Date

Incidents

January 1

It is not possible for the leaders of the militant groups of North East including 'Commander-in Chief' of ULFA, Paresh Baruch to stay in China without the knowledge of the Chinese authorities, said former GOC of the 4 Corps of the Army, Lt Gen (Reid) DB Shekhatkar.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the insurgency situation in the State was under control.

The ULFA-ATF e-mailed a video to the media houses, showing about 50 cadres taking part in a parade in battle fatigue at an unknown hideout surrounded by hills and jungles. The video did not reveal anything about the group's intention of sending it or its future plans.

ULFA-ATF militants exploded a grenade injuring three persons, one of them critically, on GNB Road in Tinsukia town.

SFs recovered a 5-kilogram IED from a winger at Chabua in Dibrugarh District.

KRA, asked the KPLT to refrain itself from getting involved with the internal strife between KRA and UKDA.

KLO has decided to abandon the armed struggle.

BW 'commander in chief' Niranjan Hojai had bought a one-storey house at Dharan city in Nepal with extortion money.

SFs arrested an ULFA-ATF militant, identified as Hemakanta Changmai, from Lekhapani in Tinsukia District.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to the NDFB-RD, identified as Bohin Narzary alias Barswm, from Athiabari village under Serfanguri Police Station in Kokrajhar District.

SFs arrested one Shiva Gogoi from Sadiya in Tinsukia District. SF claimed that Gogoi has links with CPI-Maoists, had received six-month training at a NSCN IM camp in Manipur, and was involved in the arms snatching case from forest guards at Dibru-Saikhowa National Park.

Local people foiled an extortion bid by two extortionists belonging to NDFB-RD in Laogaon area under Bijni Police Station of Chirang District.

Security has been beefed up in Karbi Anglong on the eve of elections to the KAAC following reports of threats to some INC candidates by the KPLT.

SFs arrested two suspected militants belonging to NDPA from Dihangi in Dima Hasao District. The duo was identified as Bivojit Haflongbar (20), a resident of Suratnagar, and Pranab Jidung (21), a resident of Gunjung in the same District.

ULFA-ATF has taken to moral policing. ULFA-ATF 'chairman' Abhijeet Barman, in an emailed statement said, "We also want to know from the people about their suggestions on what exemplary punishment would be suitable for those who commit crimes that contribute to overall degradation of society."

SFs recovered and defused a powerful IED weighing more than half Kilograms from Barpeta Railway over bridge in Barpeta District.

During a search operation, SFs arrested a KLNLF militant, identified as James Engleng, along with 50 pieces of ammunition in Diphu town in Karbi Anglong District.

SFs arrested KLNLF 'general secretary' Thong Teron from Diphu in Karbi Anglong District.

State home department has sounded a high alert in Upper Assam Districts, following intelligence reports that the ULFA-ATF may try to target the Hindi-speaking population in the run-up to Republic Day (January 26).

Security agencies are inquiring into the possible investments by members of various militant outfits of the North Eastern region in Guwahati.

MHA stated that it does not have direct evidence of the KMSS having any kind of nexus with the CPI-Maoist in the anti-dam protest as alleged by the State Government.

SFs arrested one RVA militant, identified as Pulendra Rabha (21), from Kachudola village in Kokrajhar District.

BNC asserted that a "third force" is carrying out extortion and abductions in the BTAD in a bid to derail the efforts to initiate peace process with the NDFB-RD. BNC 'chairperson' Hagrama Mohilary said, "In the BTAD area, the situation has reached such an alarming level that even the poor villagers are not being spared. We have reports that in some areas the extortionists are collecting anything between Rs 50 and Rs 100 from each village household."

Militant groups operating in the Northeast have realised that violence will never pay and the only way to solve their problems is peace negotiations, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said.

Chidambaram said peace agreements have been signed by the Government with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in West Bengal, UPDS in Assam and again it was on the verge of concluding another agreement with at least two groups in Assam.

He said most of the Northeast was today conflict-free and there was no violence in most parts of Northeast as 2011 witnessed a new low in the level of violence where in all states together there were only 627 incidents in which 70 civilians and 32 Security Force personnel were killed.

The Home Minister, however, said there were still some areas of concern that include extortion and occasional kidnapping for extortion. "Extortion keeps the militant groups going. That is their source of funds....I have been saying this with responsibility that these extortion rackets must be stopped," he added.

Common people handed over two boys, identified as Bhutan Brahma (13) and Kalil Narzary (11), to Police at Karimbazar under Gossaigaon Police Station in Kokrajhar District. The two boys were allegedly sent by NDFB-RD to collect money from one Rafikul Islam of Karimbazar.

KLNLF called for 24 hours Karbi Anglong District Strike beginning (today) from 5 am. to protest against the arrest its 'General Secretary' Thong Teron by SFs.

SFs arrested a NDFB linkman, Sunil Basumatari (38), from Pansali village under Lakhipur Police Station of Goalpara District. SFs recovered one .9mm pistol with one round ammunition from him.

An official source in Upper Assam said that a secret message issued by the Tinsukia District administration on December 27, 2011 to the State Government and the Police headquarters informed that extortion notes were served to a few persons in Ambikapur, including a woman ward member of Ambikapur gaon panchayat (Village level local self-Government institution).

SFs arrested a ULFA linkman, Mohammad Saidul Islam (26), at Bhangnamari village in Chirang District. One .9mm pistol and live ammunition were recovered from him.

Former SPOs expressed apprehension that around 70 of the 278 personnel discharged from duty last year might have joined insurgent groups.

UKDA, a Kuki militant group based in Karbi Anglong District, declared unilateral ceasefire with the Central and State Government.

Shambhu Singh, Joint Secretary (North East) of the MHA, said that the MHA has already taken a decision that a major crackdown should be launched to check the menace of extortion. Singh added that the MHA's views would be formally communicated to the State Government shortly.

Singh admitted that the situation in Manipur is still bad. He said that though the GNLA is on rampage in Meghalaya, the recent operations yielded results, while, the inter-factional clashes resulted in deterioration of the situation in Nagaland.

On the activities of the CPI-Maoist groups, Singh said that the death of senior CPI-Maoist leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji must have affected the move of the Maoists to establish stronghold in the region. He said that according to information available with the Government, Kishanji visited Assam and Manipur just before his death in West Bengal.

Intelligence agencies have reportedly received inputs that the CPI-Maoist has sought the help of Assam based insurgent group, KLO, indicating a retaliation of an "unprecedented scale" to avenge the killing of its politburo member Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji in West Bengal on November 24, 2011. A senior Police official said they have received inputs that "something big" would happen anytime, anywhere. He said Centre has also informed all Maoist infested states to be on high alert.

Reports said that ground-level intelligence gathered by Central agencies revealed that top Maoist leadership has been constantly interacting with KLO in the last one month.

The NDFB-PTF admitted that it has given a formal letter to the Srirampur check gate along the Assam-Bengal interstate border, asking for 'donations', and added that there are many organizations of different communities as well as NGO that have created syndicates at the gate to collect illegal money from the gate.

SFs arrested three ULFA-ATF linkman, at Basbari village of Kokrajhar District.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that nine insurgent groups on ceasefire agreements with the Government would surrender before the Republic Day (January 26). These groups consist of ACMA, BCF, AANLA, KLA, KRA, UKDA, HPC, STF and ACF.

UPDS has told UHM P. Chidambaram that it's MoS with Central and State Government has failed. UPDS 'chairman' Longsodar Senar wrote to Chidambaram saying, "As the Assam government has wilfully refused to honour your solemn commitment of 'neutral administration' till the election and "level playing field" during the election, the now ex-UPDS leaders and cadres can no longer be expected to hold on to a failed experiment."

Tarun Gogoi said that the CPI-Maoists had formed a 'Mega Dam Resistance Forum' and influencing the anti-dam agitation at Lower Subansiri.

APA extended the ceasefire with State Government but refused to lay down weapons. APA 'commander-in-chief' Uday Tisku in this regard said, "We don't want to lay down arms, but want a "double-lock" system for keeping our weapons. We also want three designated camps and other facilities for our cadres. Our previous ceasefire period was to expire on January 14 but we have extended our ceasefire period for the next six months."

DHD-N supremo Dilip Nunisa on the current impasse in the peace talks with Central and State Government said, "Instead of demanding all Dimasa-inhabited areas lying in these districts and also in Nagaland, which was our earlier stance, only some adjacent areas, where the Dimasa people are a majority, should be amalgamated with the present Dima Hasao District. If the government can give away land to Bangladesh without any question, why can't they include our villages in the council?" Earlier, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on January 12 said that peace accord with DHD-N has not yet been singed due to the outfit's demand to include 96 villages of Nagaon and Cachar District in the greater DATC.

UKDA has demanded that KRA, which is under the SoS with Manipur Government sent back to their base in Manipur.

SFs recovered an IED weighing 3 kilograms from Goreswar market in Baksa District.

BCF an Adivasi militant group has decided not to lay down arms before January 26 as announced by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi earlier.

SFs arrested a NDFB-RD militant, identified as Santosh Kerketeri alias Simang (26), from Dumbruguri under Anandabazar Police Station in Salbari of Baksa District.

Paresh Baruah would expel ULFA Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and other senior leaders and Central Committee of the outfit permanently to start afresh the armed struggle. Further, Senior ULFA-ATF, Drishti Rajkhowa alias Manoj Rabha and Bijay Das alias Bijay Chinese would now act as the overall Commander of Lower and Upper Assam region respectively.

SFs arrested three NDFB-RD militants at Amguri in Kokrajhar District.

ACF 'area commander' Ranjit Murmu expressed shock on Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi recent statement that nine (including five Adivasi) groups are going to surrender before Republic day (January 26).

SFs killed a suspected ULAB militant at Piplapunjee near Bazaricherra in Karimganj District.

SFs arrested one ULFA militant, identified as Padamdhar Moran alias Poya Kaye (35), at Makum under Makum Police Station in Tinsukia District.

SFs arrested one arms dealer, identified as Samsul Hoque (45), from Doboka Burigaon village in Karbi Anglong District. SFs recovered one 9mm pistol, two magazines of 9mm pistol, one .32mm pistol, one magazine of .32mm pistol, .32 mm seven rounds live ammunitions and INR 14,000 in cash along with one mobile phone from him.

SFs arrested a ULFA militant, identified as Sapring Rabha (29) alias Khaplang, from Kasumari village under Krishnai Police Station of Goalpara District.

During the annual Home Secretary-level meet between India and Myanmar at Naypyitaw on January 19, a joint strategy to deal with Northeast Indian militant groups, smuggling of drugs, arms and ammunition will be high on the agenda.

Unidentified militants abducted a minor child, identified as Randip (3), from Phuloni in Karbi Anglong District.

SFs arrested two ULFA linkmen, Robin Biswas (20) and Rakhal Chandra Biswas (47), from Balajan in Dhubri District.

Golaghat District administration instructed the CRPF to take all necessary steps to maintain law and order in the disputed areas in the District along the Assam-Nagaland border.

NSCN-IM militants looted a grocery shop, at Lahdoigarh under Namtola Police Station in Sivasagar District along the Assam-Nagaland border. NSCN-IM militants took away INR 50,000 from the shop.

ADGP-SB Khagen Sarma informed the media persons that the AANLA, ACF, BCF, STF, APA, KLA, UKDA, KRA and the HPC are going to lay down their arms on January 24. Assam Times put the figure of the militants who will surrender on January 24 at over one hundred and fifty. Assam Adivasi Peace Movement representatives (a body approved by AANLA to negotiate) in a meeting with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and ADGP Khagen Sarma conveyed the willingness of AANLA to lay down arms on January 24.

Assam Adivasi Peace Movement further put forward the demand of AANLA which are- removal of inter-State area restriction Act, to recognize Adivasis as Scheduled Tribes, to form a satellite Adivasi Autonomous Council in Assam, to allot land and pattas to the landless Adivasis, to reserve constituencies where Adivasi voters are a majority, to increase the daily wage of tea garden labourers to INR 200 per day, to absorb disarmed AANLA cadres in government jobs and to create an Adivasi Police Battalion. Assam Adivasi Peace Movement added that about 100 cadres of AANLA under 'deputy commander in chief' Peter Dung were putting up in a camp at the D-sector along the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat District while other cadres were outside the State.

60-militants of HPC, including women, came down from the Borail Peak to Retzaul Basti in Dima Hasao District. The group will lay down arms on January 24 in Guwahati.

Central Government extended the ceasefire agreement with the DHD-N and NDFB-PTF for another six months up to June 30, 2012.

SFs recovered 600 gelatine sticks, 600 detonators and 360 feet of fuse wire four unclaimed bags at platform number 2 of Lumding Railway Station in Nagaon District.

ABSU 'President' Promod Bodo said that the Bodos can no longer live under the suppression, domination of ruling community in the state and ABSU is firm to carry forward the Bodoland state movement with new strategy, and policy until the demand is accepted. ABSU 'President' Promod Bodo said, "The movement of the Bodos will not be man to man conflict nor it will go against the interest of certain community but it wants equal live equally with other people of the country". The BTC signed in 2003 was given 40 departments but the state government has yet to hand over the power and functions to BTC authority. Besides, the State Government released only INR 2.89 billion from plan fun to BTC although it received INR 90 billion from the centre from plan fund in the current financial year, Boro said adding that the BTC should have get at least INR 10 billion on the basis of population pattern.

The assistant manager of Panbari tea estate, identified as Ramen Bora, was abducted and subsequently released by his abductors seven hours after he was abducted from his garden bungalow in Sonitpur District. Bora was abducted by five armed men but it was not clear whether any militant outfit was behind the abduction.

During the Home Secretary level meeting between the two countries on January 19, Myanmar has assured India that steps would be taken against the Northeastern militants using its territory.

Myanmar has sought India's help for implementation of several road projects, which would facilitate free movement of the troops to the areas where the militants are taking shelter. Myanmar has also sought India's help in completing the trilateral highway linking India, Myanmar and Thailand.

The central jail in Jorhat has been put on high alert following an intelligence report about a purported ULFA-ATF plan to attack a state minister inside the jail premises during his customary visit there after hoisting the Tricolour on Republic Day (January 26).

Security has been beefed up in Guwahati following apprehension that the ULFA-ATF and NDFB might carry out subversive activities in the Dispur ahead of Republic Day.

The ULFA-ATF announced that henceforth all the surname of its leaders and cadres would be same and the common surname will be 'Asom'. In a statement issued to the media through e-mail, the ULFA-ATF said to replace the surnames of its members with 'Asom' was aimed at reflecting the outfit's commitment to expedite the evolution of the 'great Assamese nation' irrespective of caste, creed and religion.

Unidentified militants released the abducted worker of stone crusher unit of Triveni Construction, identified as Dharmendra Yadav (22), near Lungting in Dima Hasao District.

Two DNRF militants identified as, Pritom Nunisa and Ranjan Langthasa, two close aides of the DNDF 'chairman' Jensingh Dimasa, were arrested in Dima Hasao District.

SFs arrested two militants belonging to PREPAK and KYKL in Jalukbari area of Guwahati City.

SFs arrested a top ULFA militant, identified as Dipak Rabha alias Shankar from Sonapur area in the suburb of Guwahati city.

The security has been beefed up along the interstate border with Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland to frustrate any attempt by the militants to sneak into the State.

DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said that Police is preparing strategies to tackle the growing CPI-Maoist threat in the State.

KNA (apex body of the Kuki community) stressed on the need for a fresh census of the Kuki tribe living in Singhason Hills of Karbi Anglong District to validate the demand for an autonomous council.

Bhutan 'Prime Minister' Jigme Y Thinley said that there is no camp of any militant formation of the northeast in his country. He further asserted that Security Forces are on alert to thwart any such potential attempts by the militants.

CorCom of seven militant outfits of Manipur have joined hands with five other Militant groups of the Northeastern and called for a mass boycott of Republic Day celebrations on January 26 in the entire northeast. Five other outfits include the ULFA-ATF, HNLC, KLO, NLFT and ATTF.

Three members of the UDLA, including 'commander-in-chief' Sishumoni Reang, (38), reached Guwahati, to meet State Home Commissioner Jishnu Barua and ADGP-SB Khagen Sarma to work out the modalities for surrender of its members.

Unidentified militants lobbed a crude bomb at the house of a businessperson, Sabir Laskar in Kalibari Colony under Haflong Police Station in Dima Hasao District.

BCF and ACMA will not surrender arms during the ceremony at Sarusajai Sports Complex in Guwahati.

Fifteen former militants of the DHD have in association with Dimapur-based Naga militant outfit has formed DNRF in Dima Hasao District. The leaders of the outfit are R.J. Dimasa alias Arje Dimasa, Soten Dimasa and Jensingh Dimasa. The group's main demand is to establish a separate Dimasa kingdom. The group was also involved in abduction of Dharmendar Yadav of Tribeni Construction Ltd recently.

Police has deployed at least 25 personnel on the river route and sand islands between Noonmati and Ramsing Chapori, to thwart any attack on IOC refinery in Noonmati under Noonmati Police Station in Guwahati city.

SFs seized 38 detonators and 50 kilograms of ammonium nitrate concealed under stones in the truck at Amranga hill area of Shanpara village in Hajo located in Kamrup (Rural) District.

SFs arrested two arms smugglers identified as, Masuq Ahmad Talukdar (26) and Alom Hossain Barbhuiya (23), from Arunachal in Cachar District.

676 militants belonging to seven militant formations surrendered along with 202 small and big arms at a function held at the indoor stadium inside the Sarusajai Sports Complex, in the presence of Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. The militant outfits that surrendered were APA, AANLA, STF, UKDA, KRA, KLA and HPC-D.

P.Chidambaram on the occasion said, "Not often do we see so many groups return to the path of peace, development and brotherhood and join the process of reconciliation. This development means that the other groups will follow suit. I want to assure you all that both the governments of Assam and India will treat you with honour and dignity. I ask you to join us in building a new India, a new Assam. You will feel proud when you look back to this day."

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi appealed to other militant and said, "I am once again appealing to Paresh Barua and others to come forward for talks. The Centre, the Prime Minister, the home minister and the UPA chairperson are keen to solve the problems of Assam."

Three militants belonging to the ULFA-ATF surrendered before SFs at Philobari in Tinsukia District.

A top militant belonging to NDFB-RD identified as,' Section Commander of Karigaon area, Homen Basumatary alias B Hayensha, (25), surrendered before the SFs in Kokrajhar District.

SFs arrested two NDFB-RD militants from Maligaon under Serfanguri Police Station in Kokrajhar District.

SFs have intensified their operations to take out the ULFA-ATF militants under Rajib Das who have reportedly taken shelter in the numerous chaporis (sandbars) in and around in Majuli island in Jorhat District and are serving extortion notes and planning sabotage during the Republic Day (January 26).

Nagaland Government cautioned the MHA, Government of India and expressed apprehension that the setting up of a designated camp of AANLA militants along the Assam-Nagaland might affect peace in the disputed border area.

SFs recovered an IED weighing around 2.1 kilograms, along with a six-volt battery and arrested two persons in this connection in Dhubri District.

SFs recovered three crude bombs, each weighing about 1.4 kilograms and three country-made pistols from another boat in the New Ghat area of the same District.

Fifteen KPLT militants surrendered before the State Hill Area Development Minister, Khorsing Engti, at KASA stadium in Karbi Anglong District.

SFs recovered and defused an IED in Sonari town of Sivasagar District.

Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik lauded the State Government and said, "The strategy in the form of sustained development efforts, counter-insurgency operations against active militant groups and peace overtures for people willing to come forward for negotiated settlement has paid rich dividends."

The State Government is cautious about granting ST status only to the Adivasi community as it may become a point for resentment of five other communities also demanding inclusion in the ST list.

Suspected Karbi militants abducted a civilian identified as, Haren Takdi in Dolamora division of Methoni tea estate along the Golaghat-Karbi Anglong border, in Karbi Anglong District. Later, militant called up and demanded a ransom of INR 500000.

SFs launched the first operation against CPI-Maoist in several parts of the Dhemaji District. Police said some Maoists have taken refuge in the District to carry out anti-social activities.

SFs on an unspecified date arrested a top NDFB militant identified as, Sanjay Boro, from Bebjiapara village under Mochalpur Police Station in Baksa District.

KPLT has established links with UNLF and KYKL for training the new cadres.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the State and the entire region have achieved remarkable success with a large number of cadres from various outfits of the region have coming back to mainstream during the last three months alone. Gogoi also lauded the effort of Army's 4th Corps in bringing stability to the region.

UKDA militants attacked KRA cadres at Bagmari locality of Diphu town in Karbi Anglong District, leaving three KRA cadres injured. KRA 'general secretary', Zed Boy Kuki also sustained injuries during the clash. SFs detained 15 UKDA cadres as precautionary measures but later released them.

SFs arrested two NSCN-IM militants, identified as, Kaising Jeme and Chunglube Niyame, from Lodi village near Haflong in Dima Hasao District.

The next round of talks between the Central Government and ULFA-PTF will be held in New Delhi in February 2012.

SFs arrested three militants belonging to RVA identified as, Kameshwar Rabha (31), Ananto Rabha (32) and Parshanto Rabha (23) from Goalpara District.

SFs arrested one PREPAK cadre, identified as Laiphrakpam Sunil Singh alias S K, from Birubari area of Guwahati.

AANLA 'Publicity Secretary' Etwa Urang admitted the presence of around 60 AANLA militants residing in the camp at Ralan area along the disputed Assam-Nagaland border.

The Assam Adivasi Peace Movement, (an organization that has been approved by AANLA) said that the community (Adivasi) had lost out on the ST status and related-benefits for having been branded as either tea tribes or ex-tea tribes.

Jammu is the nodal point for covering the western, southern and northern parts of India, while Malda is the conduit point for supply of fake notes to West Bengal, Bihar and the North Eastern States. The centre in Nepal is used for stocking and distribution of counterfeit notes and smuggling them to Bangladesh for distribution across Assam and the Eastern Frontier States.

Following a request from Indian Government, Nepal Government has started attaching the property of Niranjan Hojai, the 'commander-in-chief' of DHD-J.

State Government has decided to set up camps for Adivasi militant group, AANLA militants at Chungajan in Golaghat District. AANLA had surrendered its arms on January 24.

SFs recovered a huge quantity of explosives from Lumding bound Barak Valley Express train at Lower Halflong in Dima Hasao District.

SFs arrested one KPLT militant, identified as Ajit Phangso alias Babu, and a KPLT linkman, identified as Lakhim Rengma, from Balipather locality of Karbi Anglong District.

SFs arrested a top militant belonging to UNLF, identified as 'Captain' Surajit Singh alias Pradip Singh, from Hojai in Nagaon District.

ULFA-ATF 'Vice Chairman' Paresh Baruah confirmed his group's links with CPI-Maoist.

A plea for extradition of ULFA 'General Secretary' Anup Chetia was made by India to Bangladesh during a meeting between officers of the foreign ministries of the two countries in Dhaka recently.

Unidentified militants opened fire at a wine shop injuring the manager of the store, identified as Sankar Ballav Sharma, at KP Chariali in Sivasagar town.

Suspected militant belonging to ULFA-ATF killed a businessperson, identified as Ikramul Hussain (32), at Alu Chauka chowk of Mongoldoi in Darrang District. Another civilian, identified as Pankaj Sahoria (25), sustained bullet injury on his hand when he tried to help the deceased businessperson.

Police found a grenade in the Lichubari Kuaripukhuri area on the outskirts of Jorhat town.

Guwahati Police are taking the help of Manipur Police to translate some of the incriminating documents found in the possession of PREPAK militant Laiphrakpam Sunil Singh alias S K.

AASA has demanded granting Scheduled Tribe status to the Adivasis of the State within 2012.

Growing ties between the ULFA-ATF and GNLA have become matter of serious concern for the Government of Meghalaya as well as for the Security agencies.

Pro-Talks faction of ULFA-PTF charter of demands to the Central Government include a separate Constitution on the lines of Jammu & Kashmir for Assam, an "Upper House" in the state Assembly and the setting up of a Supreme Court bench.

More than 18,000 militants have laid down arms since 2001 in Assam and more than INR 400 crores has been spent alone on paying incentives to these surrendered militants without achieving desired results.

Biswajit Ray, President of AKRSU, said that the Government never gave importance to democratic agitation and threatened to launch armed movement for separate Kamtapur State and ST status.

The Kyong (Lotha) Students' Union of Nagaland said the State is not the place for AANLA, an Assam based militant outfit, to take shelter.

Naga miscreants tried to encroach on forestland in Geleki Reserve Forest in Sivasagar District.

SFs arrested three civilians from three different places of Nagaon and Karbi Anglong Districts for supplying SIM cards to the militant outfit KPLT.

NDFB-PTF demanded that future Boroland State (as projected by the outfit) should have a Legislative Assembly with as high as 90% of the total seats of the Legislative Assembly and 100% of parliamentary seats reserved only for Tribal people.

ULFA-ATF has been trying to create division among the ULFA-PTF members, while making efforts to increase its own strength.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has sought assistance from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to tackle the evolving CPI-Maoist threat in the State.

An armed Naga group, comprising 50 persons, reportedly attempted to encroach on forestland at Tiru hills forest reserve in Jorhat District.

SFs arrested five persons dealing with FICN and recovered FICN totaling INR 64,700 from them, in Tinsukia District.

SFs killed three UDLA militants at Debendra Basti on the Assam-Mizoram interstate border in Hailakandi District.

SFs on arrested two suspected ULFA militants, identified as Abdul Hussain and Kashal Barua, from Kenduguri village under Simaluguri Police Station in Sivasagar District.

185 militants belonging to six militant outfits have fled their respective designated camps in the State with arms and ammunition in the last 24 months.

The Gauhati High Court extended the interim bail period of DHD-J 'chairman' Jewel Garlosa and 'commander-in-chief' Niranjan Hojai for two months more until April 9, 2012.

SFs arrested 'Commander-in-Chief' of newly floated Black Rhino Commando of Assam and a former ULFA linkman, identified as Rajib Banik alias Ajit Phukan (26), from Nagaon District.

The 'commander-in-chief' of UDLA Dhanyaram Reang alleged that the SFs had betrayed them as they were asked to stop all sort of subversive activities to facilitate the proposed peace dialogue with the Government.

Deputy army chief of the NDFB- PTF, B Sudem said that no cadre has fled the designated camps of the NDFB-PTF as reported by some newspapers.

A CoBRA battalion base will be set up in the State after receiving State cabinet approval.

KRA attacked and injured nine UKDA militants, including its 'Defense Secretary' Martin Guitey, at Saijang under Dillai Police Station in Karbi Anglong.

According to some reports, the BLA, a Reang tribal outfit of Tripura, had recently intruded into Barak Valley of the State and had been trying to raise a combined force with the valley based UDLA.

SFs arrested two militants belonging to DNRF, identified as Ranjit Bathari (19) and Santosh Thousen (19), from Halflong in Dima Hasao District.

SFs arrested three militants belonging to the NDFB-RD, identified as Arjun Basumatary (29), Swrjing Narzary (24) and Derhasat Basumatary (20), from Besargaon village in Chirang District.

State Police have arrested 620 cadres of various outfits involved in peace talks on charges of extortion, abduction and other crimes.

NDFB-RD is targeting Businessmen as well as Government employees having workplaces especially in central and northern parts of the State. The outfit's modus oprendi involves taking help of non-tribal girls serving the outfit as agents, who will befriend & then on that day ask the target for dinner in the bar.

SFs arrested two militants belonging to the BRTF at Mazbat in Udalguri District. The militants were identified as Sanjay Basumatary (25) and Newton Khaglary (20).

Ex-Union Home Secretary GK Pillai, expressed concern about CPI-Maoist inroads into the State and the region. Pillai also said that ethnic equations in the region might change any moment, paving the way for Maoist ideology.

On the issue of ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Baruah, G.K Pillai said, "Paresh Baruah lost all his assets when he left Bangladesh. Now, he is struggling to garner funds to run the ULFA anti-talks faction. Our efforts should be geared towards preventing him from creating any assets". He further stated, "There could be tacit support from China. India has raised the issue with China at the diplomatic level last year. We have even provided a copy of Baruah's air ticket from Dhaka to Yunnan. But, as usual, China has been denying Baruah's presence in its territory."

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that Maoists activities in the State along the border with Arunachal Pradesh have added a new dimension to the security scenario of the northeast. Asserting that his government was aware of the situation.

SFs arrested three RVA militants from Telipara under Kharmuza Police Outpost of Goalpara District.

TADA Designated Court, in Guwahati acquitted 'finance secretary' of ULFA-PTF, Sasha Choudhury in connection with an extortion case. The case was registered against ULFA members for allegedly demanding an amount of INR 100, 000 from Dalim Gogoi, a resident of Anand Nagar, Bhangagarh of the City on December 5, 1986.

The MHA has advised the State Government to adopt coordinated measures to tackle the Maoist problem that is currently at a nascent stage in Assam.

A delegation of the militant outfit NDFB-PTF led by its 'General Secretary' Govinda Basumatary met Joint Secretary (Northeast), Shambhu Singh to urge to him to speed up the pace of the political negotiations.

DBS has strongly opposed the move of the State and Union Governments to accord ST status to some of the ex and present non- Assamese origin contractual Adivasi workers of the Tea Estates in the State and warned that the Bodo Samaj and the tribal people will compel to launch a democratic mass movement if the Governments go ahead with the issues which is hurting the indigenous tribal people of the State.

SFs arrested a high ranking militant belonging to KCP-MTF, identified as 'publicity secretary' Yumlembam Inao Singh, from a rented house at Lachit Nagar under Paltan Bazar Police Station in Guwahati city.

Several CPI-Maoists arrested in the State have been absconding after getting bail. The arrestees included Aditya Bora, who was arrested from a CPI-Maoist camp in a jungle bordering Odisha and Jharkhand on February 12, 2011. There have also been reports of some youths visiting Odisha and Jharkhand for training with the CPI-Maoists.

BTC 'chairman' Hagrama Mohilary appealed to the Mizoram Government to resettle the indigenous Bru (Reang) people of the State who have been living in relief camps in the northeast (Tripura) for the last 14 years.

The dead body of a businessperson, identified as Deiram Teron (45), was recovered from Maigaon of Phongcherap under Santipur Police Station in Karbi Anglong District. Suspected KPLT militants had abducted the businessperson from Silonijan Market area in the District on February 6. Later the militants demanded a ransom of INR 300000 for his safe release.

NDFB-PTF held discussion with Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram at his North Block office in New Delhi over the solution of their vexed problems and submitted a memorandum demanding early political solution. They also demanded new interlocutor who are either politician or statesman. The present interlocutor to the outfit is P.C. Halder.

SFs arrested four militants of the ULFA-ATF, identified as Dulu Saikia alias Rinku, Dipankar Bora, Numal Gogoi and Robin Bora, from Phool Bagan in Dibrugarh Town.

SFs arrested two linkmen of RVA from Paikan in Goalpara District.

CM Tarun Gogoi had a meeting with Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to review the law and order situation in the State. After the meeting Gogoi said, "The Maoists are getting support from other NE rebel groups, like the ULFA and the ISI too is getting involved". He further said that the State requested the Union Minister for additional Central forces to prevent any kind of militant activities in the State.

On the peace process with various militant groups, Gogoi said, "Our doors for talks are still open for everyone including the Paresh Barua-led ULFA faction. We want peaceful resolution of all problems and we will back the Centre in this."

Tarun Gogoi went on to say that, Myanmar continued to be a base for NE militants even after India's relations with the neighboring nation have improved.

HPC-D has carried out a reshuffle in its executive council, the top policy-making body, and adopted a new 'constitution' of its own. Reports from its bastion at Sakerdawi in Mizoram revealed that H. Zosangbera, a frontline member of the 12-member executive council, has been named its new 'chairman'. The outfit's Assam committee has also been revamped with its 'vice-chairman' Elvis L. Hmar being appointed its 'chief' and David L. Hmar, an executive council member, being inducted as its 'secretary'.

SFs recovered RDX weighing 1.90 kilograms from Majuli Island in Jorhat District.

ANVC has threatened to revive its old demand for greater Garoland, a separate State for Garos including the Garo-inhabited areas of Assam and West Khasi Hills, if the Government failed to respond to its demand for the GAC within a week.

SFs killed two-suspected GNLA militants under Lakhipur Police Station in Goalpara District.

Central Government is waiting for a written offer from the NDFB-RD for initiating the next step for formal talks with the outfit.

The MHA is unlikely to provide additional forces to the State as per the request of the State Government.

SFs arrested two MULTA militants from Chagolia in Dhubri District.

DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said that CPI-Maoist activity in the State has been reported in seven Districts.

Another senior Police Official said that the Maoists have also established three command centres -- near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh, Assam-Nagaland and in Assam-West Bengal borders.He further said that the Maoist have also been sending some of the newly recruited cadres to some central Indian States for training.

AATS opposed the State and the Central Governments' move to give ST status to the Adivasi people.

SFs busted a hideout of UAVA at Panbari in Puljhora area of Dhubri District.

Despite the recent surrender by nine militant groups of Assam, the people of the northern part of Sonitpur District along the border of Arunachal Pradesh have to spend sleepless nights in terror as the result of the unchecked and rampant intimidation, abduction, extortion and murders, committed by the NDFB-ATF.

The two suspected militants belonging to GNLA who were killed in an encounter on February 20 under Lakhipur Police Station in Goalpara District of Assam have been identified with one of the deceased being a senior member of the outfit.

SFs arrested three militants belonging to Anti-Talks faction of ULFA-ATF at Machkhowa area of Guwahati city.

A .9 mm pistol, a .22 mm pistol, a .765 mm pistol, an AK-47 rifle and several bullets were recovered from a car at Borteza in Kamrup (Rural) District.

SFs arrested one KPLT militant, identified as Hemari Engti (18), from Kheroni Chariali in Karbi Anglong District.

AATYL reiterated its opposition to the Government's move to accord ST status to present and former tea labourers community saying that such a move would be detrimental to the interests of the indigenous tribal communities of the State.

CPI-Maoists has designed a plan for creation of a confederation of states comprising the North East region of India, parts of Myanmar and the Sylhet area of Bangladesh and according to the plan, the states of the confederation would be created to represent smaller nationalities of the area. The CPI-Maoists have also established upper Assam, middle Assam and Lower Assam leading committees.

As per reports received by the Mizoram SEC, HPC-D had summoned leaders of all political parties of the area to Dholakhal in Assam and Thingpuikual in Manipur a few days back where they told them to ensure that the HPC candidates, supported by the HPC-D, get elected and warned them against dire consequences if negative results occur.

SFs rescued Biren Hazarika, 'branch manager' Brinks Arya India Pvt Ltd, from Nowapara near Lampi in Kamrup (Rural). Unidentified militants abducted him on February 15.

ULFA-ATF in small groups of five or six members, have managed to sneak into the country, they are in areas of Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh bordering the State.

SFs arrested a suspected NDFB militant from Kolbari in Baksa District.

SFs arrested two suspected ULFA-ATF militants, identified as Kehsav Gogoi and Shofik Gogoi, from Noshdia area of Tinsukia District.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to the NDFB, identified as Sanjiv Swargiary, from Salbari in Baksa District.

SFs rescued two abducted teachers, identified as Debo Kumar Dutta and Nitu Kalita of Don Bosco Institute, from Bedlangmari area of Kokrajhar town. Suspected BCF militants had abducted the duo on February 23 when they were returning to their house at Balajan Tinali in Kokrajhar.

Former BLT militants urged the State Government to provide them rehabilitation according to provisions of the 2003 Bodoland Accord.

SFs arrested a suspected militant belonging to ULFA-ATF, identified as Akhil Das (25), along with explosives from Mirza area in Kamrup (Rural) District.

SFs arrested one MULTA militant, identified as Toufikul Islam (20), at Pipalibari village under Tihu Police Station in Nalbari District.

Five Adivasi militant formations - ACMA, BCF, STF, APA and AANLA - have demanded an interlocutor for them [outfits] to start peace talks with the Government, reports The Times of India. The five outfits formed an umbrella organization called ACCO to fight for the political rights of the Adivasis of the State.

Two civilians were injured in a grenade explosion near Punjab National Bank branch at the Nursery area in Ganeshguri area of Guwahati City on February 28. "Two people were injured in the blast and they were taken to Gauhati Medical College Hospital. We can't comment on any militant outfit's involvement before we investigate the matter," said G P Nath, IGP-CWR. However, intelligence sources suspect the hand of ULFA-ATF behind the incident. No militant formation has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

SFs arrested three persons, including a ULFA-PTF militant, Ashim Bora alias Pankaj Gogoi, from the Lakua area of Sivasagar District on charges of extortion. They served an extortion note of INR 2 million on APL in Sivasagar; recently.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs M Ramachandran expressed concern over growing CPI-Maoist presence principally in upper Assam Districts and said the State Police was taking required steps.

