Date
|
Place
|
Incident
|
Nature of incident
|
January 23
|
Diphu in Karbi Anglong District
of Assam
|
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. 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."
|
Statement
|
January 23 |
Donghap village in Karbi Anglong
District of Assam
|
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. 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.
|
Violent |
January 24 |
Engti gaon of Karbi Anglong District
of Assam
|
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 Koilamati area.
|
Violent |
February 10 |
Karbi Anglong District of Assam
|
CEM of KAAC, Joy Ram Engleng appealed
to KPLT militants to call off the indefinite Karbi Anglong District
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".
|
Statement |
February 15 |
Karbi Anglong District of Assam |
SFs arrested a militant belonging
to KPLT, identified as Prabin Rongpi, from the Balipathar area
under Bokajan Police Station.Police said a group of KPLT militants
were in the Balipathar area to attack businessmen who did not
support their bandh (General Shut down) and opened their
business establishments during bandh hours.
|
Non-violent |
February 15 |
Karbi Anglong District of Assam |
Normal life in the District has
been affected as the indefinite Karbi Anglong bandh (General
Shut down) imposed by KPLT entered its fourth day. The bandh called
by KPLT militants started on 5 pm of February 12. No untoward
incident has so far been received from any part of the District.
Government offices barring the Deputy Commissioner's office all
other government offices have remained closed, while no vehicular
movement was visible.
|
Violent |
February 15 |
Karbi Anglong District of Assam |
Two persons were injured and two
vehicles damaged as suspected KPLT militants opened fire on NH
37 near Kaziranga National Park in the night. The area falls under
Kohora Police outpost in Golaghat District neighbouring Karbi
Anglong.
|
Violent |
March 13 |
Karbi Anglong District of Assam |
KPLT decided to postpone the indefinite
period Karbi Anglong Bandh (General shutdown). 'chairman'
of KPLT, B.D. Sarpo Tung Ajang said that to achieve state hood
peoples overwhelming support was necessary and that such a movement
in Karbi Anglong was unimaginable.
|
Statement |
March 14 |
Karbi Anglong District of Assam |
An encounter between SFs and militants
belonging to KPLT took place at Moujadar basti area under Borpathar
Police Station. However, no one was killed or arrested during
the encounter.
|
Violent |
March 25 |
Dispur in Kamrup (Metro) District
of Assam
|
Six insurgent groups are currently
active in Assam while 12 others in talks with the Central and
State Government, Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Rockybul
Hussain said. Six groups - ULFA-ATF, NDFB-ATF/ NDFB-IKS, KPLT,
KLO, MULTA and HuM-are active in the State; Hussain said replying
to a question in the House.
Hussain said outfits in talks
were NDFB's Progressive faction, ULFA-PTF, KLNLF, ACMA, BCF, KRA,
UKDA, KLA, HPC-D, APA, AANLA and STF.
The NDFB-RD and the NSLA have
declared unilateral ceasefire, Hussain said while replying on
behalf of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who also holds the Home
Affairs portfolio, said.
Two groups -BTF and ULFBV have
already surrendered. Settlement has been reached by the central
and state governments with the UPDS and the two factions of the
DHD.
"However, details regarding the
progress of talks with various outfits cannot be disclosed now,"
Hussain said. On cases faced by leaders and cadres of outfits
in talks, he said, "We will not lift the cases faced by them.
The cases will be dealt by the courts and judiciary. A monthly
assistance of INR 3,000 is provided to each cadre belonging to
groups engaged in peace talks.
|
Statement |
April 4 |
Karbi anglong District in Assam
|
Militant outfit KPLT demanded
INR 300,000, as extortion money, from former president of AXX,
Rong Bong Terang.
|
Violent |
April 14 |
Karbi anglong District in assam |
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.
