Incidents and Statements involving KPLT: 2017

Date	Place	Incident	Nature of incident
January 20	Pubsilputa village / Karbi Anglong District	Locals caught two KPLT militants at Pubsilputa village under Bakaliaghat Police Station in Karbi Anglong District. According to information, two KPLT cadres were on a bid to extortion drive and reached at SGB Jagnarayan Singh house for extorting money from him. In the mean time the villagers got the information and caught them and handed over them to Bakaliaghat Police. The arrested KPLT cadres have been identified as Rabindra Tokbi (23) and Jiten Phangcho (24).	Non-violent
January 30	Guwahati	The State Government decided to withhold counter insurgency operations by the SFs against the KPLT till April 20 this year (2017). The KPLT declared unilateral ceasefire for a period of six months with effect from October 20, 2016 till April 20, 2017, which they communicated through a letter signed by the militant group's 'general secretary' Vojaru Hanjang. The militant group also expressed its desire to come to the mainstream in the interest of restoring peace and development in Karbi Anglong Districts. The State Government decided to withhold operations against KPLT as a 'good gesture' to the militant group's peace initiative.	Statement
February 5	Guwahati	DGP of Assam, Mukesh Sahay, said that the peace talk with KPLT militant would be started soon. Earlier on January 30, the Assam Government announced to withhold counter-insurgency operations against KPLT till April 20. This followed the declaration of a six-month unilateral ceasefire from October 20, 2016, by the KPLT.	Statement
March 4	Dimapur District	AR along with Police launched a search operation at Bus Station in Dimapur and arrested one cadre of KPLT, identified as Mukhim Rongti (28) in Dimapur District. One air gun pistol (country made) and air gun pen pistol (country made) were also recovered from the arrested militant.	Non-violent

Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.