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India Timeline - Year 2013


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January 1
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25 persons, including six Policemen,
injured in Pulwama town (Pulwama District) of Jammu and Kashmir
(J&K) after fresh clashes broke out between protesters and
Security Forces (SFs) soon after curfew was lifted from the township.
Police booked Rashtriya Rifles’ (55th Battalion) personnel
on an ‘attempt to murder’ charge.
Troops conducted searches on the
LoC in KG sector of Poonch District in J&K.
J&K witnessed 71 incidents
of cross-border firing along India-Pakistan border in 2012.
The high trend of tourist influx
in J&K continued in 2012, as at least 12 million tourists
and pilgrims visited the State.
SFs busted a Communist Party of
India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) camp and arrested two Maoists following
a gun battle with them in the forest area of Palarmeta in Narayanpur
District of Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh Police claimed a
significant drop in Maoist-related incidents with 409 incidents
being reported in 2012 compared to 530 the previous year.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres including
a couple surrendered before the Guntur, SP, Rural, J Satyanarayana
in Andhra Pradesh.
Zeliangrong Students' Union Manipur
(ZSUM) ZSUM called an indefinite blockade along NH-37 in Manipur.
Assam Rifles (AR) in a statement
said that around four Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) militants
opened fire at the forces and an encounter ensued, killing one
cadre.
SFs arrested two sympathisers
of ZUF along with arms, ammunition and money at Nonay in Tamenglong
District of Manipur.
SFs arrested unspecified number
of NSCN-K militants from Tamenglong town of Manipur.
Meghalaya Chief Minister (CM),
Mukul Sangma, announced that a "historic settlement"
is on the anvil for resolving the issues raised by the ANVC.
The Union Rural Development Minister,
Jairam Ramesh, said CPI-Maoist violence by and large has declined
in Jharkhand.
Union Ministry of Home Affairs
(UMHA) Joint Secretary (North-East) Shambhu Singh will finalise
peace talks modalities with two Kuki militant formations, United
People’s Front (UPF) and Kuki National Organisation (KNO) in Manipur.
A militant of Songbijit faction
of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS), identified
as H Leba alias Lalit Hajong, laid down arms before Udalguri Dy.
Commissioner, Thaneswar Malakar, in Udalguri District of Assam.
Assam CM, Tarun Gogoi said that
after tackling insurgency effectively over the years, his Government
was now faced with the problem posed by CPI-Maoists that are trying
to strike roots in the State.
Tarun Gogoi, the CM of Assam said
his Government could not control the BTAD unrest the way it would
have liked to and it would take some time for rehabilitation of
the remaining camp inmates.
PJACB economic blockade starts
with supporters blocking NH-31C in Assam.
Cadres of CPI-Maoist killed Kishori
Das of Kasthiniya village under Dumaria Police Station of Gaya
District, Bihar.
A huge cache of arms and other
belongings of the CPI-Maoist were recovered by the CRPF and Odisha
Police personnel from a Maoist camp near Sarkubandha area in Malkangiri
District of Odisha.
Judicial Magistrate (First Class)
S.S. Bose extended Police custody of suspected IM militants and
seven accused arrested in the Jangli Maharaj Road blasts case
in Pune, Maharashtra till January 8, 2013.
Ten teams, set up by the State
Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS), claimed to have recovered 18 different
articles from the suspects’ custody.
ATS told the court that the conspiracy
to cause serial bomb blasts on Jangli Maharaj Road was hatched
by the seven arrested suspects in Saudi Arabia.
ATS said the custodial interrogation
of the suspects, revealed that they were constantly in touch with
the absconding suspects, Fayyaz Kagzi, Riyaz Bhatkal and three
others involved in a string of terror attacks in India so far.
Investigations also revealed that
one of the absconding suspects is a militant of the terror outfit
LeT and he is involved in inciting youths from Aurangabad, Beed
and Ahmednagar to indulge in terror activities.
Police arrested five persons for
pasting anti-national posters at many places in Bhikhi and Budhlada
towns of Mansa District.
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January 2
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A Sarpanch (head of Gram
Panchayat, village level local self-government institution) of
Mankeli village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh was allegedly
stabbed to death by CPI-Maoist cadres in Nayapara locality of
Bijapur District headquarters.
Army recovered a consignment of
ammunition and explosive devices from Hari Buddha forests in Surankote
area of Poonch District of J&K.
Normalcy returned in J&K’s
Pulwama town of the same District after five days of curfew and
clashes following release of 19 people by Police after a meeting
between district administration and the local Civil Society.
SFs arrested a person, identified
as Rafikul Islam (34), along with arms and ammunition in Kokrajhar
District of Assam.
The indefinite economic blockade
in Assam called by the Peoples Joint Action Committee for Boroland
Movement (PJACBM) has been suspended till January 15, following
intervention from the MHA.
With the intensity of LWE declining
in many parts of Odisha, its DG Police Prakash Mishra said withdrawal
of armed Police from selected areas was being contemplated.
A US court rescheduled the sentencing
of Pakistani-American LeT operative David Colaman Headley, accused
of involvement in 26/11 Mumbai attacks, from January 17 to January
24, 2013 while his accomplice Tahawwur Rana has been rescheduled
for a second time to January 17, 2013.
Union Government's interlocutor
to the Naga peace talks R.S. Pandey has stated that it was difficult
to set any "timeframe" for the "final settlement"
to the Naga political issue. He has however expressed optimism
that a solution to the issue would be found.
Meghalaya Government has ruled
out the formation of the Garoland Autonomous Council (GAC) as
demanded by the ANVC, currently under ceasefire, rather it has
proposed strengthening of the GHADC with direct funding and providing
more manpower.
Breakaway faction of the A’chik
National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) said that it would participate
in the "historic settlement" if it was beneficial to
all three existing autonomous District councils of the State and
the common people.
Mizoram State Home Minister R
Lalzirliana said that the Government is making arrangements to
hold negotiation with the Hmar militant outfit HPC-D.
Three Maoists, including an 'area
commander', were arrested from a village in Rohtas District of
Bihar.
SF personnel launched a massive
combing operation at Narayanapatna area of Odisha's Koraput District,
since January 2, following intelligence inputs about the presence
of top CPI-Maoist leaders from Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
in the region.
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January 3
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Unidentified militants abducted
a businessman, identified as Anjan Kar (30), from the Kherbari
in Sonitpur District of Assam.
The Central Government decided
to induct 10,000 more Central Paramilitary Troops into counter-Naxal
operations during the first quarter of this year (2013), with
the aim of limiting LWE domination to the jungles of Bastar, Odisha
and parts of Jharkhand.
The State Government's industrial
policy announced in Mumbai has significant incentives for Naxal
affected areas and backward regions like Vidarbha, Maharashtra.
Two men, who quit the ranks of
the CPI-Maoist recently, were shot dead by the Maoists in Garhwa
District of Jharkhand.
Pakistani Army violating the ceasefire
opened firing on forward locations on the LoC at KG sector in
Poonch District, J&K in the intervening night.
Militants around 200-225 are waiting
across the LoC and 50 to 60 across the IB in Jammu sector to enter
into J&K.
Four members of a family, including
three women, were arrested on the charge of circulating FICN,
each with a face value of INR 1000, from their possession in Jajpur
District of Odisha.
SFs arrested two active militants
of Adivasi Dragon Fighters (ADF), Jehaskal Hasda alias Rajen and
Raju Hembram, at Kachugaon under Gossaigaon sub-division in Kokrajhar
District, Assam. One 9 mm pistol and 5 mobile phones were recovered
from their possession.
SFs arrested two Garo National
Liberation Army (GNLA) 'over ground workers' from Sambalgre village
in West Garo Hills District, Meghalaya. They were allegedly providing
shelter and passing information to GNLA about the movement of
SF.
Activists set ablaze a motorcycle,
damaged a car and an attempt was made to burn down the Bamunigaon
panchayat office in RHAC areas during a 36-hour Bandh in Goalpara
and Kamrup Districts of Assam.
The Central Government decided
to induct 10,000 more Central Paramilitary Troops into counter-Naxal
operations during the first quarter of this year (2013), with
the aim of limiting LWE domination to the jungles of Bastar, Odisha
and parts of Jharkhand.
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January 4
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Army posters with pictures of
most wanted militants operating in South Kashmir appeared in Shopian
District through which they have sought help of local people in
nabbing them.
South Kashmir has become the hot
bed of militancy as over two dozen youths have joined the militant
ranks during past one year.
SFs recovered two IEDs suspected
to be planted by Anti-Talks faction of ULFA-ATF, from an Oil India
Ltd pipeline at Nagajan in Tinsukia District of Assam.
SFs arrested an ULFA linkman from
Dhubri District of Assam.
Assam’s Hills State Democratic
Party (HSDP), a new political entity, created after dissolution
of some Opposition parties and now-disbanded United People’s Democratic
Solidarity (UPDS), will launch a "mass political movement"
from March 2013 demanding a separate State comprising Karbi Anglong
and Dima Hasao Districts of Assam.
Former UPDS leaders, who had signed
a tripartite MoS with the Centre and the State Government on November
25, 2011, said they have lost faith in the government as even
after more than one year no step has been taken to implement the
agreement.
Following recent reports of Hynniewtrep
National Liberation Council (HNLC) militants making an attempt
to regroup ahead of the upcoming Meghalaya Assembly election,
the UMHA directed the State Government to keep a close watch on
the activities of the outfit.
According to a separate notification
of December 12 the Central Government has constituted a tribunal
to be headed Delhi High Court Judge Sudershan Kumar Misra to review
the ban on HNLC.
Naga Hoho (Apex body of Nagas
living in Nagaland) avidly appealed to the Election Commission
of India (ECI) officials to withhold the election process in the
State slated till a political settlement on Naga imbroglio is
reached.
Nagaland State Congress said if
it is elected to power in the upcoming elections, it would implore
upon the Central Government and Naga militant groups to expedite
the peace talks.
Rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC)
Member of Parliament Kabir Suman claimed that CPI-Maoist helped
Mamata Banerjee win West Bengal assembly elections in 2011.
SFs in an encounter killed an
Anti-Talks faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF)
militant, corporal Debajit Duarah alias Bangli Asom, at Hebeda
village in the Bordubi area in Tinsukia District.
SFs arrested three militants belonging
to Anti-talks faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF),
identified as Mridul Hazarika and Samarjit Sarma of Panigaon-Patkata
and Illias Ali, in Nalbari District, Assam.
An 18-year-old boy, identified
as Rajib Singha, son of local leader of Communist Party of India-Marxist
(CPM) Dinesh Singha, was arrested, from Malda District of West
Bengal for allegedly acting as a courier for FICN.
A Pakistani national, identified
as Mohammed Hussain alias Julfikar Ali, who was on death
row since 2006 until the Supreme Court set aside his conviction
and ordered his retrial in August, 2012, was acquitted by a Sessions
Court in New Delhi.
The State Government of Goa has
sanctioned additional four coastal Police Stations, two new jetties
and three patrolling boats under the second phase to strengthen
the coastal security in Goa at Tiracol, Chapora, Panaji in North
Goa District and Talpona in South Goa District.
Rajnandgaon District Police, Chhattisgarh,
seized large quantities of arms, ammunition, wires, tents and
other materials used by CPI-Maoist cadres from the forests of
Kandhura at the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border.
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January 5
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The Union and State Government
signed a draft agreement with both ANVC and ANVC -B for expansion
of powers of the Garo Hills Autonomous District (GHADC).
SFs arrested one militant of All
Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA), identified as Mohesh
Orang (23), from Gopinathpur area of Kokrajhar District of Assam.
One .9 mm pistol along with 5 live rounds was recovered from the
arrested militant.
National Investigation Agency
(NIA) formally arrested key accused in February 18, 2007 Samjhauta
Express blast case, Lokesh Sharma, in connection with the September
8, 2006 Malegaon (Nashik District of Maharashtra) bomb blasts
case.
SFs arrested a suspected People’s
Liberation Army (PLA) militant, identified as Ms Akham Khomdonbi,
in Pallel Keithel area in Thoubal District.
Revolutionary Peoples Front (RPF),
the political wing of PLA, has denied any connection between RPF
and Akham Khomdonbi.
Maharashtra ATS summoned Act MCOCA
against the seven suspected IM militants arrested in the 2012
Pune (Maharashtra) serial blasts of August 1.
India termed Pakistan’s response
to its “wishlist” with regard to 26/11 Mumbai (Maharashtra) attacks
as unsatisfactory, calling the list ‘critical’ to ‘substantive
movement’ in bilateral relations.
Shambhu Singh, joint secretary
in MHA said that MHA would take a decision of not holding any
discussion with insurgent groups anywhere in the country in the
days ahead, but demand their unconditional surrender.
A CPI-Maoist cadre surrendered
before the Police along with arms in Rohtas District, Bihar.
A hardcore Maoist, identified
as Manesingh, resident of Manhakal village, Durgkondal Police
Station, in Kanker District was arrested from his native village
in Chhattisgarh. He was the secretary of Regional People Council
(Jantana Sarkar).
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January 6
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Two persons, Thokchom Rameshwor
Singh (40) and Sagolshem Purnima Devi (38), engaged in the recruitment
of youngsters at Heirok area of Thoubal District of Manipur for
the KYKL-MDF were caught by the locals and handed over to the
Police.
A person, identified as Thangminlen
Haokip (29), was killed in an IED explosion near Kondong Lairembi
temple at Kwatha Lamkhai in Chandel District in Manipur.
SFs killed, in an encounter, a
GNLA militant, identified as Jona Marak, at Mindikgre village
in South Garo Hills District, Meghalaya. SFs recovered one hand
grenade from him.
An Additional Superintendent of
Police (ASP) and two constables were injured when an improvised
explosive device (IED), planted inside a bag by the CPI-Maoist
cadres, blew off near Dabnahi in Gariaband District of Chhattisgarh.
Later para-military Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) forces
found another bomb in the area and diffused it.
SFs deployed in Bijapur District,
Chhattisgarh arrested five Maoists from the dense forest of Timirguda
and Gaurarm.
Police busted a Maoist camp under
operation in a dense forested area of Birbhati village under Bhejji
Police Station in Sukma District and seized large numbers of Maoist
uniforms, guns and other items.
Pakistan violated Ceasefire Agreement
(CFA) at LoC in the Hajipir area of Uri sector in Baramulla District
of J&K.
One Pakistani soldier was reportedly
killed by Indian SFs in Hajipir Sector of Bagh area.
A Special Operation Group (SOG
) trooper was injured in an exchange of fire with CPI-Maoist cadres
in Gandhmardan reserve forest, near Saapmund, Mahulpali and Beherapani
villages, in Khprakhol block of Balangir District, Odisha.
SFs arrested two suspected GNLA
militants, identified as Nidu Sangma (19) and Dukham Momin (18),
from Bakhrakhuti village near Dudhnoi in Goalpara District, Assam.
Letters seized from CPI-Maoist
'commander' Ghasi alias Chenda Bhushanam, who was arrested in
April 2011, indicate that Maoists were in touch with Odisha’s
Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Koraput Raghuram Padal and
Koraput MP Jayram Pangi, (both from BJD) and the Pottangi Congress
MLA Ramachandra Kadam. The letters were seized from Ghasi and
produced in a trial court as part of the seizure list.
ANVC leader, Arist Sangma said
that he was ready to negotiate with the GNLA if the militant group
is willing to be part of the peace pact. "Being part of the
mother organization, we want to appeal to the GNLA so that they
can take part in the peace process as this is a golden opportunity
and we are ready to facilitate the talks," said Sangma, 'publicity
secretary 'of ANVC.
Breakaway faction of ANVC (ANVC-B)
'Chairman', Rimpu Marak has said that the militant outfit signed
the peace pact to bring over all development to the people of
Garo Hills. "The ANVC (B) joined the settlement process at
the final stage to ensure peace and bring about changes in terms
of development, growth and progress to the deprived areas, especially
the Garo dominated areas," Marak said.
According to a notification by
Manipur Home Department, Police Stations located in the District
Police Headquarters in all the Districts of the State have been
designated as Nodal Police Stations of the respective Districts
for reporting detection of FICN by the banks and lodging FIR cases
for the offences relating to FICN detected. According to the notification,
all the Nodal Police Stations are to submit monthly status report
to the Home Department for onward submission to the concerned
authorities.
Normal life was affected in Nuapada
and Gariabandh Districts of Odisha and Chhattisgarh respectively
due to the bandh call given by CPI-Maoist.
A lesser known LWE outfit, Sashastra
People's Morcha, assaulted employees of a brick kiln and burnt
a JCB machine and two tractors at Koiram village of Arwal District,
Bihar, as their owner refused to pay extortion money.
SFs arrested two Maoist sympathisers
from Choi under Churchu Police Station of Hazaribagh District,
Bihar.
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January 7
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Seven CRPF troopers were killed
and 12 critically injured in an encounter with the CPI-Maoists
at Karmatiya forests in Latehar District of Jharkhand. Two Maoists
were also killed. Subsequently, the death toll rose to 16 in the
incident.
A woman was leading the attack
on SF personnel at Karmatiya forest in Latehar Distinct of Jharkhand
that killed 11 CRPF troopers. Two Maoists were also killed in
return fire and 16 SF personnel were injured.
SFs recovered the bullet-riddled
body of a man at Changamdabi Loukon under Yairipok Police Station
of Thoubal District in Manipur. The slain man is yet to be identified.
One hand grenade, some live ammunition and some empty cartridges
were found near the body.
There was a fierce exchange of
fire between SFs and suspected insurgents at Khoibu in Chandel
District, Manipur.
Pakistan violated CFA at LoC in
KG sector of Poonch District in J&K.
SFs, in an encounter, killed an
'area commander' of GNLA, identified as Gojol Sangma, at Garakgre
village in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. SFs recovered
a pistol and ammunition from the slain militant.
A court in Dantewada District
of Chhattisgarh ordered the acquittal of 10 accused in the Tadmetla
massacre of 76 SFs on April 6, 2010.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to ULFA-ATF, identified as Nitul Moran, at Doomdooma in Tinsukia
District.
Non-tribals of Assam’s Kamrup-rural
District blocked NH-37 and disrupted rail communication at different
locations in southern Kamrup demanding the forthcoming Garm Panchayat
(village-level self governing body) election be held in non-tribal
pockets within the RHAC. The Gram Panchayat polls are not held
in all the autonomous council areas of the State, including under
the RHAC, as these special category areas have their own council
elections.
Trial court dismissed the bail
plea of LeT terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai attack key handler Abu
Jundal.
Union Minister of State (MoS)
for Defence Jitendra Singh said that the Government has relaxed
recruitment norms by lowering the education qualification and
physical requirements and underlined that special recruitment
drives were being organised in Naxal [Left Wing Extremist (LWE)]-affected
areas – Chhattisgarh, Odisha, parts of Maharashtra, Bihar and
Uttar Pradesh.
J&K CM Omar Abdullah reiterated
his demand for partial lifting of AFSPA.
ANVC-B 'chairman' Rimpu Marak
said that the KHADC and JHADC will benefit from the ANVC draft
tripartite peace pact signed on January 5. Marak further said
that the outfit was willing to meet the leaders of other councils
and social leaders of Khasi and Jaintia Hills to discuss the matters
concerning the role of traditional heads and chiefs in the growth
of Meghalaya.
The Government's plan to strengthen
the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) following talks
with the ANVC had led to demands for strengthening the KHADC and
the JHADC.
The Central and the Nagaland Government
should be looking for a “Naga solution” in totality rather than
an “Isak-Muivah faction of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland
(NSCN-IM) solution”, said Wangtin Naga, ‘Minister for Information
and Publicity’ of the Khaplang faction of NSCN (NSCN-Khaplang).
A Maoist was arrested from Sonpura
village in Saranda forest area under Manoharpur Police Station
in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
A top CPI-Maoist identified as
Thakkalpalli Vasudeorao alias Asanna alias Satish alias Vasu alias
Sujit who carries a reward of INR 2.5 million on his head, entered
Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
Assam Government will update NRC
in 42 LACs in eight districts of Assam in the first phase.According
to an official source, the 42 LACs are from Dibrugarh, Tinsukia,
Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Lakhimpur, Nagaon and Sonitpur Districts.
The NRC in these constituencies will be updated within three years
from the day of starting the work.
United Peoples Liberation Front
(UPLF), a newly formed militant outfit in Karbi Anglong District,
Assam, warned Karbi community to refrain from exploiting non-Karbi
people living in the District economically, socially and politically.
Doctors conducting the autopsy
of the CRPF troopers killed in the CPI-Maoist ambush in Latehar
District of Jharkhand found a 2.75 kg unexploded IED stitched
inside the abdomen of a trooper.
Maoists under Arvind, who is a
member of the 'central military commission', had been experimenting
with this new offensive for the past few days in Latehar jungles.
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January 8
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Almost a dozen of Pakistani troopers
breached the LoC at Mankot sector in Mendhar tehsil of
Poonch District, Jammu and Kashmir, ambushed an Indian Army patrol,
beheaded one, killed another Indian trooper and injured other
two of a patrol party.
Pakistan troopers resorted to
firing using heavy, medium and small arms fire on Indian posts
in almost entire KG sector of Poonch District, J&K.
Suspected cadres of a CPI-Maoist
'action team' shot dead a home guard at Parnashala in Dummugudem
mandal in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.
Police arrested two militia 'commanders'
-- Nachika Kalinga and Vadaka Deruku -- of CMAS, a frontal organisation
of CPI-Maoist, at Anasabhadra Road Junction in Makkuva mandal
in Vizianagaram District of Andhra Pradesh.
CPI-Maoist cadres carried out
a small explosion near the venue of a sports event organised by
the Police Department for people along Dhanora-Heti road in Dhanora
in Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra.
SFs busted a militant hideout
in forests of village Buta in Tangmarg area of Baramulla District
in J&K and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition.
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
Inspector General (IG) S S Sandhu said that AFSPA may have been
used near the LoC but is not used in the hinterland in Kashmir
valley.
BSF recovered FICN with a face
value of INR 1.2 million, along with 11 kilograms of heroin near
Border Outpost Khalra in Amarkot sector of Ferozepur District
of Punjab.
CBI arrested Moinul Haque, former
'president' of ABMSU for his role in the killing of four Bodo
youths on July 20, 2012, at Joypur in Kokrajhar District of Assam.
Two of his associates, identified as Jahanuddin Sheik and Jakhir
Ali, were also arrested. Altogether 22 people have been arrested
by the CBI in connection with the case. The CBI has earlier arrested
five people in September 2012, six in December 2012 and eight
persons on January 5, 2013.
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
(DRI) sleuths arrested two persons, Manoj Sah and Brijesh Sahni,
from Muzaffarpur (Muzaffarpur District) railway station and recovered
FICN of 1000 denomination worth INR 491,000.
Meghalaya cabinet approved the
text of the draft settlement agreement to be signed with the ANVC
militants. A tripartite meeting between the Central, State Government
and the ANVC resulted in signing of a draft agreement on January
5. The State Cabinet has also constituted a committee, which will
comprise State Government and District Council representatives,
MHA officials, and representatives from the ANVC to go into the
finer points of the proposed agreement.
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January 9
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Three children, identified as
Rinki Kurmi (10), Rupesh Kurmi (5) and Sandhya Kurmi (5), were
killed and two others were injured in a suspected grenade explosion
at Kharjan under Digboi Police Station in Tinsukia District of
Assam. Those injured in the blast were identified as Bhanumati
(25), and Pushpanjali Kurmi (7).
All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU)
in Assam warned of a massive movement if Bodoland is not formed
by the time the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh State gets
statehood. ABSU 'General Secretary', Jiron Basumatary further
called for the release of jailed NDFB-RD 'chairman' Ranjan Daimary
to facilitate the peace process.
Army detected and defused an IED
at Salani bridge on Poonch-Rajouri-Jammu road near Rajouri town
in Rajouri District of J&K.
J&K Police seized 15 cartridges
of AK rifle and some iron rods from a truck loaded with almonds,
being imported by traders from Hajeera, Rawlakote in PoK on Poonch-Rawlakote
route.
Police arrested Nanu Ram alias
Prabhatji, 'secretary' of Koyal Sankh Zone of CPI-Maoist, along
with a pistol and five rounds of ammunition, from Kanke Police
Station area in Ranchi District of Jharkhand.
Following the killing of two Indian
soldiers by Pakistani troops, the BSF said it was on high alert
along the border in Punjab.
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed incited LeT’s
BATs (Border Action Teams), consisting of jihadis and trained
militants to step up activity along the LoC.
Hafiz Saeed and HM ‘supreme commander’
Syed Salahuddin have reportedly told a delegation of separatists
leaders from J&K that armed militancy would revive in the
Valley in 2014.
ATS , Maharashtra Police said
that Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, along with
the other 21 accused, have been involved in terrorist activities
right from 1996.
The draft charges that have been
submitted to the court propose that the court charge Jundal under
different sections of MCOCA, Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act, Explosives Act, Explosives Substances Act and Indian Penal
Code.
A delegation of the ECI, which
is on a visit to the State, has asked the DC and SPs of West,
East and South Garo Hills Districts of Meghalaya to carry out
a vulnerability mapping of areas which are affected due to insurgent
activities by GNLA.
All Manipur United Clubs Organization
(AMUCO) president K.T Rahman after attending a meeting with Manipur
Chief Minister, said that the State Government is gearing up to
wipe out all the NSCN-IM camps present in the State.
Union Government notified the
amendment in Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Bill which designates
economic offences including circulation of Fake Indian Currency
Note (FICN) as terrorist acts.
BSF troopers arrested five Bangladeshi
smugglers while they were trying to infiltrate into the State
at Namchapara in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. BSF recovered
mobile phones, INR 12,440 and other items worth around Rs 35,300
from their possession.
CPI-Maoist cadres sabotaged road
construction work underway between Aheri and Medpalli on Bhamragad
Road near Mirkal village under Aheri tehsil of Gadchiroli District,
Maharashtra by setting ablaze three tractors and a JCB.
A case under UAPA, Section 10(4)
has been registered against the organisers of the ongoing Kochi-Muziris
Biennale for exhibiting an installation work of a Dutch artist,
identified as Jinas Staal allegedly promoting banned outfits,
including Taliban, LTTE and IM in Kochi (Ernakulam District) of
Tamil Nadu.
Police arrested the 'deputy commander'
of Kasansoor Dalam of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Ramesh alias
Kaju Gawde, during anti-Maoist operation in Reknar village in
Etapalli tehsil of Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra.
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January 10
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Pakistani Army violated the CFA
and opened fire on forward Indian positions at Battal area comprising
Roshni, Helmet and Chajja Man posts on the LoC in the KG sector
of Poonch District of J&K. A Pakistani Army trooper, manning
Kulli Post PoK, was reportedly killed in retaliatory fire.
Suspected NSCN-K militants abducted
four persons of a private mining company from Tikok Hills area
under Margherita Sub-Division in Tinsukia District. The abducted
persons were identified as Mahendra Baruah, Pancham Charki, Kunal
Basumatary and Raja Thapa.
UHM, Sushil Kumar Shinde said
that ban on outlawed ULFA and NDFB would continue.
Assam CM, Tarun Gogoi held the
ULFA-ATF responsible for the death of three children in Tinsukia
district on January 9.
In the Latehar encounter of January
7, so far, bodies of nine CRPF troopers, one Jharkhand Jaguar,
and four civilian have been recovered from the encounter site
with one dead body of a villager being found. At least two Maoists
are said to have been killed in the encounter though the bodies
were not recovered.
Grenades and ammunition made in
Pakistan were among the items recovered from the site of the Maoist
encounter in Latehar District of Jharkhand.
Maoists warned SFs against using
innocent villagers as human shields and asked them to work for
the civil society instead of being used by the State which is
working for corporate houses, a press communiqué issued by the
Maoists said.
A group of around 18 CPI-Maoist
cadres set ablaze a tractor at a brick kiln at Chandi village
under Sadar Police Station area of Vaishali District of Bihar,
and left behind a pamphlet demanding a monthly 'levy' of INR 25,000
from its owner, Anuj Rai.
Police arrested 12 suspected Maoist
supporters from Marachi village under Barraia Police Station in
Gaya District of Bihar and seized looted Police rifles.
The UMHA in its monthly report
revealed that alleged Hindu fanatics arrested by NIA had not only
confessed to having executed blasts such as those in Samjhauta
Express, Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid and Malegaon but also owned
up to some sensation murders and shooting incidents.
UMHA Sushil Kumar Shinde said
that LeT chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed had visited the border areas
in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) a few days before the killing
of two Indian soldiers.
Intelligence reports suggested
that Saeed had visited areas opposite KG sector in Poonch District
of J&K about a week before the Pakistan Army's intrusions
on Indian side on January 8.
Intercepts revealed that Pakistan
Army organised Barha Khanna at their forward village of
Mandola in PoK and displayed parts of the body of Lance Naik Sudhakar
Singh, two rifles and two magazines which they had taken away
after raid in Mankot area of J&K.
Army has decided not to vacate
any post in high altitude areas in twin border Districts of Rajouri
and Poonch in forward areas of J&K along LoC during the winter.
PoK authorities suspended cross-LoC
trade on Poonch-Rawlakote route citing that its trucks fell under
Indian Army's firing range.
NSA Shivshanker Menon asserted
there has been an increase in the incidents of ceasefire violations
and in infiltration attempts.
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January 11
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Unidentified militants shot dead
a Sarpanch and ruling Congress worker, Habibullah Mir,
in Sopore area of Baramulla District of J&K.
Militants abducted and later killed
a contractor, Mohammad Shafi Dar, from Aglar village in Pulwama
District of J&K.
APHC-M chairman Mirwaiz Omar Farooq
met with chiefs of LeT and HM in December 2012 in Pakistan. The
report said that the duo had told the delegation that armed militancy
would revive in the Valley in 2014.
Pakistan violated the ceasefire
and opened fire on the LoC at five posts in J&K’s Krishna
Ghati (KG) and Sona Gali sectors of Poonch District.
Ceasefire violation by Pakistani
troops was also reported from Balakote sector in Mendhar area
of the same District of J&K.
SFs recovered a cache of arms,
ammunition in forest area of Chatoosa in Sopore, Baramulla District
of J&K.
Defence Minister A K Antony called
the January 8 beheading of two Indian soldiers as turning point
at the moment.
Deputy Inspector General of Police
(DIG), Poonch and Rajouri Range Danish Rana said that the heightened
tension in the bordering areas of Poonch District of J&K was
because most of the other parts of the LoC were covered by snow
and Pakistan was trying to push infiltrators into Indian territory
through this stretch.
Unidentified persons left a Chinese
made hand grenade each at the school premises of the HRD Academy
and Comet School located at Ghari and Changangei under Lamphel
Police Station in Imphal West District of Manipur. A Police bomb
squad has picked up the two bombs and disposed the two at Lamphelpat
garbage dumping ground.
CPI-Maoist has given a call for
two-day bandh from January 13 in Palamau division, comprising
three Districts (Palamau, Latehar and Garhwa of Jharkhand) in
protest against the arrest of two of their leading cadres.
Jharkhand Police arrested two
alleged Maoists suspected to be involved in Latehar encounter.
Jharkhand Director General of
Police (DGP) Gauri Shankar Rath said "They have (Maoists)
outer support because the people are plotting against the country
from outside of our boundaries have got links with these Maoists."
The BSF arrested three cadres
of the GNLA from two Khasi Hills Districts in Meghalaya and recovered
two 9 mm revolvers and extortion notes from their possession.
Official sources said that the BSF arrested two cadres of GNLA,
identified as Nowel Momin and Arbin Marak, from the Borsora area
in West Khasi Hills Districts after receiving reports of GNLA
activities in the area. Both originally hail from Mawsynram in
East Khasi Hills District.
Through information provided by
the two cadres, the BSF along with Meghalaya Police carried out
a joint operation in Horupukni village in Mawsynram to arrest
the third militant, Sukumar R Sangma. Besides the revolvers and
demand notes, 19 rounds of ammunition, a mobile phone and Rs 2,050
were recovered from the three militants.
Additional District and Sessions
judge S Prabhakar Rao of Koraput District, Odisha, acquitted CPI-Maoist
leader Chenda Bhusanam alias Ghasi and six others for lack of
evidence in two murder cases in Odisha.
The Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur,
G Gaikhangam said that the Government will close down all peace
camps of the NSCN-IM in Manipur. He further said that the Manipur
Government does not recognize the peace camps which were opened
in Manipur.
SFs rescued the four employees
of Brahmaputra Infrastructure Private Ltd, abducted by suspected
NSCN-K militants on January 10, from the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh
border in Tinsukia District of Assam.
The Shillong Bench of the Gauhati
High Court granted bail to Champion Sangma, 'chairman' of the
GNLA, after the Assam government failed to file chargesheet against
him. Champion Sangma, who is lodged in Shillong Jail, was granted
bail in two cases lodged against him in Nongstoin, the District
headquarters of West Khasi Hills District. However, Sangma will
continue to remain in jail as there is one case pending against
him in Shillong in East Khasi Hills District.
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January 12
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Pakistan Army opened heavy firing
on eight pickets in Krishna Ghati sector of J&K. Army said
troops observed movement of 6 to 7 infiltrators heading towards
Indian Territory in Krishna Ghati sector. The troops opened firing
to neutralize the infiltrators.
Militants opened fire and critically
injured a woman Panch and a Congress worker, Zooni, outside
her house in Dar Mohalla at village Shiva in Sopore area of Baramulla
District in J&K.
45-year-old man was killed by
suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist at village Pairampalli in Bijapur
District of Chhattisgarh.
At least seven cadres of CPI-Maoist
and a constable of Greyhound, sustained injuries in an exchange
of fire during a combing operation in the forest area between
Cherla and Kitaram villages in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.
Police in Palamu District of Jharkhand
successfully repulsed an attack by the CPI-Maoist cadres on the
Satbarwa Police Outpost. New areas have been included under the
ongoing anti-LWE operation "Anaconda II", to flush out
Maoists from Jharkhand's West Singhbhum District, a senior police
officer said.
SFs arrested a suspected militant
belonging to ULFA-ATF, Dhanudhar Neog, from Jutlibari area of
Doomdooma in the Tinsukia District of Assam.
Following the inputs provided
by the arrested ULFA-ATF militant SFs busted a militant camp located
in the northern part of the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in the
same District of Assam.
A NSCN-KK cadre identified as
Pojem Konyak of Sheanghah Wansa village from Mon town was held
by NSCN-K militants in the Mon District in Assam.
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January 13
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Pakistani troops violating ceasefire
opened heavy firing at majority of posts, including Nangi, Kranti,
Kirpan, Ghora, Chajja Man and Dogra, in the KG sector, at LoC,
in the Poonch District of J&K.
33 Panchs and Sarpanchs
from the Sopore area resigned in the State of J&K.
SFs were locked in a gun battle
with Maoists near Kaligudam village in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
A group of around 40 cadres of
CPI-Maoist set ablaze 27 vehicles at a road construction site
near Lekha (Menda) village on Godalvahi-Dhanora road in Gadchiroli
District of Maharashtra.
Suspected GNLA militants lobbed
a grenade at Forest Range Office compound at Rongreng Chidekgre
in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. According to police,
though the grenade exploded there was no casualty or damage.
Police arrested five persons in
Mutthiganj Police Station area of Allahabad city of Uttar Pradesh
with FICN with a face value of over INR 100,000.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to KYKL, identified as a 'lance corporal', Khongbantabam Sanajaoba
Singh alias Bungo alias Puremba (27), from Kongpal Chingangbam
Leikai near the Netaji Memorial Club in Manipur.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to KCP-MC, identified as Ningthoukhongjam Sushil Singh alias Ishingchaoba
alias Imo (32), from Langthabal Kunja Mamang Leikai near the petrol
pump in Imphal East District of Manipur, the release continued.
SFs arrested a woman militant
of KCP-Noyon, identified as Moirangthem Ongbi Jamuna Devi (42),
during a search operation at Kakching Lamkhai in Thoubal District
of Manipur. One .9 mm pistol with two live rounds, one Chinese
hand grenade and one mobile handset were recovered from her possession.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to I K.Sanbijit faction of the NDFB-IKS, identified as Sailot
Narzary, from Sukrajhar area under Basugaon Police Station in
Assam’s Chirang District. Two foreign made hand grenades were
recovered.
NSCN-K released a captive militant,
Pojem Konyak, from the rival faction of NSCN-KK in Mon District
in Nagaland.
BSF seized over FICN with a face
value of INR 46,00,000, 23 weapons, 33 magazines and 264 rounds
in 2012 along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab.
ISI has reportedly opened two
new centres to train a large number of youngsters on terrorism
just opposite the Jaisalmer-Ganganagar area along the IB in Punjab.
Both the centres are managed by ISI officials and JeM militants.
SFs arrested two recruiters of
UPPK, Laishram Koirengsana Meitei alias Thambaljao Meitei (21)
and Heikham Akshay Singh (20), operating across the Indo-Myanmar
border in Moreh in the same District of Manipur.
SFs arrested two injured militants
of the NDFB-IKS, following an encounter with SFs, at Ultapani
in Kokrajhar District of Assam. SFs recovered two grenades, one
pistol and some incriminating documents from the injured militants.
Maharashtra ATS made the eighth
arrest in the six low-intensity blasts at Pune’s (Maharashtra)
Jungli Maharaj Road on August 1, 2012.
The top NSCN-IM leadership, Isak
Chisi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah, scheduled to leave for Delhi
on January 12, had cancelled their visit and decided to 'extend
their Christmas vacation in Camp Hebron (Dimapur District of Nagaland)
indefinitely citing piling 'home work'. The Central Government
is consulting with the Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
and Manipur on the proposals put up by the NSCN-IM after more
than 60 rounds of talks with Delhi since the ceasefire pact was
signed in 1997.
SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS militant,
identified as Sylot Narzary (25) alias Syco, from Salbari area
under Basugaon Police Station of Chirang District in Assam.
SFs arrested four NSCN-K cadres
from Alahoto Colony in Zunheboto District of Nagaland along with
arms and ammunition.
SFs arrested one NLFT-BM collaborator
identified as Jang Bahadur Reang (55) in between Chakbihar Chowdhury
Para and Birchandra Chowdhury Para under Manikpur Police Station
in Dhalai District.
There has been information that
a new alliance has been made between JeM and Babbar Khalsa at
Rahim Yar Khan District of Punjab Province in Pakistan.
There were reports that two LeT
militants, who were part of a group, which tried to infiltrate
into this side under covering fire, were killed in firing of Pakistan
Army on other side of the LoC.
Investigations by the NIA have
found that some of those accused in blasts linked to ‘Hindu terror’
had gone to Gujarat during the 2002 riots on the instructions
of slain RSS cadre Sunil Joshi.
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January 14
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SFs killed two militants, identified
as Thungri Basumatary and Barfu alias B Borailing belonging to
the NDFB-IKS at Delaishree near Lumsung Forest reserve under Chirang
reserve in Kokrajhar District of Assam. The SFs also recovered
two .9 mm pistols and some rounds of ammunition. NDFB-IKS, however,
termed the killing of two militants in the encounter as "fake
encounter" and condemned the killings.
Brigade Commander level flag meeting
between India and Pakistan at Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point in
Poonch District ended without any positive result as both sides
stick to their positions.
Unidentified militants carried
out a grenade blast at the residence of Jangmang Haokip, President
of HTC, in Moreh Ward no-3 in Chandel District in Manipur. Immediately
after, a 12-hour bandh (shut down) was announced in the border
town, including NH-2, beginning from 6pm. Indefinite border bandh
was also imposed. The HTC president was at his office when the
incident occurred.
NIA authority probing blasts in
Malegaon, Samjhauta Express and Mecca Masjid cases was given a
12-month extension.
India is among the nations hit
by a cyber espionage that has been targeting diplomatic, governmental
as well as scientific research organization at least for five
years.
General Bikram Singh opposed any
dilution of the AFSPA in J&K, saying that any decision to
revoke it from any part should be taken only after getting inputs
from security agencies and stakeholders.
One militant belonging to NLFT-BM
identified as Nitush Debbarma (25) alias Naikhol,
surrendered before SFs at BOP under Vangmun Police Station in
North Tripura District. The militant deposited One Carbine, 03
Magazines and 90 round ammunitions of Carbine.
One militant belonging to BNCT
namely Rabindra Reang (26), surrendered before SFs at Kumpui under
Vangmun Police Station in North Tripura District. During surrender
the militant deposited one .22 mm Pistol, One Magazine and three
rounds of ammunitions of .22 mm Pistol.
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January 15
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One villager was killed and another
injured in an explosion near a Police firing range in the forest
area of Sirsiguda village in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh,
however Police said possible involvement of the CPI-Maoist cannot
be ruled out.
Central Government said that the
SoO Agreement with the Pro-Talks faction of National Democratic
Front of Bodoland-Progressive (NDFB-PTF) had been extended till
June 30, 2013.
CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze three
vehicles, deployed at a construction site, on Sawargaon-Gyrapatti
road in Dhanora tehsil of Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
BSF troopers arrested seven illegal
Bangladeshi immigrants while they were trying to infiltrate into
India from Baghmara in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.
The arrested persons were identified as Mohmmad Hasin (25), Umar
Khan (40), Mohmmad Amiruddin (30), Habibur Rahman (28), Urj Marak
(26), Bikash Sangma (22) and Md Fojul Haque (40).
Pakistan Army resorted to heavy
firing in J&K at four instances, at least, since the Brigade
Commander level flag meeting between India and Pakistan of January
14.
Pakistan Army alleged that one
of its soldiers was killed in unprovoked firing by Indian troopers
along the LoC.
Pakistan troops resorted to small
and medium fire at three Indian forward posts in Mendhar sector
of Poonch District of J&K.
NIA scanned the forest adjoining
Bagli town of Dewas District of Madhya Pradesh in search of hideouts
and evidence of places used to make and test bomb by Hindu hardliners
including the slain RSS member Sunil Joshi.
NSCN-KK directed all its rank
and files not to take part in the coming Nagaland Assembly elections.
It has also warned of "stern disciplinary actions" against
members "misusing their good offices." According to
NSCN-KK, MIP statement, all unit commanding officers and regional
authorities have been instructed to strictly comply with the directive.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
alerted all the braches of banks in north Bihar adjoining Indo-Nepal
border to take serious precaution in transactions of currencies
at their counters as this area has been marked as sensitive for
circulation of FICN.
32 Districts in U.P including
state capital Lucknow have been put on high alert after intelligence
reports revealed that around 50 terrorists had infiltrated through
the Nepal border into the state for establishing contact with
IM operatives prior to Republic Day celebrations.
US prosecutors sought 30 years'
imprisonment for Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect, Tahawwur Rana,
for providing material support to LeT and conspiring for a terror
attack on a Danish newspaper.
The MHA cleared a proposal whereby
four States affected the most by LWE — Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,
Odisha and Bihar — will raise specialised forces trained in guerrilla
warfare and equipped with modern weaponry to take on the extremists.
Bihar
State Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, resident of Dhokli village
in Jamui District, from Banka District.
SFs, in the intervening night
arrested a PLA militant, Thongam Sanjit alias Kemo (33) from Wabagai
Tera Pishak Mamang Leikai. However, RPF, political wing of PLA,
clarified that Thongam Sanjit alias Kemo (33) was already dismissed
from the party on April 4, 2011.
Following demands raised by the
MHA and the Planning Commission, the Ministry of Environment and
Forests (MoEF) decided to relax forest conservation rules to allow
twenty-two LWE-affected districts to build public infrastructure
in forestland.
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January 16
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Suspected NSCN-KK militants killed
one militant belonging to NSCN-K, 'lieutenant' Kinglichem, and
injured another militant at Medical Ward in Kiphire District in
Nagaland.
Top ULFA-ATF militant, Drishti
Rajkhowa, was reportedly killed, in either an encounter with SFs
or in a clash with GNLA militants, near the India-Bangladesh border
in West Garo Hills District in Meghalaya.
The ANVC-B has said that the Meghalaya
Government is losing revenue worth billion of rupees from coal
trade due to the nexus between the traders and corrupt government
officials. According to the outfit, the coal traders do not pay
taxes to the District Council and export far greater volume of
coal than what they show on record.
Bellampally Police in Adilabad
District of Andhra Pradesh found an old CPI-Maoist dump in Mamidigattu
forests, under Ramakrishnapur Police Station limits while conducting
combing operations.
Three
CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested from Madhurapur forest under Kauakol
Police Station area in Nawada District of Bihar.
A
woman CPI-Maoist cadre was arrested from Kaimur hills, under Aghoura
Police Station, in Kaimur District of Bihar.
Police arrested a HM militant,
Feroz Ahmed, from Maltang Dalgate in Jawahar Nagar locality of
Srinagar (Srinagar District) of J&K. An AK 47 rifle, two AK
magazines, 26 rounds of AK 47 and one wireless set was recovered
from his possession.
An Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)
was spotted flying on village Jhallas (Poonch District) near the
LoC.
JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik
called for monthly sit-in protests against life imprisonment of
Kashmiri youths.
Delhi Police has received a general
input on possible attacks by IM and LeT in Delhi.
In a telephonic conversation the
Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMO) of India and Pakistan
agreed not to allow escalation of tensions along LoC.
Army said that Pakistan has planted
anti-personnel land mines along walking area between forward posts
on the Indian side of the LoC in J&K to target soldiers.
The next round of political dialogue
between the Assam Government and NDFB-PTF is likely to be held
later this month, even as the NDFB-PTF renewed its demand for
creation of a separate State of Bodoland. A five-member delegation
of NDFB-PTF led by 'general secretary' Govinda Basumatary on January
16 had their first interaction with UMHA, Sushilkumar Shinde.
The militant leaders urged the UMHA to expedite resolution of
their charter of demands.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
credited the BTC authorities and Congress for the quick rehabilitation
of the riot-affected people. CM Gogoi said, "We thought it
would take time to rehabilitate the people after such major riots
but I am told only about 6,000 people are now left in the relief
camps and the process is on to rehabilitate them. Most of the
over 4 lakh people have returned. It was possible because of the
initiative by the Hagrama Mohilary-led BTC administration and
the people of this area, who have realised that we need to live
together in peace. The riots were incited by certain forces to
create misunderstanding and chaos among the people."
Tripura CM Manik Sarkar appreciated
the current Bangladesh government's efforts to crack down on militants
from the Northeast but added that more could be done in this regard.
"The present Bangladesh government has initiated measures
to drive away anti-India militants based there. But I think there
is scope for more action. I say this, because even now 22 hideouts
of outfits banned by the Tripura government exist on Bangladeshi
soil. And we have asked the Union home minister and Union external
affairs minister to take up this issue with Bangladesh during
bilateral talks," CM Sarkar said.
The Mizoram government is pushing
for early resumption of talks with the militant group HPC-D. This
development comes in the aftermath of the Election Commission's
announcement to hold by-election to the Chalfilh assembly constituency
on February 23. A large number of the Chalfilh electorate belonged
to the Hmar community and would be highly influenced by the diktats
of the HPC-D leadership.
The Centre asked all LWE affected
states to ensure that proceedings like producing of the Maoists
before the court, remand and trial should be conducted through
video conferencing in view of the November 9, 2012, Giridih (Jharkhand)
incident.
In addition, BTC 'chairman' Hagrama
Mohilary softened his stand on rehabilitation of doubtful citizens
in the Bodo belt, saying all displaced people would be re-settled
with or without land documents.
Mumbai Police arrested Farooq
Naiku and Mohammed Talukdar linked with HM from a guest house
at Masjid Bunder in Mumbai (Greater Bombay District) along with
FICN worth INR 27, 200.
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January 17
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A civilian, identified as Plaindro
Sangma, who was shot at by GNLA militants on January 2, succumbed
to his injuries at Tura Civil Hospital in West Garo Hills District
of Meghalaya. GNLA militants had shot three supporters, including
Plaindro Sangma, of Community and Rural Development Minister,
Saleng Sangma, at Aklangre village under Dalu Police Station in
West Garo Hills District. The militant outfit accused them of
being Police informers.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed the father
of a Policeman who was abducted from Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District,
in December 2012.
Pakistan Rangers opened unprovoked
fire targeting a patrolling party of BSF at the border observation
post at Raja Mohattam area along IB in Ferozepur sector (Ferozepur
Border) of Ferozepur District of Rajasthan.
SFs arrested an ULFA-ATF linkman,
identified as Tutu Bora Moran, from Jutlibari under Doomdooma
Police Station in Tinsukia District of Assam.
Chief Minister of Assam, Tarun
Gogoi said that notwithstanding the improvement in the situation
in BTC areas following a period of prolonged Bodo-Muslim ethnic
violence in 2012, forces that had fuelled the clashes were still
active in the State. CM, Tarun Gogoi also asserted that militant
groups and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agents were also
at work during the ethnic-clashes period.
48- hour Karbi Anglong Bandh (General
Shutdown) imposed by KANCHASDCOM an organisation demanding creation
of an autonomous state encompassing the two autonomous hill Districts;
Karbi Anglong & Dima Hasao, of Assam began. A leader of KLNLF
Dhani Ram Tisso further said that the creation of an autonomous
State was a national commitment and that sentiment of the entire
hill people was involved.
PM Manmohan Singh assured a Manipuri
Delegation of various political parties that all unauthorised
camps of the NSCN-IM in Manipur would be demolished. PM also assured
action against NSCN-IM militant, Livingstone Anal, for physically
assaulting film actress Momoko in full public view on December
18, 2012, at Chandel District.
The team urged an amendment to
Article 3 of the Constitution so as to ensure the security of
the territorial integrity of Manipur. PM assured that the territory
of the State would not be compromised at any cost. Union Home
Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde also conveyed to the delegates that
the Assam Rifles Director General (DG), Lieutenant General Ranbir
Singh has been instructed to crack down on all unauthorised camps
of the NSCN-IM located in the State.
NIA arrested and questioned one
Dinesh Devra in connection with the Samjhauta Express and Malegaon
blasts from Sanver town of Indore District, Madhya Pradesh.
Principal Sessions Judge, (Ramban
District in J&K), M. A. Chowdhary acquitted there alleged
militants namely Manzoor Ahmad, Feroz Din and Raj Begum in a July
2007 case as prosecution failed to bring home the charge against
the accused.
Chairman of the AJKPC, Shafiq
Mir, refused to accept militant diktats and resign under any militant
pressure in J&K.
India has formally asked US Justice
Department for the extradition of Babbar Khalsa International
(BKI) terrorist Balwinder Singh Possi.
Punjab Police is also planning
to file for the extradition of another BKI terrorist Gurnam Singh
alias Neka from the US.
Concerned over Odisha's Nuapada
District becoming a hub of the CPI-Maoist activity, the Centre
proposed a Special Development Plan to improve the living standard
of the tribal communities in the region.
Pakistan High Commissioner to
India, Salman Bashir said that Pakistan is willing to address
all Indian concerns over LoC, including the demand for a probe
into the mutilation of the bodies of Indian soldiers on January
8.
J&K CM Omar Abdullah in a
letter to the Jairam Ramesh sought release of INR one billion
for monthly honorarium and insurance cover for 33000 Sarpanchs
and Panchs in the State.
AJKPC spokesman Ghulam Hassan
Panzoo said that the Conference is not against the honorarium
and insurance cover, but the larger question of empowerment of
Panchayat representatives in J&K continues to remain unanswered.
Principal Sessions Judge Ramban
J&K, M A Chowdhary acquitted two alleged militants, Mumtaz
Ahmad alias Asif Commando and Manzoor Ahmad alias Furqan, in a
double murder case stating that the entire case was investigated
recklessly by the investigating agency.
US District Judge handed Tahawwur
Rana a 14 year jail term for providing material support to LeT
and for conspiring attacks on the office of Danish newspaper.
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January 18
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A
CRPF trooper was killed and another injured as Maoists attacked
a contingent of CRPF and local Police engaged in an area domination
exercise in Timmadwada area of Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
The locals of Khurai Chingangbam
Leikai of Imphal (Imphal West District in Manipur), the State
capital of Manipur, captured a woman for allegedly trying to lure
in youths to participate in a surrender program of the 5th Battalion
of 9th Gorkha Regiment,. The woman has been identified as Haorungbam
Chitra (60) wife of (Late) Ibopishak Singh of the same locality.
A tribal woman who had eloped
with and married a CPI-Maoist cadre, 10 years ago, surrendered
with her two minor children, in Kaimur District of Bihar.
United States said that it would
continue its hunt for HuJI chief Ilyas Kashmiri, LeT handler Sajid
Mir and four others involved in the 26/11 terrorist attacks.
Sources said that India may ask
the US to appeal in a higher court against the sentence given
to Tahawwur Rana and seek his conviction in the 26/11 terror case.
A team from Padma police station
in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag District seized more than 2,000 detonators
hidden in a two-wheeler near Alinagar College.
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January 19
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Two women Maoists were killed
in an encounter with SFs in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Separately, SFs arrested a Dima
Hasao based Dimasa militant, identified as Bipa Dimasa (27), from
Banderdewa in North Lakhimpur District of Assam.
SFs arrested three linkmen NDFB-IKS,
identified as Hitesh Das alias Kendura, Bidya Basumatary alias
Bonjar and Thempu Narzary, from Bongaigaon and Chirang District
of Assam respectively
SFs arrested two armed couriers
of NDFB-IKS, Bipul Khaklari (39), and Chandradhar Bora, (32),
and recovered a Chinese grenade launcher and 12 shells at Tezpur
in Sonitpur District in Assam.
SFs arrested a women conduit of
NDFB-IKS, Benita Mushahary, from Bongaigaon District of Assam.
SFs recovered two bottle grenades
from Budlabet Tea Estate area under Assam’s Doomdooma Police Station.
The two youths who were carrying the grenades managed to escape.
SFs recovered two powerful IEDs
from the house of one Biswajit Moran at Hahkhati Pathargaon under
Kakopathar Police Station in the same District in Assam.
Two persons were injured after
a Chinese made low intensity grenade laid as booby trap was detonated
by some unidentified persons at Khermahal in Dimapur in Nagaland.
According to Police, the injured were identified as Susanta Kumar
Dey (35) and Naushad Alam (28).
In Nagaland SNUNS sought the immediate
intervention of the Government of India over the "crisis"
between hill and valley people in Manipur and also demanded the
fulfillment of the aspirations of the Nagas. In a statement, SNUNS
president Lokho Chomei and general secretary L. Peter also questioned
the Manipur Government for considering the alleged molestation
of a Manipuri actress by an NSCN-IM functionary Livingstone on
December 18, 2012 as the "No.1 case" while underplaying
the reported cases of the killing of two Tangkhul civilians on
December 28, 2012 and the "molestation and rape" attempt
on Naga students by valley based armed cadres on December 24,
2012.
Unidentified armed persons allegedly
carried out a gun attack at the residence of Dr Palin, Managing
Director of the Shija Hospital & Research Institute at Langol
Lai Manai in Imphal West District under Lamphel Police station
in Manipur.
A team of Imphal East District
Police commandos arrested a PREPAK cadre, identified as Soraisam
Kishan alias Naobi (24), from New Checkon Tribal Market crossing
in Manipur. He was directly involved in the IED explosion that
occurred at around 9.50am at Mantripukhri on October 9, said a
press release issued by Imphal East Superintendant of Police.
As many as four terrorists managed
to infiltrate into the Indian side from Bhimber Gali area in Poonch
District of J&K earlier this month.
Sixty-three tribals, in Narayanapatna
Block of Koraput District in Odisha, approached the SP, Avinash
Kumar, and pledged not to return to the CPI-Maoist backed CMAS,
expressing their desire to join the mainstream.
A Maoist camp was busted and a
huge cache of explosives and other materials were seized by SFs
in a forest in Odisha's Ganjam District.
Police arrested four GNLA cadres
from Polo in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills at around 6 pm. Those
arrested include Vincent T. Sangma, Viraj Chungkan, Najim R. Sangma
and London Sangma. The Police said they were involved in extortion
and recruitment of cadres.
Meghalaya’s Chief Secretary, WMS
Pariat asserted that law and order situation in the trouble-torn
Garo Hills has improved in recent times. “There is a perceptible
improvement in the law and order situation in Garo Hills in recent
times,” Pariat told reporters, adding that peace seems to be prevailing
in the region with no major incident being reported in the last
few months. It is noteworthy that the State Government and the
Central Government had recently signed the draft peace agreement
with the militant group ANVC, which was later approved by the
State Cabinet. On the issue of signing the final agreement with
the ANVC, the Chief Secretary said that the Central Government
would come out with the final agreement. The Chief Secretary stated
that the agreement is applicable to the ANVC-B and they need to
surrender their arms and weapons since the draft agreement has
already been signed.
Asked about the Government’s
stand on GNLA, the Chief Secretary indicated that the Government
would welcome any outfit which wants to come forward for discussion.
On the reports that the HNLC is trying to regroup in Khasi and
Jaintia Hills, Pariat said, “We will ensure that no re-grouping
takes place.”
KSA-Laichan faction has called
for a 12-hour Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao District Bandh (General
strike) on January 25 to press its demand for an autonomous State
comprising the two hill district of Assam as per the provision
of the article 244(A) of the Constitution of India.
ABSU said that it would not sit
silent if the Government of India drops the demand for creation
of a separate Bodo State (Bodoland) this time and goes ahead with
the creation of Telangana State.
Investigation and some of the
intercepts suggested that some of the material used by Pakistan
Army in areas in Siachen glacier in J&K had been passed on
to terror groups like LeT and JeM.
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January 20
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SFs killed six CPI-Maoist cadres
including four top leaders, near Jimulgatta, in Aheri tehsil
of Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
SFs in an encounter, killed a
militant belonging to the ULFA-ATF, identified as Lalit Moran,
in Kakojan Reserve Forest under Digboi Police Station in Tinsukia
District of Assam. But the local people claimed that the slain
youth was innocent.
SFs neutralized a militant hideout
in Sangri forests of Magam area in Baramulla District of J&K
and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition.
Police intercepted a car near
Moolakadai on Erukancherry High Road in Chennai District of Tamil
Nadu and seized FICN worth total face value of INR 503,000. Three
persons were also arrested.
India is aiming to step up trilateral
cooperation with Sri Lanka and the Maldives in ensuring the security
of the Indian Ocean patch in the neighbourhood.
At least, 11 CRPF troopers were
injured, in a series of blasts triggered by the CPI-Maoist, in
Bokaro District of Jharkhand.
SFs busted a Maoist camp in a
forest between Daringbadi and Bramhanigaon in Kandhamal District
of Odisha.
A HM militant, Abdul Rashid, a
woman, Mariam Begum (mother of another HM militant, Manzoor Bhat)
along with her 9 years old grandson, one Gul Zaman Beg, three
SPOs and three civilians harbouring them were arrested by Police
in Banihal town of Ramban District in J&K.
Jailed GNLA’s chief, Champion
R. Sangma has decided to contest the February 23 assembly elections
in Meghalaya, a legal official said. “He (Sangma) has already
made up his mind to contest the upcoming Meghalaya assembly elections
either from inside or outside the jail,” Sangma’s legal Counsel
Sujit Dey said. “Sangma will contest as an independent candidate,
but he is yet to choose the assembly constituency from which he
would contest,” Dey said. On January 11, the Shillong Bench
of the Gauhati High Court granted bail to Sangma after it found
that no charge sheet was filed against him.
IM through an email to a five-star
hotel has threatened to carry out an attack in New Delhi in the
coming few days and they have allegedly made necessary arrangements.
According to Gurgaon Police, the blast threat was was created
by a person in West Bengal.
Increased activity in LeT camps
in eastern provinces of Afghanistan, namely Kunar and Nuristan,
complimented with Hafiz Saeed’s threats to step up terror in J&K
are posing fresh challenges for India.
The leader of the ULFA-ATF, Paresh
Baruah, is securing an uninterrupted flow of funds from Assam’s
Guwahati, the main commercial centre in Northeast India, for his
personal use, revealed an internal report of the government. The
militant leader in hiding, who shuttles between Taga in northern
Myanmar and Ruili in southern China, is collecting the money from
a handful of Guwahati-based contractors through his own channel,
the report said, adding they are paying hefty amounts to Baruah
"without any real threats to their lives."
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January 21
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Four militant suspects were reportedly
killed in an encounter with troops of 39 Assam Rifles at Behiang
area of Churachandpur District under Churachandpur Police Station
of Manipur. PIB-Defence Wing, in a statement said that the four
killed belonged to the UNLF and PLA. At about 3 am, the
troops intercepted the armed men trying to infiltrate from across
the border and a fierce gun fight ensued in which four militants
were killed, said PIB.
In Manipur. KSDC, in a press statement
said that it would burn the India flag on 26th January 2013 “as
a mark of severance of ties between the Kuki nation and the Indian
state which had fail to recognize the Kuki political right even
after 65 years of Indian Independent and 65 years of Kuki tolerance“.
CPI-Maoist armed cadres opened
indiscriminate fire at Darbha Police Station in Bastar District
of Chhattisgarh, injuring one constable identified as Dharmendra
Kunjam.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Arjun Kodo, was arrested from Dandikeda village, in Lohettar
Police Station area of Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Alleged IM operative Danish Ansari
was arrested by the NIA from Bihar's Darbhanga District.