"Son of the village headman is a member of the KLNLF outfit which
is under ceasefire agreement with government and natural rival
of the KPLT, probably the assailants suspected the victims son
to be the mole of the police," said a senior Police Officer.
|
Violent |
April 25 |
Karbi Anglong District in Assam |
KLNLF 'publicity -in-charge' Rajak
Dera alleged that on April 22 KPLT militants attacked the house
of KLNLF 'sergeant major' Mukesh Rongphar. 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. |
Statement |
April 25 |
Golaghat District in Assam |
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. The
civil administration and the home and forest departments have
decided to join hands to strike hard at rhino poachers who have
been on the rampage in the wilds of Assam.
|
Statement |
April 26 |
Karbi Anglong District in Assam |
SFs recovered a .303 rifle along
with a silencer from a poacher, Borsing Tisso, in Ketoterang village.
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.
|
Non-violent |
April 29 |
Karbi Anglong District in Assam
|
Several second rung leaders of
the KPLT escaped unhurt after a long gun-battle with a SFs in
Tikoklangso village in Karbi Anglong. According to Police, based
on a tipoff, a counter insurgency force of army and Police entered
the village where a group of about six KPLT armed cadres with
sophisticated weapons were camping for extorting money from the
area.
|
Violent |
May 6 |
Karbi Anglong District in Assam |
The newly elected president of
Ex United Peoples Democratic Society, Kangjang Terang, on May
6 volunteered his service to mediate between the KPLT and MHA
if needed. He has appealed to the KPLT to come over ground and
negotiate their grievances.
|
Statement |
May 11 |
Karbi Anglong District in Assam |
SFs arrested a youth, Sanjib Hasnu,
from Pub Gajalipar area, on the charge of extortion of money in
the name of KPLT from different businessmen in the District.
|
Non-violent |
May 12 |
Assam |
DGP, JN Choudhury stated that
though the level of violence involving the militant groups has
come down, growing ethnic tension in different parts of Assam
has become a matter of serious concern. Meanwhile, over 60,000
cases are pending in different Police Stations of the State, which
is another major area of concern for the Assam Police.
DGP, Choudhary, said that with
majority of the militant groups having come forward for talks
with the Government, the level of violence has come down and only
the anti-talk faction of the ULFA-ATF, NDFB-IKS, KPLT etc are
active in the State now. However, these groups do not have all
Assam footprints. But extortions by the NDFB-RD/ NDFB-IKS remain
an area of concern, the DGP said.
Choudhury admitted that the growing
ethnic tensions are a matter of concern as in recent times, the
Kokrajhar and Goalpara areas of the State witnessed serious ethnic
disturbances and long-term strategies would have to be taken to
deal with the problem. He said that efforts are on to increase
the number of Police Stations to improve civil policing and the
State Government has already sought financial assistance from
the Centre for setting up of new police stations.
The DGP pointed out that of late,
the mobs have become more and more aggressive and dealing with
such mobs is a major problem as the Supreme Court also gave clear-cut
guidelines on the use of force.
|
Statement |
May 15 |
Karbi anglong in Assam |
Thousands of students lead by
KSU came on street demanding stern action against KPLT for serving
extortion notice to a cleric of a Christian missionary school
in Dokmoka in Karbi Anglong District. According to Police, the
KPLT served two extortion notices on May 7 and 11 May to Bronson
Sangma, principal of Church of Christ English School.
|
Statement |
May 19 |
Karbi anglong in Assam |
KPLT militants shot dead, Joysing
Senar (35), at Lang Tor Tor village under Dokmoka Police Station
in Karbi Anglong District. According to sources, the slain person
had run an extortion racket in the area in the name of KPLT. The
sources also told that he was the former member of now ceasefire
group Karbi Longri and KLNLF, but later switched to KPLT. He was
later expelled from the organization on the ground of gross indiscipline
and impropriety.
|
Violent |
May 19 |
NS |
KPLT's 'Chairman', Bidisar Tungjang,
forewarned any duplicate members to take heed from the lesson
taught to Joysing Senar. He said that any person caught in maligning
the organization's name would meet with similar kind of fate.
