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Incidents and Statements involving KLO:
2015
Date
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Place
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Incident
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Nature of incident
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January 8
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Dhubri
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Police arrested a suspected
KLO militant, Govinda Roy, from Golokganj area of Dhubri District.
The militant was arrested on charges of serving extortion notes
to businessmen of the district.
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Non-violent
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January
27 |
NS |
RPF claimed that the serial blasts
from January 20 to 26 was a part of boycott announced against
the celebration of Republic Day , by CorCom , KLO , ULFA-I and
NDFB-IKS.
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Non-Violent |
February
23 |
NS |
Assam DGP stated that ULFA-I has
been carrying out subversive activities in upper Assam Districts
with the help of KLO nad NSCN.
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Statement |
February
26 |
Kokrajhar |
Five KLO militants, two of them
carrying Rs 5 lakh reward, surrendered with arms in Kokrajhar
District. One HK-33 rifle with magazine, 100 rounds of ammunition
and two satellite phones. Those surrendered include the reward-carrying
KLO activists were 'Assistant Organising Secretary' Hareswar alias
Lal Deka alias Jayanta, and 'Commanding Officer' 'first
battalion' Tiranga alias Ananth alias Birkhang,
the other three were 'Assistant Finance Secretary' Panchanan alias
Bikash and cadres Brajen Barman alias Rajani and Pradip
Barman.
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Non-Violent |
March
9 |
NS |
State's Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Rockybul Hussain informed that currently eight militant
outfits were active in the State, including KLO.
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Statement |
March
23 |
Dispur
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Panchayat & Rural Development
Minister Rakibul Hussain informed the State Assembly that militant
had killed 195 civilians and four police personnel in Assam during
2014.
Hussain informed the House that
eight militant organizations are active in the state as on date
-NDFB-IKS , ULFA-I, KPLT, KLO, HuM-Assam unit, MULTA, CPI-Maoist
and JMB As many as 13 militant groups have declared Suspension
of Operation which include NDFB-PTF, NDFB-RD, ULFA-PTF, AANLA
etc. Among the eight active organizations, NDFB-IKS has about
250-270 cadres, followed by ULFA-I with 240 cadres and MULTA with
140 cadres. The remaining five outfits have cadre strength ranging
from 70 to 20. As many as 6082 violent incidents have been perpetrated
by these eight active outfits in the state since 1991 to present,
of which ULFA has carried out highest 3632 incidents, followed
by NDFB with 2231 incidents. As many as 2059 arms have been recovered
from these eight outfits since 1991, of which 1376 belonged to
ULFA and 561 to NDFB. No arms belonging to JMB have been recovered
yet.
Hussain further informed that
as many as 19, 939 leaders and cadres of these eight outfits have
been arrested since 1991 till date, with the ULFA accounting for
the highest number (14982) of arrests, followed by NDFB's 4059.
No cadre or leader of HuM has been arrested yet.
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Statement |
March
27 |
NS |
Government has extended AFSPA
to almost the entire State of Arunachal Pradesh, citing a serious
law and order situation in all Districts of the State which border
Assam. As per a new notification issued by UMHA on March 27 by
its Joint Secretary Shambu Singh, all Districts of Arunachal Pradesh
bordering the State of Assam have been declared as "disturbed
area" under Section 3 of AFSPA for next one year.
The new notification says NDFB-IKS
have now set up their General Headquarters and training camp in
Taga, Myanmar and is reportedly contemplating to find out a new
route for arms transshipment from Myanmar via Changlang District.
The notification also adds that there is presence of NSCN-IM,
NSCN-K, ULFA-I, KLO, MPLF along the Assam-Arunachal border and
KYKL, PLA and KCP are helping NDFB-IKS, ULFA-I and KLO movement
of men, material, infiltration and exfilaration.
The notification further adds
that "The left-wing extremism is silently trying to infiltrate
into the State as it is found to be mostly active in areas of
Dhemaji and Tinsukia Districts in Assam bordering with the Lower
Dibang and Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh."