A self-styled ‘sub-zonal commander’
of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Shankar Yadav, was arrested
from a village under Khaira Police Station area in Aurangabad
District of Bihar.
About 50 security personnel had
a close shave as CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine blast
at Dumuria in Bihar's Gaya District.
ULFA-ATF and NDFB-IKS along with
nine other militant outfits of the northeast called for boycott
of Republic Day celebrations on January 26 and blamed the Government
of covert military operations.
The other groups includes CorCom,
the umbrella body of seven militant groups of Manipur, NLFT and
Tripura People’s Democratic Front,[Political organisation representing
(ATTF)].
India Permanent Representative
to the UN suggested the UN to wind up its mission on Kashmir UNMOGIP
saying that it has outlived its utility.
The NSA, Shiv Shankar Menon, clarified
that the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir was clearly demarcated both
on the map and on the ground. He also reiterated Indian policy
of No-First-Use with regard to nuclear weapons.
The UMEA, Salman Khurshid, said
that situation along the LoC is a lot better than it was a few
days back.
Indian Navy commissioned its largest
offshore patrol vessel INS Saryu for maritime surveillance around
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
ULFA-ATF militants opened fire
at the Namtola Police Station under Sivasagar District in Assam
injuring a trooper, identified as Liladhar Chetia, and also set
ablaze four vehicles.
Unidentified militants have shot
dead a man aged 50-55 and dumped his body next to the National
Highway passing through Bajengdoba area of North Garo Hills District
of Meghalaya. Unconfirmed reports mention that the body could
be that of a Muslim trader who was kidnapped by armed militants
from Rongrong market a few weeks ago. His whereabouts have remained
unknown so far.
SFs in a joint operation, arrested
two GNLA linkmen from Beta Sing market under Ampati Police Station
in West Garo Hills District in Meghalaya. According to the BSF,
two youths Janath D Sangma (23) and Mathani Momin (19), were arrested.
The operation party also recovered three mobile phones, two Indian
SIM cards, two extra battery, and two driving licenses and a voter
identity card from their possession.
ATTF and NLFT, jointly with other
insurgent outfits of the north-east have given a customary call
to boycott Republic Day celebrations on January 26.
Intelligence intercepts indicated
that there is serious threat to the Republic Day celebrations
at Rajpath in New Delhi.
HuJI-B is believed to have provided
the logistics for launching terrorist activities in India.
Karnataka’s Bidar Police arrested
Gopi Hari Singh on charge of circulating FICN from an unspecified
location.
A team from Padma Police Station
in Hazaribag District of Jharkhand seized more than 2,000 detonators
hidden in a two-wheeler near Alinagar College meant to be supplied
to the Maoists.
Police arrested Gurdev Singh,
along FICN with a face value of INR 3,00,000 and heroin worth
INR 25 million in Chheharta area of Amritsar District of Punjab.
Home Secretary emphasized that
the Government has names of at least 10 people involved in several
blasts, who were associated with the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak (RSS).
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January 22
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SFs, in an encounter killed two
GNLA militants near Khardand under Krishnai Police Station of
Goalpara District of Assam
SFs arrested a Bangladeshi citizen,
identified as Altaf Hussain (30), along with FICN worth INR 100,000
from Sealdoh village in Dhubri District of Assam. The arrestee
belongs to Panchbari village under Kurigram District of Bangladesh.
Referring to the January 20 announcement
of GNLA ‘chairman’ Champion R Sangma that he has decided to plunge
into electoral politics, the Meghalaya’s Chief Electoral Officer
P Naik on January 22 said Champion can contest the February 23
elections provided his name is there in electoral rolls. Naik
said, “Sangma is yet to be convicted, so he cannot be barred from
contesting polls.”
The HNLC has called a 20-hour bandh (shut
down strike) in Meghalaya on Republic Day. The customary shutdown
has been called from 10pm of January 25 to 6pm of January 26.
Two hand grenades were found planted
at the Babupara Ward No – 5 (Imphal East District of Manipur)
residence of ZEO, Th Ketuki Devi, on January 22. Sources said
that instance of monetary demand of INR 500,000 being served to
the ZEO by a militant outfit had already been reported. The planting
of the explosives has been linked with the monetary demand.
CPI-Maoist leader Daya, the Secretary
of AOBSZC, threatened Koraput District MP Jayaram Pangi of dire
consequences if he does not refrain from favouring bauxite mining
by a private company at Mali hill.
The DVF and the CRPF recovered
a huge cache of arms and articles used by the CPI-Maoist cadres
from a forest in Rayagada District of Odisha.
In a joint operation launched
by the Kondagaon and Narayanpur District Police of Chhattisgarh,
security personnel recovered pipe bomb, a generator, electric
wires and pitthu bags from the CPI-Maoist dominated areas.
Troops of the Red Shield Division
reportedly arrested two ZUF cadres from Khumji Bazar area of Tamenglong
District of Manipur in the evening. They have been identified
as Aihom Remroi, ‘joint secretary’ of ZUF and joyful Bariam.
A press note of the Superintendent
of Police, Imphal West has said that, Imphal West Police Commandos
arrested one PREPAK-PRO militant identified as Sapam Sajou alias Tachou
Singh from Chajing Mamang leikai near Mahaluxmi Indane of Manipur.
In Manipur, Security Forces arrested
one militant belonging to KYKL-MDF area identified as Leishangthem
Hiran Singh (25) from Koutruk Ching Leikai, the press note said.
“On spot verification, he disclosed that he was working under
one ‘corporal’ Nongshaba of KYKL-MDF from Heibongpokpi since January
2007″, it added.
A team of Imphal East Police commandos
of Manipur arrested one militant belonging to KCP-MC identified
as Thangjam Babiter Singh alias Peter (28). According
to a statement issued by Imphal East Superintendent of Police,
the arrested man revealed that he joined the outfit through one
Irungbam Mahen Singh (34) in 2009.
Pakistani troopers violating CFA
targeted two forward Indian posts, Nangi Tekri and Ravi, in KG
sector of Mendhar region along LoC in Poonch District of J&K
to facilitate infiltration.
In a statement issued by Aranya
Asom, a member of the ‘publicity wing ‘of the ULFA-ATF, the outfit
claimed responsibility for the attack. It said the action was
in retaliation to the killing of an innocent youth, Lalit Moran,
in Tinsukia District of Assam on January 20 by SFs.
The KNO has firmly opposed oil
exploration in Churachandpur and parts of Tamenglong Districts
of Manipur, claiming that they are the ancestral land of the Kuki
people. In a memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister
of India, KNO, one of the two umbrella organisations of the Kuki
militant outfits claimed that Churachandpur and parts of Tamenglong
Districts are the integral part of Kuki ancestral lands.
The URF has said in a press statement
that the politicians of Manipur should not make any comments on
the armed outfits. “If they really think for the land and its
people, they should come out and join the movement,” it said.
The UNLF has rejected the
press statement of Press Information Bureau (PIB-Defence Wing)
which claimed that a fierce gun battle took place between SFs
and UNLF along Manipur-Myanmar border in Churachandpur District
in the morning of January 21 in which four UNLF cadres were reportedly
killed.
Of the four militant suspects
killed in a reported shoot-out with troops of 39 Assam Rifles
at Behiang in Churachandpur District of Assam, One more has been
identified as Irom Chingahal alias Open. Another
deceased was already identified as Pukhrambam Kanta alias Wangooba
(27).
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including
two women militia members and an armed squad leader, were arrested
from a forest area in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.
The IAF helicopter that was forced
to make an emergency landing in the densely-forested Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh, on January 18, after it came under fire from
Maoists, has now been flown back to its operating base at Jagdalpur
of Bastar District, after being repaired.
Kerala Police have brought a CPI-Maoist
activist, Suguna, from Nagpur, Maharashtra, to the State to nail
KB Ajaya Kumar alias Ajayan Mannur, the ‘secretary of the
pro-Maoist RDF’, who is the first accused in a case related to
the arrest of the alleged Maoist sympathisers from Mavelikkara.
A local court in Mumbai, Maharashtra,
transferred the case of LeT operative Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias
Abu Jundal to a sessions court.
Haryana Police arrested Nilesh
Bhattacharya from Behala in Kolkata (Kolkata District) for allegedly
sending a threat mail to a five-star hotel chain in Gurgaon (Haryana)
Delhi.
Four terrorists of KLF were produced
in a Patiala court in connection with recovery of a bomb from
near Nabha LPG bottling plant (Patiala District) of Punjab in
January 2010.
Omar Abdullah said UNMOGIP failed
in its duty to maintain sanctity of the LoC in J&K.
Pakistan Permanent Representative
to UN, Masood Khan, said no bilateral agreement between India
and Pakistan had overtaken or affected the role and legality of
UNMOGIP.
Indian diplomat Manish Gupta said
that the UNMOGIP’s role was to supervise the ceasefire line which
no longer existed as a new line came into existence on December
17, 1971, through Shimla Agreement.
SFs foiled an infiltration bid
of group of 5-6 infiltrators trying to sneak in under cover fire
of Pakistan Army in J&K.
Scheduled January-end Indo-Pak
Secretary-level meeting on waters has been cancelled.
J&K Government decided not
to extend benefits of Rehabilitation Policy to former militants
and other citizens of J&K returning from PoK via Nepal and/or
Bangladesh on the ground that they didn’t fall under the categories
prescribed in the Policy
Syed Salahuddin asked people to
observe January 26 (Republic Day) as ’Black Day’.
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An IED put inside a school bag
was detected at a bushy spot along Imphal-Churachandpur highway
between Naransena and Sunu-siphai. A source informed that
the IED was detected by a patrol party of 5/9 Gorkha Rifles at
about 6 am. Explosive experts of Manipur Police, on receiving
information about the IED, rushed to the site and set diffused
it safely.
Over and above the series of agitation,
the KSDC had announced a couple of days back, it has added public
curfew on Republic Day (January 26) and advised all citizens of
Manipur to stay indoors.
SFs recovered a hand grenade in
front of the Kakopathar Police Station in Tinsukia District of
Assam. Police recovered the grenade from the road while checking
vehicles.
The KPLT has called a 36-hours
Karbi Anglong bandh (shutdown strike), beginning
5 pm of January 24. It has also announced to boycott the Republic
Day celebrations in the District of Assam. In a press communiqué,
KPLT ‘general secretary’ and ‘publicity in-charge’ of the
organization, Pakler Ageng, stated that, “There is no justification
in observing Republic Day in Karbi Anglong as Government has resorted
to oppressive and suppressive policies to thwart the free will
of the people. Therefore, all democratic values have lost their
credibility in the District.”
In Assam, NDFB-PTF leadership
is optimistic on the creation of Bodoland State as the Central
Government is about to announce its decision on the demand for
a separate Telangana State by January 28.
SFs arrested ATTF ‘chairman’ Ranjit
Debbarma from an area near the Indo-Bangla border under Sidhai
Police Station in Mohanpur subdivision of West Tripura District
of Tripura.
With exactly a month left for
the assembly elections in the State, cadres of GNLA have come
out in the open to extend their support to prospective candidates
in certain areas of Garo Hills in Meghalaya. However, analytical
intelligence studies carried out by security agencies have revealed
that the terrorist group has not extended support to any particular
political party.
Intelligence inputs about GNLA's
activities came 20 days after the militant group attacked supporters
of Saleng Sangma, a minister and sitting MLA who intends to contest
the coming elections. The cadres, at the direction of their ‘area
commander’ Hadeo, fired at them at Alangre village in West Garo
Hills of Meghalaya, killing one of his three supporters.
As per information from the Police
department, 10 companies of CPF will be deployed in Garo Hills
area of Meghalaya from February 1. The State Government had sought
76 companies of CPF from the Centre. However, it was learnt that
the projected strength will be deployed in a phased manner ahead
of the polls. "There will be perceptible change on the ground
after the additional forces are deployed in the militant-affected
areas of Garo Hills," the top Police official added.
A suspected cadre of KPLT Bikrom
Teron died after he and four others were allegedly thrashed by
the public for extortion in an interior village in Assam’s Karbi
Anglong District in the night. Teron and four other KPLT cadres
— Donsingh Tokbi, Mangalsingh Signer, Mansingh Rangpi and Rensingh
Tokbi — were caught by villagers while they were going to Donghap
under Dokmoka Police station to extort money from.
The CRPF announced a 'Civic Action
Programme' in the CPI-Maoist infested Lalgarh District of West
Bengal, with an objective to effectively combat extremism and
bridge the gap between the villagers and the administration.
The West Bengal Police arrested
a suspected CPI-Maoist cadre, accused of killing a farmer, from
Jhargram District of the State.
US ruled out the extradition of
David Coleman Headley.
Two HM militants arrested on January
16 from Mumbai in Maharashtra were charged under the UAPA.
Pakistan-based terror outfits
plan to carry out strikes on Republic Day to avenge the execution
of Ajmal Kasab.
The newly set up branch of the
NIA, Mumbai, Maharashtra, will continue to investigate terrorism
cases related to Pune.
Andhra Pradesh Police decided
to have more stringent checks at airports by the Customs and Airport
Security to curb the flow of FICN in the State.
India expressed disappointment
over the US' refusal to extradite David Coleman Headley.
UMEA Salman Khurshid sent out
a strong message to Pakistan saying there cannot be "any
form of closure" to the Mumbai attacks unless all perpetrators,
including LeT ‘founder’ Hafiz Saeed, are brought to book.
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January 24
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Troops of 18 Sikh under 9 Sector
AR recovered a suspected IED on National Highway-02 (Tiddim Road)
from near Sangaiprou Chowk in Imphal West District of Manipur,
informed a PRO, IGAR-S release adding that a suspected polythene
bag was seen with wires jutting out while search of area was being
carried out by the foot patrolling party.
After two militant suspects out
of four slain in the Manipur’s Behiang shoot-out with troops of
39th AR on January 21 have been identified, one more has been
identified. The third victim has been identified as Mutum Ihultamba
alias Iboton (18).
The UNC Manipur has stated that
the KSDC sponsored agitations should not be allowed in ‘Naga areas’.
According to the UNC, some sections of the people have been recalling
time and again the ‘so called Kuki rebellion’ of 1917-19 and the
1990s ethnic cauldron to create a kind of artificial history and
from there a political aspiration is to be based. “Such thing
will not work,” asserted the UNC. Meanwhile, the KSDC sponsored
public blockade has begun in the evening in Kuki inhabited areas.
The primary demands raised by
both UPF and KNO, the two conglomerates of Kuki militant groups
not only go against the tenets of the SoO pact but are untenable
as well as impractical. While the UPF has been demanding a Hill
Autonomous State for the Kukis living in Manipur, KNO has been
urging for an exclusive Kuki State. However, the SoO pact signed
between UPF, KNO, the State Government and the Government of India
clearly laid down that the pact should not impinge upon the territorial
integrity of Manipur.
CRPF jawan Yambel Darlong was
killed and havildar Debnath Laskar of the Assam Police was seriously
injured when the KPLT, a rebel group, fired at a joint team of
Police and CRPF patrolling party at Engti gaon of Koilamati area
under the Chokihola Police station in Karbi Anglong District of
Assam.
Army’s bomb disposal squad defused
a ‘sophisticated and powerful’ IED suspected to have been planted
by ULFA at Mangaldoi in Darrang District of Assam. The IED was
planted just outside the sadar Police station on National Highway-52.
Security forces have been put on high alert, apprehending strikes
by the outfit ahead of Republic Day.
258 incidents of extremist violence
were reported in 2012 and 53 insurgents were killed during the
same period in Assam. Moreover, the number of civilians killed
in extremist violence stood at 33 while four security personnel
also lost their lives. Besides, 1174 insurgents were also captured.
Further, 443 arms, 9320 rounds of ammunition, 110 improvised explosive
devices and 163 grenades were recovered by the Security Forces.
This was informed by ADGP-Law and Order, AP Rawat while talking
to the media persons at Assam Police headquarters. He also informed
that over INR 110 million cash was recovered from across the State.
The senior Assam Police official
also put the total number of extremist-related incidents violence
in the last three years at 790. Moreover, in the last three years,
the tally of arms and ammunition recovery stood at 1247 and 18764
rounds respectively.
Asked about the rising number
of arms and explosive recovery, DGP, JN Choudhury said that the
procurement of explosives has never been a problem. Dimapur and
China has been the major sources of arms smuggling in the Assam,
the DGP added. The DGP, said, the ULFA-ATF may be facing manpower
crisis but there is “no shortage” of arsenal for the outfit. According
to Choudhury, the seizure of a large number of Chinese grenades
and IED in Assam in 2012 is an indicator that the group still
has access to sophisticated arms and ammunition. According to
Police records, a total of 163 grenades and 110 IEDs were seized
in 2012 compared to 110 grenades and 89 IEDs seized in 2011. Similarly,
the number of rounds of ammunition seized went up to 9,320 in
2012 from 5,544 rounds in 2011.
On the Maoist threat, he said
there are 114 Maoists at present, who are mostly active in Upper
Assam districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Dhemaji and are concentrating
on mass mobilisation and creation of a support base.
Though the overall level of violence
in Assam has come down, extortion by the militant groups remains
a major cause of concern and according to a “very conservative
estimate”, the militants managed to collect at least INR 270 million
from the State in 2012.
Union Cabinet gave its nod to
a proposed extradition treaty with Bangladesh paving the way for
deportation of key ULFA militants jailed there, Government sources
said.
The Mizoram Government will meet
the HPC-D, ahead of the upcoming by-poll to the Chalfilh Assembly
constituency. The two sides are scheduled to meet on January 31
to discuss the modalities of peace, an official source said. The
first round was held in Silchar, Assam, on December 13, 2012.
A Tripura court, sent ATTF leader
Ranjit Debbarma to 14 days of judicial custody, a day after he
was arrested when pushed into the Indian territory by Bangladeshi
authorities, Police said. Debbarma was facing Interpol’s red corner
notice for a number of massacres and other crimes. The Police
presented him at the West Tripura’s District and sessions court,
which sent him to 14–days of judicial custody. He will be interrogated
by Police and intelligence officials.
Jaintia Hills Police arrested
a senior cadre of the HNLC at Iawmusiang from his wife’s residence.
The arrested cadre identified as Phyrnai Swer, holds the rank
of a ‘lieutenant’ in the outfit. Sources informed that the Police
received information that around 10 to 15 HNLC cadres recently
crossed over to India from Muktapur area of Bangladesh with an
aim to disrupt the Republic Day celebrations in the State.
ANVC-B said it would not support
any political party during the elections of Meghalaya. In a statement,
the ANVC leader, Rimpu N.Marak said that 2013 election will entirely
depend on people’s decision. “People should choose their representative
wisely for next five years, as it is our votes that will decide
leaders of tomorrow. I appeal to the public to discourage corrupt
means of campaigning and vote for visionary and responsible candidates
who are vocal, focused and committed to the people’s cause”, Marak
added.
NPP has alleged that the draft
peace agreement signed by the Central and Meghalaya Government
with the militant outfit ANVC was an ‘election oriented’ stunt.
A special operations team arrested
one HNLC linkman identified as Manbhalang Jyrwa alias Man
alias Sulfiyan Ali Hazarika after receiving a tip-off that
he was operating from the Nongrim Hills locality of Meghalaya.
Police also arrested six other
OGW, including a woman. They have been identified as Bakmenlang
Kharpuri of Mawkhar Block 6, Goldy Khongwir, Lawanbiang Dohkrut
and Jolene Hazel Khongwir of Wah-ingdoh Rai Mohan Lane, Stadpyrkhat
Langstieh of Lum-shyiap, Golflinks and Phaiborlang Donshiew of
Sngithiang, Mawprem. They have been accused of facilitating the
HNLC and enabling its cadres to open fire at the Lumdiengjri Police
Station on July 2, 2012, and the attempted HNLC flag-hoisting
at Student’s Field, Jaiaw on November 5, 2012.
Imphal West Police Commandos arrested
two militants belonging to KCP-MC, identified as Thongam Ningol
Naorem Ongbi Shantibalaalias Abem alias Bembem
Devi and Oinam Moita alias Omita alias Chanbi
Devi (18), from near Pishum Lairembi in Imphal West District if
Manipur.
Union cabinet gave its nod to
a proposed extradition treaty with Bangladesh paving the way for
deportation of key ULFA militants jailed there.
Law minister Ashwani Kumar said
that any consideration of withdrawing the AFSPA will only be on
its merit.
US federal court sentenced LeT
operative David Coleman Headley aka Daood Gilani to 35
years in prison for his role in ISI-LeT sponsored attack on Mumbai
(Maharashtra).
The BSF personnel recovered three
landmines weighing three kilograms each in Malkangiri District
of Odisha.
The Odisha Maobadi Party chief,
Sabyasachi Panda issued an audiotape indicating his interest to
come to the dialogue table.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
from Maoist-infested Bastar region in Chhattisgarh by SFs.
SFs busted a Maoist training camp
in the forest of Pidiya village under Gangalur Police Station
limits, in Bijapur District of Chattisgarh.
BSF arrested Bhupinder Singh from
Dera Baba Nanak Sector of Gurdaspur District of Punjab and recovered
one country made Pakistani pistol, two magazines, 15 rounds of
ammunition, along with15 kilogram heroin valued at around INR
750 million in the international market.
Omar Abdullah said that gun has
never been solution to any problem and stressed for Indo-Pak talks
for resolving the political issue of J&K.
Elections to BDC in J&K would
be held within next two-three months.
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SFs arrested a trader running
a shop in Rongjeng market of East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya
for allegedly working for militants of the LAEF. Acting on information
about the nexus between the trader and the militants, Rongjeng
Police raided the shop and home of one Rajkishore Tiwari and recovered
a large number of demand notes of the LAEF which was addressed
to various businessmen of the area.
West Jaintia Hills Police arrested
the vice president of KSU Laskein Circle from his residence at
Looksi in the District of Meghalaya. Police sources have revealed
that the KSU leader, Nangaibormi Sutnga, allegedly has close links
with the HNLC. “He was in regular touch with HNLC publicity secretary
Sainkupar Nongtraw through Facebook and also through phone calls,”
the Police sources alleged.
Maoists set ablaze three road
construction machines of a private construction company at Mahugao
village in Lohardaga District of Jharkhand.
The interrogation of HM militant
Faroquee Ahmed Gulam Hasan Naiku (arrested on January 22, 2013)
has brought to the light the fund raising methods adopted by the
HM for its anti-India operations.
US has virtually ruled out the
possibility to extradite David Coleman Headley saying that the
Headley "will serve in the United States".
J&K CM Omar Abdullah appealed
to the separatist leaders of APHC to open talks with the Union
Government and discuss political issues to resolve all issues.
A special Police party, on a combing
operation, found an arms dump of CPI-Maoist concealed below
boulders near a cave in Gangapur forest in Utnoor mandal
in Adilabad District of Andhra Pradesh.
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January 26
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The State Government has sanctioned
eight new Police Stations in Udalguri District of Assam. This
was stated by the Deputy Commissioner, Thaneswar Malakar. The
eight Police Stations will be set up at Bhairabkunda, Lalpani,
Borobazar, Bhakatpara, Khagrabari, Goriajhar, Bhergaon and Amjuli.
Meghalaya Governor RS Mooshahary
expressed grave concern over the growing influence of the GNLA
in Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills Districts. Mooshahary said
that the law and order situation in the State has been stable
and the internal security scenario is by and large satisfactory.
Governor also appealed the ‘disgruntled elements’ to seek peaceful
resolution of their demands through established democratic processes.
The Governor observed that activities of the HNLC have seen a
decline in the past few years due to constant pressure mounted
by the State Police.
He also stated that the AFSPA
must be replaced with an amended CrPC so that rights of both Security
Forces and civilians are protected. Governor, Mooshahary further
said that prolonged use of the AFSPA has alienated the civil society.
Deputy Commissioner, East Jaintia
Hills District, Abhishek Bhagotia who is also the District Election
Officer has issued an order to all arms license holders in the
district to deposit their arms in the nearest police station within
February 4.
After a gap of about two decades,
the Union Rural Development Minister, Jairam Ramesh unfurled the
national tri-colour on Republic Day at Saranda in West Singhbhum
District of Jharkhand, which was liberated from the Maoists in
2012.
Two suspected cadres of CPI-Maoist
were killed in a blast while carrying explosives on a two-wheeler
near Bhusuwa village at Ichak in Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand.
The Maoists set on fire two earthmover
vehicles at a road construction site in Pakhanjur area of Kanker
District.
Chhattisgarh's tribal population
in the Maoist affected Bastar region defied the Maoists dictates
and celebrated the Republic Day (January 26), although the rebels
blocked dozens of roads in forested interiors.
More than three dozen armed cadres
of CPI-Maoist surrounded a construction site camp at Khaira in
Jamui District of Bihar and abducted eight construction workers
from the site.
A bomb explosion was reported
on the Republic Day celebrations, with Governor Gurbachan Jagat
appealing for peace in the troubled state. Separatist militants
triggered an IED blast at Wangbal in Thoubal District of Manipur.
No one was injured.
Plastic explosives were recovered
from three youths who were targeting a power station in Assam’s
Dhemaji District on Republic Day. They were caught and arrested
following a chase. Three packets of plastic explosives, five packets
of fuse wire, six fuses and daggers were found in their possession.
The youths identified as Pranendra Wari, Nakesh Narzari and Hemkanta
Narzari were targeting the NHPC at the Gerukamukh Dam Site. It
was not known to which insurgent outfit they belonged to.
Unidentified militants lobbed
and exploded a hand grenade at the residence of one Thokchom Nanao
of Ereibak Food Industries at Langpok under Nambol Police station
in Bishnupur District of Manipur at around 2pm. No casualties
were reported in the explosion.
A bomb said to be from the Second
World War era was found while digging the ground at Mantripukhri
under Heingang Police station in Imphal East District of Manipur
by an excavator. Police bomb experts picked up the bomb and safely
exploded it at Heingang hillock.
Governor of Nagaland Nikhil Kumar
has expressed his regret on the failure to settle the Naga political
issue before the Assembly elections (scheduled to be held on February
23). Addressing the Republic Day (January 26) celebration in the
State capital Kohima, Nikhil Kumar said it was a big regret that
Naga solution could not be brought about before the State Assembly
elections. He appealed to all sections of the Nagas to continue
working for the peaceful settlement of the Naga political issue.
Two suspected GNLA cadres were
lynched by an angry mob in Meghalaya ‘s South West Khasi Hills
District. According to police, the cadres, who had demanded money from
the coal quarry at a village in Nongkyllem in South West Khasi
Hills were attacked by an irate mob, including the coal labourers.
At least eight low-intensity explosions
were reported from two different Districts of Assam. While four
explosions were reported Porabhata, Medattari, Airkata and Chirakuti
in Dhubri District, another four were reported from Simlakandi,
Jaleswar, Gornagar and Merakuchi in Goalpara District. One of
the blast occurred near the house of Mainuddin Ahmed, AIUDF legislator,
from Jaleswar.
Immediately after the explosions
at Jaleswar, the villagers caught a motorcycle-borne man. Suspecting
he was the one carrying bombs, the villagers lynched him. The
man was later identified as Nazrul Islam Khan, a known criminal,
from the neighbouring Dhubri District.
Customs officials seized FICNs
worth INR 975,000 from Chullikulavan Abid at the airport in Kochi
(Ernakulam District) of Kerala on board a Dubai-Jeddah (Saudi
Arabia)-Kochi Emirates flight.
Pakistan’s Lieutenant General
(retired) Shahid Aziz, who was then heading ISI’s Analysis Wing,
said that there were no mujahideen but only regular soldiers who
took part in the 1999 Kargil conflict.
The general shutdown called by
APHC-G affected the normal life in j&K.
Bhandaria Police Station area
in Garhwa District of Jharkhand celebrated the Republic Day of
India (January 26) for the first time in 26 years.
Palamu Police forced five PLFI
cadres to surrender at Jharkhand’s Guriyadamar village in Lesliganj
Block of the District and recovered 10 country-made weapons from
them.
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IED was found near Khonghampat
High School under Sekmai Police station in Imphal West District
of Manipur at about 10am. The bomb put inside a bag weighed about
1.5 kilograms. The bomb was safely diffused.
A press release from the Media
Co-ordinator of the CorCom, comprising of seven major rebel groups,
has claimed responsibility for the bomb blasts in and around Imphal
on January 25 and 26. It may be mentioned that four bombs had
gone off on the eve of the Republic day (January 26) function:
one at the 1st Battalion MR Campus another at a garbage
dump near Keishamthong bridge a third one near the gate of the
RDS school, Palace Compound and another at the Guwahati High Court
complex in Chingmeirong of Manipur. It has also claimed responsibility
for another bomb which went off near the gate of the 3rd IRB
at Wangbal in Thoubal District on January 26 at around 9am.
The KSDC sponsored agitation entered
its third day in Manipur with a vehicle reportedly set ablaze
along the Imphal-Jiri road (National Highway 37). KSDC information
Secretary George Guite informed that their agitation will continue
as long as the Central Government refuses to start a political
dialogue with the Kuki militant outfits. The KSDC has started
its ‘public blockade’ since January 24-evening in Kuki areas.
At least 21 vehicles including
11 four wheelers have been damaged during the public curfew imposed
in Kuki inhabited areas of Manipur by KSDC registering a boycott
of the Republic Day celebration in Manipur. Police sources, alleged
that the vehicles were damaged by public curfew supporters at
various parts of Churachandpur District where the stir affected
mostly.
The agitating ADC has urged Governor
Gurbachan Jagat to direct the Manipur Government to give autonomy
and devolve powers to the council. About 156 irate members belonging
to six District councils - Ukhrul, Tamenglong, Churachandpur,
Chandel, and two in Senapati District including Sadar Hills -
threatened to resign en-masse if their demands are not met. A
15-member delegation of the ADCCCM, led by its convener, Ngalangzar
Malue, submitted a memorandum to the Governor on January 24 lamenting
that no real powers have been devolved to the six councils so
far.
Following the notification issued
by DC Kohima, Nagaland, regarding deposit of fire arms at Police
stations in view of the upcoming election, the office of SP Kohima
in a press release requested all license holders to co-operate
and voluntarily deposit the firearms at the Police station of
their jurisdictions.
NDFB-RD has clarified that the
outfit was not behind any extortion demands in Assam and cautioned
the people not to give away to the fake demands made in the name
of the outfit.
Reminding that the 4th round
of tripartite talk of the GoI, Government of Manipur and the
UNC on the demand for an Alternative Arrangement at Delhi on August
31, 2012, concluded with an announcement by the GoI that the next
round of talk would be held very soon in a hill venue in the State,
the UNC has urged the Centre to communicate the date for the 5th round
of tripartite talk on or before February 17, 2013, so that the
democratic process of dialogue initiated by the GoI is brought
to its logical conclusion.
The NSCN-K has reiterated its
stand on the involvement of its rank and file with the coming
assembly elections in Nagaland and has instructed them not to
“move around in support or against any political parties.” a top
NSCN-K, MIP official reminded that the ‘chairman’ of NSCN-K, S.S.
Khaplang has issued an order stating that NSCN has “nothing to
do with Indian election” and had advised them not to involve themselves
in “support or against” any political party. The MIP official
said that if any rank and file of NSCN-K was found involving in
the “Indian election”, they would be penalized as per the Yezabo (regulations)
of the organization. Any rank and file of NSCN-K venturing out
of the camp in support or against any political party has been
asked to return to their respective camps, added NSCN-K, MIP.
Imphal West District Police commandos
arrested a militant belonging to KCP-Lamphel, identified as Heisnam
Oinam Bijenti (42), from Thangal Bazar of the Imphal West District
of Manipur.
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar
Shinde assured an official delegation led by a group of executive
members of the Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong autonomous District
councils that discussion on Autonomous State (Assam) will be done
at the meeting of the state re-organisation committee, reports
Nagaland Post. Creation of an autonomous State within Assam has
been a long standing demand of the tribal population of the twin
hill Districts.
The CRPF is exploring technology
to fit their guns with GPS systems so that if the Maoists loot
them, it will reveal their location and movements.
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SFs arrested a businessman, identified
as Sandip Roy Barman (49) alias Pantha, along
with illegal arms, ammunition and an unspecified amount of Bangladesh
currency from Jirania under Jirania Police Station in West Tripura
District in Tripura. SFs also recovered a few letterheads of the
NLFT. The arrestee is the elder brother of State Congress committee
president, Sudip Roy Barman.
KSDC has temporarily suspended
its indefinite public blockade that has been imposed in all the
Kuki dominated areas of Manipur following an agreement reached
between the State Government and the committee.
Leaders of KSDC met with the Chief
Minister, Okram Ibobi Singh to bring a solution to end the stalemate,
KSDC leaders said. The KSDC leaders said it has been decided to
temporarily suspend its stir from January 28 after both the state
and central Governments had given a positive response to its call
for starting political dialogues with the two umbrella organizations
of Kuki militants, KNO and UPF which are signatories to SoO involving
both the Manipur and Central Governments. However, both sides
did not disclose the official details of the meeting.
The Chairmen of the six Autonomous
District Councils ADCs of Manipur called on Chief Minister and
discussed about devolving more power to ADCs. After the meeting
with ADC Chairmen, the Chief Minister held another meeting with
Ministers and heads of departments and discussed the demand of
ADCs.
Naga militant groups- NSCN-IM,
NSCN-KK and FGN have decided to stay away from the election to
Nagaland State Assembly. According to UNC president L Adani, the
‘Naga Concordant’ formed by NSCN-IM, NSCN-KK and FGN have decided
to stay away from the Nagaland polls. The collective decision
of the three armed groups has been already conveyed to the people
of Nagaland. Even though NPF is an ardent supporter of the Indo-Naga
peace process, there is no necessity to support NPF in the Nagaland
State Assembly election, Adani said. NPF Manipur unit was set
up to fight for the Indo-Naga peace process in the context of
Manipur. For UNC too, there is no question of involving itself
in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly election either directly
or indirectly, Adani added.
SFs in an encounter killed a militant
belonging to the ULFA-ATF at Upper Khardung in Goalpara District
of Assam. Two troopers of the 19 Dogra Regiment of the Indian
Army were also injured during the exchange of fire. The ULFA-ATF
militant has been identified as Nayan Asom alias Babul Ali. SFs
recovered a pistol and three magazines from his possession. Militants
also lobbed grenades on SF personals during the encounter.
Police arrested Marikul alias
Luttu Hazruddin Shaikh (29) and Mustafa Kismat Shaikh (40), both
hailing from West Bengal, for allegedly possessing FICN worth
a face value of INR 300,000 from Kherwadi in Bandra locality of
Mumbai Suburban District of Maharashtra.
IM terrorist Fasih Mohammed sought
bail from a trial court.
About eight kilograms of explosives
were seized from a person, identified as Jalal Ali, a resident
of Murshidabad District in West Bengal, from Sealdah railway station
in Kolkata District.
Bus service between Poonch (Poonch
District of J&K) – Rawlakote [(Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)],
which was suspended by the Pakistani authorities in the aftermath
of killing and mutilation of two Indian Army troopers by Pakistan
Army personnel in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch District on January
8, resumed.
A 30-year-sportsman was killed
and two others were injured after suspected CPI-Maoist cadres
fired at them in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon District.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed an alleged
‘police informer’ in a busy market area at Harladih, 30 kilometers
from the District headquarters of Giridih in Jharkhand.
PLFI, a splinter group of CPI-Maoist,
imposed ban on use of music systems during marriage function to
protect tribal culture and traditional instruments in Jharkhand.
SFs unearthed a CPI-Maoist dump
in Odisha's Rayagada District and recovered three land mines totally
weighing 50 kilogram, along with several other items.
Despite a decline in Maoist activities
in Maoist-hit Districts of Southern Odisha - Koraput, Malkangiri
and Rayagada - in the past few months, security has been beefed
up.
In a joint operation led by the
Counter Insurgency Force and Police about eight kilograms of explosives
and landmine-making equipment were recovered from a forest in
Bagmundi Police Station area in Purulia District of West Bengal.
Police arrested five sympathisers
of CPI-Maoist at Murliguda village of Bejjur mandal in
Adilabad District of Andhra Pradesh.
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Suspected IM terrorist Danish
Ansari has allegedly told his interrogators that IM ‘India Chief’
Yasin Bhatkal alias Shahrukh, was in the process of creating a
"library module" which would have acted as the media
wing of IM later.
IM operative Danish Ansari revealed
during custodial interrogation that Nepal is now the biggest hub
for IM operatives.
Hillary Clinton defended US decision
to not extradite LeT operative David Coleman Headley to India,
saying the sentence was as much a punishment as recognition of
his help in the investigations.
IG BSF Jammu Frontier Rajeev Krishnan
asserted that not a single incident of infiltration from Pakistan
took place in the last six months along the IB in the Jammu region
of J&K (districts sharing IB with Pakistan are Jammu, Samba
and Kathua) due to vigil by the BSF.
FICN worth INR 510,650 was received
by 14 branches of the ICICI Bank, located in 14 Districts of Malwa
region in Madhya Pradesh, during the last three months.
CPI-Maoist cadres shot dead a
former member of Bodopada Panchayat Samiti suspecting him
to be a Police informer in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
A cache of arms were seized from
a Maoist hideout in Musulmunda forest under Narayanpatna Police
Station limits of Koraput District in Odisha by the CoBRA and
DVF.
The Government is keen to set
up a specialised organisation to implement critical infrastructure
projects, particularly roads and bridges, in 82 Districts affected
by LWE.
GNLA ‘chief’ Champion Sangma was
booked under MPDA by the East Garo Hills District administration
of Meghalaya. An official source said that the GNLA chief was
booked under MPDA as per various provisions of law which include
waging war against the country and also for heading a banned organization.
The source added that the detention under MPDA was also due to
the various criminal offences pending in the East Garo Hills District
against the GNLA leader.
The MPDA detention came at a time
when the court of the chief judicial magistrate is set to hear
on January 30 a bail application of the GNLA leader in connection
with his arrest in Pynursla in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.
Suspected ULFA-ATF militants blew
up an oil pipeline at Makum in Tinsukia District of Assam.
Militants of NLFT have stepped
up extortion activities in at least four Assembly constituencies
- Kanchanpur, Chhawmanu, Raima Valley and Karbook - across Gomati,
Dhalai and North Tripura Districts of Tripura.
Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said
that Tripura is now almost free of the terrorist threat now. CM
Manik Sarkar further added, "The militants have been weakened
and isolated. They do not have any hideouts within the state but
they have at least 19 to 21 camps in Bangladesh. We have the border
fence keeping them out but at some places, the fence is yet to
be erected. Militants have been terrorizing contractors so they
cannot put up the fence. Our security forces are on alert and
we have the support of the people too."
IB director PC Haldar will lead
the Central team in the upcoming political dialogues between the
Centre and Kuki militant groups under SoO. According to an informed
source, consensus has been arrived at between the Central Government
and the two umbrella organisations of Kuki militant groups namely
UPF and KNO on the appointment of PC Haldar as the interlocutor
for the upcoming political dialogue. Public blockades were enforced
in recent times by the Kuki State Demand Committee in pursuit
of its demand for a political dialogue with Kuki SoO groups. Following
assurance by the State authorities that the issue would be placed
before the Centre, the Committee consequently decided to suspend
its agitation.
Sources revealed that Government
of Manipur is clearing the decks to facilitate talks between the
State and Central Government representatives with UNC leaders
with regard to the latter's demand for an Alternative Arrangement,
pending a settlement to the Naga issue, for Nagas outside the
State Government's ambit. In all probability the fifth round of
talk with the UNC delegates will begin next month (February),
said the source.
The PREPAK-Pro denied any link
between the party and Khuraijam Kunjeshori Devi alias Iben
(34) who was reportedly arrested by a combined team of Imphal
East commandos and troops of 16th AR from Keibi Awang Leikai in
Manipur.
NDFB–PTF and the PJACBM [a body
supporting NDFB-PTF on Bodo State issue] strongly reacted on the
allegations levelled by the ruling BTC leaders, blaming NDFB-PTF
for rampant extortions and kidnapping in BTC areas of Assam.
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Two children killed when they
picked up an explosive device and then threw it or fiddled with
it at village Bruen in Dera Mangota area of Rajouri District of
J&K.
SFs neutralized a militant hideout
at Qazi Mohalla in Sanjoit area of Mendhar in Poonch District
of J&K.
Lieutenant General Om Prakash,
GOC, 15th Corps, said the Army has increased patrolling to protect
sarpanches and panches of J&K.
Terrorists who beheaded Indian
soldier along LoC in J&K on January 8, was rewarded with PKR
500,000 by ISI, says MI report.
BSF has set up a high-level board
for extensive scanning of the IB to detect existence of underground
passages to facilitate militancy in India.
Indian Army has questioned the
relevance of UNMOGIP.
MHA has asked J&K Government
to review the security of separatist leaders in State.
Union Defence Minister A K Antony
emphasised that relations with Pakistan should not be normalised
in a haste.
Chairman of APMCC Vinod Pandit
began a fast-unto-death in Porbandar (Porbandar District in Gujarat)
demanding the Union Government and government in J&K to specify
a time frame for resolving issues pertaining to Kashmiri Hindus.
Former Pakistan President Pervez
Musharraf said in an interview said that if the then Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif had not visited the United States, the Pakistani
Army would have conquered 300 square miles of India.
The Mumbai (Maharashtra) Crime
Branch claims to have identified the Pakistan-based handler of
arrested HM spy Faroquee Ahmed Gulam Naiku and has stepped up
efforts to issue a Red Corner Notice for his arrest.
Bokaro Police sent three persons
to jail after they were arrested from Pachmo village near Jhumra
hills of Jharkhand for planting explosives which were triggered
by the Maoists, on January 20, injuring 11 CRPF troopers.
All eight workers of a construction
company, abducted by CPI-Maoist cadres from Badildih village of
Jamui District in Bihar, on January 27, were released near Giddheswar
Pahad.
During a mass gathering earlier
this week at Potegaon in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, the
senior Police officials unveiled their plans to take five villages
in adoption for catalysing the developmental processes in such
interior localities.
Southern Gadchiroli Divisional
Committee of the CPI-Maoist criticised its former secretary Shekhar
alias Mallaya and his wife Vijaya who surrendered before
the Andhra Pradesh Government in 2012.
NNC has criticized the Nagaland
Government for holding ‘sham’ elections and asserted that the
polls did not “constitute” the settlement of “Indo-Naga” conflict.
This was part of a resolution adopted during a meeting of the
NNC central executive council held on January 24 in Kohima. NNC
also resolved that it would continue to practice and adhere to
the policy of non-violence in upholding the “democratically mandated
plebiscite of 1951” by the Nagas “to continue to stay as an Independent
nation.” The State Assembly electrons are scheduled to be
held on February 23.
Jailed GNLA ‘chairman’ Champion
R. Sangma will appeal against his detention under the MPDA although
his intention to contest in the ensuing Assembly elections in
Meghalaya has not yet receded. West Garo Hills DC, Pravin Bakshi
informed that the GNLA chairman Champion R Sangma has been booked
under the MPDA, on the basis of cases registered against him in
various police stations of the District.
With reference to a news report
of January 30, under the caption, ‘Naga militant groups to
stay away from polls’, the UNC clarified that the opinion
of the UNC President, L. Adani was that all political parties
in Nagaland are supportive of the Indo-Naga issue and Naga integration
and therefore no particular party would merit exclusive support
in Nagaland on that count as was the case with Nagas in Manipur.
A combined team of Thoubal District
commandos and troops of 15 AR arrested a PULF cadre identified
as Muhammad Rehan Sheikh alias Oni alias Onida
while conducting a search operation at Tanjeng Litanpok of Manipur.
The Centre would definitely include
the KSDC in the forthcoming talks with Kuki groups to resolve
the grievances which are leading to blockades and many disturbances
in Manipur. This was disclosed in an exclusive interview
by Sh Shambhu Singh, Joint Secretary (NE) of MHA.
MHA has released INR 13.57
billion to the State Government to counter- insurgency between
the period 1990-91 to 2012 [up to December 18] and the amount
was transferred to the State Government through Reserve Bank of
India. This information came as a reply to a Right to Information
Act (RTI) query by a State-based NGO, APW.
ULFA leader Anup Chetia's willingness
on joining the ongoing peace process between ULFA-PTF and Central
Government is yet to be received. Anup Chetia is the ‘General
Secretary’ of ULFA and is presently jailed in Bangladesh.
Beginning of formal talks with
the NDFB-RD will depend on the release of the chairman of the
outfit, Ranjan Daimary on bail from Assam.
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January 31
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Sympathy for Communist Party of
India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) philosophy with a likelihood to indulge
in various violent activities is not sufficient ground to conclude
that the accused are presently active members of the Maoist organisation,
the Bombay High Court held while granting bail to four youths
held from Pune in Maharashtra allegedly for their Maoist links.
Acting on a tip off, SFs seized
314 kilogram of explosives in Tamar Block of Ranchi District of
Jharkhand.
An aide of Kundan Pahan, the South
Chotanagpur ‘zonal commander’ of CPI-Maoist, was arrested from
Silli-Rahe locality in Ranchi District of Jharkhand.
Maoists destroyed road construction
equipment at Chhatariyatar village in Latehar District of Jharkhand.
Jharkhand Prastuti Committee,
a splinter group of CPI-Maoist, alleged that at least 17 to 20
top Maoist leaders operating in West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar
and Odisha siphoned off a huge amount of party funds and spent
it on their personal luxury.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including
a bodyguard of Maoist-backed CMAS chief Nachika Linga, were arrested
during an anti-Maoist operation in a forested area, on the outskirts
of Podapadar, in Koraput District of Odisha.
According to the SIB of West Bengal,
the CPI-Maoist cadres are again regrouping in Jungle Mahal region.
NSCN-IM leaders Isak Chisi Swu
and Thuingaleng Muivah, expressed sadness over the way the outfit’s
cadres are behaving. Thuingaleng Muivah made a direct reference
to the present situation where it demands the members to take
the right decision in order to save the Naga nation,” said a press
communiqué issued by the NSCN-IM. Swu and Muivah were delivering
speeches at the ‘34th NSCN Day’ celebration at Hebron, off Dimapur
of Nagaland. NSCN was formed on January 31 in 1980 after spitting
from NNC.
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu
Rio charged the Centre with “ignoring” the Naga political issue
and alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh “never found time”
to visit the State. “The Prime Minister has not visited our state
in the past 10 years. He comes to Congress-ruled states of Assam
and Manipur every alternate month but misses Nagaland,” Rio said.
The election manifesto of the
ruling NPF was released by the party president, Shurhozelie Liezietsu,
at its central office in Nagaland. The manifesto, which runs into
58 pages, makes the Naga political settlement the key issue for
the February 23 assembly elections.
After several months of suspense,
the Hmar militant outfit, HPC-D and the Government of Mizoram
have signed the SoO in Aizawl. An official source informed. Mizoram
Government team was led by Lalbiakzama, Joint Secretary, Home
department, while the HPC-D delegation was led by Lalbeisei, the
outfit's vice chairman.
Suspected GNLA militants targeted
Jonathon Sangma, an Independent candidate contesting from Williamnagar
in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya, during a public meeting
held at Dawa Songgital in the same District.
Central Intelligence sources indicated
that candidates, who have connections with GNLA can make use of
the militant outfit by offering them cash and other incentives
in this elections to target the opponents, which according to
them needs to be prevented.
An exchange of gunfire between
SFs and suspected NLFT militants was reported from at Rajasen
Cherra in Dhalai District of Tripura. SFs recovered an AK-47 magazine
containing 15 rounds from the spot.
MIP also said that it has received
a letter from the NIA from its Assam’s Guwahati office and stated
that NIA does not come under the purview of the Ceasefire Monitoring
Cell and therefore it could not entertain such directive. NSCN-IM
further alleged that 31 AR under Colonel Vikram Singh had ordered
destruction/dismantling of the Hevito Battalion, Naga Army, New
Chungtia on the pretext that the camp was totally illegal as it
was against the CFGR and it poses threat to the local population,
Mariani-Mokokchung highway and conduct of the assembly election.
MIP asserted that this battalion has been in existent for more
than 15 years and asked how it has become a threat after all these
years.
Suspected militants belonging
to the GNLA targeted a Government revenue collection point belonging
to the DMR lobbing a hand grenade that failed to explode in North
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. It is strongly suspected that
the GNLA may have lobbed the grenade following non-compliance
to their extortion demands by the department staff posted in the
area.
The first batch of 10 companies
of Central paramilitary forces has been dispatched to Garo Hills
of Meghalaya on January 31 for election duty. The State had sought
a total of 76 companies of paramilitary forces to maintain law
and order during the polls which the Central Government has agreed
to provide.
Unidentified persons left a hand
grenade in front of a shop owned by one Sanatomba at the Bishnupur
bazaar in Bishnupur District of Manipur. A bomb expert team exploded
the grenade at Khwairakpam.
Unidentified persons lobbed a
hand grenade near a PHED Water Treatment Plant (reservoir) located
inside the newly constructed Sericulture Department compound,
Bidyanagar, Jiripam Sub Division in Imphal East District of Manipur.
The assailants fled from the scene after lobbing the grenade near
the workshed where workers of the water Treatment Plant were staying.
The grenade was safely exploded by bomb experts.
In Assam, NDFB-PTF softens its
stand on changing the Centre’s interlocutor, P.C.Haldar for the
peace talks with the outfit. The next round of talks is scheduled
to be held on February 28. The Bodo militant outfit had earlier
demanded that the Centre should replace Haldar with a person of
political background.
MHA -Joint Secretary in charge
of North-east, Shambhu Singh said that the Government was not
responsible for the slow pace of negotiation with the Bodo militant
outfit. The tripartite talks were attended by officials of Assam
Government, the NDFB-PTF, besides the MHA.
Two persons, Rabiul and Saharb,
arrested when they went to deposit FICN at State Bank of India
branch at Birhata in Burdwan (Burdwan District) of West Bengal.
Indias’ demand for extradition
of David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana continues to
stand and it would work with the US in taking the legal processes
forward in the Mumbai (Maharashtra) attack cases.
In a meeting with the UMHA, Sushilkumar
Shinde, in New Delhi, the Chief Minister of J&K, Omar Abdullah,
called for withdrawal of CRPF battalions from law and order and
Counter Insurgency Grid of the State.
CM Omar Abdullah also discussed
matters pertaining to the sanction for deployment of additional
5,000 posts of SPOs in J&K on permanent basis as also enhancement
of honorarium in favour of SPOs.
Colonel (retired) Ashfaq Hussain
revealed that weeks before hostilities erupted between Indian
and Pakistani troops in the Kargil sector in 1999, General Pervez
Musharraf crossed the LoC in a helicopter and spent a night at
a location 11 km inside Indian territory.
He further said Pakistani troops
first intruded into the Indian side of the LoC on December 18,
1998.
In a meeting with the PM Dr. Manmohan
Singh Omar Abdullah said that the Panchayat elections have raised
expectations of the common man in the development share of the
J&K and it was essential that Sarpanches and Panches get honorarium.
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February 1
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SFs killed a CPI-Maoist cadre
at Hurwa forest in Khunti District of Jharkhand and recovered
the body with arms and ammunition.
IAF has now decided to deploy
four Garud commandos on each of its helicopters undertaking logistical
duties in the ongoing anti-CPI-Maoist operations.
Police in Odisha’s Bargarh District
busted a FICN manufacturing unit in Barpali town and arrested
three persons, and seized materials used to print FICN.
A militant’s hideout was neutralized
and huge quantity of ammunition and explosives were recovered
from Gursai area in Poonch District of J&K.
Army detected and defused five
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at Shikari Top village in
Mahore area of Reasi District of J&K.
SF seized 2 empty rounds and 1
live round of AK-47 from a bag of walnuts during frisking at Chakan-Da-Bagh
crossing along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Poonch District
DGP Ashok Prasad asserted that
J&K Police would take all measures to maintain complete and
lasting peace in the State.
CorCom, of north-east based seven
militant outfits, has said that the umbrella body has expelled
UPPK from the membership of the group during a meeting between
the CorCom and leaders of UPPK. The release said that the meeting
was held on January 28 and 31 following which, the resolution
of expelling UPPK was taken during the 6th meeting of the CorCom.
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February 2
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Two militant cadres were killed
during an alleged gun fight between two factions of the United
Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA) at a place in between Leikot and
Longkai villages, under Nungba Police Station in Manipur.
Four cadres of the CPI-Maoist
were arrested from Madded Police Station limits of Bijapur District
in Chhattisgarh, during a search operation.
Manipur Police, sent additional
personnel from its elite force Manipur Police Commando in Manipur’s
border town Moreh (Chandel District) at the international border
with Myanmar as intelligence inputs warns of clash among the underground
groups.
The agitating KSDC has warned
Manipur Government of re-launching its suspended public blockade
in 'Kuki areas' if the Government fails to hold political dialogue
with Kuki militants at the earliest. In pursuit of its demand
for creation of a separate Kuki State within Manipur, the committee
has been imposing a public blockade in 'Kuki inhabited areas'
in the State for several days off and on since November 17, 2012.
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February 3
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SFs arrested four militants of
Karbi militant formation, United Karbi Liberation Army (UKLA)
from various hideouts in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.
According to latest Government
report, at least 4834 militants of different outfits across seven
states in North Eastern (NE) region were killed in counter-insurgency
operations from 2001 to 2012.
AR has claimed that 45 cadres
of UPPK surrendered. A press release issued by the PRO of HQs-
IG AR (S) said that the final curtain to the long negotiations
which started in November with UPPK was brought down today when
45 cadres with an array of weapons walked into the fold of peace
process initiated by the Assam Rifles.
The international and national
borders of three north-eastern states of Tripura, Nagaland and
Meghalaya, which will see elections, will be sealed to check the
smuggling of arms. The Election Commission has told the authorities
to beef up border checks in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland.
NLFT militants have issued extortion
demands in Khowai District. A letter bearing the letterhead of
NLFT reached Training-in-charge of Digvijay Krishi Vigyan Kendra
at Chebri of Tripura through India Post.
Manipur’s Imphal West District
Police commandos arrested one militant, as Yumnam Rajesh alias
Sanatomba (30), belonging to PREPAK from Singjamei Chingamakha
Phuramakhong.
According to latest Government
report, at least 4834 militants of different outfits across seven
states in North Eastern (NE) region were killed in counter-insurgency
operations from 2001 to 2012. During the period, at least 1909
militants were killed in Manipur, while 1777 were killed in Assam,
536 in Nagaland, 307 in Tripura, 105 in Arunachal Pradesh and
9 in Mizoram.
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February 4
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SFs arrested a KYKL-MDF cadre
identified as Laishram Achou Singh from Changamdabi in Imphal
East District of Manipur.
A constable of a Special Police
party was injured in an exchange of fire with CPI-Maoist cadres,
in the forest area along the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border
near Pujarikanker in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
The
Committee of Secretaries rejected a MHA plan to revive the proposal
of deploying RR for static duties in LWE-infested areas.
A policeman was killed and four
suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist were arrested after a Police
team had a gunfight with the Maoists near Matrukha village in
Jharkhand’s Giridih District.
CPI-Maoist is trying to strengthen
its frontal organizations - Krantikari Kisan Sangh (KKS) and Nari
Mukti Sangathan (NMS) - and bring more people close to the Maoist
ideology in Tamar and Bundu areas of Jharkhand’s Ranchi District.
Deo Kumar Singh alias Arvindji,
the CPI-Maoist central committee member and mastermind of Latehar
encounter of January 7 is being considered for a promotion to
the politbureau in the Maoist outfit.
Union Government has prohibited
all the Naga factions in various phase of cease-fire agreements,
not to carry arms and weapons between the last date of filing
nominations and end of polling (February 7 to 23) in Nagaland.
NNC said it totally oppose and
reject what it termed as the imposition of Indian elections in
Nagaland.
NSCN-KK has cautioned it regional
authorities against "using and tarnishing" the image
of the organization during Nagaland’s assembly elections in their
respective regions. NSCN-KK, 'Kilo kilonser' (Home Minister) Hothrong
Yimchunger has also urged the regional authorities to pay more
attention to defending political right of the Naga.
6 AR arrested one NSCN-KK cadre
identified as one Tatar (MP) Kangnyu Konyak in Tizit area of Mon
District of Nagaland.
BSF deployed in South West Garo
Hills launched an operation and arrested a GNLA militant, identified
as Chengbath Momin, from Mahendraganj of Meghalaya.
Suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist
killed a SPO Vinod Munda at Siridih village in Rahe block of Ranchi
District in Jharkhand.
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February 5
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Suspected NSCN-K cadre identified
as Pouthailung Gonmei (22), was slain in an encounter with AR
personnel at Tamenglong District of Manipur.
Unidentified persons abducted
the driver and the handyman of a Tata truck from along the National
Highway 2 from a place about 2 kms south of the Saparmeina Police
Station in Senapati District of Manipur.
SFs arrested a UNLF cadre identified
as Salam Nanao alias Sanatomba from Irilbung Forest Office
in Imphal East District in Manipur.
SFs had an encounter with members
of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist,
after the extremists opened fire on the escort vehicle of Latehar
SP Kranti Kant who was returning to the District headquarter after
an operation at Herhanj in Balumath in Jharkhand.
Police exchanged fire with eight-member
GNLA group lead by Williamnagar ‘deputy area commander‘, Marcuish
had taken shelter inside a forest at Songsak Rongdol village in
East Garo Hills District in Meghalaya.
Palamu District Police are planning
to further neutralize Maoist splinter groups operative in the
District of Jharkhand.
The crime branch of Guwahati city
police and State police carried out a joint operation last night
& arrested eight members of a criminal gang suspected to be
behind the abduction of businessman Rajib Sharma at Ri-Bhoi District
of Meghalaya
BSF troops arrested one illegal
Bangladeshi immigrant identified as Md Rafiq (35), from Latangtilla
in Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya and recovered INR 952 and
two mobile phones with one Bangladeshi SIM from his possession.
ANVC-B leader, Rimpu Marak said
that the cancellation of bails of ANVC-B cadres seems to be politically
motivated to make the cadres into forced fugitives
An exchange of fire between 6
Assam Rifles and NDFB cadres near Lapa village under Tizit sub
division in Mon District of Nagaland was reported. One NDFB cadre
was arrested after the exchange of fire and explosives and one
nozzle (muzzle) loading gun was seized.
Personnel of 17 and 19 Assam Rifles
seized huge consignment of highly sophisticated weapons, made
in Germany and Austria, from the possession of a suspected NSCN-IM
cadre in a joint operation in Nagaland’s Kohima District.
NIA arrested an alleged IM operative,
identified as Aftab Alam alias Farooq, who is reportedly
an IED expert form an unspecified location.
NIA has claimed to have learned
through the investigations that the executioners of 13/7 Mumbai
(Maharashtra) blasts and the August 1, 2012, Pune explosions had
stayed in a small village in Bihar's Darbhanga District for a
year prior to the incident.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Sishu Mallick, and a close associate of Odisha Maobadi Party
(OMP) chief, Sabyasachi Panda, surrendered before the Kandhamal
Superintendent of Police (SP), JN Pankaj, at Phulbani of Odisha.
In a written statement dated January
16 CPI-Maoist has declared that it will continue with the tactic
of planting bombs in the bodies of killed SF personnel like they
did in Latehar in Jharkhand recently.
MHA has cleared the proposal to
provide an Mi-17 helicopter to Andhra Pradesh's anti-Naxal force
Greyhounds.
In a bid to speed up road construction
in areas affected by Naxal violence, the Government has decided
to fund dirt roads — and not just blacktop or metalled roads —
under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
Commandos of Thoubal District
Police arrested two ‘lance corporals’ of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup
(KYKL) during search operations in different areas in Thoubal
District in Manipur.
Two garment traders, identified
as Irshad Ahmed Bani and Faiyyaz Butt, were detained from a house
near Neelam Talkies under Kotwali Police Station in Bihar’s Munger
District for alleged terror links.
Police and District administrations
across Nagaland have started taking measures to prevent armed
violence during the assembly polls. So far, 1006 licensed arms
have been deposited and seized and around 345 persons have been
bounded under 107/116 CRPC from across the State as part of preventive
action.
Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias
Abu Jundal has been shifted to the bomb- and bullet-proof yard
which was built to protect the now hanged 26/11 attack’s perpetrator
Ajmal Kasab.
Marking a major shift in its stand
on infrastructure projects in forest areas, the Ministry of Environment
and Forests (MoEF) has shot off a number of guidelines to all
State Governments relaxing green norms for key infrastructure
and public utility projects.
There was an exchange of fire
between 6 Assam Rifles and NDFB cadres near Lapa village under
Tizit sub division in Mon District of nagaland. One NDFB cadre
was arrested after the exchange of fire and explosives and one
nozzle (muzzle) loading gun was seized.