He also reiterated that people should not quickly jump into conclusion
or slam them before corroborating the fact; such reckless condemnation
will not be taken by them lightly.
|
NS |
May 29 |
Naogaon / Assam |
An extortion drive by KPLT in
areas near the Nagaon-Karbi Anglong boundary has forced villagers
to flee in panic,. According to reports, around 20 families of
Jargaon village under Jakhalabandha Police Station in Koliabar
sub-division of Nagaon District fled to the nearby Sakmutia tea
estate recently, seeking safety. The villagers said KPLT cadres
had recently come to their village and demanded an "annual tax"
from the residents. "We were asked to pay INR 1,000 as annual
tax. It varied in case of well-to-do families and those who owned
commercial and private vehicles," a villager said.
|
Violent |
June 6 |
Karbi Anglong in Assam |
Suspected militants belonging
to KPLT abducted three persons from the Geleki area, near the
boundary of Kaziranga National Park, in Karbi Anglong District.
The abducted persons were identified as Bijoy Barma, Paresh Saikia
and Binud Kalita. However, Binud managed to escape. All the three
were engaged as daily wage earners in the construction work of
the National Highway.
|
Violent |
June 10 |
Karbi Anglong / Assam
|
Rengma Nagas settled in KAAC region
have been allegedly served a one-month ultimatum by the KPLT to
either accept the identity of the Karbi or leave the place. NRHPF
'chairman' Keyhang Rengma said that a meeting of Rengma village
Gaon Buras (Village headman), leaders, pastors and elders was
forcibly arranged by KPLT at one Karbi village, Tisso village.
At the meeting, KPLT allegedly told the Rengma Nagas to decide
their fate within one month i.e. on or before July 9 next. Maintaining
how Rengma Nagas could become Karbis, NRHPF chairman Keyhang appealed
to all the Nagas to intervene and help seek justice. In January
2013, members of Rengma tribe demanding the creation of NRHAC
in KAAC formed CNRH with an armed wing called NRHPF.
|
Violent |
June 17 |
Karbi Anglong / Assam |
Karbi militant formation, KPLT
declared blanket ban on the sale and exploitation of forest products
of Karbi Anglong from June 25. This was contained in a press communiqué
issued by 'information and publicity secretary' of KPLT, P. Ajang.
P. Ajang categorically mentioned that bamboo, coal, timber and
any other kind of forest product will not be allowed to be taken
out from any part of Karbi Anglong. He further asserted that KPLT
has banned hunting and poaching of wildlife in the District. The
outfit in the statement has also wanted of strict action against
those violators. "Anyone who dares to violate the command of KPLT
will be dealt firmly, and that for any harsh action KPLT will
not remain responsible", the statement stated.
Following mass appeals by several
civil society organizations, KPLT has urged the displaced Western
Rengmas in the District to "return home under full assurance of
peaceful coexistence." KPLT leaders in a press note has also denied
allegation levelled against the organization by "certain Rengma
leaders" and said it upheld the "age-old cultural and social relation
between the Karbi and Rengma communities" who have domiciled in
Karbi Anglong since the 18th century. KPLT, however, cautioned
the Rengmas not to fall prey to any outside force for settling
their own issues.
RVCCF has appealed KPLT to settle
the issue arising out of its ultimatum served on the Rengmas of
Karbi Anglong before the situation went out of hand.
|
Statement |
June 18 |
Karbi Anglong / Assam |
All displaced Rengma Naga villagers
sheltering in a church in Chokihola of Karbi Anglong District
after abandoning their villages due to the threat from KPLT militants,
were safely escorted to their homes under police protection. This
was declared by a Joint Committee of eleven civil societies of
Karbi Anglong on June 19 which coordinated to resolve the crisis.
|
Statement |
June 21 |
Karbi Anglong / Assam |
KPLT denied issuing ultimatum
to Rengma to leave Karbi Anglong District if they could not persuade
the Rengma militant to surrender before them by July 9. The KPLT
'Chairman', Bidisar Tungjang, claimed that a meeting was held
at Borlangso, & said, "the meeting was peaceful and cordial, and
there was no sign of enmity between the two sides." He went on
to say that, Rengmas and Karbis have been living together since
time immemorial. Rengmas living in Karbi Anglong have been living
like a Karbi, their contribution towards the progress of Karbi
Anglong cannot be denied. The Rengmas of Karbi Anglong are peace
loving and friendly, therefore how can a diktat of such kind be
made against them, he said.
