahisagar District.
Police said the arrest was made due to increased surveillance
ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit and Pravasi
Bhartiya Divas that will be held in Gandhinagar in January 2015,
after the ATS issued alert of possibility of fake notes being
circulated in the market to affect state economy.
Police in Jaipur and other Rajasthan cities sounded
a high alert after an email purportedly sent by IM appeared on
the computers of 16 State Ministers, including the State Home
Minister, threatening terror strikes across the state on January
26, 2015.
The NIA and CBI will now jointly investigate the
possibility of a Ponzi cash link with the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman
blast and the JMB module. Sources say top officials of both central
agencies met in Delhi on December 18 and decided to continue the
probe in a coordinated manner and share information. Central investigators
have agreed that while NIA will continue probing into the terror
aspect of the JMB blast, CBI, which is conducting the Saradha
probe will try to ascertain if the illegal proceeds were used
to fund cross-border terror modules.
Mail Today as reported accessed a series
of never-heard-before tapes from a website Newsmobile.in
giving an insight into the life of Dawood Ibrahim. Dawood has
been tracked in Karachi (Sindh) and is heard expanding his real
estate empire. In the tapes, Dawood is having conversation with
key associates Javed-who manages his business interests in Dubai;
and Yasir, son of an influential Pakistani-who is his financial
analyst based out of Dubai. The tapes indicate that he is fearless
and ruthless and is on a real estate-buying spree in Dubai.
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December 27 |
CPI-Maoist cadres assaulted six persons at Mukunur
village in Mahadevpur mandal of Karimnagar District of
Telangana. A team of nearly 50 Maoists led by KKW division committee
'secretary' Bade Chokka Rao alias Damodar arrived at
the village by crossing Godavari River from Chhattisgarh.
Defense PRO Colonel SD Goswami said that as many
as 102 militants were killed while 29 Army personnel lost their
lives in counter-terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir in
2014. The PRO said that Army suffered 29 fatal casualties and
45 non-fatal casualties in counter terrorist operations in the
State during the year. As many as 410 ceasefire violations were
reported along IB and 152 violations along LoC, in which 19 people,
including 5 jawans, were killed and over 150 injured, besides
scores of cattle perishing. He also said that Army recovered 394
different types of weapons in different operations along the LoC
and in hinterland in the State. He added that terrorists had planted
15 IEDs, but these were detected and defused by the Army, averting
major tragedies.
Thousands of troops combed the 350-km India-Bhutan
border from multiple points search of the NDFB-IKS militants who
massacred 48 people in Assam on December 23.
Intelligence agencies have tracked the location
of Ingti Kathar Songbijit, 'commander-in-chief' of the militant
outfit NDFB-IKS. Sources said Songbijit cellphone was tracked
to Jaigaon near the Indo-Bhutan border in West Bengal on December
27 night.
A shift in the Central Government's policy on
the issue of dealing with militancy in the North East and from
now on, there will be no talk with any outfit, which is involved
in killing of innocent civilians.
At least four persons sustained injuries when
a hand grenade, lobbed by some unidentified persons, exploded
inside Angels Digital Media Service, a video editing studio, located
at Uripok in Imphal West District. The injured victims have been
identified as studio proprietor Yambem Birla alias Subash,
(41), Potsangbam Gunindro (32) and Takhellambam Ibomcha (28).
Imphal West District Police commando unit conducted
intensified frisking and checking at Sagolband Moirang Leirak
crossing after the bomb blast at the Angel's Digital Media Service
and arrested three persons. Investigation revealed that the hand
grenade was hurled in connection with extortion demand served
in the name of KYKL.
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, following the recent
violence in Assam, feels that it is high time to wage a 'war'
against perpetrators of terror within the country."Why only wage
war against terrorists from outside the country, we must wage
war against even the domestic variety," said CM Mukul Sangma while
reacting to the December 23 Assam carnage in which over 80 lives.
SFs arrested an arms peddler, Nipato Achumi (27),
in Dhobinala area in Dimapur District.
FICN with face value of INR 3,96,000 were recovered
from Farakka railway station in Murshidabad District in West Bengal,
by the BSF and GRP. Reportedly, the South Bengal Frontier of the
BSF so far recovered FICN with a face value of INR 1,60,00,000
so far in 2014.