Personnel of 17 and 19 Assam Rifles
seized huge consignment of highly sophisticated weapons, made
in Germany and Austria, from the possession of a suspected NSCN-IM
cadre after a joint operation conducted in the early hours of
February 5 in Nagaland’s Kohima District. Recovered consignment
included two AK 56 Rifles, three GSG-5 Rifles, one GSG-5 carbine
and five .9mm Glock pistols along with 24 rounds of ammunition
and INR 10,170 in cash.
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February 6
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Maoists set on fire four vehicles,
used in road construction work, in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
A fierce gunbattle broke out between
SFs and GNLA militants at Bolchugre village in Songsak under East
Garo Hills District of Meghalaya
Arrested GNLA ‘chairman’, Champion
R Sangma has decided not contest the elections for the Meghalaya
Assembly to be held on February 23.
An IED was found planted by unidentified
persons at around 6:20 am near Lilong Bridge (towards Chajing
turning point) under Singjamei Police station in Thoubal District
of Manipur.
ZUF has expressed its anger over
the killing of one of its cadres identified as one Corporal Khan
alias Poukhanlung by Assam Rifles in Manipur’s Tamenglong.
It was reported earlier that Poukhanlung was a suspected NSCN-K.
Manipur Government has received
feelers from a Military Defence Force faction of KYKL desiring
to return to the mainstream, said the CM Okram Ibobi Singh during
a meeting with media persons. Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh
also hinted at entering into peace talks with the UPPK, which
recently ‘turned in’ to the Assam Rifles
Manipur CM Okram ibobi Singh has
claimed to have intimated to the Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar
Shinde that Government of Manipur will have no objection to the
Centre- NSCN-IM talks reaching an amicable solution on the vexed
Naga political issue but will staunchly oppose any outcome that
either threatens territorial integrity of Manipur or is detrimental
to the State's interest.
Two persons, Mohammad Yousuf Khan
and Abdul Rashid Rai, posing as militants, were arrested in Dooru
area of Anantnag District of J&K for issuing threats to the
people in the area.
Minister for Rural Development
and Panchayati Raj, Ali Mohammed Sagar said that the J&K Government
was actively considering recommendations proposed by different
quarters in the Panchayati Raj Act (PRA). The arrestees
were subsequently released.
In a joint operation, troops of
29 Assam Rifles along with Special Branch Dimapur arrested one
person identified as Rengchoidoi Thanglem (44) along with five
pistols and ten magazines from Blue hill bus station-Eros Line
area, Dimapur District of Nagaland.
UPPK cadres who were `rescued`
by a team of Thoubal commando team on February 3 had come from
a camp which the outfit shares with the Manipur Naga Revolutionary
Front (MNRF) and the Katampur Liberation Organisation, KLO of
Assam at Leipok of Tamu Sub-division of Myanmar, informed a reliable
source.
Next round of talk to discuss
the demand raised for an Alternative Arrangement for the Nagas
of Manipur, outside the State Government and pending a settlement
to the Indo-Naga talk has been scheduled on February 12 at Senapati
District headquarters in Manipur.
The Union Minister for Finance,
P. Chidambaram said that there was no consensus between the Union
Government and the Army on the subject of AFSPA. On the issue
of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Chidambaram said
the Union was in favour of it while State Governments were opposed
to it.
NSG DG Arvind Ranjan at NSG headquarters
in Manesar (Haryana) said that ubiquitous weapon of terror, the
IED continues to be the weapon of choice of the purveyors of terror
and a formidable internal security challenge.
Forty-seven more members of the
Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS), a CPI-Maoist backed tribal organization
based in Narayanpatna block of Koraput District of Odisha surrendered
before the Police.
One PREPAK militant identified
as Mutum Imotomba Singh was arrested at Bashikhong Kitna Panung
in Imphal East District of Manipur. The arrested disclosed that
he was working under the command of a ‘commander’ of the outfit
named Rajen Babu alias Babu alias Kunba. Imotomba
had extorted huge amount of money from different places under
the instruction of the commander for their party fund.
Imphal West Police commando personnel
arrested two KYKL militants identified as Keisham Meghanath and
Thokchom Konan alias Mocha along with INR 30, 000 near
the gate of Langol View Clinic in Manipur
A combined team of Imphal East
commandos and 16 Assam Rifles arrested one cadre of KK Nganba
faction of KCP-KK Nganba identified as Salam Jiten Meitei alias
Temba alias Lemba alias Hinganba from Nongada Thongkhong
near Waiting Shed in Manipur.
While expressing serious concern
over the rising crimes against women, the PREPAK has slammed the
Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2013 of Manipur which was approved
by the President of India on February 3.
Rejecting Manipur’s Chief Minister
Okram Ibobi’s contention that the UNC’s demand for an Alternative
Arrangement for the Nagas in Manipur, outside the State Government
and pending a final settlement to the Naga political dialogue
is not acceptable, the UNC said the Alternative Arrangement demand
is raised only to the Centre. During a media conference the Chief
Minister had stated that the Alternative Arrangement demand is
unacceptable while adding that his Government would transfer powers
to the local bodies in the hills by amending and enforcing the
Autonomous District Council Act and Village Authority Act.
BSF troops deployed in Nokchi,
West Garo Hills District in Meghalaya arrested an ULFA and NDFB
linkman identified as Santok Koch (20) while he was trying to
infiltrate into India. During preliminary questioning, the linkman
confessed that he was working with ULFA and NDFB and facilitating
trans-border movements of their cadres.
In Meghalaya BSF troops of Baghmara
arrested two Bangladeshi illegal immigrants. The arrested persons
were identified as Prabash Marak (37) and Samul Marak (45). The
immigrants revealed that they intended to go to Nangalbibra coal
mines area to work as labourers.
One person, identified as Salil
Ansari resident of Nijamnagar locality in Ranchi District of Jharkhand,
was arrested in area under the limits of Bowbazar Police Station
of Kolkata District of West Bengal along with FICN worth INR 498,000.
Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev
Berry sentenced Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militant Balwant
Singh Rajoana, convicted for the assassination of former Punjab
Chief Minister Beant Singh, to 10-year rigorous imprisonment (RI)
and a fine of INR 10,000 in a case pertaining to recovery of explosives.
Rajoana was caught with explosives on December 22, 1995, in
Rajpura of Patiala District in Punjab, and was subsequently booked
under the explosive substances Act.
LeT, in a letter through regular
post, threatened to carry out militant attacks in the city of
Ahmadabad of Gujarat in western India.
A meeting of civil society organisations
convened by ZRO at Aizawl in Aizawl District in Mizoram resolved
to support the demand for creation of a Kuki State. Leaders of
MSU, Mizoram Chiefs' Council, former MNF leaders, KSDC and other
civil groups attended the meeting. KSDC is agitating for a separate
Kuki State incorporating Kuki inhabited areas of Manipur.
In a joint operation, troops of
29 Assam Rifles along with Special Branch Dimapur arrested one
person identified as Rengchoidoi Thanglem (44) along with five
pistols and ten magazines from Blue hill bus station-Eros Line
area, Dimapur District of Nagaland.
Troops of 31 Assam Rifles apprehended
one NSCN-KK cadre identified as one Pungyau Phom along with one
US Carbine M 30I and 10 live rounds in Longleng (District) Town
of Nagaland.
Three intending candidates in
Nagaland’s 29 Jangpetkong Assembly Constituency (AC) have appealed
NSCN-IM to "clarify, deny or confirm" through the media
whether there was "direct and active involvement" of
its officials and armed cadres in the electioneering process under
29 Jangpetkong AC.
Two former militants are contesting
elections for the upcoming Assembly elections if Tripura. A former
militant leader belonging to ATPLO, Khagendra Jamatia, also a
minister in Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's cabinet is contesting
as a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidate. In addition,
Bijoy Kumar Hrankhwal 'chief' of former militant outfit, TNV will
contest from Ambassa constituency in Dhalai District.
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Two GNLA militants were killed,
in a encounter with the SFs, along the Assam-Meghalaya border
at Ambringkona under Boko Police Station of Kamrup (Rural) District
of Assam.
SFs recovered four AK–56 Assault
Rifles and four AK–56 magazines from Damsodiang Phai, Daiphai,
under Maibong Police Station in Dima Hasao District of Assam
SFs arrested a suspected a MULTA
militant from the heart of the Nagaon town in Nagaon District
in Assam and recovered a pistol and live ammunition.
Two former militants are contesting
elections for the upcoming Tripura Assembly elections. A former
militant leader belonging to All Tripura Peoples Liberation Organisation
(ATPLO), Khagendra Jamatia, is contesting as a CPI-M candidate
and Bijoy Kumar Hrankhwal ‘chief’ of former militant outfit, Tripura
National Volunteer (TNV) will contest from Ambassa constituency
in Dhalai District.
SFs arrested, Kishan Agarwal,
an owner of a garment shop at Tinsukia town’s Daily Bazar for
collecting money on behalf of Anti-Talks faction of United Liberation
Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF) in Tinsukia District of Assam
Meghalaya Government has sought
additional companies of paramilitary forces for deployment in
Garo Hills following deterioration of law and order situation
in certain pockets there. The State Chief Electoral Officer P
Naik said that the State Government has sought for 91 companies
of paramilitary forces for the upcoming Assembly elections. Earlier,
the State Government had sought 73 companies of paramilitary forces
to ensure a free and fair election. “We are concerned about certain
pockets of Garo Hills where some incidents took place in the last
few days,” Naik said. It may be recalled that last week militants
entered the Williamnagar Jail premises and shot dead an assistant
jailor and a warden.
Due to a spurt in militant activities
unleashed by the GNLA in Garo Hills in Meghalaya, the region has
become more vulnerable as compared to other Districts of the State
and almost half of the polling stations in the State (1222 out
of 2485) have been categorized as either sensitive or hyper sensitive.
Troops of 31 Assam Rifles apprehended
one National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khole-Kitovi (NSCN-KK)
cadre identified as one Pungyau Phom along with one US Carbine
M 30I and 10 live rounds in Longleng (District) Town in Nagaland.
Two militants of the GNLA were
killed, in a encounter with the SFs, along the Assam-Meghalaya
border at Ambringkona under Boko Police Station of Kamrup (Rural)
District of Assam.
SFs arrested a suspected a MULTA
militant from the heart of the Nagaon town in Assam’s Nagaon District.
A pistol and live ammunition were seized from him.
SFs arrested, Kishan Agarwal,
an owner of a garment shop at Tinsukia town's Daily Bazar for
collecting money on behalf of ULFA-ATF in Tinsukia District of
Assam.
In Nagaland, three intending candidates
in 29 Jangpetkong AC have appealed NSCN-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)
to “clarify, deny or confirm” through the media whether there
was “direct and active involvement” of its officials and armed
cadres in the electioneering process under 29 Jangpetkong AC.
In a joint press release, three intending candidates - Dr. Longrineken,
Naga Peoples Front (NPF), E.T Sunep (Independent) and Dr. K. Chuba
(Independent), claimed that some individual/s claiming to be senior
officials and “armed cadres of NSCN (I-M)” along with village
councils of Waromung, Dibuia, Mongchen, Chungliyimsen and Town
Committee members, Sector Chairman and GBs of Mangkolemba Town
were allegedly giving the “message that I. Imkong of Congress
(I) was the “NSCN (I-M)’s official candidate.”
Separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah
Geelani led APHC-G has called for general shutdown on February
11 on the death anniversary of the hanged militant Mohammad Maqbool
Butt in J&K.
Seeking to explain what happened
during the anti-Naxal strikes on the January 18 in Chhattisgarh’s
Sukma District, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal N.A.K.
Browne insisted that reports suggesting that six Indian Air Force
(IAF) personnel abandoned a Police radio operator and fled the
scene, leaving weapons behind, were wrong.
The Government has decided to
move UAV base for anti-Naxal operations from Hyderabad to Bhilai
in Chhattisgarh, closer to the ‘red corridor’ where SFs are engaged
in a bloody battle with the LWEs.
Meghalaya Government has sought
additional companies of paramilitary forces for deployment in
Garo Hills following deterioration of law and order situation
in certain pockets there. The State Chief Electoral Officer P
Naik, on February 7, said that the State Government has sought
for 91 companies of paramilitary forces for the upcoming Assembly
elections. Earlier, the State Government had sought 73 companies
of paramilitary forces to ensure a free and fair election. "We
are concerned about certain pockets of Garo Hills where some incidents
took place in the last few days," Naik said. It may be recalled
that last week militants entered the Williamnagar Jail premises
and shot dead an assistant jailor and a warden.
Due to a spurt in militant activities
unleashed by the Garo national Liberation Army (GNLA) in Meghalaya’s
Garo Hills, the region has become more vulnerable as compared
to other Districts of the State and almost half of the polling
stations in the State (1222 out of 2485) have been categorized
as either sensitive or hyper sensitive.
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February 8
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All India Congress Committee chief
Sonia Gandhi said the Congress wanted to settle the Naga insurgency
issue soon and is committed in bringing an honourable and acceptable
solution to all concerned parties, reports The Times of India.
Addressing an election rally ahead of the February 23 assembly
polls at Congress's bastion, Dimapur, she said that it was the
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government that took the decision
to invite NSCN leaders for the political dialogue. Sonia continued,
"We now have the historic opportunity to resolve the Naga
problem and this should not be lost. Congress is committed to
take the peace talks forward and will ensure that a peace agreement
is finalized sooner or later."
Dandapani Mohanty, who acted as
an interlocutor between CPI-Maoist and the State Government during
the high profile abductions of the then Malkangiri collector R
Vineel Krishna in 2011 and Italians Paulo Bosusco and Claudio
Colangelo in 2012, was arrested by Police from his residence at
Shanti Nagar in Berhampur in Ganjam District of Odisha.
Forty more supporters of CMAS,
a CPI-Maoist-backed tribal organization based in Narayanpatna
block of Koraput District of Odisha, surrendered before the Police
at Narayanpatna Police Station.
Fresh threat posters threatening
Gram Panchayat members and asking them to resign or face consequences
appeared in Wadpora village in Kupwara District of J&K.
Police arrested separatist leader
Nayeem Ahmad Khan from Pattan town in J&K’s Baramulla District
and was remanded to judicial custody and sent to Central Jail
Srinagar (Srinagar District) till February 11.
CPI-Maoist released all six abducted
tractor drivers in a forest at Punadih village in Lakhisarai District
of Bihar, hours after abducting them.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to NDFB-RD, identified as Mathura Basumatary (25) alias B Majumser,
from Rangsaidham area of No -2 Amguri area under Basugaon Police
Station of Chirang District of Assam.
Assam government has agreed to
a probe by the CBI into the seizure of FICN by officials of the
DRI, Guwahati from three accused persons arrested earlier on August
30, 2012. The vehicle was on its way from Malda District in West
Bengal and FICN is reported to have been brought from Bangladesh.
SFs arrested five Maoist cadres
who had set ablaze vehicles at Katekalyan in Dantewada District
of Chhattisgarh, meanwhile a woman Maoist surrendered in Manpur
area in Rajnandgaon District.
Fourteen families of Talajamaguda
village under Bandhugaon Police Station in Koraput District who
were not ready to bow down to pressure and threat of CMAS have
left their village.
A hand written poster signed by
Maoists was found in Pandu market area in Palamu District of Jharkhand.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed a Sikshya
Sahayak at Pathpani village in Nuapada District of Odisha suspecting
him to be a Police informer.
The MPA, [UNLF's MAC] greeted
all the people of Manipur in addition to extending New Year wishes
on the occasion of the outfit's 26th raising day.
34 militants of the UPPK are still
at a camp in Eastern Nagaland areas of Myanmar after the 'rescue'
of 44 UPPK cadres by a team of the Thoubal Police Commandos led
by its OC Inspector M Sudhir on February 3 from Moreh in Manipur,
informed a source.
Combined team of Manipur’s Imphal
East and Imphal West police commandos arrested two KYKL cadres
from Palace Compound in front of the HERICUN Office building,
said a Police release. According to the release, the arrested
persons have been identified as Muhammad Muhibur alias Inaocha
(34) and Laishram Tiken Singh (28).
One KYKL cadre identified as Oinam
Ranjit Singh alias Inao (35) was also arrested from his residence,
the release said.
The MCP-M has said in a press
release that it has postponed its February 11 midnight to February
12 midnight general strike against the malpractices of corruption
inside the RIMS, until the outfit sends out another statement
on the issue.
NSCN-IM made it clear that it
would not abide by the directive of the CFMG which restricted
the cadres and ID-card holders of NSCN-IM from carrying arms from
February 7 to 23 in Nagaland. NSCN-IM further stated that as the
directive issued was against the ceasefire agreement signed with
the Centre.
Nagaland’s Wokha (District) Police
arrested two persons identified as Mongthungo Kikon (31) and Ngangshithung
Lotha (42) and seized a .22 pistol (country made) with 7 live
rounds. Wokha Police informed that a Police team stopped the van
where they were travelling in as it appeared to be moving in a
suspicious manner at a point between Niroyo village and Wokha
town.
Troops of 31 and 6 AR in two separate
occasions arrested one NSCN-IM cadre. The militant was identified
as 'major' Nungsangmanen of the NSCN-IM along with one 12 bore
gun and nine live rounds was arrested.
NSCN-IM, Angami Region, has informed
all its members, both from civil authority and military set up,
to refrain from involving in the ensuing February 23 elections
in Nagaland.
NNC/FGN, while reiterating that
it has been opposing the imposition of Indian elections in Nagaland
since its inception in 1952 reaffirmed that it would continue
to oppose its stand on non-participation of 12th election scheduled
on February 23.
NSCN-K rejected the Government
of India's decision to prohibit all the Naga factions in various
phase of cease-fire agreements, not to carry arms and weapons
between the last date of filing nominations and end of polling
(February 7 to 23) in Nagaland.
Altogether 1822 licensed arms
were seized and bounded 460 persons under 107/116 CRPC from across
Nagaland. Police sources informed that 38 unlicensed arms were
also seized and were deposited in the Police station. The seizure
report began from the date of the announcement of State general
election 2013 till February 8.
District magistrate and collector
of Tripura’s West Tripura District slapped charges on ATTF chief,
Ranjit Debbarma under the NSA.
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February 9
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Parliament House attack (December
13, 2001) case convict Afzal Guru was hanged to death at Tihar
Central Jail in New Delhi at 8am.
The state Government of Assam
has agreed to a probe by the CBI into the seizure of FICN by officials
of the DRI, Guwahati from three accused persons arrested earlier
on August 30, 2012.
Top ranking Naxal leader Thakapalli
Vasudev Rao alias Assannna alias Satish alias
Sujit has entered Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
40 persons, including 23 Policemen,
were injured in clashes that broke out between protesters and
Police in several parts of Kashmir Valley after authorities imposed
indefinite curfew in Srinagar City and other major towns of the
Valley in J&K.
Pakistan violated ceasefire by
firing on forward Indian posts in J&K’s Poonch District. "The
Pakistan troops late this evening fired heavily on Indian posts
along the Line of Control in Krishna Ghati Sector of Poonch,"
sources said.
In West Bengal, Kolkata Police's
STF arrested three gun-runners who have allegedly been supplying
arms and ammunition to CPI-Maoist.
Two Maoist supporters, postmaster
Sukhram Gop of Kedeng village and Rajesh Sahu of Prem Nagar in
Chainpur Police Station of Gumla District of Jharkhand, were forwarded
to judicial custody.
Odisha Maobadi Party chief, Sabyasachi
Panda, criticised the arrest of Maoist interlocutor Dandapani
Mohanty.
KYKL has warned that schools in
Manipur which despise or neglect Manipuri language/subject would
be shut down.
KNA-Karbi Anglong unit observed
the 'Political Autonomy demand day' at its head office named Kuki-Kho
in Manja near Diphu in Karbi Anglong District of Assam. The celebration
was attended by all Kuki chiefs (Haosa), with other frontal Kuki
organizations including KRA and UKDA.
Miscreant targeted the Singra
weekly market under Boko PS in Assam’s Kamrup (Rural) District
and five houses of the market were damaged by fire.
Eight militants of the newly-formed
outfit MPTF surrendered before SFs in Kokrajhar District of Assam.
SFs destroyed a training-cum-medical
camp of Maoists at Ghatkal in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
SFs arrested two GNLA militants
including the 'deputy area commander' of West Garo Hills and recovered
arms and ammunition after an operation in West Garo Hills District
of Meghalaya. Police recovered one AK-47 rifle, 55 rounds of live
ammunition and communication equipments among others from the
hide out of the militants.
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February 10
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State Government of Bihar has
started collaborating with various Central agencies, including
SSB, in a more comprehensive way to nab unscrupulous elements
who keep pumping FICN into the State by taking various routes
passing through Bihar-Nepal border.
A 16-year-old boy, Ubaid Mushtaq,
injured in CRPF firing in Watergam area of Baramulla District
of J&K in the evening of February 10 succumbed to his injuries
late in that night. Ubaid along with five other men, were injured
in Watergam area.
RBI launched a special financial
literacy drive with the active support from SSB in the bordering
areas of Bihar and Nepal to equip common people with sufficient
skills so that they can distinguish FICN, particularly those in
denominations of `500 and `1,000 efficiently.
Latehar Police arrested a CPI-Maoist
cadre, identified as Kuldeep Mahato, from Barwadih in Latehar
District of Jharkhand.
Police and SFs unearthed arms
and explosives hidden by Maoists in a dump at Palur village in
Koraput District of Odisha.
A Maoist wanted in connection
with several cases, identified as Xaviyar Lugun alias Willaim
Lugun, surrendered before the Rourkela Police in Sundergarh District
of Odisha.
A CPI-Maoist poster was found
pasted on a hume pipe along the NH-57 near Sahajpal village under
Baunsini PS limits in Boudh District of Odisha.
CEM of KAAC, Joy Ram Engleng appealed
to KPLT militants to call off the indefinite Karbi Anglong District
of Assam strike beginning from 5 p.m. of February 12. However,
KPLT 'chairman' B.D. Sarpo Tungjang has dismissed the appeal and
stated that, "we have acknowledged the public appeal but
this is the time for asking for a separate state when government
is mulling over the issue, why should we sit at home; it is better
to live in our own land then in other people's house".
The Malang market near Boko in
Kamrup (Rural) District of Assam was set ablaze by the miscreants.
Residents of Ganderbal area (Ganderbal
District of J&K) claimed one Tariq Ahmad Bhat and two others
jumped into the river when they were chased by SFs. One youth
managed to swim ashore, residents said adding another was saved
by some persons.
The Police spokesman said that
five persons were injured in Watergam area of Baramulla District
in J&K while "tackling" law and order situation.
Sporadic protests were also reported
from some parts of Srinagar city (Srinagar District) and Kulgam
District of J&K. However, there were no reports of anyone
getting injured in the clashes with the Security Forces.
Curfew continued for second consecutive
day in Srinagar and other major towns of J&K valley to prevent
protests against Guru's hanging.
J&K CM Omar Abdullah said
that he had no say in the execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru but
warned of wider alienation and implications of the decision in
long term across the Kashmir Valley.
Defence Minister A.K. Antony said
that tension along the Indo-Pak border had largely reduced but
the situation was not yet normal and it will depend on Pakistan’s
action.
A 16-year-old boy, Ubaid Mushtaq,
injured in CRPF firing in Watergam area of Baramulla District
of J&K succumbed to his injuries.
Some unidentified persons placed
a grenade in the courtyard of the residence of Thockchom Indrasing,
Deputy Inspector of Schools, Bishnupur of Utlou Makha Leikai of
Manipur.
SFs arrested two UPRA cadres identified
as L Henkhup Kom alias Joshua and Lunneihao Telien from lKhurai
Lamlong Bridge in Imphal East District in Manipur.
One KCP-MC militant, identified
as Shrithan Awungshi alias Aboy was arrested by manipur’s Imphal
West District Police Commando from near the MMTA, Minuthong.
The RPF has asserted that Union
Finance Minister P Chidambaram's statement, "if the Indian
Army continues with its stubborn objection against all efforts
to amend Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958, there is no point
for the existence of a civilian Government" needs a collective
discussion.
The UNLF has alleged that a special
team of 44 AR Kasung post in close coordination with 24 Batallion
AR deployed at Moreh (Chandel District) crossed inside Myanmar
territory and conducted a sabotage operation by destroying a bridge
at about 20 mile North of Tamu along Tamu-Minthar road of Myanmar,
according to a report. To pass the blame to UNLF, the Indian saboteurs
pasted a poster which read as "Long Live UNLF, Long Live
Meghen, Kabaw Valley belongs to Manipur and not to Burmese Dogs",
said a press release issued by the outfit's Senior Publicity Officer
Ksh Yoiheiba.
Manipur’s Thoubal District Police
arrested a militant belonging to KCP -Nando while conducting a
search operation at Thoubal College Road. The militant was identified
as Mohammad Islamuddin (38).
GNLA has blamed former Meghalaya’s
DGP-Prisons, Kulbir Krishan for the death of Assistant Jailer
Neil Warjri and Warder Sarai Sing Thabah at the hands of ANVC-B
militants during the attack on Williamnagar jail on February 2.
On specific inputs regarding GNLA
activities, the BSF troops deployed in East Khasi Hills District
of Meghalaya launched an operation and arrested one GNLA cadre
identified as Dawin N Sangma from Dangar.
On the information provided by
the cadre, BSF troops along with Meghalaya Police carried out
a joint operation late night and arrested another GNLA cadre identified
as Suresh S Sangma (20) from Mawsynram and recovered a cell phone
without SIM from his possession.
Troops of 29 AR along with a Police
team recovered two country-made pistols, one Bolt Action Rifle
and large quantities of ammunition and warlike stores from the
house of one person who has been identified as 'major' Phuyeka
of NSCN-KK in Niu Colony, Burma Camp in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
In Nagaland, one person identified
as Kughahoto Aye, 'regional secretary' NSCN-KK Sumi Region, was
arrested along with 7.65mm pistol and ammunition.
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February 11
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Troops of BSF South Bengal Frontier
seized FICN worth INR 300,000 from the international border near
Kaliachak in Malda District in West Bengal.
ATS declared that the two suspected
13/7 blasts bomb planters, Waqqas and Tabrez, are Indian nationals
and not Pakistani residents, which the police suspected earlier.
Moreover, the ATS said the duo also planted bombs at two places
on Pune's Jangli Maharaj Road of Maharashtra.
Syed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu
Jundal in his testimony to Maharashtra ATS, told that LeT 'commander'
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was worried that 26/11 might be too big
an operation to handle. He also told the ATS that LeT operative
David Coleman Headley had visited the camp where the 26/11 attackers
were undergoing training in 2008.
Jundal revealed that Lakhvi, along
with other handlers, watched the attack on TV at the control room
in Karachi, provincial capital of Sindh. He took stock of the
situation on November 27 and realised that the attack had gone
out of control. Fearing that there would be more problems, Lakhvi
directed the terrorists at Oberoi and Taj hotels to set the buildings
afire.
Police fished out body of 14-year-old
boy Zameer Ahmad Dar in Batwina in Ganderbal District of J&K.
As reported earlier, one body was recovered on February 10.
There were reports of protests
and clashes from across Kashmir Valley. Police and CRPF clashes
with stone throwing protesters in several area in Sopore and Baramulla
in Baramulla District, Srinagar city (Srinagar District), and
Districts of Ganderbal, Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian and Kulgam
of J&K.
APHC-G chairman Syed Ali Shah
Geelani has urged people to observe strike in J&K till Friday
(February 15) against the curfew and killing of youth.
JKLF leader Yasin Malik shared
the dais with November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai terror attacks
mastermind and LeT chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed to mourn the execution
of Afzal Guru in Islamabad in Pakistan.
On Malik's meeting with Saeed,
Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid said that he would look
into this matter after getting details from the Union Ministry
of Home Affairs.
IG CRPF, Jammu Sector, J&K,
G J Singh said that on the basis of intelligence inputs gathered
it has been established that nearly 30 to 40 militants are operating
in parts of Jammu region. Nearly 15 CRPF Battalions were presently
deployed in Jammu zone while in Kashmir, their number is around
52.
A meeting of the central committee
members of the ULFA-PTF was held at a private lodge in Dispur
in Kamrup (Metro) District of Assam.
Unidentified miscreants on the
eve of third phase of Panchayat (local self government institution)
elections, set ablaze three Lower Primary (LP) schools namely
Bordamal Kamarpara LP school, Goraimari LP School and Doroni LP
School, all under PS in Assam’s Goalpara District.
Miscreants set ablaze a truck
(WB-15-A- 9894) loaded with goods at Kharkhori under Chhaygaon
PS and another truck (AS-01 P-9950) was also set on fire at Bodapara
under Boko PS in Kamrup (rural) District of Assam.
About 500 activist of Rabha bodies
have staged a road blockade at Dairang under Krishnai PS in an
attempt to block the polling officials from moving to the polling
centres by that road.
The Agriculture Office at Assam’s
Dhudhnoi in Goalpara district was also set ablaze by the miscreants.
The RHJMC, an umbrella organisation
of 34 groups, is opposing the holding of panchayat polls in RHAC
areas. RHJMC are opposed to panchayat polls in the Rabha-Hasong
area without holding RHAC election
A Maoist area committee leader,
Satyavati alias Bhagya, was arrested along with another
civilian, a Maoist sympathiser, identified as Vandanam Bangarayya,
by Odisha Police at Rollagedda village in Gumma block of Malkangiri
District.
The bail plea of Dandapani Mohanty
was rejected by court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, R. Udaygiri,
Odisha.
DGP Prakash Mishra justified the
arrest of Jan Adhikar Manch convenor Dandapani Mohanty for his
alleged Maoist links even as members of civil society sought his
immediate release and dropping of 'false' criminal charges against
the activist.
The CRPF narrowly escaped a CPI-Maoist
attack on them, near Sirpur village in the jungle of Pendhri,
in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
LWEs belonging to CPI-ML-Janashakti
has again regrouped and returned by striking terror and killing
a former Sarpanch, at Marupaka village of Vemulawada mandal
in Andhra Pradesh.
A 2.5 kilograms RDX bomb planted
by some unidentified persons near the Andro welcome gate under
Yairipok Police station (Thoubal District) in Manipur was found.
A handyman and a driver of the
truck abducted by some unidentified persons from near National
Highway-2, M-Salung under the Sapermeina (Senapati District of
Manipur) Police station on February 5 have been released along
with a person who had also been abducted with the two. The three
abducted have been identified as driver Ph. Nakho (28), second
driver Llia (25) and Kivei (18).
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar
Shinde said that 47 cadres including four women cadres of UPPK
of Manipur gave up arms before the Manipur Police and Assam Rifles
at the border town of Moreh in Manipur. "They deposited 37
weapons along with some RDX. The Ministry of Home Affairs facilitated
their extrication from Myanmar. This is the first major valley
based insurgent group to give up arms, and it is a welcome development,"
he said in his monthly report card for February 2013.
Ahead of the scheduled tripartite
talk between the Manipur Government, Government of India and UNC
at Senapati on February 12, Chief Minister O Ibobi held a meeting
with officials of the MHA and State Government officials.
Unidentified persons lobbed a
hand grenade at 'contractor' Pukhrambam Kumarjit's residence in
Manipur’s Uripok Sinam Leikai. The hand grenade lobbed, however,
failed to explode. Police have picked up the grenade.
SFs arrested two active members
of KCP from near Manipur Sweet Hotel in Imphal West District of
Manipur. The arrested militants were identified as Mohammad Firoz
Ahmad (37) and Hanaskumar Tulija alias Poppy (60). Two mobile
handsets and Rs 15,000 were seized from their possession.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to PREPAK-Pro identified as Oinam Amutombi alias Romesh alias
Bullet (34), at Thangalawai Khongnang Makhong Ward No 1 in Bishnupur
District.
Police in West Garo Hills District
of Meghalaya arrested a GNLA cadre and recovered a crude bomb
from his possession. Police said that the militant identified
as T. Sangma intended to throw the bomb in a market place.
SFs arrested a GNLA militant and
an OWG of the outfit from an area near the Indo-Bangladesh border
in Meghalaya’s South West Garo Hills District. The GNLA militant
was identified as Mariours N Sangma (26). A country-made gun and
ammunition were recovered from Sangma's possession along with
a mobile phone and camouflage uniforms.
SFs arrested one GNLA OWG identified
as Jarbish A Sangma (19) in Ajangre of Meghalaya.
Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu
Rio asserted he was willing to go to jail for the sake of the
Naga people, stating he would continue to carry the voice of the
Naga people.
Suspected NSCN-K militants killed
one NSCN-KK militant, identified as 'Sergeant Major' Khekugha
Sumi, at Shotomi village in Zunheboto District of Nagaland.
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February 12
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Maharashtra ATS announced a reward
of INR 10,00,000 each to anyone giving information on elusive
IM 'chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his 3 aides allegedly involved in
several terror cases.
BSF recovered FICN amounting to
around INR 750,000 from the Amritsar sector (Amritsar District)
of Punjab along International Border.
Police arrested an imam (cleric)
of a Kochi (Eranakulam District of Kerala)-based mosque and his
assistant for possession of Pakistan-printed FICNs in denominations
of INR 500, INR 100 and INR 20.
LeT operative Syed Zabiuddin Ansari
alias Abu Jundal has not yet been taken into custody by the Maharashtra
ATS for his role in the German Bakery (Pune, Maharashtra) blast
of February 13, 2010.
Seven more persons were injured
as protests continued for the fourth day. Curfew also continued
for fourth consecutive day in Srinagar and other major towns of
Kashmir Valley of J&K.
Isolated stone pelting and clashes
were also reported from Districts of Anantnag, Shopian, Kulgam,
Pulwama and Srinagar of J&K.
Eleven persons were killed and
many injured when SFs opened fire to quell groups of protesters
ransacking polling stations and preventing other voters from casting
their ballots at several places in the RHAC areas in Goalpara
District during the third and final phase of Panchayat in Assam.
Curfew was clamped in the areas
under Assam’s Mornoi Police Station after fresh reports of group
clashes between two communities were reported from Dhuptola area
following killing of two persons who allegedly placed two hand
bombs outside the polling station at Raikhashini Jawaharlal Nehru
Vidyalaya.
Mob set ablaze a village under
Assam’s Krishnai Police Station where around 60 houses were destroyed
According to official sources,
the Goalpara District Assam recorded a peaceful polling of 60
percent at the 659 polling centres while polling could not take
place at the rest 173 centres.
PM Manmohan Singh while addressing
a conference of State Governors in New Delhi has said that LWE
geographical spread in the country is showing a shrinking trend
even though in Assam, it is expanding, which is "worrisome".
SFs killed a militant belonging
to NDFB-IKS, identified as Pri Pri Mushahary, somewhere near the
Ripu reserve forest under Kachugaon Police Station in Gossaigaon
sub division of Kokrajahar District of Assam
The body of abducted businessman
Raju Saha (30), of Dotma in Assams’ Kokrajhar District, was recovered
from the approaching road to National Highway 31-C, about 150
meters from Serfanguri Police Station in the same District in
the night. Local People suspect the hands of the NDFB-IKS behind
the killing of Saha.
The AABYF condemned the killing
and threatened the militant group involved in the killing and
the government of dire consequence if effective measures are not
taken immediately
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
said that there were clear signs of improvement in internal security
situation in Jammu and Kashmir but admitted that a lot still needs
to be done. He also asserted that India remained committed to
good relations and peaceful existence with the neighbors.
Fake currencies of the US, UK
and other South East Asian nations are also being circulated largely
through private currency exchange centres targeting the people
who exchange currencies before going on a foreign trip. Police
have sounded an alert and advised the people, travelling abroad,
to be wary of fake foreign currencies being pumped in by agents
and private currency exchangers. The travellers have also been
advised to exchange notes from the counters of nationalised banks.
In a an attempt to tackle the
Maoist issue, the Odisha Government, submitted a INR 238 crore
project for the development of the Hilly area in Nuapada District
of Odisha.
PM Manmohan Singh while addressing
a conference of State Governors in New Delhi has said that LWE’s
geographical spread in the country is showing a shrinking trend
even though in Assam, it is expanding, which is "worrisome".
A journalist, identified as Nemichand
Jain, was killed by Maoist cadres at Tongapal in Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh.
Miscreants set ablaze at least
five voting centres and one sub-post office in Mirza under Kamrup
(rural) District of Assam.
Maoists killed a villager in Sukma
District of Chhattisgarh, the Police said the villager was earlier
associated with a grass root level Maoist organization but later
he had surrendered before the Police.
Two tractors, a bike and a mixture
machine were set ablaze by PLFI cadres at Pathakpagar under Tarhassi
Police Station in Palamu District of Jharkhand.
Bokaro District Police of Jharkhand
have formed a Special Action Team to counter the Maoist attacks.
Accepting the Centre's proposal
for the development of Sunabeda Sanctuary area, Odisha Government
submitted an INR 2.38 billion project for the development of the
Hilly Area in Nuapada District.
One hundred and one supporters
of CPI-Maoist backed tribal organisation, CMAS, surrendered at
Narayanpatna Police Station in Koraput District of Odisha.
The fifth round of tripartite
talks on the demand for an "alternative arrangement"
for the Nagas in Manipur held at Senapati District, Manipur ended
inconclusively, without any development to the demand raised by
the UNC.
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The Gorakhpur Police (in Uttar
Pradesh), investigating the May 22, 2007 blasts in the city, has
obtained the Allahabad High Court's permission for attachment
of property of Mirza Shadab Baig, one of the accused belonging
to IM who is absconding.
More FICN is flooding into the
wallets of common man in Kochi, Kerala, every day.
The Central Bank of Oman has issued
advisory to Omanis and expatriates not to carry Indian currency.
The bank said it was issuing the directive following the discovery
of FICNs in Oman and other Gulf countries.
The Delhi Police seized FICNs
worth INR 173 million in 2012. In 2011, the Delhi Police had seized
INR 2.82 million.
At least eight persons, including
six protesters and two Policemen, were injured as protesters clashed
with the Police in SK Colony Janglant Mandi, Sheerpora, Lal Chowk
and Lassibal areas of Anantnag town in Anantnag District of J&K.
Curfew was relaxed and lifted
from parts of J&K’s Kashmir Valley while in other sensitive
parts it remained strictly enforced for fifth consecutive day
since its imposition on February 9.Chief Minister Omar Abdullah
said there was no ban imposed on publication of newspapers but
the dailies had chosen not to print as curfew had made distribution
impossible.
Security agencies seized four
rusted rounds of AK-47 and one round of 12 bore gun from a bag
of herbs during frisking at Chakan-Da-Bagh, in the same District.
Places of worship have become
soft targets for fake currency rackets to carry out their operations.
Kochi Police have launched a probe to track the details of people
from other states who have been working in various places of worship
in the city.
Ahead of the visit of the Union
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh to Nuapada District of
Odisha on February 16, Police unearthed four landmines at Barkot.
Death toll in violence during
third phase of Panchayat polls in RHAC areas of Goalpara District
of assam has risen to 20.
A 22-year-old woman Maoist cadre
surrendered before the Police in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh,
as she was fed up of "ill treatment" of women by senior
cadres of the party.
A Special Team of armed Police
continued combing operation in the forest areas near Cherupuzha
village in Kannur District of Kerala, for the second day, following
eyewitness accounts of the presence of CPI-Maoist cadres in the
forest area on the Karnataka side.
Assam’s CM Tarun Gogoi revealed
that 19 people lost their lives in the RHAC violence, of which
six died in ethnic clashes. The violence has triggered an exodus
of people from affected villages, forcing over 12,000 people to
take shelter in 12 relief camps till February 13 afternoon, even
as the Army has been continuing flag marches. There was no relaxation
in the curfew clamped in Krishnai and Mornoi Police Station areas.
Two houses were set ablaze in
fresh incidents on the outskirts of Goalpara town in Goalpara
District of Assam. Two fire brigade personnel, who had gone there,
also received bullet injuries.
Assam’s Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
termed the Rabha Accord as faulty.
Police in Kannur, Kasargod and
Wayanad Districts of Kerala and their counterparts in the neighbouring
Karnataka have been put on high alert following reports of threats
of possible attacks on some of the Police Stations by Maoists.
The Charla Police in Khammam District
of Andhra Pradesh arrested three Maoist militia members and a
courier, near Tippapuram.
SFs arrested three KCP-MC cadres,
identified as Potsangbam Sanajaoba Singh, Huiningshungbam Rajesh
Meitei and Sairem Rameshwor Singh from Ereima Lai Manak of Lamboikhul
Mayai Leikai in Imphal East District of Manipur.
A civilian identified as one Joseph
Rongmei allegedly working at the behest of the NSCN-IM 'arrested'
by the ZUF and detained for few days in Manipur was released on
humanitarian grounds.
At least six militant cadres belonging
to different outfits surrendered with arms to BSF authorities
at the paramilitary force's 116 battalion complex near Loktak
Lake in Bishnupur District.
Suspected NSCN-IM militants abducted
a boy from Longkhum village in Mokokchung District of Nagaland.
The boy is yet to be released. Situation in Alichen, Longkhum
continues to remain tense.
Meghalaya will avail the services
of 71 companies of central para-military forces for the Assembly
elections, though the Election department had sought 76 companies.
Only 10 companies of para military forces have been deployed,
mostly in Garo Hills, for the law and order duty. The Chief Electoral
Officer, P Naik told reporters that 61 companies of central paramilitary
forces would arrive in the State after the Tripura elections on
February 15. Naik hoped that the election would be free and fair
since no militant group has boycotted the elections. The chief
electoral officer, however, admitted that there were certain pockets
in Garo Hills which are vulnerable that need attention.
Meghalaya Governor, RS Mooshahary
while praising the State Government for the "commendable"
job it has done in containing the activities of militant groups
said law and order situation in the State is under control. Speaking
at the two-day conference of Governors, Mooshahary said the State
was fully geared up for the February 23 elections. "The activities
of HNLC are on decline in Khasi-Jainita Hills," the Governor
said adding the peace agreement with the Garo militant outfit
ANVC would be signed shortly. "However, the increased activities
of the GNLA and its growing influence in Garo Hills and parts
of West Khasi Hills is a matter of concern," he added.
Nokpu village council has claimed
that on February 10 its chairman was abducted from his house by
what it termed as "some vested NSCN-IM leader" and took
him to the residence of NPF party candidate of 30-Alongtaki Assembly
constituency in Nagaland’s Mokokchung District.
Lotha Region of NNC has opposed
the forth coming Nagaland’s Assembly Election stating that Nagas
were not Indian and was not under the constitution of India.
NSCN-K has informed all responsible
not to entertain any "advance taxation" for the year
2013-14 in Nagaland till further notice from the "higher
authorities". An order issued by NSCN (K) president's office,
through MIP, cautioned that anyone who had made "advance
payments" would have to pay "double" as the "government"
would not be held responsible for such payments.
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February 14
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Key 26/11 Mumbai (Maharashtra)
attacks handler Abu Jundal has moved a Delhi court seeking discharge
from the Jama Masjid (Delhi) blast case on the ground of 'illegal
investigation and court proceedings.
Police recovered cache of explosives
from a CPI-Maoist hideout, around Heso Forest area, in Ranchi
District of Jharkhand.
Police arrested a Maoist cadre
following a raid at Lodhi village under Gomia block of Bokaro
District of Jharkhand.
The Dummugudem Police arrested
two persons, including a CPI-Maoist militia member, at Arlagudem
in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.
Army foiled an infiltration attempt
by two militants in combat dress on the LoC in forward area of
Lam in Nowshera sector of Rajouri District of J&K and killed
one militant. One Army soldier, identified as Sepoy Major Singh
was also injured.
Pakistani troops fired at Indian
posts on LoC in Krishna Ghati sector of J&K’s Poonch District.
Troops of 63 Rashtriya Rifles
and Police recovered a consignment of ammunition and explosives
from Sarhuti Gala forests in Taryath area of Kalakote in Rajouri
District in J&K.
A ‘zonal commander’ of CPI-Maoist,
Raviji alias BKG, was arrested at Kothonda village in Palamu
District of Jharkhand.
CPI-Maoist leader Arvindji, who
had got IED planted in the abdomen of CRPF personnel in Latehar
encounter, is cornered in the jungles of Jharkhand's Gumla District,
along with 150 Maoists.
Kerala Police personnel and specially
trained commandos intensified their search operation on the Kerala-Karnataka
border areas after confirming the presence of five CPI-Maoist
cadres, including a woman, in the area.
A goodwill mission team of the
APCC comprising several senior leaders, visiting the violence
hit areas of Goalpara District in Assam, was attacked at the Rangagora
Lower Primary School camp inmates.
Assam Government admitted that
it is not constitutionally competent to exclude autonomous council
areas from the Panchayat Act, yet it went ahead to promise this
to the Rabhas 17 years ago.
The supporters Kokrajhar District
committee of the ARSU during the 12-hour BTAD bandh (general strike)
called by the same organisation set ablaze a car and a bike at
Magurmari Rabha Basti in Assam’s Kokrajhar District.
Markets, shops, offices, banks,
educational institutions remained closed and vehicles kept off
the roads in the BTAD comprising Kokrajhar, Udalguri, Baksa and
Chirang Districts of Assam. ABSU had also supported the bandh
and observed a Black Day.
Unidentified miscreants triggered
a blast at the high security area of Manipur’s Ukhrul Deputy Commisioner
Bungalow, creating fear and apprehensions among the Ukhrul residents.
No casualty, however, has been reported in the incident. No group
or individuals have claimed hands in the incident so far.
An assistant driver of a truck
received bullet injuries when some unidentified persons opened
fire at the truck at Mawai junction under Kasom Khullen Police
station in Ukhrul District of manipur. Police later recovered
four spent cartridges of AK rifle ammunition from the spot, informed
a source.
Manipur’s Imphal East District
Police commandos arrested two UPPK cadres namely, Oinam Ibomcha
alias Ronet (40) and Ningombam Doren (38) from Palace compound.
A team of Thoubal District Police
arrested a militant belonging to KCP-KK Nganba identified as Sagolsem
Hemchandra Singh (39), from his residence at Yairipok Laimanai
Top Chingtha Arambam Leirak in Manipur.
A PIL Petition has been filed
with an Imphal bench of Gauhati High Court against the Chairman,
Vice-Chairman and members of ADC of hill Districts i.e. Senapati,
Tamenglong, Churachandpur, Ukhrul and Chandel of Mnipur who have
been stationed by opening their offices at Imphal instead of working
or/and staying at their District head quarters.
SFs arrested one militant belonging
to RPF, the political wing of PLA identified as Yaithengbam Punshi
Singh alias Iano in manipur’s Imphal East District.
A ‘commander’ of PULF, Abbas Khan,
was arrested from Shakarpur area (East Delhi District) in Delhi
for committing robbery and theft.
RPF cadre namely Thangjam Shanta
Singh alias Lenin (41) was also arrested from his house in Pungdongbam
Mayai Leikai of Manipur.
The MNRF has claimed that the
firing incident at a truck in Ukhrul District of Manipur, which
had left a handyman injured, was carried out by its cadres.
A press release from the MCP-M
said that RIMS (Manipur) doctors referred their patients to other
clinics for various laboratory tests concerning diagnosis and
it has caused hardships to the poor patients. The party has the
findings following the investigation by MCP-M into why patients
have been referred to other clinics. The claim by doctors that
most of the machines at RIIMS are in an inoperative condition
turned out to be a conspiracy following further investigation,
it alleged. The press release further appealed to the authority
concerned to discharge their duties with sincerity.
Suspected GNLA militants shot
dead a Nokma (village head) identified as Spinder Areng of Daribokgre
near Nokrek Biosphere Reserve bordering East and West Garo Hills
District of Meghalaya suspecting him to be a Police informer.
Miscreants set ablaze two vehicles
in a road near Aolijen and Ungma in Mokokchung District of Nagaland.
The incident happened after a particular candidate tried to enter
the Longkhum village to declare his candidature.
The Mokokchung Police recovered
a cache of arms and ammunitions at Sewak check gate at Nagaland’s
Mokokchung town. Police recovered one.22 pistol with 8 live rounds
and a .30 US Carbine with 10 live rounds.
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A person, identified as Hazi Anees,
has been sent to two years in jail by a Delhi Court for selling
FICN printed in Pakistan. Additional Sessions Judge Nisha Saxena
also slapped a fine of INR 70,000 on convict Hazi Anees.
Maharashtra ATS Nagpur subunit
has put up posters of IM India 'chief' Yasin Bhatkal and three
of his accomplices across the city, seeking information on these
wanted terrorists for their alleged involvement in bomb blasts
in Mumbai and Pune.
India's Water Resources Minister
Harish Rawat said in Vancouver (Canada) that the "law of
the land" could not have two yardsticks to deal with terror
groups as this may cause divisions in India's secular society.
Two brothers were killed and a
villager was injured during an encounter between the Police and
the CPI-Maoist cadres in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Three PLFI cadres were killed
by a mob of 100 villagers near Darntoli-Sanwariya villages in
Gumla District of Jharkhand.
A CPI-Maoist ‘zonal commander’
of Santhal Parganas, including his wife Panmuni Murmu and Panchanan
Mandal were arrested at Kathijoria village under Muffasil PS in
Dumka District of Jharkhand. After his arrest, Rai guided the
Police to neighbouring Jamtara District where three other Maoists
were arrested.
A secret dump of CPI-Maoist was
unearthed near Godapakali under Daringbadi Police Station limits
in Kandhamal District of Odisha.
The MHA has convened a meeting
of top Police and civil officials of States affected by CPI-Maoist
violence on February 20 to review anti-Maoist operations and improve
the efficacy of the strategies.
Three persons were killed and
four seriously injured in clashes and Police firing at Hatsinghimari
in Dhubri District of Assam, the second day of counting of votes
for panchayat (village level local self Government institution)
polls.
Counting was stopped and indefinite
curfew clamped at Assam’s Hatsinghimari town, where the counting
for panchayat polls under South Salmara-Mancachar subdivision
was taking place. The administration also issued shoot-at-sight
orders.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to KPLT, identified as Prabin Rongpi, from the Balipathar area
under Bokajan Police Station in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.
Two persons were injured and two
vehicles damaged as suspected KPLT militants opened fire on NH
37 near Assam’s Kaziranga National Park in the night. The area
falls under Kohora Police outpost in Golaghat District neighbouring
Karbi Anglong.
Armed suspected militants abducted
a young engineer of a private construction firm engaged by Power
Grid Corporation of India from Betagaon in Baksa District of Assam.
SFs arrested two NDFB linkmen
from Assam’s Chirang District.
PLA militants attacked AR personnel
by exploding a powerful IED from which they had a narrow escape.
The incident occurred near the main road along Manipur’s Uripok
Kangchup Road, also known as Salam Pandol of Heibongpokpi under
Lamsang Police station of Imphal West District. However no AR
personnel sustained injuries as the IED exploded after AR vehicles
went past.
The PLA, in a press release claimed
that a Special warfare Group of the outfit was responsible for
the bomb attack and further said that the pride of the IGAR-S
on their success in bringing some armed groups to the negotiating
table will be short lived and asserted that the surrendered militants
cannot vilify the spirit of the revolutionaries and tarnish their
spirit. It further added that PLA will not tire in its struggle
to expel non-Manipuri soldiers from Manipur.
A team of Imphal East commandos
also arrested one UNLF cadre identified as, Khaidem Premkumar
alias Shangai Ningthou Meitei (33) from Nungaipokpi of Manipur.
On verification, he stated that he joined UNLF in the year 2012
through his younger brother Toyamba and he was involved in the
extortion of money from the general public, Government officials,
private firms and through transportation of arms and ammunition.
A group of militants fired in
the air at Williamnagar market in East Garo Hills District of
Meghalaya creating panic among the traders in the area. Police
suspect the role of either ANVC-B or GNLA behind the Williamnagar
market firing incident. The militants escaped probably crossing
the Simsang River.
Personnel of 31 AR arrested one
person and reportedly recovered arms and ammunition from his possession
from a house in Entsungkong ward, Mangkolemba village in Mokokchung
District of Nagaland.
31 Assam Rifles personnel reportedly
recovered one country made pistol with magazine, four live rounds
of pistol, one single barrel 12 bore gun, 10 live cartridges of
12 bore gun and 13 country made bombs from an abandoned house
in Yaongyimsen village, Mokokchung District of Nagaland.
NPF candidate from Nagaland’s
Suruhuto assembly constituency, Shetoyi Sumi has refuted the complaint
lodged by Congress candidate from the same constituency, Kiyezhe
Aye with the DC and RO Zunheboto District with regard to involvement
of NSCN-K in the election process.NSCN-K dismissed the Congress
candidate's allegation and described it as an insult to the outfit.
Congress Candidate from Kiyezhe Aye stated that the appeal to
impose 144 CrPc in the constituency was made sincerely and purely
to ensure free and fair democratic election.
Huge cache of arms, ammunitions
and local made explosives were seized by Police in Molongkimong
Village, Mokokchung District of Nagaland during a routine patrolling/
frisking.
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Seven persons were arrested on
at Harihar in Devangere District of Karnataka for allegedly possessing
FICN with a face value of INR 450,000.
Two African youths, identified
as Prince Momo of Sierra Leone and Theophilus Luk Spirkile of
Liberia were arrested, along with FICN INR 60, 000 from the New
Market area of Kolkata (West Bengal) by STF of Kolkata Police
Fasih Mahmood, IM terrorist was
charge sheeted for involvement in the September 19, 2010 Jama
Masjid (Delhi) attack.
The November 26, 2008 (26/11)
Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attack mastermind and LeT 'chief'
Hafiz Mohammed Saeed has called upon people in Pakistan to unite
against the enemies including the United States of America and
India.
Indian security agencies suspect
that JKLF 'chief' Yasin Malik may have secretly met Hafiz Saeed
during his stay in Pakistan, apart from sharing the dais with
him at a protest in Islamabad.
Three soldiers were injured in
a land mine blast near the LoC in Mankote area of District Poonch
in J&K.
A CPI-Maoist action squad member
was arrested by joint forces of Police and paramilitary from Belpahari
area in West Midnapore District of West Bengal.
A Police team from CPI-Maoist-affected
Gondia District of Maharashtra was in Pune city to probe details
of an organisation 'Green Future Foundation' suspected to be a
front for the Maoists.
Malkangiri District of Odisha
is all set to get at least six model Police Stations within next
few months.
Four militants belonging to the
ULFA-ATF, including a senior leader, surrendered before SFs in
Tinsukia District of Assam.
Assam’s Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said that the situation in violence hit Goalpara District is now
peaceful and the displaced people will be rehabilitated soon.
Odisha Loka Dal lodged an FIR
at the Capital Police Station in Bhubaneswar demanding the arrest
of Rajya Sabha member and Odisha Jan Morcha chief Pyarimohan Mohapatra
under the NSA for his alleged link with the Maoists.
Union Government has decided to
ask the CRPF to hire choppers in case of anti-CPI-Maoist operations.
An unidentified person suspected
to be a militant lobbed a hand grenade at the Navjeevan Pharmacy
at Thangal Bazaar in Imphal West Districtof Manipur, creating
panic amongst bazaar goers. The grenade explosion partly damaged
the pharmacy but there was no casualty.
Imphal West Police commandos arrested
one sympathizer of KYKL identified as Tongbram Geetkumar Singh
from near the gate of Family Court Lamphel Deputy Commisioner's
office of Manipur.
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A 21-year-old woman CPI-Maoist
cadre, identified as Rambai Mandavi, surrendered before the Police
in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon District.
Parliament attack convict Afzal
Guru in his conversations with IM accused, Farooq alias Aftab
Alam sympathized with the cause of IM and lamented that Kashmir
did not have enough "courageous" men to earn it "azaadi".
Troops observed a major infiltration
attempt on the LoC along Yunus Nullah in Hamirpur area of Balakote
in Mendhar sector of Poonch District of J&K with reliable
reports indicating that 3 to 4 militants had managed to sneak
into Indian side after exchange of heavy firing with the Army
for about four hours.
J&K Government has decided
to set up a State Security Commission which will be headed by
the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to review security scenario in
the State and frame policy guidelines under the proposed J&K
Police Bill 2013.
KPLT temporarily suspended the
indefinite Karbi Anglong bandh (shutdown strike) in Assam from
5 am February 18 in view of the HSLC examination. Meanwhile, the
KPLT's general secretary further threatened that if the demand
for a separate State is not voiced by the Member of Parliament
(MP), Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) s and Member of Autonomous
Council (MAC) s before March 15, the organization will again call
an indefinite bandh from March 15.
AASU & members of the AATS
staged a sit-in protest against the violence in Rabha Hasong areas
near Raj Bhawan in Guwahati of Assam.
A Bangladeshi national, Aminul
Islam, 35, was apprehended by the SFs from Panchughat of Dhubri
town in Assam’s Dhubri District.
A team of the Manipur’s Imphal
East commandos arrested a Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) woman
cadre identified as Khundongbam Soibam Rita Devi from Kid English
Academy gate.
KCP woman cadre identified as
Sarangthem Sanasam Janeshwori Devi alias Jandobi was also
arrested from her residence in Hiyanthang Mayai Leikai of Manipur.
one PREPAK cadre identified as
Irungbam Brojen Meitei alias Tombi (27) was arrested from
his residence in Tronglaobi Mayai Leikai of Manipur.
Union Minister for Defence A K
Antony said the Government will take all measures to root out
militancy from Meghalaya and other parts of the North East region.
Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills District
administration has increased the presence of security personnel
following the recovery of GNLA pamphlets from a roadside in Williamnagar
in East Garo Hills District on February 16. East Garo Hills Deputy
Commissioner, Vijay Mantri, said, two additional companies of
central paramilitary forces are already in Williamnagar to ensure
that there is no disturbance by the GNLA during the election.
There are as many as 69 hyper sensitive polling stations in the
District and out of this around 40 per cent are under Williamnagar.
Songsak and Rongjeng are the other vulnerable areas.
MBDPF led by A Sawibung has finally
succeeded in bringing the issue of repatriation of Bru refugees
from Tripura relief camps to Mizoram on the negotiating table
with the State Government. Bruno Msha, general secretary of the
Naisingpara (Tripura) camp-based MBDPF, said they received a letter
from the State home department for talks to be held on February
21 in Aizawl (Mizoram) to deliberate on the impasse on the repatriation
of refugees.
Two persons were seriously injured
while two others sustained minor injuries when a "grenade"
which was hurled at the residence of NCP candidate form 37 Tyui
Assembly Constituency exploded in Wokha (District), near Wokha
Town Baptist Church of Nagaland.
Troops of 21 AR arrested one 'major'
Kiyelho of NSCN-KK from Kohima-Chozuba highway of Nagaland.
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Police arrested Ajayan Manoor,
accused and the alleged mastermind behind a secret meeting of
suspected CPI-Maoist cadres at Mavelikara in the Alappuzha District
of Kerala was arrested from his house at Manoor, near Muvattupuzha.
Kerala State Home Minister, Thiruvanchoor
Radhakrishnan, told the State Assembly about the Government’s
intent to establish a New Action Force to deal with the threat
of Maoists, whose presence in the State's Western Ghat forest
area has been noticed.
A dozen persons, including CRPF
personnel, were injured in fresh clashes that broke out in the
morning in Pulwama town of Pulwama District of J&K.
Normalcy returned in Srinagar
(J&K) and other major towns of Kashmir valley after it remained
paralysed for nine days due to curfew and strikes in the aftermath
of Gurus’ execution.
APHC-G led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani
called for a three day general shutdown in J&K from February
20 demanding the return of body of Parliament House attack case
convict Mohammad Afzal Guru.
JKLF also called for complete
shutdown in J&K on February 22, against the hanging of Afzal
Guru and demanding the mortal remains of Afzal Guru.
J&K Government will set up
a State Police Complaints Authority (SPCA) to inquire into accusations
related to misconduct by Police personnel in the State.
Ten LWEs surrendered before the
Jharkhand Police in the presence of Zonal IG and other senior
officers of the State in Khunti District.
A satellite phone and a Chinese
grenade were recovered from Nakathalgurie in Assam’s Tinsukia
District, during an encounter between SFs and ULFA-ATF rebels.
NEC, a subsidiary of the Coal
India Limited CIL, has been incurring a loss of nearly INR 10
million daily following the closure of Tikak colliery at Margherita
in Tinsukia District of Assam bordering Arunachal Pradesh. The
colliery was shut down in January after four workers of a private
company engaged there were abducted by suspected Naga militants.
Extremists raided a camp of Siddharth
Construction Company, engaged in building a road bridge on the
Konar river on NH-33 in Morangi, Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand
and assaulted workers before forcing them to halt work.
GNLA 'chief' Champion Sangma,
who is currently booked under the MPDA, has lodged an FIR against
the Director General (Prisons) Kulbir Krishan with an intention
to bring out the 'truth' behind the Meghalaya’s Williamnagar jail
attack in which Assistant Jailor Neil Warjri and Warder Sarai
Singh Thabah were shot dead when a group of militants attacked
the jail earlier this month.
The HNLC has called a 36-hour
bandh (shut down strike) on Meghalaya assembly election day, i.e.
February 23 to protest against the Indian political system.
Nagaland home minister Imkong
L.Imchen was arrested along with cash amounting to INR 11 million,
arms and ammunition and liquor at around 6.15 am near Longsa village
in Wokha (District) town.
