At least 40 militants
belonging to Karbi People’s
Liberation Tigers (KPLT)
will surrender their arms
to Tezpur based fourth
Corp of Indian Army before
the Independence Day,
a Government source revealed
to Nagaland Post
on August 7.Source also
informed that its defense
and foreign secretary
would lead the group.
A KPLT secretary informed
that, since the death
of its ‘general secretary’
Nilip Inghi the outfit
was in “moribund” situation,
and beside its present
‘chairman’ Ron Rongpi
there was no one to lead
the organization.
Meanwhile, Anti-Talks
faction of United Liberation
Front of Assam (ULFA-ATF)
has stated that it will
strive to involve the
United Nations (UN) by
using international instruments
to restore ‘sovereignty’
of Assam from the clutches
of the ‘colonial occupation
of India’, reports Shillong
Times. The newly-appointed
full-fledged ‘chairman’
of the ULFA-ATF, Dr Abhizeet
Asom on August 10, e-mailed
a statement here saying
that ‘ULFA will continue
to strive to involve the
United Nations by using
international instruments
which have been successfully
used in similar circumstances
in restoring the sovereignty
wrongfully taken away
from Assamese by colonial
powers.’ At this hour
in the history of the
ULFA, I feel it is an
opportune time to inform
the cadres of the organization
and our supporters and
well wishers that we shall
work in close association
with the freedom loving
organisations of western
south East Asia upholding
the rights and fulfilling
political aspiration of
our people.”“Help and
support from countries
which are sympathetic
to our birth right to
a sovereign independent
statehood, near and far,
will be earnestly sought”,
the ULFA-ATF ‘chairman,’
said.
Separately, Pro-Talks
faction of National Democratic
Front of Bodoland (NDFB-PTF)
on August 8 condemned
the gruesome communal
violence in Kokrajhar,
Chirang and Dhubri districts
where hundreds of innocent
people were killed and
lakhs of people were displaced,
reports The Sentinel.
In an e-mail statement,
NDFB-PTF, ‘Deputy Information
and Publicity Secretary’,
B Borosa said that the
entire incident was a
pre-planned attack against
the sons of the soil.
Suspected Bangladeshi
nationals as well as some
government agents are
involved in the incident,
the outfit alleged. “The
State Government has failed
to control the situation.
The Government’s failure
to send reinforcements
to the strife-torn areas
even after five days was
nothing but a ploy to
give advantage to the
illegal migrants to crush
and finish the Bodo people,”
alleged the outfit in
the statement, adding
that more damage befell
on the ‘illegal migrants.’
Elsewhere, National
Investigation Agency (NIA)
special court on August
10 sentenced Samir Ahmed
to three years of rigorous
imprisonment for his involvement
in INR 1000 crore NC Hills
fraud, reports The Telegraph.
The court found Ahmed
guilty under Section 19
of the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act in the
NIA case number 01/2009.
This was the first case
registered by the agency
since it came into existence
in January 2009. It had
registered the case during
investigation of allegations
about diversion of Government
funds released to Dima
Hasao Autonomous Council
(DHAC) to militant coffers
of Black Widow (BW). Ahmed
was arrested along with
the BW ‘chairman’ Jewel
Garlosa from Bangalore
on June 3, 2009. |