SFs arrested two militants belonging to the NDFB, identified as Dilip Narzary (29) and Nirmal Boro (23), in Baksa District recently.

DGP JN Choudhury said that investigators of the grenade blast on February 28 in Guwahati have pointed finger towards involvement of ULFA-ATF in the incidence. Forensic experts revealed that the grenade lobbed on February 28 is mostly used by ULFA.

SFs arrested a Bangladeshi linkman of ULFA and GNLA in West Garo Hills District. During interrogation, Marak revealed that he was staying in Samalchura area in Bangladesh's Sherpur District and that he has been working for ULFA for the last 10 years and got involved with GNLA in 2011.

NF Railway has abandoned its plan to shut down one of its lower primay school at Hijuguri in Tinsukia District following a threat issued by ULFA-ATF.

SFs arrested three NDFB militants, identified as Jogen Rabha, Nerswn Uzir and Hogla Basumatary, at Lakhipur in Goalpara District.

SFs arrested one NDFB militant, identified as Tony Lal Basumatary, at Mandalgram of Dudhnoi in the same District.

State Police will set up a special cell to deal with the spurt in extortion cases in the State. ADGP Khagen Sarma added that the cell would become operational soon. He said a unit of the special cell would be established in every District, to be monitored by the Police Headquarters in Guwahati.

Speaking to media persons, the publicity secretary of the SNDFBWA, Rajni Kanta Narzary, said the Central Government has failed to keep its commitment to rehabilitate all the surrendered NDFB cadres.

Governor J B Patnaik appealed to the ULFA-ATF led by Paresh Baruah to join the peace process like other militant formations in the State. Governor Patnaik also said that my Government has constituted a committee to examine and recommend ways and means to prevent infiltration through the unprotected riverine areas in Assam-Bangladesh border and the committee is, at present, deliberating on the matter. State Government has set up an eight-member committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary of Assam accord implementation department P K Chowdhury.

Thousands of Bodo people at Amingaon in Kamrup (Rural) District who attended a mass rally under the banner of the ABSU, vowed to intensify their struggle for the creation of a separate State of Bodoland.

CPI-Maoist cadres issued extortion notes to two doctors working at Chapakhowa First Referral Unit hospital in Chapakhowa in Sadiya Sub-Division of Tinsukia District about a week back.

A ULFA cadre was killed in an encounter with the Police and the Army at Thakurvila under Lakhipur Police Station in Goalpara District.

Unidentified persons exploded a bomb at Amala marketplace under Lala Police Station in Hailakandi District in the wee hours. Five shops were completely damaged due to the impact of the blast. However, there was no report of any causality.

Suspected militants belonging to the KPLT abducted two senior officials - the chief conservator of forests of Karbi Anglong, Abhijit Rabha (1984 batch of Indian Forest Service) and a range officer, Ranjan Borua of the forest department, from Baklog area under Manja Police Station of Karbi Anglong District .'General Secretary' of the KPLT, Nilip Inghi, has denied any involvement in the abduction of the duo.

The NDFB-PTF has urged the Central Government to create a separate State of Bodoland.

SFs recovered a cache of arms and explosives from a house in a joint search operation at Harinadik village under Badarpur circle in Karimganj District.

SFs recovered two pistols, three grenades, one revolver, explosives and several rounds of ammunition from Dibrugarh District.

SFs arrested one NDFB cadre, identified as Parmeswar Basumatary, at Dabli Dorjhar area in Garopara of Goalpara District.

ULFA-ATF exploded an IED at Borpathar in Sivasagar District, damaging a power transmission tower of NEEPCO. The Police suspect ULFA-ATF had carried out the blast to threaten the ULFA-PTF 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa, who hails from the area.

ULFA-ATF is in desperate need of funds and might carry out violent act in the State to make their presence felt.

State Director General of Police Jayanta Narayan Choudhury told reporters that they had sent reports to the UMHA and were waiting for UMHA clearance to flush out CPI-Maoists along with Arunachal Pradesh Government from the inter-state border area.

SFs arrested one cadre of RVA identified as Buddha Rabha from his residence at Gendapara under Agia Police Station in the District.

A Mysterious phone call and SMS by unknown miscreants demanding money added a new twist to the March 3 bomb blast of Lala in Hailakandi which completely damaged a building which housed five shops owned by one Joybidya Singha. Police initially ruled out the possibility of any militant outfit behind the blast. But latter the episode took a new turn as Joysagar Singha, son of Joybidya found in his SMS inbox a threat call message from an unknown number asking Joysagar to cough up INR 100, 000 to avoid violence.

One ULFA cadre, identified as SS Binod Buragohain alias Madhujya Boruah alias Aaichang Gohain, surrendered along with one pistol and one Chinese grenade.

The State's Home department, confirmed that the KPLT is responsible for the abduction of two forest officials in Karbi Anglong District District on March 3. The militant outfit has, however, denied the charge.

Five militant outfits, including two Muslim groups, are still active in the State despite the fact that 15 militant outfits of the State have already joined the peace process, informed the State Government on the third day of the ongoing budget session. The combined strength of the five outfits is 710 to 770.

KPLT militants released abducted Chief Conservator of Forest (Hills) Abhijit Rabha along with Range Officer of Biodiversity, range, Diphu, Ranjan Barua, near National Highway-36 at Patradisa under Bakaliaghat Police Station in Karbi Anglong District. Notably, the release of the duo came after the Home department of the State confirmed the involvement of KPLT.

SFs arrested one militant of NDFB, identified as Rajiv Basumatary (19), when he came to collect money from a family at Dakhin Gandhibari village under Tamulpur Police Station in Nalbari District in an unspecified date.

NIA filed a supplementary charge sheet in a case registered against the militant group UNLF at the NIA special court in Guwahati.. Three of those charge sheeted are Y. Brojobidhu Singh, N. Bomi Singh, A. Ibomcha Singh the trio are lodged in Guwahati Central Jail following their arrest from Manipur in January 2012.

The ATTSA imposed an indefinite economic blockade against Nagaland at Naginijan area in Jorhat District to protest against Naga encroachment on Assam land and the atrocities carried out by them against the Assamese people living along the bordering areas of the State.

SFs arrested seven persons from different places of Tinsukia District in connection with extortion cases. The arrested persons include a ULFA militant, three ULFA linkmen and three men who posed as ULFA.

SFs rescued the abducted senior official of a Chennai-based firm Ganpat Kumar, on NH-52 at Rowmari area in Sonitpur District. The BRTF allegedly abducted Ganpat Kumar on March 4 from an area near Kaziranga National Park.

SFs arrested an 'area commander' of the GNLA from Nine Mile area in Guwahati along Assam-Meghalaya border. The GNLA militant was identified as Rinphu Sangma who is the 'area commander' of GNLA based in Mendipathar area in Garo Hills.

SFs arrested one militant belonging to KPLT while another militant escaped with a bullet injury in an encounter at Taralangso in Diphu town in Karbi Anglong District.

SFs arrested four top militant belonging to GNLA, identified as Tengrile Sangma, Teran Sangma, Mukhar G Areng and Paul Ektaus Momin, from kiling area. SP Apurba Jibon Baruah verified that GNLA was behind the abduction of one Dinesh Sarma of Beltola, from a coal depot in Pllingkata on March 2.GNLA, a Meghalaya-based outfit, is trying to sneak into Guwahati city to carry out unlawful activities.Baruah further said investigations have revealed that the GNLA and the ULFA-ATF had reached an understanding and both were helping each other.

DGP J.N.Choudhury admitted that over ground Kuki militants are still moving freely instead of remaining inside the designated camp, which has raised hostility and factional clash. He further said that the Government would soon set up a designated camp near Saijan village for the Kuki outfit at the foothills of Singhasan hill track in Karbi Anglong District.

NIA has taken custody of a 'captain' belonging to the PLA, identified as Dhiren Singh, to interrogate him about the PLA links with CPI-Maoist. Special Task Force of Kolkata Police had arrested Singh on February 4.

ATTSA extended its indefinite economic blockade of Nagaland by blocking the Mariani-Mokokchung road in Jorhat District. The road connects Jorhat District to Mokokchung, Tuensang and Zunebhoto Districts in Nagaland.

GRP arrested Nine Bangladeshi citizens from Guwahati railway station. The nine arrestees were identified as Ariful Hakim, Abdul Malik, Mohammad Syed, Mohammad Abdulla, Kurban Ali, Mohammad Salim, his wife Mehmuda Begum, and his 2 daughters, Noor Khalim (5), and Muchidika (3).

Unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at a labour camp near Baonai River in Lilaijhora, 10 kilometres from Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar District. A labourer, identified as, Zalal Siekh, was injured in the incident. According to sources, the incident took place because the contractor failed to pay extortion money demanded by unspecified outfit.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to NDFB, identified as Vijay Basumatary alias Seela (19), from Chandrapara in Kokrajhar District.

SFs in the last 48 hours arrested two top NDFB-ATF militants, Hanja Boro and Willbi Rabha, in Shialmari village under Serfanguri area in Kokrajhar District. In addition, SFs arrested Mihir Narzary alias Mwjib, 'section commander' of the NDFB-ATF (Sonitpur District) and Sunil Daimary from Karigaon in the same District.

SFs arrested two-suspected linkman belonging to KPLT, identified as Khorsing Teron (29) and Biren Signar, from Chokihola in Karbi Anglong District.

BSF in West Garo Hills District arrested one suspected MULTA cadre, identified as Idrish Ali.

ACKHSA founder president Pradip Dutta Roy, in a memorandum to State Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik, alleged that the Assam University, situated at Dorgakona near Silchar, has virtually become a den of CPI-Maoist.

Personnel of the BSF and BGB have started coordinated patrolling along the vulnerable stretches of the international border to check infiltration of foreigners and trans-border movement of criminals.

SFs recovered an unsophisticated detonator, a bomb and 10 live cartages of SBL from the residence of one Hiring Zemi at New Kunjung locality of Haflong town in Dima Hasao District. As per Police report, the recovery suggests that, a non Dimasa militant formation with assistance of NSCN-IM was trying to consolidate position among tribal population of the District.

UKDA 'general secretary' Axel Kuki along with 'chairperson' Timothy Kuki and 'general secretary' of KRA J. Tuboi along with 'chairman' of the militant formation discussed with DC, Karbi Anglong, Rakesh Kumar and SP BB Chetri about various confines faced by the cadres of both the formations after surrendering their arms.

In reply to a written question by AGP legislator Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said that 463 surrendered militants have been absorbed in the State Police Force. He further said that 500 surrendered militants are being taken to the Art of Living Foundation and 260 others to a Vipassana meditation centre in Bengaluru as part of a rehabilitation programme initiated by the State Government.

SFs arrested four NDFB militants from Maregaon in Baksa District.

SFs recently arrested a militant belonging to DHD-N, identified as Foroj Kumar Berman, in area Alubhaja of Cachar District.

ULFA-ATF has recently demanded St. Luke's Hospital at Chabua in Dibrugarh District to pay INR 2 million. The report further adds that people from 20 neighboring villages are angry at the ULFA's extortion bid from the Hospital.

SFs are keeping a close watch on Garbhanga RF in Kamrup District, which is close to Ri Bhoi and West Khasi Hills Districts of Meghalaya. This move comes as the GNLA now targeting businesspersons in the Guwahati city; Garbhanga RF is located at the outskirts of Guwahati City.

Central Government has confirmed that CPI-Maoist is making inroads into Northeastern States and that Centre is closely monitoring the situation. According to the figures given by MHA, one incident of CPI-Maoist violence was recorded in Assam in 2010, and it increased to three incidents in 2011. In 2012, one incident has been recorded. The outfit is also establishing separate channels in the Northeast, particularly in Nagaland for procurement of ammunition, Singh said. The CPI-Maoists has developed close ties with insurgent groups like RPF and PLA of Manipur.

A group of eight to ten people abducted a doctor, C Agarwala, from his chamber in Athgaon area of Guwahati City.

SP, Diganta Bora, denied the presence of CPI-Maoist or their agents in Cachar District.

SFs arrested two extortionists suspected to be linked with KPLT, identified as Gobin Timung (25) and Raju Timung, from Tichom Arong village, under Bakalia Police Station in Karbi Anglong District.

Union Home Ministry sounded a high alert and asked the State government to tighten security in view of ULFA's 'army day' on March 16.

SFs recovered 10 Detonators and five gelatin sticks from North Rongkhang village under Donkamokam Police Outpost in the same District.

SFs rescued Dr M C Agarwala from a house at Naharbari near Dhamdhama in Nalbari District. Police sources said one of the arrested is affiliated to ULFA-PTF.

Pakistan's external intelligence agency ISI has admitted before a three-member bench of the Pakistan Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary to meddling in northeast India. Former ISI chief Asad Durrani made the admission before the bench during a hearing on the ISI's mandate. He also admitted ISI funding the BNP during the 1991 general elections in Bangladesh.

SFs arrested three extortionists associated with ULFA in Kiranigaon (Kadoguri) in Tinsukia District. They were identified as identified as Aurobindo Moran (32) Lileshwar Moran (27) and Bitupon Moran (23).

10-armed militants belonging to the KPLT abducted two civilians, identified as Utpal Hazarika and Jan Bora, from the site of Balihjuri Model Hospital campus in the eastern part of Karbi Anglong District.

A Sivasagar court sent Mahendra Chetia from Dulakharia village in Sivasagar District to judicial custody. SFs on March 15 had arrested Chetia on charges of providing shelter to militants of the ULFA-ATF.

Jorhat District administration declared a 6pm to 5am curfew in areas within a 5-kilometre radius of the Assam-Nagaland border in view of a threat from militants.

Non-Dimasas under the banner of NCHISF staged a dharna at Dispur Last Gate to draw the attention of the State Government towards their long-standing demands of immediate bifurcation of the North Cachar Hills (now Dima Hasao) District under Article 244 (2) of the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.

SFs arrested a bomb expert belonging to the Anti-Talks faction of ULFA-ATF, identified as Tapan Phukan alias Bhabani Khaklary, from Solmari village in North Lakhimpur District. Phukan was trained in Myanmar said the report.

SFs recovered a powerful IED, weighing more than one and a half kilogram, in Teestapara area in Dhubri District.

SFs arrested 62-suspected Bangladesh nationals from Jakhalabandha Railway Station in Nagaon District.

ULFA-ATF warned of attack on mobile phone towers in the State in protest against what it termed as, 'Indian security forces attempt to prevent the leaders and cadres of the ULFA to keep contacts with people in Assam's society in the capacity of an organization having base among the masses.

UC of SFs in the State has decided to launch joint operations with its counterpart in Meghalaya to contain the activities of ULFA-ATF in western part of the State, where a sizeable amount of development fund is alleged to have been going into the coffers of militant outfits. UC also decided to launch operations against KPLT in Karbi Anglong District. The report further adds that a batch of newly-trained 60 KPLT militants have completed their training in a NSCN-K camp near Dimapur in Nagaland and may join the outfit soon.

ULFA-ATF leader Drishti Rajkhowa is planning abductions, extortions and other acts of terrorism in collaboration with GNLA.

RNPC and RSU put forward their demand for creation of a Rengma Regional Council to the chief executive member of KAAC in Karbi Anglong District. Notably, Kuki tribe living in the District is also demanding similar council.

NDFB-RD appealed to the people of the region to be alert against fake organizations that have been extorting money in the name of the NDFB and giving life threats.

SFs arrested one former cadre of DHD-J, identified as Bikash Bodo, from an unspecified area of Dima Hasao District.

SFs arrested two GNLA linkmen, identified as Khairul Islam and Rofiqul Islam, from Bamundanga village in Goalpara District.

Meanwhile, SFs arrested a militant belonging to Manipur-based PREPAK from Dighalipukhuri area in Guwahati city.

SFs arrested a SULFA cadre, identified as Rupendra Barman (36) alias Rinku Sarma, from Abhayapuri in Bongaigaon District on charges of extortion.

ULFA-ATF clarified that the extortion notice to St Luke Hospital was meant for the chairperson of the hospital, N Stephen Nag, who is also a 'tea planter' besides being a missionary.

SFs arrested two GNLA militants, identified as Khemsing D Momin (32) and Sengkot Momin (31), from Baida and Tilapara village in Goalpara District.

Four Bangladeshi infiltrators were arrested from a hotel at Silchar in Cachar District.

ULFA-ATF served a quit notice to the owner of a leading private Assamese news channel, Santosh Jaiswal, and his family for allegedly trying to paint a negative picture about the outfit. Jaiswal owns a channel by the name of DY365.

SFs arrested two persons, carrying FICN with a face value INR 200,000 from Bangirchar in Dhubri District.

SFs arrested two Bangladeshi nationals, Ashraful Islam (29) and Hazrat Aali (33), from Dhubri District.

NSCN factions are helping smaller militant outfits of the Dima Hasao District. It points out sources saying that the NSCN-K is extending military support to some non-Dimasa outfits like HTF, which is demanding bifurcation of Dima Hasao into two separate autonomous councils.

Security across the State is being beefed up keeping in view April 7 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits the State, which also happens to be the Raising Day for ULFA.

State Police is keeping a close watch on select group of advocates, journalists, businesspersons, politicians and college lecturers for their alleged link with ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Baruah. Three others, including a student leader, have been sent to jail in this regard. This came after monitoring the calls of eight ULFA-ATF phone numbers, three are satellite phones and rest mobiles.

The Indian Journalist Union condemned the 'quit notice' issued by ULFA-ATF against owner of a private TV channel.

North East militant outfits have changed their routes to bring in weapons and explosives to the North East region after the improvement of relation between India and Bangladesh. Sources told the media that the militant groups have stopped bringing in weapons through Bangladesh and most of the weapons are now brought into the region through Myanmar where most of the militant groups of the region have their strong bases. The weapons are brought through different routes along the India-Myanmar border and though Mizoram is now one of the most peaceful states.

The militant groups of the region including the ULFA-ATF now have abundance of weapons including sophisticated weapons like AK series rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers, etc. and most of the weapons are manufactured in China.

Suspected UDLA militants abducted Manaranjan Das (65), a retired employee of Apex Bank, Guwahati, from Gambhira colony village in Dullavcherra block in Karimganj District.

SFs arrested a suspected CPI-Maoist 'organizer', identified as Ashraful Rahman Bora alias Buke (60), from a lodge in the Simaluguri area in Sivasagar District and seized some writing pads with "CPI (Maoists)" written on them.

SFs arrested one KYKL militant, identified as Ishwor Chandra (25), from the Pub Sarania area in Guwahati city.

SFs arrested a CPI-Maoist linkman, identified as Bikash Gaur, from Salmari area under Naharkotiya Police station in Dibrugarh District.

A .9mm pistol, three detonators, three fuse wires, 3 rounds of ammunition and about 600 grams of suspected RDX were recovered from under a culvert near Kharikatia Railway Station under Titabar Police Station.

Central Government and ULFA-PTF will be held in New Delhi on April 9.

ULFA-ATF has now started using satellite phones marketed by ACeS, an Indonesia based company and according to inputs available, ULFA-ATF now has at least 10 such phones.

BNC on urged the Central Government to release top leaders of NDFB-RD in order to create positive atmosphere for the peace talks with the outfit.

SFs arrested two militants of NDFB-RD, identified as Sonen Basumatary and Biswijit Narzary, Kachugaon village in Gossaigaon Sub-Division of Kokrajhar District.

March 26

A MULTA militant, Dildar Ali (34), was arrested from Ahopa in Baksa District.

State Forest Minister Rokybul Hussain said in the State Assembly that 56 abduction cases have been registered in the State since January 2012. Hussain further said that between 2006 and 2011, there have been 456 cases of abduction in the State.

Hussain said that civilian fatalities in insurgency violence have decreased in recent years. In this regard, Hussein said that between May 15, 1996 and 2001, the number of civilians killed in such incidents was 1538 and since 2001, 924 civilians were killed in such incidents.

Rokybul Hussain as saying that there are 227 full-fledged Police Stations in various Districts followed by 217 Police Outposts. On Police Modernization, Hussain said that the Central Government had sanctioned an amount of INR 5.75 billion for the modernization of the Police Force between 2001 to 2011; the State Government had sanctioned an additional amount of INR 0.47 billion to modernize the State’s Police Force.

While replying on behalf of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in the State Assembly, Rokybul Hussain said that 2,72,593 cases are pending in the 36 foreigners tribunals in the State.

March 27

Three militants reportedly from Nagaland were killed at Koura Basti near Kherbari along Nagaland-Assam border. According to sources, the incident occurred when around nine to 10 militants reportedly went to ‘collect tax’ from a stone quarry located in that area. However, labourers working in the stone quarry, who were large in number, supposedly over-powered the cadres killing two on the incident site and grievously injuring one. The injured militant died later.

ULFA-ATF militants hurled a grenade at Dimow Police Station in Sivasagar District. A wall of the Police Station was partially damaged, though no casualty was reported.

A top militant belonging to the NDFB-RD, identified as Loba Kanta Boro alias Dilip alias Thapa Boro (27), surrendered before the Deputy Commissioner of Udalguri Thaneswar Malakar.

SFs arrested a suspected arms dealer, identified as P Shiv Kumar, along with a cache of arms and ammunition, from Danapur Capital Express at Kamakhya railway station in Guwahati.

Militant outfits of the State are suspected to have been using women and anti-social elements to carry out extortion and abductions by outsourcing responsibility of picking up the target and serving the demand notes.

AKRSU staged a three-hour dharna at Dispur last gate in Guwahati, seeking ST status for the Koch-Rajbonshi community of the State and creation of Kamatapur, a separate state comprising areas inhabited by the Koch-Rajbonshi community.

March 28

 SFs arrested a militant of the KPLT following an encounter at Tarlangshu in Karbi Anglong District. Another KPLT militant sustained injuries during the encounter. The injured militant, however, managed to escape.

SFs arrested a suspected linkman of PLA, identified as Ibota Singh (41), from the Borbill village in the Lakhipur Sub-Division of Cachar District.

 ULFA-ATF claimed responsibility for the grenade attack at Dimow Police Station in Sivasagar District on March 27.

ULFA-ATF has served an extortion notice on the FCI office in North Lakhimpur District. The extortion demand was made over phone earlier this week.

March 29

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh State Police have constituted a joint team to carry out anti-insurgency operations along the interstate border areas. The areas of operation are the border areas along Tinsukia District of Assam and three of the five Districts of Arunachal Pradesh namely Lohit, Changlang and Lower Dibang Valley. The other two Districts are Tirap and East Siang.

Top ‘commanders’ of the armed wing of Ranjan Daimari faction of NDFB-RD have given their approval in writing for peace talks with the Central Government, which could lead to release of jailed NDFB-RD ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimari.

SFs arrested ‘chairman’ of the LDCM, Rupam Patir alias Ruhan Patir alias Abhijit Doley from near Darrang College in Tezpur town in Sonitpur District.

March 30

SFs in an encounter killed a militant of the KPLT and injured two others in an area under Bokolia Police Station in Karbi Anglong District.

Suspected militants of ULFA-ATF hurled a grenade targeting the convoy of vehicles carrying BSF personnel at Dudhnoi in Goalpara District. However, no casualty was reported.

SFs recovered an unexploded grenade from the premises of Mathuranagar Police Station in Sivasagar District. suspected ULFA-ATF militants had hurled the grenade on March 29.

SFs arrested two arms carrier from Sonapur area in Guwahati city. SFs identified the duo as Shwmdwn Daimary of Chirang District and Shubash Rai. The Police believe that arms and ammunition were for Meghalaya based GNLA militants.

Two women cadres of the NDFB-RD, who underwent arms training in Bangladesh, were arrested by the BSF in Tura in West Garo Hills District while they were trying to cross over to Bangladesh. The cadres were, identified as Anjani Brahma alias Anjni Brahma, hailing from Rupchi village in Assam’s Dhubri District and Anju Basumatary alias Onzima Basumatary from Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur District.

March 31

A suspected militant of the UKDA was killed by KRA militants in a Kuki-dominated interior area of Karbi Anglong District. Sources said an altercation between militants of the two outfits led to the clash at Saijang under Manja Police Station. The militant, identified as Rimson Kuki, died on the spot. He is suspected to have migrated from Manipur.

National Santhal Liberation Army NSLA, an offshoot of Assam based APA has become active in Alipurduar Subdivision of Jalpaiguri District and Tufanganj area of Cooch Behar District. In 2011, the Alipurduar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district had witnessed more than a dozen abduction cases. Only four of these cases were reported to Police.

A five-member militant group belonging to the ULFA-ATF opened fire on an Assam Rifles patrol party at Takubasti under Charaideo Police Station in Sivasagar District. A hardcore ULFA-ATF militant was believed to have sustained serious injury during the encounter. Meanwhile, ULFA-ATF claimed that three Assam Rifles troopers were killed and one trooper was in the incident.

Three SF personnel received minor injuries and two grocery shops and a godown were badly damaged in a bomb blast triggered by suspected ULFA-ATF militants at Doomdooma daily market in Tinsukia District

April 1

SFs killed a suspected militant belonging to the ULFA-ATF during an encounter at Kakopathar in Tinsukia District. SFs also arrested four other suspected ULFA-ATF militants following the encounter. However, ULFA-ATF in an emailed statement, said no armed cadre of the outfit was killed in any incident.

LDCM, a Mising tribal militant formation, has decided to support the movement of the KMSS, AASU, AJYCP, TMPK and other indigenous organizations against the Lower Subansiri Hydropower Project in Arunachal Pradesh.

Tinsukia District Administration has suggested a multi-pronged strategy to crack down on illegitimate coal trade especially in Margarita Subdivision, which CPI-Maoist is now reportedly eyeing, besides militant groups like the NSCN and ULFA, to create what is called “slush funds” to carry out subversive activity.

ULFA-ATF has denounced anti-China protests by Tibetan refugees (on march 10) in the State and urged the people of the State not to allow such anti-China activities, as there was need for a powerful friend like China for the ULFA to lead the struggle of the people to a just conclusion.

SFs arrested two militants of ULFA-ATF, identified as Abhigyan Bora and Mridul Kumar Phukan, from an unspecified location, in connection with the bomb blast at Doomdooma in Tinsukia District on March 31.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to KCP-Noyon from Guwahati city. Identified as Haomom Seiles Chandra alias Boy (44), of Seha Rd in Imphal, he is the ‘central committee’ member and the ‘revenue officer’ of the outfit.

SFs arrested two more suspected ULFA-ATF militants from Kakopathar in Tinsukia District following the earlier reported encounter in which one suspected ULFA-ATF militant was killed and four others were arrested.

April 2

According to information available with the SFs, at least two batches of new recruits of the CPI-Maoist from the State have already completed training. The training for the first batch was reportedly provided by NSCN-I-M somewhere along the India-Myanmar border area. The second batch was trained in Jharkhand. Those who received training have already returned to Assam. Further, one member from the State has already been inducted into the Central committee of the CPI-Maoist to give a boost to the activities of the groups in Assam.

 DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said that ULFA-ATF could carry out attack in the State on the run up to its raising day on April 7. He further said, "The bomb that exploded in Doomdooma town in Tinsukia district on Saturday night was inside a tiffin box but the involvement of Maoists in the incident cannot be ruled out". The DGP said that while top ULFA-ATF leader Dristi Rajkhowa was currently holed up in Goalpara District bordering Meghalaya, two militants Babul and Pradeep Gogoi are active in upper Assam.

Security has been intensified security in all five upper Assam Districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat and Golaghat to prevent any kind of untoward incident by ULFA-ATF.

SFs arrested a GNLA linkman, identified as Ribul Ali (28), from Paikan under Krishnai Police Station of Goalpara District.

April 3

Manipur based militants are tying up with the Guwahati based criminal groups to earn money and mixing up with the local Manipuri population. According to Police, while the militants are providing arms and ammunition to local gangs of vehicle lifters, robbers and drug smugglers, the gangs share their ill-gotten gains with the militants in return. The PLA, PREPAK, KCP and KYKL are some of the Manipur based militant outfits that are presently active in the City.

 Central Government has given clear indications to ULFA-PTF that it is ready to admit all its demands in principle, which includes constitutional amendments and giving more powers to the State on the lines of Jammu & Kashmir under Article 370 of Indian constitution. The ULFA-PTF leadership, though, remains skeptic about Indian Parliament giving the nod to the desired amendment.

NIA raided an apartment at the Janakpuri area of New Delhi on the suspicion that ULFA-ATF  ‘publicity secretary’ Arunoday Asom was in that apartment.

SFs arrested two ULFA-ATF linkmen from the Bokota Nemuguri area of Sivasagar District on charges of extortion.The arrested persons were identified as Bolin Gogoi (33) of Naginimora and Ramen Bhumij (19) of Amguri. SFs maintained that Bolin is close to the outfit’s ‘sergent major’ Raktajit Hazarika. Ramen is suspected to be involved in the grenade explosion at Demow Police Station on March 27.

April 4

 SFs arrested five-suspected extortionist belonging to ULFA-ATF, including a woman, from Sonari town in Sivasagar District. The Police said the five demanded money, over phones, from several government officials, doctors and businessmen using the name of ULFA in the last week. The arrested persons, residents of Sonari area, were identified as Horen Gogoi, Suren Saikia, Ajit Saikia, Boby Saikia and Dilip Raut.

DHAC demanded that the State Government to look at the tourism potential of Dima Hasao District and create a mechanism to engage the surrendered militants in the tourism industry. The number of surrendered militants in Dima Hasaao District is more than 1,300.

UMHA warned the Northeast States of Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh about probable attacks by ULFA-ATF around April 7. ULFA celebrates its foundation day on April 7.

April 5

Two ULFA-ATF militants were arrested in a joint operation by the army and Police from Fakiragram in Kokrajhar District.

SFs arrested four people in two separate incidents in Diphu (District) area, who were involved in illegal supply of arms and money to KPLT militants. One incident took place at Mentilla and another at near ASEB colony under Diphu Police Station. The arrested persons from Mentilla were women cadres of the disbanded UPDS group. The arrested former cadres were identified as Rubina Teronpi,and Samphri Englengpi. One .9 MM pistols (Italian Made) were recovered from them.

SFs arrested two more persons identified as Ranjit Teron alias Pradip and Dakiram Tokbi alias Jiten Tokbi from near ASEB colony under Diphu Police Station at around 7 pm. They were charged with possessing unaccounted money of INR 3500, 000 meant for giving it to KPLT.

The ACKHSA has lambasted the reports of the existence of Maoists forces in southern Assam valley and in Assam University, Silchar in particular.

PREPAK has refuted the claim made by Assam Police that the militant outfits of Manipur have links with local criminals of Guwahati (Assam). Clarifying that PREPAK has never established its base in Assam, the statement claimed that the allegation of Assam Police was baseless and unfounded.

Suspected KPLT militants abducted at least eight workers engaged in construction work at Rongbong Ghat locality, under Santipur in Karbi Anglong District.

SFs arrested one hardcore KPLT militant at Habaigaon near Boithalangso in Karbi Anglong District. The militant has been identified as Komolsing Kro (30) alias Dulal Kro.

SFs will start focusing on Goalpara District bordering Garo hills Districts of Meghalaya where ULFA-ATF under the leadership of Drishti Rajkhowa and collaboration with GNLA have stepped up their activities

April 7

A powerful IED was recovered from Harinchara area under Tamulpur Police Station in Baksa District by the SSB troopers.

 NIA special court based in Guwahati remanded arrested PLA militant, identified as Arnold Singh alias Bekon, in the NIA’s custody for 10 days. Singh was arrested from Siliguri in West Bengal on April 2.

April 8

SFs killed a suspected ULFA-ATF militant, identified as Bobit Rabha alias Calendar, at Medhikona under Dhupdhara Police Station of Goalpara District.The militant is suspected to be behind the blast on a Tura-bound BSF convoy on March 31 in the same District.

ULFA-PTF leaders led by its ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa left for New Delhi to hold the third round of talks with the Central Government on April 9.

More than 38,000 declared foreigners from Bangladesh in the State are yet to be deported, said ADG [border] Umesh Kumar. According to State Police (border) records, Nagaon District has the highest number of such declared foreigners at 10,574, while there are no such persons in two Districts of Baksa, Chirang.

ULFA-PTF as well as Government termed the peace talks held as successful. About the issues, which figured in the talks, the Union Home Secretary, R.K.Singh said that the ULFA-PTF team raised issues like "safeguard" to the indigenous people of Assam but a detailed discussion on it and issues like Centre-State relations would be taken up in the next round of dialogue.

Guwahati HC extended the interim bail period of BW 'chairman' Jewel Gorlosa and 'commander-in-chief' Niranjan Hojai by more than three months. This time, the HC extended the bail until July 17 this year. In August 2011, the duo was first released on six months interim bail, which expired in January 2012. Later, the HC extended it for two months.

SFs arrested a HTF militant, identified as Topu Khongsai alias Iron Kuki, from Khongsai near Haflong in Dima Hasao District .Sankar Swargairy, OC of Haflong Police Station said that Topu was actively associated with the HTF and involved in the grenade attack of Molhoi village on March 31.

SFs arrested NSLA militant, identified as Stephen Tudu, from Grahampur in Kokrajhar District. Tudu had been involved in the regular extortion and other illegal activities in the area. NSLA is an offshoot of APA.

ULFA-ATF has called a dawn-to-dusk Assam bandh (General strike) on April 20 to protest the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the State.

Eight construction workers, abducted by suspected KPLT militants from Karbi Anglong District, were released. The workers were released near a forested area near Behori outpost under Santipur Police Station in the District.

SFs recovered the body of Jaydev Rabha at Khaksi Ghagri in Goalpara District near the State border with Meghalaya. Suspected GNLA cadres had abducted Jaydev Rabha along with Dr Partha Sarathi Hazarika, Rupak Mahanta and Diganta Nandi when they were coming to Goalpara from Dudhnoi in the same District on March 4. Later, GNLA militants released Dr Partha Sarathi and Diganta Nandi on March 13.

Suspected militants belonging to ULFA-ATF exploded a grenade at remote Bordumsa area in Tinsukia District along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.

SFs denied ULFA-ATF claim that one SFs personnel was killed in the encounter, which took place on April 8 at Bolbola under Dhupdhara Police Station of Goalpara District.

Top militant belonging to the Manipur based UNLF, Laurembam Iwanthaba alias N. Nanao Singh, has jumped bail and fled to Myanmar by giving Assam Police a slip. The report states that Nanao Singh was able to hide his real identity from the State Police. Notably, Singh is on the wanted list of the NIA and currently believed to be hiding somewhere in Myanmar.

BW militants abducted one person, identified as Rahul Warisa, from Haflong town and subsequently killed him at Natun quarry, near Disa Giding village in Dima Hasao District. The abduction and killing was committed by five militants - Dkhai Dimasa, Daorat Dimasa, Dakoa Dimasa, Berma Dimasa and Loten Dimasa - on the instruction of BW 'Deputy Chairman',Phifran Dimasa.

A militant belonging to ULFA-ATF, identified as 'lance corporal' Suraj Gogoi alias Anurag Asom (Baruah), surrendered before SFs in Tinsukia.

SFs arrested three militants belonging to NSCN-I-M including a 'town commander' and two linkmen from Boro Haflong area of Haflong town in Dima Hasao District. The 'town commander' has been identified as Kisolungra Zemi. The other two linkmen have been identified as Husaming Zemi and Isameting Newme.

SFs raided a house premise at Bura Gaon Jabaka under Sonari Police Station in Sivasagar District used by militants of ULFA-ATF. The owner of the house, Dehiram Arandhara, is being interrogated.

The ULFA-ATF has called a State bandh (general shutdown) on April 20, the day Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is scheduled to visit Guwahati to attend the State Assembly's platinum jubilee celebrations and a programme at B Barooah Cancer Institute.

Chidambaram stated that Assam was emerging as the new theatre of CPI-Maoist activities, and there were reports of the rebels linking up with insurgent groups in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. He did not quote specific statistics because they had been circulated ahead of the meeting.

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on April 16 while addressing Chief Minister's conference on internal security said that in the Northeastern states, nearly all major insurgent groups were in talks with the Centre and was confident that there would further be improvement in the region.

Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi in the conference said, "Illegal coal trade originating in bordering area of neighboring states transits through Assam and is fast becoming a major source of funding for different militant outfits," Gogoi said adding, "Dimapur in particular has emerged as a centre for illegal arms trade and shelter for criminals and militants."

Manipur Chief Minister, O. Ibobi Singh said that if the border areas particularly with Myanmar are effectively monitored and guarded, militancy in the Northeast will "fade away". Singh said, "We have been consistently and repeatedly drawing attention of the Government of India to the dire need to effectively guard the India-Myanmar border. We are happy to learn that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) has finalized a proposal to construct 4,585 kilometers of roads, 113 helipads and 2 helicopter bases along the Indo-Myanmar border.

