Insurgency / Assam

GUWAHATI, March 21 ? Coordination and sharing of information with the police forces of the neighbouring States have been intensified following reports of frequent movement of the ultras through these States, said the Director General of Assam Police, Sri H K Deka. Talking to The Assam Tribune, Sri Deka revealed that conferences of the DGs and IGPs of the North-Eastern States are being need for sharing of information about movement of militants, while, district level coordination is also on among the police forces of the bordering districts. The DGP revealed that it is still not known...

NEW DELHI, March 19 ? The Union Home Ministry today added a new twist to militancy by disclosing that militants belonging to ULFA and Jammu and Kashmir have a nexus with the ISI of Pakistan. The disclosure was made by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Vidyasagar Rao in the Lok Sabha during the Question Hour. A Hizbul Mujahideen militant, who was caught in 1999 told the security agencies that he was in touch with militants belonging to ULFA through Hizbul leaders based in the Northeast. The Government is aware of attempts being made by various terrorist outfits in the country to forge...

GUWAHATI, March 18 ? At least eight militants were killed in separate encounters with security forces in Nalbari, Dhubri and Kokrajhar during the last 24 hours. While four hard-core extremists of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) including a self-styled sergeant major and other members of the outfits? ?Enigma? group were slain in an encounter with security forces in Nalbari while three other ULFA ultras were killed in Dhubri and an NDFB ultra was killed in another encounter in Kokajhar. Nalbari correspondent adds : Atleast four hardcore militants belong to the ULFA were killed in two...

GUWAHATI, March 17 ? The police department is suffering heavy losses over the years due to its failure to realise the money due from the Central government and private organisations for deployment of police personnel. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its report for the year ending March, 2001, said that scrutiny of the records of the Office of the Director General of Police in December, 2000, revealed that against Rs 734.55 lakh spent as a cost of deployment of police guards between April, 1981 and March, 2000 in seven departments and organisations only Rs 206 lakh was...

GUWAHATI, March 13 ? Though the Minister of State for Home, Sri Pradyut Bordoloi today clarified the Government?s stand on the issue of ?secret killings? by giving a statement in the State Assembly, the opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the All Assam Students? Union (AASU) are not convinced about the Government?s sincerity on the issue. Sri Bordoloi, in his statement, said that some sensational killings took place in the last few years and the media termed the incidents as ?secret killings?. He said that the Government instituted a judicial probe by former Gauhati High Court judge...

GUWAHATI, March 9 ? Contrary to the loud claim of the newly elected Congress Government about ?fast improvement? of law and order situation in the State, altogether 491 persons were killed in violent incidents in the State during the period from May 2001 to January 2002. Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi in reply to unstarred question raised by AGP MLA, Jagadish Bhuyan informed the State Assembly today that out of these 491 killed in the State since his Government took over the mantle, 205 were civilians, 72 were police or para-military force personnel and 214 were militants belonging to different...

NEW DELHI, March 8 ? Is Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi and his deputy the Minister of State for Home, Pradyut Bordoloi looking for ?Z? category security cover in the face of threats from outlawed ULFA? If a recent report received from Assam Government is anything to go by, then the Black Cat cover is what they are eyeing. According to sources, Assam Government has recently informed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) that the ULFA militants have categorised the Chief Minister and Sri Bordoloi as ?enemy? because of the State government?s hard-line approach against militancy. The Home ministry...

GUWAHATI, March 8 ? The three militant groups of the North-East United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) and the Manipur People?s Front (MPF) of late have consolidated their bases along the Indo-Myanmar border, highly-placed official sources disclosed. The sources further said that the militant outfits in association with the Kachin Independent Army (KIA) have set up camps in the eastern part of Myanmar forcing the security forces to review their operations. According to reports, the ULFA and the NDFB have set up transit camps in Chanlang and Siang...

NEW DELHI, March 4 ? Demand for 512 companies of Central para-military forces by the three north eastern States of Assam, Manipur and Tripura, has raised questions in the Ministry of Home Affairs. The claim that violence in the North-east is on the wane runs contrary to the Government?s claim if the demand for additional forces by the three of the region?s worst insurgency affected States is any indication. The three States among themselves have sought over 500 companies of additional forces.

According to figures tabled in the Parliament last week, Assam has sought 58 companies Central para...

GUWAHATI, March 2 ? The Army and the State Police have launched a vigorous operation along the Assam-Nagaland border in view of spurt in activities of the United People?s Democratic Solidarity militants. A Defence release claimed that the National Socialist Council of Nagalim-Issac Muiva (NSCN-IM) and the UPDS activists have started extortion drive in various parts of Karbi Anglong district causing a matter of concern for the people. ?The NSCN-(IM) and the UPDS have come to an agreement to collect funds from the people forcing the security forces to step up operations to contain their...