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December 28 |
The CRPF and SOG personnel seized a huge cache
of arms and explosives from a CPI-Maoist camp after an exchange
of fire with the Maoists atop a hill in Harishankar area of Bolangir
District of Odisha.
BSF personnel put up posters of a top Maoist leader,
identified as Gananath alias Ramana, in remote areas
of Koraput District of Odisha. The Maoist 'central committee secretary'
is believed to be hiding in Boipariguda forest.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, including a 'deputy commander'
identified as Ayutu (27) carrying a reward of INR 300,000, were
arrested by Security Force personnel in an operation near Purantarai
forest in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
Bihar Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Ugan Koda, with arms from Chormara village under Barhat Police
Station area in Jamui District of Bihar.
SFs busted a camp belonging to NDFB-IKS inside
Khausi Bazar forest area of Kokrajhar District. SFs recovered
eight motorcycles and one Tata Indica car from the camp besides
dry ration, including, salt, dry fruits etc. "One of the motorcycles
was an imported one. The Japanese Honda bike is worth INR 2.5
lakh," said Kokrajhar Additional Superintendent of Police Surjeet
Singh. "It was a makeshift camp. Perhaps, the cadres fled before
the security forces reached there," he added.
SFs arrested a militant belonging to NDFB-IKS,
Bunty Boro alias Ramsuran Boro, from Andherighat village in the
Darrang District on an unspecified date.
The UC in the State led by the Army will soon
extend its operation in search of NDFB-IKS militants to West Bengal,
which borders Kokrajhar District in the west, and Arunachal Pradesh,
bordering Sonitpur District in the east.
The last 48 hours have been relatively peaceful
in the State with no report of any untoward incident although
over 104,000 people have left their homes, since December 26,
fearing fresh trouble. The number of people in relief camps increased
to 176,440 (on December 28) against 72,675 on (December 26) while
the number of camps in Kokrajhar, Sonitpur, Chirang and Udalguri
Districts is up to 136 from the 81. Out of these camps, 64 have
mainly Bodo inmates and 72 have Adivasi inmates. Number of inmates
belonging to Bodo and Adivasi communities is 61,003 and 115,337
respectively adds The Assam Tribune. Curfew was relaxed for a
few hours on December 28 in violence-hit Districts of the State.
SFs recovered a suspected IED along the road side
near Tingkai village in Tamenglong District. According to a source,
the suspected explosive was recovered near tunnel 12 of the under
construction Jiribam-Tupul railway line.
Khammam District Police had an encounter with
the CPI-Maoist cadres at Satyanarayanapuram village in Cherla
mandal. Telangana State DGP Anurag Sharma said that the
encounter lasted for an hour. He said that a group of 10 to 15
Maoists had come to the village to set afire a communication tower.
He further said Maoist activity has come down in Telangana during
2014. Four people were killed in Maoist violence this year (2014)
as against five last year (2013).
CPI-Maoist had also called for a shutdown in Warangal
and Khammam Districts of Telangana to protest killing of a tribal
youth by Police.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Shivaji Gota
and Ajay alias Balu Kamble, were arrested during a search
operation in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. They were members
of a Maoist military wing.
Five Maoists including two women surrendered before
SP K.L. Dhurv in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. Two of them
carried a reward of INR 200000 each on their head.
Separately peaceful voting was witnessed in the
first phase of Chhattisgarh Urban Bodies Elections.
Police arrested four persons for allegedly trying
to set ablaze an Adivasi village named Damruguri under Serfunguri
Police Station in Kokrajhar District.
SFs arrested an NSCN-IM cadre, identified as Tinunokdang
(70) along with three AK-56 Rifles and huge quantity of ammunition,
from Changtongya in Mokokchung District.
An IED exploded outside a restaurant- Coconut
Grove in Church Street of Bengaluru (Karnataka), killing one woman,
identified as Bhavani Devi and injuring one other in the Central
Business District. Police Commissioner MN Reddi described the
incident as a "low intensity IED blast". Police said the device
had been placed near a drain behind the Coconut Grove restaurant.
There is an annual increase of more than 40 per
cent in the cases related to cyber crimes in the India in the
past two years. According to UMHA statistics, as many as 71,780
cyber frauds were reported in 2013, while 22,060 such cases were
reported in 2012. There have been 62,189 incidents of cyber frauds
till June, 2014. In 2013, a total of 28,481 Indian web sites were
hacked by various hacker groups spread across the globe. The numbers
of hacking incidents were 27,605 in 2012 and 21,699 in 2011.