Y. Sulanthung H. Lotha, Congress
candidate from 39 Sanis assembly constituency of Nagaland has
been detained with cash amounting to INR 3, 70000 and a .22 pistol
along with nine rounds, on February 18 late evening by Police
personnel.
The Centre is working with various
stakeholders to find out a "workable solution" to the
vexed Naga political problem, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar
Shinde said.
SFs arrested a NLFT militant,
along with two collaborators of the banned outfit, at Kanchanpur
motor stand in North Tripura District of Tripura. SFs recovered
a cheque of INR 1.3 million and mobile phones from the trio. The
arrested NLFT militant was identified as Paul Hrankhwal, while
the collaborators were identified as Ashit Deb and Ratanjoy Reang
of Ananda Bazar area.
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February 19
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Three tribals were killed by CPI-Maoist
cadres at Lakkavaram forest area in G.K. Veedhi mandal
of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre allegedly
involved in the killing of a forest department official, surrendered
before Police in Dhenkanal District of Odisha.
Karnataka Anti-Naxal Force launched
combing operations in the forests in Kodagu District and Kerala
boundary, suspecting the presence of a team of six Naxals, chief
of ANF, Alok Kumar, said in Madikeri.
Omar Abdullah said that J&K
Government was working on the issue of providing honorarium and
security cover to Gram Panchayat members. He said
that comprehensive project for construction of Panchayat
Houses in the State has been launched and is in progress on fast
track.
Separately, restrictions were
imposed on the assembly of people in Srinagar (District) city
of J&K in wake of three day protests and strike called by
APHC-G.
J&K’s High Court Bar Association
has claimed that 2001 Parliament Attack case convict Mohammad
Afzal Guru had turned down the offer of defending him by the Association,
reports.
Hundred Eleven tribals deserted
the CPI-Maoist backed CMAS in Koraput District of Odisha.
BSF South Bengal Frontier traced
and seized a consignment of a total INR 50,000 FCIN in Sasani
under Kaliachak Police Station of Malda District of West Bengal.
Five labourers, who were working
in a road construction at Dampa Tiger Reserve on the Mizoram-Bangladesh-Tripura
border under Mamit District of Tripura, were abducted by armed
militants.
One hand grenade was found inside
a kitchen garden on Imphal river bank at Singjamei Wangma Kshetri
Leikai in Imphal East District of Manipur.
Four weeks after calling off its
public blockade, the Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC) has again
threatened to resume the public blockade with effect from mid-night
of February 24 on the ground that the Government of India has
failed to honour its assurance.
Alleging that the Government has
been scheming to exterminate young and future generations of the
Nation by importing/smuggling drugs into the State so as to keep
it under perpetual alien rule, the Progressive faction of People's
Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK-Pro) has declared that
it would not forgive any drug smuggler in Manipur.
Manipur’s Imphal West Police commandos
arrested two militants belonging to Raja group of KCP-MTF, from
Imphal barrage in Oinam. The arrested persons have been identified
as Heibokmayum Rafijuddin alias Abo and Muhammad Intiyas
(22).
Delhi Police's Cyber Crime cell
launched an awareness and safety campaign aimed at curbing rampant
increase in cyber crimes, especially among minors. According to
the Delhi Police, 245 cases of fake profile and 51 of defamation
were filed in the year 2012 with majority of the victims being
minors.
Police arrested five armed men
from the Deberapar area under Mariani Police Station in Jorhat
District of Assam.
Assam’s Chief Minister Gogoi accompanied
by Home Secretary, GD Tripathi visited Goalpara District to take
stock of the law and order situation and to meet the camp inmates
who were affected by poll-related violence in Rabha Hasong areas.CM,
Gogoi assured them that the Government would provide necessary
protection and rehabilitate them soon. Altogether 434 houses were
fully gutted in Matia and 165 in Balijana revenue circles of the
District.
BSF troops of Mukamchera, deployed
in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya arrested one Indian
arms smuggler identified as Dilwart Sangma (27). He was arrested
while he was trying to enter into Bangladesh from India. During
the search, BSF sleuths recovered one revolver besides other items.
Special branch Dimapur, arrested
a person with FICN worth INR 7,27,500 at Ghorapatty, Dimapur of
Nagaland. The accused was identified as Sharafat Ali (32) of Nagoan,
Assam. Sharafat was caught at around 12 noon while attempting
to exchange the fake currency in exchange for genuine INR 500,000.
The NSCN-K, asked the Government
as to why its cadres arrested with arms have been booked under
NSA and why the same yardstick had not been applied on 'detained'
Nagaland home minister Imkong L. Imchen. Imchen was detained after
huge cash along with a cache of arms and ammunitions was found
from his vehicle on February 18.
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February 20
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General shutdown called by APHC-G
starting February 20 in J&K evoked mixed response on the first
day, however, no reports of any significant clash or demonstration
were reported.
Chairman of APHC-M Mirwaiz Umar
Farooq said that the execution of 2001 Parliament Attack case
convict Muhammad Afzal Guru was for political gains.
Principal Sessions Judge Kathua
(J&K), M K Hanjura acquitted one Gaya, an alleged guide of
militants, and issued general arrest warrant against two Pakistani
militants.
In connection with the global
observance of International Mother Language day, the PREPAK has
called upon the people of Manipur, particularly the scholars for
relentless effort to preserve and promote the mother language
UKLF has clarified that it has
been opposing the celebration of Zomi Nam Ni (Zomi National
Day) at Sugnu, Chandel District of Manipur to prevent further
disintegration and division among the CHIKIM (Chin-Kuki-Mizo tribe)
families.
Hundred Thirteen tribals deserted
the CPI-Maoist backed CMAS in Koraput District of Odisha.
Manipur government has denied
appointment to Thounoujam Brinda, the daughter-in-law of United
Nation Liberation Front (UNLF) ‘chairman’ Rajkumar Meghen, in
Manipur Police Service (MPS) even after she cleared the test.
The Government alleged that there was an FIR against her for being
sympathetic towards the outfit.
A bomb blast close to Dimapur
railway station in poll-bound Nagaland killed one person, Police
said. Pradeep Thapa was going on his bike near the station when
the bomb planted on the roadside suddenly went off killing him
on the spot at 8 a.m. Police is trying to find out those behind
the incident.
Assam Rifles troopers arrested
a senior functionary of the NSCN-IM identified as 'colonel', Supo
Meren from Hevito battalion located in New Chungtia in Mokokchung
District of Nagaland, along with INR 280,000 in cash.
An unidentified GNLA militant
was killed in an encounter with SFs at Dokapara under Lakhipur
police station of Goalpara District of Assam. The Police recovered
a 7.65mm US-made pistol, two magazines, seven rounds of ammunition,
letter heads of GNLA and a bike from the victim, a police source
in Lakhipur said.
Police Forces of the States of
the North East region have decided to launch coordinated efforts
to check the Maoist rebels from establishing strong roots in the
region. The forces are also of the view that the peace talks with
the militant groups, which have already signed cease- fire agreements,
should be expedited.
A meeting of the heads of the
Police Forces of the North East States, convened by the Union
MHA, which concluded in Gangtok in Sikkim, discussed in detail
the efforts by the Maoist rebels to establish roots in the North
East region and observed that there is need for formulating strategies
to check the growth of the Maoists and all the States decided
to launch coordinated efforts in this regard. The meeting observed
that though the militant groups have weakened in 2011 and 2012,
in recent times, the level of violence has gone up, which is a
matter of serious concern.
NIA on February 20 filed a chargesheet
against 12 LeT militants in the Bangalore (Karnataka) NIA special
court. Eleven of the 12 men were among the 15 arrested in late
September 2012 for allegedly planning to kill select targets,
including prominent personalities. The 12 militants have been
charged under Sections 120 B read with 153 A (criminal conspiracy),
399 (preparing to commit dacoity), 18 read with 10, 13, 17 and
38 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967, and
Section 3 read with 25 of the Arms Act 1959.
Ajaz Ahmed Mirza, 25, a junior
research scientist in DRDO, and Mati-ur-Rahman Siddiqui, working
with an English daily in Bangalore (Karnataka), are two of the
15 arrested who have not been charged. Bangalore Police said a
supplementary chargesheet will be filed by the NIA in another
fortnight against the rest of the accused.
Defence Minister A. K. Antony
reviewed the security measures along the 7,500-km coastline put
in place after the 26/11 terror strikes in Mumbai (Maharashtra),
and asked the Coast Guard to hold joint exercises soon with Maharashtra
and Gujarat Marine Police forces.
A powerful IED exploded near the
Battalion Headquarter of the BSF at Luwangsangbam in Imphal East
District of Manipur. However, no one was injured during the explosion.
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February 21
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Fifteen people were killed and
119 were injured, five of them critically in the twin blasts which
happened in quick succession a little after 7 pm, about 100 metres
apart in the Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad Urban District) of Andhra
Pradesh.
SFs busted a CPI-Maoist camp in
Hatimunda forest of Kandhamal District of Odisha and seized Maoist
belongings.
The Union Minister of Rural Development,
Jairam Ramesh, sanctioned INR 1.1 billion for development of 12
Panchayats located in CPI-Maoist-affected Sunabeda forest
area of Nuapada District of Odisha.
A huge cache of protein powder,
supplied to CPI-Maoist cadres, was seized in Rajnandgaon District
of Chhattisgarh.
Jharkhand Police is planning significant
changes in the way anti-CPI-Maoist operations are carried out
across the State.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre was
arrested from Digha in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
An encounter took place between
SFs and Maoists under Herhanj Police Station area at Chuku of
Lohardaga District of Jharkhand.
Imphal West District Police commandos
arrested two militants belonging to Progressive faction of People's
Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK-Pro), identified as
Naorem Roben Meitei (32) and Pukhrambam Sanatomba alias
Sana Singh, from Yaiskul Yumnam Leikai, near Nambul Mapanof Manipur..
Terrorists of JeM and LeT were
involved along with Pakistani soldiers in the killing of two Indian
soldiers, one of whom was beheaded, in a cross LoC attack on January
8, 2013. This information was given by the officials of the Defence
Ministry and the Army to the Parliamentary Standing Committee
on Defence.
BSF, recovered FICN INR 30,000
from the possession of one Adruf Mia (40), a resident of Bangladesh,
while he was trying to infiltrate into India along the border
near East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya.
The Indian Navy commissioned an
Indian Coast Guard Ship C-154, the New Generation of Arneson Surface
Drive (ASD) Interceptor Boat (IB). The vessel is fitted with state-of-the-art
navigation and communication equipment and medium range armament.
ULFA-ATF militant, 'deputy commander-in-chief',
Bijoy Das alias Bijoy Chinese, has come overground to join the
peace process. Bijoy Chinese is also the eastern zone commander
of ULFA-ATF, surfaced about a week ago and was with the SFs in
Tinsukia District of Assam. Bijoy Chinese on February 21 told
reporters in Tinsukia that he would join the ULFA-PTF soon. "It
took me some time to return," he said, adding "More
cadres of the anti-talks faction will join the pro-talks faction
soon."
UDLF announced its "avowed
intention" to return to the mainstream by surrendering arms.
UDLF was formerly known as the UDLA operates mainly in parts of
Karimganj and Hailakandi Districts of Assam. Spokesperson for
the outfit, Rajesh Charki, said that the UDLF had declared that
it would observe ceasefire for six months from yesterday and keep
in abeyance all its insurgent operations.
In Assam ULFA-ATF' Vice Chairman'
Paresh Baruah has switched off his entire mobile and satellite
phones and shifted to Skype. This is the last bit of information
intelligence agencies intercepted while eavesdropping on Baruah's
conversations about a week ago.
A vehicle of Divisional Forest
Officer, Social Forestry Department was attacked by the ‘protesters’
with stones Kulgam town (Kulgam District of J&K) resulting
in injuries to two employees.
Chairman of APHC-M, Mirwaiz Omar
Farooq was put under house arrest while curfew was clamped in
many major towns of Kashmir valley (J&K) to prevent violence
during the protest march following Friday prayers.
Taking strong note of the 36-hour
bandh called by the HNLC to boycott the Assembly polls in Meghalaya,
the Government has beefed up security to ensure peaceful elections.
In addition to deployment of central armed forces, the BSF has
also been asked to be in maximum 'alert' along the Indo-Bangla
border.
The ANVC-B has asked the youths
of the State of Manipur to vote for change.
BSF recovered FICN of INR 30,000
from the possession of one Adruf Mia (40), a resident of Bangladesh,
while he was trying to infiltrate into India along the border
near East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya.
The meeting between MBDPF and
Joint Secretary, Home Department of Mizoram, Lalbiakzama, scheduled
on February 21 could not be held due to all India bandh (General
strike), by various trade union bodies, on February 20-21.
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February 22
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CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a
landmine blast killing eight persons - six Police personnel, one
SPO and one civilian - at Majhauliya village in Gaya District
of Bihar.
CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze a
hydraulic excavator at the remote Voddipeta village in Charla
mandal in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.
CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a newly
constructed health sub-centre building in Serendag village under
Herhanj Police Station in Latehar District of Jharkhand.
Thirteen suspected CPI-Maoist
cadres were arrested along with arms and ammunition and two hand
grenades from Sehna Block of Lohardaga District of Jharkhand.
The District Judge II Court of
Bokaro, Jharkhand, sentenced four Maoists, who were under trial
since 2008, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.
A notorious CPI-Maoist cadre wanted
in three murder cases was arrested by BSF personnel on the outskirts
of Dumshil village under Narayanpatna Police Station limits in
Koraput District of Odisha.
At least 12 persons including
three SF personnel were injured in clashes between SF and protesters
after the Friday prayer in various parts Kulgam, Bandipora and
Kupwara Districts of J&K.
IGP, Kashmir Zone (J&K), Shiv
Murari Sahai said curfew had been lifted from all areas on evening
of February 22 and there would be no curfew for the next two days.
Six Gram Panchayat members
resigned at a local Mosque after fresh militant threats in village
Ayand Rawalpora of J&K’s Shopian District after three militants
carrying weapons threatened them on February 20.
JKLF has called for general shutdown
on Friday, March 1 in J&K.
Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, ‘chief’
of Al Umar Mujahideen group has decided to revive an "armed
struggle" in J&K while using PoK as the base for his
organization.
The death toll in Hyderabad (Andhra
Pradesh) twin blasts of February 21, has increased to 16 and the
initial probes have indicated involvement of Indian Mujahideen
(IM), reports samaylive.com
According to an intelligence officer,
the blasts were reportedly carried out by the IM ‘India chief’
Mohammed Zarar Sidibapa alias Yasin Bhatkal with some alleged
help from two or three local people.
An IM militant arrested by the
NIA earlier this month has revealed that the outfit still gets
its supplies of explosives and detonators from south India.
Investigation in the case has
extended to states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand as the
role of IM was being suspected by probe agencies who got some
"leads".
Unidentified men hurled two grenades
at Belsiri under Missamari Police station in Sonitpur District
of Assam. Five criminals came on two motorcycles hurled the first
grenade at a shop but it did not explode and the second into a
field, which exploded.
A NDFB militant identified as
Simang Brahma, was arrested from Rowmari in Assam’s Chirang District
in a joint operation by Police and the Army.
Speculation over the disappearance
of Majoni Das, a teacher with Purva Bharati Educational Trust
here, with ULFA-ATF claiming that she had joined the outfit. Majoni,
a resident of Udaipur village under Demow police station in Sivasagar
District, Assam, had been reported missing since February 10.
A release issued by the outfit's
publicity secretary, Arunudoi Dohotia, claimed that Majoni, who
is a human rights activist, writer and a patriot, "managed
to escape the evil design of Assam’s Sivasagar police which had
planned to eliminate her, arrived at an Ulfa camp and joined the
outfit". Her family alleged that the Police were constantly
harassing Majoni for her alleged links with a senior ULFA leader.
The RHJMF strongly objected to
a draft of the list of villages for delimitation. The forum strongly
objected to the draft that deleted the names of several villages
from Goalpara and Kamrup Districts in Assam and did not maintain
the contiguity of villages. ARSU president Tonkeswar Rabha alleged
that five villages from Goalpara and 10 villages from Kamrup districts
were found deleted from the draft list compared to the last draft
published in 2005.
Preparations for the polls got
under way following the publication of the draft of village councils
and general council for delimitation on February 21 in all the
block development offices, circle offices and offices of Goalpara
and Kamrup deputy commissioners, an official source in Assam’s
Goalpara said. The state election commission announced the polls
to the Rabha Hasong Council in January
An encounter took place between
suspected cadres of PLA and troops of Assam Rifles near Saibom
village under Tengnoupal Police station in Chandel District of
Manipur. However, there is no report of any casualty on either
side.
A statement issued by Manipur’s
Imphal East Superintendant of Police said Letkholal Khongsai alias
Lalboi (38) and Seilal Haokip (37) were arrested along with
an extortion note of Kuki National Army-India (KNA-I) duly signed
by one Zeams Kuki.
KSDC has threatened to block entry
of the Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar (BCIM) car rally inside
‘Kuki areas’ in Manipur during its indefinite public blockade
scheduled to begin from midnight of February 24.
SFs arrested a lady OWG of PREPRAK-Pro
while conducting a search operation at Angtha area in Thoubal
District of Manipur.
ULFA-ATF ‘Vice president’ Paresh
Baruah claimed that recent surrenders of a few senior members
of the ULFA, including the surrender of ‘deputy commander-in-chief’
Bijoy Chinese in Assam, would not affect the outfit.
In
Assam, ULFA-ATF ‘Vice president’ Paresh Baruah claimed that recent
surrenders of a few senior members of the ULFA, including the
surrender of ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ Bijoy Chinese, would
not affect the outfit.
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February 23
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Bihar Police seized a mobile phone
possibly belonging to CPI-Maoist cadres who triggered the landmine
blast near a culvert at Majhaulia village in Gaya District, on
February 22, killing eight persons including seven SFs.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
near Madanar village under Bayanar Police Station in Kondagaon
District of Chhattisgarh.
Maoist Commander Chamru Ram (45)
was arrested by District Force from Mardapal Police Station area
in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
SFs arrested a NDFB militant,
identified as Moni Narjery, from the Misamari area of Sonitpur
District of Assam. The arrested militant was arrested with a grenade.
Narjery was a militant of NDFB's Sangbijit faction and was involved
in February 22, 2013 grenade blast near Belsiri railway station.
SFs arrested an AANLA militant,
identified as Sunil Munda (35), from Hathimara in Udalguri District
of Assam.
DHD-N, which had signed a tripartite
peace accord in New Delhi on October 8, 2012, will celebrate its
formal "homecoming" on March 9 in Haflong. The 'chairman'
DHD-N, Dilip Nunisa, on February 22 said that Assam’s CM Tarun
Gogoi had agreed to be present on that day.
Ranchi District Police of Jharkhand
arrested a CPI-Maoist leader, identified as Shivnath Munda, who
is wanted in at least six cases of arson, loot and extortion.
Dubai, UAE, has emerged as the
source from where the IM gets its funds to wage terror on Indian.
Over 1,400 instances of terror
financing in India’s economic channels were red-flagged by intelligence
and security agencies in 2012, according to a latest report of
Ministry of Finance, indicating a 300 per cent jump in such suspicious
transactions.
SFs arrested two men who were
said to be cadres of KYKL-MDF, identified as Achouba and Nongpoknganba,
when they came to meet Regional Institute of Medical Sciences
(RIMS) Director on in Imphal of Manipur.
‘President’ of RPF Irengbam Chaoren
appealed to people of all communities of Manipur to introspect
whether "we would have faced the present grim situation had
Manipur evolved into a full fledged modem State in the form of
an independent country"
Meghalaya registered nearly 88
per cent turnout of voters in a peaceful poll conducted despite
the boycott of the election by the Khasi Hills-based HNLC, and
the threat from GNLA in some pockets of Garo Hills. The total
percentage of polling in the 2008 Assembly election was 89.04
per cent.
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February 24
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The Special Commando Force of
Kerala Police, Thunderbolt, conducted combing operations at Munderi
forests in Malappuram District of Kerala, following fresh reports
about sighting of an armed gang of CPI-Maoist cadres.
Police busted a manufacturing
unit of FICN and arrested five persons for their alleged involvement
in making and spreading counterfeit notes from Rau Railway Station
(Indore District) of Madhya Pradesh.
A Pakistani national, identified
as Mohammad Yusuf, coming to India through Thar Express has been
arrested on his arrival at Munabao (Barmer District) Railway Station
of Rajasthan for possessing FICN of INR 20,000 in denomination
of INR 500.
Police arrested a local vendor,
identified as Angad Kashiram Yadav, in Ranip area of Gujarat’s
Ahmadabad District and seized 12 FICN with a face value of INR
12,000.
Special city Police teams grilled
at least eight suspects in the blasts case and the leads are pointing
to the involvement of LeT. Investigation further reveals that
seeds of LeT were sown almost two decades ago by LeT militant
Azam Ghouri who was killed by the Andhra Pradesh Police in an
encounter in Karimnagar 13 years back.
Delhi Police launched an intensive
search for Raju Bhai, an alleged IM operative linked to the Hyderabad
(Andhra Pradesh) blasts.
Andhra Pradesh CM G. Kishan Reddy,
has received a letter, allegedly from LeT, claiming responsibility
for blasts and threatening more attacks.
SFs arrested five persons, including
two NDFB militants and three linkmen, from Koiemari in Baksa District
of Assam. SFs recovered a .9mm pistol, six mobile sets and two
bikes from the militants.
The NDFB-PTF threatened not to
take part in the peace dialogue, being held for past seven years,
with the Central Government unless it is held at the political
level to resolve its demand for Bodoland state.
ULFA-ATF 'Vice-President', Paresh
Barua said that he has not created any faction in the outfit and
appealed to the media not to identify the organisation with him.
In a statement emailed to media in Assam, Barua clarified that
he was not the head of ULFA and was only a fellow official. "I
cannot represent the organisation and instead Ulfa carries our
identity. Our chairman, Abhijit Asom, is our head and we all function
as per his directives," Barua said.
IM operative Syed Maqbool, who
had helped his associates’ recce Dilsukhnagar in 2012, is said
to have met two militants with Pakistan’s ISI links in Nellore
(Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh) jail before he was arrested
by the Delhi Police.
UMHA, Sushil Kumar Shinde reviewed
the coastal security in the Sunderbans on the first day of his
two-day visit to West Bengal, advising BSF officials to strengthen
surveillance along the vulnerable riverine Indo-Bangladesh border.
UMHA, Sushil Kumar Shinde said
the twin blasts in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh on February 21, 2013)
could be a "reaction" to the hanging of Parliament attack
convict Afzal Guru and November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
attack convict Ajmal Kasab.
Asked whether the Centre would
push for setting up of NCTC following the Hyderabad blast, he
said, "I have told the Rajya Sabha that we will pursue the
NCTC. Many states are still opposing. We have to do it."
Bashir Ahmad Wani, a Sarpanch
of village Kalantra, was shot dead by unidentified militants
in the evening of at his residence in Payeen locality of Kreeri
area in Baramulla District of J&K.
Security Grid in J&K is not
in its favour of returning the body of 2001 Parliament Attack
case convict Mohammad Afzal Guru to his family fearing it may
trigger widespread violent protests which might cause fatalities
in the State.
President of KNO, P.S Haokip,
presented his political road map to the people as well as its
Suspension of Operation (SoO) partner, the UPF as the organization
which he has commanded celebrated its 26th raising day at Mata
Lambulane, an outskirts village along the Tipaimukh Roadin Manipur.
The KNO raising day celebration
was attended by Calvin H from the ZRO as chief guest and Sanga
Hmar from the Hmar peoples Convention-Democracy (HPC-D) both members
of UPF in Manipur.
Senior Publicity Officer of the
UNLF has alleged that the Indian Government is trying desperately
with every possible way to undermine UNLF Chairman Sanayaima and
14 other cadres including two Central Committee members to negotiating
terms.
Of the 197 cadres belonging to
three militant groups who assembled at 1st Battalion Manipur Rifles
recently and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
Centre and the State.
One PREPAK militant, identified
as Leishangthem Bobo Singh, was arrested by Imphal West Police
Commandos from Jiri Parking area in Waheng Leikai in Imphal West
District of Manipur.
NSCN-KK has out rightly refuted
the allegations of its involvement in the electoral process in
32 Atoizu Assembly Constituency of Nagaland.
Centre has decided to act tough
with insurgent groups in the Northeast and has decided that it
will not sign agreements with insurgents as it was proving a futile
exercise.
Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland
have been told to tighten security on their international and
inter-State borders ahead of the vote count in the three States
on February 28.
Imphal East District Police commando
arrested arms smuggler, identified as Kshetrimayum Umakanta Singh
and seized a cache of arms and ammunition from his possession
in Manipur.
Government is so far inactive
regarding a proposal to regulate sale of explosive substances
and stop their pilferage for close to six months now. In July
2012, the Government had set up a committee with members from
the ministries of Commerce and Home, Intelligence Bureau (IB),
NIA and Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organization (PESO) to
suggest ways to regulate the sale and pilferage of explosives
such as ammonium nitrate and gelatine sticks as well as detonators.
Centre has asked all State Governments
to cancel licences of all manufacturers, transporters, importers
and exporters of the widely used explosive who do not adhere to
recently notified Ammonium Nitrate Rules, 2012.
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February 25
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A CPI-Maoist leader, R Sambi Reddy
alias Prabhakar Reddy (44), was killed in an exchange of
fire between the Police and the rebels in Gadchiroli forest area
in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) City
Police teams are set to launch manhunt for two Indian Mujahideen
(IM) militants, identified as Asadullah Akhtar alias Tabrez, and
Waqas alias Ahmed who were spotted in Hyderabad a few days prior
to the twin bomb blasts in Dilsukhnagar on February 21, 2013.
Team of NIA officials questioned
two prisoners- Obaidur Rehman and Mohammed Akram Pasha in the
Bangalore (Karnataka) Central Jail which subsequently led to the
Hyderabad Police picking up local resident Mohammed Rayeesuddin
in connection with the Dilsukhnagar blasts.
Lanheiba Meitei, Chairman of the
URF clarified that no one was threatened or forced to take part
in the ‘home coming ceremony’ held at the 1st Manipur
Rifles’ Banquet hall on February 13.
Two NNC militants, identified
as Luingam Haoram (37) and Elangbam Gyaneshwor Singh (49), along
with two powerful IED at around 8.30am near the Uripok Cheirap
Court in Imphal West District of Manipur.
A cadre of NSCN-K, identified
as ‘2nd Lieutenant’ Kasheto Kinnimi, was killed after a gun fight
with India Reserve Battalion (IRB) troopers near Aotsakili-Kithsakisa
area under Zunheboto District of Nagaland.
However, NSCN-K, condemning the
incident, refuted the reports that their cadres fired upon IRB
troopers. They maintained that the IRB troopesr opened fire first
and its cadres resorted to retaliatory firing. NSCN-K also accused
IRB of blocking the road and laying the ambush on its cadres.
Violating the CFA, Pakistani troopers
fired upon a patrol party of BSF along the LoC on Mandi sub-sector
of forward Sawjian sector in Poonch District of J&K. However,
no one was injured in the firing.
One live Avtomat Kalashnikova
(AK) - 47 cartridge and a Compact Disc (CD) were seized from two
Pakistani nationals at Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing of Poonch District
of J&K when they arrived here through the weekly bus service
between India and Pakistan.
Two tribal students, identified
as Sandeep Lohra and Mangal Khadia, were killed by PLFI cadres,
a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, at Koda-Pahan Toli under Sisai
Police Station limits in Gumla District of Jharkhand.
In a joint operation launched
after tip off, the Police and Army recovered arms and ammunition
from the forests Kralsangri in Handwara locality of Kupwara District
of J&K.
Various separatist and religious
organizations from the State have formed a coordination committee,
Muttahida Majlis-e-Mushawarat (Joint Consultative Council), after
two meetings at an undisclosed location in Srinagar town (Srinagar
District) of J&K. The committee comprise of both factions
of APHC, APHC-G and APHC-M, JKLF, Jammu and Kashmir High Court
Bar Association, JeI and DeM. The committee has called for a valley
wide strike on February 27, February 28, March 1, and March 2.
IED blast occurred few meters
away from Border Road Task Force (BRTF) headquarter gate in Manipur.
However, no one was injured in the explosion.
A team of Imphal East District
Police commandos arrested a PLA cadre, identified as Laimayum
Jotin sharma alias Mocha (29), from near Nahabam Basketball ground
of Manipur.A .9-mm pistol marked as Mauser Werke, made in USA,
was recovered from his possession.
SFs of Red Shield Division launched
search operation at Manipur’s Kadangban Part I area on February
25 which led to the arrest of one cadre of Progressive faction
of People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK-PRO), identified
as ‘Captain’ Yumkhangbai Shamjit Meitei (29). One .9-mm pistol
and five live rounds were recovered from his possession.
Amidst stringent security measures
taken up by the Indian security forces to prevent the celebration
of the 2nd Foundation day of the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF),
the outfit observed its raising day on February 25 at their Tactical
head quarter in Manipur.
The URF, Manipur, has said that
a united voice against the Indian Army from the people of Manipur
is due. The statement signed by its ‘secretary information and
publicity’ A K Pibarel has said that the Indian security forces
have been taking up several steps in order to quash the armed
movement in Manipur and check the spread of its message.
Personnel of 31 Assam Rifles reportedly
arrested two NSCN-IM cadres, identified as Alem Sashi and Bendang
Yanger, along with arms and ammunition in Mokokchung District
of Nagaland.
A truck driver from West Bengal,
Mohidul Sheikh (36), was abducted by unidentified persons at Nangdolbari
under Sidli Police Station in Chirang District on February 25.
SFs arrested two ULFA linkmen,
Rahimuddin (18) and Baktar Ali (24), in Dhubri District.
The PJACBM has called a 100-hour
strike in the BTAD and its adjoining tribal-dominated areas from
February 28-midnight in protest against what it termed the State
Government’s “lackadaisical” attitude towards the Bodoland issue.
State DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury
said that a section of the banned ULFA leaders were still “under
illusion that establishing a ‘sovereign Assam’ was possible because
of their ‘misconception’ about the colonial occupation of Indian
State of Assam”.
The GNC, in a meeting held at
Hudakona in Goalpara District, renamed itself as Garo National
Union GNU. It strongly opposed the inclusion of villages dominated
by Garo people in the RHAC area for which a draft was published
on February 21 referring the delimitation of villages in Goalpara
and Kamrup Districts.
Centre has decided to act tough
with insurgent groups in the Northeast and has decided that it
will not sign agreements with insurgents as it was proving a futile
exercise.
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February 26
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SF
shot dead one of the militants who were trying to infiltrate into
the Indian side under the cover of Pakistani Army firing at Chitti
Bakri in Keri sector of Rajouri District of J&K along the
LoC.
Team of East Singhbhum and West
Bengal Police launched a massive combing operation in Patamda-Ghatshila
(East Singhbhum District) area along the West Bengal border to
flush out the CPI-Maoist cadres feared to have come from the neighbouring
State.
A powerful IED explosion at Churachandpur
District of Manipur killed one Army trooper and a mine detector
dog of the Army and left three persons injured. The IED was planted
on the roadside at a place located between Khiang zang and Tollen
village. RPF, the political wing of PLA, claimed the bomb attack
saying that it was carried out by the “Special Warfare Team” of
PLA.
IED weighing 1.50 kilogram was
found at around 6:45 am near the gate of 25 BRTF headquarter which
is closely located to Lamphel Police station of Manipur.
A combined team of Imphal East
and Assam Rifles arrested three KCP-MTF cadres, identified as
Ningthoujam Gogonbihari alias Inao, Leimapokpam Boy alias Sana
Singh and Lisham Abung alias Sanatomba Singh, from Wangkhei Ayangpalli
in Manipur.
An Anti-talks faction of ULFA
militant lobbed a grenade at a Police team at Kenduguri bypass
area in Jorhat in Jorhat District of Assam injuring two SF personnel.
Central Industrial Security Force
(CISF) recovered an IED during a normal security drill near Noonmati
Refinery in Guwahati under Kamrup (metro) District of Assam. The
explosives containing ammonium nitrate and ball bearings placed
in a tin can, a detonator and some fuse wires were found inside
a bag just outside the refinery’s boundary wall.
Two militants belonging to Muslim
Protection Tiger Force of Assam (MPTFA) on February 26 surrendered
along with arms and ammunition before the Intelligence Wing of
the Army located at Chaprakata of Bongaigaon in presence of Kokrajhar
Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) of Assam.
An official release stated that
as many as 12,644 displaced people due to the Bodo-Muslim clashes
in 2012 are still living in 20 relief camps. Of which 4615 are
in Kokrajhar District of Assam, all of whom belonging to the minority
community and 395 Bodo and 7634 minority people are living in
camps in Chirang District.
A low-intensity blast reportedly
occurred at Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Phek office complex (Phek
District) of Nagaland in which one CRPF trooper suffered minor
injury. It was suspected that some miscreants hurled the bomb
in to the complex and fled.
BSF troops of Kuliang outpost
in East Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya arrested six Bangladesh
residents while they were trying to sneak into India. The arrested
persons were identified as Bhurauddin, Tajuddin, Md Lakman Hussain,
Samem Alam, Nanty Das and Juber Ahmed, all hailing from Sylhet
in Bangladesh.
Police arrested one person, identified
as Swatantra Jain, from Tikamgarh (Tikamgarh District) in Madhaya
Pradesh on charges of circulating FICN.
The Delhi High Court sought response
from the Delhi Police on the bail plea of alleged Naxal leader
Kobad Ghandy, facing trial under the anti-terror law, on medical
ground.
JeM allegedly threatened to blow
up major railway stations and places of religious and tourist
interest in Uttarakhand in retaliation to the hanging of Parliament
attack convict Afzal Guru.
Vital installations, including
oil refineries and shipyards, have constantly been on terrorists'
radar, with the Union Government admitting inputs to this effect.
After establishing their bases
in rural areas of the country, including some places in Karnataka,
CPI-Maoist is trying to move into the urban areas — in line with
the objectives of 2007 Urban Perspective Plan (UPP).
NIA has found that not only are
IM’s Pune (Maharashtra) blast (August 1, 2012) module and LeT’s
Bangalore-Hubli-Nanded terror module linked to each other, but
the latter has even helped the IM accused conduct reconnaissance
of Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh).
Further, NIA has moved a Delhi
court seeking custody of two alleged IM operatives- Maqbool and
Imran to interrogate them in connection with the twin blasts in
Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh.
Little effort had been made to
address crippling shortages of capacity in the domestic intelligence
service, the IB, or in State Police intelligence services.
A meeting held at Naisingpara
Bru relief camp at Ananda bazaar in Kanchanpur in North Tripura
District of Tripura, attended by 79 representatives from various
NGOs and religious organizations demanded the safe passage for
five abducted labourers.
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February 27
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Union Government said any decision
on amending the AFSPA will be taken only after taking the ground
realities of places it is in force into consideration and no time
frame can be given on the issue of changing this legislation.
MoS for Home R.P.N. Singh said
the Government has no plan to withdraw the Army from the State.
Pakistan based LeT has asked people
to support recently formed coordination committee, Muttahida Majlis-e-Mushawarat
(MMM).
Additional Sessions Judge, Jammu,
has remanded four militants involved in killings of seven persons
including four VDC members at Chakka Galiote, Panchari (Udhampur
District) on November 30, 2001 to judicial custody.
Three Policemenwere injured in
a landmine blast carried out by the CPI-Maoist in Chhattisgarh's
Dantewada District.
Minister of State for Home Nankiram
Kanwar said that in the last seven years, as many as 26 Police
Personnel posted in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region committed suicide
and 226 officials quit the force, the Government said.
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February 28
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KSDC has announced that it has
suspended the indefinite public blockade in Manipur imposed since
February 24, in view of the ongoing HSLC and HSSLC exams but with
a pledge to launch other courses of agitation.
Imphal West Police commandos arrested
one hardcore cadre of PREPAK-PRO militant identified as Heikrujam
Dashubanta in front of the Singjamei Super Market of Manipur.
Imphal West Commandos arrested
one sympathizer of PLA organization identified as Naorem James
alias Methun from the western side of Manipur’s Khoyathong Pukhri
Achouba.
In the aftermath of the PLA’s
attack on SFs between S Kotlen and Torbung Bangla along Tidim
road under Churachandpur Police station of Manipur on February
26 in which one trooper was killed and three others injured, the
SFs have been threatening local villagers demanding handover of
PLA cadres taking shelter there, the RPF, the political wing of
PLA alleged.
In Assam, NDFB-PTF did not participate
in a tripartite meeting in New Delhi, sticking to its stand of
not participating in peace talks unless these are held at the
highest political level.
Non-tribal and Garo bodies in
Assam are determined not to allow any polls in the RHAC, if the
villages with non-tribal majority were not excluded from the proposed
draft delimitation of constituencies for the autonomous council.
The RHAC polls are set be conducted on April 30.
SFs arrested a suspected militant
of DNLF at Hatikhali in Dima Hasao District of Assam. The militant,
identified as Son Khelma, was arrested when he came to collect
extortion money from a bank in the area, police sources said.
One person, identified as Shamas
Din, received serious injuries in land mine explosion in the forward
area of Bhagyal Dhara area of Poonch District of J&K.
J&K Governor, Narinder Nath
Vohra, militancy has progressively declined in the State and the
footprint of SFs is being reduced gradually following an improvement
in situation.
Normal life remained unaffected
in J&K during the shutdown called by MMM, on February 27 and
February 28 as shops, business establishments and offices remained
open and traffic plied normally.
An engineer of the PGCL, abducted
by suspected militants and taken to their camp in Bhutan, was
released. SP Raju, hailing from Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, arrived
at Ghawra Chowk police station in Baksa District and informed
the Police about his release. The engineer was abducted by suspected
NDFB-IKS militants on February 15.
Union Home Ministry took three
days to request Army for deployment, according to information
collected under RTI by the CHRI. “Reports say major incidents
of violence erupted on July 20 and the State government wrote
to the MHA on July 21. The order for deployment of armed forces
went out to the DGMO [Director-General Military Operations] by
fax on July 24 at 9:22 p.m. There seems to be a gap of three days
between the request for assistance and the order issued for deployment,”
says CHRI programme coordinator (access to information programme)
Venkatesh Nayak.
UHM, Sushil Kumar Shinde justified
holding panchayat (local self governing body)
elections in the RHAC area and the Police firing on “group of
miscreants” in Goalpara District that killed 14 people. “The security
forces had to resort to firing to control the violence at six
places. This resulted in deaths of 14 persons. Other seven persons
died due to ethnic clashes,” UHM, Shinde said.
A civilian, Nikul Paul (29), was
injured when unidentified assailants fired at him at Nutunmati
in Baksa District of Assam.
Two militants of MPTP, identified
as Hafizul Rahman (32) and Moinul Hoque (27) surrendered at the
Gossaigaon Police Station under Assam’s Kokrajhar District.
GNLA ‘chairman’ Champion Sangma’s
ongoing trial in Meghalaya court is expected to take another six
months for completion. The GNLA leader is currently lodged at
the Shillong District jail under the MPDA. Champion Sangma was
arrested on July 30, 2012 in East Khasi Hills District.
Troops of AR based in Assam’s
Wokha District and NSCN-IM cadres were engaged in a gun-fight
in Mekokla area, Wokha District. According highly placed sources,
one person was reportedly killed in the gun-fight. It could not
be ascertained as to whether the casualty was from the NSCN-IM
or the Assam Rifles. The reason behind the encounter was not known
till the time of filing the report.
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March 1
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Normal life was affected and a
bike was set on fire on the first day of the 100-hour bandh
(shutdown strike) called by the PJACB since midnight. The committee
has called the bandh in the proposed Bodoland area, comprising
BTAD and adjoining tribal-dominated areas, in protest against
the State Government’s “lackadaisical” attitude towards their
demand for a separate state under Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution.
The committee also wants the Centre to hold a dialogue with the
NDFB-PTF at the highest political level.
Joint secretary in the MHA, Shambhu
Singh and former IB chief P.C. Haldar, who is the interlocutor
in the ongoing Bodo peace process, visited Guwahati to hold discussions
with State Government officials on the NDFB-PTF’s non-participation
in February 28 talks.
NIA special judge, Samarjit Dey
convicted DHD-J linkman, Samir Ahmed under Section 19 of the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA] in NIA case number 02/2009.
Ahmed was set free following the sentence, as he had already spent
more than three years in prison during the investigation and trial
of the case.
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar
Shinde will attend the ‘home coming ceremony’ of DHD-N militants
at Haflong in the same District on March 9. A MoS was signed between
the Government and the outfit on October 8 2012.
State DGP J.N. Choudhury expressed
hope that ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Baruah will also return to the
mainstream and join the peace process initiated by Arabinda Rajkhowa
led ULFA-PTF. The DGP said Baruah might also join the peace talks
at a later stage if he founds its progress favourable.
The former ‘chairman’ of the HNLC,
Julias Kitbok Dorphang, who successfully made the transition from
a rebel to a legislator in the State Assembly, has offered to
mediate between the Government and the outfit if he is entrusted
with the task. Dorphang, who is all set to support the Congress
in Government formation on March 5, urged the HNLC to join the
mainstream and exploit the window of opportunity for discussion
with the State to resolve their grievances.
J&K government said despite
the MMM call for valley-wide strike and protests on Friday, no
restrictions of any kind of restrictions on movement of people
will be imposed.
Six persons were reportedly injured
when clashes broke out in the evening between protestors and SFs
in different places of the State during the shutdown called by
MMM. Normal life remained affected in J&K.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, chairman
of APHC-G addressed a protest rally held at J&K’s Shopian
(District) township over phone. Geelani has been put under house
arrest in New Delhi.
Firing from across the border
was reported from Gagdiayal forward post in Mendhar belt of Poonch
District along the LoC in J&K. It could not be ascertained
whether the firing from Pakistani troopers or militant
A CPI-Maoist 'deputy commander'
was killed in an exchange of fire with SFs in Narayanpur District
of Chhattisgarh.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Rupana Mandingi and Madhaba Habika of SKDC, were arrested by
SF a combing operation in Narayanpatna area of Koraput District
of Odisha.
Fleeing the violence which broke
out after JeI vice-president Delwar Hossain Sayedee was sentenced
to death for his role in the 1971 atrocities, hundreds of Bangladeshis
have poured into the border district of Malda in West Bengal.
Normal life was affected and a
bike was set on fire on the first day of the 100-hour bandh (shutdown
strike) called by the PJACB since midnight in Assam.
Joint secretary in the MHA, Shambhu
Singh and former IB chief P.C. Haldar, who is the interlocutor
in the ongoing Bodo peace process, visited Guwahati, Assam to
hold discussions with State Government officials on the NDFB-PTF’s
non-participation in February 28 talks.
NIA special judge, Samarjit Dey
convicted DHD-J linkman, Samir Ahmed under Section 19 of the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA] in NIA case number 02/2009.
Ahmed was set free following the sentence, as he had already spent
more than three years in prison during the investigation and trial
of the case.
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar
Shinde will attend the ‘home coming ceremony’ of DHD-N militants
at Haflong in the same District (in Assam) on March 9. A MoS was
signed between the Government and the outfit on October 8 2012.
Assam DGP J.N. Choudhury expressed
hope that ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Baruah will also return to the
mainstream and join the peace process initiated by Arabinda Rajkhowa
led ULFA-PTF. The DGP said Baruah might also join the peace talks
at a later stage if he founds its progress favourable.
The former 'chairman' of the HNLC,
Julias Kitbok Dorphang, who successfully made the transition from
a rebel to a legislator in Meghalaya Assembly, has offered to
mediate between the Government and the outfit if he is entrusted
with the task.
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March 2
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Three militants belonging to the
PREPAK were arrested along with explosive materials during a search
operation by Police commandos from Bashikhong area in Imphal East
of Manipur.
Security Forces arrested a PREPAK
militant, Naorem Sanatomba Singh alias Nouton, in the civilian
area of the villages of Sorok Atingbi and Lamkhai, Manipur.
NSCN-IM-Kyong region has condemned
the action of 17 Assam rifles (17-AR) troopers based at Mekokla
village under Wokha District in which one of its cadre, Ashan,
Razapeyu, was killed on February 27.
Maharashtra ATS, in a joint operation
with the Nampally Police in Karnataka, have detained a man, identified
as Shaikh Aqueel in connection with the February 21, 2013 twin
blasts in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh).
Two live landmines were recovered
by BSF during anti-Maoist operation in Koraput District of Odisha.
Two Indian Reserve Police (IRP)
personnel, who were on duty in Handwara town bus stand of Kupwara
District in J&K, were shot dead by unidentified militants.
No militant outfit has yet owned responsibility for the attack.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered
before the Police in Bijapur District of Karnataka.
SFs arrested four PLFI cadres,
a splinter group of CPI-Maoist, from Ichak in Hazaribagh District
of Jharkhand.
CPI-Maoist cadres beheaded a quack
at Hudagada village in Seraikela-Kharswan District in Jharkhand.
Two hardcore CPI-Maoists cadres,
identified as Umesh Singh and Sriram Thakur, were arrested and
arms and explosives meant for ambushing a police team recovered
from them in Rohtas District of Jharkhand.
NSCN-IM-Kyong region has condemned
the action of 17 Assam rifles (17-AR) troopers based at Mekokla
village under Wokha District, Nagaland in which one of its cadre,
Ashan, Razapeyu, was killed on February 27.
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March 3
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Two persons, including a minor,
were arrested for carrying four live non-electric detonators in
ISBT-43 of Chandigarh.
Haryana Police arrested three
persons, identified as Rishi Pal, Rahul and Jarnail Singh from
Kaithal (Kaithal District) in Haryana on charges of printing and
selling FICN.
An alleged terror operative located
in Andhra Pradesh’s Hyderabad, Obaid-ur Rehman, is suspected to
be the man who passed on information about the recce conducted
by the IM duo Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan to their Saudi-based
handlers
Syed Maqbool, an alleged IM operative
told NIA in connection with Dilsukhnagar Blast that making a bomb
was easy.
Police said that the two suspected
IM operatives– Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan are believed to have
scouted Begum Bazaar Chatri, Gujarati lane in Koti, the ISKCON
Temple area and the GPO in Abids, besides Dilsukhnagar, in Hyderabad
to execute the bomb blasts.
Post recent blasts in Hyderabad,
the Chennai (Tamil Nadu) Police have started a headcount of migrant
workers who have arrived in the city from other states.
Jharkhand Police arrested a hardcore
Maoist from Kendwahi village of Latehar District.
There was no untoward incident
reported during the day-long bandh (shut down) in Jharkhand called
by PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist.
Suspected militants exploded a
powerful IED near an under-construction building of the regional
centre of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University at Makhan village
in under Saparmeina Police Station in Senapati District, Manipur.
Nobody was injured in the explosion and no one claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Militant formation, ZUF had convened
its general assembly on February 20 at the 'council headquarters'
in Manipur and assigned Benjamin Pamei as the ZUF's 'home secretary',
Himsin Kamei as the ZUF 'external affair secretary' and Dinhiam
Kamei as the outfit's 'finance secretary'.
Two persons, identified as Santosh
Sahu and Nilanchal Mallick, were arrested in Ganjam District of
Odisha on the charge of supplying mobile phones and other accessories
to a prisoner, suspected to be a Maoist.
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March 4
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Militants hurled a grenade towards
the house of retired IGP, Zahoor Chasti, in Lal Bazar area of
Srinagar in J&K. However, he escaped unhurt, as the grenade
missed the intended target and exploded in the compound of his
neighbour Qaisar Jamshed.
Defense Minister A K Antony told
the Lok Sabha that there have been 188 instances of ceasefire
violations by Pakistan along the LoC between 2010 and 2012. Three
Indian Army personnel were killed in these.
The intelligence wing of Rajasthan
Police arrested an employee of MHA for alleged links with Sumer
Khan, the computer-savvy spy arrested in February 2013 for allegedly
leaking information on an Indian Air Force (IAF) exercise in Pokhran
(Rajasthan).
NIA confirmed the arrest of Muhammad
Manzar Imam, wanted in the Wagamon SIMI camp case, and a suspect
in the February 21, 2013, Hyderabad twin blasts case.
Four Naxal cadres were arrested
from Sircilla in Karimnagar District of Andhra Pradesh for allegedly
murdering their former comrade turned Congress leader last month
(February, 2013).
Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
in Chaibasa of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
Fear still looms large at Sanwariya
village in Gumla District of Jharkhand where PLFI operatives threatened
villagers with dire consequences after the residents lynched three
of their cadres on February 13.
CPI-Maoist cadres have killed
a man in Odisha’s Malkangiri District.
Odisha Government has asked the
Centre to give more paramilitary personnel to strengthen its battle
against the CPI-Maoist, at a meeting of extremism-affected States
in New Delhi.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Palsu Nachika (25), was arrested during a joint operation of
Police and BSF in Narayanpatna Police Station area of Koraput
District of Odisha.
A Maoist, identified as Surendra
Miniaka (30), was arrested from Barigaon forest area of Rayagada
District in Odisha by personnel of CRPF and DVF.
A motorcycle and a goods carrier
were set ablaze as the 100-hour proposed “Bodoland” bandh (general
Shutdown) announced by the PJACBM from the midnight of February
28 paralysed life for the fourth consecutive day. Both the incidents
were reported in Kokrajhar District in Assam.
BSF troopers arrested seven illegal
Bangladeshi immigrants, who were working as coal miners at Umkiang
in East Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya. The troopers also seized
a mobile phone with one Bangladesh SIM card and some cash in Indian
and Bangladesh currency notes from the Bangladesh nationals.
The NRCF urged Governor Janaki
Ballav Patnaik to take immediate steps to exclude the villages
dominated by non-tribals from the RHAC areas, which are scattered
over Goalpara and Kamrup (Rural) Districts in Assam.
Police bomb experts recovered
a powerful IED outside the northern fence of Hijam Yaicham Pat
from Yaiskul in Imphal, Manipur.
Imphal West Police commandos arrested
three KYKL militants identified as Konthoujam Open alias Ibomcha
(42), Keisham Meghanath (46) and Thoudam Jibanlata Devi from Haobam
Marak Kha-Imphal School area in Manipur.
Two youths suspected to be behind
the explosion of a bomb at the Manipur campus of the Indira Gandhi
Tribal University in Senapati District were detained by the villagers
and handed over to the Police. They were identified as Ngangbam
Romesh Singh (29) and Konsam Ibungo singh (32). Whether they belong
to a militant group or not could not be confirmed as Police said,
verification was on.
In a dramatic change of central
forces' deployment in insurgency-hit Manipur, the Assam Rifles
(AR) is likely to replace the Army in internal security operations.
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March 5
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One Tahir Latief Sofi was killed
and two others were injured in Baramulla town (Baramulla District
of J&K) in alleged SF's firing on violent protesters agitating
against the suicide by a Kashmiri Student in Hyderabad (Andhra
Pradesh) on March 2.
Protests were reported from other
parts of the State too, in which over a dozen of persons, including
Police personnel, were injured.
Beginning night curfew has been
imposed in different parts of J&K as a precautionary measure
with the apprehension of law and order problem following the killing.
Death toll in February 21, 2013,
Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad Urban District of Andhra Pradesh) bomb
blast case rose to 17 when an injured person Amrutha Ravi (25)
died while undergoing treatment at Yashoda Hospital. No organisation
has claimed responsibility for the blasts so far.
Non-bailable warrants were issued
by a Delhi Court against IM founder Riyaz Bhatkal and nine other
operatives of the banned outfit in connection with the Dilsukhnagar
blasts.
Kerala’s Ernakulam NIA Special
Court remanded in judicial custody Muhammad Manzar Imam.
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs R P N Singh informed the Lok Sabha that as many as 31
ISI backed espionage modules were neutralized across the country
between January 1, 2010, and February 27, 2013, resulting in the
arrest of 48 spies. Of the 38 Indians held for feeding information
to the ISI, 10 were government officials.
NIA special court here remanded
suspected SIMI operative Muhammad Manzar Imam to NIA custody till
March 18, 2013.
During interrogation ISI agent
Sumer Khan revealed details of his frequent trips to Rahim Yar
Khan in Punjab province of Pakistan in the last two years.
Surendra Kumar, the MHA employee
arrested by Rajasthan Police on March 4, is said to have provided
lookout circulars, list of Pakistani prisoners in India and visa
details to Sumer, who in turn handed over them to his ISI handler
in Pakistan.
Raising concern over Bihar's efforts
to tackle Naxalism, the Centre revealed that three of its districts
- Gaya, Jamui and Aurangabad - accounted for more than 60 percent
of CPI-Maoist violence in 2012.
With the CPI-Maoist groups trying
to strengthen their cadre by reviving Son-Ganga Vindhyachal Zonal
Committee and by appointing Dilip Baitha of Gadhwa District in
Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh Police have decided to host an interstate
coordination meeting with the Police of neighbouring states to
finalise a strategy to foil this bid.
Assam Government clarified that
contrary to rumours, the proposal to grant ST status to six communities
had not been rejected by the RGI. It was still under the consideration
of the RGI. The six communities involve Koch Rajbongshis, Tai
Ahoms, Morans, Mottacks, Chutias and tea tribes.
WPT & BC Minister, Rajiv Lochan
Pegu then informed Assam Assembly that the rumour that the RGI
had rejected the proposal to grant ST status to the six communities
was baseless.
Two militants of the NDFB-IKS,
surrendered before the officers of the Red Horns Division of the
Army and Police at Kokrajhar District, Assam.
ULFA-ATF has declared its slain
leader ‘sergeant major’ Dilip Asom alias Rajen Saikia as ‘national
martyrs’ of their revolution. The leader was killed in an encounter
with Army at Diyun in Arunachal Pradesh on March 3.
Troops of 15 Assam Rifles (AR)
arrested one OGW of KYKL identified as Puyam Budhijao from Manipur.
AR launched operation in Kairang
area in Imphal East District, Manipur and arrested one KCP-Nando
cadre identified as Muhammad Rame alias Ramejuddin.
A statement of the RPF, the political
wing of PLA has claimed that its investigation have found that
two personnel of the AR were killed and three others injured during
an attack by a tactical command of the outfit on February 21 at
Saibol village, Chandel District, Manipur. It has further said
that the act of the AR to assault the nearby villagers after the
attack is to create a rift among the people and the outfit.
The UPPK in a statement signed
by its information & publicity officer ‘Major’ America has
said that the outfit is preparing for a Peace talk with the Government
of Manipur and Government of India.
A joint team of SFs arrested two
PREPAK cadres from Yumnam Khunnou-Eshingthembi crossing and Mahabali
Mamang, Palace Compound in Imphal East District, Manipur. 17 Chinese
hand grenades and four demand notes were seized from them.
Reacting to newspaper reports
about attacks on AR at Saibol village in Chandel District of Manipur
by the PLA and the outfit's claim of killing two AR troops in
another offensive, a AR statement dismissed the outfit's claim
as false and fabricated.
BSF arrested seven Bangladeshi
illegal immigrants from Sonapur Bridge in East Jaintia Hills District
of Meghalaya while they were trying to exfiltrate into Bangladesh.
Rh Raising, Executive member of
the Steering Committee of the NSCN-IM, which is the highest decision
making body, had stated that the Constitution of India has been
the road-block to the Indo-Naga political solution.
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March 6
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Defying curfew in J&K, protesters
clashed with SFs while protesting against the alleged killing
of Tahir Latief Sofi by Army trooper in which at least 50 persons,
including 20 Police personnel were injured.
Protest erupted after a protestor,
identified as Tahir Latief Sofi, was killed in alleged firing
by Army on March 5. He was participating in a demonstration called
for one Kamran Mudarsi who was found dead under mysterious circumstances
at his University Hostel's residence in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
on March 2.
UMHA, Sushil Kumar Shinde said
that the J&K government has made no formal request for revocation
of AFSPA till date.
Police have arrested dozens of
youth in different parts of J&K since March 5 for their alleged
involvement in stone pelting incidents during mass protests of
2008, 2009 and 2010.
NSG has ordered a Court of Inquiry
into the recent incident of one of its officers talking to an
unauthorised person, suspected to be a Pakistani ISI agent.
U.P’s Gorakhpur Police attached
the property of an alleged IM operative, Mirza Shadab Baig, belonging
to Azamgarh who is wanted in numerous cases of serial blasts.
One woman was arrested from Kamalpur
area of Kamrup Rural District IN Assam along with FICN of a face
value of INR 25,000.
A former member of Galikonda 'area
committee' of CPI-Maoist, Korra Singari alias Pulimi, who was
leading a secret life after coming out of the party in 2011, surrendered
at the G.K. Veedhi Police Station in Visakha Agency of Visakhapatnam
District in Andhra Pradesh.
Police recovered a couple of landmines
stuffed in tiffin boxes at Dunnevaripalle in Yerravaripalem mandal
(administrative unit), Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh.
Two CPI-Maoist women cadres who
are serving sentences at Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam central
jail, in a note released said that women have played a far more
strategic role in keeping many revolutionary and path-breaking
movements alive by giving them a feminine and human touch.
BSF and Odisha Police personnel
recovered a huge cache of explosives including three China-made
hand grenades during a counter insurgency operation in Pindamali
forests under Narayanpatna PS of Koraput District of Odisha.
Assam DGP J.N. Choudhary has warned
that forces inimical to the state might try to carry out blasts
during the Assembly session.
Non-Rabha and non-tribal organisations
under NRCF strongly opposed the inclusion of respective villages
in the RHAC in a rally held at Bhalukdubi lower primary school
field near Goalpara District of Assam
ULFA-PTF is upset with the Centre’s
handling of Anup Chetia’s deportation, as they want him to join
the ongoing dialogue with the Central Government.
The NDFB-PTF has made it clear
that it would not accept any alternative arrangement other than
a separate State of Bodoland.
One woman was arrested from Kamalpur
area of Kamrup Rural District, Assam along with FICN of a face
value of INR 25,000.
40,626 Bangladeshis, who were
declared as illegal migrants have evaded deportation over the
years. Assam Accord implementation Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma,
in a written reply to a question by Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) legislator
Keshab Mahanta informed the house.
ABSU has demanded issuance of
Inner Line Permits (ILPs) for people coming from outside Assam
to check the unabated influx of outsiders, mainly from Bangladesh.
The KNLF and its army wing KPA
celebrated its 5th raising day at tactical headquarters at Munli,
Manipur. The chairman of the organisation, Pelen Kuki, said, several
Kuki revolutionary groups have been set up, but unfortunately,
the spirit of their revolutionary movement became meaningless
with signing of SoO with the Government, he added. The chairman
also appealed KNO and UPF not to be the puppets of the Indian
Army instead to join hands for a glorious victory of the motherland.
Manipur Governor Gurbachan Jagat
appealed to militants operating in the State to shun violence
and participate in the peace process so that development work
could be speeded up.
Majority of the Members of the
MDCs have opposed the move to strengthen the KHADC on the basis
of the proposed peace settlement between the Government and the
ANVC. Moving a motion on the proposed peace agreement on the second
day of the Budget Session, KHNAM MDC, Adelbert Nongrum said the
Council should not accept the Government’s move. He argued that
if the strengthening of the KHADC has to take place then it should
be on the basis of the needs and aspirations of the people of
Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.
Special branch of Dimapur Police
arrested the "commander in chief" and another cadre
of DNLF, at PWD area Supply junction in Dimapur Distinct, Nagaland.
The commander in chief was identified as Thairying Hakamausa alias
Rohit Hakamausa alias Sujit Hakamausa (29) while his accomplice
was identified as "private" Ujjal Thousan (26). Police
recovered a 7.67 pistol, one magazine and five live rounds.
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March 7
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Protest and clashes between protesters
and SFs amid curfew continued in various parts of J&K for
the second consecutive day in which 40 persons, including SF troopers,
received injuries.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani was placed
under house arrest on after his return from New Delhi.
Police arrested two persons, C
Dhanuskodi and P Periyapandi on charges of attempting to pass
off FICN at Melur in Madurai District of Tamil Nadu.
Police arrested one Rajesh from
Bandu Kheri village of Saharanpur District in U.P. and recovered
FICN worth INR 350000 from his house, which was to be supplied
in various cities of Haryana.
Five persons were arrested for
allegedly circulating FICN from near Tadbund X road in Hyderabad
Urban District of Andhra Pradesh. The arrestees were identified
as Mohammad Irfan, Yousuf Ali Somali, Shaik Khalid, Hassan Hamza
and Mohammad Amjad Khan. The main accused Gouse is still absconding.
CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze the
house of a top leader of a rival outfit, PLFI, a splinter group
of the CPI-Maoist, at Talkasmar village in Jharkhand’s Palamau
District.
After being evicted from Saranda
forest in Jharkhand bordering Odisha and Jharkhand, the CPI-Maoist
appears to be planning to regroup in Sundargarh District in Odisha,
as a large group of cadres was apparently spotted in the area.