|
Statement |
June 30 |
Karbi Anglong / Assam |
RNPC and RNSU, urged the law enforcing
authority and the Karbi Anglong District administration to setup
two Police outposts in Rengma areas and develop modern infrastructure
in view of the prevailing political situation after the recent
threat issued by KPLT to Rengmas residing in Chokihola area of
Bokajan subdivision in the District.
|
Statement |
July 15 |
Dispur / Assam |
State Forest Minister Rockybul
Hussain stated in the Assembly that altogether 78 persons were
killed and 191 abducted by different insurgent outfits in 601
incidents, during the last two years, when 20 security personnel
were also killed. The ULFA-I had killed 16 persons, including
a 10-year-old girl, a four-year-old boy and girl each, while the
anti-talks faction of NDFB-ATF had killed 12 civilians including
a 10-year-old-boy, Hussain said.
The KPLT killed 12 persons, NSCN-IM/K
killed four, Meghalaya based GNLA killed three, KLO, KRA, DNRF,
HPC and Dima Halim Daogah- Jewel Garlosa (DHD-Jewel) killed one
each, besides 25 by other militant formations.
A total of 135 militants were
killed and 2,749 arrested during the period, he said. To another
question, the minister said five underground outfits are active
in Assam and they are ULFA-Liberation, NDFB, KPLT, KLO, MULTA
and HUM Assam unit.
ULFA-I has urged Bangladesh Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina to give "an honourable and decent repatriation"
to its jailed 'general secretary' Anup Chetia.
|
Statement |
July 24 |
Karbi Anglong / Assam |
Suspected KPLT militants lobbed
a grenade at a daily market in the Bokoliaghat area of Karbi Anglong
District, killing one person and injuring 21 others.
|
Violent |
July 27 |
NS |
`People of the State are forced
to pay 'taxes' to militant formations, including the KPLT, & NDFB-IKS.
NDFB-IKS, KPLT along with the ULFA-I have unleashed a massive
and coordinated extortion drive in the State and have also introduced
'tax slabs'.
|
Violent |
July 27 |
Assam |
CM Tarun Gogoi stated that the
strength of the ULFA-I militants has declined and the Security
Forces have foiled many of their attempts. CM, Gogoi further said
that insurgent groups like NDFB-IKS and KPLT had extended support
to the ULFA-I.
|
Statement |
July 31 |
Karbi Anglong |
KPLT threatened indefinite bandh
in the two hill Districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao from
August 12 if Lok Sabha MP, Biren Singh Engti fail to take
up the issue of statehood in the Parliament.
|
Statement |
August 1 |
Karbi Anglong |
Kamra Rongpi alias Bidikha
Putinja, chairman of the militant KPLT, was shot at by fellow
cadres in Karbi Anglong District.
|
Violent |
August 5 |
Karbi Anglong
|
The 12–day Karbi Anglong and Dima
Hasao bandh called by the KPLT, an armed organization operating
in the hills district, paralyzed the normal life in Karbi Anglong
on the first day of the bandh. The KPLT had called Karbi
Anglong and Dima Hasao Districts bandh beginning from 5am
of August 5 to 5pm of August 17, demanding two autonomous States.
Reports revealed that some incidents of violence took place in
the Dima Hasao District.
|
violent
|
August 6 |
Karbi Anglong
|
The impact of the 12day long
Karbi Anglong bandh called by KPLT was partial on its second day
today, with district headquarters Diphu, Bokajan and Hamren hardly
affected. The KPLT had called the bandh from 5am on August
5 in support of a separate State.
|
Violent
|
August 7-8 |
Karbi Anglong
|
KPLT militants on August 7-8 ,
during the 300-hour Karbi Anglong bandh (General Shut Down)
called by the outfit, militants armed with sophisticated weapons,
attacked the Uttarborbil Police Outpost under Howraghat Police
Station at around 8.46pm on August 7. The militants fired indiscriminately
and lobbed grenades at the police outpost with the help of rocket
propelled guns (RPG). The police retaliated and the exchange of
fire continued for about 10 minutes. Later, the militants fled
from the spot under the cover of darkness. No casualty was reported.
