GOLAGHAT, May 8 – International underground organisations having links with militant outfits like the NSCN and the Karbi National Volunteer (KNV) have set up a market on the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat district to sell arms, drugs etc, to the local ultras.
Local people here alleged that extremist outfits, aided by international groups, have set up bases in the border areas from where they have extended their illegal trade in drugs and arms and ammunitions. Such anti-social activities have made life miserable for the people here.
It has also been alleged that militant outfits, especially the NSCN and the KNV, which have been calling the shots for a long time, now have intensified their activities like extortion, kidnappings, and killings under the very nose of the government agencies concerned.
Regular demands for huge sums of money, especially from the tea gardens, employees of the government and semi-government organisations have caused sleepless nights among the common people.
The drug market set up clandestinely, is allegedly used by the local banned outfits to extend their illegal trade from the north-eastern region especially parts of Manipur and Nagaland, to other parts of India. Moreh town in Manipur bordering Myanmar is normally used as the transit point for drugs and other banned goods coming from the other side of the border.