ULFA-ATF reiterated its call for a bandh (General Shutdown) on April 20 to protest against the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the State.

CM Tarun Gogoi said that extortions and kidnappings in Assam are not alarming compared to some of the other north eastern States referring to the Manmohan Singh's address at the CMs' Conference in Delhi on April 16. Gogoi said the State Government has been trying to curb the illegal activities of the militant and ex-militant groups in State.

State Education and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmah said that ULFA issue would be resolved in the near future, but the threat by CPI-Maoist was a matter of concern for the State.

An attempt by the ULFA-ATF to trigger at least two blasts in Guwahati, ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit on April 20, has been foiled and three militants were arrested, Tinsukia District Police claimed. Police said they arrested three militants, including a woman identified as Paban Das, Jaya Boro and Ganesh Das from the District while they were on their way to Guwahati and recovered two grenades from their possession.

Tinsukia SP P P Singh said that Paban Das was assigned by the top brass of the ULFA-ATF to bring the grenades to Guwahati and trigger blasts ahead of the Prime Minister's visit. "The three have also confessed that they were being coordinated by Babul Gogoi, a senior leader of ULFA's anti-talk faction," Singh added.

A powerful grenade blast occurred at a power station at Kalakhuwa under Bhogdoi Police station in Jorhat District in the evening. The ULFA-ATF is suspected to be behind the blast. Police, however, denied this and said that a 'technical fault' caused the explosion.

Another explosion took place at the Bhajau-Longpotia railway tracks in Sivasagar District on the same day. There were no reports of casualties in both the incidents.

A businessman, identified as Konaj Kumar Dey from West Karbi Anglong, was abducted by suspected KPLT militants.

ULFA-PTF 'Chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa, asserted that the ULFA-PTF was opposed to the bandh (shut down strike) call given by the ULFA-ATF in protest against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's scheduled day-long visit on April 20.

Credible information developed over the last few months by field operatives of Central intelligence agencies in the Northeast, Bangladesh and Burma has confirmed that the ULFA-ATF top 'commander' Paresh Baruah is now using his terror network to smuggle narcotics into India.

Baruah and his trusted aides, the report adds, are being helped by two important ISI agents, Khwaja Sultan Malik and Qalil Ahmed, who are operating out of Bangladesh. Both Malik and Ahmed also have close links with drug cartels in Southeast Asia who are smuggling narcotics into India through the porous Indo-Bangladesh border with the ULFA's help.

The report states, "The ULFA is not only helping drug cartels use India as a transit point but also pumping narcotics into the country for local consumption.'' The report further reveals that the terror outfit is using its formidable network in the Northeast for narcotic smuggling as it has yielded them high returns.

Security agencies believe tha the CPI-Maoist is making inroads into the North-East to gain access to the arms market in the neighbouring Yunan province of China and not with the aim of expanding their base.

A MHA document says Maoists are working in close association with the PLA of Manipur, which also has a base in Myanmar. "The Maoists have been found carrying Chinese-made arms, but we do not know yet whether they procured the weapons directly from China or were supplied arms by north-eastern militant outfits," the source said.

Suspected ULFA militant, identified as Nijut Dangaria, was arrested by the army from Kakapathar in Tinsukia District.

Another ULFA cadre, identified as Farooq Islam, was arrested from Laluk Kachordubi under Laluk Police station. About 18 live cartridges along with heavy arms and ammunition were recovered from him. Farooq, who hailed from North Lakhimpur joined the outfit in 2008 and had undergone training in Bangladesh.

The 'general secretary' of the KPLT, Nilip Enghi and four other members of the outfit were killed on the spot and one got serious bullet injuries during an encounter with the Security Forces on the hill track of the Harlong Woti of Borpung under the Chowkihola Police Station in East Karbi Anglong District, Police source revealed.

The Assam Government, requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to include seven Districts of the State under the Integrated Action Plan to counter Maoist activities so that the growing trend of left-wing extremism was contained before it became a menace.

Normal life was severely affected due to the 12-hour dawn-to- dusk Assam bandh (shutdown strike) called by ULFA-ATF, in protest against the visit of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Police arrested one of the prime accused, identified as Ajoy Gogoi in the April 19 railway track blast that occurred in Sivasagar District. He is the brother of ULFA militant Akon Gogoi alias Pradip Asom, who provided logistical support to the ULFA militants for carrying the attack. Ajoy was arrested from his native Hauphau village under Sapekhati Police station in Sivasagar District.

SFs arrested three cadres of ULFA-ATF, identified as Baba Gogoi, Bogen Moran and Babul Baruah, after an encounter near Doomduma in Tinsukia District. Gogoi and Moran sustained injuries during the exchange of fire. SFs recovered a pistol from the trio.

SFs arrested a suspected ULFA-ATF militant, Purna Lahon, in Sivsagar District for alleged involvement in the bomb blasts on railway tracks in the District on April 19.

KPLT 'chairman' Bidisarpo Tungjang threatened to launch a series of attacks on Security Force SF personnel, Police Stations and public places to avenge the killing of the outfit's senior most cadres.

SFs arrested two tribal militants belonging to BVPTF from remote Rangkhal Basti locality near Dullavcherra in Karimganj District. The duo was identified as 'commandant' of BVPTF Samir Tripura (22) and 'president' of BVPTF Krishna Mohan Tripura (24). BVPTF is a little-known outfit operating in the area. BVPTF was behind the abduction of a former bank employee Manorajan Das Banik on March 24 and in causing serious injury to a daily labour, Subrata Nath, of Nivea area in the District.

Four militants belonging to the NDFB-RD surrendered their arms in the presence of Deputy Commissioner of Udalguri District. The militants were identified as, Biraj Basumatary (22), Naresh Basumatary (21), Umesh Basumatary (20) and Tarun Narzary.

Security has been beefed up in the hill district of Karbi Anglong following fears of retaliation by KPLT militants after five militants of the outfit were killed in an encounter on April 20.

State DGP Jayanta Narayan Chaudhary said that there were reports of CPI-Maoist trying to make their presence felt and spread panic in the tea belt of Barak valley Districts.

ULFA-ATF uploaded videos propagating its cause and a recitation asking ULFA-PTF 'Chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa to pull out of the peace process on an internet site. The visuals in the two songs show ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Baruah mingling with his cadres in the group's known base in Myanmar. The videos also show the group's armory.

CM Tarun Gogoi admitted CPI-Maoist "have made some headway" in the State and sought the Central Government's economic and technical assistance to wean away youths from CPI-Maoist. "To defeat them (Maoist) we need schemes to generate employment among youths not only in Maoist affected districts but all backward and rural areas.

Installation of floodlights on the Indo-Bangladesh border in Dhubri District, sanctioned by the UMHA in 2006 is yet to be completed. The report quoting a source in the border stated that even the barbed wire fencing project, which started in 2007-2008 in the Moslabari and Mantrirchar areas of the District has not been completed yet.

SFs arrested one militant belonging to NDFB-RD from a village near Ai River under Dhaligaon Police Station in Chirang District. The militant was identified as Raja Narzary (22).

The People's Joint Action Committee for Bodoland Movement met UMHA joint secretary (Northeast), Sambhu Singh in New Delhi to discuss the status of the ongoing peace talks between the Central Government and NDFB-PTF.

SFs arrested one linkman of MULTA, identified as Mozibar Rahman (25), from Boruar Vita village in Dhubri District.

State Government has indicated that it will not rush into signing any memorandum of settlement with the BW / DHD-J. The basis of the move is that it will be difficult to accommodate the justified demands of the DHD-N, which is in a ceasefire since 2003, if it went ahead with its agreement only with the BW group.

SFs recovered a powerful IED weighing approximately five kilograms, suspected to have beeen planted by ULFA-ATF, at Kakojan village under Filobari Police Station in Tinsukia District. Militants had planted the IED in front of the house of Ramesh Prasad, an owner of a small tea garden.

Gauhati HC ordered the Director-General of the NIA, the solicitor-general of India, the advocate-general of the State and the State home commissioner to appear personally before it to explain the circumstances and grounds on which they decided not to object to the bail petitions of the DHD-J / BW 'chairman' Jewel Garlosa and 'commander-in-chief' Niranjan Hojai.

Suspected militants set ablaze two trucks at Fulertal of Lakhipur sub division in Cachar District. Security Forces launched a search operation in the bordering area.

The designated TADA court acquitted ULFA-PTF 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa and 'Vice-president' Pradip Gogoi along with surrendered ULFA militant Munin Nobis of the murder charge of a Guwahati city based businessperson, Giridharilal Harlalka, on grounds of lack of evidence.

SFs arrested four militants belonging to the GNLA from the Garchuk area in Guwahati city.

A suspected ULFA-ATF linkman, Bogen Moran, (26), succumbed to his injuries at Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh. As reported earlier, Moran was injured during an encounter with SFs on April 21 at Kordoiguri under Doomdooma Police Station in Tinsukia District.

The DHD-Nunisa threatened to stop all ongoing work of national projects in Dima Hasao District,. The DHD-N has called for a work halt of all projects for 36 hours from 5am on May 8 to 5pm on May 9 in protest against the Government's "delaying tactics" to initiate peace talks with the outfit.

SFs recovered a powerful IED weighing five kilograms from Titkuri village in Rangiya in Kamrup (Rural) District.

CPI-Maoist has raised its armed wing in the State by the name of Revolutionary People's Guerrilla Army.

The ULFA-ATF gave an ultimatum to ULFA-PTF 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa to return to "active duty" within three months. ULFA-ATF 'Assistant Information and Publicity Secretary' Arunudoy Asom said that in case of failure to comply with the deadline, the outfit would be forced to change its leadership. ULFA-ATF also accused Arabinda Rajkhowa of compromising with the outfit's ideals.

12-hour-long bandh (general strike) in the Dima Hasao District called by the IPF passed off peacefully. The bandh had been called to protest against the renaming of the erstwhile North Cachar Hills District as the Dima Hasao. Bandh coincided with the 61st foundation day celebrations of the District Autonomous Council.

Kamrup chief judicial magistrate remanded four militants of the Meghalaya-based GNLA to eight-day Police custody for interrogation.

SFs arrested seven Bangladeshis, identified as Sabir Ahmed, Jamal Ahmed, Yunus Ahmed, Salam Ahmed, Maqbul Khan, Jamal Hussain and Rahim Uddin, and a Myanmarese agent, Robert Langmai, on April 29 from Rangirkhari area in Silchar of Cachar District. The Bangladesh citizens are from different villages of Commila District.

A group of six ULFA-PTF militants entered the Bihu function in Bongaigaon District and assaulted a boy named Kanuwa Singha (25), Sator Singha (30) and Kalu Singha (35) on the pretext that the boy was consuming alcohol in the function and the other two were running a temporary wine shop in the Bihu function premises.

SFs arrested four members of NDFB-RD in Udalguri District. The arrested persons include 'area commander' Laiman Boro. SFs recovered two pistols, four hand grenades, live ammunition and spare magazines and extortion pads from them.

UHM P. Chidambaram while referring to the last round of tripartite talks with ULFA-PTF held on April 9 stated that the process would be slow as the leaders of ULFA-PTF are treading very cautiously.

SFs arrested a linkman of the ULFA-ATF, identified as Jintu Dulakakhoria in Tinsukia District for his alleged role in the March 31 bomb blast at the daily market in Doomdooma where three Police personnel were injured. Following revelations made by the militant, the SFs recovered 21 detonators, four grenades, three packets of explosives, one remote control, three electric circuits and six electric conductors, from the compound of the house of Tikheswar Hazarika at Bordumsa in the same District.

DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said that steps have been initiated to modernize the State Police department and it would definitely take time. He informed that he would submit the report to the State Government for the increase of number of posts of Police Personnel at different levels and sanction of vehicles at the Police Stations of Barak valley (covering the Districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi).

45 tribal and non-tribal organizations, including those representing the Adivasis, Gorkhas and Bengali communities, have come together under the banner of People's PJACBM to spearhead the movement for formation of the State of Bodoland. PJACBM also announced its agitation programme from May 7 by calling a 36-hour state-wide strike. On May 18, members of PJACBM will hold a district-level demonstration and on May 25, they will block national highways for 12 hours. They have decided to hold a 12-hour railway blockade on June 8 as well.

AACSU has announced a series of agitation programmes demanding the ST status to the community of the State. The protest programmes will be taken up in the seven Districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, North Lakhimpur and Dhemaji. The programme includes two-hour road blockade in the Districts on May and a railway blockade in all the Districts on May 11 to pressurize the Government to fulfill our demand. We are also organizing two big rallies in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia on May 15 and 20 respectively.

Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur, referring to the issue of militants operating in the northeaster States of India getting help from China, told the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) that the Chinese Government has conveyed that it would never support armed groups that are against the Government of India.

Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur, referring to the issue of militants operating in the northeaster States of India getting help from China, told the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) that the Chinese Government has conveyed that it would never support armed groups that are against the Government of India.

'Commander in Chief' of KPLT, Blain Hansey, was reportedly killed in its hideout inside Tarapung forest in Karbi Anglong District. Superintendent of Police (SP), Karbi Anglong, BB Chetri in this regard said, "We are yet to recover the dead body of Blain Hansey, till then I cannot confirm you officially, we have information about the incident which has taken place inside deep forest, we are trying to unearth the fact".

Body of Boda Pani Pathak, superintendent engineer of Gauripur agriculture-engineering department in Dhubri District, was recovered from Bongaigaon District. Pathak along with executive engineer Faizur Islam was abducted from Kharagpur under Boithamari Police Station in the same District on May 2. The whereabouts of Faizur Islam is not yet known. Police did not rule out the possibility of the involvement of militant groups and is looking into the involvement of the KLO.

Police recovered 35 rounds live bullets from a bus at Ghagrapar under Nalbari District.

Central Government told Guwahati High Court (GHC) that "exigencies of administration and demand from civil society" were the reasons behind its decision not to oppose the bail pleas of militant leaders [BW 'Chairman' Jewel Garlosa and 'Commander-in-Chief' Niranjan Hojai] and to expedite the peace process. Earlier, On April 26, GHC had asked Central Government to explain the circumstances and grounds on which they decided not to object to the bail petitions of top leaders of BW.

A two-day conference of DCs and SPs, which concluded revolved around CPI-Maoists and how to stop those making further inroads in the State.

The SFs arrested two MULTA militants from Aditpur village under Kalgachia Police Station in Barpeta District.

The SFs arrested two arms smugglers, identified as Jakir Hussain (21) and Misbahul Alam (23), from the vicinity of BSNL divisional office close to the Sadarghat Bridge in Silchar in Cachar District.

CPRO of DHD-N, Mondol Chandra Langthasa, as saying that the outfit has been thinking of withdrawing from the proposal made by the Central Government. According to DHD-N, which is on ceasefire for the last nine years, the Government has only been delaying the peace process.

State Government has decided to train the DCs, SPs and some other Police and District Administration officials on countering the Maoists in the State.

The SFs recovered a mutilated body suspected to be that of 'commander-in-chief' of KPLT, Blain Hanse, from Tarapung area under Chokihola Police Station in Karbi Anglong District. Hanse was killed in the night of May 2 due to internal clash within the members of the militant formation.

SFs arrested two ULFA militants, identified as Abdul Rahman alias Jyunti Ali (31) and Wahidul Rahman alias Pappu (24), at Santak under Bihubar Police Station in Sivasagar District. The SFs recovered one 7.65 Italian made pistol, one magazine, ammunition, two mobile phones and three SIM cards from their possession.

SFs arrested a militant of the NDFB-RD, identified as Gautam Boro (32), while he was taking shelter in a house at Lalung Gaon on Guwahati city's outskirts under Gorchuk Police Station.

The CPI-Maoist cadres are trying to strengthen the lower Assam leading committee. The report quoted sources saying that the political wing of the Maoists in Bongaigaon District about a month back organized a meeting and two Maoist leaders from outside the region attended the meeting. Further, sources said that though some Bodo groups were also invited to attend the meeting, they refused to do so. The reason being that that most of the Bodo groups have serious ideological difference with the Maoist groups and it is unlikely that any Bodo group would extend help to the CPI-Maoist.

SFs arrested three persons suspected to be ULFA-ATF linkmen from Shantipur in Majuli Island in Jorhat District. The trio has been charged with giving refuge to Dipak Gogoi alias Baba, a leader of ULFA-ATF. Dipak Gogoi, however, managed to escape.

Four CPI-Maoist cadres were killed and one Police commando got injured in an encounter at Deupani Borgura Mising Baskati gaon (Village) in Sadiya Sub-division in Tinsukia District. The slain Maoists were identified as Siddhartha Buragohain, Rajeev Gogoi alias Medang, Arup Chetia alias Iyan and Kamala Gogoi. Siddhartha Buragohain is the 'second-in-command' of the armed wing of the CPI-Maoist in the State.

The SFs arrested a Police personal, Pradip Kumar (30), from a general coach of the Delhi-bound Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express for carrying illegal weapons from Guwahati Railway Station. SFs recovered a .22 bore China-made pistol with 90 rounds of ammunition; an airgun and a magazine. Kumar is a constable-cum-driver of Nagaland police and was posted at Dimapur.

Lumding-Silchar gauge conversion project under NFR and the Silchar-Saurastra East-West Corridor under the NHAI in the Barail Hill range - came to a halt for 36 hours [from 5 am on May 8 to 5pm] in response to a Bandh (General Strike) call given by DHD-N in Dima Hasao District. DHD-N unhappiness with the slow peace process was the reason for the Bandh.

SFs arrested two GNLA militants from Darka area in Goalpara District. The arrested militants were identified as Pilat B. Marak (20) and Damin Sangma (22).

SFs arrested a ULFA linkman, identified as Narul Islam (23), from Nalbari District. SFs recovered one 7.65mm factory made pistol, one magazine, one live bullet, three Mobile phones and four SIM cards from him.

SFs arrested three extortionists, identified as Tapodar Saharia (28), Mohit Ramsiary (35) and Manas Boro (25), from Shantipur under Bharalumukh Police Station in Guwahati city. SFs recovered a .9mm pistol a magazine, a revolver, three rounds of ammunition and three mobiles from them.

KMSS submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding a CBI and NIA probe against the corruption and social unrest prevailing in the Karbi Anglong District. The memorandum cites the arrest of two top Forest officials of the District on April 7, BN. Narzary and Ranjan Barua, for allegedly paying INR 3.5 million to the KPLT militants.

DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said that there around 150 people in the State having links with the Maoists and that the Police have identified 21 Police Stations in Maoist-prone areas.

State Police is closely coordinating with SFs in neighboring Arunachal Pradesh to contain the Maoist activities in the State. There are reports that the Maoists have set up some bases and training camps in the Manbhum reserve forests in Arunachal Pradesh'.

Union Home Secretary R. K. Singh on the killing of Maoists in the State said that Maoists were trying to set up a base in Assam and three AK-47s, grenades and lots of ammunition was seized from them. "This encounter would halt their operations in a big way, it is a blow to them", Singh further said.

ULFA-ATF has strongly condemning the killing of four Maoist rebels in Sadiya in Tinsukia District. In a statement e-mailed to the media, Paresh Baruah said that though the ULFA has ideological difference with the Maoists, it has moral support to the movement of the Maoist groups. As reported earlier, SFs on May 9 killed four Maoists in Sadiya Sub-Division of Tinsukia District while two Maoist rebels managed to flee the scene.

GNC and GWC will convene a meeting on May 16 at Kinangaon in Kamrup District in which villagers will pledge their support to Security Forces in their fight against militants. Police officers in Kamrup District and Army personnel deployed in the areas to counter militants will also attend the meeting. Two militant groups the GNLA and RVA are active in the hilly inter-state [Assam-Meghalaya] areas.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the Maoists were spreading their wings and have set up a strong base in the Districts of upper Assam. Gogoi added that the militant groups of the region supported them. "ULFA c-in-c Paresh Baruah's letter to the media yesterday proves this.

12-armed suspected CPI-Maoist entered Kheranibari village, neighbouring Deupani Borgura Nepali Baskati gaon, in Tinsukia District wearing Army and Police uniforms, and entered three houses on the pretext of searching for militants and escaped with over INR 200,000 including gold ornaments.

The SFs arrested four militants, belonging to ULFA-ATF, from Majuli in Jorhat District. The arrested militants were identified as Nayan Mudoi, Pramod Hazarika, Bapukon Hazarika and Junali Hazarika.

SFs recovered and defused around five kilograms of an IED from Habanggiri village in Goalpara District.

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said unlawful activities of CPI-Maoist will not be tolerated in the northeast.

An encounter between SFs and suspected ULFA militants took place at Tairai Gaon of Sapekhati under Charaideo sub-division in Sivasagar District.

A militant belonging to the ULFA-ATF sustained bullet injury during an encounter with SFs at Tairai Gaon in Sivasagar District along the Assam-Nagaland interstate border. The injured militant however managed to flee from the incident site, disclosed an unnamed senior Police officer. Later, SFs recovered 4-kilogram TNT explosives, 14 detonators, live wires, batteries, 4 mobile phones and a list of code numbers from the encounter spot.

Unidentified persons abducted Kameshwar Rabha, the head master of Belpara Hatigaon Lower Primary school, and his colleague Sharit Chandra Rabha in Goalpara District. The duo went to Mongre village and was abducted on their way back home.

May 14

SFs recovered two IEDs, weighing five kilograms each, planted on a pipeline of Oil India Limite in Tengakhat area in Dibrugarh District. There were three oil producing wells near the pipeline.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that a Special Police Task Force would soon be formed as one of the two steps to tackle the growing CPI-Maoist problem in the State. The other step is ushering development in the backward regions of the State. Gogoi said that the force would be on the lines of the Special Task Force constituted by the other Maoist-infested states in the country. He said a senior State Police Official of the rank of the Additional Director-General of Police would head the Special unit. “There is a difference between dealing with the Maoists and insurgents. We do not want the present counter-insurgency operation under the Unified Command structure to be launched against the Naxalities in the state,” he said.

Tarun Gogoi said that State Government has ordered probe into the recent incidents of youths from certain districts going missing.

General Officer Commanding of Tezpur based 4^th Corps Lieutenant General Shakti Gurung said that the Army has no hard evidence of Maoists trying to expand their base in Assam but admitted their existence in the State. “Whether these elements have entered the state to propagate the Maoist ideology or explore new routes for the supply of arms and ammunition needs to be examined,” he said.

84 remote villages in Kamrup District bordering Meghalaya under the jurisdiction of KVDC have now vowed to resist militant activities in the area, which is frequently used by ULFA and GNLA militants. Community leaders representing 84 Gram Sabhas (Village council) will formally join hands on May 15 in Kinan village to resist insurgent activities including extortion, passage of rebels through their villages and providing shelter to them.

 The State Government has decided to constitute a Special Police cell to deal with the growing threat of FICN.

May 15

UMHA has asked the State Governments of the North East region to take all necessary steps to prevent the CPI-Maoist groups from establishing their roots in the region. The report quoting states that the Central Government would send additional a force to deal with Maoists only if it is felt necessary. Further, UMHA is of the view that at present, the strength of the armed groups of the Maoists in the North East is not much and the State Police forces are fully capable of dealing with the situation.

SFs arrested a top militant belonging to the NDFB-RD, identified as Rafwt Goyary, at Karigaon under Kokrajhar Police Station in Kokrajhar District. SFs recovered a pistol along with one live ammunition and a notepad from his possession.

A committee to review the implementation of tripartite MoS, between UPDS, central and State Government, has agreed to grant rehabilitation package to all 568 cadres of UPDS (which was earlier 324), who are present on the day and had surrendered with arms on December 14, 2011. Further a tripartite Committee headed by Joint Secretary (North East) in the MHA would be formed. The committee is proposed to include officials drawn from various Central Ministries, including DoNER, HRD, Health and Family & Welfare, Culture, Environment and Forest, Planning Commission, besides the Assam Government. Surjya Rongphar and Kang Jang Terang would represent the UPDS in the committee.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi welcomed KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi's decision to float a political party in 2015-16 and appealed to ULFA-ATF ‘Vice Chairman’ Paresh Baruah to launch a political party and win the trust of the people to serve them.

May 16

Top CPI-Maoist leaders, including one Moina Dohotiya are actively involved in the outfit's expansion into the northeast. The report quotes a source within the security establishment as saying, "There are about 100 listed cadres and they have three carbines, a couple of .315 rifles and pistols, few grenades and one M16 rifle. In the middle and lower Assam regions, they are probably at a very nascent stage. We have not observed any Maoist activity in these places". The source further said, “The Maoists have so far recruited youths from the state and few Khamti boys from Arunachal Pradesh. However, unlike Jharkhand, there is just a sprinkling of Adivasi youths here. There are couple of youths from Goalpara and Kamrup district but the majority are from Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Golaghat districts and many from Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts".

SFs arrested three State Police personnel, including a Havaldar and a militant of the pro-talk faction of NDFB, in a series of raids in Nalbari and Baksa Districts. Nalbari SP, Abu Sufian said that 200 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition were recovered from the residence of Havaldar Kamini Barman, 60 rounds of assorted ammunition were found in the possession of Lance Naik Gopal Choudhury, both posted in the District. A third constable, Bhagaban Sarma, was picked up in the adjoining Baksa District with the Police recovering a .22 rifle and a .22 revolver from his possession. “The three were in league to steal ammunition from the armories in different Police Stations and had already entered into a kind of contract with an NDFB (P) member, D Balai alias Bipul Daimary, to supply them with such arms and ammunition,” said SP Sufian. The arms were allegedly sourced for NDFB-RD.

May 17

SFs killed a KPLT militant during an operation, while four militants managed to escape, at Ronghari village under Santipur Police Station of Bokajan Sub-Division in Karbi Anglong District. SFs recovered an AK-56 rifle, a magazine, and several rounds of live ammunition. Karbi Anglong Superintendent of Police B B Chetri said that a section of KPLT cadres wanted to surrender and had contacted village headmen. “Discussions are on and we are hopeful that they will soon join the mainstream,” he said. Chetri said operations would be intensified against militants who did not surrender.

 SFs recovered one powerful IED weighing three kilograms and wires of 30 metres at a gas pipeline in Tiokghat Aideobari under Sonari Police Station in Sivasagar District. According to sources, the gas pipeline was used to supply gas from Duliajan to Aideobari Tea Estate and Aideo Pukhuri Tea Estate.

Eight people were injured when activists of the ABSU and NBSS clashed at Bhogpur area under Goreswar Police Station of Baksa District. The condition of one is stated to be critical, and has been admitted to GMCH. While additional security has been deployed in the area, the police has detained more than 1,000 picketers in preventive custody. The ABSU had blocked NH-31 at different places of lower Assam in support of their various demands, while the Forum had called a 12-hour State bandh (General Shutdown) demanding non-inclusion of non-Bodos within the BTC and provision of security to their lives. The Bandh called by the forum severely affected Bongaigaon. Further, ABSU would also observe a 12-hour railway blockade on May 23 and 12-hour Assam bandh on May 30.

Normal life was affected following twin 12-hour Goalpara District bandh called by ARSU and RNC to protest against the abduction of a schoolteacher Kameshwar Rabha and ARSU activist Sorit Rabha by suspected GNLA militants in the District.

SFs recovered a grenade from the residence of Sarsing Teron of KAAC colony in Diphu in Karbi Anglong District. The grenade is suspected to have been placed by KPLT militants. SFs have arrested five persons in this regard. The arrested persons were identified as Sarsing Teron, Sankar Chakraborty, Chakra Timung, Nabin Killing and Mangla Chauhan.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to DNRF from Hatikhali area in Dima Hasao District. SFs recovered a Chinese grenade from him.

  May 18

An encounter took place between SFs and NSCN-I-M militants at N-Rianam village in Dima Hasao District. However, no casualties were reported. As soon as the joint team reached the place, the militants opened fire. The SFs retaliated and the exchange of fire lasted for about half-an-hour.

SFs arrested a NDFB-RD militant, identified as Mohan Basumatary, from Nalbari. SFs recovered one .9 mm pistol and two life cartridges from his possession.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that cadres of the armed militant outfits have joined criminal gangs in the State, leading to recent spurt in petty crimes across the state. “All the militant outfits in Assam, barring two, have signed ceasefire agreements with the Government. Now, after the outfits have shunned violence and responded to our peace efforts, some of the cadres have joined criminal gangs. This has led to an increase in petty crimes such as extortion, kidnappings and murder in the state,” Gogoi said. Gogoi added that the Government has been laying stress on civil policing to check crimes across the state and hoped to achieve success very soon.

Maoist cadres are trying to gain dominance in Tingkhong and Rajgarh area of Dibrugarh District said Dibrugarh SP Arabinda Kalita. Kalita further clarified that CoBRA commandos have not been deployed in the District.

ULFA-PTF launched an 'Assam Navnirman Kendra' to promote agriculture and related activities in Nalbari District with the help of Army and the State Government. State Government has provided 100 bighas of land at Banbagh Salmari, which will have nine fishponds, piggery, poultry farm, duck farm and banana plantations.

SFs arrested three GNLA linkmen in Goalpara District.

KPLT ‘Chairman’, Bidisarpo Tungjang stated that the group would start targeting SFs from June 1 if operations against the group are not halted. However, according to Nagaland Post, KPLT warned the KAAC administration and SFs to face serious consequences from August 1. KPLT has lost top leaders recently during operation by SFs in the District.

The DC of East Garo Hills and Goalpara, Vijay Mantri and Preetam Saikia respectively, held separate meetings to assess the situation on the Assam-Meghalaya border. He urged the public to remain calm and not to resort to any act of violence following the abduction of two Rabha tribesmen by suspected GNLA militants. The duo was abducted on May 13 last from Goalpara District and is yet to be traced. East Garo hills DC, Mantri said the kidnapping was the handiwork of a Garo criminal gang and the motive appears to be ransom. “Though GNLA was accused of the kidnapping, the outfit has denied its involvement,” Mantri said.

May 19

SFs killed one top militant of the NSCN-IM in a fierce encounter at N Rianambasti in Dima Hasao District and the slain militant body identified as ‘sergent major’ Joysan Thangkul was recovered. No casualties were reported when the encounter took place on May 18. SFs recovered a 9mm pistol, two live cartages and two China made grenade from the spot.

SFs arrested three youths on an unspecified date at Thakuranbari village near Mankachar in Dhubri District bordering Meghalaya when they were trying to exhort money from a local businessperson in the name of GNLA. The youths had come to the house of one Hasmat Hussain of Thakuranbari and demanded INR 500,000 from him.

At least 300 state youths who have been gone missing from their homes over the last two years are suspected to have joined the Maoist. The missing youths are mostly from Kokrajhar, Baksa and Udalguri Districts bordering Bhutan, Dhemaji, and Tinsukia Districts bordering Arunachal Pradesh and Golaghat and Sivasagar Districts bordering Nagaland. Unlike the pattern in other Maoist- affected States, the initial recruits in State have mostly been from communities other than Adivasis. "The general trend in other states shows that recruits are mainly from marginalized groups of the population, but that has not been reflected yet in Assam. There is just a sprinkling of Adivasi youths among the listed cadres," a source said.

SFs recovered powerful explosives stockpiled by the ULFA-ATF in Goalpara District near the state's border with Meghalaya. SFs recovered 3.5 kilograms of plastic explosives, seven detonators; one remote control device and other bomb-making material. SFs also arrested two ULFA-ATF linkmen, identified as Bekingson Marak and Jyoti Charan Boro, in connection with the seizure.

SFs arrested two militants of NDFB-RD at Borsijhora area, under Dotma Police Station in Kokrajhar District. However, another militant of NDFB-RD managed to escape. The arrested militants have been identified as Madan Narzary (26) and Haitha Basumatary (28). SFs recovered two .9 mm automatic pistols along with 24 live ammunitions, three magazines, four mobile handsets, NDFB receipt books, dairies, notebooks and other documents containing information about activities and of INR 5,530 in cash were recovered from their possession.

SFs arrested a youth, identified as Rabijul Alom Choudhury (20), for allegedly demanding money from businessperson posing himself as DHD militant at Badarpur in Karimganj District.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, paying homage to former Prime Minister, late Rajiv Gandhi renewed appeal to ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Barua and others to abjure violence and sit across the table to solve their problems through democratic means.

The NIA has filed charge sheet in a NIA special court in Guwahati against the three PLA militants for imparting training and supplying arms and ammunition the Maoists. The three PLA leaders against whom charge sheet was filed are PLA 'chief of external affairs department', N Dilip Singh alias Wangba, Senjam Dhiren Singh and Raghu and K Arnold Singh.

A 12-member delegation of Bodo elders under the aegis of BES met Governor J B Patnaik, demanding speeding up the dialogue process between the Centre and NDFB-PTF. BES 'adviser' Gangadhar Ramchiary, who headed the delegation, said the demand for stopping encroachment on tribal belts and blocks in the state was also raised with the Governor.

NDFB-PTF 'Information and Publicity Secretary' S Sanjarang has criticized the State Government for its failure to protect the 45 tribal belts and blocks, from the illegal possession by non-tribals, stating that the systematic aggression on tribal lands has compelled the Bodos and other tribals to take up arms to regain their ancestral land.

The proposal for inclusion of Koch-Rajbongshi in the ST list has been rejected by the RGI, as the name of the community already exists in the OBC list, said Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Kishore Chandra Deo, while replying to a discussion on the Constitution Amendment (Schedule Tribe) Order Bill, 2012 in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament).

Central as well, State Government is likely to sign a tripartite agreement likely by June 2012 with both the DHD factions. The DHD-N faction 'chairman' Dilip Nunisa along with some of his colleagues met joint secretary (North East) UMHA, Shambhu Singh at North Block and discussed in detail the terms and conditions of the draft agreement. DHD-N also raised the issue of over 20,000 Dimasa tribe inhabited in Nagaland and demanded that the government of India should make a special provision for the Dimasas of Nagaland as and when it signed any agreement with the NSCN leadership.

Unidentified militants hurled a grenade and critically injured two woodcutters inside Lumding Reserve Forest in Nagaon District.

SFs arrested five persons on charges of extortion from a Guwahati city-based businessperson. The arrested persons have been identified as Nekibur Rahman, Mohammad Aziz Rahman, Rinku Boro, Manoj Boro and Biju Ali.

ULFA-ATF called a 12-hour State bandh on May 26 to protest the scheduled visit of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to Guwahati city.

AKRSU has called a 48-hour State bandh from 5 am on May 23 to protest against Police atrocities and to demand the transfer of Bongaigaon SP within 24 hours. The bandh call was given by AKRSU due to the Police action taken during the 12-hour road blockade called by AKRSU, to protest against the rejection of ST status to the community.

A special meeting of Central Executive Committee was convened at Farmers Hostel, Diphu in Karbi Anglong district by KLNLF had resolved to expel its public relation officer Augustine Kramsa alias Arlong Ronghang, following his toeing party line of the organization, the press note stated. Meanwhile, the release also stated that Augustine Kramsa was involved in bringing division among the members of the outfit. And on many occasion, Kramsa had indulged in violating organization constitution.

Uncertainty shrouds the nine-year-long tripartite peace talks between the DHD-Nunisa, the Centre and State government, after Dilip Nunisa, the 'chairman' of the outfit, struck a discordant note. "Unless more villages from other districts in the state are not amalgamated with the mainland Dima Hasao, the parleys are bound to hit a wall. No breakthrough will be possible though both New Delhi and Dispur are sincere about the peace process," Nunisa said over telephone from New Delhi.

The body of one Dipankar Rabha was recovered at Landakhunda in Dhanubhanga under Dhupdhara Police Station in Goalpara District on May 23 after he went missing on May 21. Rabha (27) went out from his home on the May 21 afternoon for some business purpose with some of his friend and did not return. But on May 23 his body was found near the road. It may be mentioned here that on May 20, two linkmen of ULFA was arrested by a joint operation of both Goalpara and Guwahati City Police. The local people suspected that Rabha was murdered following the arrest of ULFA linkmen.

GRP personnel seized a huge quantity of high-power explosives from a person travelling in a general coach of the Delhi-bound NE Express at Guwahati Railway Station. A GRP official informed that the haul included 12 high power gelatin sticks, 12 detonators and fuse wires from a passenger of NE Express from Guwahati Railway station. The person has been identified as Mantu Singh from Bihar who confessed that he was carrying the explosives to New Delhi after procuring the same in Mizoram.

