Politics / Northeast

TEZPUR, Dec 28? ULFA?s political adviser and the founder of the outfit Bhimkanta Buragohain, who is presently in police custody in Sonitpur district after he alongwith four other ULFA cadres, was handed over by the Indian Army to the State Police, said that he had not surrendered before anybody including the Royal Bhutanese Army (RBA).

In an exclusive interview to The Assam Tribune, here Buragohain, popularly known as ?mama? in the rank and file of the outfit, said the attack on the North-east-based militant outfits (ULFA, NDFB and KLO) by the RBA was beyond imagination. The RBA has betrayed...

Tezpur/Guwahati, Dec. 27: The Ulfa and the NDFB reeled under further setbacks today with 51 militants captured by the Royal Bhutan Army being handed over to the police in Nalbari and Darrang districts. There were reports that all Ulfa, KLO, and NDFB camps in Bhutan have been razed to the ground.

Of the 51 rebels, 32 were handed over at Tamulpur in Nalbari district and the remaining 19 at Mangaldoi in Darrang district. Sources said another batch of nearly 30 Ulfa and NDFB rebels is likely to handed over by the RBA tomorrow.

In Mangaldoi, the army also handed over 18 AK-56 rifles with bayonets...

AGARTALA, Dec 27 ? Boosted by Bhutan?s flush out campaign against the Indian militants from its soil Tripura Assembly also unanimously appealed Bangladesh to follow suit. A resolution has been passed in the Tripura House that was deliberating on a Private Member?s resolution on Friday last. The resolution appeals New Delhi to persuade Dhaka to chase out the Indian militants who are presently holed up in that country. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar informed the House that there were at least 50 camps of the Tripura militants in the neighbouring country but at the same he clarified that never the...

GUWAHATI, Dec 26 ? The ULFA, NDFB and KLO today imposed a ban on the trading with the Bhutanese individuals or firms by any individual or firm from Assam, Bodoland and Kamatapur. The ban will come into force with effect from midnight today. The three outfits, in a joint statement received here today, said that they had imposed ban on the movement to and from Bhutan to the soil of these three areas. The outfits also demanded that the Bhutanese authorities should allow the international bodies like the Amnesty International and International Committee of the Red cross and the family members of...

GUWAHATI, Dec 26 ? The ULFA and the NDFB, jolted by the recent events in Bhutan, may carry out terrorist attacks in the state, particularly in the state capital, to make its presence felt. Security agencies operating in the state have been alerted to the possibility and security reviews are being carried out of the possible terrorist targets.

Security sources said here that the recent events in Bhutan may have left the banned ULFA and NDFB badly crippled but there are chances that the militants may carry out surprise attacks to avenge those killed and wounded in Bhutan. There is a possibility...

NALBARI, Dec 26 ? The 64 ULFA kin who were handed over to the Indian authorities day before yesterday by the Bhutanese authorities, were remanded to 48-hour police custody by the Nlabari Chief Judicial Magistrate?s court All the kin were sent back to the Tamulpur 30-bedded Hospital, where they are lodged for interrogation by the security forces. They were remanded to police custody in connection with the Tamulpur Police station case number 203/03 under sections 121 (A)/123/125/10/13 of the IPC and section 120 (B) of the IPC.

Police, however, prevented the kin from talking to newspersons. But...

GUWAHATI, Dec 26 ? The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Kamrup today remanded the self-styled ULFA central publicity secretary Mithinga Daimari alias Deepak Das to seven days police custody in connection with SOU PS Case No 2/98 Under Section 384 IPC read with Section 10/13 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

One of the counsels of the ULFA leader Advocates Bhaskar D Konwar informed that the accused was produced before the court of the CJM today by the Special Operation Unit (SOU) of Assam Police in response to the production warrant issued by the court earlier. The basic content...

TEZPUR, Dec 26 ? Finally after a weeklong drama about the death of Bhimkanta Buragohain, popularly known as ?Mama?, the Army authorities of HQ 4 Corps led by Lt General Mohinder Singh, GOC 4 Corps and the operational head of the Unified Command Structure physically produced him before the media persons at the Gajraj Officer Institute here today along with three other cadres.

The three other cadres are self-styled Major Rabin Handique, Bolin Das alias Kamal Kachari and SS Major Dr Amarjit Gogoi who were immediately whisked away from the media persons from the venue. Mama who was produced in...

NEW DELHI, Dec 25 ? Bhutan Tuesday said that its action against Indian insurgent groups on its soil was necessary because their presence was hampering the economic interests of the Himalayan kingdom, reports PTI. ?Since the illegal entry of these militants into our country, our economic and commercial activities have been greatly hampered, resulting in negative growth in Bhutan,? Foreign minister Khandu Wangchuck told NDTV 24xTV in an interview in the Bhutanese capital, Thimphu.

?The security environment at the borders was not conductive for industrial growth,? he said. He also denied any...

TAMULPUR (Nalbari), Dec 25? All the 64 kin of ULFA leaders which included some armed cadres of the outfit?s women wing captured by the Royal Bhutan Army and handed over to India yesterday, are being interrogated by the high officials of civil administration at Tamulpur under tight security. They include ULFA leader Bening Rabha?s wife Anima Rabha, Ashanta Baghphukan?s wife Hema Hangshipa and their daughter Kareng Tagtipi, Mrinmoy Hazarika?s wife Mira Sarma Hazarika and their daughter Bandana Hazarika among others.

The 27 children between the age group eight months to eight years include...