India asked Pakistan to hand over Dawood Ibrahim
saying enough evidence have been given to it on the prime accused
in the 1993 Mumbai (Maharashtra) serial blasts. MoS for Home Kiren
Rijiju said India's stand has been very clear for a long time
that Dawood has been in Pakistan and he has been living in Karachi,
Sindh.
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December 29 |
Gujarat Police has been put on alert in the wake
of December 28, Bangalore blast, a senior Police official said.
Gujarat DGP P C Thakur has sought Centre's help to dispatch a
team of NSG Commandos for enhanced security of VIPs, following
the blast.
The low-intensity bomb explosion on December 28,
in Bangalore prompted Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to
announce the setting up of a special cadre for intelligence in
Karnataka Police besides recruiting 40 software engineers to the
Police force. The announcement came after Siddaramaiah held a
meeting of top Police, home department and administration officials.
A new law along the lines of the Andhra Pradesh Public Safety
is also being contemplated. It would make mandatory the setting
up of CCTVs and access checks in all places where more than a
hundred gather.
Five operatives of the banned SIMI, who escaped
from Khandwa Prison in October 2013, have emerged as suspects
in December 28 blast on Bangalore's Church Street. Pictures of
Shaikh Mehboob (25), Amjad (25), Mohammed Aslam (26), Mohammed
Aijajuddin (30) and Zakir Hussain (32) were circulated between
agencies and Police, indicating that the five are under the scanner.
Investigating agencies are mining call records and internet use
by the fugitives for leads.
Cybercrimes have registered an annual increase
of more than 40 per cent in India in the past two years. According
to UMHA statistics, as many as 71,780 cyber frauds were reported
in 2013, while 22,060 such cases were reported in 2012. There
have been 62,189 incidents of cyber frauds till June, 2014. In
2013, a total of 28,481 Indian websites were hacked by various
hacker groups spread across the globe. The number of hacking incidents
was 27,605 in 2012 and 21,699 in 2011.
The cyber attacks have been observed to be originating
from a number of countries including the US, Europe, Brazil, Turkey,
China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Algeria and the UAE.
As per the cybercrime data maintained by NCRB,
a total of 1,791, 2,876 and 4,356 cases were registered under
the IT Act in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively. A total of 422,
601 and 1,337 cases were registered under cyber crime-related
sections of the IPC in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively.
A senior Maoist leader's laptop, seized from a
camp in Abujhmaad area in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh
may provide vital clues to unravel the conspiracy in the massacre
of 27 Congressmen by Maoists at Jiram Ghati in Bastar District
of Chhattisgarh on May 25, 2013.
Thirteen tribal people of Pega village in Chintur
mandal in East Godavari District were feared abducted
by the CPI-Maoist cadres of the Andhra-Odisha Border committee.
Five CPI-Maoist cadres, including two women, surrendered
before Police in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
SSB personnel exchanged fire with suspected NDFB-IKS
militants at a forest near Bhairabkunda in Udalguri District.
Police have arrested three suspected NDFB-IKS
militants; identified as Rodip Narzary (24), Bennedict Basumatary
(31) and Rahidas Narzary (48), from Sankosh in Gossaigaon subdivision
of Kokrajhar District.
Police arrested two NDFB-IKS linkmen, Suklai Basumatary
(25) and Arun Narzary (26), were held from Batachipur and Kharaibari
areas in Sonitpur District. The duo was allegedly in close touch
with the militants who killed over 40 Adivasis in the District.
One of the arrested militant Suklai Basumatary had named two NDFB
-IKS militants, Sunil of Rowta and Mahanto of Mazbat, who were
involved in the Batachipur killing.
SFs arrested two suspected MULTA militant from
Deobhangi village at Gauripur in Dhubri District.
Police arrested the 'finance secretary' of KPLT,
identified as Sarpo Teron, from a village under Borlangfar Police
Station in Karbi Anglong District.
Chief Executive Officer of the ASDMA P.K. Tiwari
said in Guwahati that four new relief camps have been opened in
Kokrajhar District as people continued to flock to relief camps.
Tiwari said so far, around 2.1 lakh people in four Districts -
Kokrajhar, Sonitpur, Chirang and Udalguri - are staying in 140
relief camps. In Kokrajhar, nearly 1.58 lakh people are living
in 92 relief camps.