The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (PREVENTION) ACT, 1987 (TADA) designated Court in Guwahati acquitted ULFA 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa giving him the benefit of the doubt in the Surrendra Paul murder case. Three other accused, Pradip Gogoi, the ULFA 'vice-chairman' who was arrested in Calcutta in 1998, Saurav Gogoi, and the outfit's commander in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, and Jugal Kishore Mahanta, its president in the two Districts, were the three acquitted earlier. The two remaining accused are yet to be cleared of the murder charge are - unsplit ULFA's 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua and 'general secretary' Golap Barua alias Anup Chetia. Suspected ULFA militants killed Surrendra Paul, brother of UK-based businessperson Swaraj Paul, on April 9, 1990, at Laipuli in Tinsukia District. "We do not indulge in criminal activities. Ours is a political movement," Arabinda Rajkhowa following the acquittal said.

SFs are in a state of high alert to prevent any disruptive attempt made by ULFA-ATF militants on the eve of the visit of INC President Sonia Gandhi to the State on May 26. The news report quoting highly placed security sources states that senior leaders of the ULFA-ATF have issued instructions to the cadres on the ground to target INC offices wherever possible.

SULFA activists, Dhubri District is going to organize a meeting on May 30 at Dhubri District Library in order to discuss about their problems. The secretary of the surrendered militants, Amir Chand Mondal, in a press statement said that the SULFA cadres have been passing their days in great difficulties because of economic hardship and price rise.

SFs arrested an alleged cadre of KCP-MC, identified as K Roshan alias Rahul, was from Puberen, Hattigoan, Guwahati.

SFs arrested three militants belonging to the DNRF from Maibang subdivision of the Dima Hasao District. The militants, identified as Naran Basumatary, Surjit Hagjar and Samar Daulagapu, were involved in incidents of extortion from firms engaged in infrastructure projects in the District. SFs recovered three .9 mm pistols and some ammunition from them after the arrest recently.

SFs arrested a suspected MULTA militant, Shah Alam, from village Ikrabari in Udalguri District. SFs recovered a powerful IED along with few narcotics substances from the militant.

A bomb went off in the evening at Philobari under Doomdooma police station in Tinsukia District. The bomb carrier, a young boy, died on the spot. He has not been identified as yet. The blast took place at around 8 pm in front of the shop of Lakhiram Agarwala, who is the brother of Gavarubheti mandal Congress president Mungi Ram Agarwala. Businessmen in Philobari had allegedly been receiving extortion notices from the ULFA-ATF and in protest against this, the Gorkha Students' Union had held a meeting. It is suspected that the unidentified youth was planning to carry out subversive activities in the area.

Lakhipur Police arrested two persons and recovered huge quantity of explosives from them near Joypor outpost. Police recovered 600 gelatine sticks, 340 electronic detonators, 2,300 non-electronic detonator and 192 metre long fuse wire from the arrestees identified as Haithang Zeme of Dima Hasao District and Wangthang Zeme of Mandu village, Tamenglong District of Manipur. Though the detained persons claimed that they were taking the explosives to Tamenglong for blasting rock-hill, Police suspected that the consignment was actually meant for Naga militants in Manipur.

Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will arrive in the city on May 26 to attend the first anniversary celebration of the third consecutive term of the Congress government in the state. ULFA militants, meanwhile, have called a bandh on the same day and Police have intelligence inputs of possible attacks by the outfit on Congress offices.

SFs arrested 'area commander' of a "breakaway" faction of the AANLA, Timus Minj alias Raju, from Tokoubari under Biswanath Police Station of Sonitpur District. The Police said that Timus was involved in a number of extortion cases in Borgang area.

SFs arrested two persons, Palash Saikia (19) and Badan Chutia (48) for their involvement in the May 25 blast at Filobari in Tinsukia District suspected to be carried out by ULFA-ATF. The SP Diganta Gogoi said that a senior ULFA-ATF leader had given the bomb to the Palash and Indrajit Moran (22) and paid INR 300 each to execute the job. Moran died in the blast as the bomb went off before Moran could place it at the intended target.

Police rescued Faizul Islam, a State agriculture department engineer, who was reportedly abducted along with Godapani Pathak on May 2 from Salkocha in Dhubri District. Godapani Pathak's bullet-ridden body was found in Bongaigaon District on May 3. "On Sunday night, [May 27] he was reportedly abandoned by some miscreants near a petrol pump in Salkocha. He is weak and has been admitted to hospital.

Unidentified militants killed one civilian, identified as Kanistha Rabha (37), in Dangaijhora village under Rupshi Police outpost under Kokrajhar District.

SFs neutralised an IED weighing 13 kilograms, suspected to be placed by ULFA-ATF, at a village in Goalpara District.

Thirteen organisations of Goalpara District led by ARSU staged a blockade on NH - 37 and NH-62 at Dudhnoi Chariali demanding the release of Kameswar Rabha and Sharit Rabha, who were abducted by suspected GNLA militants from the District on May 13.

ULFA-ATF and the Maoists operating in the State are on a collision course with the latter building base on the former's home turf besides serving demand notes on the same section of people and recruiting militants from same communities.

PM Manmohan Singh has hinted that India and Myanmar were likely to carry out joint operations in order to flush out Indian militants operating from Myanmar soil.

SFs killed an ULFA-ATF militant, identified as Robin Moran, at Rangamati village under Sonari police station in Sivasagar District. An AK56 rifle, an IED, two grenades, around 75 AK-series ammunitions, one time device and some camp material have also been recovered from him.

SFs arrested a NDFB linkman, Ajay Biswas, from Janpara in Baksa District.

SFs arrested two youths, Ranjan Barman and Mrinal Moran, at Doomdooma in Tinsukia District for extorting INR 200,000 from a nursing home, in the name of ULFA.

NIA obtained seven-day custody of 'external affairs wing chief', Asem Ibotombi Singh alias Angou of Manipur based PLA for interrogation. Singh was arrested in Odisha on May 28.

Security has been beefed up in the State following inputs of possible attacks by ULFA-ATF militants on the relatives of Congress ministers and MLA.

SFs killed one militants of NDFB-RD, identified as Simul Boro, at Boko in Kamrup (Rural) District. "The hardcore NDFB cadre involved in several cases of kidnappings and extortions was killed in an encounter with the police at Boko in Kamrup (rural) district", Superintendent of Police Partha Sarathi Mahanta told PTI here. One pistol was recovered from the possession of the slain militant.

'Assistant information and publicity secretary' of NDFB-RD, B Samijing, in a statement said that Simul Boro was not the member or cadre of the NDFB. B Samijing also threatened to kill 20 non-Bodos for every Bodo individual killed by SFs.

ULFA-ATF militant, Robin alias Hobendra Moran, who was suspected to have been killed in an encounter with SFs at Lalmati along the border between Sivasagar and Mon (Nagaland) Districts, surfaced at Lengribor Baghpukhuri area under Mathurapur Police Station with bullet injuries.

India has sought the custody of Northeast militants in case they are captured in Myanmar. This was conveyed to Myanmar's top leadership during the Prime Minister Manmohan Sing's visit to the country. UHM, P Chidambaram in this regard said, "Our concerns are two-fold. First, we don't want any part of Myanmar territory to be used as camps by the insurgent groups. Secondly, if the Government of Myanmar manages to apprehend any of the leaders, we would like them to hand over to India". He further said," We have made this request the response is encouraging but we will have to wait and see what action is taken by Myanmar".

Union Home secretary R.K. Singh said that the ULFA-ATF was small and insignificant, adding that talks with the Arabinda Rajkhowa led group [Pro-Talks faction of ULFA] group were on the right track.

Indian security agencies are not hopeful of Myanmar immediately launching a Bhutan-type operation to flush out northeastern militants from the country.

Union Home secretary R.K. Singh exuded confidence that Myanmar would act against Indian rebels operating in that country. "In the aftermath of our prime minister's visit to Myanmar, we are confident that they will act against the Indian rebels operating from inside that country," he told journalists after chairing a board meeting of the NEPA in Umsaw in Ri-Bhoi District.

SFs recovered IED weighing around 5 kilograms from the house of Ganesh Gogoi in Nagaon village of Majgaon in Tinsukia District. SFs arrested Gogoi and another accomplice following the recovery.

SFs arrested four GNLA militants including Pintu Marak, brother-in-law of GNLA 'commander-in-chief' Sohan D Shira, and two Nagaland-based arms smugglers from the Guwahati city's Tetelia area.

SFs arrested an AANLA militant, Krishna Mali from village Kherni Basti near Dimakuchi in Udalguri District.

The Indian Army and other SFs have made preparations to tackle insurgents, who will soon leave some parts of Myanmar. This was stated by Major General UK Gurung of Assam Rifles, during a function at Pallel (Chandel District) in Manipur.

Though the Government of Bangladesh has launched a crackdown against militants of NE using the territory of the country as safe haven, the recent arrests of militants by personnel of the BSF proved that the militants still have a number of camps and bases in the neighbouring country.

SFs arrested Stephen Phangsho (30), a Karbi tribesman, during a raid in a village near Bagetar rail colony in Haflong in Dima Hasao District. Phangsho was involved in abduction and killing of Jatinder Singh Sindhu, (62), assistant manager of JP Cements, and Ramen Sharma (49), deputy manager of AMDC.

NIA arrested a director of a private school, Jatiya Vidyalaya identified as Pallab Barbora alias Profull, at Merapani in Golaghat District for his alleged links with Maoists. "Borbora is deeply involved with Maoists. He and Aditya Bora were the initial Maoist members," ADGP-SB Khagen Sarma said.

In a press statement issued on email, the ULFA-ATF 'publicity in-charge' Arunudoy Asom claimed that Mr.Pallab Barbora was a prominent human rights activist of the State and his arrest was a gross violation of human rights.

ULFA-PTF 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa has said the Central Government is keeping the dialogue strictly within the framework of discussion submitted by the ULFA-PTF and described Central Government response as positive.

UHM P. Chidambaram said the problem of left-wing extremism was affecting some eastern states in the country but most of the insurgent groups in northeast were now holding talks with the Centre.

SFs arrested four NSCN-IM militants along with arms and ammunition from Eastern Lodge in Paltan Bazar in Dibrugarh town.

Suspected militants belonging to ULFA-ATF handed over a demand note of INR 500,000 to senior officer of the OIL as well as known Assamese writer Phanindra Kumar Dev Choudhury.

SFs arrested a suspected Maoist, Naresh alias Moinul Hussain, from Dhirenpara in Guwahati city. Naresh hails from Mancachar in Dhubri District. He has reportedly received arms training in Bihar and Jharkhand.

SFs arrested one Mohammad Abdul Rahman recovered FICN worth INR 65,500 at Marowa in Nagaon District.

A special NIA court in Guwahati remanded arrested Maoist leader Pallab Borbora in 10 days NIA custody. In addition, it restricted any other intelligence agency to interrogate him in custody.

AASU, ARSU and the ABSU have jointly called a 12-hour Goalpara District bandh (General Shutdown) on June 7 from 5 am to 5 pm in protest against the alleged failure of the police and district administration to trace the whereabouts of Kameswar Rabha and Sarit Rabha. The duo was abducted on May 13.

ULFA and CPI-Maoist have links, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi said. When asked about Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram statement at a media conference recently that there was nothing to suggest that ULFA had links with Maoists, Gogoi said, "Let him say that. He has got his own sources; I have my own (sources)". Gogoi said he was aware about Maoist infiltration into Assam and their links with ULFA for a long time.

CPI-Maoist has expanded their bases in Assam by forming a Lower Assam Leading Committee. "The Lower Assam Leading Committee in central lower Assam area is at the initial stage now with a handful of cadres. They are yet to find a leader for this area," a senior police officer said.

SFs arrested two militants belonging to NSLA from Saharghutu village under Gossaigaon Sub-Division in Dhubri District. The militants have been identified as Sunil Hembrom (23) and Binoy Murmu (26). The duo was involved in the abduction of Rural Health practitioner Produnma Roy of Satyapur Medical sub-centre on June 1.

SFs arrested a KLO militant, Putul Ray, from Golokganj in Dhubri District for his allegedly involved in the abduction and murder of, Gadapani Pathak, an engineer of agriculture department on May 3.

AGP party president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta demanded that the State Government to publish a white paper on Maoist activities in the State.

SFs arrested five militants belonging to Manipur based UNLF in Jorabat and Paltan Bazar areas of Guwahati city. The five arrested UNLF militants were identified as Waren alias Hitler of Thoubal District, Waikhom Robinson alias Yaiphakon and Samjeet Saaban Laiten alias Shantu of Lamlai in Imphal East District, Moirangthm Joy alias Robin of Bishnupur District (all in Manipur) and Lallwmpunia Champai of Mizoram. No arms and ammunition nor any document was recovered from them.

AANLA expressed concern over the apathy of the Central and the State Governments towards solving the problems of the Adivasi community in the State. AANLA 'captain' Aloke Orang said, "We came overground with a hope that we will work for the development of our community. One of our main and long pending demands of Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Adivasi community has not been given any attention by the governments."

Guwahati based special judicial magistrate's court rejected the final report submitted by the CBI in the case of killing of P.C. Ram, former executive director (northeast) of FCI, who allegedly died in crossfire between SFs and ULFA militants on July 17, 2007 after he was abducted by the militant outfit, reports Times of India. The court further directed the CBI to get the case reinvestigated by another efficient official.

SFs arrested five militants belonging to KLO at Bongaigaon and Dhubri for their role in the killing of state agriculture department engineer Gadapani Pathak.

SFs arrested two NDFB militants at Khungri area under Sidli Police Station in Chirang District. The militants have been identified as Ajay Boro (27) and Sanjay Narzary (26). One 7.65 mm pistol, two round bullets, three money collection receipts, an amount worth Rs 17,600 and Bajaj Pulsar bike (AS-26-5637) were been recovered from them.

An investigation into the killing of state agriculture department engineer Gadapani Pathak by the State CID has revealed that some officials of the department hired KLO militants to abduct and kill Pathak. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said, "KLO militants were involved in the killing of Gadapani Pathak.

Suspected KPLT militants abducted fifteen civilians working with P Das & Company, at the site of Longlit hydropower project under Manja Police Station in Karbi Anglong District.

SFs recovered 12 grenades and six detonators from vehicle near Indo-Bhutan border at Baksa District. SFs registered a case against two persons, identified as Dawak Hasdong and Rafel Murmu in this regard. The consignment is suspected to be of NDFB.

SFs arrested two top leaders of the HPC-D "army chief" Lalropuia and "deputy army chief" Biaknunga inside the Kumbigram Airport located in Silchar of Cachar District.

SFs arrested a former ULFA militant, Manoj Phukan, from Hahnsora Chetia Gaon in Teok in Jorhat District.

AASAA has given a 48-hour deadline for securing release of Adivasi labors who were abducted on June 10 by suspected KPLT militants. AASAA warned to launch a strike of indefinite period from June 13 in Karbi Anglong District.

ULFA-ATF blamed both the State and the Central Government for the controversial 'secret killings' in the State between 1998 and 2001. Earlier on June 9, Tarun Gogoi, while speaking on the issue of 'secret killings', had said that the probe was difficult due to the alleged involvement of the then Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Government.

Unidentified persons abducted a supervisor of a private rubber plantation from Taralangso locality near Diphu town in Karbi Anglong District. According to a reliable source, the abductors have placed a demand of INR 500,000 for his release.

SFs rescued one abducted labourer, Dirkip Basumatery, from Thekarajan locality at the foothills of Singhason range in the same District. The labourer was the part of 18 laborers [Disclosed by the company engaged in construction work on June11] who were abducted by suspected KPLT militants on June 10. Five laborers were released on the same day after severe beating.

The Central Government signed a draft MoS with the DHD-N. The report adds that draft MoS will now be sent to the State Government for approval by the State Cabinet.

Dhubri District unit of AKRSU has called a 12-hour strike on June 15 demanding the unconditional release of five youths, who were arrested in connection with the killing of engineer Gadapani Pathak. SFs on June 9 arrested them as suspected KLO militants.

'Spokesperson' for the HPC-D, Zosangbera condemned the sudden arrest of two HPC-D commanders on June 10 from Silchar Airport, saying that such high-handed action was a cowardly act.

SFs arrested one ULFA-ATF militant, identified as Nabajit Baishya, from a bus at Sipajhar in Darrang District and recovered a Chinese grenade from him. The bus was on its way to Tezpur from Guwahati.

SFs arrested three hardcore militants of KLO at Telipara under Gossaigaon Police Station in Kokrajhar District. The KLO militants have been identified as Sarat Roy (30), Prahlad Roy (30) and Bimal Roy (35).

SFs recovered a 4-kilogram IED from the Teok Habigaon area under Charaideo sub-division in Sivasagar District. SFs sources following the recovery said that there was information about the movement of a group of ULFA-ATF militants in the area since the last few days.

Seven organisations of the ARSU organized a rail blockade for about three hours near Dudhnoi in Goalpara District. The protest was against Police inaction in rescuing Kameswar Rabha and Sharit Rabha even after a month of their abduction by suspected GNLA militants.

The draft MoS, signed by the DHD-N and the Central Government on June 12 is yet to be received by the State government, reports Nagaland Post on June 15.

Bangladesh envoy to India Tariq Ahmad Karim on June 14 asked India to have patience with Dhaka over the issue of handing over of ULFA 'General Secretary' Anup Chetia, who is presently in a Bangladeshi jail.

Assam Governor JB Patnaik has said that there would be no compromise on the integrity of Assam and the sovereignty of India, reports The Sentinel. This statement came after Governor met a 15-member delegation of the Non-Bodo Suraksha Samiti (NBSS) at Raj Bhavan. Patnaik also assured the delegation that he would do his best to ensure that the fundamental rights of the non-Bodos are safeguarded in the BTC area.

Eighteen labourers, who were abducted by KPLT militants from the 'Lungnit hydro electric project' on June 10, have been traced at Oklangchar; around eight kilometres southwest of Maleuste Maigaon village in Karbi Anglong District, revealed a secret official source.

SFs are in the lookout for a CPI-Maoist from Dhubri District, identified as Amiruddin alias Sunil. Amiruddin is a fellow comrade of arrested Maoist, Monowar Hussain alias Naresh. The news report further states that the two became Maoist cadres in 2007 and were trained in guerilla fighting at Gaya in Bihar. Amiruddin is allegedly in charge of armed training of cadres in the State. The disclosure of the duo brought to the fore the Maoist's new trend of recruiting minority youths in the State.

Five AKRSU activists were injured while trying to enforce a 12-hour strike in Dhubri after a scuffle broke out in Gauripur bazaar (Market) between shopkeepers and party activists. AKRSU workers damaged and ransacked some shops of businesspersons who opposed them.

The 'commander-in-chief' of the Kesho Meitei group of KCP-MTF, Kesho Meitei was remanded to the NIA custody for seven days after being produced before the Special Court of the investigating agency at Guwahati (Assam).

SFs arrested a militant belonging to Meghalaya based GNLA, identified as R. Sangma, at Damra area in Goalpara District. SFs recovered INR 600,000 in cash and a Maruti car from the militant. A Police official added that the militant was on his way to Dudhnoi in the District to procure some wireless sets from a Nagaland-based supplier.

SFs arrested four illegal arms dealers from Guwahati city's Narengi area. A .9 mm pistol, four bullets, one knife and one black Indigo GLX car were also seized from them.

The NIA began interrogation of Norem Priyo Kumar, alias Kesho Meitei, the "commander-in-chief" of the KCP-MTF, on the outfit's sources of funds and arms.

Assam Police has launched a 120 member specialized force called Assam Police Rangers to launch specific operations against militants. The IGP, Training and Armed Police BJ Mahanta, heads the Task Force while, IGP (Law and order) LR Bishnoi and DIG of Eastern range Anurag Tangkha are the other members of the Force. The task force is planning to visit some other States where the Maoists have strong bases to study the problem.

SFs arrested two militants, Bhaimon Changmai and Diganta Gogoi, of the ULFA-ATF, from their hideout at Milannagar area in Dibrugarh. SFs recovered one grenade and an IED from their possession. The arrested militants confessed during interrogation that they brought the explosive to blow the Gammon India Company office, which is engaged in construction of Bogibeel Rail-cum-Road Bridge and to carry out blast at Marwari Patty in Dibrugarh town in order to disrupt law and order situation in the district before the forthcoming Independence Day (August 15).

SFs recovered a Chinese grenade from near the gate of the railway quarters of P.K. Yadav, a GRP sub-inspector, at Lumding in Nagaon District.

BNC appealed to the Central Government to expedite the peace process with the NDFB-RD. This came after a five-member team of the BNC met the NDFB-RD 'chairman' Ranjan Daimari at Central Jail Guwahati. "The NDFB leaders have done everything that they can do from jail to facilitate the peace talks. The delay is on the government's side, so we (the BNC) have appealed to the government to expedite the peace process," said Anjali Daimary, one of the conveners of the BNC.

AKRSU staged a rail blockades at Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon and Salakati, demanding ST status to the Koch-Rajbongshi community and creation of separate Kamatapur State.

Representatives of 12 civil society and students' organizations including Karbi and Naga groups have appealed to KPLT militants to release the 18 labourers abducted from the Lungnit hydro project in Karbi Anglong District on June 10.

SFs in an encounter killed three KPLT militants at Tarapung village under Shantipur Police Station in eastern Bokajan subdivision of Karbi Anglong District. The three have been identified as Pam Ranghang, Langki Rangpi and Hemptun Teron. Three AK-56 rifles and huge ammunition of AK-series rifles were recovered from the site.

Both State and Central Government find them in a difficult position over the stand they will take on the bail plea of Ranjan Daimary, 'chairman' of NDFB-RD, as and when it is moved, in the October 30, 2008, serial blasts case. The news report said that an NDFB-RD team had met UMHA officials on June 18 to press for Daimari's release in order to move forward the peace process. Ranjan Daimary is the main accused in the October 30 serial blasts case and there is considerable anger amongst the public regarding the blast incidence.

Samir Ahmed, who was charge sheeted by the NIA for his alleged links with DHD-J / BW, expressed his desire to become a Government approver. Police arrested Ahmed, who worked as an executive of Hong Kong and HSBC Bank, along with Garlosa from Bangalore on June 3, 2009, and since then he is lodged at Guwahati Central Jail. According to NIA, Ahmed is a close associate of Garlosa and he had facilitated his stay in Bangalore and helped him get fake identity documents.

Myanmar Government is yet to take any action against militant groups based on its soil and operating in India's Northeast, despite giving assurance to take action against such groups during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to that country. The Myanmar Government had given June 10 as the deadline to militants to leave their camps or face Security Forces action.

A new militant formation, namely United Karbi Liberation Army (UKLA), has been formed in Karbi Anglong District. UKLA 'publicity secretary' Angtar Phura said that the outfit would fight for the Statehood demand.

ULFA-PTF Central and State Government would meet on June 29 for the next round of formal tripartite political dialogue. The agenda for the discussion is yet to be finalized, said 'spokesman' of the ULFA-PTF group, Sasha Choudhury.

Suspected militants abducted an assistant teacher of Nazrul Islam Lower Primary School, Sananda Das (58), from Ratabari Kalibari locality in Karimganj District.

Indigenous Women Forum of North East India (IWFNEI) made a passionate appeal to the leaders of KPLT militants to release the eighteen workers of Longnit Mini Hydro Electric Project, who were abducted by KPLT for ransom from their place of work since June 10.

Dima Hasao District Committee of ASDC has submitted a memorandum calling for establishment of BOP in the bordering areas of the Distinct, to the Principal Secretary, Home & Political (Dispur, Guwahati) through the Deputy Commissioner. The memorandum calls for establishing BOPs along the District's border with Nagaland and Manipur States, particularly at Prasadimdik, Bongkai, Laisong, Lodi Kachari etc. and reinforcement of Security Forces in the said areas.

Police arrested two persons, identified as Bijoy Prashad and Trishuldeep, for their alleged role in demanding money from a business firm in Tinsukia District, posing as ULFA cadres.

Four militants - three belonging to the DNRF and one from NSCN-IM - were killed in an encounter with the SFs at Mailu hamlet near Lungting township in Dima Hasao District. A senior Police officer from Haflong, the headquarters of Dima Hasao, said troopers of 9 Madras Regiment of Army and Police started a joint operation at Milubra village, 16 kilometres from Lungting in north of the District and 51 kilometres from Haflong, acting on a tip-off by intelligence officials. The operation led to an encounter between the SFs and the militants in which the four militants were killed. SFs managed to arrest another while the rest managed to flee. The slain militants have been identified as Abhijit Kachari (NSCN-IM), Sanjay Naiding, Reddi Dimasa and Gilli Dimasa (DNRF).

SFs arrested three militants of RVA, identified as Dinesh Rabha, Prasanta Rabha and Anup Rabha, at Krishnai area in Goalpara District.

SFs arrested a one militant of ULFA-ATF militant at Moran area in Sivasagar District and recovered one pistol, detonators in his possession.

The movement of ULFA-ATF militants along the Indo-Myanmar border via Tirap and Changlang Districts has come down recently, reports Assam Tribune. The news report assigns deterioration of the weather in the area and inter-factional clash between members of the NSCN-IM and NSCN-K as principal reasons for the lowering of activity in the area (Tirap and Changlang).

ACMA one of the five Adivasi militant groups [ACMA, BCF, STF, APA and AANLA] that surrendered its arms on January 24, 2012 is not happy with the Government's response to the peace overturns made by the outfit."The government has been cheating us.

AASAA staged demonstration across the State in different district headquarters expressing resentment over the inordinate delay in granting ST status to the Adivasis. "We believe in democratic principles but this does not imply that we should wait for years," AASAA 'president' Raphale Kujur warned.

Police are yet to find the 18 labourers abducted by KPLT from Lunglit mini hydel-project site in Karbi Anglong District.

NDFB-RD 'publicity secretary', B. Naijab said that there was no alternative but to form a separate Bodoland. Owing to the State Government's [Assam] failure to protect the entire indigenous belts and blocks from the illegal possession of the non-indigenous, this has forced the Bodos and other tribals to take up arms to regain their ancestral land, said B. Naijab.

SFs arrested a senior militant belonging to KYKL, Sairem Amudon alias Sundar, from Guwahati railway station. Police sources said he was coming from Nepal and boarded the train at New Jalpaiguri station. He was on his way to Dimapur in Nagaland. However, no arms or ammunition was recovered from him.

SFs arrested four ULFA linkmen involved in extortion cases from Ahutuguri area of Majuli Island in Jorhat District. The arrested linkmen were identified as Pinku Dutta, Bijoy Chinta, Ganesh Wati and Khaplu Paresh Pal.

NSF condemned abduction of two Naga labourers, namely Kelesel Kikhi and Khroviho Kikhi, by KPLT militants on June 10 and demanded that the group unconditionally release the two persons.

DHD-N is thinking of creation of a political platform in Dima Hasao District after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Central Government, ahead of Dima Hasao District Autonomous Council (DHADC) elections by the end of 2012. "Hopefully that would be signed within July this year," a DHD-N source, on signing the MoU, said.

'Naga Army' (armed wing of NSCN-IM) is serving People in certain border villages [bordering Nagaland] in Dima Hasao District with extortion notices.

SFs arrested one NSLA militant, identified as Sanjay Soren (24), at Alokjhar under Gossaigaon Police Station of Kokrajhar District. Official sources revealed that the cadre was the 'area commander' of NSLA who was also involved in the March 10 grenade blast at Nilaijhora. SFs also recovered one 7.62mm pistol (country made) and two live bullets from the militants.

A senior leader of ULFA-PTF, who will be visiting Bangladesh to meet ULFA 'General Secretary' Anup Chetia, is likely to be selected after the ensuing rounds of talks with the Centre in Delhi on June 29. Kamal Kachari, a senior member of the ULFA-PTF's 'publicity wing' said, "The Centre is keen to send one senior leader. He will be selected after discussions between Ulfa and the Centre on June 29 in Delhi". The news report further states that ULFA-PTF leaders, including 'Chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa, have applied for Indian passport.

INC leader from Nagaland, K.V. Pusa, along with several Naga organisations, have requested Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio to take up the abduction of two Nagas by the KPLT with Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. The two Nagas were part of 18 labourers abducted by KPLT in Karbi Anglong District on June 10.

Peace talks between Arabinda Rajkhowa led ULFA-PTF and UMHA Joint Secretary (North East) Sambhu Singh and Centre's interlocutor PC Halder will take place on June 29.

Southern Angami Public Organization (SAPO) condemned the KPLT militant formation for not releasing the two Naga labourers, Kroyicho Kikhi and Kelesel Kikhi, of Nagaland's Viswema village in Kohima District, who were abducted.

ULFA-PTF leaders sought a "practical approach" to decide issues anchored in Assamese identity that is the central part of the ULFA's demands during their discussion with Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh.

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram denied the existence of LeT in the State. "I have already confirmed about Maoists presence in Assam. But I can't confirm about existence of LeT [Lashkar-e-Toiba]. I don't know on what basis the DGP said this. "We will discuss this with him and there is constant discussion with the State Government," said, P. Chidambaram.

A special court of the NIA at Guwahati remanded the arrested KCP-MTF 'commander in chief' Naorem Inakhunba alias Priyo alias Kesho Meitei to further three days custody. He was arrested by a team of the agency from Hillscart road of Siliguri (West Bengal) on June 11.

SFs recovered the bodies of Hatigaon-Belpara Lower Primary School headmaster Kameswar Rabha and Goalpara District ARSU executive member Sharit Rabha from the Thanti Hill area near Kachumari village under Krishnai Police Station of Goalpara, reports The Telegraph. The duo was abducted by suspected GNLA militants on May 13, 2011. The Police, however, had been maintaining that the duo was abducted by a gang of armed men.

SFs arrested three ULFA-ATF militants, identified as Gokul Lahan, Ganesh Lahan and Dijen Buragohain, from Goalpara District. SFs recovered 10 Kilograms of RDX from the possession of the arrested militants.

SFs in two different operations arrested one AANLA and one MULTA militants in Udalguri and Darrang District.

AASAA has called for a 48-hour Karbi Anglong District Bandh (General strike) beginning July 4, in protest against the State Government's failure in securing the safe release of 18 labourers including 9 Adivasis labourers, who were abducted by KPLT militants on June 10 from Lungnit hydroelectric project.

ULFA-ATF will oppose to the visit of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and UPA 'chairman' Sonia Gandhi to the State on July 2 to take the first hand knowledge of flood situation. However, the ULFA-ATF will not call bandh (General strike) this time taking the immense hardship faced by the flood-affected people.

SFs arrested three former UPDS cadres along with a car on charges of abduction from Borlangpher area under Diphu Police Station. The trio was involved in the abduction of Mahesh Varma, inhabitant of Longring Thipi locality under Howraghat Police Station on June 9. SFs also recovered one pistol, two mobile sets, one Mahindra Duro scooter and INR .783 million in cash from them.

Kesho Meitei, 'commander-in-chief' of KCP-MTF was sent to the Guwahati Central Jail after being produced before the Special Court of NIA. He was arrested by a team of NIA sleuths from Hilscart Road, Siliguri on June 11.

SFs recovered a bullet-riddled body of a cadre belonging to disbanded UPDS militant formation from Rengbohom Higher Secondary School playground in Karbi Anglong District.

SFs managed to rescue Moniram Pandey (50), head teacher of Bagetar ME School in Haflong town of Dima Hasao District, who was abducted by suspected Dimasa militants on the same day.

SFs arrested Manjit Phanglo alias Main Dimasa, 'deputy commander-in-chief' of the DNRF from Ananda Nagar under Noonmati Police Station in Guwahati city. SFs recovered a .32 pistol from his possession. Later, based on his revelations, SFs arrested DNRF 'vice-chairman', Nilesh Thousen alias Thairang Dimasa from the same area.

SFs arrested two militants of the KLO from two different villages under Golokganj Police Station in Dhubri District.

NDFB-RD 'publicity secretary' B. Naijab disclosed that NDFB-RD is ready to begin peace talks without any precondition to solve the Bodo imbroglio. NDFB-RD has stressed on the necessity of releasing of its 'chairman' Ranjan Daimary from the central jail in order to participate in the peace process.

Eight organizations, including the Goalpara District units of AASU, ARSU, ABSU, ABYF and Sikshak Samanay Samiti, have called a 12-hour Goalpara District Bandh (General Strike) on July 4 (today) from 6 am in protest against the killing of the two teachers - Kameswar Rabha and Sarit Rabha - after their alleged abduction by the GNLA.

SFs arrested two-suspected ULFA-ATF militants at Potiagaon under Bhugdoi Police Station in Jorhat District. The arrested militants have been identified as Rajat Dutta and Raju Saikia.

SFs arrested a Maoist linkman, identified as Tapan Barman alias Rabin (35), from the Hadayatpur area of Guwahati city.

SFs arrested two persons from Matipung and Rongmili of Diphu town on abduction charges. The two persons, identified as Bransli Timung and Jenshing Rongpi. The duo has been arrested based of the confessions of former UPDS militants, who are still under police custody on charges of abducting the son of a businessperson, Mahesh Varma.

SFs arrested Thomai Bora and his wife Sun Mai Bora of Dahikhur Dolakasaria village on the charge of giving shelter to the ULFA militants. Based on the confession of the ULFA militants arrested, SFs arrested one Khgeswar Pegu of Dhudang Chapori- West of Jorhat.

KPLT militants released the group of group of 19 labourers it had abducted from the Lunglit mini power project on June 5.

Ranjan Daimari faction of NDFB-RD has appealed to the NDFB-PTF, led by Dhiren Boro and Gobinda Basumatary to come back to the mainfold of the organization for the greater interest of the peace-loving people.

SFs recovered an IED, weighing around 4 kilogram, from under a culvert between Harijhara and Baghdobha at Goreswar in Baksa District.

Maoists have started making efforts to strengthen the lower Assam leading committee and to set up bases in the Barak Valley Districts.

ULFA-ATF has sent an extortion note of INR five million to Golokganj MLA and Parliamentary Secretary (Environment and Forest) Abu Taher Bepari. The extortion note also states that the MLA has to pay INR two million every year from now onwards.

ULFA-ATF slammed the State Government and blamed it for attacking KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi in Nalbari District. Akhil Gogoi was attacked on July 6 in Nalbari District when he was surveying flood-affected areas of Purni village in Dharmapur constituency. Police has arrested a Congress worker Tapan Barman for his alleged involvement in the attack.

Senior arrested Maoist leader Pallab Barbora has revealed to NIA the fact that the Central Committee of Maoists had instructed its counterpart in Assam to intensify their presence and involvement into the local mass movements instead of armed operations. Barbora further revealed the Maoists had recently organized a training camp of nearly 50 new recruits in Arunachal Pradesh. The news report quotes Security sources saying that Maoists cadres have also planned several seminars and debates in Barak Valley to propagate their theory of exploitation by the state.

DGP J.N. Choudhury while talking stated that Left-wing extremism is increasing in different areas of Assam and about 200 Maoist cadres are working jointly with the ULFA linkmen and other local rebel groups to spread their tentacles in the State. He said the Maoists were targeting the people in the rural areas and brainwashing them. DGP further said that Maoists are running a cell in Guwahati for facilitating transit of their top leaders from other parts of the country to Assam or vice-versa.

DGP Choudhury on the issue of Godapani Pathak murder case, the DGP said the KLO was involved in the kidnapping and murder of Godapani Pathak. "The KLO abducted him for ransom. The outfit needs money to give its cadres training in Myanmar."

SFs arrested a MULTA militant, identified as Abbar Ali (37), from Durgamati village under Salakati Police Station of Kokrajhar District.

SFs arrested five NDFB-RD, identified as Fwilao Shaiat Boro, alias Khunsai (26), Nerswn Boro, alias Norsa, (27), Sensuna Basumatary (24), Bhagya Boro (25), and Pranjul Basumatary (32), from Chaglijhar Natunbasti area in Udalguri. Further, SFs arrested two NDFB-RD informers identified as Nilima Daimary and Astumi Boro.

SFs arrested two ULFA-ATF militants Debojit Gogoi and Satyajit Baruah from Bhangamurghat under Barbaruah Police Station in Dibrugarh District. SFs recovered a grenade from their possession.

SFs arrested one linkman of the ULFA-ATF, identified as Dhanjit Rabha, at Totolapara from the Baksa District. SFs recovered two magazines and one 9mm pistol in his possession.

Unidentified militants killed one civilian, identified as Swapan Dhar Chaudhury (56), owner of Rajiv Automobiles (Motor parts) at Haflong in Dima Hasao.

An encounter took place between suspected KPLT militants and SFs at Longhug village under Dolamara Police Station at about 7.30 am in Karbi Anglong. However, the KPLT militants managed to flee the spot.

UMHA extended the SoO agreement with the DHD-N for another three months until September 30. Joint secretary in charge of North East, Shambhu Singh signed the extension agreement on behalf of the Central Government.

