A 65 year old person,
Debeswar Barman, was killed and his 13-year old son, Nirmal, was
wounded when a bomb was exploded by suspected militants at their
residence in Gakulkata village of Kokrajhar District along the
Assam-West Bengal border on January 5, according to Telegraph.
Separately, an unidentified
National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)
militant was shot dead by Security Forces (SFs) at Bamundittari
village under Mukalmua Police Station in Nalbari District on January
4, reports Assam Tribune.
Further, a cadre
belonging to Ranjan Daimari faction of the NDFB was shot dead
by SFs near Belsiri tea estate under Misamari Police Station in
Sonitpur District on January 5. The SFs were reportedly assisted
by cadres belonging to pro-talks faction of the NDFB.
Meanwhile, the office
of the Jorhat basin manager of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission
received an extortion note demanding of INR five million from
the ‘finance secretary’ of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Unification
(NSCN-U)
outfit recently, according to Sentinel. In the extortion
note, the outfit ‘served’ December 29, 2009 as deadline for paying
the money.
Elsewhere in the
State, two People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)
cadres were arrested by the 11 Field Regiment of the Red Sheild
Division at Fulertal under Lakhipur Police Station on an unspecified
date. They were identified as Ch. Surajit Singh (26) and M. Pandit
Singh (21) of Tarakoon Sangbia under Moirang police station of
Bishanpur District in Manipur. Two cellular phones of Assam and
Manipur network were recovered from their possession. Both of
them were later handed over to Lakhipur Police and were subsequently
produced before the CJM Court at Silchar in Cachar District January
4.
In addition, a NDFB
cadre, Bipul Boro, was arrested by troops of 65 Field Regiment
of the Red Horns Division of the Army when he was travelling in
a passenger bus near Namkhola in Darrang District on January 5.
He belonged to Bamunjhar village near Andherighat under Khairabari
Police Station. He was involved in various anti-national activities
sponsored by the ‘3rd battalion’ of the NDFB led by
Ranjan Daimary alias D. Nabla.
The North Cachar
Hills District Police on January 5 confirmed that National Socialist
Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K)
had carried out January 4 ambush on a Police convoy to avenge
the killing of two of its cadres near Haflong in December 2009,
according to Telegraph. A constable of the Special Task
Force (STF) of Assam Police and two siblings were killed in the
attack near Mahur town. A senior Police Official said intelligence
inputs had confirmed that the ambush was the handiwork of NSCN-K
militants, who had now made Mahur, 40 kilometres away from the
District headquarters, Haflong, one of their strong holds in North
Cachar Hills.
Press Trust of
India reports that ‘publicity secretary’ of the Karbi Longri
National Liberation Front (KLNLF)
Razak Dera on January 4 said that that they were open for immediate
peace talks with the Centre but demanded that Union Home Minister
should be present in that talk. He said that the outfit's cadres,
who were for a separate Karbi State, would not surrender but only
deposit their arms. | 
