Silchar, May 7: Militant Dima Halam Daogah (DHD) has denied reaching an agreement with the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) to create fresh trouble in south Assam. The North Cachar Hills- based militant outfit, in a one-page statement faxed to The Telegraph here, said no such understanding was reached with the Bodo outfit, as alleged by Karbi Anglong deputy commissioner Anurag Goel.
In the statement, one Dao Raja, who identified himself as the publicity secretary of the outfit, said, “Since the DHD is observing a ceasefire with the authorities in North Cachar, there is no scope for any collaboration with the NDFB.
“We regret that the Karbi Anglong district deputy commissioner hurled such an allegation without studying the ground reality in this regard,” the DHD publicity secretary said.
The DHD also alleged that Karbi Anglong superintendent of police Pankaj Sarma was bent on creating “bad blood” between the Dimasa and Karbi tribes by alleging that the DHD was involved in a recent grenade attack on the Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) office at Diphu. Five Karbis were injured in the attack.
The statement denied the DHD’s hand in the attack.
Dao Raja said such allegations by the authorities at a time when the DHD and its ally, the United Democratic People’s Solidarity (pro-talk faction), were trying to usher in peace in the insurgency-ravaged twin districts of North Cachar and Karbi Anglong were “very unfortunate”.
Referring to recent media reports that Dispur would petition the Union home ministry to rein in the DHD for its alleged ceasefire violations, Dao Raja said “peace is reigning at present in North Cachar”. He urged the Assam government to encourage the peace process.
Dao Raja said during the past few weeks, only one incident of abduction, allegedly by the Hmar guerrillas, had occurred in North Cachar.