Train services were disrupted in the morning after the Non-Bodo Suraksha Samiti staged a rail blockade at Baihata station under Rangiya sub-division of Kamrup District to protest against the demand for a separate Bodoland, among others. The Samiti submitted a memorandum to Governor J.B. Patnaik, through the local administration, that voiced their opposition to the alleged move to bifurcate Assam and sought the removal of villages with over 51 per cent non-Bodo population from the BTAD. It also wanted withdrawal of Sixth Schedule status accorded to the BTAD because it is located in the plains and not in the hills as "mandated" in the Constitution.

The people of Barak Valley have strongly protested against the proposal to carve out 26 villages of Cachar District and add them to the proposed DTC.

The 12-hour Assam strike which began at 5 am called by the Adivasi Ceasefire Co-ordination Organisation to put pressure on the Government to fulfill their various demands, including conferring ST status to the community, evoked mixed response in the Bodo belt and the lower Assam Districts. The strike came in the wake of the organisation's leaders canvassing in New Delhi to participate in the peace talks with the officials of the MHA to work out solutions to their demands.

SFs killed three suspected militants of NDFB-RD at Salpara village in Goalpara District.

NDFB-RD militants had placed an extortion note to Saotal Chuburi Lower Primary School teacher Putul Das. The School is located in Sonitpur District. Das had filed a complaint to the Police in this regard. As per the complaint, M Maithang, 'area commander' of NDFB-RD called up Das and asked him to pay INR 50,000 once and then INR 20,000 each month for joining as a teacher in Bodo dominated area.

SFs arrested a top Manipuri from Bokajan area of Karbi Anglong District. The arrested individual is identified as 'Sergeant Major' Thingbaijam Ibomcha (35), a resident of Irengbam.

Karbi Anglong SP B.B. Chetry wrote to the KAAC's principal secretary Jayashree Daulogupu and asked her to submit a detailed report on the projects under different departments of the council to ensure adequate security arrangement at the sites. SP, Chetry said that with limited manpower in the Police department, there is routine patrolling at the major construction sites and once the council replies, security arrangements would be made according to requirement."In our letter, we asked the site details, number of employees and possible time of completion of the project. We also asked if there is space at the site to accommodate security personnel," Chetry said. "It is true that we cannot provide security at all the construction sites. But sufficient security can be provided in the vulnerable areas, which are at least 15km to 20km away from the police stations," he said.

BTC 'chairman' Hagrama Mohilary urged the Central Government to start peace talks with NDFB- RD to bring about lasting peace in the region.

ABYSA organized a public meeting at Ellora Heritage in Silchar to protest against the proposed transfer of certain villages of Cachar District to Dima Hasao District and the harassment of Bengalis in the hill District.

SFs arrested an ULFA-ATF militant, Ranjit Gogoi alias Vicky alias Biswajit, from Borkherimia Borbaam village under Namrup Police Station in Dibrugarh District.

SFs killed a KPLT militant, Sarbong Kramsa, in an encounter near Tarapung village under Borpathar area in Karbi Anglong District. SFs also arrested two KPLT militants identified as Karsob and Sarhang.

Unidentified assailants killed an ex-militant of UPDS, Munthi Senar, in his native village Sermanthi under Khatkati Police Station in the same District.

Central Government ruled out the demands for creation of a separate Bodoland and has asked the NDFB-PTF to lay down arms within three months to ensure further progress in the dialogue process. The NDFB-PTF also demanded that the autonomous tribal councils of the Rabhas, Tiwas, Hasang, Deori, Sonowal and Thengal tribes should be brought under the Sixth Schedule.

several minority organisations staged a protest across the State, demanding abolition of the territorial demarcation of BTC and protection of non-Bodo. The Asomiya [Asom-Mia] Parishad (AP) observed a 12-hour Assam bandh and blockade on all the highways of the state, crippling the movement of vehicles in lower Assam, while the AAMSU staged a dharna in front of Raj Bhavan.

SFs arrested one militant of NSLA, identified as Bhagrai Tudu (22), at Rangiaghutu-Srirampur village in Gossaigaon Sub-division under Kokrajhar District.

Police claimed to have cracked the Gadapani Pathak murder case, after a KLO militant, Hiranya Roy, confessed that he had killed the agriculture engineer on May 2.SFs arrested Roy from Gauripur of Dhubri District on July 13.

NDFB-PTF said that the question of submission of arms does not arise until the MoS is signed. The NDFB-PTF also dismissed a published news item that the Central Government has asked the outfit to lay down arms within three months to ensure progress in the talks process. "

President of ARSU, Tankeswar Rabha, demanded joint operation by SFs along the Assam-Meghalaya border in lower Assam to tackle the activities of GNLA and other militant formations active in the region.

SFs arrested four NSCN-IM militants and eight linkmen from Lodhi village near Haflong in Dima Hasao District.

SFs arrested an 'area commander' of NSCN-K near Haflong in the same District.

Security agencies have busted the "blueprint" of the action plan of the CPI-Maoist in the Northeastern region. According to the road map, Maoists have plans to form a "strategic zone" comprising hilly terrains of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao Districts of Assam and Dibang valley of Arunachal Pradesh. The central committee of the Maoist had advised to cultivate plain areas of Brahmaputra valley for political and organisation matters, security sources said.

Two suspected NDFB militants identified as Jotha Goyari and Bijon Brahma have been 'arrested' by the public in Volatol village under Bijni Police Station in Chirang District and were handed over to the Police in the night. A Police source informed that among the two militants, Jotha Goyari had been confirmed as the cadre of NDFB-ATF.

ULFA militant, Phatik Hatimota alias Pankaj Saikia, an accused in the Sanjoy Ghose murder case, was released from jail after being granted bail. Hatimota is among 11 persons charge sheeted by CBI relating to the abduction and subsequent murder of social worker Sanjay Ghose by ULFA. Ghose was abducted from Majuli in Jorhat District on July 4, 1997.

CPI-ML leaders, workers and supporters staged protest demonstration infront of the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Cachar District, opposing the proposed merger of 18 villages of the District with Dima Hasao Territorial Council in accordance with the draft agreement signed by the Union Home Ministry with DHD.

SFs arrested two DNRF militants s near Jatinga under Haflong Police Station in Dima Hasao District. The arrested duo was identified as Guptaraj Haflongbar and Ashok Kumar Haflongbar.

DNRF 'vice-chairman' Thairing Dimasa alias Suji Thakmusa escaped from the Police custody at Langting in the same District.

Fourteen people have been killed so far in clashes between Bodo and Muslims in the Districts of Kokrajhar and Chirang. Moreover, as many as 40,000 people have moved to 38 relief camps, 28 in Gossaigaon subdivision and 10 in Kokrajhar subdivision, in the Kokrajhar District. Curfew has been clamped on both the Districts.

SFs arrested two militants belonging to DNRF following an encounter in Jagra Basti (Village) under Dima Hasao District. The injured militant has been identified as Sanjandeep Haflongbar while the other militant arrested is Parjit Kemprai. SFs have recovered 5.56 AI rifle from the duo.

SFs recovered explosives from under a culvert between Mukundapur and Karipara under Goreswar in Baksa District.

'Commander-in-chief' of KPLT, Kangthur, managed a narrow escaped from the hands of SF personals. A home guard personal has reportedly "divulged" the information to KPLT 'c-in-c'. SFs have the tip following the arrest of two KPLT militants identified as Raju Terang and the other David Millick.

SFs recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including two rocket launchers from Sadiya subdivision of Tinsukia District, which is considered the hotbed of Maoist activities in Upper Assam in the night.

ULFA-ATF alleged that the “divisive policies” of the government has led to clashes between Bodos and minority immigrants in Kokrajhar District.

Suspected militants abducted a class VI schoolboy, identified as Abhijit Barman, son of Dhiren Barman, from Kumacherra located on the border of Dima Hasao in Cachar District. The needle of suspicion is however directed on Dimasa National Security Force or HTF.

The communal violence started in Kokrajhar District has spread to Chirang, Dhubri and Udalguri Districts and at least 18 people were killed so far in the BTAD areas in the violence. The violence victims allege that the State Government has failed to tackle the situation.

 Assam Rifles has set up a new command headquarter at Silchar with jurisdiction over Mizoram, Tripura and southern Assam.

32 people, including five who were killed in confrontation with the Police, have lost their lives in the ongoing clashes between Bodos and Muslims in the Districts of Kokrajhar, Dhubri and Chirang. Further, more than 170,000 people have taken shelter in 121 relief camps. Besides, the rail link remains suspended due to lack of adequate security along the 54-kilometre stretch between Srirampur and Salakati in Kokrajhar.

Defence Ministry had cleared the deployment of the Army in the three Districts [Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri] after the State made the request.

ULFA-ATF is trying to carry out acts of sabotage in Upper Assam Districts at important Government establishments on the eve of its martyrs’ day on July 27 and in the run-up to Independence Day (August 15). The report states that a group of about six ULFA-ATF militants, under the leadership of Babul Gogoi and Rohendra Moran, alias Guli, were staying at the NSCN-K camp at Kharseng in Changlang District of Arunachal Pradesh, and directing ULFA-ATF militants to trigger blasts by themselves or by hiring youths. Rohendra is a former office-bearer of the All Assam Moran Students’ Union.

 ED probe into overseas investments of the militant group DHD-J aka BW has made no progress because of lack of response from the Singapore Government.

The death toll in the ongoing clashes between Bodos and Muslims have reached 40 as eight more bodies are recovered from the strife torn districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri. Further, about 1.7 lakh people from 400 villages of the three Districts are sheltered in 128 camps. Fearing attacks, many Bengali Hindu and Koch Rajbongshi families have also left the State and made their way into West Bengal. About 13,000 Army troops have been deployed in all areas in the three Districts and Bongaigaon. Further, 40 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed in Kokrajhar and Chirang Districts.

 ULFA-PTF leader, Mrinal Hazarika, said that groups like MULTA and Pakistan’s ISI might be involved in triggering the clashes in the BTC area. Further, Hazarika backed BTC ‘chairman’ Hagrama Mohilary’s claim that anti-India forces from the neighbouring country (without naming Bangladesh) were responsible for the violence. However, State Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has denied the allegation leveled by BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary that the ongoing ethnic violence in the BTAD was orchestrated by the Bangladeshi nationals. UMHA team visiting the State has ruled out the involvement of Maoists or Bangladesh-based groups in the ethnic violence in the State and had asked the State Government to immediately arrest the people who are instigating the mobs.

Rail link to State was restored evening after a disruption of more than 24 hours.

 UMHA has warned State government of a design aimed at to provoke and involve insurgent groups, holding ceasefire and peace talks with Government, into the ongoing communal clashes in lower Assam District. The news states that Ranjan Daimary faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-RD) chief Ranjan Daimary, who is in judicial custody, has conveyed to its cadres that peace talks with the government was not more important than existence of the Bodo community, authoritative security sources told this newspaper that the “message” implied that the NDFB rebels should strike to defend the existence of Bodos. Further, referring to intercepts and field inputs, security sources said that State Government has also been alerted about the ongoing attempt of minority leaders to provoke and lure Adivasi rebel groups with financial backing, who are holding ceasefire with the Government, to join the ongoing fighting between the two communities.

Mijarul Quayes, Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh said that India has never raised the issue of illegal infiltration from his country with Dhaka.

The death toll in the ongoing clashes between Bodo tribesmen and Muslims, has gone up to 44 with recovery of three more bodies in Chirang District and one killed in Dhubri. Further, about two-lakh violence-hit people are presently taking shelters in 150 relief camps. Curfew was relaxed for four hours in the morning in Kokrajhar town for the second consecutive day while tension continued to run high in the BTC area. Stray incidents of violence were reported from Kokrajhar district as well as Chirang, Dhubri and Baksa during last night. Indefinite curfew and shoot-at-sight orders were in force in worst affected Kokrajhar District, while night curfew was on in Chirang and Dhubri District. State Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi appealed to the people at large to remain calm and extend cooperation in restoring peace and normalcy in the violence affected areas. Gogoi declared a compensation of INR 0.6 million to each of the deceased families while medical treatment facility will be provided to the injured by the government with adequate amount. About 100 rioters have been arrested so far, while 11 persons are still missing. Unidentified persons on July 24 had pelted stones and attacked related stories the coaches of the Guwahati-bound Rajdhani Express at Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar District damaging four coaches, though there was no casualty or injuries,

Government warned that the leaders of both Bodo and Muslim communities will be held responsible if any side is found to be instigating violence.

The manner and pattern of violence are of concern to the Security Forces. There is a fear that militant Bodo and Muslim groups are preparing for a long-drawn battle. Army personnel say “this could be just the beginning” of a prolonged fight, as several militant groups are hiding around 1,200 firearms.

 ULFA-ATF militant, identified as Mukti Moran, surrendered at the 5^th JKLI army camp at Paltan Bazar in Dibrugarh city. Moran also deposited a US-made carbine with a magazine and six rounds of ammunition.

DNRF militants freed Abhijit Barman, a 13-year-old student of Class VII and a resident of Kumacherra village in Cachar District near Dima Hasao border.

SFs arrested two ULFA-ATF linkmen in possession of Foreign Indian Currency Notes worth USD 1 million at Namrup in Dibrugarh District.

With the recovery of 14 more bodies in Chirang District and a woman killed in a relief camp in Duramari village near Kokrajhar, the death toll in the ongoing clashes has increased to 59. Further, about four-lakh violence-hit people are presently taking shelters in about 270 relief camps. Few houses were set ablaze in Chirang District. Miscreants set ablaze 25 houses at Narayanpur under the Bijni Police Station. At Basugaon and Kothaguri, the miscreants burned down five houses. The curfew imposed in Kokrajhar was relaxed for 12 hours from 6am. Further, in Baksa District, miscreants set ablaze three houses in Daodhara and Hatijan villages late July 26 nights. The houses belonged to Ratiram Kuzur, Gopal Goyary and Sukendra Brahma. Baksa administration said that the incidents were not related to the violence in the neighbouring Districts. 11 people are still reported missing since the start of the violence.

State Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that tussle over land between Bodos and non-Bodos is the main reason behind the clashes. Gogoi further said Muslims in Bodoland are Indian citizens and not Bangladeshis. Gogoi further assured that the non-tribal people in the BTAD tribal belt who have been displaced and are staying in relief camps will not lose the land they have left behind. CM Tarun Gogoi described the turmoil in the Bodo belt to the feeling of deprivation among all sections and prescribed economic development as the only cure. The CM blamed a “third” force for spreading rumours, which resulted in more people flocking to relief camps than in the previous riots that had seen more devastation and deaths. He pointed out that 113, 198, 186, 98, 106 and 64 persons were killed in the riots of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005 and 2008 respectively.

Post the Bodo-Muslim clashes militant groups in the BTAD area may draw a fresh justification for existence.

SFs arrested two ULFA-ATF militants from Molandubi area under Krishnai Police Station in Goalpara District. The duo has been identified as Nabadeep Gogoi (23) and Ramen Bhumiz (20). SFs claimed that they have recovered explosive device from the cadres.

The ‘Commander-in-Chief’ of ULFA-PTF Raju Baruah, while attending the 20^th Martyrs’ Day of ULFA at Halodhibaari designated camp in Nalbari District, said on July 27, “Commander-in-Chief’ [Paresh Baruah] of ULFA is not a vital person for the ongoing peace talk process.” Raju Baruah further said that there is only a small group of cadres in the ULFA-ATF and they would join in the ULFA-PTF soon.

ULFA-PTF unit of South Assam comprising Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi and Dima Hasao Districts attended by a sizeable number of cadres observed its martyrs day at its temporary camp at Haticherra in Cachar District. The ‘prominent figures’ of ULFA-PTF attending martyr’s day were Manil Rajbongshi, Aftab Uddin Laskar and Ramosena Charai.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits the State to take stock of the situation.

SFs recovered bomb weighing around 2 kilograms in a plastic bag under a bridge at Bhumka in Gossaigaon Sub-division under Kokrajhar District.

The process for sending one top ULFA-PTF leader to Dhaka to meet Anup Chetia, ULFA ‘general secretary’ who is in jail there, is in full swing. The ULFA-PTF, led by ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa will send sufficient documents to Government of India to prepare the passport for Chetia. However, the name of the ULFA-PTF leader heading the mission is yet to be disclosed.

With the recovery of two more bodies at Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar District, the death toll in the ongoing clashes has increased to 61. In a reported incidence of violence at Gossaigaon, several houses were set ablaze. Few houses were set ablaze in Chirang District. The curfew in Kokrajhar was relaxed for 12 hours from 5am to 6pm on July 29. Meanwhile, 57 people have sustained injuries during the ongoing clashes. Further, about four-lakh violence-hit people are presently taking shelters in about 278 relief camps. Seven people are still reported missing since the start of the violence.

UMHA is of the view that the pressure on land is one of the main reasons for the recent ethnic disturbance in the BTAD area. The UMHA has also ruled out the possibility of dissolving the BTC.

According to the State Home Department, 5,000 houses were set ablaze in 244 villages during the Bodo-Muslim clashes. The clashes have led to the death of 61 people. Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa Districts in BTC areas and parts of Dhubri and Bongaigaon District were affected. Further, about four-lakh violence-hit people are presently taking shelters in about 278 relief camps. Eleven people are still reported missing since the start of the violence.

Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram visited violence-affected Districts of Kokrajhar and Chirang in BTC. Chidambaram said there was no violence for the past three days and it was time to send people from relief camps back to their homes. Chidambaram further stated.

Chidambaram also met representatives of various social groups at the Circuit House. While Muslim groups urged him to order seizure of illegal arms in Kokrajhar and other Bodoland Territorial Council areas, the Bodos said they suspect involvement of illegal migrants from outside the BTC area in the clashes.

UHM hinting role of illegal immigrants, described the porous Indo-Bangladesh border as a "difficult" border, which was "complex" to manage. "Assam is perhaps the most complex state to govern in this country. We have the Assamese population, we have a number of tribes, we have people who have migrated from other states and we also have a problem, which is undeniable - of people who have illegally entered Assam. That's why it is a complex state to administer."UHM Chidambaram also claimed that influx has come down sharply over the last few years.

on the issue of availability of illegal arms in BTC area, Chidambaram said, "We are aware of, we are aware of it. It is an important thing. It is in our mind and we will do something." UHM Chidambaram on the issue of illegal weapon as saying, "There are groups in the area which fought for separate Bodoland and they have arms. Some have joined mainstream and some of them have not joined mainstream," he said. He also claimed that the BTC accord had been misinterpreted and misunderstood and that land rights of the locals are protected under the accord.

On allegation of involvement of illegal migrants from Bangladesh in the riot, Chidambaram said that all other issues could be addressed in due course of time.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced that the Government would institute a probe into the recent ethnic clashes in the BTAD area and action would be taken against those found responsible for the clashes.

NSCN-IM has made inroads into Dima Hasao District of the State. According to an intelligence source, is trying to set up base in the District because of three basic reasons - the ongoing projects in the District, better population structure of the community in that part of Assam and the growing ideological clash between the NSCN-K and ZUF in neighbouring Manipur. NSCN-IM also runs its own extortion racket, specifically targeting outsiders who come to work in different national-level projects such gauge conversion and East-West Corridor, among others. The report states that migration of militants from neighbouring Manipur and Nagaland is one of the main reasons behind frequent law and order crises in Dima Hasao, where though Dimasas are a majority. Zeme Nagas, Hmars, Kukis and Karbis are also influential communities.

ULFA-PTF 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa and ULFA-PTF 'vice-chairman' Pradip Gogoi were among the six persons acquitted by a TADA court in a case related to the killing of a five-year-old girl in Guwahati in 1991.

Border Joint Action Committee Jaintia and Karbi" an agglomeration JSU and KSA and local headmen of both the communities, settled in the western Karbi Anglong bordering Jaintia hills District of Meghalaya have urged both the Government for an amicable solution of the 44 years vexed interstate border dispute.

An Army trooper was killed and six others were seriously injured in an IED blast at Bamungopa, just one-and-a-half kilometres from the Naranarayan Setu Bridge in Jogighopa under Agia Police Station in Goalpara District. In a statement claiming responsibility, Arunudoy Asom, spokesperson of ULFA-ATF claimed three SF personnel were killed and nine others were seriously hurt in the attack carried out by the outfit.

While refusing to comment on the demand for review of the Bodo Accord [2003], former UHM, P. Chidambaram, said that the Central Government was willing to have fresh look at the 'arrangements'. Stressing that the Bodos and non-Bodos must learn to live together, the Minister said that whatever arrangement was arrived at after signing of the Bodo Accord has worked. "Both the community had agreed to live together," he said.

State Forest Minister Rokybul Hussain said that Police pickets would be set up in strife-torn areas. Elaborating the plan Rokybul said, "Arrangements have been made to set up 66 fixed police pickets and 37 mobile pickets in the disturbed areas. There will be around 30-32 police personnel in each picket. The Centre has already given us the go-ahead signal for this. Temporary houses are being set up for the pickets. We will also expedite the process of setting up permanent police pickets."

Ex-BLTWS set three conditions for resettling the displaced people in their respective villages. Ex-BLTWS 'president' Jana Mohan Mashahary said, "The government must update the NRC before beginning the resettlement of people. The names of the people who will be resettled must be included in the voters' list of 1971 and they must possess myadi land patta. This is necessary to check influx of illegal immigrants." He also expressed apprehension that the number of immigrant camp inmates could increase once the process of resettlement starts.

Mashahary also said that the newly-formed Islamic militant outfit UMNA, which declared an armed movement on June 15, 2012, to liberate Muslim land in 13 Districts of Assam, could be involved in the violence in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts Mashahary added, "The UMNA is headed by Ramjan Islam.

Miscreants at Dhaligaon in Bodo-Muslim clash affected Chirang District set ablaze four houses. However, there was no report of any injury to any person.

five additional companies of CAPFs and Army were deployed in Sonitpur District as a precautionary measure after human parts were recovered from Sopai river in Belsiri from where three petty traders who had gone to the area had been reported missing on July 23. The three missing traders were identified as Abdul Khalaque (30), Mubarak Ali (22), and Mohammad Mujaharul (18). The news report also states that a red alert was sounded in the district after violence broke out in some areas of the BTAD.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that illegal migration from Bangladesh to Assam had lessened but not stopped altogether.

SFs arrested four ULFA-ATF linkmen in connection with the IED blast that took place at Hadlapara-Bamunghopa in Goalpara District on July 31 killing one Army personnel and injuring six others. SFs arrested the linkmen from Khardang village under Krishnai Police Station in the District.They were working under the command of ULFA-ATF leader Dristi Rajkhowa.

Miscreants set ablaze at least nine abandoned houses at the Chourabari village under the Bijni Police Station in Chirang District. However, no one was injured in the incident as the inhabitants of the village have been staying in the Madlipara Lower Primary School refugee camp under the Dhaligaon Police Station in Chirang District since July 24. So, far 71 people have been reported killed in these clashes.

Several organizations, including the O-Boro Surakshya Samiti [Non-Bodo Protection Committee], told Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi that formation of the BTC under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution was a massive blunder. In a memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister at his office chamber here, these organisations also placed the demand for reviewing the Bodo Accord and evolving an alternative to the Bodo autonomy issue.

NDFB-PTF criticized the Assam Government for its failure to protect the indigenous people and warned that NDFB-PTF will not allow any muslim immigrants from Bangladesh to live in tribal belt and blocks. 'General secretary' of NDFB-PTF, Gobinda Basumatary cautioned that the violence between the indigenous people and muslim immigrants would be repeated if illegal immigrants were not pushed back after updating the NRC, taking 1951 as base year, and deport them. Basumatary also questioned as to why the Centre and Assam government are concerned only when there is conflict with muslims, but why they are not serious when the clashes take place between Bodos and Adivasis and Dimasa and Karbis.

Altogether 5838 people from six relief camps in Kokrajhar District have returned home during the past 24 hours, prompting the authorities to close down six relief camps. With this, the number of relief camps in the District has come down to 72. According to official sources says the report, 98,710 Bodos, 80,281 minorities and 522 people from other communities are still living in 23 relief camps in Kokrajhar sub-division, 39 camps in Gossaigaon and in 10 in Parbatjhora camps sub-division in the district. A total number of 7683 houses were set ablaze during the violence in the district, official sources revealed.

The overall situation in Baksa District is normal now, with no fresh violence being reported. This has become possible due to sincere peace efforts made by non-political organisations as well as BPF.

ULFA-ATF has stepped up their extortions in the three Upper Assam Districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Sivasagar, besides carrying out disruptive activities to create a sense of panic among the people of the area.

State has been put on a general security alert in view of the threat by the ULFA-ATF to engage in subversive activities in the run-up to Independence Day celebrations.

A body recovered was recovered from a well in Kokrajhar District. With the recovery of the dead body, the death toll in the ongoing clashes has increased to 72.

An Adivasi village was also attacked in the Kokrajhar District. One person was injured in the attack.

A crude bomb was recovered from a biscuit packet in Dalsingher-Alga Lower Primary and Middle English School relief camp in Dhubri District.

Miscreants set ablaze around 15 abandoned houses belonging to Bodo community in Chengnala under the Dotma Police Station in Kokrajhar District.

Three bullet-ridden bodies were recovered in Chirang and two in Kokrajhar District,. Adding one person was also reported missing in Kokrajhar. Earlier, a body was recovered from a well in Kokrajhar District on August 4. With the recovery of these six bodies, the death toll in ongoing violence has reached 77.

Due to recent developments, indefinite curfew has been imposed in Chirang District. SP Kumar Sanjiv Krishna said the three - father and his two sons - had left the camp for displaced persons at Kawatika village of Chirang District yesterday and their bodies were found today. "Indefinite curfew has been launched and the army is conducting regular flag march in the District," Inspector General of Police -Law and Order (IGP-Law and Order), L R Bishnoi told PTI. He said there were some stray incidents, but the situation was brought under control after the Police decided to fix permanent security pickets in the recent-violence hit districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri.

IGP-BTAD, S N Singh said 112 fixed security pickets in the three worst affected Districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri would be set up and the process had been started.

An angry mob attacked a Bodoland Travels bus and injured its driver Apraj Narzary and eight passengers, following a NH-31C blockade, at Bortola under Dhaligaon Police Station in Chirang District demanding rescue of two auto drivers -Mohidul Islam Mandal (22) and Amir Ali (23) of Borpathar in Bongaigaon District. The duo went missing from August 4 after taking passengers to Karigaon in Kokrajhar District.

NDFB-RD said that the Government should take a tough stand against illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and mere sealing of border and rehabilitation will not bring permanent solution.

Three civilians, including a woman and a child, sustained injuries in a bomb explosion at Baghdoba in Goreswar in Baksa District. The blast occurred when a bomb planted in a tree near the busy road exploded. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

SFs arrested one militant and one linkmen belonging to KPLT from Sikarighat in Karbi Anglong District. The militant was later identified as Longbi Tokbi (20) of Langlakso.

Police claimed to have identified three cadres of ULFA-ATF who carried out the attack on an army convoy in Goalpara District on July 31. According to a police source, investigations into the incident have revealed that ULFA-ATF militant, Saurav Gogoi, who is a native of Tinsukia District, was the prime supect who carried out the blast with the help of two cadres of the outfit, Ratul Rabha and Manish Rabha.

SFs killed two militants belonging to ULFA-ATF in Goalpara District. Police further added that another ULFA-ATF militant has sustained bullet injuries and might have tried to abscond to neighbouring Garo Hills in Meghalaya where ULFA-ATF reportedly share bases with the GNLA. The injured militant is suspected to be Saurav Gogoi, a top ULFA-ATF cadre who is an  IED expert and have been sent to Lower Assam to carry out a series of attacks ahead of Independence Day.

At least three more persons were killed while two others injured as fresh violence erupted in Kokrajhar District, taking the death toll to 80.

Following the incident, a curfew has been clamped again in Kokrajhar District while indefinite curfew continues in the neighbouring Chirang District where there are fresh reports of arson. Some houses were burnt down there but the timely action of Police prevented any major violence, Bishnoi added. One person has been arrested in this connection from Chirang.

A BTC delegation rushed to New Delhi to call on Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and place the Council’s demand that no inmate from the relief camps in the four violence-hit districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri and Bongaigaon should be rehabilitated without getting his/her credentials ascertained. BTC Deputy Chief Executive Member Khampa Boragoyari told The Hindu that the Council delegation — led by its Chief Executive member Hagrama Mahilary — would be placing the demand of rehabilitating only those who possess land certificates, and have their names in the voters’ list in the first phase of rehabilitation, before the Union Home Minister.

SFs arrested two ULFA militants at Mushalpur in Baksa District, reports The Sentinel. The militants were identified as Arup Deka and Sanjay Thakuria. SFs recovered two nine mm pistols, two magazines, one life cartridge and a bike from the duo.

The movement of unidentified militants in the Dalaicherra, Sonpurpunji, Lodibasti, Kumacherra, Borokumpi and the adjoining areas under Joypur police station in the Lakhipur subdivision of Cachar District has created tension in the area. Notably, this area share the border of Dima Hasao District’s troubled Jinam Valley area. The militants targeted the Khasiapunji of Sonpur, near Borokumpi, beat up the headman Lalins Khasia, took away his mobile set and threatened him with the warning that all the residents of the Punji will have to pay monthly taxes to them.

At least 40 militants belonging to KPLT will surrender their arms to Tezpur based fourth Corp of Indian Army before the Independence Day, a Government source revealed.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.

The army continued their flag march in the morning in the three Districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri, hit by clashes between Bodo tribals and the minority community, which started on July 20.

SFs arrested three cadres of All ATLA, a new militant outfit, from Sangbar village in Umrangshu sub-division of Dima Hasao District. Sources said the little-known outfit had demanded an unspecified amount of money from the village headman of Sangbar in Umrangshu recently.

One more body was recovered at Chirang District taking the death toll in Bodo-Muslim violence to 81. The body was recovered from a field in Rajapara area, senior police officials said. The news report claimed 47 lives in worst hit Kokrajhar District, 17 in Chirang, four in Dhubri besides five killed in Police firing last month.

The continuing violence triggered protest by locals who blocked National Highway 31 at Beltoli on the Kokrajhar-Dhubri border. Indefinite curfew has been re-imposed in Kokrajhar District while round-the-clock curfew continues in neighbouring Chirang District.

Highly placed sources said that the UMHA has prepared a list of Muslim fundamentalist organisations of Assam and Manipur, reports Assam Tribune.

The identified organisations in Assam included MSCA, ULMA, ILAA, MVF, MLA, MSF,  ISS, IURPI, RMC, MTF,MLF, MLTA, MULFA and MULTA.

Muslim fundamentalist organisations of Manipur included INF, IRF, UILA, UIRA and PULF.

 IB has raised an alert against some groups in Assam, which, they believe, are being funded by other nations in order to keep the conflict festering to foster instability. IB believes that groups like the MULTA and HuM could be taking advantage of the situation. While the HuM has not been too active in Assam, the MULTA and its subsidiary UMNA could be fuelling further unrest. IB officials suspect that the UMNA, an offshoot of the MULTA, triggered the recent spate of violence.

 SFs  arrested one KPLT linkman from Bakalia Sikari gate under Bakalia Police Station. The person was identified as Sanjay Taro (20).

 SFs killed a  KPLT militant, identified as Ramsing Teron, in Dentaghat area under Bokajan sub-division of Karbi Anglong District and arrested another. The arrested militant was identified as Romon Teron. SFs recovered one .9 mm pistol, 20 rounds live ammunition, earrings, bangles, two mobile handsets and a cash of INR 220.

SFs killed another KPLT militant, identified as Kamsing Teron (20), during an encounter at Taralangso under Samelangso Police Station in the same District. SFs recovered one 7.65 mm pistol, 20 rounds of live ammunition of AK series riffle, mobile and various incriminating documents from the possession of the deceased.

 ULFA-ATF  has removed Arabinda Rajkhowa from the post of ‘chairman’. In an email sent to media houses, Arunudoy Asom, ‘assistant secretary for information and publicity’ of ULFA-ATF, informed, “We had given a three-month ultimatum to chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa to return to his post and meet the goals of the outfit. The time set for his return expired on July 29. Dr Abhijit Asom, who had been discharging his duties as chairman of the outfit since November 6, 2011, will be the official chairman of the outfit from today.”

ULFA-PTF has, however, refused to accept this decision. Mithinga Daimary in this regard said, “This decision is one-sided and we refuse to accept it.”

Three armed ULFA-ATF militants abducted and killed a ‘village defence party naik’, identified as Michael Purti, from no. 5 Bakupukhuri village in Sivasagar District. ULFA-ATF suspected the deceased to be a police informer.

NDFB-PTF condemned the gruesome communal violence in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts where hundreds of innocent people were killed and lakhs of people were displaced. 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.

 SFs from Mathurapur arrived in the Lengribor area,  to recover the body of Michael, a powerful  IED exploded, which was planted at an electric post. Sivasagar Superintendent of Police (SP), Akhilesh Kumar Singh on August 8 had informed the media that a group of 20 ULFA-ATF cadres equipped with sophisticated weapons, under the leadership of ‘lieutenant’ Rupantar Kakoti had managed to sneak into Sivasagar district

CRPF personnel on three vehicles had made a narrow escape after an IED went off at Khardang along the Assam-Meghalaya border in Goalpara District. The police have suspected the involvement of one Mohit Rabha, a cadre from the ULFA-ATF.

SFs found the bomb during patrol at Haldapara adjacent to NH 37 under Goalpara District, reports Business Standard.

SFs arrested two militants of newly floated group, ATFA. The arrested duo was identified as Saighun Dhan of Bajipahumara and Bijoy Chania of Bamunbari under Tingkhong area. Several people have received demand notes from the new Adivasi outfit in Tingkhong, Rajgarh, Bamunbari and Kenduguri areas of Dibrugarh District. Another unit of this outfit is believed to be active in Duliajan and Bordubi in Tinsukia.

ULFA-PTF ‘Chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa said that Paresh Baruah [ULFA-ATF] should carry on with his struggle from Assam and not from foreign lands.

NDFB-PTF has refuted the allegation of ADGP-SB, Khagen Sharma who reiterated that the e-mail message regarding the withdrawal of unilateral ceasefire sent to different media in the name of the NDFB-RD was a handiwork of NDFB-PTF.

AKRSU ‘adviser’ Biswajit Roy termed the Union Home Minister’s statement on KLO’s involvement in killing of Muslim leaders as a deep political conspiracy to ignite communal clash between Koch-Rajbongshis and Muslims in BTAD for narrow political gain. “The only solution to ongoing clash between Bodos and Muslims in BTAD lies in formation of Kamatapur State with ST status to Koch Rajbongshis,” leaders of AKRSU, Chilarai Sena, Koch-Rajbongshi Mahila Samiti and BTAD Koch-Rajbongshi Sanmilani advocated.

Resettlement of refugee based on voter list 2001 and land records could be done. In addition, whose names are not enrolled in the voters’ list and who has no land records they would be legally examined for resettlement in BTAD areas. Addressing the mediapersons at Dhubri circuit house the Assam in-charge of  AICC Digvijay Singh stated the above statement.

ULFA-ATF has stated that it will strive to involve the UN  by using international instruments to restore ‘sovereignty’ of Assam from the clutches of the ‘colonial occupation of India’. The newly-appointed full-fledged ‘chairman’ of the ULFA-ATF, Dr Abhizeet Asom , 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.’

NIA special court 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 UAPA 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 DHAC to militant coffers of BW. Ahmed was arrested along with the BW ‘chairman’ Jewel Garlosa from Bangalore on June 3, 2009.

35 militants laid down their arms before Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at a function in Tezpur. Twenty-seven of them were from the KPLT, six belonged to the Ranjan Daimari faction of NDFB-RD and two from ULFA-ATF. They further handed over a large number of arms and ammunition. among those who laid down arms were KLPT's ‘Foreign Secretary’ Moniram Rongpi and ‘Defence Secretary’ Ramling Ranghang.

SFs recovered one powerful IED, suspected to be planted by ULFA-ATF, from Bakupukhuri area at Charaideo in Sivasagar District.

KPLT has called for a 36 hours general strike to boycott the Independence Day celebrations, beginning from 5pm on August 14 to 5pm of August 15. KPLT ‘general secretary’ R Engjai, said that despite a provision for a separate State in the Constitution, the government has failed to fulfil the long cherished desire of the people.

Major militant formations operating in the Northeast called for a general strike on August 15 to boycott Independence Day celebration. However, during the strike, essential services, emergency measures, media and religious activities will be exempted. The militant formations  that has called for a general strike, include CorCom of seven rebel organizations HNLC, KLO, NDFB, NLFT and ULFA-ATF.

