Insurgency / Assam

GUWAHATI, July 1 ? The police forces of Assam and West Bengal have decided to improve coordination to check the activities of the militants belonging to the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO). Talking to The Assam Tribune, the Inspector General of Police (Law and Order), Sri Sibabrata Kakati said that he recently had a meeting with his West Bengal counterpart and decided to have frequent interaction and sharing of intelligence. He said that regular meetings will also be held in the DIG and Superintendent of Police level.

Sri Kakati said that...

GUWAHATI, June 29 ? A favourable terrain and lack of adequate security cover make the two hill districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills favourite hunting grounds for the militant outfits, admitted the Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Sri Sibabrata Kakati. Talking to The Assam Tribune, Sri Kakati said that almost all the militant outfits of the State have their bases in Karbi Anglong district. He expressed the view that for a long-term solution to the problem of insurgency in the hill districts, the network of police stations must be improved as at present, Karbi Anglong...

GUWAHATI, June 24 ? Five persons were killed and seven others critically injured when suspected Dima Halong Daogah (DHD) militants ambushed a party of ONGC and CISF personnel near Dhansiri railway station in Karbi Anglong district around 3.30 pm today, police sources here said. A convoy of seven vehicles carrying personnel of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was returning from Dhansiri area to Diphu town when the DHD militants opened indiscriminate fire on the party. Engineer RC Kakati, Joyram Timung, an employee and driver CR Hanse of ONGC...

GUWAHATI, June 22? Top leaders of the proscribed National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) have stashed away huge sums of money which is collected through extortion in Assam, in foreign banks under fake names, according to a bulletin published by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently. The MHA document on the activities of the NDFB over the years claim that the NDFB top leaders including its self-styled ?commander-in-chief? Ranjan Daimari have amassed large number of property and made expensive trips to foreign countries on the strength of extorted money while its lower rung cadres are...

JAMUGURIHAT, June 22? Three businessmen were killed by militants belonging to the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) at Yogibeel near Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border under Rangapara police station at around 9 p.m. yesterday. According to information available, five NDFB militants in Army fatigue, armed with AK 47 rifles and 9 mm pistols, came to Yogibeel area on foot and picked up Jiten Boro (30), general secretary of the Yogibeel business committee from his residence. They also picked up two other businessmen from the area-Zarman Daimary and Saman Basumatary and asked them about the...

NEW DELHI, June 22 ? Outlawed ULFA and NDFB militants may face more heat from the Royal Government of Bhutan, with the 80th session of the National Assembly of the country all set to hold threadbare discussions on activities of the militant groups running bases in the country. That the militant outfits may be slapped with fresh ultimatums to quit the country is indicative from the series of high-level meetings being held by the Home Minister of the country. The most recent daylong high-level meeting was held on June 11 at Gedu. He had earlier held similar meetings at Deothang and Gelephu...

GUWAHATI, June 18 ? United National Liberation Front (UNLF), a militant group, operating from Myanmar has been providing arms and ammunition to several underground organisations of the North-east India, highly placed official sources disclosed today. The sources said that the security forces deployed along the Indo-Myanmar border for counter insurgency operations, confirmed that the militant outfit of late has provided a huge cache of arms and ammunition to the ULFA and the NDFB.

The UNLF, one of the oldest militant outfits of Manipur, has been operating from different hideouts of Myanmar...

GUWAHATI, June 20 ? Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is optimistic that sooner or later militant outfits like the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) will come forward for talks for political solution of the problem of insurgency. Talking to The Assam Tribune, Sri Gogoi said that so far the State Government has not received any positive indications from the militant outfits. But at the same time, he is hopeful that the militants would ultimately come forward for talks. The NSCN came forward for talks after decades of insurgency, while the...

GUWAHATI, June 19 ? Altogether eight persons including four ULFA militants and two Armymen were killed in three separate incidents of violence in the state during the last 24 hours. According to Our Staff Correspondent in Dibrugarh, two ULFA militants and a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army were killed in a fierce encounter at Bombay Line of Achabam Tea Estate near Namrup in the district last night. One of the killed militants was identified as Prafulla Bora of Joypur near Naharkatiya while the other was identified as Dhruba Kumar Roy alias Apurba Medhi from Bongaigaon. The slain...

GUWAHATI, June 17 ? The ULFA today warned those responsible for ?instigating? the relatives of its members to move the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) against the outfit?s commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah. In the latest edition of its mouthpiece Freedom, e-mailed to a section of the media here, the outfit warned ?the person or the group of persons? which was instigating the kin of the ULFA members to appeal to the AHRC that they were forced to join the outfit. Recently about 200 relatives of senior ULFA leaders and cadres had complained to the Assam Human Rights Commission that Paresh...