Mafat Lal alias Mehul,
an accused in the Best Bakery case during 2002 Gujarat riots,
was arrested by NIA in connection with October 11, 2007 Ajmer
(Ajmer District, Rajasthan) Dargah mausoleum blast from
Vadodara in Gujarat.
Police recovered arms and ammunition,
including two German MP5 guns, one .32 bore revolver and 200 live
cartridges from Tarn Taran District of Punjab on the basis of
information provided by BKI militant Narain Singh Chaura.
SFs arrested two militants of
APA, identified as Jermis Munda and Markush Munda, at Paharpur
under Kumarikata Police Station in Baksa District of Assam. SFs
recovered five rifles, two hand grenades, 45 detonators from their
possession.
The negotiations between the Central
Government and ULFA-PTF have reached a crucial stage with the
militant leaders claiming that they have received positive vibes
from the Government. “Yes, talks were successful”, Union Home
Secretary, RK Singh later told newsmen.
Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi
said that the level of insurgency has come down because of development.
He further stated that doors of the Government are open for all,
who sought solution of their problems through talks.
Publication of the final draft
of villages of RHAC, scheduled to be published on March 8, will
be delayed as numerous claims and objections are still being heard
in Goalpara and Kamrup Districts of Assam.
The Registrar Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Tribunal, Delhi High Court, discussed the issue of
declaring the HNLC as an unlawful association. The tribunal will
hear all the points brought before it and will then decide whether
the ban imposed on the HNLC should be extended or not.Chokpot
Police in South Garo Hills, Meghalaya arrested Somor D Sangma
while he was collecting money from coal trucks in Jetra area.
The PREPAK in a statement wished
the women of Manipur on the occasion of the International Women’s
Day, 2013. The statement has further lamented the rapid increase
in violence against women and denying of their rights.
The RPF, the political wing of
PLA, in a statement by its publicity secretary Roben Khuman has
greeted the womenfolk of the Manipur on the eve of the International
Women’s Day.
The proposed political dialogue
between the Government of India, Government of Manipur and Kuki
rebel groups under SoO pact which has been deferred on more than
one occasion because of the elections in three Northeastern States
is likely to be set into motion very soon.
After the NPF-led DAN has come
back to power in Nagaland, the Government of Nagaland has geared
up to exert more pressure on New Delhi to bring the protracted
Indo-Naga peace talk to an amicable solution.
Mizoram Police and Assam Rifles
seized 31 AK-47 assault rifles, one Singapore-made LMG and 1 US-made
Browning automatic rifle, 809 rounds of ammunition and 32 magazines
from a farmhouse near Lengpui Airport in Mizoram.
Mizoram Police's Superintendant
of Police, CID (Crime), Joseph Lalchhuana, said acting on a tip
off, they seized 23 AK-47 rifles, 1 LMG and 1 Browning rifle.
Another seizure was made on March 8 after interrogation of the
three arrested persons identified as Robi Chakma, Soboz Chakma
and Moni Tripura, suspected to be members of a militant outfit
in Bangladesh.
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March 8
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A former militant turned counter-insurgent,
identified as Bashir Ahmad Gania, was first abducted from Kunzar
locality of Tangmarg area of Baramulla District in J&K and
later shot dead by unidentified militants. Unidentified gunmen
had also killed his brother some time back.
Over 130 persons, including 77
Police and Para-military personnel, were injured as many protesters
defied curfew after Friday prayers. At around 65 places in J&K
there were stone pelting incidents while at around 40 places there
were peaceful protests.
During the past few days 103 vehicles,
including 20 civil, 35 Police, 45 CRPF and three Government suffered
damage at the hands of miscreants in stone pelting at various
places in areas falling under Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian
of J&K.
FICN worth face value INR 46,500
was recovered as four persons, identified as Bharat Patel, Dalsukh
Gadhiya, Vipul Patel and Vinu Rathwa, were arrested from Halol
locality of Panchmahal District of Gujarat. Police said that the
four accused had named one Dhanraj as the kingpin of the racket.
A group of PLFI cadres killed
a former member of the outfit on NH-75 in Chanho block of Ranchi
District of Jharkhand.
Two brothers from a village in
Gajapati District of Odisha claimed that they were abducted by
OMP and asked by the outfit's chief Sabyasachi Panda to work for
his party.
The SC stayed a Calcutta High
Court judgment directing West Bengal to treat arrested members
of the CPI-ML as "political prisoners" by declaring
the outfit a "political movement".
ULFA-ATF received a big jolt following
surrendering of its 11 cadres before the Deputy Commissioner of
Tinsukia (District), Assam at a brief function held at Tinsukia.
The surrendered militants were identified as Monoranjan Gogoi
alias Kanu alias Minto Asom, Dipen Saikia alias Raja Asom, Manik
Dohotia alias Meghon Asom, Hayanta Saikia alias Joi Asom, Bulen
Moran alias Devid Asom, Rantu Moran alias Ashim Asom, Mizo Gohain
alias Andhi Asom, Hemkanta Changmai alias Jatin Khanka, Dhania
Saikia alias Kancha, Dharmen Sonowal alias Janbha and Raju Moran
alias Robit.
Bijoy Chinese, Deputy Chief and
a close associate of Paresh Baruah, who recently surrendered had
stated that a number of hardcore militants were waiting to surrender
within a short time. The surrender was a part of the process,
Assam Police claimed.
Five suspected NDFB-ATF cadres
hatching a plan to abduct a bank employee from Guwahati city were
arrested from the Christianbasti area of Assam. The arrested cadres
have been identified as Gajen Boro alias Lenra, Sanjiv Swargiary
alias Ranjal, Jita Boro, Mithuyal Basumatary and Vijay Ramchiary.
All of them are from Baksa District.
Centre is likely to start the
process of inter-ministerial deliberations to work out a package
for the ULFA-PTF. The Centre’s latest move was conveyed to the
team of pro-talk leaders at the tripartite meeting held in New
Delhi on March 7. At the meeting, Union Home Secretary, R.K. Singh
reviewed the progress so far made in talks with ULFA. After detailed
discussion, it was decided to follow up on a few specific steps
on some issues, said official sources.
SF recovered explosives with the
arrest of one Gin Zamuan Simte. Altogether, 450 detonators, 165
Gelatin sticks, 50 meter of safety fuse and two 12 bore guns were
recovered from Simte's possession, who along with the recoveries
have been handed over to Imphal West Police station, Manipur.
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March 9
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J&K Police took the custody
of Farooq Naiku, who was arrested by the Mumbai crime branch on
January 16 along with Mohammed Talukdar for HM links. Police said
that the scrutiny of Naiku's email reveals that he was in touch
with two hardcore militants, Raees Mir and Carnal Choudhary.
Acting on a tip-off, the SOG of
Surat Police arrested three from Surya Kiran Apartment in Surat
city (Surat District) of Gujarat along with FICN worth INR 92,000.
The arrestees have been identified as Baijnath Sahu, Shivshankar
Sahu and Dobilal Sahu.
Miscreants blew up a Assam Government-run
lower primary school at Kachurthal village under Ramnathpur Police
station areas in Hailakandi District near Mizoram border. Police
said the blast was triggered by suspected Mizoram-based miscreants.
However, there was no report of any loss of life.
The DHD, was disbanded. At the
same time, Dilip Nunisa, the chief of the outfit, announced the
formation of a new political party called Halali Progressive Groups
(HPG) at a home-coming ceremony in Haflong, the headquarters of
Dima Hasao District, Assam.
A prominent Hindu pilgrimage spot,
the Baidyanath-Dham temple, situated in Jharkhand’s Deoghar District
figured among eight other targets on the target list of IM, revealed
Muhammad Manzar Iman, an IM operative who was arrested on March
3, 2013, during interrogation. Manzar Imam also divulged names
of six aides from Ranchi and Ramgarh districts and confirmed the
existence of IM sleeper cells in Jharkhand.
The UMHA has asked the Kerala
Government to closely observe the activities of four organizations
whose activities allegedly reflect the CPI-Maoist influence.
Three militants of ANVC-B were
killed after an encounter between a team of Meghalaya Police and
the rebels in Dobu Chitingbang village of East Garo Hills District.
Two women Maoist cadres were killed
in a gun battle with Security Forces in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
The Maoist cadres set on fire
the house of a PLFI 'area commander' Rahul Yadav in Manika in
Latehar District of Jharkhand.
Unidentified persons kept a bomb
at the residential gate of an Executive Engineer (EE) of the Social
Welfare Department in the morning under Lamshang Police Station
in Imphal West District, Manipur.
Manipur police arrested three
Bangladeshi immigrants near Pallel check post, who had been staying
in Manipur pretending to be Indian Muslim, while trying to proceed
to Moreh from Imphal. According to Police, the accused have been
identified as-- Muhammad Salau Rahman, Muhammad Rafigue Islam
and Muhammad Manab Husain (24).
A combined team of Assam Rifles
and Police, seized drugs worth INR 300000 and a country-made pistol
from a Muslim youth at Lilong area in Thoubal District of Manipur.
The KRA-U has said in a release
that the KNO/KRA-U cabinets along with its Commander-in-Chief,
SHT George and its members have conducted a warm welcome ceremony
of those faction cadres of the merged UPF/KRA-U to their origin
KNO/KRA-U at KNO/KRA-U general Head Quarter, somewhere in Sadar
Hills in Senapati District in Manipur.
Tripura Police sent a three member's
team to Aizawl in the morning following a major arms haul by Mizoram
Police and Assam Rifles on March 8 near Aizawl airport.
Tripura Police sent a three member's
team to Aizawl in the morning following a major arms haul by Mizoram
Police and Assam Rifles on March 8 near Aizawl airport.
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March 10
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SF neutralized a militant hideout
and recovered arms and ammunition during a search operation at
Russowali Nullah area near Saldhar locality of Mahore tehsil of
Reasi District of J&K.
Barring a few areas in Baramulla
and Kupwara Districts, life returned to normalcy in most parts
of the Kashmir valley. Curfew like restrictions remained in effect
in Baramulla Seelu, Sangrama, Palhalan, Pattan and Sopore towns
of Baramulla District and Lalpora and Lolab in Kupwara District.
Sporadic incidents of stone pelting and clashes between SF and
protesters were reported. However no one was reportedly injured.
In J&K, around 30 persons
in total were arrested from Seelu, Sopore, Palhalan, Pattan, and
Tangmarg areas in Baramulla District, Handwara, Lalpora, and Lolab
localities of Kupwara District and Khudwani and Qaimouh of District
Kulgam on charges of stone pelting.
MMM announced a fresh protest
calendar, calling a general shutdown and 'civil curfew' on March
13 in J&K.
JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik
was put under house arrest at his residence in J&K. Malik
returned to India after spending one and half month in Pakistan.
J&K Police arrested four out
of six accused on charges of attacking Riyaz Ahmad Khanday with
stones during recent protest for defying a strike call given by
separatists. Khanday succumbed to his injuries on March 11. DGP,
Ashok Prasad, while warning of stern action against the stone-pelters,
said that the recent protests in certain parts of the valley were
being sponsored from across the border.
Two persons, identified as Rafi
Ahmed and Nizamuddin, were arrested from Madiaon locality in Lucknow
city (Lucknow District) of U.P along with FICN of face value INR
16,000.
The audio recording of May 1994,
discloses conversation between Syed Arif (Pakistan smuggler and
ISI agent), Taufiq Jallianwala (Pakistan smuggler-ISI agent) and
Yakub Memon (Bombay resident, currently in jail after surrendering
in 1994) suggests that the trio discussed about how to shelter
India's most wanted Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan and how they helped
him and his family change their identities in Pakistan.
Accusing the Assam Government
of totally failing in updating the NRC, the AASU, demanded that
both the State Government and the Centre take urgent initiative
to implement the Assam Accord in its letter and spirit. The AASU
will resort to a Statewide 30-hour fast from 6 am on March 19
at every District headquarters where a 30-member body of the AASU
would take part.
Combined team of Thoubal commandos
along with Pallel Police arrested three persons including a captain
of NSCN-IM along with drugs from Pallel bazaar area in Chandel
District, Manipur. The three arrested persons are identified as
P R Shamsung Chothe (38), Wahengbam Deepak (38) and Yumnam Suresh
Singh (27). According to a Police source, PR Shamsung Chothe
is reportedly a captain of the NSCN–IM.
The MCP-M has said in a press
statement at Manipur that its central committee has decided in
a meeting that the outfit’s district committee will be expanded
to the regional level. It continued that the party’s administration
will be under four regions with a central committee member with
the regional committee being in charge of the region.
A day after Meghalaya Police shot
dead three cadres of ANVC-B for their involvement in extortion
on March 9; the militant outfit denied the Police claim that they
were extorting money.
Nagaland’s new Home Minister G
Kaito Aye said he would explore all the possible means that the
Naga people come together so as to find logical solution to the
longstanding Naga political problem.
Kaito made an appeal to all the
militant people coming from outside Nagaland to vacate the State
particularly the Dimapur areas for the larger interest of the
Naga people in particular and the people in the region in general.
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March 11
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Riyaz Ahmad Khanday (24), who
was injured in an attack by a group of 'protesters' throwing stones
on vehicles on March 8, succumbed to his injuries in Srinagar
(Srinagar District) of J&K.
In a major crackdown launched
against stone pelters to prevent summer unrest similar to that
of 2010, J&K Police have arrested a total of 338 persons on
charges of pelting stones since the February 9, 2013, execution
Afzal Guru.
A senior Police officer, expressing
concern about the recent stone pelting incidents in the areas
that were not affected by 2010 unrest, said that one of the major
concerns is that large number of tourist vehicles were damaged
and tourists beaten up by stone pelters in J&K’s Narbal and
Mazhama (in Badgam District) and Kunzar areas (Baramulla District)
along the Srinagar (Srinagar District) - Gulmarg (Baramulla District)
road.
J&K Government, under its
amnesty scheme, has released 1,811 persons, mainly youth, involved
in cases of stone-pelting in during 2010 summer unrest.
Police arrested three persons
involved in a FICN from the railway station at Olavakode in Palakkad
(Palakkad District) of Kerala. Police seized FICN worth INR 49,000
and a car from them.
Police arrested three persons
involved in circulation of FICN and recovered FICN worth INR 55,000
at Kahnuwan Chowk, Gurdaspur (Gurdaspur District) of Punjab.
NIA approached Kerala’s Ernakulam
Chief Judicial Magistrate seeking permission to conduct a test
identification parade of alleged SIMI cadre Mohammed Manzar Imam
through two witnesses in the Wagamon (Idukki District, Kerala)
SIMI secret camp case (2007).
Andhra Pradesh Police released
sketches of a bicycle used in the twin bomb blasts in Dilsukhnagar
(Hyderabad-Andhra Pradesh).
Andhra Police have identified
one of two persons caught on CCTV in a Dilsukhnagar cinema, as
a sleeper terrorist-Tabrez of IM.
Senior Indian intelligence officials
say that Pakistan-based operatives exported FICN amounting INR
25 billion into India in 2012 alone to fund terror and illegal
activities. It is believed that the ISI is behind about 10 per
cent of the counterfeit currency pushed into India and uses it
to finance subversive activities against India. A large number
of non-governmental organisations in Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh
are being investigated by Indian authorities.
A member of the CPI-Maoist 'Galikonda
Area Committee' was arrested at G K Veedhi mandal in Visakhapatnam
District of Andhra Pradesh.
Mahatashtra Home Department informed
the legislature that it spent INR 2.91 billion for construction
of 10 fortified Police Stations in Naxal affected areas, besides
capital outlay for road transport.
Police arrested two Maoist militia
members, Gochekka Thadangi Bangru (30) and Thadangi Bheemayya
(21), when they were travelling on a bike, during routine vehicle
checks in Vizianagaram District of Andhra Pradesh.
Karimnagar District Police arrested
two Maoists belonging to the neighbouring Chhattisgarh and recovered
explosive material such as 20 gelatine slurry sticks, 20 detonators,
3 kilogram of ammonium and wires used for making landmines in
Andhra Pradesh.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed a sarpanch, identified as Suresh Tamu,
of Bade Kameli village in Dantewada District of Chattisgarh.
The 'military head' of Odisha
Maobadi Party, Pradip Majhi alias Govind (27), was killed in an
exchange of fire with Police in Gajapati District of Odisha.
Two persons were injured in a
bomb blast at a weekly market in Doiangmukh weekly market in Kheroni
area of Karbi Anglong District in Asssam. Police have detained
15 persons for interrogation in connection with the blast and
confirmed it as the handiwork of militants.
A bomb weighing one kilogram was
recovered from a public bus at Bongaigaon bus stand near Lower
Assam Hospital and Research Centre in Bongaigaon District, Assam.
No one has been arrested yet in this connection and investigation
is on. The bomb was defused later.
A total of 1,989 people have died
in violence by militants and miscreants in the present BTAD areas
since the movement for a separate State of Bodoland in 1987.
Further, only one accused out
of the 426 has so far been punished. The trial of 49 cases has
been completed, resulting in the acquittal of 48 and the rest
of the cases are pending.
198 of the total 416 cases pending
against the BLT had been withdrawn as on January 2012.
The next of kin of those killed
in violence during 1987 to June 22, 2004 have been paid compensation
of INR 100,000, and for those killed after June 22, 2004, an amount
of INR 300,000 has been paid to the next of kin. A total of INR
19.80 crore has been spent in the compensation since 2007-08 till
date.
SFs arrested two AANLA militants,
Bhimsen Kerketa and John Basbech, from Gholapani near Uarimghat
along the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat District.
SFs arrested an illegal Bangladeshi
migrant, identified as Ghulam Mustafa (45), from the char area
of Khagrachar under Sukhchar Police Station in Dhubri District
of Assam. SFs recovered FICN worth INR 298,000, in the denominations
of INR 1000 and INR 500 from his possession.
AASAA-Karbi Anglong has accused
Joy Ram Engleng led KAAC of extending "passive" support
to certain persons of "doubtful motive" in grabbing
land belonging to Adivasi community in various places of Karbi
Anglong District, Assam.
Unidentified militants exploded
a hand grenade, at the residence of Chandel ADC 'Chairman; Lhunkhosei
Zou, located in Moreh Ward No III of Chandel District, Manipur.
The brother-in-law of the Chairman, Dounglenzou (50), was injured
in the attack. It is suspected that the attack might have been
carried out by a Kuki militant group in connection with a monetary
demand of INR 150,000.
Four militants of the KYKL have
reportedly surrendered to Manipur Police. The surrendered militants
were identified as 'Corporal' RK Ibungo alias Bishorjit (23),
'Lance Corporal' Ningthoujam Thoiba alias Gopen (25), Lance Corporal',
Akoijam Jiten alias Ningjaba (27) and 'Sergeant' Akoijam Basanta
alias Fighter (38).
About 200 militants active in
Manipur have surrendered before the Government and many others
will follow suit in the next three months, Union Home Minister
Sushilkumar Shinde said. One hundred and ninety-seven cadres of
URF, KCP and two factions of KYKL laid down their arms on February
13.
The ANVC-B has demanded an inquiry
into the recent killing of three of its cadres by Meghalaya Police
for allegedly running an extortion racket.
In a statement issued in Shillong
in East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya ANVC-B said, "There
should be an inquiry to this killing as the slain cadres were
not caught in an act but were shot while they were cooking meal
in a village.
Sources from the NSCN-IM said
that it is not clear now when the next round of talks, which was
earlier billed as the `may-be the last round of talks`, will happen.
This comes after months of speculations on the early settlement
of the Naga political problem before the Nagaland assembly elections.
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March 12
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Three persons, OGW of HM and JeM,
were arrested in a case related to grenade attack on a bunker
in General Bus Stand Kupwara (Kupwara District) of J&K on
November 1, 2011, in which three civilians were injured.
SOG of the Western Railways arrested
four persons along with FICN with a face value of INR 680,000
in Vadodara (Vadodara District) railway station in Gujarat.
Delhi Police CB arrested two persons
from Bihar, carrying FICN with a face value of INR 400, 000, from
an unidentified location in Delhi.
MoS for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh
told Lok Sabha in a written reply, "As per available inputs
from central intelligence and investigating agencies, some consignments
of high quality FICN have been either directly or indirectly sourced
by Pakistan via Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia
and UAE". He further added, "During the investigation
of the case pertaining to the activities of David Coleman Headley
and others, it was revealed that FICN were given to him for using
these in India".
Maximum seizure of FICN with a
face value of over INR 26.4 million was made from the India-Pakistan
frontier compared to other land borders between 2010 and February,
2013, MoS for Home M. Ramachandran told Lok Sabha in a written
reply.
Police suspect links between Sabarmati
(Gujarat) Central Jail tunnel case (2013) and the Hyderabad (Andhra
Pradesh) blast case (February 21, 2013).
An unidentified Crime Branch official
as saying, "Some members of Islami Chhatra Sangh [ICS], Bangladesh,
had masterminded the Sabarmati jailbreak attempt. They were the
ones who were pulling strings from across the border. This student
organization is linked to a prominent Islamic organization of
Bangladesh. The undertrials were planning to cross over into Bangladesh,
undergo some more training, regroup and then return to India for
more terror strikes."
IB is facing shortage of over
8,000 personnel due to unavailability of suitable candidates among
other reasons, stated by MoS for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh.
A Special Task Force trooper was
killed and another injured in a gun fight with CPI-Maoist cadres
in Sukma District of Chattisgarh.
Police arrested a tailor, identified
as Jalil Ansari, from Dole village under Chinia Police Station
area in Garhwa District of Jharkhand for stitching the uniforms
of CPI-Maoist cadres and supplying it to them.
A group of 20-odd CPI-Maoist cadres
razed the boundary wall of a school in Latehar District of Jharkhand
when the students were attending their last period, apparently
fearing that the building might be later used as a security camp.
PLFI strongholds like Khunti,
Gumla, Latehar and Simdega Districts in Jharkhand remained completely
affected due to an indefinite bandh called by the PLFI cadres
against the arrest of one its cadres, Dinesh Patel.
Alert has been sounded in Maoist-hit
areas of South Odisha following state-wide bandh called by Odisha
Maobadi Party, led by Sabyasachi Panda, on March 14.
After eliminating top Odisha Maobadi
Party leader Pradeep Majhi in an encounter, SFs intensified combing
operation in border area of Ganjam and Gajapati districts of Odisha
by inducting more forces.
A day after Police killed Pradeep
Majhi, Odisha Maobadi Party chief, Sabyasachi Panda claimed that
he (Pradeep) was arrested and killed in a fake encounter.
Assam’s Chirang District administration
has begun the final phase of rehabilitation of the Bodo-Muslim
ethnic clashes-affected people. At least 2,726 inmates are still
taking shelter in five relief camps in the District.
Minister of State for Home Affairs
M Ramachandran stated that insurgent groups in the Northeastern
region are getting arms and ammunition from China.
A civilian driver, identified
as Sukumar Das (32), was abducted by a group of suspected militants
belonging to the NDFB-IKS near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border
in Sonitpur District. The daring abduction took place even though
the driver was accompanied by three army troopers of the intelligence
department from the Army base in Misamari.
Normal life was thrown out of
gear in the border town of Moreh as several tribal organisations
imposed a bandh (General Shutdown) against the grenade attack
at the residence Chandel ADC Chairman Lhukhosei Zou in Moreh,
Manipur.
The KNO/KNA accused a outfit named
KPLF of launching a grenade attack on March 11 at the residence
of Chandel ADC Chairman in Manipur. T Stephen, Under Secretary,
information and publicity wing' of KNO/KNA added that as Moreh
is the tactical headquarters of KNO/KNA and thus assault of any
nature in the border township is taken as directed against their
organization.
Conveying formation of a Peace
Talk Committee with URF home secretary Puyam Ruhini as the Committee
convenor, cadres of three armed groups who recently surrendered
to the Government cautioned that they would resume military campaign
in case the Government is non-committal to take forward the peace
process. Speaking on behalf of the surrendered cadres at Manipur
Press Club, URF's Ruhini, KYKL-MDF 'president' Meisnam Athouba
and KCP-Lamphel's 'general secretary' Haobijam Dilip alias Taibanganba
asserted that they would not hesitate in returning to the jungles
for resuming the military offensive against the Government if
plight of the surrendered cadres is not accorded importance.
Moreh commando team, carrying
out intensified patrolling in the border town of Manipur in the
backdrop of the bomb attack at the residence of ADC chairman in
Chandel, detained an individual on suspicion near hong Kong Bazar
for verification at. Identifying the detained person at Lalmalsawma
(22), the source said frisking of the individual led to the recovery
of one US-made .9 mm pistol (Baretta) with a magazine and two
live rounds.
Suspected militants ambushed newly-elected
MLA of Rongara-Siju, Rophul S Marak, on NH-62 near Dainadubi in
East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya while the legislator was
on his way back to Tura from Shillong. However, there were no
casualties in the incident.
A magisterial inquiry has been
ordered into recent alleged killing of three cadres of the ANVC-B
by the Meghalaya Police. The ANVC-B leaders and the villagers
had cited foul play in the operations of the Police against the
militants and termed the killings as 'fake encounter'. An official
said that WCR Marak, the Extra Assistant Commissioner of Rongjeng
(East Garo Hills District), will probe the killing of the ANVC-B
cadres. The magisterial inquiry was ordered on March 12.
Mizoram Police said they have
proof that the 33 sophisticated arms seized from a private farmhouse
near Lengpui Airport in Aizawl District on March 7 and 8, were
to be delivered to the PCJSS faction of Bangladeshi outfit Shanti
Bahini. The person, who smuggled the arms into India through the
porous Mizoram-Myanmar border, had reportedly gone back to Myanmar
again and was hiding there, Lalchhuana said.
With abductors threatening to
kill five labourers abducted from Dampa tiger reserve in Mamit
District of Mizoram on February 19, a meeting chaired by State
Home Minister R. Lalzirliana has demanded that they be released
unconditionally. NLFT-BM militants are suspected to be behind
the abduction.
Former Chief Minister of Nagaland,
Dr S C Jamir said that no political settlement to the decades
old Naga problem was possible 'without the people's knowledge
and consent'. "Without people's knowledge and consent, final
political settlement will be a far cry," he said.
One NSCN-IM cadre was arrested
with regard to collection of "illegal tax from shop owners"
at Golaghat road area in Dimapur District, Nagaland. Tax collection
slips along with INR 90,800 were recovered from the cadre, identified
as one Amok Ao.
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March 13
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Terrorists stormed a CRPF camp
in Bemina area of the Srinagar city (Srinagar District), of J&K
killing five troopers and injuring 10 others. The two fidayeen
were also killed.
One person was killed in alleged
firing by CRPF troopers. The incident happened when some SF personnel
were rushed to SKIMS for donating blood to the victims of the
fidayeen attack. SF personnel came under attack while returning
as locals pelted stones upon their vehicle. To disperse the violent
crowd, CRPF troopers allegedly opened fire in which two persons
were injured. Later, one of them, Altaf Ahmad Wani, reportedly
succumbed to injuries at SKIMS.
Police recovered 2 AK-47 rifles,
5 AK magazines, 60 AK rounds, 2 Chinese pistol, 2 pistol rounds,
1 UBGI, 3 UBGL grenades, 4 hand Grenades and 2 pouches from Bemina
encounter site.
HM claimed the responsibility
for the fidayeen attack. However, Government sources indicated
that LeT is involved in the attack.
MHA had informed the J&K Government
about a possible militant strike in Srinagar, almost 10 days ago.
Normal life in J&K was affected
because of the general shutdown called by MMM.
Withdrawal of three CRPF battalions
from J&K’s Kashmir Valley later this month could be put on
hold for sometime in view of the Bemina fidayeen attack.
Amid exchange of fire along the
IB at Muthianwala BOP in Ferozepur District of Punjab, BSF seized
FICN worth INR 992,000 and 2-kilogram heroin.
Delhi court remanded suspected
IM operative Obaid-ur-Rehman custody of the NIA for seven days
in connection with the February 21 Hyderabad blasts.
NIA has zeroed in on the roles
of two persons, identified as Shihab and Shereef from Kerala,
in the Thaliparamba (Kannur District) FICN case.
NIA team picked up eight persons
from Chaurama village under Vasudevpura outpost in Munger District
of Bihar and interrogated them for their alleged role in the Dilsukhnagar
blasts case.
NIA and the Delhi police's Special
Cell brought to light IM modules operating in Andhra Pradesh’s
Hyderabad, which were never on the radar of state intelligence.
On the day of the twin blasts
in Dilsukhnagar, the Delhi police had filed the charge sheet in
the Pune blast case and declared that several IM and Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT) militants were taking shelter in Hyderabad, Karnataka and
Mumbai (Maharashtra).
Special NIA court remanded suspected
IM operative Obaid-ur-Rehman in seven days of NIA custody to probe
the Dilsukhnagar blasts case.
Officials of Crime Branch and
ATS met to discuss the implications of satellite phone use in
the state in January 2013.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Nagdeo Ram, was arrested from Madhu Bigha village in Aurangabad
District of Bihar.
With fresh innovations in science
and technology, human intelligence, has taken a backseat, SC Jha,
Additional Director, Intelligence Bureau, said at the 43rd All
India Police Science Congress held in Bihar’s capital Patna.
A STF trooper was killed and two
other troopers were injured when CPI-Maoist cadres attacked them
near Luru village of Gumla District of Jharkhand. A Maoist was
also killed in the incident.
Police arrested six CPI-Maoist
cadres, including a senior woman cadre, from Hazaribagh and Latehar
Districts of Jharkhand.
CPI-Maoist cadres allegedly killed
six villagers in a kangaroo court at Manmaru village in Saranda
forest area in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum District.
A special team of Maharashtra’s
Gadchiroli District Police which was carrying out search operation
near Mungner and Bodhin villages in Pendhri division near Chhattisgarh
border came under fire from the cadres of the CPI-Maoist.
Nuapada District Police arrested
a CPI-Maoist supporter among the villagers of Pathpani in Odisha
who have been appealing to the district administration to relocate
them in another village for fear of Maoists.
Equipment and goods used to manufacture
claymore mines by CPI-Maoist were seized by SFs from Narikhilua
jungle in Narayanpatna block of Koraput District in Odisha.
SFs arrested one militant of NDFB-IKS,
identified as Phunka Narzary (19), from Oguri village under Bijni
Police Station in Chirang District of Assam.
KPLT decided to postpone the indefinite
period Karbi Anglong Bandh (General shutdown) in Assam
The RHAC elections scheduled for
April 30 is likely to be delayed owing to the continuing process
of preparing the final draft of villages and general councils
for delimitation. Though the Assam election commission extended
the date of publishing of the final draft from March 8 to 15,
officials in Goalpara expressed their inability to complete the
process within the deadline adds the report.
Suspected Adivasi militants abducted
a schoolteacher, Lebi Tete, from his residence in Paharline Kuani
village in Bogijan area under Golaghat Police Station in Golaghat
District of Assam
The CPI-Maoist is in the process
of appointing local area commanders in the Sonitpur District,
Assam security agencies have ascertained. The next step would
be the selection of cadres and their training to set up armed
squads, sources revealed.
An antique bomb was found at Tera
Tongbram Leikai in Imphal West District, Manipur adjacent to the
southern fencing of SAI complex. Police bomb disposal squad retrieved
the bomb and exploded it at a nearby safe place, Police said.
Troops of 27 Assam Rifles launched
search operation at Sekmaijin area, Manipur leading to the arrest
of a PREPAK cadre identified as Itomba alias Leirang (30). One
.9mm pistol and a live round was recovered from him.
Dismissing the claims of UHM,
Sushil Kumar Shinde, the URF has asserted that URF and its armed
wing, the Manipur Army will never surrender, says to a report
of March 13. Significantly, Shinde, during a media briefing at
New Delhi on March 11 had asserted that cadres of the URF and
a faction of the KYKL would be surrendering within three months
time.
The next round of `tripartite
talks` involving the UNC, the Government of India and the State
Government of Manipur is likely to take place sometime in April
or May. The Government of Manipur had reportedly submitted a list
of development projects being supposedly implemented in the hill
districts in the 5th `tripartite talk` held on February 12, 2013
to establish that it (Manipur government) has been doing enough
in the hill districts or `tribal areas` with regard to the development
projects.
BSF DG Subhash Joshi reviewed
the security situation and the border management along the India-Bangladesh
in Meghalaya.
Assam Rifles said that the biggest
ever haul of weapons in Mizoram came from Myanmar. "The interrogation
of the arrested people and investigation into the arms haul is
under way," Director General Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh
said.
Five people, including three Bangladeshis
and two Mizoram residents, were arrested in connection with the
recovery near Lengpui airport in Mizoram. The State borders Myanmar
and Bangladesh.
NSCN-K chairman, S.S. Khaplang
has appointed Zaremo Lotha as the new chaplee kilonser (finance
minister), in exercise of 'presidential powers', as per an Azha
(order) issued in Nagaland. S.S. Khaplang through his 'Ministry
of Information and Publicity (MIP)' stated that the new chaplee
kilonser, Zaremo Lotha would exercise "financial administration"
with immediate effect. The outgoingchaplee kilonser, Hokato Vusshe,
has been directed to hand over the charges immediately.
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March 14
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Bashir Ahmad Mir, resident of
Uri area in Baramulla District, a former militant and currently
working for the security agencies, was arrested by the SOG of
Police hours after the attack at Bemina. His mobile number was
listed in a diary and a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card
recovered from the dead fidayeen after the encounter. Sources
said that Mir had helped the fidayeen to enter Srinagar city from
North J&K.
Based on Mir's inputs, Abu Talha
alias Zubair Ahmad, a Pakistani militant was arrested from Chattabal
area of Srinagar city (Srinagar District).
Police arrested one Pradeep Singh
accused of providing logistic support to the fidayeen.
Another person was arrested from
Shaheen Gunj area of Srinagar city (Srinagar District) of J&K
for his alleged role in providing logistics. He is a former militant
from Palhalan area of Pattan in Baramulla District.
CRPF removed two of its oldest
bunkers from Eidgah locality of Srinagar city (Srinagar District)
of J&K. Adding the two bunkers a total of 46 such posts have
been removed in last two-and-a-half years from Srinagar.
UMHA Sushilkumar Shinde said,
"The killed terrorists are suspected to be of foreign origin...Although
the responsibility for the incident was owned by an agent of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
(HM), the authenticity of the claim is yet to be ascertained."
Referring to the terror situation,
he said, terrorist incidents in J&K had reduced.
National Assembly of Pakistan
unanimously passed a resolution against hanging of Afzal Guru
and called upon the UN and the international community to help
Kashmiris and get their right to self-determination.
NIA arrested four suspects from
Bihar’s Munger District in connection with the February 21 Dilsukhnagar
(Hyderabad Urban District) blasts.
NIA officially took over investigation
into the February 21, 2013, Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh)
blasts case from Andhra Pradesh Police.
The use of a satellite phone in
Gujarat has got the Ahmedabad Crime Branch and state ATS concerned.
NIA told the judge that the operatives
had given conflicting statements to them during separate interrogations
and needed to be interrogated together.
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Lakhan Lal (38), was arrested in Chattisgarh’s Dhamtari District.
Police came under fire at Manmaru
village of Bandgaon block of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand,
when they came to recover the six dead bodies and in the ensuing
encounter four Maoists were injured.
Jharkhand Police conducted a survey
regarding the number of active Maoists and criminals operating
in the State, on the direction of the Central Government
SFs recovered a huge cache of
arms and ammunition belonging to CPI-Maoist from Lalgarh District
in West Bengal.
The one-day State-wide bandh call
given by Odisha Maobadi Party had almost no impact anywhere except
in Mohana area of Gajapati District of Odisha.
SFs arrested one PREPAK cadre
from Manipur’s Kairang Chingya Leikai along with a demand letter
of the organization, said a release of SP, Imphal East. According
to the release, the arrested person has been identified as Pukhrambam
Amarjeet Singh (27).
An encounter between SFs and militants
belonging to KPLT took place at Moujadar basti area under Borpathar
Police Station in Karbi Anglong District of Assam. SFs recovered
an AK-47 rifle, one SLR, some incriminating documents and a motorcycle
from the spot. However, no one was killed or arrested during the
encounter.
The manpower shortage in Assam
Police has risen sharply in recent years with 7,819 posts lying
vacant in various ranks. In a written reply given during the ongoing
assembly session, State environment and Forest Minister Rockybul
Hussain said against a sanctioned strength of 72,461 posts, Assam
Police has 64,642 personnel at present. Hussain replied on behalf
of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who also holds the Home Portfolio.
The BSF deployed in Meghalaya
sector, which guards the 443-kilometer Indo-Bangla border along
Meghalaya, has arrested as many as 44 Bangladeshi immigrants in
2013.
The BSF also arrested nine GNLA
militants and seven linkmen in 2013 in Meghalaya.
Troops of 29 Assam Rifles arrested
two NSCN cadres from Dimapur (Dimapur District), Nagaland in two
separate incidents. One NSCN-Khole-Kitovi cadre, a 'lieutenant',
who was also a 'commander' of Nuiland area, was arrested near
area Murgipatti in Dimapur District along with one 7.65mm pistol,
one magazine and six live rounds.
One person, identified as Muhammad
Dilshad Alam (22) from Bihar, was arrested along with five 7.65
country made pistols and 10 empty magazines from Dimapur railway
station in Nagaland.
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March 15
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Police Commissioner Alok Mittal
inaugurated a new cybercrime cell at the Police office building
in Sector 51 of Gurgaon city (Gurgaon District) of Haryana.
Tihar jail (in Delhi) authorities
were directed by a special NIA court in Delhi to produce IM operatives
Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan before it on March 16.
Police arrested a Nigerian national,
identified as Carl Joseph Astusz, at Arihant College, in Pune
District of Maharashtra for allegedly possessing and trying to
circulate FICN.
Arrested militant Abu Talha alias
Zubair Ahmad, a 'commander' of LeT, revealed that LeT had pushed
in nine militants through the Uri sector along the LoC in J&K’s
Baramulla District to carry out suicide attacks soon after the
hanging of Afzal Guru.
Since December 2012, intelligence
agencies have intercepted several radio communication of LeT to
its sympathisers in the Kashmir valley directing to build capabilities
to provide housing and other logistic support to terrorist who
would cross over.
In addition, life remained affected
in J&K due to curfew on March 14 and 15.
On the second day of Police operation
to recover dead bodies of the villagers, security personnel spent
much of the day fighting with Prasad Guru squad of the Maoists
at Kudabeda village in Sonuwa area of the district in Jharkhand.
An injured Maoist, identified as Dhanai, succumbed to injuries
on way to the CRPF Lodhai camp.
Jharkhand’s Police team sent to
recover the body of slain STF trooper, Manoj Bakhla, who was killed
in the March 13 Gumla encounter, are yet to succeed.
Assam Minority Struggle Association
staged a dharna (sit-in protest) in front of the Goalpara (Goalpara
District of Assam) Deputy Commissioner's office to protest against
the killings of non-Rabhas in the District.
A Police source in Goalpara District
of Assam said that three person who were allegedly involved in
March13's incident were arrested from the Uranpara-Rakhasani area
of the District on March 14.
A 36-hour Goalpara (Goalpara District
of Assam) bandh beginning from March 19 has been called by the
NRCF in support of their demand to delete the names of non-Rabha
and Garo villages from the draft of villages.
According to the Assam home department's
records, in the year 2012, SFs recovered about 444 arms, 9,373
rounds of ammunition and 200 explosives from all corners of the
state.
Assam’s Goalpara District topped
the chart in arms recovery with a total of 123 arm recoveries
in 2012.
Unidentified militants abducted
three ginger traders from an area near Terang basti under Manja
police station of Karbi Anglong District of Assam. According to
information a group of five armed unidentified militants abducted
the traders, Minu Basumatary, Pawgan Singson and Dulal Basumatary.
Sources revealed that a huge sum (around INR 1.8 million) has
been demanded from the relatives of the abducted persons.
13 youths from Charaideo Sub-Division
in Sivasagar District, Assam have joined the ULFA-ATF a few days
back.
RBNLF, a nondescript outfit, directed
Congress legislator from Uoi constituency (Ri-Bhoi District of
Meghalaya) Ngaitlang Dhar to quit his Assembly membership and
also threatened him with dire consequences if he failed to do
so. This was informed by Ri-Bhoi District SP V R S Reddy.
Three youths, including two minors
from Athiabari in West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya, who
went missing on March 8, are suspected to have joined the GNLA.
Two minors and their friend Rechan M Sangma (19), all school dropouts
from Athiabari, were last seen on March 8.
Meghalaya Governor Ranjit Shekhar
Mooshahary said that the AFSPA, which is in force in some states
of the country including Manipur and Jammu & Kashmir, should
be scrapped. Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary further said that
AFSPA is gender-biased.
Demanding a definite and positive
solution to bring back peace and normalcy in Garo Hills a conglomerate
of NGOs and Civil Societies took out a peace rally in the streets
of Williamnagar in East Garo Hills, Meghalaya.
Outgoing Nagaland Governor Nikhil
Kumar said that the NPF led DAN Government was committed to a
speedy and Honourable resolution of the Naga political problem.
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March 16
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Police claimed to have busted
a racket in Mohali (Mohali District) of Punjab involving FICN
and narcotics and arrested five persons.
A Delhi Court remanded two alleged
operatives of IM, Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan, to NIA custody
for four days for questioning over the February 21, 2013, Hyderabad
(Andhra Pradesh) blasts and also for confronting them with another
alleged IM operative Obaid-ur-Rehman. The duo was arrested recently.
A Maoist carrying a head money
of INR 5,000 was arrested during a search operation in Chattisgarh’s
Bastar District.
A joint team of CRPF and Giridih
Police arrested a top CPI-Maoist cadre, Chudka Manjhi alias Sheetal
Manjhi, when his vehicle was stopped by Police at Pirtand in Jharkhand.
After four days of struggle, SFs
succeeded in recovering the bodies of six villagers, who were
killed by CPI-Maoist cadres at a jan adalat in Manmaru village,
under Tebo Police Station of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
An Assam Rifles trooper sustained
minor injuries in an exchange of fire with NSCN-IM militants at
Soha village near Deomali town in Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister
Nabam Tuki informed the Assembly that more security personnel
will be deployed in insurgency dominated Tirap, Changlang and
Longding Districts of the State soon.
Odisha Police raided the farm
house of a person named Jali Pati at Kusanpalli village of Malkangiri
District, and seized 592 gelatin sticks kept in three packets
for Maoists.
Jharkhand’s Bokaro District Police
recovered 97 detonators which were being carried illegally along
with other explosives in a van from Ranchi to Pakur.
SFs stationed at Maibong in Dima
Hasao, Assam recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, official
sources said on March 16. The cache of arms included two .9 mm
pistols with magazine, four 12 bore guns, four Chinese grenade,
two radio sets, two IED and a few detonators which were hidden
in an old water tank. Security sources suspected that the recovered
arms belonged to DNLF.
SFs arrested an ULFA-ATF militant,
identified as Amar Deka alias Abinash Asom (23), from Darrang
District in Assam. SFs recovered a Chinese M-46 grenade and some
incriminating documents from his possession.
SFs arrested a NDFB linkman, Sanjeev
Mushahary (28), from an undisclosed location in Assam.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
expressed satisfaction over the dialogue between the Central Government
and ULFA-PTF.
A team of Imphal East Police commandos
arrested two PREPAK women cadres identified as Mayanglambam Victoria
Devi (39) and Aribam Rita Devi (35) from Bamon Leikai Thangapat
Mapal in Manipur. They were involved in extortion of money from
the general public, Government officials, businessmen etc and
transportation and of arms and ammunition from one place to another,
it added.
SFs arrested one URF cadre identified
as Heikrujam Joychandra Singh alias Joy (36)
from Khurai Lamlong Bazaar in front of the Punshi Pharmacy in
Manipur.
SFs arrested a DJNA militant,
Thomas Daulagapu, from upper Mahandijua village under Manja Police
Station in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.
BSF troops of Umsiyem Tent Post
in East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya arrested one Bangladeshi
FICN racketeer along with FICN having a face value of INR 40,000,
Bangladeshi Taka 2060 and other items. He has been identified
as Muhammad Azim, a resident of Sylhet Bangladesh. According to
BSF, the seized FICN was being smuggled from Bangladesh and was
meant for circulation in the Indian market.
Former militant leader Dilip Nunisa
has launched a new political party in Dima Hasao District of Assam
and started campaigning for the coming DHAC election. Nunisa announced
the formation of the Dima Hasao Dal (DHD) in a public meeting
held at Kalachand in the hill district.
The deputy kilonser (minister)
of the NSCN-IM 'home affairs' in-charge of Zeliangrong Region,
Lungchaibi has said that the Manipur Government or any concern
authority must give priority and encourage the local contractors,
registered societies or agencies to execute any kind of significant
development work or contractual work or scheme.
Lieutenant General A.K. Sahni,
General Officer Commanding (GOC, 3 Corps), said in Agartala, Tripura
that India's borders with China and Myanmar are stable and peaceful
and there are no immediate threats on these frontiers. "There
are no immediate threats along these borders. These frontiers
are stable and peaceful," Sahni told reporters. "We
take corrective measures when we find any deficiencies along the
borders. Some patches of border with Myanmar in Manipur are being
fenced," he added.
NSCN-IM and NSCN-KK functionaries
have left Nagaland for Chiang Mai, Thailand for another round
of meet on reconciliation. JWG Convener Singson said that the
Chiang Mai meeting would be the continuation of the reconciliation
process.
Two NSCN-K cadres were arrested
by 29 Assam Rifles personnel while collecting illegal tax from
shop owners near Kalibari area in Dimapur District of Nagaland.
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March 17
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CPI-Maoist cadres killed a person
at Kothi village in Bhamragad tehsil of Gadchiroli District of
Maharashtra on suspicion of being a Police informer.
Five CPI-Maoist cadres have been
arrested during an operation by Police and BSF troopers at Enhur
village in Kanker District of Chattisgarh.
A huge cache of explosives, including
1,727 detonators and four mobile phones, was seized from a farm
house during a raid by a joint team of BSF and local Police under
Motu Police Station limits of Malkangiri District in Odisha.
Imphal West Police commandos arrested
one KYKL cadre from Mana Ongkhol Mamang Leikai, Manipur. The arrested
person has been identified as Koijam Nimai alias Angom
Meitei (51).
The ZRO, which is in a SoO agreement
with the Government, has demanded expedition of the peace process
in Manipur so a political dialogue can be initiated soon.
Pradip Roy, a member of the KLO,
and wanted in Godapani Pathak’s murder, was arrested by Bengal
police from Kamakhyaguri in Jalpaiguri District in West Bengal
a few days ago and was handed over to Bongaigaon Police. He is
now being interrogated at Abhayapuri Police Station of the District
since the past couple of days.
A KYKL activist, identified as
Heisnam Mohari alias Loyalakpa, was arrested
by a team of Imphal West District Police commandos from near Keishamthong
Bridge, Manipur. A mobile handset was seized from his possession.
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March 18
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Normalcy returned to J&K as
business establishments, schools, public transport remained operational.
Curfew clamped since March 13 was lifted from most part of the
State in the evening of March 16 barring old city area of Srinagar
city (Srinagar District). Curfew from the old city areas were
lifted on the morning of March 17.
Authorities imposed restrictions
in Langate town of Kupwara District in J&K following fresh
clashes between forces and protesters.
MMM announced fresh protest calendar
for upcoming week. MMM has called for protest demonstrations on
March 18 (today) and 19 and a complete shutdown on March 20 in
J&K. It also asked to observe complete blackout in the evening
on March 21.
DG CRPF Pranay Sahay said that
CRPF will follow its existing SOP while rendering operational
duties in J&K. The SOP mandate that one-third component of
the force, when out on security and law and order duties, will
have firearms and secure the rest of the squad who carry batons
and riot-gears.
J&K Police arrested Merajudin
Kawa in connection with the March 13 Bemina fidayeen attack
in which 5 CRPF personnel were killed and 10 others sustained
injuries.
Pakistan's UAV called 'Jasoos'
have been spying on security arrangements and Army activities
going on in the Indian side from the International Border of Pakistan
adjoining Rajasthan.
CBI submitted the chargesheet
before the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Kerala
against four Bangladesh natives in a case related to the seizure
of high-grade FICN of INR 240,000.
Two
commandos of Maharashtra’s Special Anti-Naxal Force, C-60, suffered
bullet injuries in an encounter with Maoists in a village in Gondia
District.
To add teeth to the counter-insurgency
operations in Odisha, two more battalions of BSF reached Jeypore
in Koraput District of Odisha.
A
Maoist poster written in Odia appeared near Gudapada Chowk in
Ainlapali gram panchayat under Baunsini Police Station
limits of Boudh District in Odisha calling for Boudh bandh
on March 20.
Police arrested Babban Vishwakarma
near Untari Road railway station in Palamau District of Jharkhand
and recovered six country-made pistols. The accused has a history
of trading in illegal arms and was jailed in 1999.
India
asked Bangladesh to work out an action plan to flush out the remaining
militant leaders of the Northeast region from that country.
GNC legislator, Clifford Marak
questioned the Meghalaya Governor’s address on law and order situation
while citing a few instances which contradicted the governor’s
statement that law and order situation in the State was well-under
control. Stating that militant activities are happening on a daily
basis in Garo Hills, Marak lambasted the Police department for
its inefficiency in ensuring safety and protection to the residents
of Garo Hills.
Requesting
Chief Minister, Mukul Sangma to immediately address the ANVC and
GNLA crisis in Garo Hills, Meghalaya, Marak said, “Much confrontation
is going on with GNLA cadres. I am not supporting, but common
people are suffering because of it.”
The Union Government has given
its nod to start updating of the NRC in seven Districts of Assam
after violence marred the NRC pilot project in Barpeta District
in 2010. The decision was taken after a meeting between the Centre
and the State government held in New Delhi on Monday. The NRC
would not be updated in Barpeta District this time but it would
be updated in non–minority–dominated Districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh,
Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Nagaon and Sonitpur, said Shambu
Singh, Joint Secretary of Home Ministry (NE In–Charge).
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March 19
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Militants killed Suhail Ahmad
Sofi at village Doabgah of Sopore locality in Baramulla
District of J&K. Suhail was reportedly organizing a cricket
tournament sponsored by Army in the area
At least 24 persons, including
SF personnel, were injured in sectarian clashes Hakarmulla village
(Budgam District). Claim to a piece of land by two rival sects
led to clashes. Later persons from both the sects pelted stones
on SF personnel who were rushed to the spot.
J&K Police confirmed that
the two militants involved in March 13 Bemina fidayeen attack
were Pakistan nationals. The duo, affiliated to LeT, has been
identified as Saif and Haider, residents of Dera Ghazi Khan District
and Multan District of Punjab province in Pakistan respectively.
SFs arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre
and recovered 24 LPG cylinders, 18 pressure cookers and at least
six kilogram of explosives from the jungles of Latehar District
of Jharkhand.
Jharkhand Government changed a
number of building plans, involving construction of double and
multi-storey buildings, as Maoists, in the last few months, have
targeted such buildings.
Jharkhand DGP, Rajeev Kumar, along
with other senior officers of Police and the CRPF celebrated their
supremacy in the Maoist-affected Jhumra area by having sweets.
At a time when the government
is claiming to bring about development in Gomia block, Bokaro
District in Jharkhand, especially in its Maoist-prone Jhumra hill
and its surroundings, residents are wary about the completion
of the projects owing to shortage of officials in key posts.
NIA, announced INR 1 million reward
for information about the perpetrators of February 21, 2013 blasts
in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh).
CPI-Maoist posters denouncing
‘Operation Green Hunt’ surfaced on the branches of several trees
on either side of the road between Lakshmipuram-Madhavaraopeta
in Bhadrachalam area of Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.
CPI-Maoist leader Roopesh has,
in an article in the new edition of Kerala’s Mathrubhumi weekly,
confirmed that the rebels have formed a new guerrilla zone (special
zonal committee) in south India.
STF arrested an arms smuggler,
Saleem and seized four sophisticated pistols, a bike and mobile
phones near Shivkuti in Allahabad District of Uttar Pradesh.
SF arrested a person on charges
of possessing two country-made .22 pistols with two live rounds
and magazines in the wee hours from his residence at Showuba in
Dimapur District of Nagaland. According to Diphupar Police, the
accused has been identified as one Chungmein Khiamnungan (35)
who claimed to be “lieutenant” in NSCN-KK.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul
Sangma said the ANVC would be taken into confidence on any alteration
being made to the original agreed Text of Settlement by the Cabinet.
He, however, maintained that the Government cannot make the agreed
Text of Settlement public since it is still under active consideration
of the Union Cabinet.
The ANVC had demanded upgrade
of the existing membership of the GHADC from 30 to 40 in Meghalaya.
It had proposed that 35 members would be directly elected while
five, comprising two ANVC members, two nokmas (village
head) and one woman, would be nominated.
Maintaining that people could
soon "take up arms for water" in Tura (West Garo Hills
District) of Meghalaya, some legislators from Garo Hills have
threatened to sit on a hunger strike outside the chief minister's
office if the problem is not addressed immediately.
Police arrested two overground
workers of ANVC–B identified as Lewin Marak and Pechong Marak
– while they were collecting money from the merchants in Meghalaya.
An amount of INR 2,270 and a cell phone were recovered from their
possession.
A deserter of the NSCN-IM was
reportedly shot dead by a suspected NSCN IM cadre at the east
of Jora farm of KhukKha village near Komlathabi under Komlathabi
Police station in Chandel District of Manipur. The deceased cadre
has been identified as Saka Moson Khoubu Maring (40). According
to the reliable source, Saka Moson had joined a newly formed NSCN
faction, the UMLA, after deserting NSCN-IM.
A gun fight reportedly took place
in Manipur on National Highway number- 37 along the Imphal- Jiribam
road between a group of militants suspected to be of the ZUF and
personnel of the 10 Assam Rifles on the Southern side of the Kotlan
Assam Rifles post. There are no reports of any casualty on both
sides.
A team of Imphal East commandos
arrested a KCP-MC cadre identified as Khangembam Bigyajit Meitei alias Inao
(23) from Kongpal Kongkham Leikai (Imphal East District of Manipur)
in front of Tutu Pharmacy. A statement issued by Superintendant
of Police (Imphal East) said that one mobile phone along with
SIM was recovered from his possession.
A Policeman was injured when supporters
of the 36-hour Goalpara District bandh (general
strike) clashed with the Police at Pancharatna under Kharmuja
Police outpost in Assam. Officer-in charge of Kharmuja Police
Outpost, Marmuj Ali, was injured when nearly 500 strike supporters
staging a blockade on the road allegedly attacked the SFs.
Six out of the seven districts,
to be covered in first phase of NRC update, do not have the NRC
of 1951 while the complete electoral rolls of 1966 and 1971 are
available in only two Districts of Assam.
Three ginger traders, who were
abducted by unidentified militants from Terang village in Karbi
Anglong, Assam on March 15, escaped from the hideout of the militants.
A Police personal, Arfan Khan,
was injured during the 36-hour Goalpara District (Assam)
bandh (General strike). nearly 1,200 rubber
trees were felled by suspected non-Rabhas during the 36-hour Goalpara
District bandh (General strike).
A general alert has been sounded
to increase security cover of all the major religious institutions
including temples in Assam following apprehension that any such
temple may come under attack from extremists.
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March 20
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Normal life in J&K was affected
due to the general shutdown called by newly formed coordination
committee MMM. Sporadic incidents of stone pelting were reported
from Bokrikadal and Batamaloo areas of Srinagar city (Srinagar
District) in which one woman, identified as Faheem, was injured.
Three suspected IM operatives,
who were interrogated by NIA for their alleged involvement in
the February 21, 2013 blasts in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), were
remanded in judicial custody till April 3 by a Delhi court.
New Delhi court had also issued
non-bailable warrants against IM founder Riyaz Bhatkal and nine
other operatives of the banned outfit in connection with the Hyderabad
blasts.
A suspected HM terrorist, identified
as Liaqat Ali was arrested from Gorakhpur District in Uttar Pradesh.
Based on his revelation, Delhi Police carried on raids in a hotel
in Jama Masjid area of Chandni Chowk (North Delhi District) and
recovered an AK-47 rifle and huge cache of explosives.
SOG arrested two men and seized
two country-made pistols along with 20 live cartridges from them.
Police said they arrested one of the accused on the basis of tip-off
from Danteshwar in Vadodara District in Gujarat. The second arrest
was made from New Sama area of the same District.
Odisha Government provided field-level
forest officials guarding the Similipal Tiger Reserve with 45
guns and 750 bullets, following reports of a large number of hunters
entering the Reserve. It comes after the Government took back
these weapons from the forest personnel four years ago apparently
fearing that Maoist cadres might snatch them away.
Maharashtra Government adopted
a government resolution to hike by 50 per cent salary and dearness
allowance of Police personnel serving in Naxal affected areas.
Two NSCN-KK cadres were reportedly
killed near Okotso village in Wokha District, Nagaland. According
to Superintendant of Police, Wokha, the incident was a result
of infighting among the cadres from the same group over election
related issue. The deceased have been identified as Isato and
Ayeto.
NSCN-K has authorized ‘lieutenant
general’ Nikki, ‘military supervisor’ of Western Nagaland, ‘Naga
Army’ to collect all District level ‘taxes’ for Dimapur District
and ‘taxes’ specified under ‘centre list’ for Zunheboto District
for the fiscal year 2013-2014.
An unidentified person hurled
a hand grenade at the residence of Haobam Rajendro, Special contractor
of the PWD at Singjamei Chingamakha Meisnam Leikai under Singjamei
Police station, Imphal West District, Manipur. Singjamei Police
later came to the residence of Haobam Rajendro and picked up the
hand grenade.
A huge cache of explosive materials,
hidden at a place in Namching Keithelmanbi area in Imphal West
District, Manipur were recovered by security forces upon the disclosure
made by a KYKL militant, identified as Sougrakpam Surjit alias Ibungo,
who was arrested from his residence at Singjamei Sougrakpam Leikai.
The Centre acknowledged the fact
that anti–national activities of CPI-Maoist in some Districts
of the north–eastern States are posing a threat to internal security.
Union MoS for Home Affairs RPN
Singh said, “The Assam–Arunachal border has emerged as another
theatre for Maoist activities. The CPI (Maoist) are trying to
establish organizational base in the Northeast with a view to
forge relations with other insurgent groups to meet its military
requirements.”
In a reply to a question raised
by AGP Member of Parliament Birendra Prasad Baishya in the Rajya
Sabha (upper house of Parliament), Union Minister of
State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran said that consensus
on the definition of “Assamese people” and the criteria for reservation
in the Parliament, State Legislature and local bodies could not
be arrived at, and that the proposal had not reached its logical
conclusion. Clause 6 of the 1985-Assam Accord provides constitutional,
legislative and administrative safeguards to the “Assamese people”
the State.
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March 21
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Three BSF troopers sustained critical
injuries, one of which succumbed to his injuries later in the
day, when their vehicles came under attack by unidentified militants
in Rawalpora area of Srinagar city (Srinagar District) in J&K.
Convoy of 8th Battalion of BSF came under attack by unidentified
militants, who were riding a motorcycle, at Methain Bypass, in
Chanpora locality of Srinagar city (Srinagar District). Two militant
outfits, HM and JuM- splinter group of HM, have separately claimed
responsibility of the attack.
Supreme Court of India upheld
death penalty to March 12, 1993 Mumbai (Maharashtra) blasts case
(which killed 257 people and injured 700) mastermind Yakub Memon.
The apex court reduced death sentence of 10 others to life imprisonment.
The Supreme Court on March 21
said "It is devastating to state that Pakistan being a member
of the United Nations [UN], whose primary object is to maintain
international peace and security, has infringed the recognized
principles under international law which obligate all states to
prevent terrorist attacks emanating from their territory and inflicting
injuries to other states. A host state that has the capability
to prevent a terrorist attack but fails to do so will inherently
fail in fulfilling its duty under Article 2(4\ since terrorism
amounts to force by definition."
Three people allegedly belonging
to an inter-state gang involved in the supply of FICN were arrested
by the Crime Branch in New Delhi. FICN valued INR 4, 00,000 were
recovered from them. Among the three, two persons were arrested
on March 11, from the Ajmeri Gate side of New Delhi Railway Station
(New Delhi District). Based on their information, the third member
was arrested on March 13 from an unspecified location.
A civilian was killed when around
40-50 armed cadres of CPI-Maoist attacked Chandpur village, under
Dev P.S. in Bihar’s Aurangabad District and fired indiscriminately
at the villagers.
CPI-Maoist claimed that a team
of Policemen from Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh killed two women
and raped five during a recent raid in the border villages of
Bijapur District in Chattisgarh.
A self-styled ‘area commander’,
Rajesh Tiger of PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist was killed
in an encounter in Tatitoli locality of Gumla District of Jharkhand.
More than 50 CPI-Maoist cadres
demolished the house of one of their former ‘sub-zonal commanders’
Phulchand alias Praveel Manjhi at Jamnia village of Pek
Panchayat in Jharkhand’s Bokaro District,
branding him "corrupt and traitor".
Maoists set ablaze a bus after
evicting passengers at Parsoum between Panki and Balumath in Palamu
District of Jharkhand.