CM Tarun Gogoi said there are illegal migrants from Bangladesh in the state and that influx from across the border is still on, though in lesser numbers. The CM, however, did not say how many illegal migrants are here in the State. Illegal migrants are here. The influx is also on and that is why I have been trying my level best to plug the holes in the border with Bangladesh. I have been seeking more border outposts and floodlights. We have managed to bring down influx, but we need to be more foolproof," said the Chief Minister.

Gogoi added, "The bigger problem is that Bangladesh is not accepting the persons ordered to be deported by our tribunals. This is an issue under the Government of India.

Gogoi said that at present, there are more than 150 declared illegal migrants at detention camps in Goalpara, Kokrajhar and Silchar.

SFs raided the hideout of DNRF in Haflong in Dima Hasao District and arrested DNRF leader Dhananjoy Kemprai.

NSCN-IM "corporal" Rokovi Chapau was arrested from Bagetar in vicinity of Halflong.

Four Dimasa villagers, who were abducted by the militants of the NSCN-IM from Pidic village on the District's border with Nagaland on August 10, were released on August 11 after their relatives paid INR 20,000 as ransom to the outfit.

Central Government has alerted the Northeastern States about possible militant strikes in the run-up to Independence Day celebrations.

Director general of civil aviation has asked airport authorities to tighten the vigil in and around all airports in northeastern States. “Entry of people inside airport terminal buildings, excluding aircraft passengers, has been barred till August 20. Several other security measures have also been taken in and around airports,” Airport Authority of India director S.D. Barman said.

NF Railway has also decided to cancel and reschedule all night trains through Assam and Tripura until August 17 for security reasons.

Deputy Commissioner of Kokrajhar said that the situation is improving in the District. DC said that there are 90,000 inmates in relief camps in Kokrajhar District of whom 20,000 are from the minority community. The District administration has taken family photographs in all the relief camps for easy identification of camp inmates and no outsider would be allowed to settle in the relief camps.

SP Sunil Kumar informed that sufficient CPMF and Army personnel have been deployed in all the vulnerable areas. He also informed that the CBI has taken up the cases for probe.

NDFB-PTF stated that creation of Bodoland is the only option to save and protect the identity of Bodo people who are the sons of the soil of Assam, and for permanent peace in the region. This is a threat to national security, the worst sufferers of such infiltration being the indigenous people.

KPLT elected its new body, following vacancies created by the deaths of many of their leaders over the last few months. The organization appointed Pangri Kronjang as 'Commander-in-Chief', Klembang Lijang as 'Deputy C-in-C' and Paklar Ejang as 'General and Publicity Secretary', informed KPLT Chairman Bidisar Tungjang.

NDFB-RD militant shot dead a Muslim labourer, and injured three others from West Bengal, in Chirang District, on the Indo-Bhutan border. All four were returning from Bhutan, and planned to take a train to their hometown of Malda in West Bengal.

SFs recovered a new explosive detonating device used by the ULFA-ATF. They also recovered two bombs with mobile activated unit device connection in Chanok Gaon in Majuli river-island. Later, an Army bomb disposal team defused the two bombs attached to two mobile phones.

AAASA staged a protest in front of Mathurapur Police Station against the killing of a village Defence guard of Adivasi Community and shouted slogans against ULFA-ATF and Paresh Barua. Suspected ULFA-ATF militants had killed Adivasi Village Defence naik, Michael Purti, on August 9.

SFs arrested a top militant leader of UPPK from Beharbari area of Guwahati city. The arrested militant was identified as 'organizing secretary' of UPPK, Homeshwar Singh, and is considered the senior most member of the outfit. Singh was on the wanted list of NIA and Manipur Police.

Nine people were seriously injured when miscreants threw acid on an auto rickshaw at Gossaigaon town of Kokrajhar District. Night curfew is on in the District from 9 pm, while day curfew had been relaxed.

Violence spread to Kamrup-Rural District, which had been unaffected in the recent Bodo-Muslim violence, where a group of people torched several vehicles at Rangiya area during the day.

Several people were reported to be injured when the Police personnel of the Tamulpur Police Station fired at a mob who gathered at the Tamulpur Police Station to protest the detention of 65 persons. The 65 persons were detained in connection with the disappearance of Sahidul Ali from the District.

ULFA-PTF has extended support to the Bodos in their "fight against infiltrators." He said that the illegal migrants from Bangladesh are out to establish their supremacy in Assam's territory in order to play a decisive role in the politics, economy and social life of the State.

Mrinal Hazarika warned the Government on the recent exodus of people from northeast from other parts of the country, by saying that the Government will be held responsible for similar attacks in Assam, if the Assamese people continue to be assaulted outside.

Senior leader of the ULFA-PTF, Jiten Dutta, based in Tinsukia said that if the attacks on the people from Assam in various states of the country were not stopped immediately, the group would force all companies and firms of those states, operating in Assam, to shut down.

CBI has started investigations into the Bodo-Muslim clashes.

State Cabinet accepted the recommendations of the cabinet subcommittee on updating the NRC. The subcommittee has recommended updating of the NRC in 42 LAC in the first phase and house-to-house distribution and collection of forms in all the 126 constituencies for the purpose.

The ULFA-PTF raised alarm against the vested forces working on behalf of illegal migrants swarming Assam with an attempt to expand their influence in political, social and economic spheres in Assam.

Violence rocked Bodoland again when a man identified as Khasem Ali was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at Salekati in Chirang District at 7.30 pm, when curfew was relaxed.

State's Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, meanwhile appealed to all political parties to ensure ceasefire "till the dust settles down". At an all-party meeting convened by Gogoi, he apprised party representatives about his telephonic talk with the Union home minister, chief ministers of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, urging them to take up measures to instill confidence among migrants.

Amid the ongoing violence in the BTAD, the NDFB-Progressive leaders has brought up the separate Bodoland State demand with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

The ULFA-ATF blamed "infighting" within the ruling Congress party in Assam for the violence between Bodos and muslims and said people in BTAD area are being made "political scapegoat" for the sake of individual political ambitions of leaders.

Government banned bulk SMS and MMS messages for 15 days in view of the exodus of people from the northeast from cities like Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad following rumours that they would be attacked.

The AAMSU criticized chief minister Tarun Gogoi's recent statement that the situation in the State is limping back to normal after the Bodo-Muslim ethnic violence in the BTC areas that broke out in July.

Two persons, including a child, were injured when activists of two students' outfits threw stones at a public bus during protest and road blockade on the National Highway 31 in Dhubri District. They were holding the protest with the body of the leader who was killed by unidentified gunmen outside his pharmacy on August 17. Police rushed to the spot to disperse the protesters.

Bulk of the rumours that triggered panic among people of NE States in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra were sourced from Pakistan, Union Home secretary RK Singh said. "A total of 76 websites were identified where morphed images were uploaded and bulks of these were uploaded in Pakistan," Singh said. He said all these websites have since been blocked. As a step towards rumours being spread, Government has imposed a 15-day ban on bulk SMSes and MMSes.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said that a probe will be instituted to find out facts regarding alleged involvement of foreign hands in the recent Assam violence. "From the beginning I have stated that some foreign hands are involved. It is not merely a clash between Bodos and minorities. The Union Home ministry report that Pakistani elements were involved has vindicated our stand," Gogoi said. "

The AASU said that their repeated claims about the rapid infiltration of illegal Bangladeshi migrants, rise in fundamentalist activities with active support from Pakistan, had finally found support after Home Secretary RK Singh's comments about the hand of Pakistani agents behind the fear of attacks that has gripped people from the NE. This was stated by AASU advisor Samujjal Bhattacharyya.

Pakistan rejected Indian charges that morphed pictures of Assam and Myanmar violence which sparked an exodus of northeastern citizens from other States originated in Pakistan.

SFs arrested a ULFA-ATF linkmen from Jagoon. The arrested linkman were identified as- 'advocate' Amar Shah, Munu Kaul, Rajen Karmakar and Atul were on their way to hand over money and materials to ULFA-ATF leader Haren Moran at Kharsang in Arunachal Pradesh. SFs recovered an amount of INR 1.2 million in cash, medicine, mobile handsets and camp building materials from them.

SFs arrested three NSCN-IM linkmen from a dhaba (roadside eatery) on the Duliajan-Naharkatia road, near Madhabpur Tiniali, in Dibrugarh District. The three arrested linkmen have been identified as Minaram Dhadumia (33) alias Renu Dhadumia, Satyajit Gogoi alias Kalia Gogoi (27) of Tingkhong and Karuna Gogoi (34) alias Bunda Gogoi of Naharkatia. SFs recovered a .22 calibre pistol and two live bullets from them. SFs also recovered cash amounting to INR 1.2 million from the trio.

Police arrested 'commander' of 709 battalion of ULFA-PTF, Hira Sarania, on charges of extortion and abduction. According to Police sources, a team of city Police arrested the ULFA leader from the designated camp at Helacha in Nalbari District. Police sources claimed that the ULFA-PTF leader was reportedly involved in the abduction and extortion from a businessperson, Ranjan Lohia of Guwahati city. The SFs had first arrested one Pankaj Kalita from the camp three days ago. SFs have also arrested two youths Pradip Chaudhury and Charafroj Ali from Nalbari and Baksa Districts. Both are said to be very close to Sarania. The Police said that the Sarania is also involved in the killing of Binit Jain, an employee of Lohia.

BSF Director General, U.K.Bansal in an interview said that over the years, number of illegal migrants coming from Bangladesh has come down and ruled out any possibility of involvement of Bangladeshi immigrants in the current Bodo-Muslim clashes in Assam.Bansal also said that around 15,000 Bangladeshi people have been arrested so far this year for crossing the border illegally.

SFs recovered one AK-56 rifle, 30 rounds of live ammunition and INR 1.2 million in cash, from arrested ULFA-PTF leader Hira Sarania's residence at Helosa in Nalbari District. Sarania was arrested a day earlier.

KPLT 'general secretary' Poklar Ajong has denied of serving any exhortation to any doctor of Karbi Anglong District. He blamed the rival group for spreading false propaganda to malign the image of the KPLT.

A confidential internal prepared by the Assam Police meant for internal circulation, states that junior Police Officers were unable and unwilling to take action when required, the seniors, too, were loath to take responsibility for the lapses. The report further calls for deployment of more Police Personnel and says a large part of the problem lies in the pathetic manpower at their disposal. The report gives a demographic break-up that shows Bodos at 3.10 lakh (30%) and Muslims at 2.36 lakh (25.15%).

Unidentified people shot dead two youths in fresh violence that broke out along the Kokrajhar-Dhubri border under Chapar Police Station. The deceased were identified as Zabedul Islam and Rezzak Ali and the injured as Ismail Hussain. With this incident, the death toll in the ongoing violence between Bodos and Muslims has risen to 87. around 30 families left villages in Dhubri District fearing post-Eid violence. With this, an estimated 1,500 people have taken refuge in West Bengal and Meghalaya.

SFs arrested two ULFA-PTF members from Gorchuk in Guwahati city in connection with the murder of Binit Jain and Suresh Patel, who were killed by ULFA-PTF leader Hira Sarania and his group. The duo was identified as Anjan Barman of Nalbari and Ajonto Kalita of Sualkuchi (Kamrup).

SFs arrested a KPLT linkman from Birola locality in Diphu town of Karbi Anglong District, who came to extort money from a pharmacy. The arrested militant was identified as Jiten Tisso, who also confessed that he was also an ex-UPDS militant.

ULFA-ATF militant, Hiteswar Dihingia alias Guli, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police, Arabinda Kalita in Dibrugarh District.

ULFA-PTF, in an email statement, announced that the outfit has decided to suspend Hira Sarania from ULFA until the investigation concludes.

AATS's Cachar unit cautioned NSCN-K of non-cooperation from people belonging to Zeliangrong groups. The AATS also condemned the killing of the general secretary of Zeliangrong Students' Union of Manipur, Chunthuigai Kamei, by the outfit recently in Manipur.

NCHISF and the NCHIWF have jointly called a 48-hour NC Hills bandh from 5 am on August 23 to 5am of August 25, in demanding creation of a separate Autonomous district with a separate Autonomous Council for the non-Dimasa communities, residing in NC Hills.

Chief minister Tarun Gogoi appealed to members of civil society to find ways and means to restore complete peace and harmony in the riot-affected areas and to rehabilitate the displaced. He further asserted that only genuine Indian citizens would be rehabilitated. "There is no question of rehabilitating illegal immigrants. Providing relief on humanitarian grounds is completely different," he added.

Police arrested BPF MLA Pradip Kumar Brahma for his role in the ethnic violence in the State, sparked off protests in Kokrajhar. Later BPF workers took to the streets to protest and despite imposition of indefinite curfew. Further, they marched to Kokrajhar railway station and blocked the train services until 12.30 pm, forcing the railway authorities to halt trains in different stations. BPF has called for an indefinite Kokrajhar bandh.

Normal life was affected in lower Assam Districts due to a day-long bandh called by a MYP to protest against the recent violence in the State. Official sources said shops, schools, business establishment and financial institutions remained closed while there was less traffic on the national highway.

UNLF 'chairman' Raj Kumar Meghan was produced at NIA special court in Guwahati. The court will deliver the charge order on the Manipuri rebel leader on September 6.

Three unidentified militants abducted Tinku Bajaj, owner of Kasamari tea garden, at Kasamari area near Demow in Sivasagar District. "We suspect ULFA is involved in the abduction. At the same time, Maoists involvement cannot also be denied," said the Police.

SFs arrested three KPLT militants' including one 'area commander' from Disobai area in Karbi Anglong District. The arrested KPLT militants were identified as Raman Engleng alias Welson, area commander, KPLT, Benjamin Engti and Rabiso Enghi.

One KPLT militant, identified as Darsing Engti alias Kepra, surrendered along with arms and ammunition today at Diphu to the BB Chetry, Superintendent of Police of Karbi Anglong District. Militant during the surrender deposited one AK-56 rifle, two magazines and 40 rounds of live ammunition.

DHD-N 'chairman' Dilip Nunisa is scheduled to visit Cachar early next week to meet leaders of all communities inhabiting areas bordering Dima Hasao to arrive at a consensus on amalgamation of a few Cachar villages with the adjoining District. The DHD-Nunisa has demanded integration of 18 Dimasa-inhabited villages in Cachar with Dima Hasao as part of a possible tripartite treaty to be signed by the rebel group with the Central and State Government.

The Union Home Ministry has asserted that it has no report of infiltration of any militant outfit from Bangladesh into Assam. Union Home Ministry (Joint Secretary), Sambhu Singh, however, conceded that there were criminal and anti-social elements engaged in arms trade or trans-border trafficking across Nepal-India and Bangladesh, "but connecting them is not reasonable."

At least five persons were killed in fresh violence in Chirang District taking the toll to 87 since ethnic trouble erupted last month.

Two bodies were recovered from Nalbari area of Dhemaji.

Another body recovered in Chirang District.

The bodies of two persons missing in Dhemaji were recovered from the Nalbari area of the same District.

ULFA-ATF demanded a ransom of INR 3 million from Debabrata Saikia, MLA of Nazira constituency in Sivasagar District. ULFA-ATF threatened to kill him if the amount was not paid.

Security Forces recovered a body with injury marks, identified as Bishu Pramanik (70), was found at Dangirkilla under the Bogoribari police station in Dhubri District.

Unidentified miscreants near Salakati railway station in Kokrajhar District attacked two persons, including a woman. The injured have been admitted to Bongaigaon Civil Hospital.

ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Baruah, in an emailed statement to newspapers, warned of attacks on people from other states living in Assam if the attacks on Assamese people did not halt in other parts of the country. Paresh Baruah said that 14 Assamese youth have been killed in different places outside the State. Baruah also warned Muslim groups against spreading communal hatred in the state and alleged that Congress and BJP are playing their own games keeping in view the coming parliamentary elections in 2014.

a six-member team of the (BPF) led by Hagrama Mohilary left for New Delhi to discuss the BTAD situation with the Union Home Minister and the Union Home Secretary.

AAMSU has called a 12-hour strike on August 28 protesting the continued violence in the BTAD.

United Movement for People's Rights', Assam, an umbrella organisation of different non-Bodo bodies, have also given a call for Strike on the same day, in protest against the State Government's failure to rehabilitate the riot victims within August 15.

State Government has requested the Army to intensify counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the violence-affected Kokrajhar, Chirang, Bongaigaon and Dhubri Districts.

One person was killed and four others injured when miscreants opened fire in Pakritola village under Fakirgram, they said, adding that one more person was injured in the third incident that took place in Tupimari under Gossaigaon area of Kokrajhar District.

A group of unidentified armed miscreants set ablaze at least 30 houses at Pakhirtola area in Fakiragram in Kokrajhar District and engaged in exchange of fire with SFs. The miscreants also exploded at least five grenades, the Police informed. Exchange of fire between SFs and miscreants were reported from at least three villages namely Norjibari, Choutaki and Bhumki at Salakati area in Kokrajhar District.

SFs picked up nine persons from Bangaljhora, Dongabhita, Inglangguri, Chaudhurypara and Gumargaon in connection with August 25 attack at Malipara camp.

Defence Minister AK Antony said that of MoD took 72 hours to give its approval for deployment of Army in strife-ridden areas of the State. Anthony further said that 37 Army columns have been deployed in Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa, Kamrup, Nalbari, Hailakandi, Cachar, Karimganj and Sonitpur Districts.

ABMSU members and their supporters defied curfew and blocked the railway track at Bijni station in Chirang District for about six hours demanding arrest of Anjali Daimari and Kampa Borgoyari, promulgation of President's Rule in the State, dissolution of BTC. Chirang District unit of ABSU urged the District administration not to harass innocent villagers in the name searching for the culprits involved in the Malipara incident.

Central Government is likely to sign MoS with DHD-J / BW and DHD-N of Dima Hasao District, in September.

A body was recovered in Kokrajhar District. With the recent death, the total number of persons killed in the ongoing clashes has reached 99.

Different parts of Assam, witnessed violence by AAMSU bandh (General Shutdown) supporters and one person, identified as Gyanendra Mandal of Khairabari area of Barpeta District, was killed in the clash.

In Tezpur District Head Quarter of Sonitpur District, Bandh supporters set fire to a police vehicle and damaged the vehicle of a civil servant, forcing the administration to impose indefinite curfew in the Tezpur Police Station area. In Jogighopa area in Bongaigaon, Police first lathicharged a mob, which tried to impose bandh forcefully, and unable to control the situation, rubber bullets and tear gas shells were fired to bring the situation under control. Four persons were injured in the incident. Similar incidents were reported from Hatipota area under Chapar Police Station and Gauripur of Dhubri District and from Sivasagar and Nagaon District Police picked 652 persons in band related violence in Assam.

M. Ramachandran, MoS for Home Affairs, said in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) that ULFA-ATF was consolidating organizationally and strengthening its military capability for carrying out violence in the State. He said ULFA-ATF wants to maintain its dominance and create fear psychosis to facilitate extortion. The State Government has been advised to alert security forces to control the activities of ULFA-ATF, Ramachandran said.

Central Government's peace interlocutor PC Halder met the NDFB-RD 'chairman' Ranjan Daimary inside the Guwahati Central Jail in Sarusajai.

NDFB-RD in a press statement clarified that the faction is not involved in the BTAD violence and since declaring ceasefire, they had not fired a single bullet.

SFs recovered seven IEDs from the house of a school teacher, identified as Matibur Rahman, at Daloogram village under Singerband Vaiallge panchayat in Lakhipur Subdivision of Cachar District.

SFs arrested one ULFA linkman, named Biju Baruah alias Raju Rajkhowa, along with a cash of INR 50,000 and a mobile phone from Kakopathar Bazaar in Tinsukia District when he had gone to collect extortion money from a person at Kakopathar Government Hospital.

DRI recovered FICN worth INR 1.2 million from a vehicle at Beltola in Guwahati. Three persons, identified as Hakim Shaikh, Bhim Mandal and Alam Sheikh, have been arrested in this connection. According to Police sources, there were eight bundles of INR 500. The vehicle was on its way from Malda in West Bengal and the money is reportedly brought from Bangladesh.

SFs on arrested three ULFA-ATF linkmen - Bhuvan Dahotia of Maithang, Dipanjit Sonowal of Saru Maithang and Biju Sonowal from Maithang - from Kakopathar Dirak Saru Maithan in Tinsukia District.

SFs arrested Umesh Ali with some explosives and other materials in Dhubri District.

SFs busted a joint hideout of NSCN-IM and DNRF at Daouden under Mahur Police Station in the Dima Hasao District recently. The cadres of both the outfits reportedly deserted their camp and escaped in the dense jungles with routes to Nagaland.

SFs arrested one PLA cadre identified as 'Captain' Sarangthem Jayenta alias Vicky from Guwahati Airport.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to ULFA-ATF, identified as Mithun Rabha alias Rocky (21), at Rajadwar from North Guwahati.

STF of the State Police has launched a manhunt to arrest an assistant inspector of the State excise department, Gouranga Dey, based in Hailakandi District, who, allegedly identifying himself as a cadre of UDLA, has tried to extort INR 5 million.

SFs killed a suspected NSCN-IM militant, in an encounter at Monjang basti, near Hajadisa in Dima Hasao District.

Central Committee of JNH Dimasa Apex body and Wajao Block Committee staged Sit-in-Demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner's Office, demanding immediate establishment of BOPs in the eastern border area, at Haflong in Dima Hasao.

ULFA-ATF in an email claimed responsibility for the fire, saying the outfit had caused a blast in the oil well located in Chandmari village of Tinsukia District. Investigations said that the fire broke out due to an attempt to steal oil from the well.

Army has started operations in Kokrajhar District to seize all illegal arms and ammunition.

Pub Mandal (East Zone) of ULFA-PTF joined the campaign against illegal migrants in the State and threatened to take up arms again for the cause. ULFA-PTF further warned AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal to keep away from igniting communal tension in the state and "banned" him and AAMSU members from entering Tinsukia District until they desisted from igniting communal feelings and violence in the State.

NDFB-PTF alleged that the violence in BTC is an outcome of illegal arms available in the region. However, NDFB-PTF informed that none of its weapons is out in the open as they are kept locked in designated camps by the government and there is no scope of any outflow.

Suspected UDLA militants abducted a prominent trader, Shekhar Deb (45), from Cheragibandh village of Cheragi area in Karimganj District.

New refugees have arrived in Kokrajhar and Barpata Districts. Relief camps in Assam's Kokrajhar and Barpeta Districts have 4,615 new refugees, while 376 have left for home in Chirang District since September 2.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi described the present ethnic clash in the State was one of the worst crises for his 11-year-old Government. The ethnic clash started on July 20.

"very credible" intelligence inputs indicate that substantial amounts of money was paid to then ULFA in order to persuade the outfit to withdraw the ban on the National Games held in Guwahati. RN Ravi, a retired Special Director of the IB, made this disclosure.

SFs arrested two KPLT militants, identified as Sanjib Rongpi and Jackson Terang, from Balipathar daily market in Karbi Anglong District.

SFs arrested 14 miscreants involved in the vandalization incident that took place in Goalpara on August 28 during the Assam bandh called by the AAMSU and other 30 organizations.

IGP, BTC, S N Singh told mediapersons that peace is gradually returning, as there has been no fresh violence in the area. He said that a total of 86 security pickets have been set up in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts to provide security.

Intelligence reports have indicated that tension between Rabhas and non-Rabhas was brewing in Goalpara District. The reason behind the tension according to the report is Rabha demanding elections to the RHAC, which is opposed by other communities inhibiting the District.

Gauhati High Court, in an interim order, granted anticipatory bail to BPF MLA Kamal Singh Narzary and 16 others, who were accused of instigating violence during ethnic clashes in Chirang District.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said 242,000 inmates of relief camps in the riot-hit BTAD. CM further said that his Government will publish a white paper on steps taken to detect and deport illegal migrants. Gogoi informed that the State has completed around 97 per cent fencing works along India-Bangladesh border while states like West Bengal, Meghalaya and Tripura have managed to complete 80 per cent, 81 percent and 58.70 percent respectively.

A total of 9,985 displaced Bengali-speaking Muslims, who had returned to home from relief camps in Gossaigaon sub-division of Kokrajhar district over last couple of weeks, fled their homes again on August 31.

BSS and over 13 organisations demanded that rehabilitation of the displaced people based on the cut-off date and year for detection of foreigners, March 24, 1971, as enshrined in the Assam Accord of 1985.

The BSF has identified 11 vulnerable BOPs in Assam, 13 in Meghalaya, one in Mizoram and two in Tripura. The major problem in Assam's 11 vulnerable BOPs is circulation of FICN and cattle smuggling, especially in Dhubri District, said a BSF officer.

A gang of five armed miscreants killed a Hindi speaking cultivator, identified as Bhusan Chauhan, from Lamsakhang Silpur village in Karbi Anglong District. Following the incident, various organisations such as Hindi Vasi Chatra Sangsta, Assam Bhojpuri Parisad and Assam Hindi Vashi Suraksha Avijan demanded security of the Hindi speaking minorities of Karbi Anglong and immediate arrest of the killers.

Security Forces recovered a grenade from a bus, which was travelling from Dibrugarh to Jorhat, near Moran Police Station in Dibrugarh District. Six persons, including the driver and handyman were detained for questioning.

ULFA-ATF has asked Arabinda Rajkhowa, 'chairperson' of ULFA-PTF, to join the non-violent movement for implementation of the Assam Accord. ULFA-ATF said that the key to the solution that Rajkhowa is seeking from the ongoing peace talks with the Central Government lies in total implementation of the Assam Accord.

MoS for Home Affairs, M Ramachandran said that action has been taken to implement various clauses of the Assam Accord.

As a mark of protest against the inhuman and discriminating treatment, both physically and mentally towards the people from the north east of India regardless of age, sex or profession, the NESO called a 12-hours "Total Bandh" (shut down strike) all the six north eastern states on September 6. While there will be 12-hour bandh in various North Eastern States, NESO will organise a 'massive public rally' in Guwahati (Assam) on the same day against unabated influx from Bangladesh.

Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran told Lok Sabha (Lower house of Parliament) that illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators cross the border through few patches where fencing is not feasible due to difficult terrain and riverine areas.

Replying to another question, Ramachandran said the BTC has made a demand that no inmate from the relief camps in the four violence-hit Assam Districts be rehabilitated without getting his or her credentials ascertained.

A decomposed body of a villager who was reportedly missing since August 28 night was recovered.

BTC has agreed to resettle the 11,066 families after verification of documents by the council administrators. This includes 8,425 families in Kokrajhar and 2,641 in Chirang Districts.

A grenade blast by suspected ULFA-ATF left 14 persons including three Police personal were injured in Doomdooma town of Tinsukia District.

SFs arrested 'commander-in-chief' of DNRF, Diamond Dimasa alias Pranjol Hojai, from Diyungmukh in Dima Hasao District.

Special Judge of NIA court in Guwahati framed charges against the 'chairman' of Manipur based UNLF, Rajkumar Meghen alias Sanayaima, and 17 others for waging war against India.

United Front formed by northeastern militants in Myanmar and resurgence of their activities in Bangladesh was on the agenda of a three-day annual DGP Conference that began in New Delhi.

A 12-hour bandh (General Shutdown strike) called by the NESO affected six northeastern States. The Bandh was called to protest against atrocities on people from the region in cities outside the region and against influx of illegal migrants into the region. The bandh was supported by student unions of these States, which are part of NESO. The bandh affected life in Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and tribal-inhabited areas of Tripura.NESO organised a rally in Guwahati, which was attended by 26 student organisations of the region.

UHM Sushil Kumar Shinde said the communal colour given to the recent ethnic violence in Assam was "unfortunate" and noted that the "motivated" online rumours were evidence of terrorists misusing cyber space.

A Chinese grenade explosion on September 8 resulted in the death of a CRPF trooper, Bhabani Singh, and injury to 13 others, including three CRPF personnel, at Paltan Bazar in Guwahati.

Miscreants lobbed a petrol bomb at a house in Dhubri town, leading to clashes between two groups, which left one person dead and two others injured. Tension had gripped Dhubri, following theft from a temple, which was also vandalized, on September 7 night even though curfew was in place.

ULFA-ATF claimed responsibility for the Guwahati blast and an earlier blast in Doomdooma on September 6, which left twelve people, injured, including a Policeman and a homeguard.

Security Forces recovered five hand grenades and five detonators and arrested one person, identified as Bijoy Boro, from a mini-bus from Kamrup (Rural) District.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, in an interview said that immigration into the State is in decline and further blamed 'illiteracy' for higher population growth amongst Muslims.

Ex-Governor of the State, Lieutenant General (retd) S.K.Sinha said in an interview said that the future of the State is very dark unless strong measures are taken immediately to deal with the problem of infiltration of foreigners. He further said that illegal migration is the main reason for the recent ethnic clashes in the State.

SFs killed a ULFA-ATF militant, in an encounter, in Khardang area of Goalpara District.

State Police have intensified security arrangements after receiving intelligence inputs about ULFA-ATF might try to attack Police and SFs in the State.

ULFA-ATF dinied any collusion with fundamentalist forces and further stated that it is not using hired criminals to carry out subversions in the State as claimed by Police.

UHM Sushil Kumar Shinde acknowledged illegal infiltration from Bangladesh and stressed for a negotiated settlement. Further, UHM Shinde expressed firm resolve to seal the Indo-Bangladesh border.

ABSU submitted a memorandum to the Assam Governor Janaki Ballab Patnaik urging him to play a more significant role in ensuring protection to land and other rights of the genuine citizens living in the sixth scheduled areas.

Member of Parliament from Kokrajhar, Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary recently met Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh and submitted a memorandum containing 17 charters of demands with regard to the issues connected with the relief and rehabilitation of the violence affected people in Bodoland Territorial Council areas. The demand primarily consisted of setting up a Police Commissionerate in BTC area, raising a Bodo regiment, restoration of Tribal land etc.

Regarding rehabilitation of the displaced persons, Basumatary said that the Indian citizens who have been residing permanently within Bodoland with their valid land documents prior to February 20, 1993 only should be rehabilitated in case any family of this category was displaced during the flare-up in Bodoland territory.

A grenade explosion triggered by suspected militants of ULFA-ATF left at least six persons injured at Bongaigaon town.

Security Forces arrested two persons, Pranjal Saikia and Alex, for distributing FICN with a face value of INR 30,000 in INR 10, INR 20 and INR 50 denominations at Margherita Tiniali on Changlang Road in Tinsukia town.

A 40-year-old man identified as Dhaneswar Boro injured in the grenade blast in Bongaigaon town in the evening of September 11, died at a private nursing home in the night. Boro and four others were injured when the grenade lobbed by ULFA rebels exploded.

One of the ULFA militants identified as Manoj Rabha alias Monibantha Asom was arrested at Mahavirstan as security was beefed up following the blast. Manoj trained in the Khardang camp in Goalpara District close to Meghalaya.

Nagaon Police have recovered 13 rounds of live bullets of 303 rifle from two bus passengers at Morikolong Barghat check point during their routine check in vehicles. The two passengers, Shahjahan Ali of Golaghat and Rashid Ali of Jamunagaon, Nagaon have been arrested by Police. They were coming from Lanka in a Nagaon-bound bus.

Forum for Terrorists Victims Family, an umbrella organisation of terror victims in Assam condemned the reported extortion demand of INR 300, 000 from Nazira legislator identified as Debabrata Saikia by ULFA-ATF recently.

A news report citing highly placed sources reports that at least 500 people living in relief camps of BTAD areas fled Assam after authorities started checking their identity documents and land records before allowing them to be rehabilitated. Currently, an estimated two 200, 000 affected people were living in around 215 relief camps in Assam.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi exhorted political parties to help identify foreigners staying illegally in Assam instead of just crying themselves hoarse over the issue.

The Morigaon unit of the AASU, will stage a massive protest rally under the leadership of Mun Thakuria in Morigaon on September 15. The protest will be staged to demand implementation of Assam Accord and for immediate sealing of Indo-Bangladesh border, updating the NRC, rights over land for the indigenous people and to provide constitutional safeguards.

While the weapons made available in Myanmar by China have been posing problems for the North East region for years, in recent times incidents of such weapons being procured by a section of refugees of southern Bhutan has also come to light, which makes it clear that a new militant group may come up soon in the area. Sources said that a group of refugees of Bhutan established contact with the Ranjan Daimary faction of the NDFB-RD and received training in a camp of the NDFB in Kachugaon reserve forest area near the Indo-Bhutan border. So far, the new group has not indulged in any major act of violence, but it is suspected that members of the group were involved in firing at five Bhutanese nationals in July, in which one person was killed.

SFs arrested four militants of the UKDA at Khatkati in Karbi Anglong District on September 13 and arms and ammunition were seized from their possession.

SFs arrested a suspected militant, Abu Naser Zilani, who was allegedly running the IURPI, in Jhagrarpar Part-I of Dhubri town. Zilani reportedly served extortion notes of worth INR 1 million and INR 500,000. An army intelligence source said the organisation is a lesser-known militant group operating in Assam since 2004.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi claimed that the standard of Police intelligence has improved, as evidenced by the success rate of security agencies in foiling militants' subversive activities in the State. He was replying to a question on the recent blasts in the State.

ULFA-ATF's flow of funds to the members of the outfit has come down, the outfit reportedly managed to send a few major consignments of money to the leaders of the outfit in Myanmar in the last couple of months. Further, both the eastern and western commands of (ULFA-ATF) are trying to indulge in acts of violence in Guwahati city to attract maximum possible publicity. The lower Assam group is headed by Drishti Rajkhowa and the western sector commanded by Bijoy Das.

Principal Secretary (Home Department) in the State reviewed security arrangements at vital installations such as oil pipelines, refineries and other vulnerable places.

Amidst voice to detect and deport Bangladeshi infiltrators from the State, various organizations which have decided to stand against illegal influx, arrested nearly 23 suspected Bangladeshis at Namti area in Sivasagar District and handed them over to the Namti Police.

Khatkati police intercepted a Bolero near interstate check point on national highway 39, approaching from the direction of Dimapur, Nagaland recovered large quantity of sophisticated arms and ammunition.  Recovered arms and ammunitions includes one AK 47, one AK56, one M16 rifle, one M15 rifle, 9 magazines and 1000 assorted ammunitions. Police suspects the arrested persons to be members of UKDA.

ULFA linkman identified as Karimul Islam was arrested from Kalanchipara village of Howrarpar gaon panchayat under Dhubri police station.

Centre has warned the Assam government that the situation arising out of the ethnic strife between Bodos and Muslims “is far from normal” and that further trouble was brewing in districts neighbouring the Bodo areas. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde conveyed this assessment to the CCPA.

A businessman was robbed of INR 2 million and shot dead by three persons, including a surrendered ULFA militant and a RPF trooper, in broad daylight at Nalbari town.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told New Delhi about the need to amend the Foreigners’ Act, 1946 to detect and deport the illegal foreigners.

A trader was abducted from Kalain in Assam's Cachar District.

Two grenade blasts took place in Digboi and Golaghat. A grenade went off at the busy Charali Bazar fish market at Digboi in Tinsukia District causing injury to 4 persons. According to Police, one Robin Rajbanshi (37) was arrested in this connection. Another grenade blast took place at Begenakhowa near Jalan Tea Estate in Golaghat District on the same day. However, nobody was injured in the blast.

Two college girls were arrested in Karbi Anglong for alleged links with KPLT militants. According to Police, Monica Hansepi and Rina Teronpi kept close links with KPLT mainly to provide information and gather intelligence for the outfit. 

The Security Forces has come across vital information regarding the game plan of the CPI-Maoist to set up guerrilla zones in the hills in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh of NE to strengthen their arms wing in the region. 

The Manipur based PLA has given bomb assembling and handling training to the cadres belonging to Assam based ULFA-ATF led by Paresh Baruah, with an aim to strengthen the outfit's military power after its former ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa and his faction parted ways to hold peace talks with the Centre. 

At a time when anti-foreigner mood is growing stronger in the state, NDFB-PTF ‘general secretary’ Govinda Basumatary said that the Assam Accord was not an appropriate instrument for detection and deportation of 'aliens', as it did not have any constitutional validity.

SFs stationed at Kharupetia arrested one MULTA cadre, identified as Muhamad Surus Ali, from Golandi village in Darrang District. One country made Pistol was also recovered from him. He has been handed over to the Police for further interrogation.

Two college girls arrested in Karbi Anglong for alleged links with KPLT militants have been remanded to Police custody after they were produced in Diphu court.

UKDA denied its involvement in the smuggling of arms and ammunition on September 13 and denied that the three persons arrested were from their organization.

A former AASAA student leader identified as Joren Soren was shot dead by unidentified gunmen near Bijni in Chirang District.

Altogether 1,87,052 persons affected by the violence between Bodos and minority immigrants are still lodged in 206 camps even after nearly two months since trouble broke out in five Lower Assam Districts.   The process of rehabilitation of the affected people was continuing with the verification of land documents and 5706 people have left the relief camps during the last 24 hours.

