Insurgency / Meghalaya

SHILLONG, May 15 ? The Meghalaya Police in its operation against the banned militant organiations has decided to move against those controlling their financial affairs rather than those carrying out the actual operations, reports PTI. ?We have been successful with capturing people from the armed wings of the outfits like Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) earlier and seized huge arms and ammunition. But not much impact could be made as we did not identify their sources of funding,? the superintendent of police, East Khasi Hills district, I Nongrang, told reporters Wednesday.

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SHILLONG, May 8 — Former Meghalaya Forest minister Adolf-Lu-Hitler R Marak is absconding despite repeated summons issued against him for his alleged connections with the banned Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC), an insurgent outfit operating in the Garo Hills district of the state. The startling revelation was made by Chief Minister D D Lapang here Tuesday evening following persistent queries by newsmen on alleged politician-militant nexus in the state and the government’s stand on the issue.

‘Nobody, whether he is a minister or officer will be spared if he is found to have links with...

GUWAHATI, May 3 — Concerned State police officials at the ground level are yet to be given special instruction as a sequel to the agreements of Assam and Meghalaya governments to go for joint police operation against extremists active along the inter-State boundary. Police sources informed that although chief ministers of both the States recently announced the decision to go for joint anti-insurgency operations along the Assam-Meghalaya boundary areas, particularly in highly-infested boundary between Goalpara district in Assam and Garo Hills in Meghalaya, State police authority was yet to...

SHILLONG, April 23 — Banned militant outfit of Meghalaya A’chik National Volunteer Council (ANVC), demanding a separate homeland for the Garo tribes, held preliminary peace talks with the Centre Bangkok and was keen to follow up the dialogue process, ANVC general secretary Wanding K Marak said, reports PTI. He told a select group of reporters somewhere in Assam-Meghalaya boundary area that preliminary talks, brokered by Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga, were held in January this year, and the ANVC was ready to follow up the dialogue process with the Centre.

Marak said the ANVC is not keen...

GUWAHATI, April 22 — Chief Ministers of Assam and Meghalaya today agreed to launch joint police operations “whenever necessary” to fight insurgency along the inter-State boundary areas besides deciding to involve tribal district councils and Deputy Commissioners concerned of both the States in finding a solution to the age-old boundary dispute between the two States. At a crucial meeting held in Janata Bhawan here this afternoon, Chief Ministers Tarun Gogoi and DD Lapang agreed to maintain the status quo along the disputed inter-State boundary till a final solution could be arrived at.

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Somewhere along the Assam-Meghalaya border, April 20: The Achik National Volunteers Council (ANVC) has accused the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) of floating an associate outfit, the Hajong United Liberation Army, to cover up its “misdeeds” in Meghalaya.

ANVC general secretary Wanding K. Marak told a group of newspersons here today that his outfit was being blamed for crimes committed by the NDFB with the help of its associate. He pointed out that his organisation had been wrongly accused of abducting customs official Dipak Mahanta and six others from Mahendraganj last month....

SOMEWHERE NEAR ASSAM-MEGHALAYA BOUNDARY, April 20 – The Garo Hills-based proscribed outfit A’chik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) today ruled out announcing ceasefire at the initial stage of the possible peace-talks with the Government of India (GoI). Talking to this newspaper, the ANVC general secretary Wanding K Marak said, “Like the erstwhile Mizo National Front (MNF), we are not keen to announce a ceasefire at the initial stage of peace-talks with Government of India.”

The ANVC leader said the outfit was eagerly awaiting a positive response from the Government of India for beginning of...

TURA, April 16 – The Meghalaya Chief Minister, DD Lapang, has taken the initiative to end militancy in the Garo Hills by bringing with a him his government’s economic package to give relief to the militancy affected people of Garo Hills. Lapang made his maiden visit as Chief Minister to visit Tura and Williamnagar on April 14 and 15 where he unveiled a massive economic package for the three districts of Garo Hills. He also reminded the people that peace would be a pre-requisite for the successful implementation of the economic package. The highlight of his package is the laying of foundation...

Shillong, April 11: Former Meghalaya forest minister and NCP member Adolph Hitler Marak today claimed that the two suspected ANVC activists, arrested from a state pool car, which belonged to him, had surrendered last year before erstwhile home minister Lotsing A. Sangma.

Last week, police had seized a car belonging to Hitler Marak and had arrested two suspected ANVC members, identified as Ashabel D. Shira and Farooq R. Marak along with a resident of Mizoram, Rongsangzuala, from Weiloi in Balat under East Khasi Hills district.

Hitler Marak, who was a minister in the F.A. Khonglam government...

SHILLONG, April 11 — Meghalaya Government today decided to go ahead to form a joint command of the police forces of the State and neighbouring Assam to better facilitate coordination in tackling militancy in the two States.

The decision was taken at a meeting here today, Meghalaya Chief Minister D D Lapang told newsmen. The joint command is expected to help both the States in curbing growing militant activities. The banned ULFA and NDFB ultras are known to have set up hide-outs in Meghalaya specially the Garo Hills area to escape the dragnet of the Unified Command.

Both the ULFA and NDFB...