|
violent
|
August 7-8 |
Karbi Anglong
|
KPLT militants on August 7-8,
during the 300-hour Karbi Anglong bandh (General Shut Down)
called by the outfit, attacked a vehicle carrying chickens was
attacked by suspected KPLT militants at Deopani under Sarupathar
Police Station in Bokajan Sub-Division of the District. The occupants
of the vehicle escaped unhurt, even as the vehicle suffered minor
damage.
|
Violent
|
August 9 |
Karbi Anglong
|
12 KPLT militants attacked and
injured two civilians, Khorsing Lekthe and Godapani Bora, residents
of village Mansing Lakethe in the in Karbi Anglong District.
|
Violent
|
August 10 |
Karbi Anglong
|
KPLT militants killed a village
headman, Oil Hanse, of remote Sadailangso village under Bokoliaghat
Police Station in Karbi Anglong District. The KPLT has been engaged
in various incidents of attacks and assaults during its ongoing
300-hours bandh (General shutdown), called in support of
autonomous state comprising Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao Districts.
A KPLT ‘spokesperson’ was quoted by local television channels
as stating that the group will continue with its activities till
the autonomous state demand was met.
|
violent
|
August 11 |
Karbi Anglong
|
KPLT militants killed a village
headman, Oil Hanse, of remote Sadailangso village under Bokoliaghat
Police Station in Karbi Anglong District. The KPLT has been engaged
in various incidents of attacks and assaults during its ongoing
300-hours bandh (General shutdown), called in support of
autonomous state comprising Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao Districts.
A KPLT ‘spokesperson’ was quoted by local television channels
as stating that the group will continue with its activities till
the autonomous state demand was met.
|
Violent
|
August 12 |
Guwahati / Kamrup Metro |
The Unified Command strategy group
met on August 12 to review the state's security preparedness following
reports that the State could face attacks from ULFA-I, NDFB-IKS
and KPLT ahead of Independence Day (August 15).
|
Statement |
August 12 |
Karbi Anglong |
normal life in other parts of
Karbi Anglong continues to be hit due to the 300-hour bandh (general
strike) imposed by the KPLT
|
Violent |
August 16 |
Karbi Anglong |
Two people were killed in a gun-fight
between cadres of the KPLT and RNHPF at Ridongi village within
Chokihola development block area of Bokajan sub-division in the
Karbi Anglong District. The identity of the victims could not
be ascertained
|
Violent |
August 17 |
Karbi Anglong |
The CNRH / RNHPF said it had "no
choice but to retaliate" against KPLT. Earlier, a clash was reported
between KPLT and RNHPF militants on August 16, in Ridongi village
within Chokihola Development Block in Bokajan Sub-Division of
Karbi Anglong District.
|
Statement |
September 7 |
Karbi Anglong |
KPLT has reconstituted its 'Central Committee'
with D. Kramsa as 'chairman' and Risim Lekthe as 'secretary'.
The other office bearers are- Nongme Tunjang as publicity secretary,
Kajang Tunjang as 'auditor', Ranam Ligang as 'finance secretary',
P. Cronjang as 'Commander in Chief' [C-in-C], S. Kathar as 'Deputy
C-in-C' and Pirthe Timung as 'operation commander'. According
to sources, the new body has been reconstituted after the death
of secretary, Paklar Ajang and chairman, Ron Rongpi who is undergoing
treatment newly elected 'chairman' Risim Lekthe has called upon
the people to work united keeping aside their personal differences
for achieving Karbi statehood.
|
Statement |
September 10 |
Karbi Anglong |
Bokajan Police managed to apprehend one KPLT linkman,
identified as Rajen Rongpi, from Bokajan in Karbi Anglong District.
|
Statement |
October 10 |
Karbi Anglong |
SFs arrested three KPLT militants from Diphu District.