Commissioner & Secretary, Home, Political,
Passport, Implementation of Assam Accord and Border Areas Depts.
Commissioner, Prateek Hajela said a team of NIA officials is expected
to arrive here in a day or two to take over the investigation
of four cases related to the killings by the NDFB-IKS. Out of
the 14 cases registered by Assam Police in connection with the
carnage, four cases were handed over to the NIA.
Unidentified militants abducted two youths from
3 Kilo area of Umrangsu in Dima Hasao District. Police said a
group of five armed men barged into one Nikhil Malakar's house
and abducted his son Sanjoy Malakar (17) and his friend Monir
Ali (20) at gunpoint. Nikhil Malakar is a well-known businessman
of the area and is engaged in coal trade.
Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh Suhag
gave orders for an intensification of the drive against the NDFB-IKS
militants, upping the total number of mobile columns of the Army
and the Assam Rifles to 77. There were 40 columns before last
week's killings of Adivasis by the NDFB-IKS. The deployment was
raised to 66 columns just after the violence and is now up to
77.
A ZRA militant shot and critically injured one
of his colleagues before committing suicide by shooting himself
at Mallung village under Thanlon Police Station in Churachandpur
District. The deceased militant was identified as Mansawn (25)
while the injured cadre as G Thang alias Anurag. ZRA,
a constituent of Kuki based militant group, UPF is maintaining
Suspension of Operation with the Government.
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December 30 |
The BSF arrested two persons along with FICN of
face value INR 297,000 near the Indo-Bangladesh border at Daulatpur
in Malda District. "The troops received specific inputs
and launched a special operation around 12.40 pm near the link
road connecting NH34 near a brick kiln at Daulatpur. During the
raid, Ruhul Sk (24) and Jamirul Sk (20), residents of Daulatpur
in Baishnabnagar, Malda, were apprehended. During a search, the
currency notes were found and seized. There were 199 notes of
Rs 100 denomination and 196 of INR 500 denomination," a BSF officer
said.
Maharashtra ATS has issued an advisory for an
hourly clean-up of garbage bins to civic bodies and cantonment
boards in Pune after the December 28, Bengaluru blast, as they
could be used to camouflage IEDs by terror outfits, the ATS squad
suspects. The advisory has also warned the city's residents to
avoid parking in densely concentrated areas like the J.M. Road
and the M.G. Road.
During a combined operation, the SOG and the DVF
arrested two CPI-Maoist cadres from the Naktideul area in Sambalpur
District of Odisha.
Four armed Maoist cadres, Rajesh Topno alias
Sudhir (35), Kumari Anita Kandulna (20), Mann Kumar Bagta (20)
and Anil Soren alias Sau (16), who were active on the
Gurundia border area adjoining Deogarh and Sambalpur Districts,
surrendered before SP Anirudha Kumar Singh and 19th Battalion
CRPF Commandant Himansu Kumar in Rourkela in Sundargarh District.
In a major operation, 44 CPI-Maoist cadres and
sympathisers have been arrested from different places in the insurgency-hit
Bijapur District in Chhattisgarh over the past two days. "While
37 ultras were arrested on Tuesday [December 30], seven others
were nabbed on Wednesday [December 31]," said Bijapur Superintendent
of Police K L Dhruv. He added that process is underway to produce
them in a local court.
The newly-appointed CRPF DG Prakash Mishra undertook
a whirlwind tour of Bastar region in Chhattisgarh during 29-30
December in order to firm up operations against the Maoists in
the State.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres identified as Sanjit Munda
(18) alias Ramesh and Biswanath Bagta (19) alias
Akash were arrested during a Special Operation by SFs in
Naktideula area of Sambalpur District of Odisha.
Police arrested two militants of the UKRA, after
an hour-long exchange of fire, in Diphu town headquarters of Karbi
Anglong District. One of the militant, Pratap Terang, sustained
injury during the incident. The militant duo of Pratap Terang
and Jinda Hanse had come to collect extortion money from a Diphu-based
businessman.
Around 2,86, 270 persons are taking shelter in
the 139 relief camps set up in the Districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang,
Sonitpur and Udalguri following the incidents of terrorist attack
on villagers on December 23 and 24, said a press release issued
by the ASDMA.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said it was the joint
failure of the Central and State security agencies in preventing
the massacre by NDFB-IKS militants in BTAD and Sonitpur in spite
of having prior information.