A 30-member Thunderbolt Commando
team, along with forest department officials, carried out searches
in Aralam and Kannavam forest areas of Kannur District following
reports of presence of CPI-Maoist cadres in areas bordering Kerala
and Karnataka.
Kerala ADGP N. Shanker Reddy,
visited the Police Stations in the eastern hill areas of Kannur
District bordering Karnataka that are on high alert in the wake
of reports of the presence of suspected Maoists.
A militant, identified as Dikki
M Sangma alias Bandi of GNLA escaped from one
of the outfit’s camps and surfaced in Jengjal (West Garo Hills
District) of Meghalaya to surrender before the BSF.
Meghalaya Governor RS Mooshahary
observed that at present, terrorism has disguised itself in the
form of kidnapping and extortion which is turning into a sort
of cottage industry, adding that this industry is growing every
day.
Punjab Police neutralized a terror
module by arresting three people, including the mother and sister
of US-based KZF terrorist Balwinder Singh Possi. The third arrested
person, Ranjit Singh Rana, is from Nurpur Jattan village in Hoshiarpur
District.
NSCN-IM and NSCN-KK observed its
34th and 33rd ‘republic day’ respectively.
NNC/FGN would be observing its republic day in Nagaland.
NSCN-IM’s ‘chairman’ Isak Chishi
Swu in his speech on the occasion of 34th republic day said that
approach to the “Indo-Naga” problem by both the Government of
India and NSCN has changed from military to political but have
not yielded “concrete results” so far.
On the occasion of NSCN-KK’s 33rd
republic day, ‘President’ ‘general retd’ Khole Konyak expressed
the belief that Nagas have a “common future” and said the signing
of ‘covenant of reconciliation’ by the collective leaders was
an outstanding accomplishment.
NNC/FGN ‘brigadier’ (retd)’, S.
Singnya on the eve of its 58th republic day said his group would
always view reconciliation as a means to strengthen the “national
goal and vision.”
NNC/FGN said that “unauthorized
persons/imposters” were collecting ‘taxes’ in the name of NNC/FGN
by way of duplicating copies of FGN logo. In a statement,
NNC/FGN informed all the business communities in Nagaland, particularly
Kohima and Dimapur that all types of annual trade/commercial taxation
for the fiscal year 2013-14 would be dealt with by the ministry
of chaplee affairs and requested them inform not to entertain
any person in the form of taxation till further order.
FGN president ‘general’ (retd)
Viyalie Metha, on the occasion of 58th ‘republic
day’ has accused India of resorting to “fragmenting propaganda”
in connivance with Myanmar to “break the fabric of Naga solidarity.”
NNC-NA ‘president’ M.Kiumukam
has wished fellow Nagas, members of other factions and well-wishers
a happy “Naga Republic Day.” In his message, NNC-NA ‘president’
appealed to the Nagas to maintain peace and harmony in the society.
Nagaland Home Minister G Kaito
Aye, said arresting of cadres of various underground factions
by State Police sometimes would not lead to desirable solution
but suggested that they give them (cadres of various factions)
counseling.
The ZUF has clarified that the
exchange of fire Manipur’s near Kotlam village along National
Highway-37 on March 20 took place between Assam Rifles troops
and two of its expelled cadres.
Imphal West Police Commandos arrested
two NSCN-IM militants from Manipur’s Heirangoithong and Hodam
Leirak respectively. They have been identified as Lourembam Rohen alias Makak
Singh (31) and Kshetrimayum Prem alias Premkumar alias PK
Panmei (29).
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
said, “Given the rise in Maoist [CPI-Maoist] activities in upper
Assam, we have decided to deploy more security forces”. On the
issue of NRC update in Assam, Gogoi said, “Due to lots of problems
with regard to NRC update in lower Assam, we have started the
NRC update in upper Assam in the first phase.”
ULFA-PTF ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa
stated India and Bangladesh are trying to find a way to get undivided
ULFA ‘general secretary’ Anup Chetiaalias Golap Baruah
out of the "protective custody" of Bangladesh court
so that he can be extradited to India for participation in the
ongoing peace talks.
Assam Forest Minister Rockybul
Hussain stated that the present Government in the State created
around 25,000 posts in the State Police Department and around
8,000 posts in the department are lying vacant at present. Between
1,000 and 2,000 of these posts fall vacant annually due to superannuation
of incumbent officers and staff, he said.
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March 22
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GOC 16 Corps Army Lieutenant General
D. S. Hooda said 200 to 300 militants are waiting for an opportune
moment to sneak into this side from across the LoC in J&K.
Regarding AFSPA the GOC 16 Corps said “So far as Army is concerned
we have already submitted our recommendations to the Government
over the issue and it was now up to the Government to look into
our recommendations before making any decision on it.”
Regarding the arrest of suspected
HM militant, Sayyed Liyaqat Shah, J&K Police said "Liyaqat
was fed-up in Pakistan. He was there since 1997 and had intentions
to surrender before the Jammu and Kashmir Police after sneaking
into India through Nepal, as is routine with stranded Kashmiri
militants. Liyaqat had gone to Pakistan for arms training in the
early 90's."
Madhya Pradesh ATS arrested five
persons from Haddigodam area of Seoni District and seized a cache
of 126 crude bombs, two country made revolvers 10 rounds, a sword
and some literatures from their possession. Police is probing
their link with leaders of banned outfit SIMI.
Special Cell sources said that
HM militant Sayyed Liyaqat Shah was planning a 26/11 rerun in
Delhi. The targets were New Delhi’s Select Citywalk Shopping Mall
and the Chandni Chowk Market, he has apparently told interrogators.
About 100 armed Maoists first
got passengers alighted from a bus and then torched it at Kachanpur
village, located at hilly terrain, under Dev P.S. in Aurangabad
District of Bihar.
Alarmed by reports of fresh illegal
infiltration from Bangladesh triggered by the ongoing turmoil
in the neighbouring country, India has alerted the border guarding
force deployed along the international border. Sources said fencing
work was sanctioned for 3,436 km of the 4,096-km border with Bangladesh
and 2,525 km had been fenced. He said work was in progress for
fencing on 365 km and the pending work was expected to be completed
in a year or two.
Union Home Secretary, R K Singh,
DG, CRPF, Pranay Sahay and a host of other officials visited Chak
post in Manatu block in Palamu District in Jharkhand.
The Central Government is likely
to set up a regional office of NIA in Jharkhand in the wake of
growing terror activities in the State and frequent recovery of
foreign-made weapons from the Maoist bastions.
SFs busted a camp of CPI-Maoist
inside a forest near Gadapakali village in Kandhamal District
of Odisha.
Two people, including an alleged
militant of Bhindranwale Tigers Force (BTF) Kulbir Singh Assandh,
were arrested by Punjab Police from near Sirhind of Fatehgarh
Sahib District in connection with the Zirakpur drug haul case
(February, 2013).
Strengthening its capability for
anti-LWE operations, IAF will deploy a squadron of its latest
Mi-17 V-5 helicopters in Nagpur (Maharashtra) to cater to the
needs of extremism-hit States of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan
Warjri, said that steps will be taken to end the extortion drive
of various militants and their overground workers in Garo Hills.
A trooper of the Assam Rifles
was killed while another was injured in an IED blast triggered
along the road side of Leirongthel Lamkhai under Yairipok Police
Station in Thoubal District of Manipur.
The KNO accused the NSCN-IM of
killing one Moshon Saka Maring, a deserter of NSCN-IM on March
19 in Manipur.
HPC-D, in a press statement in
Manipur, has said that the outfit collectively reaffirms H Zosangbera
as its ‘chairman’. It said, the council also collectively reaffirmed
LT Hmar to continue his service as the Working Chairman of the
HPC-D.
KLNLF observed its 19th raising
day at its Diphu designated camp in Karbi Anglong District of
Assam.
The Central Government will soon
offer a new rehabilitation package to the ULFA-PTF as the primary
focus of the ongoing peace talks is rehabilitation of its members
in Assam. The rehabilitation package will be a "constructive"
one that will help its cadres lead a dignified life.
DG of BGB, Major General Aziz
Ahmed said Dhaka would never allow its soil to be used against
any anti–India activity.
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March 23
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Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram
said peace and security will be restored in J&K.
MMM while issuing fresh protest
calendar on March 24 has called for complete shutdown in J&K
on March 28.
Delhi Police Special Cell has
recovered 75 contacts from mobile phone book of Sayyed Liyaqat
Ali Shah, which are numbers of leaders and important operatives
of Al-Badr, Al-Burq, Tehrik-e-Jihad and at least eight HM militants.
Delhi Police sources also claimed
that apart from central intelligence agencies input on March 16,
MAC of Home Ministry had also given an input on March 19, a day
before Liyaqat Shah's arrest from Indo-Nepal border, that "Pak/PoK
based terrorist alongwith others reached Nepal on March 19 from
Pakistan.
Delhi Police Special Cell also
released the portrait of one of the suspects, who had checked
into the Hotel Haji Arafat in Jama Masjid. Special Cell is yet
to trace the suspects and also if the plan to attack Delhi is
still on or not.
Police arrested Sudarshan alias
Srinivas, a top ranking CPI-Maoist leader, after a day-long search
from an undisclosed location near Wyra town in Khammam District.
STF troopers busted a CPI-Maoist
training camp in Abuzamad area of Narayanpur District of Chattisgarh
and arrested six Maoists, including two women and a minor boy.
Manipur Police commandos of the
Imphal West District arrested one militant each of the UNLF
and RPF from Khuman Lampak near Dinku Road crossing and Thangal
bazaar respectively. It identified the two as UNLF’s ‘corporal’
Thokchom Chon alias Nganthoi and RPF/PLA’s hardcore
member Chongtham Oken Singh.
A Maoist cadre carrying a cash
award of INR 17,000 on his head was arrested during a joint search
operation in Chattisgarh ‘s Kondagaon District.
PLFI cadres killed a criminal
of Paharichita alias Patrick Toppo gang near a petrol pump
at Nagfeni village on the national Highway-23 under Sisai Police
Station of Gumla District of Jharkhand.
Unidentified militants set ablaze
a private truck at Yairipok area in Thoubal District of Manipur.
The truck owner P Jiban Singh (32) said militant outfit PULF had
demanded money from them some months back. The militants hijacked
the truck which was en route to Machi village from Yairipok area
on March 22 and the driver was let off.
NSCN-KK ‘president’ “General (retd.)”
Khole Konyak has ordered indefinite suspension of three officials
for “breaching” party discipline Clause C (6). According to NSCN-KK,
the three officials, in February 19-21, 2013, on the eve of the
State assembly elections, “secretly visited Suruhuto Camp of the
Khaplang group in Sumi region without the knowledge and permission
of the government.”
NSCN-IM, Kohima town command,
in a goodwill gesture released one ‘captain’ of the NSCN-K, identified
as Yale Pochury “without any conditions” in presence of AYO and
family members in Nagaland.
A CPI-Maoist cadre involved in
several cases of violence including the killing of a CPI-M leader
was arrested from Bankura District of West Bengal.
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March 24
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Suspected militants opened fire
on a Police party killing one civilian, Abdul Rashid Dar, and
injuring one SF trooper, Kishor Kumar of 16th Battalion IRP, at
a busy Sunday Market in Sopore town (Baramulla District).
Foiling an infiltration bid, SF
shot dead one militant when he tried to infiltrate into the Indian
side of the border in Pokhra area of Nowshera Sector (Rajouri
District) in J&K. PKR 2050, an I-card and some paper slips
containing telephone numbers, were recovered from the slain militant.
Police in Bargarh District neutralized
a racket that was manufacturing FICN in Gaiselet area of the District
and arrested four persons and seized FICN with face value of INR
49,000.
A RBI study on FICN has observed
that such notes have also begun to surface abroad, keeping pace
with the convertible currencies.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres including
a couple, surrendered before Khammam SP, AV Ranganath of Andhra
Pradesh.
To strengthen the Andhra Pradesh
Police machinery in the mandals along the Pranahita river
bordering Maharashtra and also in Maoist-affected areas, Adilabad
District Police have posted 101 constables in those Police Stations.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
from Pedakavli village under Modakpal Police Station in Bijapur
District of Odisha.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
by Jharkhand Police in Bundu town in Ranchi District for allegedly
burning a truck.
A former cadre of CPI-Maoist,
identified as Naman Kandulna, was killed by his mates in Goeilkera
area of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
A hand grenade wrapped with paper
was found left at the residence of Konsam Achouba, Deputy Ranger
Forest Department at Poarabi Mayai Leikai under Lamlai Police
station in Imphal East District, Manipur.
Troops of Jiribam, Manipur based
Assam Rifles Battalion under the aegis of Haflong Based Assam
Rifles Headquarters launched an operation on specific information
and arrested one individual identified as Puiya Hmar on March
23. One AK 56 Rifle, one magazine and 5 rounds of live cartridges
were recovered from him. His affiliations to any militant group
could not be ascertained.
Commandos attached to Thoubal
District Police of Manipur arrested two PREPAK-P from Sekmaijin
area in Thoubal District. A .9mm pistol along with some rounds
of ammunition and ‘letters demanding money from the public’ were
allegedly recovered from the possession of the two.
A combined team of Thoubal Commando
and personnel of 15 Assam rifle conducted a cordon and search
operation at Manipur’s Chandrakhong and Leirongthel area and arrested
one alleged PLA over ground worker identified as Koijam Gourahari
Singh (55). According to the Police, the arrested person was also
involved in the IED blast at Leirongthel Lamkahi in which one
Assam Riffles personal died and other Assam rifle personal was
injured.
The Imphal West District Police
commandos arrested KYKL cadre identified as Gurumayum Boby Sharma
from near Kasturi crossing, Thangal bazaar, Manipur.
The hurriedly done draft peace
pact with the ANVC-B just prior to the Meghalaya Assembly elections,
without asking the cadres to surrender their weapons in time,
has resulted in extortion and formation of splinter groups. An
official source said that the defect of the draft agreement lies
in the fact that no deadline was given to the ANVC-B leaders to
deposit their arms with the Police or keep them in joint custody
as was done in the case of its parent group, ANVC.
SFs arrested two suspected linkmen
of the NDFB-IKS, identified as Jotin Nazari and Putuli Nazari,
near Koliabhomora Bridge in Sonitpur District, Assam. SFs recovered
a pistol and five grenades from their possession. The husband-wife
duo was on their way to Biswanath Chariali from Dimapur via Tezpur
on a motorcycle.
The Army has got a ROV to tackle
the IED planted by militants in Assam. "Designed by the DRDO,
the ROV was tested in December and inducted in January,"
an Army Officer said.
The Central Government has ruled
out general amnesty for the members of NDFB-RD, who have been
charged with involvement in heinous crimes, including the serial
blasts in the state on October 30, 2008.
CM Tarun Gogoi hailed the UC structure
engaged in counter-insurgency operations in Assam as one of the
best in the country and commended the role of the Army and other
paramilitary forces in curbing insurgency.
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March 25
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J&K CM Omar Abdullah said
that separatists do not want to deal with the government on political
grounds and are indulged in arson though he had always dealt with
them politically.
MHA has asked NIA to probe the
circumstances of suspected HM operative Sayyed Liyaqat Ali Shah's
arrest.
Union Government launched online
Terrorist Information System (TIS) to aggregate states' terrorist
data under a single platform to help agencies coordinate better.
Maharashtra ATS opposed the application
filed by the accused of July 11, 2006 Mumbai Train Blasts case
seeking to call three suspected members of terror outfit IM as
witnesses.
Arunachal Pradesh’s NESO asked
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to expedite the ongoing peace process
with various rebel groups in India’s northeastern states. “The
Indian government must demonstrate its sincerity and commitment
to all the ongoing political dialogues with different armed groups
operating in the Northeastern states,” NESO Chairman Samuel B
Jyrwa said.
The CPI-Maoist organised a Jan
Adalat (people’s court, a euphemism for Kangaroo Court) in
Sherghati Sub-division of Gaya District of Bihar.
Police intensified operations
against PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, in their forest
hideouts in Gumla District of Jharkhand.
An AR trooper was injured in an
IED explosion occurred at a place between Konkan and Nambisa of
Ukhrul District of Manipur bordering Myanmar at around 10.45 am.
Meanwhile, claiming responsibility of the blast, UNLF spokesperson
said that five AR Jawans were killed and some other Jawans were
injured in the attack.
Adhering to the ideology propounded
by KNF founder president Nehlun Kipgen, KNF-Nehlun has been striving
to achieve the goals aspired by the late leader, the most important
being creation of a Kukiland. Briefing media persons at their
Daitwi base camp situated in Manipur along Indo-Myanmar border,
KNF-N spokesman KS Elson said that Nehlun Kipgen set up KNF on
March 18, 1987 in a village near the Indo-Myanmar border.
Mizoram Home minister R Lalzirliana,
said the State Government wants to secure the release of five
people abducted on February 19 last without paying ransom as demanded
by the abductors. Stating this during question hour in the assembly,
Lalzirliana said the government would not pay the ransom demanded
by the Bru militants who abducted the five people from a poaching
camp inside the Mizoram-Bangladesh-Tripura border Dampa Tiger
Reserve.
The ongoing peace negotiations
between the Mizoram Government and the HPC-D could not be resumed
early due to abduction of five Mizos by the Bru militants on February
19, the State assembly was informed.
NSCN-IM, NSCN-KK and NNC/FGN functionaries
have returned to Nagaland after another round of meet on reconciliation
at Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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March 26
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Seven J&K Police personnel
sustained minor injuries when a grenade accidentally blasted at
the arms and ammunition store in Parimpora Police Station in Srinagar
city (Srinagar District).
Four persons, allegedly involved
in printing and circulating FICN, were arrested from Maharashtra’s
Thane District. FICN worth face value of INR 175,000 were recovered
from them.
NIA arrested Muhammed Yousuf alias
Shihab, accused in the Kerala’s Thaliparamba (Kannur District)
FICN case from the IGI Airport in New Delhi (South West Delhi
District) after being deported from UAE.
Five militants, three from the
UNLF and one each from the PULF and the KCP-MC, surrendered before
the BSF Inspector-General Sh. Anup Chand Thapliyal at 116 BSF
battalion in Bishnupur District of Manipur.
One hand grenade was recovered
near ABC godown gate at Khoyathong in Imphal West District. The
grenade was retrieved and set it off safely by a bomb disposal
squad of Manipur Police.
A press statement of the PIB,
Defence Wing, has said that RPF/PLA ‘sergeant major’ Ningthoujam
Leirenjao Singh alias Thouba was arrested by troops
of Manipur’s Red Shield Division on the intervening night of March
23 – 24. It said that the individual has revealed important information
on armed activities in the area of Imphal West and also led to
the recovery of a 7.65 mm Pistol and a .22 Pistol along with 40
rounds of AK ammunition.
In Manipur, a 48-hour National
Highway `total blockade` has been called from the midnight of
March 27 by the AZSU-AMN, ZYF-AMN and ZSUM demanding the safe
release of Alice Kamei, a class nine student of Grace Reach Academy.
The student was abducted by some persons who claimed themselves
to be from the RPF/PLA. Alice Kamei reportedly went missing since
March 10, according to the three Zeliangrong organisations.
Three cadres of ZUF surrendered
to the 5th AR with arms after a brief encounter
at Dailong village in Tamenglong District of Manipur. The three
surrendered cadres were identified as ‘sergeant major’ Champulong
Gangmei RK (22) son of Jungamang Gangmei, ‘sergeant major’ Kaumei
Kamei (23) son of Cahdaidi Kamei and ‘finance in-charge’ of ZUF
‘sergeant major ‘Chingkhuirei (20) son of Phungkelong.
Troops of 24-AR handed over four
PLA militants to the Imphal Police Station after they were arrested
during a counter insurgency operation at Chalktong village of
Manipur’s Chandel District. The arrested PLA cadres were
identified as Wahengbam Rex Alias Abung (17)
of Hiyanglam village, Mohammad Rajaoddin (23) of Yairipok Heitroipokpi,
MK Rustam (25) of Yairipok and Mohammad Karim (17) of Keirao Mayai
Leikai, police said.
RPF stated that Koijam Gourahari
of Leirongthel Lamkhai (55) is not a cadre of the outfit. RPF
further stated that AR by arresting the elderly man is venting
its frustrations on the civil population following the bomb blast
of March 23 at Thoubal District, Manipur, in which two AR personnel
died.
Madhya Pradesh ATS heightened
surveillance on the elements making finance available for banned
outfit SIMI in Indore (Indore District) and Ujjain (Ujjain District)
divisions.
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March 27
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A 16 year old boy, Maqsood Ahmad
Mir, was injured in a littered explosive blast at village Danisayyidan
along LoC in Uri area of J&K’s Baramulla District.
Unidentified gunmen opened fire
on a team of SOG of Police in Imam Sahib area of Shopian District
in J&K. No one was reportedly injured in the attack.
APHC-M chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
was released from house arrest at J&K in the night.
Defence establishment is apprehending
a spurt in militant violence as Pakistan has increased its activity
of pushing infiltrators into J&K. Three high-powered communication
centres to facilitate a communication network between militants
and their handlers have been activated inside PoK.
A parliamentary standing committee
on Home Affairs has recommended increased pressure on countries
bordering the Northeastern region during trade discussions to
close down Indian rebel training camps operating on their soil.
General (retired) Pervez Musharraf
said that he was proud of the Kargil (Kargil District of Jammu
and Kashmir) operation and blamed political class for squandering
away a military victory.
A tribal youth, identified as
Bandu Durga Pungati (27), was allegedly axed to death outside
his house in Laheri village in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra
by CPI-Maoist cadres on suspicion that he was a Police informer.
Police commandos of Imphal East
and Imphal West District Police Stations nabbed five militants,
belonging to PLA and KCP, during search operations at Keisamthong,
Chasad Avenue, Thangal Bazar and Lamsang areas in the two Districts
of Manipur, official sources said. The PLA militants were identified
as Oinam Shayam, Thangman Haokip and Moirangthem Boinao. While,
the arrested KCP militants were identified as Mayengbam Jiban
and Sagolsem Thoithoi.
SFs arrested two PLA cadres at
Sekmaijin area in Maniour’s Thoubal District. SFs recovered two
hand grenades, five kilograms of explosive materials and other
underground items from them.
The ANVC-B said that the outfit
is waiting for Meghalaya Government to initiate the official procedure
to work out the formalities for the ceasefire as was done in 2004
with its parent outfit, ANVC.
The outfit also took a dig at
the MLA Clifford Marak who had moved a call attention motion in
the Assembly about the extortion being carried out by the ANVC-B
militants in his constituency, Chokpot (South Garo Hills) of Meghalaya.
BSF personnel arrested one Bangladeshi
national, identified as Saikat Ali (65), from South Garo Hills
District of Meghalaya while he was infiltrating from Bangladesh
to India and on inspection BDTK 1188 was recovered from his possession.
A parliamentary standing committee
on Home Affairs has recommended increased pressure on countries
bordering the Northeastern region during trade discussions to
close down Indian rebel training camps operating on their soil.The
Venkaiah Naidu-led department-related parliamentary standing committee
on Home Affairs stated in its report submitted on March that all
trade discussions with the countries bordering states of the Northeast
should include a clause demanding closure of rebel training camps
being run on their soil.
The committee observed that despite
adoption of various strategies to bring peace to the Northeast,
an environment conducive to investments to ensure accelerated
economic growth was yet to become a reality. “The need of the
hour is to undertake confidence-building measures and employment
generation, besides ensuring security and safety of human beings
and their belongings,” it stated. The committee opined that counter-insurgency
strategies in the Northeast should be multi-pronged and that Union
development ministries along with the State Governments of the
region could play effective roles in countering these insurgent
groups.
NSCN-KK ‘camp commander’, “colonel”
Yekuto Zhimo of Ghukiye designated camp said that one NSCN-K member
identified as Hokato, son of Vinito hailing from Tazuhu village
of Sumi Region, has been released unconditionally after thorough
deliberation. In a press release, camp commander “col.” Yekuto
Zhimo stated that the NSCN-K member was apprehended on February
11, 2013 from Zunheboto BOC at around 3 p.m. and was confined
under their custody for two days despite killing their “brave
cadre” on February 11, 2013 while undergoing medical treatment.
Chairman of the Cease Fire Monitoring
Group [with the NSCN-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)] and the Cease Fire
Supervisory Board ( with NSCN-K and NSCN-KK) and former Chief
of Staff of Dimapur, Nagaland-based 3 Corps Major .General (Retd)
N.George leaves the State on March 28 after one year and
four months in office.
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March 27-28
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Ten cadres of CPI-Maoist were
killed in an encounter with TPC, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist,
near Lakramanda village of Chatra District in Jharkhand.
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March 28
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MMM sponsored general shutdown
witnessed mixed response in J&K. Baramulla and Sopore towns
(Baramulla District) and Bandipora city (Bandipora District) reportedly
observed complete shutdown. . Stray incidents of stone pelting
were reported from many parts of old Srinagar (Srinagar District)
including Safa Kadal and Kadi Kadal localities.
A TADA Court of J&K, presided
by Sanjeev Gupta acquitted one Joginder Singh alias Doga,
an alleged associate of militant Pritam Singh alias Billa
after 21 years long investigation and trial as prosecution failed
to connect the co-accused with the crime.
Three persons were arrested from
Secunderabad railway station (Hyderabad District) of Andhra Pradesh
on charges of possessing FICN amounting to a face value of INR
200,000.
Mizoram Additional CID-SB H L
Thangzuala stated that five road construction workers, who were
abducted on February 19 by a gang of miscreants from Mamit District
along the Bangladesh border, were released and handed over to
Mizo leaders in Bangladesh.
Mizorzm Chief Minister Lalthanhawla,
while announcing the release of the five hostages, said no ransom
was paid to the criminals to secure the release of the captives.
A SIT of the Crime Branch-Central
Investigation Department (CB-CID) arrested one person in connection
with pipe bomb planted in senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
leader L K Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra (Public awareness tour) on
October 27, 2011, from Madurai District of Tamil Nadu.
The Wyra Police of Khammam District
in Andhra Pradesh announced the arrest of Orissa-based CPI-Maoist
‘commander’ Vimala alias Navya alias Kumari.
BSF troopers apprehended one Bangladeshi
illegal immigrant identified as Mohamad Sarif Ahmed (24) from
Meghalaya’s West Jaintia Hills District while he was trying to
infiltrate from Bangladesh to India.
Three cadres belonging to Nagaland’s
NSCN-KK have joined NSCN-K. In a statement, NSCN-K MIP said the
cadres left their previous group “after losing faith in the leadership”
and stating that they saw “no vision” for the future of Nagas.
The three cadres are ‘captain’ Asang Konyak, ‘sergeant’ Tongmeth
Konyak and ‘chaplee’ Aying Konyak.
Nagaland’s National Hoho reaffirmed
the leadership of NSCN-IM ‘chairman’ Isak Chishi Swu and NSCN-IM
‘general secretary’ Thuingaleng Muivah retrospectively with effect
from January 21, 2011. NSCN-IM also passed a budget of INR 11
million for the 2013-14.
The Government Railway Police
(GRP) of Tamil Nadu Police has got a cyber crime wing, The new
group will help GRP, which is now dependent on the cyber unit
of Chennai and state Police.
Three of the four IM terror operatives
suspected to be involved in the Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) blasts
of February 21, 2013 have fled to Calcutta (West Bengal), according
to security sources. The four IM operatives the NIA has zeroed
in on are Yasin Bhatkal, Asadullah Aktar alias Tabrej,
Waquer alias Ahmed and Tahsin alias Hasan.
Commandos of Thoubal District
Police carried out frisking and checking at Pallel (Chandel District
of Manipur) near the Police check post and arrested a cadre of
UNLF, identified as Ayekpam Leishemba alias Mayokngamba
alias Khaphei. SFs also arrested a KYKL cadre, identified
as Mutum Dinesh Singh, from Nobrang area.
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At least 24 persons received injuries
in ‘protests’ which erupted after the congregational Friday prayers
at J&K’s old Srinagar area (Srinagar District), Baramulla
town (Baramulla District) and Islamabad area (Anantnag District).
FICN with total face value of
INR 15,000 were detected among the remittances received at SBI’s
branch at Udumalpet locality of Tirupur District of Tamil Nadu.
NIA uploaded photographs of key
suspects in February 21 Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad Urban District)
blasts case on its official portal.
Four CPI-Maoist militias including
a commander of a militia group surrendered before the DIG, BSF,
Akhileswar Singh at the BSF camp in Koraput District, Odisha.
A member of Galikonda area committee
of CPI-Maoist, identified as M. Bhaskara Rao and four militia
members were arrested by G.K. Veedhi Police in Visakhapatnam District
of Andhra Pradesh.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Gemmeli Sadayi alias Sadhana (26), carrying a reward
of INR 400 thousand surrendered before Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam
District Police.
A CPI-Maoist cadre involved in
the attack on Jharkhand's former Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari
was arrested from Gondgada village under Ranka Police Station
limits of Garwah District, Jharkhand.
Manipur Deputy Chief Minister
Gaikhangam said that elaborate security arrangements have been
made along the railway track construction sites between Tupul
near Imphal and Jiribam sub-division to ensure completion of the
railway project in time. The State Cabinet, last week, decided
to set up six new Police Stations to provide security for the
rail project. "Of the six new Police Stations, three will
exclusively be set up at Khongsang, Awang Khul and Keimai along
the Imphal-Silchar highway," Gaikhangam said.
MNRF cadre, identified as AS Ngaihairing
was arrested by a team of 15 Assam Rifles during an operation
at Sambrei village under Yairipok Police Station of Thoubal District
of Manipur.
PLA cadre, identified as Ningthoujam
Amitkumar Singh (27) of Phayeng Chingtaba village of Manipur’s
Imphal West District was arrested by a team of 30 Assam Rifles
during a raid in his residence.
Three Maoists, identified as Jugal
Kendruka, Sugriva Nachika and Jibita Kendruka, were arrested during
a joint operation by personnel of Odisha’s Koraput District Police
and SOG in Dumsil area under Narayanpatna Police Station limits.
SFs arrested two NSCN-IM cadres,
identified as Silai Pansha and Wangsiang Wansha, from Longding
Niru village in Longding District of Arunachal Pradesh.
Three Maoists, identified as Jugal
Kendruka, Sugriva Nachika and Jibita Kendruka, were arrested during
a joint operation by personnel of Odisha’s Koraput District Police
and SOG in Dumsil area under Narayanpatna Police Station limits.
MNRF cadre, identified as AS Ngaihairing
was arrested by a team of 15 Assam Rifles during an operation
at Sambrei village under Yairipok Police Station of Thoubal District,
Manipur.
PLA cadre, identified as Ningthoujam
Amitkumar Singh (27) of Phayeng Chingtaba village of Imphal West
District, Manipur was arrested by a team of 30 Assam Rifles during
a raid in his residence. One country made .9 mm pistol and a hand
grenade were recovered from him, the Police said.
A city sessions court in Ahmedabad,
Gujarat convicted three persons for running a FICN racket. The
court, however, acquitted 12 other accused. After the trial, additional
sessions judge D.Y. Malik found three persons guilty, but did
not find enough evidence against the rest.
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March 30
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Suspected HM militant Sayyed Liyaqat
Shah was remanded in 14 days judicial custody by a Delhi court.
Malkangiri District Police believe
that few CPI-Maoist cadres could be injured in an encounter that
took place inside a forest near Tekguda, about 55 kilometres from
Malkangiri, under Kalimela Police limits in Odisha.
Rayagada District Voluntary Force
(DVF) and CRPF personnel unearthed three landmines which had been
planted by Maoists in Kalyansinghpur Police Station area. Each
of the landmines weighed around five kilograms. It was suspected
that these landmines had been planted by the Maoists led by Nikhil
and Bunty, who are active in Rayagada District of Odisha.
BSF troopers apprehended two Bangladeshi
illegal immigrants identified as Manash Sangma (52) and Ashish
Sangma (30) while they were infiltrating from Bangladesh to India
in Baghmara of South Garo Hills District, Meghalaya.
With the improvement of relations
between India and Bangladesh, the ties between the border guarding
forces of both the countries have also improved considerably and
coordinated patrolling by the BSF and BGB has started, which is
a major positive in border management. BSF sources elaborated
that the personnel of the BSF and BGB jointly identified the vulnerable
stretches along the Indo-Bangla border based on infiltration,
movement of criminals etc and coordinated patrolling is carried
out in those areas.
An IED fitted in a cooking gas
cylinder exploded at the residence of a businessman in Imphal
East District in Manipur. According to police report the IED went
off at the main entrance of Thokchom Jotin Singh (48) of Kongpal
Kongkham Leikai under Porompat Police station of Imphal East District.
No casualty was reported in the explosion which Police suspected
monetary demand behind the blast.
A KNO militant, identified as
Hengangam Kuki (27), was arrested from Koite village of Churachandpur
District of Manipur. A .9 mm pistol along with a magazine loaded
with nine live rounds of 9 mm ammunition was recovered from his
possession.
A KNF cadre identified as Jarath alias Mimin
Kipgen (28) was arrested from Manidhara village under Kangpokpi
Police station of Senapati District in Manipur.
Security Forces arrested one person
and recovered firearms from his possession at Super market area
in Dimapur District, Nagaland. One 7.65 pistol, one magazine
and six live rounds and drugs were recovered from the possession
of the arrested person
NSCN-K Education Kilonser (minister)
‘major (retd.)’, Kewongkhum Yimchunger has reaffirmed that the
six tribes namely Konyak, Chang, Sangtam, Yimchunger, Khiamniungan
and Phom [from frontier Nagaland or Eastern Nagaland peoples’
Organization (ENPO) jurisdiction] were still “firm on its struggle.”
Malkangiri Police believe that
few Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres could
be injured in an encounter that took place inside a forest near
Tekguda, about 55 kilometres from Malkangiri, under Kalimela Police
limits of the same District of Odisha.
DVF and CRPF personnel unearthed
three landmines which had been planted by Maoists in Kalyansinghpur
Police Station area, Odisha. Each of the landmines was weighing
around five kilograms. It was suspected that these landmines had
been planted by the Maoists led by Nikhil and Bunty, who are active
in Rayagada District.
An improvised explosive device
fitted in a cooking gas cylinder exploded at the residence of
a businessman in Imphal East District, Manipur. According to police
report the IED went off at the main entrance of Thokchom Jotin
Singh (48) of Kongpal Kongkham Leikai under Porompat Police station
of Imphal East District. No casualty was reported in the explosion
which Police suspected monetary demand behind the blast.
A KNO militant, identified as
Hengangam Kuki (27), was arrested from Koite village of Churachandpur
District of Manipur. A .9 mm pistol along with a magazine loaded
with nine live rounds of 9 mm ammunition was recovered from his
possession.
A KNF cadre identified as Jarath
alias Mimin Kipgen (28) was arrested from Manidhara village
under Kangpokpi Police station of Senapati District, Manipur.
One .9 mm pistol with magazine and 31 live rounds of .9 mm ammunition
were recovered from his possession, Police added.
Police neutralized a militant
hideout and recovered cache of arms and ammunition from Doorimal
Gambheer Mughlan area of Rajouri District, J&K. Recoveries
include four Chinese grenades, two AK magazines, 27 AK rounds,
one wireless set, one Antenna and a radio.
Security Forces arrested one person
and recovered firearms from his possession at Super market area
in Dimapur District of Nagaland. One 7.65 pistol, one magazine
and six live rounds and drugs were recovered from the possession
of the arrested person
NSCN-K Education Kilonser
(minister) ‘major (retd.)’, Kewongkhum Yimchunger has reaffirmed
that the six tribes namely Konyak, Chang, Sangtam, Yimchunger,
Khiamniungan and Phom [from frontier Nagaland or Eastern Nagaland
peoples’ Organization (ENPO) jurisdiction] were still “firm on
its struggle.”
One Zubair Ahmad was arrested
on March 30 from Bonabazar locality of Shopian town (Shopian District
of J&K) on charges of inciting violence and pelting stones
on the Security Forces (SF). Following the arrest shutdown was
observed in the town on March 31. Minor clashes between youth
and SF erupted and incidents of stone pelting were reported during
the protest demonstrations against the arrest.
With the improvement of relations
between India and Bangladesh, the ties between the border guarding
forces of both the countries have also improved considerably and
coordinated patrolling by the BSF and Border Guards Bangladesh
(BGB) has started, which is a major positive in border management.
Video footage, captured on a CCTV
camera of the Patrakar Bhavan in Pune shows three youths arriving
on a motorbike and pasting posters, which the Police believe were
released by the CPI-Maoist. These posters, suspected to have been
put up by the ‘Maharashtra State Committee’ of the CPI-Maoist,
were placed at prominent and strategic locations across the city,
including the entrance of Patrakar Bhavan in Navi Peth, Garware
College, S P College, Shramik Bhavan, Swargate junction, Shaniwar
Wada, Balgandharva as well as the Shivajinagar court.
Gadchiroli District Police have
started “Campaign Nav Jeevan (New Life)” to appeal to the
Maoists from tribal Districts of Maharashtra to surrender by reaching
out to their families. Under this campaign, the Police will meet
the families of Maoist cadres with gifts and assurance of safe
surrender for their kin, informed the Gadchiroli Police.
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March 31
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The magisterial probe into the
attack on Williamnagar jail (Meghalaya), which resulted in the
death of two jail staff, has failed to pinpoint which militant
group was involved in the crime. Assistant Jailor Neil Warjri
and Warder Sarai Sing Thabah were killed in the attack by a gang
of militants on the night of February 2.
SFs, in an encounter, killed a
GNLA militant near the Khashi Ghaghra area under Krishnai Police
Station in Goalpara District, Assam. The slain militant was identified
as Khowak Marak. While, another GNLA militant identified as Niksrang
Sangma was injured in the same incident.
SFs recovered an IED, suspected
to be planted by NDFB militants, from a connecting road between
Kanyakuchi and Saljhar Township under Rangjuli Police Station
in the Goalpara District, Assam
Members of FTVFA at a press conference
in Guwahati city (Assam) urged the Government, the judiciary and
the public to stand by the victims of the October 30, 2008 serial
blasts and pleaded that NDFB chief Ranjan Daimary, who masterminded
the serial blasts in the state, is not released on bail.
A man, identified as Mohammad
Alam, has been arrested for circulating FICN from Trilokpuri in
East Delhi District, New Delhi "Most of these notes were
smeared with gulal and hence not easily identifiable. The accused
wanted to circulate these notes among auto drivers and local shopkeepers.
Most of these notes were of high quality and seem to have entered
India through Bangladesh," said a source.
MMM, an amalgam of various separatist
and religious organizations in J&K, issued fresh protest calendar.
It has asked people to hold protest demonstrations on April 5
after the congregational Friday prayers and observe complete shutdown
on April 6.
The magisterial probe into the
attack on Williamnagar jail (Meghalaya), which resulted in the
death of two jail staff, has failed to pinpoint which militant
group was involved in the crime. Assistant Jailor Neil Warjri
and Warder Sarai Sing Thabah were killed in the attack by a gang
of militants on the night of February 2. The findings revealed
that the primary target of the attackers was assistant jailor
Warjri and not Thabah. Soon after the incident, the Police claimed
that it was the handiwork of GNLA. Later, Police confirmed that
the attack was carried out by breakaway faction of ANVC-B led
by its commander Senbirth Marak alias Norok.
However, the probe report, does
not clearly point out which group was involved in the attack as
it said that Police should investigate into the matter further.
After several run-ins with Indian
Air Force (IAF), CRPF has floated bids to hire private choppers
for anti-Naxal operations. CRPF will, however, assume no responsibility
if the choppers come under fire from the insurgents.
Protests erupted against the arrest
one Zubair Ahmed on charges of inciting violence and pelting stones.
In addition, Police arrested one more youth, identified as Haseeb
Ahmad Gania, on charges of stone pelting. Police also arrested
an active worker of Syed Ali Shah Geelani led All Party Hurriyat
Conference-Geelani (APHC-G) from Zainapora area of Shopian township
(Shopian District of J&K) for inciting people to violence.
Incidents of bomb being placed
and gun shooting incidents related to unidentified militant groups
in the midst of the Yaosang (holi) festival held for five
days from March 27 to 31 occurred at three different places of
Manipur.
BSF troopers arrested an ISI agent,
identified as Rasel Mia (30), from Bishalgarh area in Sipahijala
District of Tripura bordering Bangladesh. Later, he was handed
over to the Police
Assam Rifles personnel along with
Nagaland Police arrested one Laljang Singson in Inbung village
(Athibung) of Peren District, Nagaland. According to a statement
by AR, the arrest was followed by recovery of a foreign made pistol
with magazine and live rounds. Laljang was reportedly brandishing
the “weapon and threatening” the villagers in Inbung village.
Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA) is reportedly
inciting anti-India sentiments while pushing recruits into this
side of the border.
Comparing the Indian military
operating in Manipur with mafia and drug cartels, the UNLF
has alleged that the recent claim of BSF about surrender of five
militant cadres to them was another chapter of the fake surrender
drama.
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April 1
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Clashes between ‘protesters’ and
SF continued for second consecutive day in which at least six
persons sustained injuries in Shopian District, J&K. ‘Protesters’
pelted stone on Police and CRPF personnel near (Shopian) District
Hospital, Shopian Police Station, Bun Bazar and Gagran areas of
the Shopian town.
‘chairman’ of APHC-M, Mirwaiz
Umar Farooq, and several other ‘leaders’ of the outfit have been
put under house arrest starting April 1 when they tried to visit
the house of Mohammad Afzal Guru in J&K.
A cadre of the PLFI, a breakaway
faction of the CPI-Maoist, was arrested by Police from Asro village,
under Sisai Police Station area in Gumla District, Jharkhand.
Dayanand Yadav was arrested along with a pistol, four bullets,
a motorcycle, and three mobile sets.
Three persons were arrested from
Chotki Sidhwara under Gomia Police Station during anti-Maoist
operation in the forests situated in the foothills of Jhumra in
Bokaro District of Jharkhand. The arrested persons have been identified
as Daulat Mahto and Gulab Mahto, both of whom are brothers, besides
one Dhaneshwar Mahto. They are residents of Chotki Sidhawara.
Sources said the Tritiya Prastuti
Committee (TPC) is holding about 25 Maoist cadres captive after
the earlier reported gun battle (on March 27-28, 2013) with Maoists
in Chatra District (Jharkhand) where at least 10 Maoists were
killed. Among them (Maoists) are Chhotu Das, ‘sub-zonal commander’
and an IED expert, Sanjeet Yadav and Neeru Yadav, both ‘area commanders’.
Jharkhand home department has
formed a dedicated force to protect vital industries threatened
by Maoist insurgency. Called the State Industrial Security Force,
its personnel have been specially trained to deal with Left-wing
extremists and smaller, local criminal gangs involved in violence
and extortion.
Three cadres of CPI-Maoist were
arrested from the forests of Chintanpalli village in Toynar area
in Bijpaur District, Chhattisgarh by a joint contingent of Chhattisgarh
Armed Forces and District Police. The trio - Vijja Telam (40),
Mudma Vande (35) and Mudma Pandu (42) - were active members of
‘National Park Area Committee’ of Maoists and involved in cases
of attempt to murder and arson, he said.
a Maoist carrying a reward of
INR 3,000 on his head was arrested during a search operation along
the border of Kanker and Rajnandgaon Districts of Chhattisgarh.
Talwar Boga (30) was arrested by a joint team of Kanker District
force and BSF personnel from Jakke village.
Two cadres of the Songbijit faction
of NDFB, identified as Thaijan (Tamaran) Brahma and Baitu (Kamishar)
Brahma, were arrested from Basbari Market in a joint operation
by Security Forces (SFs) based at Panbari in Dhubri District,
Assam. One US-made automatic pistol, two magazines, 11 rounds
of live ammunition, one hand grenade along with a fuse, INR 25,000
in cash, two mobile phones, photos and documents were recovered
from them.
Assam Police arrested a man, identified
as Biswanath Chandra Chauhan (35), along with a handmade gun from
his residence at Balagaon under Kokrajhar Police Station in Kokrajhar
District.
Government accorded a special
category status to Maoist-affected Tinsukia District (Assam) to
tackle Left-wing extremism and militancy. The Government has constituted
a 13-member high-powered committee headed by Power and Industry
Minister Pradyut Bordoloi (MLA from the District) with senior
officers from several departments, including Commissioner (Upper
Assam division) and Deputy Commissioner of Tinsukia District,
to prepare a special all-round developmental plan that will focus
on infrastructure development and avenues of employment generation.
The plan will be named Integrated District Action Plan.
Government has cleared a plan
to deploy more troops, choppers and drones to revamp the nationally-coordinated
offensive against CPI-Maoist violence launched in 2009. The MHA
has sent a note to the Cabinet Committee on Security in this regard.
A panel headed by cabinet secretary AK Seth has already cleared
a plan to assign 14 Indian Air Force choppers - recalled recently
from United Nations peacekeeping operations - to anti-Maoist operations.
David Luvson, ‘public relation
officer (PRO)’ of the NSCN-K was shot dead by suspected cadres
of the NSCN-IM at Aziuram road, which is 3 kilometers away from
the old Tamenglong under Tamenglong District, Manipur.
A one hour encounter reportedly
took place between suspected ZUF cadres and combined troops of
the 6/8 Gurkha Riffles and 10 Assam Riffles at a place between
Khoupum and Kenjang under Tamenglong District of Manipur. According
to sources, one suspected militant was gunned down during the
gun fight. The dead body of the cadre has been and recovered but
no arms and ammunition were found.
Unidentified persons fired some
rounds of bullets at the residence of Amina Fatum, Vice-chairperson
of Sammurou Nagar Panchayat near Lairangkhong of Lilong
Haoreibi Makha Leikai in Thoubal District, Manipur. But no member
of the family sustained injuries in the incident.
Suspected breakaway faction of
ANVC-B militants numbering around 12 shot dead one Benjamin Marak
of Rongbingre in Williamnagar while the deceased was on a picnic
along with his brother and friend at Mrik Wari along the Simsang
River in East Garo Hills District, Meghalaya.
Concerned over the recent rape
and murder of a girl at 12th Mile area of Ri-Bhoi District,
the Khasi Students Union (KSU, northern border area), has demanded
the Mukul Sangma Government to take steps in order to check influx
in Meghalaya. Alleging that unabated inflow of Bangladeshi migrants
is taking place through the Jarabad-Sonapur route to 8 Mile in
Jaintia Hills, the KSU said there are no infiltration check gates
along the route to restrict the entry of the foreigners. The Union
members also detained around 24 suspected Bangladeshi migrants
from Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi on April 1 evening.
11 Maoists were freed by the TPC
on April1 following the freedom to five Maoists on March 31. These
sixteen are amongst the 25 that were captured by the TPC after
a fierce fight between these two groups on March 27-28 over the
supremacy issue. Police sources say that efforts are being made
for the release of the remaining nine Maoists.
Around 2,000 personnel of Sashastra
Seema Bal (SSB) have now been deployed by the Centre for anti-Maoist
operations in Jharkhand. "The Centre, through the Union Home
Ministry, has decided to step up operations and usher development
works in the state which is under President's rule at present,"
security sources said.
Four tehsils (revenue units)
of Maharashtra’s Gondia District -- Gondia, Goregaon, Tiroda and
Amgaon, which were removed from the list of Maoist-affected areas
on February 4, have again been included in the list. This was
announced in State Council.
UMHA Sushilkumar Shinde and MoS
for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh assured a delegation of Members
of Parliament and other political leaders that the Government
was considering setting up fast track courts for “early disposal”
of terror cases against Muslim youth.
Maoists abducted three civilians
- Sabhash Gavade, Gagan Gawade and Vijay Madavi - from Daldal
Kuhi village under Salekasa tehsil (revenue unit) in Gondia
District, Maharashtra.
Maoists ransacked and hurled bombs
at a liquor manufacturing unit at Dangia village in Balangir District,
Odisha. Police said around 25 to 30 armed Maoists barged into
the unit after 9 pm and hurled at least two crude bombs. As the
panicked staff fled, they destroyed the liquor and torched the
premises. The Maoists left behind some posters demanding closure
of all liquor-making units and right prices for minor forest produces.
A PIB-DW release said
that arms and ammunition were recovered from a deserted USRA
militant from Chongkhajao area in Manipur. The release added that
the effort led to recovery of one AK-56 Rifle with magazine, one
G-3 Rifle with two magazines, two Italian made pistols and 37
live rounds from a Jhoom hut.
Self-radicalized youth ‘seething
with a sense of injustice to Muslims’ are reaching out to the
jihadi outfits to volunteer to work for them. Interrogation of
IM and LeT operatives in connection with the February 21, 2013,
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) blasts has brought out what security
and intelligence agency call the "deeply worrying trend",
where terror groups are able to find recruits without having to
work really hard.
Mizoram Government passed a resolution
which will pave the way for setting up of a Territorial Army (Home
and Hearth) to strengthen security within the State.
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April 2
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NLFT militants abducted a woman
chairperson of an elected village committee, Bhagyarani Tripura
(27), along with an elected member from Malda Kumar Roajapara
village under Ganganagar Police Station in Dhalai District, Tripura.
The other victim was identified as Debendra Tripura (45). “The
militants abducted the two because part of the border in Malda
Kumar Roajapara is still unfenced.
Three deserted trucks were found
by Police near Khantlang border outpost under Bhangmun Police
Station in of North Tripura District. The Police said the drivers
had been abducted and taken across the border to the Chittagong
Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh. The drivers are still unidentified
but an inquiry is on.
Violent protests and clashes between
‘protesters’ and SF continued for third consecutive day against
the arrest of two youths from Shopian township of Shopian District,
J&K on March 30-31. The duo has been booked under the Public
Safety Act (PSA) for inciting violence and pelting stones.
Police managed to rescue Jagdish
Chandra Das, an employee at the Assam Secretariat, from Orang
more than a month after he was abducted from Guwahati. Das was
abducted on February 26 from Jalukbari area after which he was
taken to Udalguri and then to Orang where he was kept in captivity.
The abductors had demanded INR 10 million from his family. The
arrested persons were identified as Rupsingh Teron, Jagdish Basumatary,
Rongpi Boro, Abani Boro, Indrajeet Boro, Deepak Kumar Boro and
Suren Basumatary. Jagdish Basumatary is a member of Ex-Bodo Liberation
Tigers Welfare Society,”
Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre
hailing from Gaurgada village in Ranka Police Station area in
Garhwa District, Jharkhand from his house. The Maoist, Murari
Bhuiyan, was an expert in planting landmines, said police. A country-made
pistol and cartridges of .315 bore were also recovered from him.
In Bokaro, Jharlhand, Police arrested
a Maoist and recovered explosives from him on Budgadda-Pek road
of Upperghat area in Nawadih. Mangla Manjhi alias Mangra
was the fourth rebel picked up in the past 48 hours. Mangla is
a fresh recruit in the red outfit and was going to hand over the
explosives to other cadres. Five kilograms of explosives and 10
pieces of detonators were seized from Mangla which he was carrying
in a bag.
Two cultural activists, who according
to the Maharashtra ATS have suspected links with CPI-Maoist, surrendered
at Nariman Point’s Inox junction near Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai.
Those surrendered were identified as Sheetal Sathe and Sachin
Mali. ATS sources said Sheetal was the ‘president’ and backbone
of the Pune-based ‘leftist cultural group’ Kabir Kala Manch,
which was formed in 2002 after the Gujarat riots.
Assam Government said that it
will not interfere in judicial matters of cases involving leaders
and cadres of militant groups engaged in peace talks. Minister
for Panchayat and Rural Development Rockybul Hussain informed
the Assembly that while the State Government gave full support
to talks between the Centre and militant groups, it was up to
the judiciary to decide bail pleas and related issues of arrested
militants.
Some Maoists reportedly opened
fire on a police patrol team near Malewada village in Kurkheda
division of Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra. The Gadchiroli
Police confirmed the firing. There was no report of casualty from
either side.
Alleging that he was a Police
informer, CPI-Maoist cadres shot dead a tribal Sarpanch,
Bhagaban Kirsani (38), in Malkangiri District of Odisha. His bullet
ridden body was located on the outskirts of Kurmanur village under
Kalimela Police Station limits the morning. Kirsani happened
to be the Sarpanch of Kurmanur Panchayat of Kalimela block.
Four Maoists were arrested from
the hills of Kongepangur village under Bande Police Station area
in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh during a joint search operation.
A two-storey building used as
a panchayat office was blown up by cadres of the CPI-Maoist
at Seeram village in Lohardagga District of Jharkhand. Police
said three IEDs were used for the blast.
TPC released 23 of the 25 CPI-Maoist
cadres who were taken hostage after the encounter in Chatra District,
Jharkhand on March 27-28. Police sources said the Maoists were
freed and handed over to their families at different places after
they promised not to join the organization. However, one Police
officer said the TPC had not released two Maoists as their family
members could not reach the place.
A combined team of Thoubal commandos
and troops of 15 AR arrested one cadre of KYKL, identified as
Moirangthem Ibomcha alias German alias Momocha,
while conducting a search operation at Irong village in Thoubal
District, Manipur. One Chinese made hand grenade along with two
kilograms of explosive with detonators were recovered from his
possession, it stated.
Emphasizing its focus on development,
the ‘Anti-Corruption’ Mobile Team of the KNO has released key
reforms for the public and the society. According to a statement
issued by the ‘Public Relations secretary’ of KNO, Helien Kipgen,
the four points binding reforms included that no chief/individuals/Govt
officials should pay, offer, demand or accept bribe for exchange
of favour or benefits.
Posters and pamphlets, in the
name of CPI-Maoist, asking the tribals to boycott the local body
polls were seen at Busiput, Rudakota and a few other places under
Munchingput Police Station limits in Visakhapatnam District, Andhra
Pradesh.
Ranjan Sil (22), son of a businessman
of Chapor town in Dhubri District, Assam was released by militants
in Kokrajhar town in Kokrajhar District. Ranjan was abducted by
suspected militants of Birsa Commando Force (BCF) from Choibari
tea garden in Dhubri District on March 27.
Government Railway Police (GRP)
claimed that they have arrested a proclaimed offender facing trial
for cheating and possessing FICN. ASI Devinder Pal Singh said
that Jalandhar resident Mukesh Gupta had absconded on January
10, 2013, while he was out on bail. He was traced in Kapurthala
jail (Kapurthala District) by a GRP team.
Meghalaya High Court issued notice
to the Central and the State Governments on petition filed by
jailed GNLA chief Champion R. Sangma challenging his detention
under the Meghalaya Preventive Detention Act (MPDA). Sangma, who
is in the Shillong jail, was booked under MPDA for waging war
against India’s sovereignty.
Criminal Mohammad Ashraf Ismail
Nagori, arrested near central bus depot in Surat (Surat District),
Gujarat along with his six aides with arms and ammunition, is
suspected to be linked to sleeper cells of IM.
Three drivers allegedly abducted
by NLFT militants were identified as Swapan Chandra Das of Pillak
Baikhora, Nitish Gosh of Fulchari, Kamalpur and Gita Reang. The
incident occurred near Amar Border Outpost (BOP) in North Tripura
District of Tripura.
Intending to equip States before
launching a fight to finish war against the CPI-Maoist, the Union
Cabinet gave its approval to the Union Home Ministry's plan to
raise anti-Naxal special forces in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and
Chhattisgarh on the lines of Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh and
sanctioned additional fund for the purpose.
Personnel of 18 Assam Rifles (AR)
under aegis of 6 Sector, Inspector General AR-North (IGAR-North)
in a joint operation with Nagaland Police arrested three suspected
militant cadres from Songluh village (Athibung), Peren District.
Assam Rifles personnel arrested
two NSCN-KK cadres from Chakabama Road, Kohima, Nagaland. In a
statement, AR said the cadres have been identified as ‘corporal’
Nothuto and ‘lance corporal’ Kecha. 01 x 9 mm pistol, 01 x magazine
and 08 x live rounds and 01 x 7.65 mm pistol, 01 x magazine and
07 live rounds were recovered from their possession respectively.
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April 3
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Two activists of the Kabir Kala
Manch (KKM) — Sheetal Sathe and Sachin Mali — who staged a ‘satyagraha’
outside the Maharashtra Assembly on April 2 were sent to custody
by a Mazagaon court following their arrest by the Mumbai Police.
Mali was sent to police custody till April 10 and Sathe to judicial
custody till April 17, their counsel Mihir Desai said.
CPI-Maoist cadres attacked a Police
Station at Pamed, located in one of the remote locations in Bijapur
District of Chattisgarh. Police sources said the Maoists triggered
a blast about a kilometre from the Police Station and later opened
indiscriminate fire at the Police Station, forcing the SFs personnel
to retaliate.
Top leader Paparao who allegedly
masterminded the Tadmetla massacre that claimed the lives of 75
CRPF jawans has quit the movement. "We have received
inputs that Maoist leader Paparao has left the movement and run
away from Jagargunda area of Bijapur district with his wife."
Public Works department of Chhattisgarh
has undertaken the task of constructing 49 roads of 1,970km in
the Maoist-affected Districts in State. INR 27.19 billion have
been approved for this construction under a Special Action Plan.
SFs arrested two suspected Maoists,
identified as Binu Munda and Ramchandra Munda, from the Garuapiri
forests in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. The duo allegedly
guided the Maoists through jungles as they moved from Jhumra in
Bokaro to Saranda in West Singhbhum.
Moreh (Chandel District of Manipur)
post Commando personnel arrested two persons said to be cadres
of KYKL They are identified as ‘corporal’ Wahengbam Premananda
alias Ranjan alias Epu and Corporal Loukrakpam Ebungo
alias. The duo was arrested from an area of Moreh (Chandel
District) bordering Myanmar.
Team of Thoubal District Police
commando at Yairipok post and 15 Assam Rifles arrested a PLA cadre,
identified as Waikhom Sunil Meitei, from Leirongthel Pitra under
Yairipok Police Station, Manipur.
Police arrested seven persons,
including five militants of Rabha National Liberation Front (RNLF)
[formerly known as Rabha Viper Army] and two arms dealers of Meghalaya
from Rani in Kamrup District and Byrnihat (Assam-Meghalaya border)
respectively.
Golaghat Police apprehended eight
youths from Morongi in the District of Assam. They were allegedly
on their way to join ULFA.
Police arrested an ULFA cadre,
identified as Karuna Milli, with Lalit Konwar from Sissimukh-Machkhowa
in Dhemaji District, Assam and recovered arms and ammunition from
him.
At least seven militant groups
will attend a meeting to be hosted by ULFA-PTF on the threat posed
by illegal migration to Assam’s ethnic communities at the group’s
designated camp in Kakopathar in Tinsukia District on April 7.
The court of the District and
sessions judge, Kamrup, Assam asked CBI to file its views on NDFB-RD
chief Ranjan Daimary’s plea for grant of absolute bail and reduction
of the bail amount from the current INR 500,000. The bureau has
been given time till April 10, the next date of hearing of Daimary’s
bail plea, to do so.
Naga National Council-Non Accordist’s
(NNC-NA), ‘2nd brigade commander’ LXK Achumi has reshuffled ‘Naga
Army’ region and unit commanders with effect from April 3.
Nagaland Home minister, G. Kaito,
urged neighbouring States to curb the movement of armed cadres
belonging to various groups into Nagaland from their respective
states of origin. He disclosed that certain armed groups from
neighbouring States were operating and making their base in Dimapur.
The home minister also reminded that some of them had been arrested
from Dimapur earlier.
The special MCOCA Court started
recording the deposition of co-founder of IM, Mohammed Sadiq Israr
Sheikh, in the July 11, 2006, Mumbai (Maharashtra) serial train
blasts case.
Senior CPI-M leader and editor
of party mouthpiece in Tripura Daily Desher Katha Gautam
Das stated that militants are active in northern parts of the
State. Gautam Das said, “Outlawed militant outfits were also active
in three subs-divisions - Kanchanpur, Longtharai Valley and Gandachara
- all in northern Tripura, before and during the elections. But
due to the alertness of the people and security forces, they could
not do anything violent.” The CPI-M leader disclosed this after
the party held a two-day summit in Agartala on March 31-April
1.
Violent protests and shutdown
continued for fourth consecutive day against the arrest of two
youths from Shopian town (Shopian District), J&K on March
30-31. The duo has been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA)
for inciting violence and pelting stones.
In reply to a question of Professor
Chaman Lal Gupta, the J&K government in J&K Legislative
Assembly said that 241 ex-militants have returned with their family
members from Pakistan and PoK via Nepal and other routes till
February 2013.
NSCN-K ‘chairman’, S.S. Khaplang
has strongly condemned the killing of David alias Loveson,
the member of Central Council Member (Member of Parliament of
the NSCN-K), by NSCN-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) in Tamenglong District,
of Manipur.
Accusing 44 Assam Rifles (AR)
personnel posted at Kasung Post in Manipur’s Kasom-Khullen area
of killing an innocent villager, identified as Zaw Myo, of Phayang
in Myanmar after torturing, the UNLF has called upon the ethnic
brethren as well as neighbouring nations, especially Myanmar to
condemn India’s ‘excesses’ against indigenous people.