One M-20 pistol and 10 SIM cards along with 4 mobile handsets
and demand letters have been recovered from them, Police said.
|
Non-Violent |
October 20 |
Karbi Anglong |
Police, based on the specific information, arrested
three KPLT linkmen, identified as Bidar Sing Kro (25), Bimal Singnar
(20) and Rajen Rongpi (22), from Birbar under Dokmoka Police Station
in Karbi Anglong District. According to a statement given by one
linkman, several occasions, the Karbi youths are forcibly engaged
by KPLT in various anti-social activities.
|
Non-Violent |
October 24 |
Karbi Anglong |
NRHPF claimed that the Karbi militant groups,
KPLT and KLNLF, were levying heavy taxes from Rengma villagers
settled in Assam-Nagaland border. NRHPF 'chairman' Keyhant Rengma
said henceforth the Rengmas would not pay any tax to KPLT and
KLNLF. He has requested Police and Karbi Anglong District administration
to reign on the militant outfits to avert further tension in future.
|
Violent |
October 30 |
Karbi Anglong
|
'Chairman' of the KPLT, Bidisarpo Tungjang disclosed
that a new 'central committee' of the recently surrendered KPLT
militants was formed.
|
Non-violent |
November 6 |
Karbi Anglong |
KPLT militants shot dead an employee of PWD, Kangbura
Phangcho, at Merabhati locality near Chokihola of Bokajan in Karbi
Anglong.
|
Violent |
November 7 |
Karbi Anglong |
SFs arrested two militants of KPLT, identified
as Tongluru Tisso and Jorjam Railsom Rongfar, from Hamren and
Diphu areas in Karbi Anglong District. SFs recovered a .22 pistol
and three rounds of live ammunition from the duo.
|
Non-violent |
November 23 |
Karbi Anglong |
Police arrested KPLT militant, Abongso Phangcho,
and five other linkmen from Hamren subdivision in Karbi Anglong
District.
|
Non-violent |
November 24 |
Karbi Anglong |
KPLT abducted a trader, Maqbool Hussain (50),
along with nine labourers from Bhalukjuri area of Karbi Anglong
District on November 23. However, six workers were released later
and they reached Kuthori in Nagaon District on November 24. Later,
the remaining persons were also released on the same day. Sources
stated that they were released against ransom allegedly paid to
the outfit.
|
Violent |
November 28 |
Kamrup |
SFs arrested a militant of the LAEF from Jorabat
area on the outskirts of the Guwahati city in Kamrup District.
The city Police operation wing SP Ranjan Bhuyan said, "The militant
cadre identified as Mojince Sangma (33), hailing from Goalpara,
was on his way to Bokolia in Karbi Anglong District to procure
arms for the outfit. We found 15 rounds of .9mm ammunition and
INR 187,000 from his possession too. Sangma was scheduled to procure
at least two sophisticated small arms from a KPLT linkman. "He
said the LAEF is getting support from the KPLT in procuring arms.
The KPLT gets used arms from ULFA-I [Independent faction of United
Liberation Front of Asom] and then they sell them to the LAEF
and the UALA. Some groups in lower Assam are also in close contact
with the KPLT," added the Policeman.
|
Non-violent |
December 1 |
Karbi Anglong |
Police claimed that a section of militants belonging
to the KPLT, including a top leader of the outfit, have expressed
their willingness to come overground and join the mainstream.
"So far, we have received feelers from about 12 KPLT cadres, including
its 'general secretary' Resim Lakthe, showing a desire to lay
down arms and hold talks with the Government," a senior police
officer said. He said the number was likely to go up to 18.
|
Non-violent |
December 16 |
Guwahati |
Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain on December 16
said that six militant outfits, including ULFA-I and NDFB-IKS,
are active in Assam with a cadre strength of 760. Hussain answering
on behalf of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, also in charge of Home,
said the other outfits are KPLT, KLO, MULTA and HuM -Assam unit.The
NDFB-IKS has the highest number of cadre at 300, followed by ULFA-I
with 240 militants, KLO has 100, and MULTA and HUJI have 40 each,
he said. Altogether 15 underground groups were on ceasefire agreement
with the government and their cadres were staying in designated
camps across the state, the minister said. These are ULFA (Pro
talk faction led by Arabinda Rajkhowa), NDFB-PTF, KLNLF, ACMA,
BCF, KRA-Assam, UKDA, AANLA, STF, APA, KLO/KLO HPC-Democratic
and NDFB-Ranjan Daimary. Six new extremist organisations were
also formed and they are Karbi National Liberation Army, United
Peoples Liberation Front, DHD-Action, Dima Jadi Naiso Army, National
Liberation Front of Bengali and United Dimasa Kachari Liberation
Front.