Paresh Baruah-led ULFA faction urged the people of Assam to continue with their agitation against illegal migrants in the State to protect the interest of indigenous people.

Two hand grenades and as many detonators were recovered from the house of a former NDFB insurgent identified as Rakesh Bodo at Kotabari village, under Tamulpur police station in Baksa District. 

Assam has deported only 134 illegal immigrants to Bangladesh in the past two years, even though the Tribunals, tasked with detecting the foreigners, had found as many as 5,652 offenders between 2010 and 2012.  Assam Government has recently informed the UMHA that 36 existing Tribunals had declared 4,787 as "illegal immigrants" who came to the State on or after March 25, 1971. Besides, 865 people, who were part of pre-1971 stream of illegal migration — were also declared "foreigners" by the Tribunals under the Foreigners Act, 1946. But, nearly 97 percent of them went missing after being declared "illegal migrants.

A trader who was abducted from Kalain in Assam's Cachar District on September 14 was rescued from Bilaipur in Hailakandi District near the Mizoram border.

NDFB cautioned that some third party has been hatching conspiracy to bring confrontation between the Bodos and the Adivasis in the region and asked people of both communities to be watchful over the communal conspirators

A Bodo youth, identified as Gratious Basumatary alias Gautam, was killed by unidentified miscreants near Salakati in Kokrajhar District. Following the incident tension prevailed at Salakati. 

SFs arrested four suspected cadres of the anti talks faction of NDFB-ATF and four other linkmen from a house in Simaluguri village under Paneri Police station in Udalguri District. SFs found four AK-56 rifles, four magazines and 65 rounds of ammunition from their possession.

Bangladeshi Security Forces have launched an intensive operation to track down Anti-talk–faction of ULFA-ATF leader Drishti Rajkhowa from their territory. “Since the past week, the BGB and RAB have conducted operations against Rajkhowa,” a BSF official said. 

CBI's special team probing into lower Assam violence arrested five people in connection with the killing of four Bodo youths at Jaipur in Kokrajhar on July 20. The agency, probing seven out of the total 1,442 cases registered, has already taken them into custody for four days.

39 “suspected” Bangladeshi nationals were detained by Manja Police during a routine checking in Manja, Diphu District.  The detained persons including nine men, twelve women and eighteen infants, ranging between one to three years were detained from Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council transport passenger bus destined for Diphu.

BTC are responsible for the recent violence in the BTAD and also for the series of events that unfolded in the BTAD after the violence,” said BPPF president Rabiran Narzary.

SFs recovered two AK-47 rifles along with three magazines and 23 rounds of live ammunition from an arms dealer, identified as Jayanta Barua, at Samtaibari in Chirang District.

Increased activity of ULFA-ATF militants from camps located at Manabhum and Kharsang area in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang District has become a major headache for the SFs. It is reported that ULFA-ATF had recently set up several camps in the two areas bordering Tinsukia District with help of NSCN-K.

Activists affiliated to the AJYCP handed over six labourers from a construction site suspected to be illegal migrants to the Jorhat Police.

SFs recovered two AK-56 rifles, two magazines and 20 rounds of ammunition at Sonajuli village under Dhimakuchi Police Station in Udalguri District. No one was arrested in this context.

Dilip Nunisa faction of DHD-N has expressed unhappiness over what it termed as “inordinate delay” in signing the draft agreement that would formally end insurgency in Dima Hasao District. The draft agreement, prepared in a tripartite meeting between representatives of DHD-N, Central and State Government in New Delhi on June 13, envisages setting up a territorial council in place of the existing autonomous District council.

Members of AIKNA, KSYC and KSA detained 23 suspected Bangladeshi nationals from Kheroni brick kiln located between Diphu and Manja in Karbi Anglong District.

State Government will publish a White Paper on the steps taken to deal with the problem of illegal migration of foreigners on October 7.

State Police have decided to arm themselves technically to counter cyber crime that has the potential to create law and order problems.

People in Kokrajhar and Udalguri Districts took out processions to protest against the killing of a student at Salakati and against illegal migrants. Hundreds of residents of Salakati in Kokrajhar joined hands to condemn the killing of a student on September 17.

SFs arrested a MULTA militant identified as Jainul Khan, Gargaon village under Anandabazar Police Station in Baksa District. SFs recovered half kilogram of explosive, 7.62 mm live round, one .9 mm fired case from his possession.

Kuki militant organization KRA alleged that KAAC was now planning to evict the entire Kuki population from their ancestral land by converting the area into tiger reserve.

SFs arrested two militants belonging to AANLA along with a grenade at Ginatoa near Halem Tea Estate, under Gohpur Police Station in Sonitpur District.The arrested militants were identified as Anuj Ghatowar and Bikram Munda.

Union Government has alerted Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on the resurgence of anti-talks faction of ULFA-ATF and Ranjan Daimari faction of NDFB-RD, taking advantage of the security gap created by the recent ethnic violence in Assam.

ABSU-SD and the TDBSS staged a massive rally in Dhekiajuli town, in which several organisations including Sonitpur District unit of AASU, AJYCP, and AGP along with committees of various organisations of Dhekiajuli area and people from all walks of life participated. Smaller rallies were held in Barpeta and Bongaigaon.

Illegal migration from Bangladesh is among the top issues to be discussed in the five-day meet between BSF and BGB starting on September 25 in Dhaka.

ASJU has demanded that the India-Bangladesh international border should be fenced within six months to discourage immigration.

SFs arrested three militants of ADHTDF, a little-known militant formation, from Haflong in Dima Hasao District while they were trying to extort money from a Government employee. The outfit had earlier sent an extortion note to a Government employee demanding a sum of INR 200,000 from him.

SFs arrested an extortionist when he went to collect an unspecified amount of money from the owner of a medicine shop in Haflong town. The arrested person is yet to be identified.

The ULFA-ATF is trying to promote a new militant outfit in Arunachal Pradesh for its own benefits. Highly placed Security sources told the newspaper that a new militant outfit named as UPDF backed by ULFA-ATF has cropped up in Arunachal Pradesh.

The ULFA-ATF has warned the Yuva Morcha (Youth Wing) of the BJP from protesting against China on the 50th anniversary of the Sino-Indian War in the month of October. ULFA-ATF also asked senior BJP leaders like Nitin Gadkari and L K Advani not to take any step that could increase tension between Assam and China.

Villagers on September 23 recovered the body of a person, identified as Manoj Konwar, bearing several bullet injuries from Balijan Grant Ouguri in Sivasagar District.

SFs and ULFA-ATF militants were engaged in an encounter at Ratanipathar in Tinsukia District. Later, the militants fled into Arunachal Pradesh. No casualties were however reported.

Two militants belonging to UDLA, identified as Ratan Reang (19) and Debendra Reang (27), surrendered their arms before the Hailakandi District administration.

SFs arrested two NSCN-IM militants from Dillai area in Karbi Anglong and recovered a .9mm pistol and some ammunition from them.

SFs busted a hideout of extremists in the Guma Forest in Gossaigaon sub-division of Kokrajhar District and recovered huge quantity of explosives. The recovered items were 17 gelatin explosives, 28 detonators, circuit boards. SFs suspect the involvement of either breakaway Adivasi factions or elements of the RVA.

UKDA has demanded immediate cancellation of the proposed tiger reserve by KAAC.

ULFA-ATF militants exploded a bomb in Sivasagar town killing one person on the spot and injuring eight others. The deceased was identified as Nirup Das (30). The condition of three injured persons are said to be critical.

ULFA-ATF is suspected behind the murder of Manoj Konwar (30), MASS activist, a resident of Lukhurakhan Gorukhowa village under Tingalibam Police Station. SFs had recovered the bullet-ridden body of Konwar on September 23.ULFA-ATF had blamed Sivasagar SP Akhilesh Kumar Singh for the killing.

BTC leader Kampa Borgoyary said that they were serious about allowing only those riot-affected people having valid documents like land pattas to be rehabilitated, while dispelling fears about any anomaly in the process.

A massive rally was taken out by various students' organizations of different communities and social organizations today at Diphu town of Karbi Anglong demanding expelling of Bangladesh nationals from Assam as well as KAAC.

A large procession was held in GU campus to demand implementation of the Assam Accord and updating of the NRC of 1951.

A bomb blast killed a tribal youth, who was carrying the explosive device in hand through a residential area, in Umrangso town of Dima Hasao District. Dima Hasao SP, M.J. Mahanta, said that the body of the youth carrying the device was completely mutilated.

SFs arrested three suspected ULFA militants from Kaithalkuchi area in Nalbari District.

State Agriculture Minister Nilamani Sen Deka told that the procedure of verification of the credentials of the inmates of the relief camps of Bodo-Muslim clash affected is on and he admitted that it would take some time to complete the process of rehabilitation. He said that the Chirang District administration verified around 8,000 forms and only 2600 have land documents. The forms have been given to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) authorities for further scrutiny. The GoM will hold a meeting with the BTC authorities on October 6 to discuss the fate of the relief camp inmates who do not have land documents.

SFs arrested a ULFA linkman, identified as Prakash Mondal (33), of Chagolia II village under Golakganj Police Station of Dhubri District.SFs recovered a country made weapon, some explosives, two improvised crude bombs and one mobile phone with two SIM cards.

ABYSA imposed an indefinite blockade on NH -54 near the Lailapur checkgate along Assam-Mizoram border under Cachar District from September 26. The blockade is in protest against alleged harassment of non-Mizos in Mizoram.

The Centre is worried over ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Baruah being "handled" by China.

'Chairman' of UNLF, R.K. Meghen alias Sana Yaima, sees the remark by NIA special court in Guwahati that the goal of his outfit's struggle is Manipur's independence, as a moral victory. The court remark came during framing of charges against Meghen.

The 48-hour Dima Hasao District bandh (General Strike) called by IPF, turned violent on the second day (September 28) when clashes erupted between bandh supporters and militants of DHD-J / BW at Sarkaribagan locality of Haflong. Seventeen people, including four Police personnel, eight bandh supporters and five DHD-J / BW cadres were injured in the clash.

Police arrested one Azizur Rehman in Dhubri District for selling fake documents. He had sold landholding papers, Panchayat certificates, ration cards, electricity bills and other documents to turn illegal Bangladeshis into legal citizens. He confessed for arranging such documents for more than 2,000 of Bangladeshis.

A group of ULFA-ATF under the 'Deputy Commander-in-chief (c-in-c)' Dristi Rajkhowa alias Manoj Rabha is trying to sneak into Guwahati city with explosives, said intelligence sources. The group of around 17 cadres, including some IED experts, is believed to be hiding in jungles of Garo Hills in Meghalaya bordering Kamrup District.

The final round of the tripartite talks between Delhi, Dispur and the DHD-N, which began in New Delhi on September 27, is poised for a cordial settlement.

SFs arrested six militants of AANLA from Bargara and Sonapur villages under Dalgaon Police Station in Udalguri District.

SFs arrested four suspected militants of the RVA from Kokrajhar.

SFs arrested two militants belonging to NDFB-RD, identified as Jirimia Daimary and Bipul Daimary, from Udalguri District.

SFs killed a militant belonging to ULFA-ATF at Bordumsa in Tinsukia District. The encounter took place when a group of militants hurled a grenade on patrolling troopers.

SFs arrested a Bangladeshi national, identified as Mohammad Sahidul Rehman (42), from Fakiragram in Kokrajhar District.

KRA-Assam has served an ultimatum to KRA leaders/militants from Manipur (KRA-Manipur) stationed in Assam, declared them as “mercenaries”, and has directed them to leave the State and their hideout in Dimapur area of Nagaland with immediate effect, reports. KRA-Assam further warned that if they defied the directive, they would be held responsible for any untoward incidents.

Central Government is planning to start formal talks with the NDFB-RD soon,.Highly placed sources in the UMHA told the newspaper that the Central Government is waiting for a formal letter from the State Government to start the process of talks with the NDFB-RD. Sources said that the Centre’s interlocutor PC Haldar had several rounds of talks with Ranjan Daimary in Guwahati jail to pave the way for talks with the outfit.

However, UMHA sources said that no formal decision has yet been taken on releasing Ranjan Daimary on bail to facilitate talks with the outfit.

Chinese and Pakistani intelligence agencies are working in tandem to create mayhem in India's Northeastern region. Counter-terrorism officials have gathered intelligence that the Chinese agencies are financing and providing assistance to Pakistan's ISI to keep insurgent groups active in the Northeast. A note prepared by the RAW on the recent unrest in the Northeast says, "ISI is being used by Chinese intelligence agencies as a surrogate.

 Security Forces launched an operation in the general area Junction of Tekang - Tizit River and arrested two NDFB -ATF cadres. The cadres were identified as ‘Corporal’ Romal Basumatry, resident of Majunli, Udalguri, Assam and “Lance Corporal” Anjulis Basumatry.

Kokrajhar District committee of the Ex-BLT Welfare Society organised a District bike rally against illegal migrants and for restoration of peace and harmony in Assam.

Centre will seek an amendment to the Sixth Schedule in a bid to implement accords signed with Northeast outfits and devolve more powers to the grassroots. The schedule lays down provisions for administration of tribal areas in Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura through autonomous district councils and regional councils accountable to the governor.

A draft bill piloted by the Union home ministry to amend the schedule has got a nod from most of the ministries concerned, sources said. The Government will try to bring it for Parliament’s approval in the winter session. The principal feature of the amendment could be the constitution of village councils.

Accused of involvement in rhino poaching in Kaziranga National Park, the KPLT had offered to protect the beasts and criticized the Government for alleged failure to save them.

KNA, Karbi Anglong, in its annual meeting held at Saijang village, near Hidipi decided to support Kuki militants’ organizations in their peace initiative with Government.

According to highly placed official sources, the process of detection of foreigners is a lengthy process and at the end of the process, it is very difficult to push back the Bangladeshi nationals. The process of detection and deportation of foreigners from Assam will remain a farce till the relevant laws are changed and the Government of India comes into some kind of agreement with Bangladesh to make that country accept the Bangladeshi nationals sought to be pushed back.

Police in Assam’s Karbi Anglong District arrested three people, including two surrendered militants, for their involvement in the racket of smuggling rhino horns. Two of the three arrested persons were surrendered cadres of the KPLT – a militant outfit operating in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.

According to a senior intelligence source of the state Police, two militant gangs operating in the Barak valley region in south Assam, the UDLF-B and the HPC-D has created nexus for the exchange of the tactical inputs and the training of the former’s volunteers by the most experienced Hmar insurgents. It was revealed during a phase of debriefing of two surrendered Bru (also known as the Reangs) militants in the District headquarters town of Hailakandi last month.

A businessman, who was abducted on October 2, was rescued by police from Kakopathar area of the Tinsukia District, said Police. Acting on a tip off, police launched a search operation and rescued Ramesh Agarwal from Kakopathar area, they said.

SFs killed a ULFA-ATF militant  at Tarani Reserve Forest under Pengaree Police Station in Tinsukia District. 

Seventeen persons were declared as foreigners by the Foreigners Tribunal in Goalpara District in Assam. Disposing 63 D-voters’ cases, the tribunal declared 10 contesting parties as illegal immigrants and seven people as exparte as they failed to appear before the tribunal. However, 42 persons were declared as genuine Indian citizens.

The CCPA cleared the DHD accord, paving the way for signing of the final agreement with the outfits next week. It may be mentioned that after being cleared by the Home Ministry, the approval of the CCPA was the last hurdle before formal signing of the agreement.

The NDFB is hopeful that the Government of India will take urgent steps to hold the peaceful negotiation with all sincerity at the political level for permanent solution of their long 26 years of struggle for self rule. The Information and Public Relations Secretary of the NDFB B Naijab said the Indo-Bodoland problem is a political problem and so, it has to be resolved politically. Still time is waiting for both the NDFB and the Government of India.

Illegal immigration and resurgence of northeast India militant groups in Bangladesh will feature at the Home Secretary-level talks in Dhaka. The Home secretary level talks will start from October 15.Union home secretary R.K. Singh, who officials said is likely to be in Dhaka around October 15, is also likely to take up the issue of deportation of ULFA 'general Secretary' Anup Chetia during his visit.

One KRA militant identified as Jang Hao Thorthang was killed when two Kuki armed groups, UKDA and KRA, both under cease-fire with Government since 2011 got engaged in a bloody feud in Kuki inhabited area in Manja town in Karbi Anglong District. Two UKDA cadres identified as Seson Vita and Stephena Dunge sustained serious injuries.

Suspected Naga militants sprayed bullets targeting the 15695 down Agartala Express at a place between Bagetar and Lower Haflong stations in Dima Hasao District. However, there was no casualty. 

Police and Army, in a joint operation, dismantled a hideout of NSCN-IM militants at Baladhan village in the Mahur area of Dima Hasao District. SFs managed to arrest two suspected militants from the hideout. The arrested militants are yet to be identified.

Dillai Police of Bokajan subdivision in Karbi Anglong District recovered huge catch of arms and weapon from a hide out of KRA who kept a part of its arsenal in their possession after their surrender before the authority in 2011. Police team recovered the concealed arms from Phulam Phai village in high altitude of Singhason mountain range.

A country-made revolver and three rounds of ammunition were recovered from a Tata Magic vehicle near Namtola during a security check by the army.

After a break for a considerable period, trouble is once again brewing in Dima Hasao District with IPF, a banner organisation of non-Dimasa ethnic groups, raising its banner of protest against the Centre’s intension to sign a memorandum of understanding with militant DHD.

SFs have recovered a Chinese-made sophisticated weapon from an alleged militant of the banned outfit ULFA who was killed in an encounter on October 4 in Tinsukia District of Assam. Officials said this substantiated their claim that Paresh Baruah, the head of ULFA’s anti-talk faction, who is absconding, is getting help in procuring arms and ammunition from China.

Assam Chapter Legal Cell of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights on October 5 said that illegal Bangladeshi nationals are the real enemy of the indigenous Muslim people of the State.

ULFA ‘General Secretary’ Anup Chetia, currently lodged in a jail in Bangladesh, is likely to be handed over to India by the end of 2012. This indication was given by Dhaka saying the procedure to repatriate Chetia was underway, a senior Government official told PTI. The issue is likely to be discussed at the three-day India-Bangladesh Home Secretary-level talks beginning in Dhaka on October 14.

Tinsukia District administration has initiated steps to clean-up on illegal coal mining in the District under Margherita subdivision bordering Arunachal Pradesh, believed to be the main source of funds for the Maoists and other militant outfits of the State and Nagaland.

SFs killed two suspected militants of the GNLA at Borjhora village in Goalpara District. SFs recovered a 7.26 mm pistol with 11 rounds of ammunition.

Unidentified militants carried out two nearly simultaneous blasts in two different locations at Haflong town in Dima Hasao District.

SFs arrested three KPLT militants in Jengkha under Kheroni Police Station in Karbi Anglong District.

Unidentified militants abducted a businessman, Suburuddin, from Guria-Hirapara in Goalpara District.

Central Government and both the DHD factions have delegated State Government with the task of dividing exiting Dima Hasao District into three administrative units.

AIMMM demanded that all displaced people due to Bodo-Muslim clashes should be allowed to return to their homes and lands and only competent judicial authorities should carry out any verification thereafter. The clashes started on July 20 and had claimed the life of 77 persons.

SFs killed a suspected GNLA militant at Medhikona under Dhupdhara Police Station in Goalpara District.

SFs arrested a NSCN-K militant, identified as Nokmey Hakun, at Margherita railway station in Tinsukia District recently.

SFs recovered a hand grenade was recovered from DRDA colony in Diphu town in Karbi Anglong District.

Security agencies think the rivalry between DHD factions [ DHD-J and DHD-N], which has been one of the causes of bloodshed, is unlikely to subside even after signing the MoS.

The tripartite MoS signed to end insurgency in the Dima Hasao District has angered the non-Dimasa tribes living in the District, including the Nagas, Kukis, and Hmars. Further, the Bengalis, the second largest community (approximately 32,000) in the District, continue to remain tight-lipped over the agreement.

APCC has welcomed the MoS that was signed between the Centre, State Government and both the factions of the DHD on October 8. APCC termed it as a "big achievement" for the Congress.

ACCO welcomed the peace initiative between the two factions of Dima Halim Daogah, [Dilip Nunisa faction of DHD (DHD-N) and Jewel Garlosa faction of DHD (DHD-J)] and termed the signing of the historic peace pact a step in the right direction.

ACKHSA has hailed the historic Dimasa Accord signed on October 8, 2012 which it believes will now accelerate the pace of development of the Dima Hasao District.

SFs exchanged fire for two hours with militants of ULFA-ATF at Lakiligaon along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. Sources said 10 militants taking shelter in a house opened fire at SF personnel.

A Myanmar-trained ULFA-ATF militant surrendered to SFs in Dibrugarh. The militant was identified as 'sergeant major' Ramen Konwar alias Partho Gogoi.

DHD-J 'chairman' Jewel Garlosa has appealed to IPF, other organizations opposing the MoS signed between DHD-N, DHD-J and the Central, and State Government, to come and join the process of development in Dima Hasao District under a fresh atmosphere.

The rehabilitation of Bengali-speaking Muslims, with land records, displaced from the BTADs of Kokrajhar and Chirang during the recent ethnic conflict with the Bodos will start from October 19. An official source said, "Altogether 19,632 families of the Bengali-speaking Muslim community from Kokrajhar and Chirang districts have been found to be genuine land owners in the BTAD after scrutiny of their land documents. Their rehabilitation starts from October 19."

Police arrested one Sankar Rajbongshi, a cadre of NDFB-RD, at Barama in Baksa District. Sources said the NDFB-RD cadre was arrested near Barama College Road while he was allegedly extorting money from businessmen in the locality.

After signing the MoS with the two factions of Dima Hasao District based DHD on October 8, the Centre is now looking forward to a peace agreement with both the factions of the NDFB. The indication came on October 11 when Centre's interlocutor and former Intelligence Bureau chief P C Haldar met Ranjan Daimary, the chief of NDFB-RD, inside Guwahati Central Jail.

The Security Agencies are apprehensive that the militant groups of the North East may try to re-establish bases in Bangladesh if a Government, which is not very friendly to India, assumes office after 2013 elections in that country.Highly placed security sources told the newspaper that despite crackdown launched by the Sheikh Hasina Government, some militant groups of the North East still have their bases in that country, but most of the bases are in Bangladesh-Myanmar areas.

SFs arrested one HTF militant, identified as ‘executive secretary’ Jhon Gabriel alias JB from Muolhoi in the same District. Gabriel was allegedly involved in October 7 blasts at Haflong. Sources revealed that Gabriel also named three more persons who were also involved in the recent bomb blast.

A Bru (Reang) militant was killed in an encounter with the army in Ratabari locality of Karimganj District. Another militant was arrested during the operation. The arrested militant was identified as Bijuram Reang, a resident of the same area. The militants belonged to the UDLF-B, led by Dhonyoram Reang.

The DHD-N lodged complaints with Dispur and Delhi, alleging that the Jewel Gorlosa faction of the DHD had opened fire at one of their camps at Maibong in Dima Hasao District.

SFs on October 12 arrested one DNLF militant, identified as Soan Khelma alias Hatikhali Dimasa, from Hatikhali in Dima Hasao District. SFs recovered one pistol with four rounds and one grenade. Sources revealed Soan Khelma had unleashed reign of terror in Dima Hasao by extorting money.

SFs recovered 300 Gelatin sticks near Mahur Railway Station in the same District.

Security Forces arrested a youth in connection with the bomb explosion that took place in front of Laxmi Cinema hall in Sivasagar town on September 24, from Guwahati.

Difference of opinion between 'chairman' Ranjan Daimary and 'commander-in-chief' IK Songbijit is one of the reasons for the delay in starting the formal talks with the NDFB-RD as the Government is of the view that all members of the outfit should come forward to join the peace process of fruitful talks.

Cooperation in combating terror, repatriation of ULFA 'General secretary' Anup Chetia and early conclusion of an extradition treaty will top the agenda at the two-day India-Bangladesh Home Secretary-level talks in Dhaka from October 15.

Addressing a mass rally organised by the Coordination Committee of Indigenous Tribal National Organisations at Amingaon in Guwahati, leaders of the organisations unanimously stated they would resist any attempt to rehabilitate the displaced Muslims in the Bodo-Muslim clashes on the basis of documents such as ration card, PAN card or job card.

NDFB-RD condemned the killing of innocent civilians in fake encounters, suspecting links with the militant outfit. In a press statement, the Information and Publicity secretary of the NDFB-RD, B Naijab urged the Government to stop the inhuman killings and initiate discussions to arrive at a meaningful solution to this issue in the near future. Naijab said that on October 11, one Lokhan Basumatary of Betna (Rajahat) village, under Goreswar Police Station, Baksa district was shot dead by Army personnel in Mongoldoi.

SFs recovered 100 Gelatin Sticks, 250 detonators and cortex in Mahur area of Dima Hasao District.

SFs arrested a suspected ISI agent, identified as Akhtar Hussain, in Dhemaji District. The Afghan national had come to Dhemaji nine months ago on a three-month tourist visa but stayed on even after the expiry of the visa.

SFs arrested five poachers in Karbi Anglong District and recovered huge cache of arms from them. Senior officials of the State forest department had earlier hinted involvement of the Karbi Anglong based militant formation KPLT after horns of two rhinos were chopped off the animals near the Kaziranga National Park last month.

A security source disclosed that the Government had intelligence inputs about the ULFA-ATF acquiring sophisticated arms and devices to strike terror in the State in order to make its presence felt. It is suspected that a group of well-armed ULFA-ATF cadres has already sneaked into the State probably from the outfit’s Myanmar base to carry out subversions during the coming festive season for the purpose of striking terror as well as to terrorise those who have defied the outfit’s demands for money.

Bangladesh Government made it clear that the signing of extradition treaty between Dhaka and Delhi will take time though it figured in the agenda of the two-day Home Secretary level meeting.

Union Home Secretary R.K.Singh praised the Bangladesh Government role in improving bilateral ties. Noting that the Bangladesh Government has been very positive in flushing out insurgents from their soil, Singh said most of the outfits have either packed up or fled away to another country.

Asserting that the overall situation in Northeast is better than what it was four to five years ago. Singh further added that the UMHA has adopted a two-fold strategy to tackle insurgency in the Northeast.

BTC ‘chairman’, Hagrama Mohilary said the 1971 voter list should be the only criterion for rehabilitating riot-hit genuine Indian citizens in the second phase that aims to resettle victims without land records.

Mohilary said that the BTC does not agree with many points mentioned in the State Government-prepared format for the second phase of rehabilitation that requires inmates of relief camps to disclose their antecedents with or without supporting documents as proof of their citizenship.

CM Tarun Gogoi that the State Government will release white paper on the foreigners issue on October 20.

CM Tarun Gogoi denied that any relief camp inmates suspected to be illegal Bangladeshi migrants fled their camps. Gogoi said. Gogoi revealed that of the total 4,85,921 relief camp inmates, 3,43,249 had left the camps, and that of the remaining, some 42,000 did not have land right documents.

Maoists have launched a poster campaign in Merapani town along the Assam-Nagaland border in adjoining Golaghat District. Maoists have sought cooperation from the indigenous people of Assam through posters in their “revolution” against the Central and the State Governments.

CCPH, an umbrella organization of over 26 different organizations, have decided to bring out a mass rally in every important location of four BTC Districts on October 18 to oppose the State Government move to resettle Muslims without proper land or citizenship documents.

A new Dimasa militant group is formed in Dima Hasao District. The chairman of the new outfit, DJNA, is Bhaipa Dimasa. The outfit was formed on September 25 with its headquarters located in Dima Halali. The ‘commander in chief’ of DJNA is Jering Dimasa and ‘General Secretary’ Rinjen Dimasa.

Bangladesh has expressed its willingness to hand over the ULFA ‘General Secretary’ Anup Chetia without waiting for extradition treaty. At the 13^th Home Secretary-level talks that concluded in Dhaka on October 16, Bangladesh formally conveyed that Chetia may be handed over soon under the existing SAARC Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance. The only hurdle was a case pending in a court but it has been assured that it would not stand in the way, said an official who took part in the discussion.

SFs arrested a linkman, identified as Bijoy Doley, belonging to ULFA-ATF from Majuli in Jorhat District. Doley is the president of Ahataguri gaon panchayat and allegedly had links with ULFA-ATF militant Rajib Das. Doley reportedly assisted the latter in extorting contractors, executives, politicians and farmers on the island.

SFs recovered a powerful bomb from a train track in Barpeta Road railway station in Barpeta District. The explosive, weighing 800 grams and fitted with electrical wires, was hidden under boulders of track number one on platform two. A letterhead of a little known insurgent outfit 'Bengali Sangram Mukti Bahini' was found near the bomb.

DHD-N is planning a homecoming ceremony at Haflong, sometime in the first half of November. In the presence of representatives from New Delhi and Dispur, 1,152 cadres of the outfit will formally abjure the path of militancy and join the mainstream.

Unidentified assailants killed a businessperson, identified as Tilak Sarma (44) at Balagaon Bazar of Gossaigaon sub-division in Kokrajhar District of Assam.

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is arriving in the State on a daylong visit to inspect the Indo-Bangladesh border. UHM Shinde is also slated to chair a meeting with top officials of State Government, including Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, to review the internal security situation.

At least 423 cadres of disbanded UPDS were given rehabilitation package in a grant distribution ceremony at indoor stadium Diphu in Karbi Anglong District. UPDS cadres were given a cheque of INR 150,000 financial package to rehabilitate themselves.

Gauhati High Court directed the Central as well as the State Governments to explain the issue of entire system of identification, declaration and deportation of illegal Bangladeshi migrants from Assam.

Security has been tightened on the India-Bangladesh border to thwart any terror attack in Tripura and Assam during the Durga Puja festival.according to intelligence reports, militants try to sneak into the northeast from across the border to create trouble during the festival, a senior BSF says.

State Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi stated that the foreigners or infiltration was not the only major problem faced by the State as some quarters are trying to project it though he admitted that illegal foreigners were indeed present in the State. The CM announced this while releasing the White Paper on the illegal influx from Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries.

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde expressed concern at unabated infiltration from Bangladesh and said security would be stepped up further along the porous international border.

Survey of border areas between Bangladesh and India will start on November 2012 this was decided in a sector-level meeting of senior officials of BSF and BGB at Sutarkandi in Karimganj District.

Anticipating a solution for the Naga issue soon, Assam CM Tarun Gogoi said that Assam would continue to oppose the NSCN-IM's primary demand for territorial integration of Naga inhabited areas in the State. Tarun Gogoi, however, is sympathetic to his Nagaland CM, Nephiu Rio's expectation of Central Government's nod to at least the 'emotional integrity' of the Naga people.

SFs arrested 'Defence Secretary' of KLNLF, Songja Timung, on charges of Rhino poaching in Karbi Anglong.

Unidentified militants carried out a grenade attack leading to the death of one person while three others were injured near the railway tracks in Basugaon area in Chirang District. SFs recovered one grenade, which failed to explode.

SFs arrested three suspects from a house in Baksa District.SFs recovered three Chinese hand grenades, an Indian hand grenade, a detonator, a pistol with magazine and eight rounds of bullets and four bullets of AK-47 rifle from the trio. During interrogation, the suspects said they belong to a newly formed Adivasi militant outfit.

SFs recovered two grenades and detonators along with FICN having face value of INR 30,000 from a suspect, identified as Saijal Sheikh, on the Indo-Bhutan international Road in Kamrup-Rural District.

CM Tarun Gogoi stated that under no circumstances would State's land be allowed to be ceded to Nagaland to accommodate the NSCN-IM's demand for a greater Nagalim by integrating Naga-inhabited areas of neighbouring States.

CM Tarun Gogoi said that the peace process with NDFB was on even though the final stage is yet to be reached.

SFs arrested two ULFA-ATF militants at Thorko under Lakhipur Police Station in Goalpara District. The arrested militants were identified as 'sergeant' Gopesh Hajong (35) and Durlabha Hajong (30).SFs recovered five Chinese grenades, one pistol and 20 rounds of AK-47 rifle from them.

KLNLF termed the arrest of 'Defence Secretary' KLNLF as a political conspiracy by "certain quarters" to derail the ongoing KLNLF peace initiative.

UHM has issued the administrative approval to Cachar-Mizoram Frontier Force of the BSF to erect floodlights along the 138 kilometres-long Indo-Bangladesh border in Cachar and Karimganj Districts. A senior BSF official said that the Union Government has sanctioned INR 41.92 crore to set up the floodlights along the international boundary by the end of next year to check illegal migration.

After Bodo organizations rejected the State Government's move to rehabilitate landless Bengali- speaking Muslims displaced from BTC during the July riots, CM Tarun Gogoi said no one could prevent any Indian from residing anywhere in the country.

CM Tarun Gogoi said that the situation in BTAD was normal, with 3,90,760 relief camp inmates leaving for their respective villages. "Only 95,161 people are there in the relief camps and we expect them to be able to return soon," he said.

Seven Karbi social organisations have demanded the release of Songja Timung, 'defence secretary' of KLNLF, who was arrested by Police, on the charge of having link with rhino poaching in Kaziranga National Park.

SFs arrested a suspected ULFA-ATF militant, identified as Nitul Das, from Chabua in Tinsukia District. A pistol was recovered from him.

A Police informer, Papuna Prasad Thakuria, was killed and OIC of Moran Police Station, Utpal Bora, was injured during an encounter between SFs and ULFA-ATF militants at Nazirapuriya village near Khowang town in Dibrugarh District. Thakuria was a surrendered ULFA militant.

SFs arrested four Maoists from Chabua in Dibrugarh District. The arrested Maoists were identified as Ritul Das, Anup Hazarika alias Rahul Dutta, Biraj Sutradhar and Biraj Dehingia. Police said that Anup Hazarika has claimed to be the Maoist commander of Dibrugarh District.

Security Forces recovered four hand-made AK-47 rifles from the house of Meher Ali (32) and Safur Ali (25) at Ramnathpur village under Tamarhat Police Station of Dhubri District.

One of the three militants, arrested at Churaibari checkgate on the Assam-Tripura border by Tripura police on October 27, was identified as Dhanyaram Reang 'chief' of the UDLA. Two of his arrested associates were identified as Jamanga Reang and Hari Reang.

DHD-N will not dissolve itself until the recently signed MoS with the Government gets Parliament's approval.

AASU accused CM Tarun Gogoi of not incorporating important historical and factual aspects related to influx in the white paper, which he released recently. AASU did not outwardly reject the document. It said it was not foolproof, prone to factual errors, not historically correct and was aimed at diverting the people's attention from the core issue.

A civilian was killed and three others were injured in a grenade blast at the railway station in Udalguri District of Assam. The deceased was identified as Nakul Shah.

ULFA-ATF has increased their extortion bids in Majuli River Island in Jorhat District. Water Resources Minister Rajiv Lochan Pegu, who represents Majuli Assembly constituency, disclosed this to the newspaper. Pegu further said that according to information available, ULFA-ATF managed to set up base in Ahatguri area of Majuli and one militant Pradeep Baruah is masterminding the actions of the ULFA-ATF in the area.

KPLT has announced blanked banned on used of cell phone by the school going students and organising night show like rock concerts.

CM, Tarun Gogoi appealed to all militant outfits in the State to shun the path of violence and join the mainstream. The CM, at the same time, also warned that the Government would not tolerate any violence by militant formations.

The IPF demanded creation of a separate autonomy for the non-Dimasa people of the North Cachar Hills (Dima Hasao) District. The forum further demanded Haflong, Umrangso and Mahur areas of the District for non-Dimasa tribesman.

State's Water Resource Minister Rajib Lochan Pegu dismissed reports of paying protection money to ULFA-ATF. In a statement, Lochan Pegu denied having making any comment on paying extortion or protection money to any militant outfit, including the ULFA-ATF.

AASU asked Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to hold an open discussion with them on the white paper prepared by the State Government on the foreigners' issue. AASU asked the chief minister to hold a face-to-face discussion on the influx problem with the interest of the State and its people in mind. The students' body also reiterated that the white paper prepared by the State government was inflicted with anomalies and was factually wrong.

Prohibitory orders were promulgated along State's Bangladesh international border in Cachar District in view of reports about extremist elements entering the District for creating law and order problem.

SFs arrested one militant belonging to ULFA-ATF, identified as 'Sergeant' Shiva Chutia alias Biplab Rajkhowa, at Lahing Noihiporia village under Teok Police Station in Jorhat District of Assam. Further, SFs arrested a ULFA-ATF linkman, identified as Rajesh Agarwal, from the same area.