Demanding immediate and safe release
of 14-year-old Alice Kamei, sit-in-protests were staged at different
Zeliangrong villages of Imphal East and Imphal West Districts
of Manipur. Alice Kamei has been missing since March 10 from the
boarding of Grace Reach Academy in Hiyanglam with her senior mate
Sanahanbi Khaidem.
UKLF said that that the organization
observed the 18th Raising Day at its Head Quarter at
Nazareth Muvanphoi Camp on March 29 in Chandel District, Manipur.
The UKLF extends its best wishes to all citizens of the state
for peace and harmony in the society.
RPF has said in a statement that
the outfit and its armed wing PLA is not related in any way with
Chongtham Oken (43) who was reportedly arrested by Imphal West
District Police commandos on March 23 from near the Thangal Bazar,
Manipur.
In a written reply to a query
from K Liantlinga of the Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) in the
Mizoram Assembly in Aizawl, the State Home Minister said the Government
did not have any knowledge of the presence of rebel groups and
there were no training camps being organised by them. Replying
to another question, the minister said 237 arms and 6,345 rounds
of ammunition were seized by the State Police during the present
Congress government since 2009.
A vessel ‘MSV Yusufi’ coming from
Dubai, suspected to be carrying a Thuraya satellite phone, was
intercepted at 35 nautical miles off Mumbai (Maharashtra), and
five persons on board were taken into custody, Coast Guard officials
said.
Foreigners Tribunal (FT) of Goalpara
(Goalpara District in Assam) has disposed 59 cases in the month
of March and has found seven illegal migrants residing in the
State.
Two senior cadres, belonging to
Sabyasachi Panda’s Odisha Maobadi Party (OMP), were arrested from
the jungle area near Talapatnam village in Ganjam District of
Odisha. Some firearms, ammunition, explosives, detonators, fuse
wires, a motorbike and INR 399,000 were seized from the ’Commander’
of OMP’s women wing, K Anita alias Kalari Majhi and Bikram
Mallick after their arrest.
Police investigations into the
arrest of seven militants, including Mohammad Ashraf Ismail
Nagori, along with 11 pistols and 62 cartridges on April 2
from Surat District in Gujarat have established a link between
the underworld and terror groups.
A probe commissioned by the Supreme
Court has held security forces guilty of killing seven persons,
including a 12-year-old boy, in six fake encounters in Manipur
during 2009-10.
DG of BSF, Subhash Joshi, along
with other senior BSF officers concluded a two–day visit of Karimganj
and Mizoram border. The purpose of the visit was to review the
security scenario and border management on the Indo–Bangladesh
border in both the sectors. The DG revealed that 90 per cent of
fencing was complete and the remaining portion would also be completed
soon.
PREPAK-Pro has denied any connection
whatsoever between the party and Abe Kom (47) and Thoibi Kom (36)
who were reportedly arrested by Thoubal commandos during a search
operation at Kakching Bazar in Thoubal District, Manipur.
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Seven cadres of CPI-Maoist were
killed in an encounter with the Police in Bhamragad division of
Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra. According to the office of ASP
Aheri division, Police have recovered four bodies and said that
three more Maoists may have been killed in the encounter.
Five personnel of the Jharkhand
Armed Police (JAP) were killed on April 4 when cadre of the CPI-Maoist
opened fire at a village market in Chainpur in Gumla District
along Jharkhand’s western border with Chhattisgarh. Two villagers
were also reported to have been shot dead but the Government officials
did not confirm this.
Assam Police arrested four persons
from Guwahati city in Kamrup (metro) District and recovered eight
.32 bore pistols from them. According to the Police, the Bihar
residents were carrying the arms to Dimapur in Nagaland. The four
were identified as Nuri Begum, Ayesha Ali Khan, Chandni Begum
and Mohammed Firoze.
The All Assam Students' Union
(AASU) warned All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief
Badaruddin Ajmal asking to him not to pose fresh hurdles in the
proposed updating of the National Register of Citizenship (NRC)
in Assam.
Sabroom Police arrested three
suspected ATTF cadres from Baishnavpur border outpost area in
South Tripura District, Tripura. FICN worth INR 150,000 was recovered
from them. The trio was identified as Manoj Debbarma, Ratan Sadhan
Jamatia and Kumaribala.
Police are still clueless about
the five persons who were abducted from two places in North Tripura
and Dhalai Districts of Tripura on April 2.
Acting on a specific intelligence
input, special patrolling party of BSF deployed in South West
Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya arrested one Bangladeshi illegal
immigrant, identified as Badal Hajong (23), while he was trying
to exfiltrate into Bangladesh from India. The BSF recovered a
knife and cash from his possession.
Special patrolling party of BSF
deployed in South West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya arrested
two Bangladeshi illegal immigrants, identified as Muhammad Phukan
(24) and Saddam Hussain (16), while they were trying to infiltrate
into India from Bangladesh
KSU and Federation of Khasi Jaintia
and Garo People (FKJGP) Mawshynrut Circle under the leadership
of Arkhelos Diengngan and Sranly Rongrin ‘arrested’ around 140
illegal migrants at Riangdo. The migrants were on their way to
Shallang (West Khasi Hills in Meghalaya) in five vehicles, when
members of the KSU and FKJGP stopped them. While two vehicles
escaped, two Tata Sumos and a bus were halted by the student body
members.
KSU president Daniel Khyriem on
April 4 asked the Meghalaya Government to implement the Inner
Line Permit (ILP) system in the State at the earliest.
Registrar Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Tribunal, Delhi High Court, fixed April 14 as the
date for arguments regarding extension of the ban on the Hynniewtrep
National Liberation Council (HNLC). Official sources informed
that the date of argument was fixed after completion of the two-day
hearing. The Tribunal will decide whether the ban imposed on the
HNLC should be extended or not after the completion of the arguments,
official sources added.
A hard core cadre of the CPI-Maoist,
Bhagaban Urlaka alias Dibakar, who surrendered before Rayagada
SP Rajesh Pandit in the night of April 3 revealed alleged child
exploitation by the CPI-Maoist. Dibakar revealed the recent efforts
of Maoists to recruit gullible minor girls from remote areas.
Maoists were using terror tactics to recruit and provide weapon
training to these minor girls.
Dimapur Police arrested a cadre
of KLO from a hotel in Dimapur town (Dimapur District), Nagaland
along with another recruit of KLO. Cash amounting to INR 18,000,
two mobile phones, driving license and train tickets were recovered
and seized from their possession.
NSCN-IM ‘ministry of chaplee affairs’
has informed that collection of 1% tax out of 5% tax from the
contractors in ‘Southern Nagalim’ (Nagaland) would cease with
immediate effect. In a press release, ‘chaplee affairs secretary’
M. Daniel Lotha stated that all forms of harassment has been banned
while collecting ‘tax’ form local vendors of all local products
including garden and forest products, indigenous livestock etc.
with immediate effect.
NIA charge-sheeted Abu Jundal,
one of the masterminds of the 26/11 Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror
attacks, accusing him of recruiting men for the LeT. NIA submitted
its charge-sheet before Patiala House Court (New Delhi) against
Jundal, whose actual name is Sayed Zabiuddin, under various sections
of the IPC and UAPA.
LeT issued fresh threats to Panches
and Sarpanches that they would face dire consequences if they
did not resign from their posts. Girls were also asked to follow
strict "Islamic dress code" in the threatening posters
which appeared in village Aharipal of Pulwama District, J&K.
The posters were signed by one Abdullah Mujahid who claimed to
be the LeT ‘commander’ for Jammu and Kashmir.
Normalcy returned to Shopian town
(Shopian District), J&K as the District authorities released
two detained youths.
Inputs suggest that terrorist
organizations, including IM, may target Indian Premier League
(IPL) matches taking place in New Delhi at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium.
IM may take help of other Pakistan-based terror outfits like LeT
in the attack.
CPI-Maoist has formed its own
elite training 'institute' in the Dandakaranya forests, to transform
tribal cadres into Communist professionals equipped to handle
tasks related to the Central Committee, the outfit's apex decision-making
body.
Maharashtra Government is ready
to hold talks with those involved in Naxal activities, and also
their sympathisers, state Home Minister R R Patil said in Mumbai.
Gadchiroli Police recovered five
bodies of Naxals who were shot dead in an encounter near Bhatpar
village on the Maharashtra–Chhattisgarh border in Bhamragad division
of Gadchiroli District.
Thangal Union president Houmei
Khangba (57) was abducted by some unidentified persons from his
residence located at Tumnoupokpi village, Senapati District, Manipur.
Houmei Khangba is also secretary of the Tumnoupokpi Village Authority.
The abductors were clad in plain clothes and heavily armed.
RPF denied abducting Alice Kamei
of Bishnupur District of Manipur as alleged by her relatives and
the Zeliangrong community. The RPF said she joined the party voluntarily
in March.
SFs arrested two suspected NDFB-IKS
cadres, during operations, in the foothills area of Misamari in
Sonitpur District, Assam. The two arrested militants were identified
as Prem Surin (26 yrs) and Kathimal Mushahary (45 yrs). SFs recovered
two country made rifles, one barrel of country made rifle and
one butt of a rifle.
Militant outfit KPLT demanded
INR 300,000, as extortion money, from former president of Axom
Xahitya Xabha (AXX), Rong Bong Terang in Assam.
BSF troops of 156 Battalion deployed
in South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya arrested one FICN racketeer
identified as Nodil D Sangma near village Miringipara on April
4. During search, party recovered FICN face value INR 8,000 from
his possession.
A vehicle checking party of BOP
Kuliang deployed in East Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya arrested one
Bangladeshi illegal immigrant identified as Mohammad Jolil.
Vehicle checking party of BOP
Umkiang, Meghalaya recovered one Country made gun.
A self-styled top ‘commander’
of CPI-Maoist, Duburu Kanta, and five of his associates surrendered
without arms before the BSF in Koraput District of Odisha. Kanta
was active Narayanpatna-based Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS),
a Maoist front organisation, and involved in extremist activities
for the last 12 years.
Reports suggest Dawood Ibrahim's
cash is deposited in Nassau (The Bahamas) branch of Bank of Baroda.
Cash from Afghanistan-Pakistan based terror groups, being handled
by Dawood, has been traced to The Bahamas and is lying at the
Nassau branch of Bank of Baroda.
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At least nine persons were injured
in clashes that broke out between ‘protesters’ and SFs after Friday
prayers in Srinagar and Baramulla Districts of J&K. Reports
said that soon after the Friday prayers youth pelted stones on
Police and CRPF in Saraf Kadal area of Srinagar leading to the
clashes that left three persons injured. ‘Protesters’ also pelted
stones on Police and CRPF at several places in Baramulla District.
Six persons were injured in the clashes that followed.
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah
has reiterated his wish for phase-wise revocation of AFSPA.
SFs foiled a CPI-Maoist bid to
trigger a landmine blast, recovering 100 IEDs and six pressure
cooker bombs from Chanderia-Pichhulia road under Dumaria Police
Station area in Gaya District of Bihar.
SFs recovered two powerful bombs
from two places in Manipur’s Imphal West and Ukhrul Districts.
According to reports, SFs recovered a bomb weighing two kilograms
from a roadside culvert near Merakhong area under Patsoi Police
station in Imphal West District. Security personnel recovered
another bomb from Litan area on Imphal-Ukhrul road in Ukhrul District.
Later bomb squad teams defused the bombs.
Committee for Implementation of
Inner Line Permit System (CIILPS) said it would resume its stir
for implementation of the ILP system in Manipur to protect identities
of the indigenous people.
SFs arrested three persons from
a village in Khag area of Budgam District of J&K and recovered
arms and ammunition from their possession. The arrested persons
were identified as Bashir Ahmad Wani, Abdul Rahim Dar and Ali
Mohammad Khan.
All Assam Surrendered ULFA Samiti
reiterated its demand that ULFA-ATF 'commander-in-chief' Paresh
Baruah be brought to the talks table to find an amicable solution.
To reach to a concrete solution, the Assam Government must bring
Paresh Baruah into the talks.
Task Force Police arrested two
persons, identified as Mohammed Arif and Inam-ul-Haq with FICN
in the denomination of INR 1,000 and INR 500, amounting to total
INR 5.90 lakh in Hyderabad city. Two other accused are at large.
KHADC stepped in to urge Assam
to stop illegal activities along the border as the inter-state
boundary row between Meghalaya and its neighbour continues unabated.
A NIA court issued production
warrants for April 25 against suspected terrorist of LeT and one
of the masterminds of 26/11 Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attack,
Abu Jundal.
Ninety four (94) per cent of fresh
recruits of LeT see J&K as a fighting front and hail mostly
from Pakistan's Punjab Province from families having links with
the powerful army and intelligence network, according to a US
report on Military Academy in West Point. LeT training has historically
occurred in PoK capital Muzaffarabad and in Afghanistan. Together,
these two locations have accounted for 75 per cent of LeT militant
training over time.
Amid uncertainty and division
within the Government over the fate of its ambitious anti-terror
body National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the Centre has
left it out of the agenda of the forthcoming Chief Ministers'
conference and preferred to focus on other matters relating to
public order and policing.
A team of NIA headed by Sunil
Kumar is in Ahmadabad city (Gujarat) for questioning accused of
Ahmadabad serial blasts, and to conduct an independent investigation
in the city. The team, suspects the role of Gujarat module of
IM in Hyderabad twin blasts.
SF recovered a bomb planted by
unidentified militants from Phandi Line Lower Primary School in
Sonitpur District, Assam The school has remained closed since
then.
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Maoists blew up railway tracks
in Latehar District, Jharkhand about 100km from Ranchi, about
half-an-hour before the scheduled passage of the Rajdhani Express
from the Barwadih railway station located on the CIC section of
the Dhanbad division under the South Eastern Railway, with no
report of casualty.
Syed Salahuddin said that the
outfit will carry out ‘activities’ in the border areas of the
J&K during mass agitations. He also added that the abrupt
surge in militant activities in Srinagar (Srinagar District) and
other towns was to remind the establishment, forces and others
that militants were always capable to strike anywhere and anytime.
Salahuddin also said that about 120 youth had returned to J&K
under Rehabilitation Policy.
Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) has approached CNN-IBN seeking details into the report
and has sought a copy of the CD.
Union Minister of Finance P. Chidambaram
had assured that officials will look at the CD of the story and
take action as required. Bank of Baroda, however, has denied any
involvement in the alleged transfer of Dawood Ibrahim’s funds.
CPI-Maoist blew up part of a railway
track between Chhipadohar and Hehegerha railway stations in Latehar
District of Jharkhand.
In Chainpur in Jharkhand’s Gumla
District, Maoists opened fire on the Chainpur Police Station but
no one was injured.
In Harihargunj in Palamu District,
Jharkhand 80 km from the district headquarters, an IED was triggered
at the block development office building.
CPI-Maoist blew up a railway track
between Hajipur and Sarai stations in Vaishali District (also
known as Hajipur), hitting train services in Bihar.
SFs recovered a cache of arms
and ammunition was hidden in the Nutan Basti locality of Dima
Hasao District, Assam. The recovered weapons included three country-made
revolvers, 973 rounds of ammunition, 100 gelatine sticks, 40 detonators,
an IED and two grenades.
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CPI-Maoists under the banner of
‘Krishak Sramik Mahasamiti’ have become active in
the tea estates of Rupacherra, Sonacherra, Amranagar, Chintibil
and others in South Assam Districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi.
The report identifies a Maoist activist Sridhar as office bearer
of Krishak Sabha of Cachar District for spreading the Maoist ideology.
SFs arrested three NLFT militants,
Swapan Jara, Bikash Jara and Manoj Debbarma, all in their mid-twenties
from Radhanagar bus stop in Agartala in West Tripura District,
Tripura.
Several employees’ and teachers’
associations have urged the government to tighten security so
that they can go to their places of work in the interior areas
of Tripura.
Haryana Police arrested a B. Tech
student, identified as Rajesh on charges of possessing and using
FICN from Karnal Railway Station in Karnal (Karnal District).
Rajesh’s accomplice Ankit was still at large. FICN was recovered
from Rajesh’s house in Shanti Nagar locality of Karnal.
NIA investigation has revealed
that LeT plans to use local youths for terror activities in India
for concealing its own footprints.
NIA probe into Jundal has led
the agency to recover INR 2.65 million cash for a house in Beed
Distrist of Maharashtra. The house belonging to one Nizamuddin
was raided by the NIA, which, along with the money, recovered
a pen drive and a hard disk.
A local court in Surat, Gujarat
has extended the Police remand of Mohammad Ashraf Ismail Nagori,
Abdul Samad alias Malbari Gulam Moiyuddin Shaikh and Sunil
alias Shankar Sutar Chauhan till April 7 evening.
A CAG report, tabled in the Kerala
Assembly recently, warns in no uncertain terms about the consequences
of ignoring or underestimating the dangers posed by lax coastal
security.
An un-named senior official of
MHA stated, "Operatives based in the UK, Germany and North
America, who are members of the BKI and its front organisations,
are transferring huge amounts of monetary resources to BKI sleeper
cells in Punjab and other places”. Besides the ISI of Pakistan,
it has close ties with the terror network of Dawood Ibrahim.
The intelligence information shared
by US with India prevented certain sensitive targets like Chabad
House and Osho Ashram in Pune (Maharashtra) from being targeted
and instead left the terrorists with no alternative but to go
after a soft target (German Bakery) during the Pune bombing of
February 13, 2010, reveals Wikileaks release.
Four CRPF personnel were injured
while defusing a bomb in Gaya District of Bihar.
Hundred Maoists blew up part of
a power Sub-station under Khaira Police Station limits in Jamui
District of Bihar.
Maoists set ablaze an Airtel mobile
tower under Kutumba Police Station area in Aurangabad District
of Bihar.
About 25-30 Maoists attacked the
premises of Saaj Infracon, a Patna-based company, and briefly
took around 10-15 labourers hostage in Muzaffarpur District of
Bihar.
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including
two women, were arrested in separate search operations in Bijapur
District of Chhattisgarh.
Two aides of Sabyasachi Panda,
the head of OMP, were arrested from Talapatama jungle near Badagada
in Ganjam District of Odisha.
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Two militants of the ULFA-ATF
were killed in an encounter with SFs at Bordoloni village in Dibrugarh
District of Assam. SFs recovered a Germany made Heckler &
Koch (HK) 33 assault rifle, one 9 mm pistol, two grenades, five
magazines and a few Ulfa letterheads from the encounter site.
Ghulam Mohammed Lone, a senior
activist of ruling NC and Sarpanch of village Koulpora
(Pulwama District), J&K was shot dead by unknown militants
at his residence. DIG South Kashmir said it appeared that the
militant, who shot the Sarpanch dead, was a local militant.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to NNC- FGN from Kelelo area in Haflong town of Dima Hasao District,
Assam. The militant was identified as sergeant, Songbambe Kuame alias Nimpeu
of Kohima based 3rd Battalion of NNC-FGN.
SFs detected a remote controlled
IED near Khangabok of Thoubal District, Manipur. Remote control
circuit and battery were recovered along with the explosive.
Police commandos of Thoubal District
arrested one Bikash Naorem from Kakching in Thoubal District,
Manipur along with 45 rounds of ammunition and some extortion
letters.
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma, who
met the Union Home Ministry officials in Delhi during his recent
visit to discuss the peace pact with the ANVC, said that the matter
is at an advanced stage.
Meghalaya CM stressed on the need
for a comprehensive and institutionalized mechanism to address
the issue of illegal immigrants infiltrating into the State.
Two motorcycle borne suspected
militants abducted the teenage son of a grocery trader from the
Assam side of Mendipather town adjoining North Garo Hills District
of Meghalaya reportedly to demand ransom from the father.
Personnel of special branch Dimapur
arrested an arm dealer identified as Hussain Ahmed (24) from Karimkanj,
Assam and recovered two fire arms at Old Golaghat bus station,
near Blue hill station in Dimapur District, Nagaland.
NSCN-KK, Lotha region has informed
the public, village council chairmen and secretaries under 37
and 38 assembly constituencies of Nagaland not to pay any taxes
without the knowledge of the concerned authority.
NNC-NA has terminated one “deputy
kilonser”, (deputy minister), Neochi Chang alias M.N
Chang, of Chang region as per the order of “higher authority”
for his “unscrupulous activities” contradictory to NNC-NA Government
in Nagaland.
Officers of the Gurgaon Police
(Haryana) attended a training session on cyber security and crime
detection organised by the National Association of Software Companies
(Nasscom) Experts from Nasscom spoke to officials on aspects of
high-end cyber crime fighting techniques, forensics and investigation.
Rajeshwar Prasad, a constable
with the CRPF, who was injured while defusing a bomb planted by
CPI-Maoist in Gaya District of Bihar succumbed to his injuries.
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Assam Government has decided to
learn from Maoist-hit States to tackle the menace making inroads
in Tinsukia District. Deputy commissioner S.S. Meenakshi Sundaram
said that Tinsukia officials would be sent to States like
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha to get first-hand knowledge
of the development plans being implemented in the rural areas
of these states.
Manipur Government told the Supreme
Court that it would respond to Justice N Santosh Hegde committee’s
report on extra–judicial killings by security forces in Manipur.
HNLC cadre, identified as Banpyrkhat
Langstieh alias Pyntngen, surrendered before
the East Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) Superintendent of Police, M Kharkrang.
The NGOs of Meghalaya sought an
explanation from the Chief Minister on the recommendations made
by the HLC on influx in 2012 on implementation of ILP to check
influx in Meghalaya.
Meghalaya’s Home Minister Roshan
Warjri said that the magisterial probe into the killing of three
ANVC-B cadres on March 9 will be completed within 30 days.
The Meghalaya High Court directed
the State Government to file its counter affidavit within four
weeks with regards to the order of the West Garo Hills District
Magistrate in January, 2013 for booking GNLA chairman Champion
Sangma under the Meghalaya Preventive Detention Act (MPDA), 1995.
SFs apprehended two surrendered
KLA militants, while they were removing nuts and bolts of the
railway track, from Migrendisa in Dima Hasao District, Assam.
The duo was identified as Paojamin and Paominlem.
The CorCom of six militant outfits-
the KCP, KYKL, PREPAK, PREPAK-Pro, RPF and the UNLF has declared
that it would boycott the forthcoming visit of India's President
in Manipur and subsequently announced a 26 hour general strike.
IGP Jammu zone, Rajesh Kumar said
that six Districts in Jammu region of J&K are free of militancy
but Police was strengthening Security Grid in Jammu City (Jammu
District) and peripheries to prevent any untoward incident. Jammu,
Samba, Kathua, Doda, Reasi and Udhampur Districts were completely
rid of militancy.
J&K CM Omar Abdullah said
his Government would continue its efforts to get travel advisories
lifted by the US and other countries to attract tourists
FICN of INR 1 million, stacked
in 20 bundles of INR 500 denomination notes, were seized from
a person, identified as Pramod Sah in Muzaffarpur (Muzaffarpur
District), Bihar.
A Pakistani national and ISI agent
Mohammad Masroor alias Manzoor Ansari, who was arrested
by the Uttar Pradesh ATS near the Indo-Nepal border here in August
2008, was awarded life imprisonment by a local court in Bahraich
(Bahraich District).
Punjab Government before the Supreme
Court stated, "Security environment in the state of Punjab
continues to be problematic" The statement was made by Secretary
(Home) Samir Kumar while justifying deployment of a large number
of state Police personnel for VVIP security.
British Foreign Secretary William
Hague described India as an important partner in the fight against
cyber terrorism while, announcing the launch a new Global Centre
for Cyber Security and Capacity Building based at the University
of Oxford.
Sandeep Madhi alias Sunil,
a CPI-Maoist cadre who had served as the personal bodyguard of
Maoist leader Ramkrishna alias RK surrendered before Malkangiri
Police, Odisha.
Four Maoists and 200 activists
of CMAS surrendered in separate incidents in Koraput District
of Odisha.
A Dantewada District Court acquitted
all the 13 accused due to lack of evidence in a Maoist attack
case in 2010 in which 33 people including security personnel were
killed when Naxals blew up a bus in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
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The bodies of a civilian and a
Manipur Police commando, suspected to have been killed by militants,
were recovered from a Manipur village along the Myanmar border.
Police said the hands of the deceased were tied and they had been
tortured and then shot to death.
SFs arrested two ULFA linkmen,
identified as Paniram Gogoi and Haren Gogoi, from Tingkhong 2
No. Dhadumia Gaon under Rajgarh Police Station in Dibrugarh District,
Assam
The ULFA-ATF warned singers and
artistes in State against singing Hindi songs during Rongali Bihu
celebrations in Assam.
CBI opposed any relaxation in
the conditions it had prescribed for releasing NDFB-RD ‘chairman’
Ranjan Daimary on bail.
Supreme Court directed Central
and Assam Government & the EC to submit written response within
three weeks explaining the reasons for the delay in updating National
Register for Citizens (NRC) since 2009.
RPF/PLA has made a frontal attack
against Manipur Police for staging ‘fake encounters’ and defaming
innocent persons.
SFs arrested a surrendered HNLC
militant, Banpyrkhat Langstieh alias Pyntngen,
for his suspected involvement in some criminal cases. Langstieh
had surrendered before East Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) Superintendent
of Police M Kharkrang on April 9.
IG of BSF [Meghalaya Frontier],
Sudesh Kumar sought the cooperation of the border residents in
tackling the activities of militants including GNLA, Breakaway
faction of ANVC-B and also smugglers.
Objecting to the deployment of
armed forces and other issues in Mizoram, the ZORO - an organization
fighting for the unification of all Mizos - submitted a memorandum
to the President stating that several decisions taken by the Centre
and State Government, without consulting the Mizo people, be revoked.
NNC-NA, ‘forest department’, has
informed all business establishments in and around Dimapur (Nagaland)
not to entertain any individual or groups in the name of NNC (NA)
without the knowledge of its ‘central forest secretary’.
Jailed NSCN-IM leader Anthony
Shing alias Shimray, “head of foreign affairs”
has alleged that he was illegally confined for a week and threatened
with “fake encounter” after being arrested on September 27, 2010.
However, dismissing the allegations as false, former NIA
director-general Sharad Sinha, who took over as member, NHRC,
said, “Not just false, absolutely false”. Anthony Shimray has
been charged with crimes like money laundering and arms peddling,
in cahoots with the Chinese.
NSCN-KK (Nagaland) home secretary
office has suspended one ‘Assistant Political Officer’ (APO) Mhanchan
Odyuo for indulging in “activities detrimental to the Government”.
SF neutralized a militant hideout
and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition during an operation
launched since April 8 after reports of militant movement in the
Rajwar forest of Kupwara District, J&K.
J&K Police defused a live
RL shell in an orchid in Sogam area in the Kupwara District.
Twelve Pakistani nationals, including
four men, three women and five minor children, were arrested from
Harlakhi areas of Madhubani District along the India-Nepal border
by the Shashatra Seema Bal for trying to enter India without valid
travel documents.
A MHA report says that the internal
security situation in State of J&K has shown distinct improvement.
There has been a decline in terrorism related violence, however,
infiltration attempts are on the rise from across Pakistan, MHA’s
Annual Report 2012-13 reads. The report further said that so far,
these terror incidents have claimed 13,861 civilians and 4,822
security personnel (till December 2012).
Union Defense Minister A K Antony
said the repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC
in J&K were a matter of serious concern. He said, “This kind
of occasional ceasefire violations and firing is a serious concern,
because even though violence level in Kashmir has come down compared
to the past, infiltration attempts are increasing.”
The Coast Guard activated the
first air enclave in Bhubaneswar, Odisha to provide security to
Odisha's coast and the exclusive economic zones. An offshore patrol
vessel has been based at Paradip (Jagatsinghapur District) and
two interceptor crafts will join the fleet in the future to ensure
increased operational capability in the coastal areas of West
Bengal and Odisha. The enclave will provide support to recently
inducted Coast Guard surveillance Dornier aircrafts equipped with
advanced and sophisticated navigational and communication sensors
and equipment for response to pollution, search and rescue, maritime
reconnaissance and for coastal security.
NIA announced rewards for those
passing on information about operatives of the 12 outlawed IM
leaders. An amount of INR 1 million is on offer for information
leading to the arrest of each of the IM operatives. They include
Hyderabadi Mohsin Ismail Chaudhary alias Syeed of Saroornagar
(currently living in Maharashtra), Mohammad Riyaz alias
Riyaz Bhatkal, his brother Mohammad Iqbal alias Iqbal Bhatkal
and Ahmed Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal, last three being
from Karnataka. Other wanted IM operatives include Mohammad Tehseen
Akhtar alias Monu, Amir Reza Khan alias Parvez,
both from Bihar, Shahnawaz Alam, a doctor, Asadullah Akhtar alias
Haddi, Ariz Khan alias Junaid, Mohammad Sajid alias
Bada Sajid, Mohammad Khalid and Mirza Shadaab Baig, all from Uttar
Pradesh.
NIA suspects the existence of
some sleeper cells in Gujarat, especially in Ahmedabad city.
NIA brought an alleged cadre of
the SIMI, identified as Abu Gilani, from Ahmedabad to Hyderabad.
Gilani was arrested by the Gujarat Police for his alleged role
in the July 26, 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts.
NIA filed charge-sheet against
three persons, including a Bangladeshi national, for allegedly
raising terror fund for the banned outfit HM through circulation
of FICN in J&K. The Court subsequently issued a non-bailable
warrant against the absconding Bangladeshi national Shafiq-ul.
SFs exchanged fire with the Maoists
in a brief encounter in Tadgunda jungle under Etapalli Sub-Division
of Gadchiroli District of Chhattisgarh.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Rajendra Ram, was arrested from Pipra village in East Champaran
District of Bihar.
Central Coalfields Limited, a
subsidiary of Coal India Limited, suffered huge losses due to
bandhs called by CPI-Maoist and other LWE groups in Jharkhand
in the 2012-13 fiscal that ended on March 31.
A former CPI-Maoist Sub-zonal
commander, Sohan Bhuiyan, has gone missing from the premises of
the Hazaribag District and Sessions Court.
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| April 11 |
The Court of Kamrup District,
Assam and Sessions Judge granted bail to NDFB-RD ‘chairman’ Ranjan
Daimary, the prime accused, in the October 30, 2008 serial blasts
in the State.
Unidentified persons abducted
a student, Oinam Shyamananda alias Tomba Singh
(20) of Thangmeiband Hijam Leikai, Manipur for ransom. Oinam was
missing since April 6 and the missing report lodged to the police
by his family.
AZSU, ZYF and ZSUM will enforce
a total bandh (shutdown) along NH 2 and NH-37,
in Manipur, from April 21 demanding the safe release of school
girl Alice Kamei. In the custody of the proscribed RPF/PLA since
March 10.
BSF arrested two FICN racketeers
identified as Almas Faroq (18) and Mohd Bhutto Miya (35) hailing
from Sherpur District of Bangladesh near the border pillar at
South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya. The BSF recovered FICN valued
at INR 8,500 and Bangladeshi taka 8,349, 400 and two cell phones.
The magisterial probe report into
the incident of February 2 in which an assistant jailor and warder
were killed could not establish which militant group was involved
in the attack, but it only said that they were armed militants.
Meghalaya Home (Jail) Minister
Roshan Warjri said eight to ten armed miscreants were responsible
for the incident on February 2. The Police first blamed GNLA for
the attack and subsequently put the responsibility on ANVC-B saying
the attack was led by Singbirth N Marak alias Norok
but now the Government is claiming that they were ‘unidentified
armed miscreants’.
The Meghalaya Assembly was however
told that the Police are still hunting for the “unidentified”
armed men who were behind the incident.
The ANVC-B said that the outfit
is trying to bring back Singbirth N Marak alias Norok
into the outfit for enabling him to participate in the peace pact.
Norok had gone into hiding after he was accused of being involved
in the Williamnagar jail (Meghalaya) incident which led to the
death of the two jail staff.
AR has formed specially trained
commando teams comprising some select personnel from its ranks
for carrying out operations against insurgents in Assam, Mizoram
and Tripura. The training of these commando teams called “Fast
and Intense Strike Teams (FISTs)” was carried out at 21 Sector
Assam Rifles CIBS Teliamura in Tripura. The report further notes
that 16 such teams will now be operating in Tripura under the
21 Sector AR.
Of a dozen persons detained by
Bihar Police at Madhubani District along India-Nepal border on
April 10, one person, Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, was stated to be close
associate of HM ‘supremo’ and UJC ‘chief’ Syed Salahuddin. However,
they appeared to have fallen apart as Salahuddin was opposed to
return plan of Dar.
Indian Intelligence agencies are
worried that some of the militants, though not active now, could
be used by the militants present in J&K to revive the dying
militancy. Moreover, most of the militants were returning with
Pakistani wives, who could also pose a security risk at some stage.
CPI-Maoist cadres blasted around
seven wings of a building of the State Irrigation Department in
Aurangabad District of Bihar.
Bihar Government proposed to set
up 242 armed fighting companies of Police in the State. Among
the proposed 242 companies, 44 will be a dedicated force to deal
with rioting while the remaining will be engaged in operations
against the Maoists and organized crime.
The MHA asked the State Governments
to consider not prosecuting surrendering Naxalites and set up
fast-track courts for speedy trials as part of a strategy to woo
the extremists to lay down their arms and join the mainstream.
Jharkhand is planning to hold
a meeting of Naxal affected States – West Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh
- in Kolkata, to chart out new co-ordination strategies to flush
out the LWEs, who are already reeling under internal strife and
facing alienation from rural masses.
The Central Government has identified
26 districts in the country as highly Naxal affected with 80 per
cent violence in the last three years being reported from there.
The Government has decided to
specially recruit 7350 men for paramilitary forces from 26 Districts
of India which are worst affected by LWE violence.
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| April 12 |
SFs killed two GNLA militants
at Koksi Nengsat village under Songsak Police Station in East
Garo Hills District, Meghalaya. While, an ‘area commander’ of
the GNLA had a narrow escape, officials said.
ULFA-PTF is optimistic that undivided
ULFA general secretary Anup Chetia, who is currently in a jail
in Bangladesh, will reach Assam and join the peace talks by Assamese
New Year in 2014.
SFs arrested a KLO militant, Deep
Sarkar, at Bhaibazar under Golokganj Police Station in Dhubri
District, Assam.
CVC of Kohima District, nagaland
condemned the action of NSCN-K for “continually harassing and
threatening” the workers of Thepfüsatuo Rio, a Class-I contractor
who was undertaking developmental works at the Mimi-Khonga-Hakumuthi
sector in Kiphire District.
Bihar Police handed over four
Kashmiri militants, or former militants, their Pakistani wives
and children to a team of J&K Police at Madhubani District,
where they had been captured on April 10 after crossing into the
Indian Territory from Indo-Nepal border.
A team of ATS took the headmaster
of a school in Pakur District, Jharkhand on six days transit remand
in connection with a FICN case that was registered in Gujarat
five years ago.
Supreme Court declined to commute
the death sentence of KLF terrorist Devender Pal Singh Bhullar,
found guilty of killing nine and injuring 17 others in Delhi in
a bomb attack on September 11, 1993.
Assam EC said that if differences
regarding delimitation of seats for RHAC are resolved amicably
then polls to the council could be conducted by the middle of
May.
Assam EC also issued notifications
for the DHAC, which covers the whole of Dima Hasao District. Polling
for the 28 seats in DHAC would be held on May 20 and counting
would be taken up on May 24. The EC has declared all the 200 polling
stations in Dima Hasao as sensitive, while 78 among them have
been categorised as hyper-sensitive.
A ‘commander’ of NLFT-BM, Sanjit
Tripura (32) alias Saka, laid down arms before the Police
in Gandacherra in Dhalai District, Tripura. Earlier, Sanjit Tripura
escaped from NLFT-BM hideout in Bangladesh and contacted with
local Police authorities and expressed his desire to bid adieu
to the arms.
Four CPI-Maoist cadres, a Policeman
and two villagers were killed in an encounter between Maoists
and Commandos of an anti-Naxal unit, C-60, in a forest of Dhanora
in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.
Police recovered an explosive
material dump of CPI-Maoist in the forests of Borlagudem village
of Mahamuttaram mandal in Karimnagar District of Andhra
Pradesh.
BSF and Odisha Police personnel
busted an arms manufacturing unit of CPI-Maoist in a dense forest
of Narayanpatna block in Koraput District of Odisha.
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| April 13 |
SFs arrested a GNLA militant,
identified as Olman K. Marak, in Khardang of Goalpara District,
Assam.
Liyaqat Shah was produced in a
special NIA court which extended his judicial remand till April
25, 2013 after a magisterial court refused to hear the matter
on the grounds that his case has been transferred to NIA.
Six member NIA team questioned
Liyaqat Shah’s brother Inayat Shah, first wife Ameena Begum and
his third wife Akhtar-un-Nisa. According to Liyaqat’s family,
he had been planning to surrender ever since J&K CM Omar Abdullah
announced the rehabilitation policy in 2010, but had to wait because
he worked as a labourer in Pakistan and didn’t have enough money
to fund his return.
Officiating GOC, 25 Infantry Division,
Brigadier JK Tiwari asserted that militancy has been wiped out
from Rajouri and Poonch Districts of J&K. However, IGP Jammu
zone, Rajesh Kumar had earlier observed, “There was some movement
of militants in Kishtwar and Ramban Districts and boundaries lines
of twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch.
Two CRPF troopers were grievously
injured in a CPI-Maoist attack in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
An aide of Sabyasachi Panda, the
Chief of OMP, a splinter group of CPI-Maoist, was arrested from
Richaguda forest under Badagarh Police Station limits in Ganjam
District of Odisha.
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| Aprill 14 |
A minor boy was injured when an
IED targeted on the SFs exploded in Thoubal District, Manipur.
An IED planted by militants went
off along the roadside at Phaikhojang village near the international
border with Myanmar under Singhat Police Station of Churachandpur
District of Manipur while a patrolling party of troops of 39 AR
was passing the area at around 9.30 am. In the blast one trooper
was injured.
SFs arrested a militant of PREPAK-PRO,
identified as Gurumayum Ibomcha Sharma, from Kwakeithel in Imphal
West District, Manipur. SFs recovered eight hand grenades from
the militant.
Police neutralized a HM module
and arrested two persons on charges of reviving militancy from
village Banderpora in Srigufwara locality of Anantnag District,
J&K. The arrestees have been identified as Muhammad Amin Khanday,
a Panchayat member and a released HM militant Mohammad
Abbas Sheikh. Two other active HM militants fled under the cover
of darkness.
Army has launched search operation
to find out unexploded mortar shells from firing by Pakistani
troops around village Churanda in Uri sector (Baramulla District)
along the LoC in J&K.
Joint Monitoring Group to monitor
the implementation of the SoO signed between the Mizoram Government
and the HPC-D would hold a meeting on April 19. The meeting would
deliberate on the date and place for resumption of talks between
the Mizoram government and the Hmar outfit and also discuss the
observance of the bilateral SoO signed between the two parties
on January 31 in Aizawl.
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| April 12 |
Thoubal District (Manipur) Police
commandos arrested three KCP cadres while conducting a search
operation at Lilong Nungei near Community Hall.
The armed URF, Manipur, has announced
general strike in all the hill areas of Manipur from 6am of April
15 till the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee leaves the State.
Zeliangrong organisations have
sought the intervention of President of India Pranab Mukherjee
in the case of Alice Kamei, who is allegedly in the custody of
RPF/PLA. Alice Kamei has been held captive by the RPF/PLA since
March 10.
A massive public rally is being
planned on April 19 in Imphal, Manipur demanding the safe release
of school girl Alice Kamei from the custody of the RPF/PLA.The
plan to hold the rally was resolved at the April 12 public meeting
held at Majorkhul Community Hall, Imphal.
The UNC and KSO also demand Alice
Kamei’s release.
Suspected NSCN-IM militants abducted
two Manipur Government teachers in Wokha District for not paying
“24 per cent net salary deduction” to the group. The two teachers,
unidentified at the time of filing this report, are both said
to be teachers in the government primary schools at Hanku and
Niropen villages.
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| April 13 |
The Crime Branch arrested the
kingpin of the Indo-Nepal international fake currency racket,
identified as Nagina Prasad, from Bettiah of West Champaran District,
Bihar. FICN with a face value of INR 55,000 has been recovered
from the accused.
Two people, including a Pakistani
national, were given life imprisonment by the Ghaziabad (Uttar
Pradesh) sessions court for their role in the 1996 Modinagar blast
which claimed 16 lives and left 48 injured.
Contrary to the claims of Chief
Minister Mukul Sangma in the Meghalaya Assembly that the peace
pact with the ANVC was at an advanced stage, in-charge of North
East in MHA, Joint Secretary Shambhu Singh said that the peace
process would take more time to complete.
Two GNLA cadres who were killed
in the earlier reported encounter in East Garo Hills District
of Meghalaya have been identified by their relatives as Sarbit
Ch Marak alias Nangrepa and Nanggan A Sangmaalias Imra.
‘Secretary’ (trade & commerce)
of ‘Southern Zone’ of NSCN-K informed that all the transporters
of Nagaland within the Zone to clear “annual taxation” for the
year 2013-14 within 10 days.
NSCN-K ‘military finance in-charge’
of Dimapur, Nagaland informed all business establishment and departments
that “some vested” interests/persons were “collecting and extorting”
in the name of NSCN-K. It added that any establishment or department
entertaining others without the knowledge of NSCN-K would be doing
so at their own risk.
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| April 14 |
Four Maoists abducted the Station
Master of Kamlur Railway Station, located on the KK Line in between
Kirandul and Bhansi Railway Stations, some 110 kilometres from
Bastar Divisional Headquarters Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh.
According to an official document,
the Maoists have been able to create a 'corridor' between jurisdictions
of two of their committees by penetrating into three Districts
of eastern Chhattisgarh and consolidating in as many Districts
of western Odisha.
Suspected KPLT militants shot
dead a Sarkari Gaonbura (Government recognized
village headman), Sarat Teron (60), in Teron Gaon village under
Deothar Police Outpost in Bokajan Sub-Division of Karbi Anglong
District, Assam.
PLA claimed responsibility for
the twin bomb attacks in Churachandpur and Thoubal Districts on
April 14 ahead of President Pranab Mukherjee’s arrival in Manipur.
Two GNLA cadres along with an
overground female collaborator were arrested from Selsella region
of West Garo Hills, Meghalaya while travelling in an auto rickshaw
to meet another cadre, identified as Togak.
NSCN-K issued a clarification
and cautioned those organizations condemning the “high handedness”
of ‘Naga Army-Mobile V’ under the command of ‘colonel’ Kurecho.
CVC of Kohima District, Nagaland had earlier condemned NSCN-K for
“continually harassing and threatening” the workers of Thepfüsatuo
Rio, a Class-I contractor who was undertaking developmental works
at the Mimi-Khonga-Hakumuthi sector in Kiphire District.
A SPO, belonging to Mukurdom under
Bhejji Police Station limits of Sukma District of Chhattisgarh,
who was earlier abducted by CPI-Maoist cadres on March 13, was
killed by the rebels.
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| April 15 |
The alleged torture by Andhra
Pradesh and Chhattisgarh cadres forced a wanted CPI-Maoist member,
identified as Bighna Jagaranga (22) alias Ramesh, to surrender
before the Police in Rayagada District of Odisha.
Odisha Police busted an illegal
arm manufacturing unit in a dense forest of Nabarangpur District,
Odisha.
The Union Government asked the
Sates to implement various recommendations of the second Administrative
Reforms Commission (ARC) to improve policing.
IM operative Mirza Himayat Inayat
Baig, the lone arrested accused in the German Bakery blast (February
13, 2010) that killed 17 and injured 64 people, was convicted
by a sessions court in Pune (Maharashtra) for criminal conspiracy,
murder and other charges.
Maharashtra ATS said that German
Bakery blast was the first act of terror in which the Pakistan-based
LeT coordinated with IM.
Maharashtra Government said Pakistan-based
terrorists were training women as fidayeen attackers, possibly
to strike important cities including Mumbai and Pune.
MMM asked people of J&K to
hold protests after Friday congressional prayers.
JKLF ‘chairman’ Yasin Malik has
been released from house arrest in Srinagar District, J&K.
A JKLF spokesperson confirming the report said that he will address
a press conference on April 16.
MoS for Home Sajad Ahmed Kichloo
reiterated the J&K Government’s demand for phased withdrawal
of AFSPA.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister
Nabam Tuki said that government is taking all necessary steps
to introduce reforms in the justice delivery system, including
the State Police hierarchy. Tuki said that he has informed the
MHA that the state government has already taken action to implement
the recommendations made by the Second ARC.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi speaking
at the ‘Chief Ministers' conference in New Delhi said that
there was a declining trend in militant violence in the State.
CM, Tarun Gogoi said, “In the past few years, there has been a
declining trend of militant violence and talks are on with several
militant outfits. However, it would be over-optimistic to declare
that the nightmare of militant violence is over ".
UNC has urged the President of
India to expedite the process of ‘Alternative Arrangement’ for
Nagas of Manipur outside the Government of Manipur.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi pointed
to growing activities of the CPI-Maoist in Assam and citing tough
terrain asked the Centre to explore the feasibility of deploying
UAV in the State.
A combined team of Imphal East
District Police commandos and troops of 16 AR arrested a PREPAK
cadre identified as Laishram Dhananjoy alias Joy
Singh from Keibi Heikak Mapal Makha Leikai in Imphal East District,
Manipur. One 36 HE hand grenade was recovered from his possession.
ANVC-B denied the news that one
of its members had abandoned the outfit to float a new outfit
of his own in Meghalaya. Chairman of ANVC-B, Rimpu Marak said,
the news about Norok X Momin floating a new outfit called the
UALA is totally false.
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| April 16 |
Eight CPI-Maoist cadres were killed
in an encounter with SFs in the forest area of Puarti village
in Sukma District, Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh State Home Minister,
Nanki Ram Kawar, while addressing the Chief Ministers’ conference
said in New Delhi that with the help of two-pronged strategy –
security to people and development of backward region – the Chhattisgarh
Government has succeeded in containing the Maoist violence.
SFs recovered the dead bodies
of nine CPI-Maoist cadres killed in Sukma encounter, Chhattisgarh.
A Maoist cadre, identified as
Devi Singh, surrendered before Rajnandgaon Police, Chhattisgarh
alleging exploitation and neglect by his superiors.
Fearing a possible influx of CPI-Maoist
cadres into Odisha following an encounter between the Maoists
and a joint team of CRPF personnel and Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh
in bordering Chhattisgarh, security has been beefed up in Maoist-hit
Malkangiri District, Odisha.
Two youth, identified as Ashiq
Hussain, 25 and Akhter Hussain, 21, from Keshwan locality of Kishtwar
District of J&K, who had fled their houses almost a week ago
to join militant ranks, surrendered before Police.
JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik
said the withdrawal of NATO troopers from Afghanistan can allure
youth of J&K to gun.
MoS for Home Sajjad Ahmed Kitchloo
informed that 1858 government and private buildings in the state
of J&K are under the occupation of the Security Forces (SF).
However, till now, as many as 1,425 out of the total 3,283 such
buildings have been vacated. He also added that 54 static bunkers
have been removed from public places in Srinagar till date.
DG of J&K Police Ashok Prasad
strongly advocated AFSPA like legal cover for Police if it was
to fight militancy independently.
SFs arrested a person, who was
travelling from Tuensang to Dimapur in a Nagaland State Transport
bus, along with arms in Karbi Anglong District. SFs recovered
five .22 calibre Chinese-made pistols from him.
NDFB-RD ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary
has claimed that the CBI’s allegation of his involvement in the
October 30, 2008, serial blasts in Assam was based on “supposition
and probabilities” and not on facts. According to Daimary, who
was granted bail in the serial blasts case on April 11, the CBI
has not been able to establish any prima facie case against him
and the allegations in the chargesheet were “false, concocted
and fabricated”.
Despite the crackdown by the Government
of Bangladesh, a majority of the active militant groups of the
North East are still maintaining bases in the neighbouring country
and in fact, a few of the ultra groups are even giving training
to the new recruits in the bases in that country.
Sources revealed that the NDFB-IKS
has a strong presence in Bangladesh, particularly in the Khagrachari
area and according to information available with the security
agencies at least 30 to 40 members of the outfit are staying in
the area.
A GNLA militant, identified as
Tibat S Sangma alias Jeron, abandoned his ‘sentry
post’ at a camp deep inside West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya
to surrender before Police officials at Dobu in East Garo Hills.
He handed over a 7.65 pistol along with two magazines and seven
rounds of ammunition along with two demand letter pads of the
GNLA.
The claims of ANVC-B
chairman, Rimpu N Marak that his former ‘action commander’ Norrok
X Momin remains with his outfit has been dismissed by Norrok himself
who has gone on to form the UALA in Meghalaya.
One suspected GNLA cadre, identified
as Aspin G Sangma (30), was arrested from Shallang in West Khasi
Hills District, Meghalaya. Sangma was carrying demand notes to
distribute among all the coal traders and shop owners in Shallang
market to raise funds for the outfit, a reliable source said.
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| April 17 |
A day after nine Maoist cadres
were killed in an encounter with SFs in Sukma District, members
of the outfit fired at a BSF helicopter while it was evacuating
Greyhounds personnel from Battiguda in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Five hundred tribals belonging
to CMAS in Narayanpatna block of Koraput District, Odisha deserted
the organisation and openly supported the Police.
OMP leader Sabyasachi Panda's
wife, Mili Panda, met Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra, sparking speculation
over his possible surrender.
17 people, including 11 Policemen,
were injured in a bomb blast barely 50 metres from the BJP party
office in Bangalore, Karnataka. UMHA called the blast a terrorist
attack.
A pipe bomb is believed to have
been placed in the bike. UMHA pointed to an IM signature in targeting
crowds gathered at the BJP office for ticket distribution ahead
of May 5th Karnataka election.
BSF IG Frontier, Aditya Mishra
commented, "Several bursts of AK 47 rifle were fired and
Pakistan Rangers didn't come to know , the cross border smuggling
operations seems to be impossible without tactical support of
Pak Rangers….No effective efforts have been taken by Pakistan
Rangers so far to check cross border smuggling”.
SF apprehended Qari Naved alias
Fahad Ullah, the ‘divisional commander’ of LeT outfit from Sopore
town of Baramulla District, J&K.
Police arrested three Police personnel
and a hotel owner on charges of running a FICN racket in J&K.
FICN with a face value of INR 200,000 was recovered from their
possession.
DIG North Kashmir JP Singh said,
"Investigations have revealed that fake currency notes had
come from PaK via Keran area in Kupwara District of J&K.
Central Agencies are closely monitoring
the movements of ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Baruah and analyzing his
statements in the media to pick up hints the elusive militant
leader may have dropped, expressing his interest to join the peace
process. The Centre believes that Baruah would join the peace
process sooner or later.
A letter sent to 13 States, by
the MHA on CPI-Maoist efforts to expand to new areas primarily
northeast. The letter states that CPI-Maoist had around one hundred
cadres, including 25 to 30 armed, in Assam and with Mahesh, a
Central Committee member from the Rabha community appearing to
be in charge.
In a search operation carried
by the AR Battalion based in Jibiram (Imphal East District, Manipur),
under the aegis of Haflong Based Assam Rifles Headquarters, arrested
one Puithang Hmar (37). One 9mm pistol with one magazine and 03
live rounds of bullets were also recovered from his possession.
Hmar was later handed over to Jiribam Police and a FIR was also
lodged against him.
ANVC-B ‘chairman’ Rimpu N Marak
said that the decision of Norrok X Momin to form the UALA in Meghalaya
is his own personal prerogative. Marak said,” He should take responsibility
for his cadres even as we tried to get him back for the peace
settlement.”
Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan
Warjri assured the House that she would order an inquiry into
the arrest of former HNLC cadre identified as Banpyrkhat Langstieh alias Pyntngen
who had surrendered before East Khasi Hills Superintendent of
Police M Kharkrang on April 8.
State Home minister Roshan Warjri
said the GNLA, with support from Assam-based militant groups,
had become a “potent force, comprising a large number of cadres,
including active overground workers, adequate firepower, organizational
capacity and command leadership”.
A trucker was killed and two trucks
were set ablaze by armed militants along the Imphal-Jiribam highway.
Police said militants armed with sophisticated weapons first set
ablaze a stranded truck loaded with cement bags at Charoi Pandongba
in Sadar Hills of Senapati District of manipur and then again
stopped an Imphal-bound rice-loaded truck and set it on fire.
The rebels opened fire at the driver and handyman of the second
truck, before leaving. The driver, Sorokhaibam Babu of Samurou
in Imphal West District was hit and died on way to an Imphal hospital.
His helper Lalhmunthang, escaped unhurt. The Police suspect the
militants were Nagas but could not name any group.
Anger burst forth on the streets
with residents of Samurou blocking traffic on the Imphal-Thoubal
Road in the Samurou area on April 18. They formed a joint action
committee and announced a 48-hour statewide strike while transporters
called a 24-hour statewide strike, both from midnight of April
18.
ZUF has strongly condemned the
killing of a truck driver along the National Highway by armed
persons in Manipur.
SF arrested one PREPAK cadre,
identified as Nongthombam Dinesh Meitei alias Epacha alias Pitingkon
around 10.15 am from Keibi Khunou near waiting shed in Imphal
East District, manipur. One Chinese hand grenade and one .32 pistol
with magazine having three live rounds were recovered from his
possession.
The NSCN-IM, Zeliangrong Region
(Makuilongdi) has issued an order prohibiting the ‘substitute
culture’ in Manipur Government schools and Primary Health Centres
and Sub-Primary Health Centres with immediate effect. The outfit
said, deputing substitutes in educational institutes and primary
health centres has become a culture and system.
The AMSU while observing the ‘33rd
Realisation Day’ vowed to revive the movement against influx into
Manipur to preserve the identity of the indigenous population.
BSF troopers of Outpost Nokchi,
in West Garo Hills District, Meghalaya, arrested one Bangladeshi
liquor smuggler while he was trying to infiltrate into India from
Bangladesh. The smuggler has been identified as Mohamad Imam Ali.
He hails from Sherpur District of Bangladesh.
The ties between the Assam based
ULFA and the Meghalaya based GNLA have gone a step further from
providing logistical support to jointly participating in training
inside the jungles of Garo hills in Meghalaya, revealed a former
GNLA cadre, Tibat Sangma alias Jeron who surrendered
on April 16.
A contractor from Nagaland, Thepfüsatuo
Rio disclosed that he was asked to pay INR 20 million within 15
days, in lieu with a contract for a road construction project,
by the “commander, mobile V Naga Army” of NSCN-K or else face
dire consequences.
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| April 18 |
A trooper of Andhra Pradesh's
anti-Naxal force 'Greyhounds' was killed in an encounter with
CPI-Maoist cadres in the jungles of Bijapur District, Chhattisgarh.
A passenger bus escaped a landmine
blast triggered by LWEs in Maoist-hit Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre,
identified as Ayub Ali alias Khan, during a raid at Gewal
Bigha, in Gaya District of Bihar.
Acting on a tip off, the STF of
Kolkata Police, West Bengal, arrested two senior CPI-Maoist leaders,
identified as Sabyasachi Goswami alias Kishore and Zakir
Hussain, from Jadavpur area in Kolkata.
FICN totaling INR 590 million
was seized in 2012 according to latest figures released by enforcement
agencies and banking channels. This is a sharp increase from a
total FICN seizure of INR 26 million in 2011.
IM operative Mirza Himayat Inayat
Baig, who as reported earlier was convicted by a Sessions Court
in Pune (Maharashtra), for criminal conspiracy, murder and other
charges, was awarded death penalty in the German Bakery blast
case of February 13, 2010, which killed 17 and wounded 64.
Goa’s beaches were targets of
suspected LeT militant Nasir Raizuddin, being tried for the Bangalore
(Karnataka) serial blasts of July 25, 2008; Wikileaks has claimed
citing a recently declassified US diplomatic cable.
Based on information provided
by Fahad Ullah, SF in an encounter shot dead one of two militants,
Shabir Ahmad Sheikh alias Tameem alias Sufiyan,
who were hiding in an orchard at village Wagub in Sopore area
of the Baramulla District, J&K. Hilal Molvi alias Khalid
managed to escape from the area by taking advantage of people
working in the orchards.
2 AK rifles, 5 AK magazines, 2
Pistols, 5 grenades, 150 AK and pistol rounds in total were recovered
from the possession of the arrested and the dead militant.
SFs arrested two OGW of PULF identified
as Altaf Hussian (32), and Nur Zamal (26), from Jiribam in Imphal
East District of Manipur. SFs recovered one extortion note (Quantity
80), one mobile handset Nokia, driving license and cash INR 330
were recovered from their possessions.
One UNLF cadre, identified as
M Rojer Meitei alias Tomba alias Thougaingamba
(27) was arrested by SFs from his residence near DAV School, Sangakpham
in Imphal East District of Manipur.
The NSCN-K, Southern Zone, while
strongly condemning the truck driver killing incident in Manipur
on April 17, has vowed to unearth the identities of those responsible
persons or outfit for the killing.
The ZUF has accused the NSCN-IM
of killing the truck driver.
Nagaland Government is trying
to get Adinno Phizo, ‘president’ of NNC and daughter of A.Z. Phizo,
back to the state from her exile in the UK, after the recent death
of her brother and NNC leader Kevilevor Phizo due to cardiac arrest.
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| April 19 |
Four CPI-Maoist cadres, three
of them carrying reward on their head, were arrested during separate
search operations in Bastar region, Chhattisgarh.
According to the latest statistics
prepared by MHA on Naxal violence, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and
Bihar together account for over 80 percent of the violence across
the country.
The Union Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways wants adequate deployment of CAPFs and close coordination
of District and State level officials to take up road works in
at least seven Naxal affected Districts in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra,
Odisha and Jharkhand.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
by a Joint Police team during a search operation at Mundipal Handapal
village of Mardapal Police Station limits in Kondagaon District,
Chhattisgarh.
CPI-Maoist cadres abducted a trader
accusing him of being a Police informer in Malkangiri District,
Odisha.
15-20 Maoists cadres managed to
give SFs a slip during a raid by the latter in the Sunabeda Wildlife
Sanctuary in Nuapada District, Odisha.
Hanif Mohammed alias Tiger
Hanif, An aide of Dawood Ibrahim, wanted in connection with two
bomb attacks in Gujarat in 1993 and absconding in Britain, has
lost his appeal in a UK High Court against extradition to India.
Syed Sahabbudhin and Darvish Moideen,
two accused in October 27, 2011 case relating to planting of a
Pipe Bomb, have filed bail applications before the Madras High
Court Bench in Tamil Nadu.
Preliminary forensic reports suggest
that the bomb used in the Bangalore (Karnataka) blast of April
17, 2013 is similar to the ones used near Jama Masjid in New Delhi
on September 19, 2010, Zaveri Bazar, Mumbai (Maharashtra) on July
13, 2011 and also in the twin blasts in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
on February 21, 2013
12 militants and OGW of LeT were
arrested from Sopore area (Baramulla District of J&K) in raids
conducted by the SF on information provided by Fahad Ullah.
Reports said that LeT leadership
suspected the involvement of Fahad Ullah in the killing of 9 militants
who were killed by the SF different localities of Sopore in the
state of J&K during a 6 day long operation in December 2012.
Shabir Ahmad Sheikh, who was killed
in Sopore encounter on April 18 was buried in his native village
Palhalan Pattan in Baramulla District, J&K. After the burial
the villagers resorted to violence including stone pelting and
set ablaze a Gypsy along the NH at Palhalan area in the District.
However, no person was reportedly injured in the incidents.
Police arrested two LeT militants
in J&K and recovered one grenade and a pistol from them. The
arrestees have been identified as Ahamd, resident of Anantnag
(Anantnag District) and Mushtaq Ahmad, resident of Qaimo locality
in Kulgam District.
Preparations to hold the ensuing panchayat election
in troubled Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh have begun on a
war-footing.
An Inspector of a commando unit
of Assam Police, identified as Lohit Sonowal, two hardcore militants
of the ULFA-ATF and a civilian were killed in an encounter at
Kordoiguri village in Tinsukia District. The militants killed
in the encounter were identified as Raktajeet Hazarika and Ananta
Moran.
UKDA observed its 4th raising
day at Immanuel Peace camp located in Saigang village in Karbi
Anglong District, Assam.
The ZRO, said it strongly condemns
the intrusion of about seven armed cadres of UNLF at L Kanan village
under Singngat sub-division in Churachandpur District, Manipur
on April 13 at around 6.30 pm who allegedly tortured innocent
villagers besides preventing them from attending Church.
Thoubal District (Manipur) Police
commandos arrested another KYKL cadre while conducting search
operation at Kakching Lamkhai. Identifying the cadre as Shiremayum
Rakesh Sharma alias Ibungo (22), a statement
issued by the Thoubal Police claimed to have recovered one mobile
handset with SIM from his possession.