SFs arrested four KPLT militants arrested identified
as Sinaram Rongphar (20), Jen Tisso (26), Sarmen Enghi (38) and
Bibison Ronghang (21).
SFs, during a search operations, recovered arms
and ammunition from some fish farms located at Khoidumpat under
Kakching Police Station in Thoubal District.
SFs arrested a PREPAK-Pro, 'Lieutenant' Yumlembam
Arjun Singh alias Chingkhei (30), from general area of
Pangei in Imphal East District.
SFs arrested arms smuggler, identified as Th Henery
Singh alias Jack (32), from an unidentified location.
An arms smuggler identified as Thingom Joychandra
Singh (37) from the general area of Khurai Chaithabi Leirak in
Imphal East District.
Intelligence reports have warned that NLFT may
decide to strike in the run-up to elections to the TTAADC tentatively
scheduled to be held in April-May 2015. A series of reports on
increased movement of NLFT militants, in the interior areas of
the state bordering the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh have
reached the headquarters of the special branch (intelligence wing)
of state Police. With the ADC election knocking on the door, the
NLFT is planning big operations, including attacks on civilians
".
An Army trooper, identified as Inderjeet Sharma
of 11 JAK LI was injured when Pakistan Army violated ceasefire
on the LoC in Pallanwalla sector in Jammu District. Under the
cover of firing Pakistani side tried to push a group of militants
into the Indian Territory but troops thwarted the militant attempt
to infiltrate.
A civilian porter working with 6 Rajput Rifles
was injured in mine blast at forward village of Tarkundi in Balakote
sector of Poonch District. He has been identified as Mohammad
Zamaan Khursheed.
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December 31 |
With terror elements drafting the youth for IS
through encrypted forms or closed room chat boxes on social media
sites, Telangana Police are in the process of strengthening their
cyber hacking system by procuring advanced tools to penetrate
the 'terror web'.
The report said that AuT, a suspected offshoot
of the IM, has been making efforts to recruit local youth online
for the IS. Abdul Khadar Sultan Armar, a key member of AuT, has
been scouring the internet for fresh recruits.
Government has blocked 32 websites citing national
security concerns, as they were allegedly carrying anti-India
material from terror groups such as IS. "We have blocked some
websites, as there were serious national security concerns," an
unnamed government official said. The websites that have faced
the crackdown include popular video sharing platforms like DailyMotion
and Vimeo, while some of them have been allowed to function
after removing the objectionable content. The websites were purportedly
containing material about Areeb Majid, an alleged Islamic State
member who was arrested by NIA, and three others hailing from
Bhatkal area in Karnataka.
India's BSF seized 361 kilogram of heroin in 2014
in the border with Pakistan in Punjab. The seizure, according
to BSF officials, is worth over USD 286 million in the international
market. The seizures (till December 30, 2014 are higher than the
previous record of 322 kilogram recovered in 2013 along the barbed
wire fenced 553-km border between India and Pakistan in Punjab.
In 2012, the BSF recovered 288 kilogram heroin in the Punjab sector,
comprising the frontier Districts of Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur
and Fazilka.
Over half a dozen tribal people, who were reportedly
abducted by suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist from Pega village
in Chintur mandal in East Godavari District of Andhra
Pradesh in the night of December 27, returned home much to the
relief of their anxious family members.
A massive turnout of 78 percent was recorded in
the second and final phase of civic body polls for 103 urban bodies,
in Chhattisgarh.
A CPI-Maoist 'section commander' Binod Ekka alias
Alnet of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand surrendered before
the Deogarh District SP Ashis Kumar Singh.
Addressing a press meet, Kerala Home Minister
Ramesh Chennithala said that though CPI-Maoist presence had been
identified in some pockets in the Western Ghats region of the
State, they were yet to influence the public, including tribesmen,
in the areas. But they were trying to influence the youths in
cities and the two youths who were arrested in connection with
an attack in Palakkad were the victims of it, Mr. Chennithala
said.
The Police have invoked two more provisions of
the UAPA against two youths arrested from a moving bus at Mankara,
last week in connection with the alleged Maoist attacks on multinational
fast food joints at Chandra Nagar.