KLNLF cadres staged a dawn to dusk 'sit in hunger strike' inside their Diphu based designated camp in Karbi Anglong District, demanding immediate release of defence secretary KLNLF, Sonja Timung. Timung was arrested on October 23 on charges of Rhino poaching.

State unit of Samajwadi Party (SP) has asked the Central Government to initiate dialogue with Bangladesh for accepting the Bangladeshi illegal immigrants who entered the state after the cut-off date of March 25, 1971.

CM, Tarun Gogoi said he is ready for a faceoff with AASU over the white paper on foreigners' issue. CM, Tarun Gogoi added that he is ready to discuss the issue with any other organization.

SFs in two separate incidents arrested one militant belonging to NDFB-RD, a surrendered NDFB cadre and two linkmen of NDFB-RD in Kokrajhar town recently.

SFs arrested two militants belonging to RVA, identified Oliver Koch and Biswajeet Rabha, from Jiaguri village in Gossaigaon area of Kokrajhar District.

ULFA-ATF denied its alleged involvement in a spate of recent incidents in which several business houses of upper Assam claimed to have received extortion notes from the outfit. In an email to the media, publicity department member of ULFA-ATF, Aranya Asom said that the outfit's name and fake letter pads were being misused by "bad elements" to demand money from businessmen and commercial establishments.

Chief minister Tarun Gogoi admitted that illegal migration was continuing but said his Government had chalked out plans to bring infiltration to an end. "My government is not hiding anything on the foreigners issue as alleged by the Opposition parties and some students' organisations.

Central Government's peace interlocutor, P.C. Haldar met NDFB-RD 'chairman', Ranjan Daimary at Guwahati Central Jail. Haldar's discussion with Daimary mainly focused on starting a formal negotiation between the Centre and the NDFB faction led by Daimary.

PJACBM has called a 36-hour State Bandh (shut down strike) from November 9, demanding speeding up of the dialogue with NDFB-PTF and to solve the Bodoland issue during the winter session of Parliament.

ABMSU has demanded early rehabilitation of the violence-affected people who are now staying at various relief camps in Kokrajhar, Dhubri and Chirang Districts. ABMSU further demanded an early update of NRC based on March 25, 1971, sealing of India-Bangladesh border besides detection and deportation of illegal foreigners.

G.K. Pillai held Dispur responsible for not updating the NRC. He said that as UHS he had tried to update the NRC through verification of citizenship with electoral rolls of 1966 and 1971.

IB, R.N. Ravi said the Assam Accord (which seeks to address the issue of foreigners staying illegally in Assam and whose implementation the AASU has been demanding) was "designed to fail". Ravi said that both Central and State Government are in denial with regard to illegal influx. R.N. Ravi said the genesis of the problem lies in the 1990s when the State Government began establishment of autonomous councils based on ethnicity. He said while ethno-nationalism was good, the moment it becomes exclusive, there are problems.

Incidents of extortion in the name of NDFB are on the rise in Baksa District. Miscreants have called up Doctors and teachers of the District for the purpose.

NSCN-IM had to refund the extortion money collected from Kaokang and Purana Leikul villages in Dima Hasao District. This happened because the outfit came under intense pressure from SFs. The 'deputy kilonser' (deputy minister) of NSCN-IM, in charge of Zeliangrong region, wanted the SFs to desist from interfering in the so-called internal matter of finances of the banned insurgent outfit.

Chairman' of UNLF, RK Meghen alias Sanayaima, said that Central Government tactic in the so called peace process in 'Western South East Asia' (WESIA) [Northeast India] is aimed at transforming the conflict between the peoples of the region with the Government of India into a conflict between the peoples on ethnic lines.

About NSCN-IM-Government of India peace talks, Sanayaima said, earlier NSCN-IM was fighting for the sovereignty of the Nagas but later on, they had begun to demand integration of all Naga inhabited areas of the region within the ambit of the Indian Constitution. He further stated that NSCN-IM has fallen into the trap set by the Indian Government and has become instrumental in transforming the conflict in the region along the ethnic lines. UNLF Chairman calls for the unity amongst the peoples WESIA and a common future and vision.

About five thousand Adivasi people under the banner of ASTDCC staged a National Highway blockade at Matiajuri under Gossaigaon Sub-Division of Kokrajhar District. The programme was organized by the ASTDCC on demand of scheduled tribes status to the Adivasis like, Santhal, Orao, Munda, Hos, Kharia, etc living in the State, signing of peace accord with Adivasi ceasefire organization and early rehabilitation of Adivasi inmates of the Adivasi-Bodo clashes of 1996-98 who are still to be rehabilitated.

Violence resurfaced in Kokrajhar District of Assam with two persons were killed in two separate incidents in the District. While a resident of Onthaibari village under Kokrajhar PS was attacked with sharp weapons and killed at Bedlangmari, unidentified gunmen shot dead a farmer at 2 number Bajugaon village in the District's Gossaigaon subdivision. There was also an unconfirmed report about two Maktaigaon villagers going missing after they went fishing.

A farmer, identified as Ali Hussain, was killed at Banglabari village in Kokrajhar District.

Clashes between Bodo tribals and immigrant Muslims in Kokrajhar, Dhubri and Chirang Districts under BTAD between July and August had claimed many lives and rendered many people homeless.

Suspected militants belonging to NDFB-RD killed a tea planter, Adilur Rahman, and injured his bodyguard, Motilal Tirkey, at Harishinga under Itakhola Police Outpost in Sonitpur District. Following the incident, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said operations against the NDFB-RD would be intensified. "I have directed the security forces to take strong measures against the anti-talk faction of the NDFB so that we can crush the group."

Unidentified miscreants killed a person, identified as Ali Hussain, at Bhumka under Tulsibeel Police Station in Kokrajhar District. "Suspected miscreants killed a man in Bhumka today (Monday). We are investigating and have picked up 12 people for questioning," IGP-BTAD GP Singh said.

Unidentified assailants attacked and injured two women at Salbari Nakargaon in the same District. One of them later succumbed to injury.

Unidentified extremists fired at and killed a labourer and two others at Golagaon under Simla Police Station in Baksa District. The deceased, Nikleswar Barman, succumbed to his injuries in hospital while the injured duo, Lankeswar Barman and Pratap Singh, is undergoing treatment with injuries on their legs. NDFB-RD is behind the attack. NDFB-RD has however denied its involvement in the killing incidents of both Baksa and Sonitpur Districts. However, a source said the two incidents in Sonitpur and Baksa were carried out by a splinter group of NDFB, which has, so far, refused to join the peace process.

Unidentified assailants attacked two persons including a woman at Betagaon in Kokrajhar District. Both sustained injuries due to the attack.

Two suspected KLO militants fired 50 rounds indiscriminately at three places near Chagolia inter-state checkgate of Dhubri District. A civilian, Dilip Adhikari (38), was injured in one of the firing incidents. Security forces are alarmed because the camera footage captured in one of the firing sites clearly shows a KLO militant holding an assault rifle. KLO had been using small arms like pistols and hand-made revolvers in the past.

Unidentified gunmen opened fire and killed a schoolteacher, Asaruddin Sheikh, and injured another, I. Ahmed, at Kachugaon in Gossaigaon Subdivision of Kokrajhar District.

A joint team of Assam and Meghalaya Police intercepted a TATA pick-up van at Khetri on the National highway NH-37, recovered arms and ammunition meant for GNLA. The recovery included ten magazines of AK-47 assault rifles, one magazine of carbine, two AK 47 rifles, one shot gun, six pistols of various calibers including .9 mm, 7.65 mm, .22 etc, 254 rounds of assorted ammunition, one grenade, one wireless set. Inspector General of Police (IG-Law and Order), L R Bishnoi said five persons were arrested during the operation while two more persons were arrested in the connection by Nagaland Police in Dimapur. Two of the arrested were cadres of the GNLA. There was, however, no senior leader of the outfit among the arrested.

IGP, L.R. Bishnoi said SFs have been put on alert after they received intelligence inputs about Anti-Talks faction of ULFA-ATF's plan to target SFs in the run up to its "Protest Day" on November 28.

UMHA has ordered the continuation of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in the state and retained the 'Disturbed Area' tag for another year. The UMHA said Paresh Baruah is one of the primary reasons for renewal of the 'Disturbed area' tag, which had expired on November 3. The other reason given by UMHA to justify the renewal is the KPLT, which operates in the Sixth Schedule tribal hill District of Karbi Anglong.

SFs have arrested seven-suspected NDFB-RD militants so far in connection with the murder of businessperson Adilur Rehman. The arrested cadres were identified as Jischay Narzary, Noas Narzary, Agastian Narzary, Firoj Musahari, Chambaru Basumatari, Samar Basumatari, David Goyari, Parshuram Basumatari and Manjit Musahari.

A suspected ULFA-ATF militant along with two civilians, were killed and two civilians critically injured in an encounter against ULFA-ATF militants in Majuli Island in Jorhat District.

SFs killed a GNLA militant in an encounter State's border with Meghalaya in Bamuni Panikhowa village under Krishnai Police Station of Goalpara District. SFs recovered a 7.65 mm pistol, three live ammunitions, two extortion demand drafts and two empty cartridges from the encounter site.

Unidentified assailants fired randomly on a group of persons at Jiaguri under Kokrajhar Police Station killing four persons.

Unidentified armed miscreants attacked a Bengali-speaking Muslim at Barkhas Nalbari village, under Kokrajhar Police Station and seriously injuring a woman. Police said the miscreants escaped in the cover of darkness after shooting at the woman.

State Government requested the Central Government to allot more CAPFs to help check violence in BTAD. The MHA has advised the State Government to launch a crackdown against the NDFB-RD and in Dima Hasao to prevent a repeat of BTAD-like situation there, sources said.

State DGP, J.N. Chaudhary expressed concern over the presence of illegal weapons in the violence-prone areas. Chaudhary said, "Our major concern is weapons, both factory-made and countrymade."He said the number could be over 100 in case of factory-made sophisticated arms. "There are two types of arms - sophisticated ones brought from Dimapur and the locally-made ones, which are more in number. The number, however, cannot be estimated." DGP, Choudhury said operations to seize the illegal arms had been intensified. Regarding the recent incidents of violence, DGP said, "If you look at what happened after July, these are isolated incidents. We are ensuring there is no repeat of July."

State Government issued an alert to all Districts to ensure that Chhath Puja, to be observed on November 19 and November 20, passes off peacefully. A source in the Chief Minister's Office said that the alert, issued to all Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police, is preventive in nature, keeping in mind the vulnerability of the Hindi-speaking people who mostly celebrate it.

ULFA-ATF called for a 12-hour State shutdown on November 19 to protest the killing of three people in an encounter by Security Forces in Majuli on November 15. ULFA-ATF maintained that all the people killed in the staged gun-battle were civilians.

A woman succumbed to her injuries at a local hospital in Kokrajhar District increased the death toll in the District to five in the last 24 hours. The woman sustained injuries after suspected militants opened indiscriminate fire at her house at Bamungaon in the District earlier on November 16.

IG-BTAD S N Singh said, "Monokumar Brahma alias Jalja, a member of BTAD, was arrested early today in connection with the killing". "Two AK47 rifles, magazines of AK47 rifles and 60 rounds of assorted ammunition were seized from his bedroom. He is currently being interrogated," he said.

Manpower shortage in the State Police has taken its toll on the maintenance of law and order and the quality of policing in the State. Admitting the shortage of personnel in the State Police force, Assam DGP, Jayanta Narayan Chowdhury said that 10,000 constables would be recruited in the State Police within the next year in a phased manner.

SFs in an encounter killed a suspected ULFA-ATF militant at Upper Tarabari under Boko Police Station in Kamrup (Rural) District. SFs are yet to ascertain the identity of the slain militant.

Security has been intensified in Upper Assam ahead of Chhath Puja, which coincides with the 12-hour strike call by the ULFA-ATF in five Districts of the region.

Union Home Ministry in a detailed report sent to the State Government directed the Government to look for operatives of formations like the MULTA that may take advantage of the deteriorating law and order situation in lower Assam.

ULFA-ATF in a statement, "thanked" the people of Upper Assam for making the strike a success. ULFA-ATF had called for a Strike in Upper Assam Districts to protest the killing of one of its cadres and two others in Majuli.

Curfew was relaxed in Kokrajhar until 4 pm in the afternoon as no further incidents of violence reported in the District.

The court of the CJM Kokrajhar ordered a probe into the allegation levelled by arrested BTC 'executive member' Mono Kumar Brahma's wife, that the Police had planted the AK-47s and ammunition recovered from their residence. Brahma's was arrested on November 17. Vehicular traffic, including long distance and sub-urban bus services in Upper Assam districts were off the road. Educational institutions, business establishments, central and State government offices were closed.

SFs shot dead 'sergeant major 'ULFA-ATF's western command, Saurav Asom alias Bolin Gogoi, in the Shantipahar area under Krishnai Police Station in Goalpara District in an encounter. Arunodoi Asom, 'assistant publicity secretary' of ULFA-ATF, confirmed the death of Saurav Asom. While Saurav was conferred with "second lieutenant" posthumously, Ripunjoy Asom alias Ajit Saikia, who was killed in Majuli on November 15, was given the post of a "captain," the release stated.

NDFB-RD headed for a split led by 'chief' of Boroland Army (the armed wing of the faction), with I.K. Songbijit announcing the formation of a nine member "interim national council". Further, Songbijit appointed himself as the "interim president".

Gauhati High Court extended the interim bail period of DHD-J 'chairman' Jewel Garlosa and 'commander-in-chief' Niranjan Hojai by another three months.

Suspected NSCN-IM militants, in an ambush, killed one army trooper at Impui Basti village near Asalu under Mahur Police Station in Dima Hasao District. Further, six troopers were injured in the ambush. NSCN-IM militants reportedly triggered IED blast targeting Army vehicles but the troops escaped unscathed from the blasts.

Unidentified militants abducted a headmaster, Govind Goswami, of Kowani Lower Primary School in Golaghat District.

SFs arrested four suspected NDFB cadres in the Bijni Police Station area in Chirang District. The militants were identified as Kalicharan Daimary, (48), Purno Boro, (45), Burachalata Basumatary, (45) and Mohen Boro, (28). SFs recovered three handmade rifles and sharp weapons from them.

Jagadish Daimari (40), a worker of Udalguri District committee of the BPF was killed when unidentified militants attacked him with sharp weapons at his Golmachowk residence under Udalguri Police Station in Udalguri District.

Suspected NSCN-IM militants killed Luhit Nath (36), an Assam Police constable in an ambush in Dima Hasao District.

Security Forces arrested Naina Goyary (25), wife of senior NDFB leader Bishnu Goyary alias G. Bidai, the 'deputy chief' of Bodoland Army of NDFB (Songbijit) from Mainapwthar under Gobardona Police Station in Salbari sub-division in Baksa District. Police said the team recovered two hand grenades and 10 AK-47 rifles.

Security Forces arrested NSCN-IM 'lieutenant major' Clinson, from a Naga-dominated village of Lungmung in Dima Hasao District. According to the Police source, he confessed his involvement in November 21 attack on the army at Mahur-Laisong road and November 24 attack in the lower Haflong area. "Two of his close associates, 'lieutenant colonel' Lingsuk and senior armed cadre Ellis, are working in the district according to reports and they were with him during the two recent ambushes," the Police source said.

NDFB-I.K. Songbijit warned that Security Forces' 'inhuman and uncivilized acts' are not stopped immediately; the NDFB will retaliate in a fitting manner.

DHD-J was officially disbanded in Haflong town as part of its tripartite MoS signed with the State and the Centre.

Police arrested a MULTA militant from Rupahi in Nagaon District and recovered a gun and some ammunition from him.

ABSU on appealed to the newly appointed 'Interim Chairman' of the NDFB-I.K. Songbijit, I. K Songbijit, and his team not to break the atmosphere which they created to enter into the ceasefire agreement after splitting in the year 2008.

SFs recovered arms and ammunition belonging to KPLT militants from Disobai Pahar, under Bakalia Police Station in Karbi Anglong District.

ULFA-ATF on its Protest Day vowed to continue its "struggle" till restoration of the "sovereignty" of the State. ULFA observes November 28 as Protest Day or Black Day against the army's Operation Bajrang, which was launched against the outfit in 1990 and the State was brought under President's rule. Sources in the intelligence said, "ULFA is gaining strength with the help of GNLA, NSCN-K, RVA and splinter group of NDFB too. Several groups, led by senior ULFA leaders like Tibrajit Hazarika, Rupanta Kakati, Arpajyoti Lahkar and Pradeep Gogoi (junior), are sheltering in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap, Changlang and Lohit Districts and Mon in Nagaland."

ABSU has suggested short-term work permits or work visas for migrants from Bangladesh to resolve the issue of illegal migration. The ABSU has further recommended 12 steps, including update of the NRC by December 2013.

Security Forces arrested three migrant labourers from Assam suspected to have links with ULFA from Kanhirapally in Kottayam District. According to Police, the mobile phone sets seized from them had pictures of key ULFA leaders and visuals of parades conducted by the ultra outfit in parts of Assam. The arrested trio was identified as Hemanth Gogoi (22), Dhaniyam Gogoi (53) and Bidyut Chetia (18), all hailing from Sivasagar District of Assam.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to KPLT, identified as Prasenjit Killingh, at Langthat village under Kheroni Police Station in Karbi Anglong District. SFs recovered one Single Barrel gun from his possession.

Two militants, suspected to be cadres of the ULFA and GNLA, were killed in an encounter with the army and Police at Maladhara under Lakhipur Police Station of Goalpara District. The slain duos have been identified as GNLA 'corporal' Nazrana K. Marak and ULFA 'lance corporal' Sumanto Roy.

CBI arrested six persons from Joypur area under Kokrajhar Police Station in Kokrajhar District. The arrested have been identified as Mizanur Mondal, Jahirul Islam, Kahinur Ali Sheik, Arush Ali Sheik, Sahedul Sheik and Jalil Ali Sheik. All the arrestees were involved in the killings of four Bodo youths at Joypur in Kokrajhar District on July 20, that triggered violence in Kokrajhar which later spread to Chirang and Dhubri, killing around 100 people and rendering more than four lakh people homeless.

PJACBM, an umbrella body of 47 organisations, in an executive meeting on December 1 decided to intensify the demand for separate State of Bodoland. The PJACBM also threatened that it would call an economic blockade from January 1, 2013 for indefinite period beginning with a 72 hours economic blockade from December 10, 2012. The main demands of the PJACBM are expedition of NDFB-PTF-Central Government peace talks and creation of a separate State of Bodoland.

ULFA-ATF sent an extortion note of INR 2 million to Doomdooma (Tinsukia District) MLA, Dilip Maran. Police has picked up one person identified as Bitupan Maran in this connection.

Security Forces on an unspecified date arrested a militant belonging to DJNA, identified as Bikash Bodo, in Dima Hasao District. SFs recovered a 7.65mm Pistol, Magazine and 06 live rounds from his possession. The militant was arrested when he was collecting extortion money at T and T Colony near Lower Haflong area.

A visiting all-party delegation of 12 MP from Bangladesh told media persons that the Indian Government had never taken up the issue of illegal influx to the State from Bangladesh. "The Government of India has never raised the issue of infiltration at diplomatic levels with Bangladesh. It has never asked Bangladesh to take back the migrants," said Rashed Khan Menon, chief of Bangladesh Workers Party

Union Rural Development Minister, Jairam Ramesh has asked the Centre to declare Districts of Tinsukia and Dibrugarh as LWE affected areas. Ramesh further said that as per intelligence, there is evidence about the presence of Maoist activities in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh and he has suggested the Prime Minister after his visit to declare the two as LWE affected districts.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi claimed that there was not a single Bangladeshi national in the State. Addressing a rally at Juria in Nagaon District, Gogoi further said that the claim by various political parties and civil society groups that there had been a huge influx of illegal Bangaldeshi nationals to the State was nothing but false propaganda.

Central Government has sanctioned new houses for 11,941 families, whose houses were completely destroyed in the July-August violence in Kokrajhar and Chirang Districts.

Suspected ULFA-ATF militants abducted an owner of a brick field, Paramhans Singh (50), at Dehajan Kachumari under Demow Police Station in Sivasagar District.

186 rounds of ammunition of .303 rifle and 9mm pistol were recovered by labourers while digging the ground at Usha Bagan LP School in Golaghat District.

The “officer-in-charge, eastern command” of the NDFB-RD, “Captain” B. Jwngsher, on December 4 extended his support to Ranjan Daimary alias D.R. Nabla. In a statement issued, “Captain” B. Jwngsher, termed the Interim National Council formed under the chairmanship of I.K. Songbijit illegal and unconstitutional.

Paramhans Singh the businessman who was abducted by suspected ULFA-ATF militants managed to escape from captivity.

ULFA-ATF said it would launch a series of activities to oppose, what it called aggression of "Indian culture" and " Indian economy”. In a statement, publicity in-charge of ULFA-ATF, Arunodoy Asom, said it will launch its activities soon after Bhogali Bihu in January 2013.

The personal security of four Upper Assam MLAs and overall security scenario in the region have been reviewed in the wake of allegations of extortion threats by the ULFA-ATF. The MLA’s who claimed to have received extortion threat are Rupjyoti Kurmi (Mariani constituency), Debabrata Saikia (Nazira constituency), Bolin Chetia (Sadiya constituency) and Dilip Moran (Doomdooma constituency). While Kurmi, Saikia and Chetia are Congress MLAs, Moran is from the BJP.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran on December 5 informed the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) that 24364 Bangladeshis were found overstaying and 6761 of them were deported last year.

SFs arrested a CPI-Maoist leader, who is on the most-wanted list in Chhattisgarh, at Tezpur in Sonitpur District. The leader was wanted in several cases in Chhattisgarh and carrying a bounty of INR 500,000.

Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik said that rehabilitation of displaced people should be carried out within a definite timeframe on the basis of the voters list and not only on the basis of land ownership as landless people were there in every community of the State and the problem of the landless is not only limited to Bodoland alone.

NDFB-PTF has welcomed the statement of UHM Sushil Kumar Shinde in the Lok Sabha (Lower House) to convene an all party meeting to discuss the issue of granting separate Statehood to Telangana in the last part of this month and also urged him to include the issue of Bodoland.

SFs recovered one A K 56 rifle, five rounds of live ammunition and one magazine under Khatkati Police Station in Karbi Anglong District.

SFs arrested two arms dealer, identified as Ajijur Rahman and Thariff Hussein, in Chirang District. SFs recovered one .9 mm Biretta pistol, two magazines, two live ammunition have been recovered from their possession. The dealers confessed that they were going to sell the arms and ammunition at a price of INR 50,000.

SFs arrested one Debabrata Baruah of Tingiripam Kahagaon under Rajgarh Police Station in Dibrugarh District for claiming to be a member of ULFA and issuing threats to people.

The body of missing businessman Nikhil Saha (55) was recovered near one railway track of the Bidyardabari Railway Station of Pokalagi Pt-III village in Dhubri District. He was reportedly abducted by unidentified militants on December 9.

Unidentified militants opened fire and seriously injured a businessman, Birendra Bhakat, at Kachuagon Bazar under Gossaigaon subdivision in Kokrajhar District.

UNLF 'Chairman' R.K.Megan alias Sanayaima said that the SF in Manipur have racism attitude while dealing with the people of Manipur. Megan also said that in the RIMS massacre, the security force involved sorted out people with mainland Indian looks and gunned down all the others indiscriminately. RIMS massacre refers to the killing of nine civilians, including MBBS student Momi Riba on January 7, 1995 in front of RIMS gate by CRPF personals after unidentified militants opened fire on the SF personals.

SFs have recovered five AK 47s, 35 pistols, 14 country-made rifles, 20 handmade guns, 363 rounds of ammunition of different types, 3.5 kilograms of RDX, 42 detonators, 37 grenades, three bombs, two IED s among others smaller weapons and bomb-making accessories from BTC areas, State Forest Minister, Rokybul Islam informed the State Assembly.

Unidentified militants abducted two businessmen, identified as Dhrubo Umban (60) and Hemo Singpho, near Dwarmara Singpho Basti under Pengaree Police Station in Tinsukia District.

All the Police Stations in Guwahati city are expected to be inter-linked with the UMHA and the NCRB under the CCTNS project by March 2013.

Communal as well as ethnic violence in BTC areas, have claimed 731 lives in since 1993 in the area. Further, 558 persons were killed due to ethnic and communal violence in the BTC area during the period from 1993 to 2003. While 173 persons were killed in such clashes occurring in the BTC areas during the period from 2003 to December 5, 2012. The State government informed the Assembly that so far 5,776 cases were registered in connection with the ethnic violence that erupted in July this year in the BTC area and out of these 15 cases were handed over to the CBI. So far, 532 persons were arrested in connection with this particular spell of communal violence.

The PJACBM stated that the alarming influx of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh to the State has become a serious threat to the security of the country. PJACBM further stated that the country needs to take effective measure to detect and deport the Bangladeshis; illegally occupying lands of the indigenous people.PJACBM is advocating the creation of Bodoland state and expediting peace talks with NDFB-PTF.Earlier, PJACBM had imposed an 72-hour economic blockade from December 10, which affected the movement of vehicles on National Highway 31 (C) in Kokrajhar and Chirang Districts.

Assam DGP when asked about nature of the Bodo-Muslim violence that rocked the State from July this year termed it as ethnic and not communal violence. DGP, J.N. Choudhury said, "It is not communal violence but ethnic violence". He said the violence in BTAD [Bodoland Territorial Administrated District] was between Bodos and another community. Other ethnic communities like the Koch Rajbongshis and Bengalis were not involved. "Therefore, it was noted under the category ethnic violence."

Senior Congress and tea tribe leaders are going to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister and Sonia Gandhi in coming days and seek their help in checking inroads of CPI-Maoists into tea gardens. Parliamentary secretary for labour and employment and Congress legislator Raju Sahu said, "Inhabited by people of the tea tribe community, tea garden areas in the state have become fertile grounds for growth of Maoists. If we cannot stop this right now, we would soon reach a point of no return." Sahu added, "The Maoists have already made preliminary ground work in tea gardens. It is not easy to distinguish between an Adivasi of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand or West Bengal.

SFs arrested two UKDA militants, identified as Khupkhan Siam (48) and Thanglun Zou (24), near Dilai in Karbi Anglong District. SFs recovered one G-3 rifle, two grenades, a cash amount of INR 40,000 and one Maruti Swift car from the duo. The amount of INR 40,000 was given to the accused by the 'chairman' of UKDA. Further, the arrested person Siam is a relative of UKDA 'chairman' Peter Haokip and he brought the arms and ammunition for selling to some underground outfit at INR 200,000 cost.

SFs recovered a 7.65 pistol and a bullet from the house of one Semson Killing of Dikro Killing village under Upper Dillaji area in the same District. Later, SFs arrested Killing. Police sources informed that the KRA had used this pistol in the abduction of a father of a church.

SFs arrested a person, identified as Khudus Ali (25), a resident of New Ghat in Dhubri District, along with FICN worth INR 34,000.

The SJSS, a conglomeration of non-Bodo organizations, raised the demand for review of BTC Accord in front of the assembly complex. SJSS leaders claimed that unless the accord is reviewed and amended, conflict in BTAD will persist and security of non-Bodos living in the area will always be at stake.

NIA has pleaded before the court for granting pardon to Samir Ahmed, an accused in the multi-crore Dima Hasao funds diversion scam, after he expressed his willingness to turn approver. Ahmed is one of the 16 persons chargsheeted by the NIA in this case, which was registered in connection with diversion of government funds meant for development of the area under NCHAC to the coffers of the DHD-J / BW.

BSF in an operation to arrested three FICN racketeers, including the main culprit identified as Tayab Ali, along with FICN worth INR 75,000 of Golokganj in Dhubri District.

SFs arrested two SULFA militants, identified as Jyoti Chandra Nath (32), and Dilip Kumar Rai (38), of from Halakurahat under Golokganj Police Station in the same District.

SFs arrested an extortionist who has come to collect extortion money from a businessman in Kokrajhar District.

SFs claimed that they have evidence that the UKDA is supplying sophisticated foreign-made weapons to militant groups and criminals.

UHM has extended the ban on ULFA and NDFB under the Unlawful Prevention Act.

Assam Governor, J.B. Patnaik said that Electronic "eyes" or sensors fence will soon replace fences on a couple of stretches along the India-Bangladesh border as part of a bid by the Central Government to step up the drive against illegal influx into Assam from Bangladesh. Governor along with Senior Karimganj District administration officials, Police and BSF officers surveyed the border from the air.

According to a BSF source, Governor, J.B Patnaik told the officials that the Union Home Ministry had already cleared the plan for two border stretches in Dhubri and Karimganj Districts. He said a high 49.34-metre-long electronic sensor fence would be installed between Dhubri and Sisumara along the border, as physical fencing is not possible on this stretch as it is prone to flooding and erosion.

Governor also told the officers that an additional BSF battalion would soon be deployed along the 128-km Cachar-Karimganj border, taking the number of battalions manning that stretch to four. The Governor grieved the fact that though the norm for the distance between the two border outposts of BSF along the country's international borders was 3.5km, the distance between two outposts in the Cachar-Karimganj sector was 4.1km.

SFs arrested two hardcore militants of MPTF, identified as Basuruddin and Mafij Ali, at Bhomrabil village in Gossaigaon subdivision under Kokrajhar District. SFs recovered one .9 mm pistol, five rounds of live bullets, one magazine, 17 letter-pads, 4 office seals, 1 seal, 5 pamphlets and one dairy.

BNC stated that the rehabilitation of the people displaced in the violence in lower Assam's Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri Districts, should be done according to the Assam Accord and taking 1971 as the base year. The Bodo conference also condemned the statement of State Governor, J.B. Patnaik that the rehabilitation of the displaced people, during the recent Bodo-Muslim clashes, would be based on 2011 electoral roll.

BNC appealed to the Centre to release arrested NDFB-RD leader Ranjan Daimary and expediting the peace process with the NDFB-RD as well as NDFB-PTF for a solution to the Bodo problem.

On the recent report of the split in the NDFB-RD, the BNC statement said, "The BNC stands for peace and unity and does not want further division of the NDFB. At the same time, we appeal to all stakeholders to join hands".

The BNC also expressed concern over the recent incidents of extortion, kidnapping, killings and appealed to the groups involved to stay away from such unlawful activities.

SFs recovered two IEDs from Vajantipur village in Hailakandi District.

KLNLF has called for immediate resumption of talks on the separate state issue. A three-member team of the KLNLF met Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in New Delhi and asked him to pay special attention to the outfit's issue as the talks process has been stalled since July 8 this year. The team, comprising KLNLF 'general secretary 'Thong Teron, 'publicity secretary' Rajek Dera and 'home secretary' Thulok Teron, submitted a memorandum in support of their demand.

State Police is facing an acute manpower shortage. The Police force is functioning with a deficit of 9,689 personnel, the maximum number of vacancies being in the post of constables, say the report.

SFs killed two suspected militants of NDFB-IKS, at no. 1 Thakampur under the Kachugaon Police Station in Kokrajhar District. SFs recovered two pistols and two grenades from their procession. The dead bodies are yet to be identified.

SFs arrested two ULFA-ATF militants, Asif Ali Khan (45) and Mujamil Haque (30), from village Falimari and Kuntirchar under Dhubri Police Station in Dhubri District.

One militant belonging to ULFA-ATF, identified as Jayanta Gogoi, surrendered before Police in Dibrugarh District.

SFs arrested a MALTA militant, Upjal Hussain, from his house at Dolapara of Gossaigaon subdivision in Kokrajhar District. SFs recovered two crude bombs weighing 500 gm, two grenades, one sword, 12 arrows, one diary and mobile.

SFs in an encounter, killed a militant belonging to GNLA, identified as 'Lance Corporal' Bilpak B Marak, at Suorkona village, under Lakhipur Police Station in Goalpara District.

One MULTA militant, identified as Mohammad Ukiluddin Shiekh, was arrested in at Hudumkhata village in Gossaigaon sub-division in Kokrajhar District in the evening and recovered one country-made rifle and a mobile handset. Police sources said that there were a large number of cases against him and that the Police was on a look-out for him since the last few months.

A suspected AANLA militant was arrested from Demow town of Sivasagar District.

One SULFA militant, Mansur Islam, was apprehended from Gauripur in the Dhubri District.

Two persons were arrested by the BSF from Dhubri District and FICN with a face value of INR 50,000 was recovered from their possession. The duo Hakim Ali Sarkar and Suleman Ali were picked up from a hotel at Gauripur town.

According to sources, "On questioning, the suspects divulged the name of a FICN kingpin Jafar Ali residing in Patamari area of Dhubri. Efforts are on to trace the suspect".

Four ULFA militants, led by 'sergeant major' Indrajit Neog, surrendered before Police in Tinsukia town of same District.

Assam has witnessed a steady increase in kidnapping and extortion cases over the past few years. According to the latest figures compiled by the State Crime Records Bureau, there has been a spurt in kidnapping and extortion cases in the state since 2004.

The total number of abduction cases registered in different Police Stations across Assam has gone up from 1,659 in 2004 to 3,785 in 2011. This year (2012) up to October, altogether 3,229 kidnapping cases have been registered so far and it is likely to cross last year's figure by the end of the year. The crime figures for November are still under compilation.

Like kidnapping, extortion cases have also shown a rising trend. Compared to 388 extortion cases registered in 2004, the figure has jumped to 992 in 2011. Till 2012, October 879 extortion cases have been registered in the state.

Things have reached such a stage that even legislators are not being spared by the extortionists. Many MLAs, from different political parties, have reportedly received extortion demand from the ULFA-ATF in the past few months. The legislators who received extortion demands are Bolin Chetia from Sadiya Assembly constituency, Rupjyoti Kurmi from Mariani, Debabrata Saikia from Nazira and BJP legislator from Doomdooma constituency, Dilip Maran. They were all allegedly asked to pay INR 20, 00, 000 each.

Most of the kidnappings and extortions are taking place in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, the four BTAD Districts and in their adjoining areas.

In addition, the number of breach of trust cases registered was 802 in 2009, 992 in 2010, 933 in 2011 and 1,060 up to October, 2012. Similarly, the number of cheating cases registered was 1,098 in 2009, 1,326 in 2010, 1,453 in 2011 and 1,404 up to October, 2012.

Police arrested three persons, identified as Rishiraj Gogoi, Pradip Gogoi and Raju Gowala at Tingrai Chariali in Naharkatia of Dibrugarh District and recovered FICN worth INR 20, 00,000.

Suspected KPLT shot at and injured a businessman in Sariahjan Kathalguri near the Karbi Anglong-Golaghat inter-district border.

Suspected Bru militants abducted a Gram Panchayat (Village Level Self Governing institute) president's husband from Bazaricherra locality in Karimganj District.

NDFB-PTF extended its full support to the PJACBM which has declared indefinite economic blockade on all the national highways from January 1, 2013, in demand of the early solution of the separate State of Bodoland and to expedite the political dialogue with the NDFB-PTF.

SFs arrested five persons, including a militant belonging to HNLC from a vehicle in Dima Hasao District. SFs recovered seven detonators, eight gelatine sticks and five mobile handsets were recovered from them.

Suspected surrendered militants of KPLT abducted a village headman Jonathan Taro (55) of Benjamin Taro village, for refusing to pay extortion money, under Howraghat Police Station in Karbi Anglong District. Taro had received an extortion demand of INR 10 million from some surrendered KPLT militants a few days ago.

A Hailakandi-based trader, Ziab Uddin Barbhuiya, managed to escape from the captivity of Bru militants in Hailakandi District. Ziab was abducted by suspected Bru tribal (also known as Reang) militants on December 27.

SFs arrested two surrendered KPLT militants, who were allegedly involved in planning the abduction of the village headman. The duo was identified as Jiten Terang alias Bikram Kro and Malong Hanse.

SFs arrested two militants of DJNA from Sambudhan rotary in Haflong town of Dima Hasao District. The duo was identified as Bonod Langthasa (33) and Zimmy Thaosen (19). SFs recovered one Chinese grenade, one pistol, one magazine, 5 rounds of 7.65mm live cartages and three numbers of demand notes on original pad of DJNA from them.

ULFA-ATF accused AXX [apex literary body of Assam] of 'going into the clutches of a section of non-Assamese businessmen of India origin' and said that these businessmen are 'trying to Indian-ise the AXX and turn it into a forum for their business interests'. In a statement issued to the press, Arunoday Axom, 'Assistant Information & Publicity secretary' of ULFA-ATF, objected to the AXX move to name the main pandal of the ensuing Barpeta Road session of the Xabha after the name of Late BP Saraf who was the former Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court.

SFs arrested two extortionists, identified as Kwmta Goyary and Fwilao Basumatary, for their alleged involvement in extortion from businessmen and employees in Kokrajhar town.