The Times of India adds that Intelligence inputs suggest that ULFAI along with Khaplang faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCNK) and I.K. Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFBIKS), all members of the newly floated United Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFW), have been planning to strike in upper Assam Districts, which borders Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh on the eastern part of the State and provides the access to the bases of these outfits in neighbouring Myanmar. Read less...
Two cadres of the I.K. Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFBIKS), identified as Jwngsar Basumatary alias Laudum and Phungkha Narzary, were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in Jharbari area under Serfanguri Police Station in Kokrajhar District on July 24, reports The Sentinel. According to Kokrajhar Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sreejit T, based on specific inputs about the movement of NDFBIKS cadres in Jharbari, a joint operation was launched on Sunday (July 24) evening by Kokrajhar Police, 3rd Rajput Regiment of the Army and 210 Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) in the North of Jharbari area, where two cadres of the outfit were neutralized. The NDFBIKS cadres opened fire on the operational party first and the party retaliated, killing two cadres. He also said that two 7.65mm pistols, five rounds ammunitions of 7.65mm pistols, four fired cases of 7.65mm pistols, seven 7.62 mm AK47 fired cases, two Chinese grenades and a backpack were recovered from their possession. Read less...