Police arrested a gun-maker from Bihar and two
PLFI linkmen from an SUV when they were allegedly returning after
meeting Kolebera legislator Enosh Ekka, lodged in Simdega jail
since November, 2014 on charges of murdering a teacher.
Two militants of KLO, including the Kokrajhar
and Dhubri "Districts commander", surrendered before Police in
Kokrajhar District. The cadres were identified as Dhanajoy Barman
alias Dayal alias Jiten alias Sonaton
alias Mridul (23) and Gopal Barman alias Joydev
alias Joy (20).
Director General of Police Khagen Sarma ruled
out any possibility of talks with NDFB-IKS and ULFA-I and said
that intense operations would continue against these two outfits.
With improvement in overall situation in NDFB-IKS
violence hit areas, the number of refugees in relief camps decreased
to nearly 270,000. According to a release by the ASDMA, 270,370
persons are staying in 135 relief camps in Kokrajhar, Sonitpur,
Chirang and Udalguri Districts at this moment.
SFs arrested one over ground worker of PREPAK-Pro,
identified as Soibam Shyamchand Singh (41), from Haraorou in Imphal
East District.
Four Pakistani Rangers were killed after BSF personnel
retaliated effectively the Pakistan shelling and firing in Samba
sector during the day in which one BSF trooper was killed and
another injured while mortar shells and bullets fell in fields
and close to civilians houses at Khwara, Regal, Suchetgarh Kullian
and Mawa in Samba sector of Samba District. The Rangers resorted
to unprovoked firing on the BSF posts and civilian areas at Khwara,
Regal, Suchetgarh Kullian and Mawa along the International Border
in Samba sector at 1.15 pm. The Rangers directly targeted the
BSF pickets killing BSF trooper and seriously injuring another.
The BSF troopers retaliated effectively leading to heavy exchanges.
In the exchange of firing that continued till 3.35 pm, four Rangers
were killed.
The BSF also opened firing in forward area of
Chenaz in Arnia sector of Jammu District after observing suspicious
movement across the International Border. In the firing, an infiltrator
was injured, who was taken away by the Rangers. The infiltration
attempt was foiled with timely firing by the BSF, sources said.
Pakistani troops fired at 13 BSF posts along the
IB throughout the night. The firing, which continued through the
night along border in Samba sector, ended at 6am, according to
a BSF official. "We have retaliated effectively to the Pakistani
firing, in which four Pakistani rangers have been killed (opposite
to Regal post) along the IB in Samba sector this evening," IG,
BSF, Jammu Frontier, Rakesh Sharma said. As Pakistani rangers
suffered casualties, they waved white flags asking BSF to stop
the firing so that they can lift the bodies of its dead men, he
said. "Honouring their request we stopped the firing and allowed
them to come to the border line and lift the bodies," he said
adding, "firing along the border line has now stopped".
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the Security
Forces should not hold back in the face of firing and must retaliate
with "double the force".
A BSF trooper and a civilian were injured in cross
border firing as Pakistan yet again violated the CFA by firing
heavily on forward Border Outposts along IB in Samba Sector. "A
BSF jawan and a civilian sustained bullet injury when Pakistani
Rangers late last night targeted forward BoPs by firing small
and heavy arms including 81 mm mortars," Police sources said.
Principal Sessions Judge, Bhaderwah, Sanjeev Gupta
awarded life-imprisonment and fine of INR 10,000 to Over Ground
Worker of HM, identified as Mushtaq Ahmed, of Gandoh.
Claiming that more than 160 militants were ready
to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir, the Army said the counter-infiltration
grid on the LoC was robust to meet any such challenges. "Our estimate
is that around 160 to 170 terrorists are waiting to infiltrate
... (but) the counter-infiltration grid is robust as always. Even
though there are challenges because of the weather, it is our
responsibility to respond to those challenges and we are ready
for that," Commander of Srinagar -based Chinar Corps Lieutenant
General Subrata Saha said. "This year there has not been much
snow so far as there was the previous year. There has been 12
to 19 inch snow at some places but temperatures are down and there
are separate and new challenges because of that and we have to
face them and respond to them," he added.
Number of Pakistani Rangers killed in BSF's retaliatory
fire according to latest reports stands at five. BSF also destroyed
terrorist launch pad across the border at Abhiyal Dogra but around
23-30 militants, who were stationed there escaped the firing from
paramilitary force.
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