ANVC-B has alleged nexus between
the newly floated militant outfit UALA headed by Norrok X Momin-former
action commander of ANVC-B, AIGU and the GNU in not allowing the
Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council to function through proper election.
In a statement issued on April 19, ANVC-B chairman Rimpu Marak
said, “UALA support to Garo National Union and All India Garo
Union of Assam against the autonomous council election needs to
be closely examined.”
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| April 20 |
NIA searched four Districts of
Bihar for Tahseen Akhtar, allegedly a member of the IM involved
in terrorist strikes in the country.
Terror groups like LeT are increasingly
turning tech-savvy. Sources claim that this trend started post
November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attack and picked
up rapidly. The LeT handlers, based either in Saudi Arabia or
Pakistan, reportedly use internet-based communication, either
voice or text, for recruitment since it is possible to maintain
anonymity and use codes to communicate.
Two powerful IEDs were recovered
from the complex of RIMS in Imphal West District, Manipur. The
IEDs, each weighing two kilograms, were attached to two mobile
phones. The bombs were later defused at a safe place. No individual
or group has claimed responsibility for the incident as yet.
Two KYKL cadres were arrested
by a team of Imphal East District (Manipur) commandos from Singjamei
Kakwa Bazar near SSU Club. A Police statement identified the two
KYKL cadres as Salam Meiraba Singh (19) and Leiphrakpam Ajit Meitei
(23) both from Kakwa Leiphrakpam Leikai, Imphal West.
The UTLA has urged the Government
of India as well as Government of Manipur to declare Sadar Hills
as full fledged District at the earliest and also to expedite
the process for creation of Jiribam District by clubbing together
some neglected remote villages of Churachandpur and Tamenglong
Districts.
In an exclusive interview in Hebron,
NSCN-IM Ato Kilonser (Prime Minister) Thuingaleng
Muivah asserted that the issue raised by other Naga political
groups to reveal the points under negotiations with the government
of India was “too simple a logic for difficult politics”.
Tripura IGP Nepal Das claimed
that due to the current political turmoil in Bangladesh and logistics
trouble in the State, NLFT is in a state of serious crisis for
its survival, leading to surrender of its cadres. He said almost
90 per cent of NLFT cadres had already laid down arms before security
forces in the last two years and the administration was in the
process of eradicating militancy from the state. "The common
people in interior locations created mass resistance against the
militants and they lost complete support base in Tripura,"
said Das.
Referring to latest surrender
of NLFT cadre Sanjit Tripura, a resident of Kanchanpur, Das claimed
it was clear case of Police's success. "Police compelled
Sanjit to surrender and reveal all information about NLFT's plan
of action in Tripura," IGP Das said, adding that the State
has become a model in the country in combating insurgency and
successful implementation of rehabilitation package.
The CorCom, umbrella body of six
militant outfits based in Manipur, while remembering the sacrifices
of the forefathers of Manipur during the Khongjom war or the Anglo-Manipuri
War of 1891 has praised their sacrifices. It further appealed
to the people of Manipur to remember the sacrifices of the forefathers
on the Anglo-Manipur Khongjom war Memorial Day on April 23.
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| April 21 |
CPI-Maoist cadres abducted a panchayat
secretary identified as Lakpati Dansena and beat him to death
in the forests of Karramal in Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh.
CPI-Maoist cadres triggered four
can bombs targetting a community centre at Nawa Toli in Pesrar
block of Lohardaga District, Jharkhand.
A CPI-Maoist leader, identified
as Trinath Golori alias Chandra (35), wanted in several
cases, was arrested from Chitrakonda area of Malkangiri District,
Odisha.
The body of Greyhounds Reserve
Inspector G.V. Prasad, who was killed by CPI-Maoist cadres as
retaliation to the April 16 encounter near Puvarthi forest area
in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, was left abandoned by the Maoists
near Kavurugatta village under Pamedu Police Station limits in
Bijapur District, Chhattisgarh.
Fayaz Ahmad Dar, driver of former
Minister in the current Government of J&K, was arrested from
Jammu city (Jammu District) for being part of LeT module which
came into light after the arrest of outfits’ ‘divisional commander’
Fahad Ullah. Based on the information provided an AK-47 rifle
and one magazine were recovered from his residence in Alsafa Colony,
Sopore township of Baramulla District.
Reports suggests that the LeT
leadership in PoK has directed their new recruits not to contact
Pakistani militants already ‘operating’ in J&K as they might
be under the radar of SFs.
SFs arrested a SULFA militant,
Bipul Chandra Roy, at Daobhangi in Dhubri District, Assam. Roy
had come to collect extortion money from a person named Abdul
Samad Molla of Silaipar in the District.
One MR trooper, Rifleman Longjam
Sachin (27), was killed while 10 people including MR personnel
and two PWD engineers sustained injuries in an ambush by some
unidentified militants at a spot in between Khudengthabi and Kwatha
Lamkhai along NH-2 in Chandel District of Manipur. Suspected militants
triggered three IED blasts, at the ambush site, which was followed
by gunfire.
Another bomb blast left two CRPF
troopers and six civilians injured at Sekmai in Imphal West District,
Manipur.
SFs busted a makeshift camp of
the GNLA that was being used to treat injured cadres and a large
quantity of medicines seized from Rongjeng area in East Garo Hills
Districts, Meghalaya.
The NSCN-K has informed that no
department, “particularly Education and Medical”, can be exempted
from the ‘tax’ bracket. Further, ANSTA on April 21 directed all
its members to refrain paying tax being collected by the Naga
underground groups as the matter is ‘under negotiation’.
FICN worth INR 42,410 in several
denominations were seized by Police from three persons, including
a salesman of a Model wine shop, at CTI crossing in Govindnagar
Police area of Kanpur Nagar District in Kanpur City, Uttar Pradesh.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani ‘chairman’
of APHC-G asked people of J&K to boycott forthcoming elections.
He also asked people to ostracize mainstream parties as they are
the biggest hurdle in the ‘Kashmir struggle’.
Jharkhand DGP blamed the presence
of a number of splinter groups for the increasing number of incidents
of Naxal violence in the first quarter of 2013.
Top officials of CRPF have informed
the MHA about the regrouping of the CPI-Maoist in West Bengal.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to NSCN-K, Haihingbe Jeme, from Boro Haflong locality in Dima
Hasao District, Assam. Ammunition and explosive material were
also seized from him. SFs recovered one hand grenade, two live
rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and 10 detonators from the militant.
The militant groups, NDFB and
KLO are calling business persons and demanding money from them
in Dhubri District since last week. The KLO has been demanding
huge amounts of money from businessmen in Chagolia and Golokganj
areas of the District.
Hagrama Mohilary, chairman of
BTC said that is hopeful of the reunion of the two factions of
the NDFB and a positive outcome of the peace talks.
Reacting to the statements of
some politicians and high-ranking officers of the Manipur Government
which reportedly dubbed attacks on Security Forces as dastardly
and asserted that violence could not bring any kind of solution
as reported in some sections of media on April 22, the RPF in
a statement issued by the outfit’s Publicity Secretary, Roben
Khuman maintained that RPF and PLA have never committed any cowardly
act in the course of the ongoing liberation movement.
CFGR between the Government of
India and Nagaland’s NSCN-KK would be reviewed either late May
or early June. This was disclosed by NSCN-KK CFSB supervisor C.
Singson. Singson led a team comprising of six NSCN-KK functionaries
to Delhi for a meeting with representatives of the GoI. At the
meeting, representatives of both sides decided to extend the cease
fire by another year.
Investment in the State has been
badly affected because of militancy despite efforts being made
to attract investors, while many non-Naga businessmen have fled
the State for fear of their lives. The representative of
the MHA said many projects were abandoned by contractors because
of rampant extortion by the militants.
The All Nagaland School Teachers’
Association has directed its members not to attend their classes
from April 24 as a mark of resentment against the abduction of
two Government primary school teachers in Wokha District on April
12 by the cadres of the NSCN-IM. They were abducted from Hanku
and Nitropen villages for not paying “tax”.
There are now at least seven militant
groups in the state — NSCN-IM, NSCN-KK, NSCN-K, NNC-FGN-Adinno,
NNC-Hozheto, NNC-V. Nagi and FGN-Singya.
Oil tanker driver, identified
as Surjit, who was abducted by some suspected armed militants
from Kohima.
MHA, Government of India and the
NSCN-K have jointly agreed to extend the current period of cease
fire, which is to expire on April 28, 2013, for a further of one
year.
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| April 22 |
J&K Police arrested Feroze
Ahmad Dar, a LeT terrorist, for the earlier reported killing a
youth inside a mosque near Sopore in Baramulla district on March
19. Sopore SP Imtiyaz Hussian said Feroze Ahmad Dar had allegedly
chased and killed Suhail Ahmad Sofi at the behest of LeT ‘commander’
Fahadullah for being an informer.
Flags of LeT and Pakistan surfaced
at the Hariparbat Fort situated at Rainawari locality in Srinagar
city (Srinagar District, J&K) which houses a CRPF camp. Graffiti
like "Welcome Taliban" and "Go India Go Back"
were also found to be painted on the walls of the Fort.
Minister of State for Home Sajjad
Ahmad Kichloo clarified that the Fayaz Ahmad, driver of former
Minister in the current Government in J&K who was arrested
for being part of LeT module, is not a SPO as reported earlier.
In a written reply to the Lok
Sabha, the Minister of Defense A K Antony said that a total of
168 militants were shot dead by the SF in the last two years.
In 2012, 73 terrorists were shot dead, 10 of them were neutralized
along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K. The remaining 63 were
killed by the SFs in the hinterland. In 2011, 95 militants were
killed.
Twenty five CPI-Maoist cadres,
including a ‘commander’ and two ‘deputy commanders’, village committees
and sympathisers, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police,
G. Srinivas, Visakhapatnam Rural, Andhra Pradesh.
A Chandigarh Court deferred the
Burail Jail break (intervening night of January 21-22, 2004) Case
till August 12, 2013. The case involves BKI terrorist Paramjit
Singh Bheora, who is also convicted in the then Punjab Chief Minister
Beant Singh’s assassination case.
Indian Coast Guard Ship Rajdoot,
capable of several tasks, including surveillance, interdiction,
search and rescue and medical evacuation, was commissioned in
Kolkata, West Bengal.
8,750 kg of illegal ammonium nitrate
were seized from Nagal village in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan.
Along with explosives, 25 detonators, 75-meter fuse wires, 21-meter
safety fuse wires and five boosters were also recovered.
Thousands of people belonging
to several non-Mising organisations took out a rally in Sivasagar
District, Assam protesting the inclusion of non-Mising-dominated
villages in the MAC.
Incidents of protests against
the earlier reported death of Puna Moran, a civilian killed in
an encounter between SFs and ULFA-ATF militants on April 19, were
reported from Dibrugarh and Tinsukia District.
Assam Governor J. B. Patnaik asked
State Government officials to take urgent steps for speedy development
in Sadiya sub-division of Tinsukia District in order to fight
Naxalism [Left Wing Extremism]. Patnaik said Sadiya was the most
deprived and underdeveloped sub-division of the State.
According to DTO sources, the
District transport officer of Sonitpur, Joshu Kumar Doley, received
an extortion letter from ULFA-ATF militants. The letter, demanding
INR 1 million, was sent from Tinsukia and signed by one Rupankar
Gohain alias Rupankar Asom. Doley has informed
the Sonitpur Deputy Commissioner about the letter.
The RPF, the political wing of
the PLA, has claimed that the attacks on a joint team of eight
MR personnel and PWD officials between Khudengthabi and Kwatha
Lamkhai and CRPF troops at Sekmai, Manipur on April 21 were carried
out by special teams of the PLA.
ANSAM has lambasted the State
Government for not extending any effort to secure the release
school girl Alice Kamei from RPF who was in their custody since
March 10.
Teaching staff and medical officers
of RIMS staged a sit in protest at the institute’s premises against
planting of explosives within the campus a couple of days back.
The Kuki Chiefs’ Association-
Chandel District and the KPF raised strong objection against the
assertion of the ATSUM that Molnoi village of Pallel is a part
of Thoubal District, not Chandel District.
After facing defeat in the February
23 State Assembly polls, a Samajwadi Party candidate has allegedly
joined the GNLA, a senior Meghalaya Police said. Rapiush Ch. Sangma
(33), who had contested from Rongjeng constituency under East
Garo Hills District, joined the GNLA soon after the counting of
votes, which were held on February 28.
GNLA militants burnt a shop and
fired at people in North Garo Hills District. In the incident,
one truck driver, identified as Mahadeb Saha, and his helper,
Oniras Rabha, both of Nogorbeta in Kamrup District in Assam, were
injured.
The BSF of Border Outpost Chandaboi
deployed in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya arrested one
person, identified as Nalini Marak, with FICN worth INR 20,000.
Along with the FICN, the BSF team also recovered INR 113 and a
mobile phone along with an Indian SIM, from his possession. The
seized FICN was being smuggled from Bangladesh and was meant for
circulation in the Indian market.
The BSF deployed in Nokchi, West
Garo Hills District, arrested one Bangladeshi smuggler, identified
as Pradeep Barman of Sherpur District in Bangladesh.
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| April 23 |
At least six youth were detained
for questioning in regard to the hoisting of Pakistani and LeT
flags on April 22 outside Hariparbat Fort at Rainawari locality
in Srinagar city (Srinagar District, J&K) that is closed for
public and houses a CRPF camp.
262 ex-militants have returned
to India via the Nepal border since 2010, the Lok Sabha was informed.
“As per Rehabilitation Policy notified by the Government of Jammu
and Kashmir in 2010, Joint Check Post at Wagah (Attari), Salamabad,
Chakan-da Bagh crossing on the LoC [Line of Control] besides,
Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi have been designated
as routes for ex-militants of J and K who had crossed over to
PoK [Pakistan occupied Kashmir] /Pakistan but have given up militant
activities due to change of heart and are willing to return to
the state. However, no ex-militant has been able to access these
routes for return so far. The ex-militants have been coming back
via Nepal border because there is no visa regime between India
and Nepal for Indian citizen. As per report of J and K police,
in the past three years, from 2010 to 2012 and the current year
up to April 10, 262 ex-militants have returned via Nepal.”
Tamil Nadu Police arrested three
people for their alleged involvement in April 17, 2013, Bangalore
(Karnataka) bomb blast.
Police claim to have cracked the
case of supply of FICN produced in Pakistan with the arrest of
nine people in Ghaziabad (Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh).
FICN worth INR 700,000 have also been seized from the accused.
Those arrested had been supplying FICN to India via the Nepal
and Bangladesh border.
Sahibabad (Ghaziabad District)
Police also seized FICN worth INR 50,000. The accused were arrested
from Defence Colony area.
Investigators probing the April
17, 2013, Bangalore (Karnataka) blast are on the lookout for two
suspects, Ismail and Raja Mohammad, now considered the prime accused.
Police said the suspects had bought the motorbike for INR 7,500
from Vellore on April 15, two days before the blast.
NIA is likely to question the
three men arrested for possible clues to the February 21, 2013,
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) blasts.
Ranchi District Police of Jharkhand
arrested a ‘zonal commander’ of the CPI-Maoist Nirmal Horo alias
Nirdesh Horo alias Ignesh Horo from Bariyatu locality in
the city along with one of his aides, Sanjay Hooter.
A 36-hour bandh called
by the All Assam Moran Students' Union paralyzed lives in upper
Assam Districts. In Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Sivasagar
Districts, educational institutions, banks and business establishments
remained closed while vehicles remained off the road.
Tripartite talks will be held
in Dispur on April 24 between representatives of RHJMC, non-Rabha
groups and the State Government regarding the RHAC election.
S–CHTF in a memorandum submitted
to the Minister of Welfare of Plains Tribe and Backward Community
Department, Government of Assam, through the Sub–Divisional Officer
(Civil), Lakhipur Sub–Division, Cachar, demanded immediate implementation
of the rehabilitation package for the surrendered militants of
the outfit and reconstitution of the Barak Valley Hill Tribes’
Development Council. The reconstitution is to be done with members
selected by the CHTF.
The BVHTDC was formed by the State
Government after 417 militants of the CHTF surrendered on March
18, 1996.
A goods-laden truck was set ablaze
by suspected blockade supporters in between Khongnem and Karong
villages of Senapati District, Manipur. The miscreants are yet
to be identified but it is pertinent to note that the Zeliangrong
Youth Front, All Zeliangrong Students' Union and Zeliangrong Students'
Union, Manipur are enforcing blockade on the National Highways
demanding safe and early release of school-girl Alice Kamei who
is in the custody of the RPF/PLA.
Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh,
while addressing Khongjom Day function at Khebaching in Thoubal
District to commemorate the Anglo-Manipuri war of 1891, slammed
militant violence in the State, questioning whether the militants
enjoyed the mandate of the people in carrying out violent activities.
Four Railways officials who were
engaged in the construction of railway line tunnel have been abducted
by unknown miscreants. They were abducted from the work site of
tunnel number 2 near Thembipung in Tamenglong District.
Oil tanker driver, identified
as Surjit, who was abducted by some suspected armed militants
from Kohima on April 21 was released near Kohima, Nagaland. Surjit
was abducted in connection with a demand served on all oil tankers
to pay INR 8000 to INR 10,000 each. He was released following
the cease work strike by tanker drivers to protest the abduction.
Hinting that the armed militants might be cadres of NSCN-K, the
individual who secured the released of Surjit confided that the
militant group warned of dire consequences if their monetary demand
is not fulfilled.
NSCN-IM has submitted a fresh
proposal to the Centre for a greater autonomy. “We have demanded
greater autonomy without giving up on our demands for independence
and sovereignty,” a senior NSCN-IM functionary said.
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| April 24 |
Army set up a camp in village
Hergam Wuyan at the outskirts of Srinagar city (Srinagar District,
J&K), to put pressures on militants in the area where they
have been re-grouping for past one year after increased pressure
in North Kashmir.
Principal Sessions Judge, Jammu,
Kartar Singh acquitted alleged HM militant and his supporter as
prosecution failed to prove its case against them. They were arrested
on December 26, 2004, from Sungli area of Bhaderwah in Doda District
of J&K along with arms ammunition and other incriminating
material including election identity card under the seal and signature
of Assistant Electoral Registration Officer Doda.
A person, Iqrar Mohammed Nisar
Ansari, was caught by SBI officials in Ahmadabad city (Ahmadabad
District, Gujarat) along with FICN worth INR 5,000. According
to Maninagar Police, Ansari, had come to SBI’s branch near Apsara
Cinema in Pushpakunj Kakaria area of Ahmadabad city to deposit
INR 40,000 in currency notes of INR 500 denomination.
The special TADA court in Valsad
(Valsad District, Gujarat) acquitted four persons in the 1993
RDX landing case for want of evidence. Special judge M F Saiyed
acquitted Ijju Shaikh, Mammu Mia Panju Mia, Mustafa Majnu and
Amir Ali Bandukhwala, who were accused of being involved in the
RDX landing off Tatawadi coast in Fansa village of Umargaon taluka
in Valsad District.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed two persons,
suspecting them to be Police informers, in Malkangiri District,
Odisha.
Maoists set ablaze a mobile phone
tower in Malkangiri District.
Kanker SP of Chhattisgarh said
a joint Police party of BSF and District Police arrested two Maoists,
during a search operation from Amagaon village under Tadoki Police
Station limits of the District.
Narayanpur District Police of
Chhattisgarh arrested a Maoist from Temrugaon under Benur Police
Station limits.
A joint Police party of District
Police (Bijapur) (Chhattisgarh), CISF and CRPF arrested a Maoist
from the jungles of Muttapur under the limits of Madded Police
Station.
CRPF troopers had a narrow escape
as Maoists ambushed a search party in Bijapur District.
Jhargram District Police of West
Bengal arrested two CPI-Maoist cadres and recovered skeletal remains
of three persons from them.
CPI-Maoist cadres abducted five
labourers engaged in road construction in Jamui district of Bihar
but released three of them early on April 25.
The election to the RHAC which
was scheduled to be held on April 30, is likely to be delayed.
A meeting of the cabinet sub–committee on RHAC election was held
in Guwahati, Assam. The meeting, in which representatives of Rabha
and non–Rabha organizations had taken part, was presided over
by State Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Prithvi Majhi.
After the meeting, Majhi said, “There are some problems due to
which the RHAC polls cannot be conducted soon. More discussions
are needed with Rabha and non–Rabha organizations. Hence the polls
will be delayed.”
Seven cadres KCP-MC, including
their ‘Army Chief’, Laishram Guru alias Gunamani,
have laid down arms to join the peace parleys with the Central
and Manipur Governments. It was announced by the General Secretary
of KCP-Lamphel, Taibang Nganba alias Dilip at
a press conference held at Manipur Press Club. Along with ammunition,
the cadres surrendered two AK rifles, one carbine and four pistols,
Dilip added. Saying that KCP-Taibang Nganba and KCP-City Meitei
are currently on peace talks with the Government, KCP-Pakhanglakpa
is also ready to commence peace parleys.
greeting the people of Kangleipak (Manipur),
‘Western south East Asia’ and CorCom (a group of six militant
groups) associates on the eve of its 19th foundation
day, ‘chairman’ of KYKL, N Oken has issued a call to all the leaders
of revolutionary groups that time has come for thorough introspection
and initiate appropriate measures for reviving the armed movement
in the region.
NHRA appealed to all Naga militant
factions to understand the plight of hotels and restaurant in
Nagaland. The NHRA in a statement said, compared to other states/cities,
“we are nowhere near to them in terms of income.” In this regard,
NHRA urged all factions to be considerate while collecting ‘taxes’.
As per the directive of high authority,
Zhenito Awomi, ‘finance kilonser’, NNC-NA has been
stripped of finance portfolio with immediate effect for indulging
in “financial misappropriation” and activities that was “detrimental”
to the organization.
In a joint operation, 29 Assam
Rifles and Police personnel rescued three local women from an
“illegal Detention Centre of the NSCN-IM” in Ao Kashiram area,
Dimapur District.
Two Government teachers of Wokha
District, Nagaland who were reportedly taken into captive on April
12 “for not paying annual ‘tax’” on time by NSCN-IM cadres were
released.
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| April 25 |
A report submitted by the parliamentary
standing committee on Home Affairs in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House)
states that Northeastern region witnessed an overall increase
in violence with Assam and Manipur accounted for the bulk of incidents.
The report also finds the level of violence in Meghalaya and Nagaland
higher than the previous year while Tripura, Mizoram and Sikkim
remained large peaceful. The report shows that the incidence of
violence has risen from 627 in 2011 to 1,025 in 2012 which was
773 in 2010 and 1,297 incidents in 2009.The report further states
that 3,562 militants were either arrested or killed or surrendered
in the region.
The parliamentary panel has contended
that socio-economic development may be the key solution to the
ills of the region.
SF arrested two OGW of militants
along with four IEDs from Kokernag area in Anantnag District in
J&K. Police said that this is the third militant module that
was busted in District during this month.
Two AK-47 Rifles, six Magazines
and 180 rounds of ammunition of the PSOs of a NC leader Farooq
Ahmad Sheikh in Anantnag District, J&K have gone missing from
NC leader’s highly guarded house. According to reports, three
AK-47 and one Insas Rifles were issued to four PSOs of the NC
leader and two of them have gone missing.
A special NIA in New Delhi court
issued fresh production warrant for May 30, 2013 against suspected
LeT terrorist and one of the masterminds of November 26, 2008
(26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attack, Abu Jundal, who was
charge sheeted by the probe agency for allegedly recruiting youths
for the terror outfit.
Terrorist organisations like IM
have agents in Kerala to source two-wheelers which are used to
plant bombs and trigger blasts in various parts of India.
Two engines of a goods train derailed
in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh after suspected Naxalites removed
the fishplates from tracks on Jagdalpur -Vishakhapatnam route.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, who
was working for the Bansadhara Division of the Maoists (Nikhil
Group), surrendered before the Rayagada Superintendent of Police,
Odisha.
CPI-Maoist cadres slit the throat
of an accountant of a construction company near Paisraha village
in Jamui District, Bihar and set ablaze three vehicles of the
company.
KLNLF ‘publicity -in-charge’ Rajak
Dera alleged that on April 22 KPLT militants attacked the house
of KLNLF ‘sergeant major’ Mukesh Rongphar in Assam. Rajak Dera
said that no one was injured during the attack. Rajak Dera further
urged KPLT to stop engaging in factional fights and come to the
negotiating table.
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to NDFB-IKS, from Balapara in Chirang District.
The BSF troopers have caught 243
Bangladeshis between 2008 and 2011 along the border of Cachar
and Karimganj Districts in the State.
A senior Police official said
that the involvement of militants in rhino poaching had been confirmed
with the interception of messages between the KPLT militants and
poachers. “KPLT militants have been supplying arms to the poachers,”
the official said in the meeting of top officials from Golaghat,
Nagaon, Karbi Anglong and Sonitpur Districts in Kaziranga
Troops of 19 Assam Rifles arrested
one NSCN-K cadre, identified as one Khresakhuyi Sapou Chakhesang
near Jail colony area, Kohima District, Nagaland One 9m pistol
was also recovered from the cadre.
The MCP-M has expanded their operative
system in Manipur by adding another special region in addition
to the existing four regions. A statement of MCP-M signed by its
publicity and propaganda secretary, Nonglen Meitei said that the
newly added Region 5 (special) would be led by Comrade N. Nganba
Meitei as the regional bureau-in-charge.
A Joint Action Committee has been
formed in connection with the reported abduction of a driver from
Lilong who was reportedly abducted from a place in between Maram
and Senapati (District) on April 21.
KYKL celebrated its 19th raising
day on April 25.
Newly formed KNF-N attacked the
official residence of Manipur’s Irrigation and Flood Control Minister
Ngamthang Haokip with a hand grenade. However, the grenade did
not explode. ‘’Publicity Secretary of KNF-N, Gou Vaiphei told
over the phone that the attack was carried out as the Minister
turned down the request of the outfit to extend monetary help.
The ‘publicity secretary’ further warned that the outfit would
not only carry out other attacks in future but also take the life
of the Minister if he fails to extend monetary help to the outfit.
Imphal West Police commandos arrested
three militants of UKRA from near Kasturi Bridge and Khuyathong
Pukhri Mapal near Bus Stand. The arrested militants were identified
as Khwairakpam Sanatomba Singh (43), ‘Sergeant’ Ngamgouneo Kilong
(21) and Thongkhohao Taothong (19). One 9mm pistol, along with
a magazine loaded with three rounds, was recovered and seized
from the possession of Ngamgouneo Kilong.
A report submitted by the parliamentary
standing committee on Home Affairs in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House)
states that Northeastern region witnessed an overall increase
in violence with Assam and Manipur accounted for the bulk of incidents.
The report also finds the level of violence in Meghalaya and Nagaland
higher than the previous year while Tripura, Mizoram and Sikkim
remained large peaceful. The report shows that the incidence of
violence has risen from 627 in 2011 to 1,025 in 2012 which was
773 in 2010 and 1,297 incidents in 2009.The report further states
that 3,562 militants were either arrested or killed or surrendered
in the region.
The parliamentary panel has contended
that socio-economic development may be the key solution to the
ills of the region.
SFs raided an illegal gun factory
at Dewsaw near Tynger, Mawsynram in East Khasi Hills District,
Meghalaya and arrested one Kashmilin Konjir (62), the gun manufacturer
on April 25. The Police also seized two Single Barrel Breech
Loading (SBBL) barrels and one SBBL barrel with butt used
for gun making.
The GNLA has ruled out any large
scale surrender but said it is still open to talks. Ruling out
surrender, the militant outfit reiterated conditional talks with
the Government on the demand for a separate state for Garos.
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| April 26 |
Militants in the evening laid
ambush and killed four Police personnel near Haigam locality along
the Sopore-Kupwara road in Baramulla District of J&K.
Baleeg-ud-Din, ‘spokesperson’
of HM, through a phone call to a local new agency has claimed
responsibility of the attack. Militants took away three AK-47
rifles from the slain troopers.
A local Sarpanch Ghulam
Muhammad Mir has been arrested in this case as he was the one
who made a phone call to the Police post informing about the presence
of some thieves in the area.
Police arrested JKLF ‘chairman’
Mohammad Yasin Malik along with several of his associates at Mirgund
locality in Pattan area of Baramulla District, J&K when he
was on his way to Sopore to lead a protest rally back in response
to the call for protests after Friday congregational prayers given
by MMM.
Seven persons were arrested from
Sipara bridge under Beur Police Station area in Patna, Bihar for
possessing FICN worth INR 573,000. Two of them belong to West
Bengal. There were two Bangladeshis among seven arrested.
Authorities have arrested one
person identified as Mehbood and seized 500kg ammonium nitrate,
used recently to carry out blasts (April 17, 2013) in Bangalore
(Karnataka), 2013 from Kolar District of the state. The team seized
25 bags, each containing 20kg ammonium nitrate, and arrested one
person named Mehboob from Kolar District.
A Delhi Court sent suspected HM
militant Sayyed Liyaqat Shah to NIA’s custody for five days. Sources
said that NIA contended it needed to take Shah to Sunauli border,
one of India-Nepal crossing points near Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur,
from where he was allegedly arrested by the special cell of Delhi
Police on March 20, 2013.
The Gadchiroli-based Western Regional
Committee of the CPI-Maoist has announced that it would participate
in a nationwide bandh call given by the Central Regional
Bureau on April 27.
Police officials from Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh discussed ways to counter Naxal
movement through better coordination.
Nine CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
at Barhki Pakahi village under Lakhaura Police Station limits
in East Champaran District of Bihar.
Assam Police arrested a CPI-Maoist
‘central committee member’ Aklanta Rabha (41) alias Maheshji
and Siraj Rabha (35) alias Bijoy Rabha, a Jharkhand-based
central training instructor from Jorabat area in Kamrup District.
The Police later arrested Aklanta’s
wife, Rekha Rani, from Goalpara District for allegedly helping
her husband to procure mobile phone SIM cards under fictitious
names. A .22 pistol, six rounds of ammunition and seven mobile
phone SIM cards were recovered from Aklanta, while 240 rounds
of ammunition were found on Siraj.
SFs recovered a .303 rifle along
with a silencer from a poacher, Borsing Tisso, in Ketoterang village
in Karbi Anglong District. The poacher has further confessed that
the rifle and the silencer were given to him by the militant group
KPLT, he has not yet revealed when and who gave him the weapon.
Police of Mankhurd Area (Greater
Mumbai District, Maharashtra) arrested a gang of five persons
involved in making of FICN of INR 100 denominations valued at
INR 770,000. Police have seized INR 645,000 of FICN from the arrested
five.
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| April 27 |
Two Policemen, including a SHO,
were killed in a nearly-hour-long gunfight with CPI-Maoist after
a Police patrol was attacked by the rebels in Chhattisgarh's Kanker
District.
PLFI cadres killed a journalist
in Khunti District of Jharkhand.
Two Maoist cadres, who had set
on fire bamboo depots, were arrested by BSF in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh.
Two hardcore Maoist cadres, including
a woman, surrendered before the Nabarangpur SP, Brajesh Rai, in
Odisha.
Liquid explosives weighing around
30 kilograms were recovered from a forest in the Maoist dominated
Topadihi area along Odisha-Jharkhand border during a combing operation
by Rourkela Police of Sundergarh District, DVF and CRPF personnel.
SFs arrested three women from
the Bhalukdubi area of Goalpara District, Assam for helping the
CPI-Maoist duo of Aklanta Rabha and Siraj Rabha. The CPI-Maoist
duo was, earlier, arrested on April 26.
IGP-CWR said CPI (Maoist) leaders
are now propagating their ideology in the rural areas along the
Assam-Meghalaya border. "Both the leaders have confessed
that they were heading to Khasi Hills in Meghalaya to organize
underground meetings with local communities there. Already, five
to six such meetings have been conducted between the Khasis and
Maoist leaders," said L R Bishnoi, IGP-CWR.
CM Tarun Gogoi said the presence
of CPI-Maoist in the State is growing."It is a fact that
Maoists activities are growing in the state and we have been updating
the Centre on this. Here, there is a very thin line between Maoists
and other militant outfits. Almost all of them seem to be working
in cooperation," said, CM Gogoi.
SFs arrested a UNLF militant,
identified as ‘Lance Corporal’ Moirangthem Premchandra Singh alias Ahing
(30) from an undisclosed location in Manipur. The militant was
later handed over to Kumbi police station for further investigation.
UNC appealed to the Central Government
to immediately intervene and secure the release of Alice Kamei,
minor girl, allegedly held captive by RPF/PLA since March 10.
Assam Human Rights Commission
has issued notice to the Police on the April 19 shootout between
ULFA-ATF cadres and SFs in which four people were killed in Tinsukia
District, an official said.
CPI-Maoist is eyeing aggrieved
Khasi people from grossly underdeveloped Assam-Meghalaya inter-state
boundary areas to facilitate outfits entry into Meghalaya.
The Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Kokrajhar, Assam
clamped prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC in the Duramari
area of Kokrajhar District following tension between Muslims and
Bodos over a plot of Government land.
SF arrested K Ginsuanlian cadre of Zomi Revolutionary
Front (ZRF) in Churachandpur District, Manipur.
Banned insurgent outfits are still active in Tripura,
DGP Sanjay Sinha said Addressing a programme organized by the
6th Battalion Tripura State Rifles (TSR) headquarters at East
Ramchandraghat under Khowai District, the DGP further stated that
the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) has got at least
20 hideouts in neighbouring Bangladesh.
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| April 28 |
Two Assam Rifles (AR) personnel
were injured when three IED, planted at a roadside by unidentified
militants, exploded at interior Yairipok area in Imphal East District,
Manipur. The three IEDs exploded simultaneously by using
remote-controlled device when personnel of 40th AR
battalion were passing through the area. The injured AR troopers
were identified as, Anand Singh (Havildar) and Jakir Husain (driver).
A secret arms dump belonging to
the Maoists was recovered during a joint operation by SFs in Mundigaon
forest near Katingia of Kandhamal District of Odisha.
The MHA has set a 2014 deadline
to complete fencing along the India-Bangladesh border. This was
revealed in a report tabled by a parliamentary panel attached
to MHA during the current session of Parliament. The report said
Union home secretary R.K. Singh had given the panel an assurance
in this regard in the last week of March 2013.
As the focus of security agencies,
has been to neutralize the activities of LeT in Sopore town (Baramulla
District) of J&K, it is the Kashmir’s oldest militant outfit
HM which can prove to be a bigger threat in the coming times,
says sources.
NIA team took him to Sunauli broder,
one of the crossing points on the India-Nepal border in Maharajganj
District of Uttar Pradesh. In the afternoon, the officials took
him to the check-post of the Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) and quizzed
him.
During the Dandakaranya bandh
called by the Maoists in protest against the killing of some of
the top leaders of the organisation by SFs in Bijapur a few days
back, the Maoist insurgents virtually went on the rampage in Dantewada
area and removed rail track, set ablaze a pokelane machine working
in the mines of National Mineral Development Corporation and choked
the Dantewada-Kirandul Road with felling trees.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze a Gram
Panchayat in Godalwahi village in Dhanora Division of Gadchiroli
District, Maharashtra.
Maoists on opened fire on a CRPF and District
Police team near Jarawandi forest under Etapalli Division.
The call for Gadchiroli District bandh given by
the Western Regional Committee (WRC) of CPI-Maoist did not have
much impact.
Tension prevailed in Muniguda area of Rayagada
District, Odisha following appearance of CPI-Maoist posters.
URF has announced that it has started 'checking'
infrastructure and education system followed in all educational
institutions of Manipur starting from primary level up to university
level.
One civilian was killed while another sustained
bullet injuries when unidentified armed assailants opened fire
at them at Banderchara under Salakati outpost in Kokrajhar District,
Assam.
Unidentified gunmen opened fire on Williamnagar
District jail in East Garo Hills District in the night There was,
however, no report of any casualty.
Sustained interrogation of the arrested LeT 'divisional
commander' Fahd Ullah reveals that militants have changed strategy
in J&K and are fanning out in South Kashmir region instead of
concentrating into north Kashmir region.
DGP Ashok Prasad said Fahd Ullah revealed that
13 foreign militants of LeT sneaked into south Kashmir in November
2012.
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| April 29 |
Seven CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in a gun battle
with SFs in Latehar District, Jharkhand.
A leader of the ruling BJP was shot dead by CPI-Maoist
cadres in Katekalyan region of Dantewada District, Chattisgarh.
Over half a dozen CPI-Maoist cadres attacked a
bridge construction site and set ablaze four machines near Baldahiya
River in Jahangirpur village in Jehanabad District, Bihar.
Fifteen sarpanches14 samiti, 31
ward members and three Zilla Parishad) members under Kalimela
panchayat samiti have tendered their resignation
at Kalimela block office in Malkangiri District, Odisha.
Two persons were killed and 10 others injured
in the Moilapathar area near Raikhashini Pahar under Goalpara
Police Station in Goalpara District, Assam when Police allegedly
fired on a frenzied mob that went out of control following recovery
of a body in the early hours.
ULFA-ATF militant, Jagat Bhuyan alias Madan, surrendered
along with arms and ammunition in Jorhat District, Assam.
Altogether 28 organisations warned the Assam Government
of a serious consequence if the non-Mising villages and people
are made to live under the MAC.
Based on complaints filed by a businessman, the
Ri Bhoi Police, Meghalaya arrested four sympathizers of GNLA,
on charges of extortion.
Government wants the GNLA to first eschew violence
before initiating talks with them.
KYKL cadre Maibam Ibomcha, who was involved in
extortion activities, was arrested along with arms by the Manipur
Police commandos in Awang Leikinthabi area in Imphal West District.
Manipur.
Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar said the cease-fire
between the Government of India and Naga political groups was
only "temporary cessation of hostility" and that everyone needed
to contribute so as restore and bring permanent peace in the state.
Four labourers of Coastal Project Limited, engaged
in construction of Jiri-Tupul railway, who were abducted by unidentified
gunmen on April 23, were released unharmed.
UNLF has claimed that the bomb attack near Ngariyan
village along Yairipok-Andro road which left two Assam Rifles
personnel injured on April 28 was carried out by a small demolition
team of its armed wing, the Manipur People's Army (MPA).
UKRA has denied having any relations with Ngamgouneo
Kilong and two others, identified as Kh Sanatomba and Thongkhohao
Touthang, who were arrested by Imphal West District Police commandos
near Kasturi Bridge, Manipur few days back. A statement issued
by SBB Kom, 'information and publicity secretary' of UKRA said
that Ngamgouneo Kilong was once a cadre of the outfit.
NSCN-K have strongly opposed the Government's
decision to recognise the Mao community (of Senapati District
of Manipur) in Nagaland till integration and sovereignty issues
is settled with the Centre.
Several second rung leaders of the KPLT escaped
unhurt after a long gun-battle with a SFs in Tikoklangso village
in Karbi Anglong, Assam.
Core committee for Bru repatriation has tentatively
set the last week of May to shift the Mizoram Brus to their original
homes from a camp in Tripura.
A five-day cyber-safe campaign was officially
started by Gurgaon Police, Haryana. Twelve schools under the Gurgaon
Progressive Schools Council (GPSC) have been roped in for the
first phase of the campaign that aims at sensitising students
about threats of cyber crimes.
HM through threat posters pasted on electric poles
and notice boards in mosques in Sopore (Baramulla District of
J&K) has warned women and girls to keep away from latest fashion
or dire consequences.
BSF arrested two Pakistani nationals, including
a suspected ISI agent, along IB in Samba sector (Samba District).
Mudassar was arrested by the BSF troopers between Pillar Nos.
330 and 331 at Chak Dulma in Rajpura area of Ghagwal in Samba.
And Hashim was arrested from Nursery Post at forward area of Kamore
in Ramgarh sector of Samba District. BSF recovered one pen and
one electric testor from his possession.
SSP Samba Israr Khan said that movement of nine
militants in two groups has been observed across Samba sector
during the past few days and they could try to infiltrate into
the Indian side.
A former terrorist involved in the 1995 serial
blasts and a bank robber accompanying him were arrested near the
Sonipat (Sonipat District, Haryana) border.
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| April 30 |
A 'militia commander', four 'militia members'
and a 'village committee member' of the CPI-Maoist surrendered
before Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) Superintendent of Police
G. Srinivas.
Operations against the CPI-Maoist in Jharkhand
will continue to end their mindless violence, says a senior CRPF
official.
Two CPI-Maoist militia members, involved in murder,
arson and other insurgency related crimes, were arrested by Narayanpur
District Police.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, involved in several
murders, who was also a close aide of 'central committee member'
Modem Balkrishna, was arrested at Meraguri village in Kotgarh
Police Station area of Kandhamal District, Odisha.
One more dead body was recovered from near the
jungle of Moilaputa in Goalpara District, Assam, taking the death
toll to five. The body was identified as that of one Jayanta Rabha
of Dohikata under the Matia revenue circle in Goalpara. However,
the charred body recovered on April 29 could not be identified.
An indefinite BTAD bandh called by the
BTC, Bengali Youth Students Federation, which began at 6 am in
protest against the firing at Bandanchara in Kokrajhar District
on April 28 paralysed life in the region.
MK Preshow Shimray, a MLA representing Chingai
Assembly Constituency, Manipur had an escape when unidentified
persons fired and triggered a blast targeted at his convoy near
Kuivakazo village in Ukhrul District.
A day after staff and students of Lamlai High
School, Pungdongbam staged a sit-in protest against extortion
and threats to educational institutions, a hand grenade was found
placed at the doorstep of the Headmaster of Lamlai High School
under Lamlai Police station in Imphal East District.
ATS filed a chargesheet before the MCOCA Court
in Pune (Maharashtra) blast case of August 1, 2012. IM had planned
to carry out blasts at the Yerawada Jail and Pune Court to avenge
the murder of Qateel Siddiqui, an IM operative who was killed
by inmates in the jail on June 8, 2012.
Special NIA court gave NIA an extension of 20
days, a day before the deadline to file the supplementary charge
sheet in Malegaon blast (September 8, 2006) case was to end.
Addressing the Unified Commanders' Conference,
Defence Minister A. K. Antony said, "The capability of Pakistani
Taliban to strike at will at innocent public and strategic targets
is worrisome."
Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh, in answer
to a question in the Lok Sabha said, "In reaction to Guru's execution,
representatives of nine terrorist outfits aligned to the United
Jehad Council, including LeT, JeM, and HM, organised a conference
February 13 in Islamabad [Pakistan] where the participants reiterated
their resolve to set up jehad in India. The chief of LeT had a
meeting with the top LeT commanders to plan big attacks to the
iconic places in India…"
Analysts said that India currently has around
22,000 certified cyber security professionals, which is significantly
lesser than the requirement of 77,000 personnel.
India has suffered losses of approximately USD
8 billion due to cyber-crime in 2011 and an estimated 14,392 websites
in the country were hacked in 2012.
Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh told Lok
Sabha since 2008-09 till 2012-13, the Intelligence Bureau
(IB) has hired 7,221 persons and 19,231 were trained by the organisation.
SF detected and defused a powerful IED at Shalteng
along Srinagar-Baramulla road in Srinagar District hours before
movement of J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Sources indicated that there are around 6 trained
active militants of HM outfit are operating in Sopore area of
Baramulla District. These militants are being supervised by their
top 'commander' Qayoom Najar.
GOC, 16 Corps Lieutenant General D.S Hooda said
that there were nearly 200 militants camping at the launching
pads across the LoC awaiting to sneak into this side of border.
Security has been increased in Punjab following
reports of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy
Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal being in the hit-list of terror
group LeT.
CPI-Maoist in Assam received training in handling
of weapons in Jharkhand and jungles of Arunachal Pradesh and efforts
are on by the rebels to spread their bases to other parts of the
North East region.
In Assam, ULFA-ATF led by Paresh Baruah has changed
its name and now the outfit will be known as the ULFA-Independent
(ULFA-I).
A North Eastern Frontier Railway (NEF) employee,
Biswajit Debnath (32), was abducted, on duty, by unidentified
armed persons from Cachar District, Assam. The abductors later
demanded a ransom of INR 10 million.
Two remote controlled IED weighing 6.5 kilograms
each were recovered by 16 Assam Rifles of 10 Sector near Seijang
along Imphal Ukhrul road, Manipur and destroyed by a bomb disposal
squad.
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Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in an encounter
with SFs in Narayanpur District, Chattisgarh.
CPI-Maoist cadres have abducted at least three
persons, including an elected panchayat representative, at Mahupadar
village under Mathili Police Station limits in Malkangiri District,
Odisha.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Mathew
Jagaranga, was arrested from his hideout at Meragudi village under
Kotagarh Police Station, during a joint combing operation by CRPF,
District Voluntary Force (DVF) and local Police, in Brahmanigaon
area of Kandhamal District.
A 35-year-old tribal man, identified as Alem Sammaiah,
was shot dead by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres in the forest area
near Narsingapeta in Chinturu mandal (administrative unit) of
Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh.
On the occasion of the International Workers'
Day PREPAK has called upon all the people of Manipur to nurture
a healthy work culture for a self-reliant economy.
RPF declared on the occasion of the International
Workers' Day that in order to escape the neo-liberalization policies
of India set by its capitalist class and its market economy and
put into motion a vibrant economy of Manipur, all the indigenous
communities of Manipur need to take a firm resolution and wage
the war of liberation collectively.
SFs recovered a cache of illegal arms and ammunition
from the house of NSCN-IM deputy kilonser ''ministry of
trade and transport, Kahoi Swu located in Nuton Basti in Dimapur,
nagaland.
NSF and the ENSF in Nagaland have resolved not
to allow any form of 'tax' imposition on educational institutions
especially teachers within their respective jurisdictions.
Kilo kilonser Federal Government of Nagaland
Zaleo said that there was only one Naga National Council (NNC)
which belong to the Nagas and that there was "no room" for NNC
Accordists and Non-Accordists.
GNLA came upfront and issued notifications in
some part of Shallang in West Khasi Hills as well as a tollgate
at Songsak in East Garo Hills District, Meghalaya calling a bandh
of 15 days at Shallang from May 1 to 15.
Unidentified assailant killed a man, Rabiram Rabha,
& injured his wife at Dariduri Tilapara area under Baguan Police
Station in Goalpara District, Assam taking the toll in the trouble-torn
District to six.
The confessions of Rajendra Chaudhry and Tejaram
Parmar, accused in the Mecca Masjid (Andhra Pradesh) blast case
of May 16 2007, revealed that they conducted a recce of the mosque
and other places in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) three months before
they carried out the attack.
Andhra Pradesh DGP V. Dinesh Reddy said that the
Andhra Pradesh government gives utmost priority to coastal security
to meet any security challenge through the sea route
The central government has designated additional
sessions judge P. V. Savaikar as the special judge to conduct
the trial into the Margao (South Goa District) blast (October
16, 2009) case, which will now be heard at the South Goa sessions
court at Margao, Goa.
SF recovered a cache of arms and explosives from
Chatru area of Kishtwar District, J&K. The recoveries effected
from the cache included two .303 Rifle, one 12 Bore Rifle, one
country made Rifle, 4 UBGL grenades, 50 rounds PIKA belt, 71 rounds
of AK 47 Rifle, 2 magazines of AK 47 Rifle and 1 magazine of 7.62
LMG.
A team of SSB intercepted and arrested eight persons,
including two former militants, along with their Pakistani wives
and four children from Maharajaganj area (Maharajaganj District)
in Uttar Pradesh along the India-Nepal border.
DGP Ashok Prasad claimed that April 26, 2013,
Haigam (Baramulla District) ambush in which four J&K Police personnel
were shot dead was carried by a local group of militants belonging
to HM outfit.
SF neutralized a militant hideout and recovered
a cache of ammunition and explosive material at General Area Chatru
in Kishtwar District. Four rifles were recovered from the hideout.
A division bench of the Assam Human Rights Commission
issued a notice to State Chief Secretary N.K. Das, seeking a probe
into the violence at Goalpara and submit a report in 45 days.
ULFA-ATF also known as (ULFA-Independent) blamed
State Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for inviting dubious chit fund
companies who duped investors and demanded that he ensures that
they are paid back their dues.
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Jailed CPI-Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, who was
arrested for setting up a base of CPI-Maoist in New Delhi sought
bail from the Delhi High Court on the ground that he has already
been granted the relief by Andhra Pradesh (AP) High Court in a
case.
Optimistic of bringing the CPI-Maoist menace under
control to a great extent in Odisha soon, DGP Prakash Mishra appealed
to the president of Maoist-backed Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh (CMAS),
Nachika Linga, to surrender.
An anti-extremist training school along with a
hub for SOG were all set to be established at Koraput soon and
land for the same was selected near the railway station in the
town, DGP Mishra said in the press meet at Koraput.
The CPI-Maoist has stepped up their expansion
drive in western Odisha and the trijunction of Karnataka-Tamil
Nadu-Kerala, a latest assessment by the MHA has revealed,
The Chhattisgarh High Court reserved its judgement
on the bail application of Malti alias K S Priya, who was
convicted for her alleged involvement in Naxal activities.
The Gaya District Civil and Police officials organized
Janata Durbars (public hearing) in Sewra and Lutua villages in
the Naxal affected Imamganj Police Station area of the District
in Bihar.
The MHA has raised concern over CPI-Maoist terror
training camps organised to impart military training for new recruits
and planning of special operations against Security Forces in
at least seven Maoist-infested States.
NNC-Non Accordist (NNC-NA) has reacted to the
press statement which appeared in a local daily issued by Zaleo,
Kilo kilonser, Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN), saying that
there is only one NNC which belong to the Nagas. It stated that
with signing of the Shillong accord on November 11, 1975, the
NNC was fragmented and presently there were many groups spearheading
the Naga National Movement for self determination and NNC-NA being
among the said groups.
Drawing attention to news reports over the purported
move of the State Government for considering Mao tribe as the
18th Scheduled Tribe of Nagaland and subsequent reaction against
it ,the State home department asserted that said the Democratic
Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) Government had not made any "move or
decision" on the issue.
NSCN-IM said it was investigating into the April
19 incident in which former speaker of Eastern Naga Students'
Federation (ENSF), Throngso Yimchunger was physically assaulted.
The security of the Kochi District (Kerala) Court
Complex which includes, NIA and CBI courts, have been increased
following an alert issued by the Intelligence Wing.
India wants Pakistan to hold a high-level investigation
into the allegations that the jail attack on late Indian spy and
prisoner Sarabjit Singh was planned in advance by some LeT linked
elements to avenge the hanging of LeT's Ajmal Kasab and JeM's
Afzal Guru by the Indian government.
The NIA on filed a chargesheet before the Ernakulam
NIA special court against Aboobacker Haji alias Masthigooda
Aboobacker, a close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and
three others in the Taliparamba (Kannur District of Kerala) FICN
case.
Dawood Ibrahim and his network of bogus hawala
firms, spread across India, have been covertly financing IM's
network in India, said sources in the central agencies and counter-terrorism
units investigating blast cases across the country.
At least two militants suspected to be shot dead
by the SF in an operation at Gatyali Behak locality in Rajwar
forest area of Handwara (Kupwara District), J*K.
Army troopers apprehended a Pakistani national
on May 2 from Kancha Post in Nowshera sector of Rajouri District
along LoC and recovered FICN worth INR 30,000, used for playing
by the children, from his possession besides some other documents.
A roadblock was enforced at Kangpokpi in Senapati
District, Manipur against the arrest of a KNF-P cadre, which is
a party to the tripartite SoO agreement, by the Police.
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SFs recovered a huge cache of explosives and Maoist
belongings during a combing operation at Narayanpatna in Koraput
District, Odisha.
Plans are on to intensify anti-Maoist operation
in cut off area of Chitrakonda reservoir, which is a major Maoist
stronghold in Malkangiri District.
A suspected CPI-Maoist cadre, absconding for nearly
five years after release on bail, surrendered at the Judicial
Magistrate court in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Kerala CM Oommen Chandy said that his government
was willing to permit the NIA take over the probe into the alleged
seizure of weapons from an arms training centre of the Popular
Front of India (PFI) at Narath, near Kannur (Kannur District),
on April 23, 2013,
At least five persons were injured when some unidentified
persons attacked a bakery by lobbing an explosive at Chingmeirong
Mamang Awang Leikai in Imphal East District, Manipur.
Denouncing the life attempt on Member of Legislative
Assembly (MLA), M K Preshow, by unidentified gunmen in Ukhrul
District few days back, the All Tribal Students' Union Manipur
(ATSUM) urged the concerned groups/individuals to come out in
public over the matter.
3rd anniversary of the 'martyrdom' of late Neli
Chakho and late Dikho Loshuo would be observed on May 6 at Martyrs'
Park, Mao Gate (Senapati District) at 11 am under the aegis of
the United Naga Council (UNC).
SFs arrested fifteen cadres belonging to NDFB-IKS
from Namtola, on the Assam-Nagaland border in Sivasagar District,
Assam.
Three suspected GNLA militants and recovered a
7.6 pistol with two live cartridges under Dudhnoi Police Station
in Goalpara District.
Residents of Margherita town in Tinsukia District
nabbed a suspected NSCN-IM militant, Sumit Mech, with an AK-47
rifle and a foreign-made semi- automatic rifle and handed him
over to Police.
NNC, information and publicity wing in a press
release stated that the (Nagaland) Government has expelled "major"
Alex Achumi from the NNC Army wing because of his "anti- activity"
against the functioning of the parent body, NNC, misappropriation
of fund and indiscipline.
An alleged IM cadre, identified as Usman alias
Shahid Nagori and a prime suspect in the July 26, 2008 Ahmedabad
serial bomb blast case was arrested from Nagori Mohallah from
near Topkhana area of Ujjain (Ujjain District) by Madhya Pradesh
Police.
A man, identified as Lateef Siddiqui was awarded
10 years in jail for printing FICN from Bahraich (Bahraich District
of Uttar Pradesh). A penalty of INR 10,000 was also imposed on
him.
The Bangalore Police have claimed that two persons,
arrested and remanded for alleged involvement in two incidents
in Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), were involved in the April 17, 2013,
Bangalore (Karnataka) blast. M Asgar Ali was arrested on May 2.
A Delhi court issued a production warrant for
suspected LeT terrorist Abu Jundal in connection with the September
19, 2010, Jama Masjid blast case.
The Delhi High Court upheld a trial court order
sentencing three JeM terrorists Noor Mohammad Tantre, Pervaiz
Ahmed Mir, and Faroz Ahmed Bhat to life imprisonment under the
POTA for plotting a terror attack in Delhi, while reducing life
terms of two other accused Atiq-uz-Zama and Raees-uz-Zama to 11-year
jail.
Of the two militants suspected to be dead following
an encounter in Rajwar forest area of Handwara (Kupwara District
of J&K) on May 2, the body of one of them was recovered by the
SF. An AK-47 rifle and 2 magazines were also recovered from the
encounter site.
A remote controlled IED weighing approx 5 kilograms
was recovered by 27 Assam Rifles near Soura village.
Two people, identified as Jayanti Gohil and his
son Ramesh Gohil accused in the Best Bakery (Gujarat) case of
2002 and also wanted in the 2007 Ajmer Sharif (Rajasthan) blast
case were arrested by the NIA and the city police in a joint operation
near the Vadodra city.
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Eight organisations have called a 12-hour Goalpara
District, Assam, bandh to protest against the killing of two persons
at Moilaputa near Goalpara town on April 29 and the subsequent
police inaction.
CPI-Maoist cadres have killed a village panchayat
member in Mathili area of Malkangiri District.
A powerful blast reportedly of an IED took place
near the Main Gate of the RIMS complex next to the Parking Shed
located outside the complex. The incident took place leaving some
portion of the retaining wall and the windows and doors of an
electric power house of RIMS located next to the wall damaged.
However, there are no reports of any casualty in the blast.
Bomb experts of 27 Assam Rifles safely disposed
off an IED weighing about 2 kilograms planted on the road stretch
between Kakching Lamkhai and Khunou Tabi Ching along the Imphal-Moreh
road under Thoubal District.
Two cadres of Kesho-Meitei faction of KCP-Kesho
Meitei have been arrested by Imphal West commandos from near Little
Master English School Samurou. A press release issued by Imphal
West SPJayanta identified the arrested cadres as Phijam Amuba
alias Amu (58) and Moirangthem Khoirom Manju (33).
A cadre of UNLF Army No 886 (Batch No 13) identified
as 'Sergeant major' Salam Kunjabihari alias Tharoiba, surrendered
to the Security Forces with one .22mm Rifle with Magazine". The
individual revealed that he joined UNLF outfit in 2000 and was
actively involved in money collection for the banned outfit from
Kumbi area of Bishnupur District. Security Forces (SFs) recovered
two powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from an abandoned
house at Bhetagaon village in Chirang District.
The arrest of 15 new male recruits of the I K
Songbijit faction of NDFB-IKS in Sivasagar District, on May 3,
while they were on their way to Myanmar for training has taken
intelligence agencies by surprise, for the outfit's Myanmar-based
leadership had asked for only female recruits.
The All BTC ABBYSF met State Home Secretary, Gyanandra
Tripathi and submitted a memorandum, describing him of the problems
faced by Hindu Bengalis living in the BTAD. In the memorandum,
ABBYSF expressed concern over rise in extortion, abduction and
killing of Hindu Bengalis in the BTAD by militant groups, including
KLO, an Adivasi militant outfit.
Security Forces (SFs) recovered arms and ammunition
from a forest hideout of militants in Rafiabad area of Baramulla
District. The recoveries made from the hideout included an AK-56
rifle, 120 rounds of ammunition, one grenade, five wireless sets
and a pistol.
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested during a joint
search operation in a jungle in Bijapur District.
NLFT-BM looks set to intensify abduction and extortion
bid to tide over its financial 'crisis'. According to highly places
sources, NLFT-BM leaders had a meeting at an undisclosed location
in Bangladesh and finalised the future plan for revival of the
outfit. In the meeting, rebel leaders had expressed serious concern
over the severe financial crunch over the past one year with plans
to resort kidnapping in remote areas to receive huge ransom. Further,
NLFT-BM would also engage in drug smuggling and arms business
to earn money in order to revive the outlawed organization.
Sources said, the NLFT-BM, which has around 150
cadres has been failing to pay salary to its cadres for the past
one year leading to unrest among lower cadres. In spite of adverse
situation, the outlawed group has been able to recruit 15-20 cadres
and they are getting arms training.
NLFT 'chairman' Biswamohan Debbarma has left Bangladesh
following the arrest of ATTF 'president' Ranjit Debbarma by Bangladeshi
agencies. There are indications Biswamohan is now staying in Myanmar
states the report.
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A welding unit of Maoists which used to manufacture
IED was unearthed by SFs in Narayanpatna block of Koraput District.
A trader from Chokpot bazaar in South Garo Hills
was shot dead by suspected GNLA militants during a botched kidnapping
attempt on in the morning. The incident occurred approximately
a hundred yards from Chokpot police station.
The Union Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
headed by the Prime Minister is examining the final peace settlement
with the ANVC and the ANVC-B. A State Home department official
said that after the clearance from the Political Affairs Committee,
the matter will be brought to the Union Cabinet for consideration.
"We hope to get a favorable outcome from the Centre within a month,"
the official added.
It was in January in Shillong, ahead of the Assembly
elections in the State, that the Government had signed a draft
peace pact with both the ANVC and the ANVC-B. The outcome of the
meet was that the Government and the ANVC mutually agreed to strengthen
and expand the GHADC after the militant outfit had scaled down
from their earlier demands of formation of a separate Garo state
and also constitution of GAC in line with BTC.
A powerful IED blast took place near the Main
Gate of the RIMS complex next to the Parking Shed located outside
the complex. However, there are no reports of any casualty in
the blast.
A press release of the ZRF has clarified that
the ZRF is no longer under the fold of the KNO since long, according
to a report. It said, the ZRF is one of the constituent members
of the UPF ever since it left KNO and that the outfit is also
one of the signatories of the Suspension of Operation with the
Government.
CPI-Maoist cadres' bid to blow up a Police patrolling
party in Chatra District was foiled as SFs recovered five powerful
IEDs planted beneath a road.
SFs arrested a NDFB linkman, Dibakar Deka, from
National Highway (NH) 31 under Rangiya Police Station in Kamrup
(rural) District. SFs recovered a 7.62 revolver, four rounds of
live cartridges, a mobile set and some SIM cards from his possession.
SFs recovered arms and ammunition from Sopore
township of Baramulla, after receiving a tip off, Police said.
The recoveries made included an AK 56 rifle, two AK 56 magazines,
120 rounds of AK 47 ammunition, one 9-mm pistol, one 9-mm pistol
magazines, one hand grenade and five hand held radio sets.
Baramulla Police arrested a LeT militant, Muzaffar
Ahmad Lone, son of Abdul Rahim, resident of Raipora in Palhallan.
"Muzaffar is involved in case FIR No. 207/2012, under Section
302 RPC, 7/25 I.A Act of police station Pattan for the killing
of Sarpanch of village Palhallan.
SFs cordoned off Maloora village in the outskirts
of Srinagar (Srinagar District) following inputs about the movement
of two suspected militants in the area.
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Source:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
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