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December 25 |
NS |
The NDFB-IKS led by Karbi militant leader I K
Songbijit is on top of the list followed by the KPLT as leading
militant outfits in the State. The Paresh Baruah-led ULFA-I, after
its split from the ULFA-PTF led by Arabinda Rajkhowa, has been
officially relegated to the third spot among the militant outfits
of the state. The ranking is in terms of rebel outfits' striking
power.
The NDFB-IKS has the highest number of cadres,
about 300, followed by ULFA-I with about 240, while the KLO has
around 100 and the KPLT 40. In the state, ULFA-I is present in
Goalpara and Tinsukia districts only while the NDFB-IKS is active
in the entire BTC belt as well as in Sonitpur District and neighbouring
Arunachal Pradesh. The KPLT, on the other hand, is confined to
Karbi Anglong district while the KLO is present in Golakganj in
Dhubri District and in North Bengal areas.
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December 27 |
Karbi Anglong |
At least four persons, including three women,
were Shot dead by suspected KPLT militants in Khowanigaon under
Borpathar Police Station in Karbi Anglong District on December
27. The deceased villagers, meanwhile, have been identified as
Logu Hembu, Noshengle Hembu, Rhenho Nandu and Kegwathong Kemp.
Reports of three KPLT militants being gunned down during a cross-firing
with the, rival Rengma Naga militant formation, NRHPF are also
doing rounds, although their bodies are yet to be recovered.
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December 27 |
Karbi anglong |
Superintendent of Police of Karbi Anglong, MJ
Mahanta said that the deceased included the village headman, besides
three women of the Rengma community. The SP said, "Investigation
is on to find out whether the villagers died during a cross-firing
between the two militant groups or were attacked by the KPLT militants.
We are also trying to recover the bodies of the KPLT militants,
who are believed to have been shot dead by NRHPF militants in
an encounter."He said vigil in the locality has been intensified
and necessary measures are being taken to thwart such incidents.
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December 27 |
Karbi Anglong |
Over 200 Rengma Naga villagers residing in the
said area left their houses after the incident. They have taken
shelter in the Borpathar High School and in the church. Some others
are also reportedly taking shelter in the jungles of nearby hills
to save themselves from Karbi militants' attack.
"We suspected that our village would be attacked
five days ago and moved the administration last week, demanding
security. Had the administration taken steps, the brutal attack
could have been prevented," Rengma Naga Peoples Council 'adviser'
Devid Rengma told . Sources said KPLT militants had issued an
ultimatum to Rengma Nagas to leave the District by December 25.
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December 29 |
Karbi Anglong |
A fierce gunfight between KPLT militants and security
Forces took place in the remote Borlangso hill area under the
Chokihola Police Station of the Bokajan subdivision in Karbi Anglong.
According to information received, a group of KPLT militants,
armed with sophisticated weapons, entered the Borlangso village
and attempted to set several houses ablaze. No casualty on either
side has been reported so far, sources said. Miscreants accompanied
by suspected KPLT militants torched around 20 abandoned houses
at a Rengma village in the Borlangso area of the district.
A joint team of Karbi Anglong Police and SFs recovered bullet-riddled
decomposed bodies of two aged women suspected to have been killed
at Rengma mouja in Karbi Anglong District. The village
is now abandoned. With the recovery of these two bodies death
toll in KPLT led violence against Rengma Nagas of Karbi Anglong
has now reached to six.
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December 30 |
Karbi Anglong |
Assam Parliamentary Secretary for Home, Atuwa
Munda, on December 30 said nearly 1,500 people from both the Karbi
and Rengma communities are in relief camps.
He also said that that preliminary investigations
had indicated that imposition of "tax" by the KPLT on orange cultivation
and the Rengma villagers' refusal to pay could be a reason for
December 27 violence. Munda said following the attack on Rengma
villagers, the Rengma Naga Hill Protection Force, a militant outfit
earlier unheard of, came into the picture and started targeting
the Karbis. He said 10 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) companies
had reached Bokajan and had been deployed in the trouble-torn
areas. On December 29, three companies of Assam Police Battalions
were dispatched to the district after fresh incidents of violence
were reported in the morning.
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