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Statement |
May
4 |
Guwahati
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CM Tarun Gogoi said the state is worried over
the coming together of North East militant groups under one platform
to launch attacks. He added that the Centre should take serious
notice of this development. United Liberation Front of West South
East Asia, the new militant platform, comprises the ULFA-I, NSCN-K,
NDFB-IKS and KLO. These militant groups are based in Myanmar.
NSCN-K 'chairman' SS Khaplang is the chief of this new platform.
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Statement |
May
6 |
NS
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'commander-in-chief' of the ULFA-I Paresh Baruah,
in a telephone conversation, with a northeast based journalist
Rajeev Bhattacharya, stated that all "anti-India groups" would
get together to form a 'government-in-exile'. Paresh Baruah when
asked about his 'immediate plans' said, 'We will strike wherever
and whenever possible. We also hope to be able to form a government-in-exile
by the end of this year'.
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Statement |
June
6 |
NS |
The newly formed platform of four militant groups
of the northeast, UNLFW, is out to prove a point to the Government
of India by launching a series of attacks on SFs and the possibility
of the ultras trying to launch such attacks in Assam cannot be
ruled out. The Police and SFs have been put on high alert following
the recent attacks and the Union Government has taken the recent
incidents "very seriously". According to SF sources, with the
formation of the new platform of NSCN-K, ULFA-I, the NDFB-IKS
and the KLO, the outfits are desperate to prove their strength
and the possibility of attacks cannot be ruled out.
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Statement |
June
11 |
Alipurdar/West Bengal |
The security establishment in Bengal is suspects
that KLO 'chairman' Jibon Singh may have been killed in the Army
operation in Myanmar on June 9. There are reports that three of
the bodies that were brought back from the Myanmar encounter site
were taken to Jorhat Medical College (Assam) for autopsy. One
of them could be Jibon's, say sources, adding that DNA tests may
be done to ascertain identity. According to sources, a police
team, led by Kumargram Police Station In-Charge S G Wangdi, met
Jibon's sister Sumitra Barman at her house in Sankosh, Alipurduar
District.
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Statement |
June
13 |
NS |
The 'commander-in-chief' of the ULFA-I, Paresh
Baruah alleged that the Government of India is trying to gauge
the mood of the neighbouring countries including Myanmar with
the propaganda of launching an attack against the rebels in foreign
soil, reports The Assam Tribune. He also said attacks and counter-attacks
would continue in a "conflict zone". Paresh Baruah claimed that
they did not see any attack by the Indian Army in Myanmar and
KLO chief Jiban Singha was safe. He alleged that by launching
the propaganda of the attack, the Government of India tried to
gauge the mood of the governments of the neighbouring countries.
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Statement |
June
17 |
Sonitpur
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Defence spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Suneet
Newton added that the arrested NDFB-IKS, Nijira Basumatary alias
B. Nenai (24), was also spreading negative propaganda against
the government and organised protests against the operations being
carried out by SFs. She was also working as a courier and supplying
ration in the jungles and was involved in the December 2014 Adivasis
massacre. Lieutenant Colonel Suneet Newton further claimed that
NDFB-IKS, ULFA-I and KLO cadres operating in lower Assam had launched
a "propaganda" against the SFs.
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Statement |
July
21 |
Dhubri
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A KLO militant, Lakhi Barman (28), surrendered
before the Dhubri Superintendent of Police (SP) Mridulananda Sarma
in Dhubri District. The surrendered rebel handed over one pistol,
two grenades, five kilograms of explosives, two detonators along
with huge quantity ammunition.
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Non-violent |
July
23 |
New Delhi
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SFs arrested a KLO, identified as Ajay Barman
alias Takla, at Jaldoba in Kokrajhar District.
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Non-violent |
July
25 |
Alipurduar/ West Bengal
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KLO acts as a catalytic agent to help the NE based
groups to get a foothold in Jaigaon town in the newly-formed Alipurduar
District of West Bengal. The KLO has organised several meetings
here between NE groups and Maoists from Nepal, Jamaat-e-Islami
Bangladesh, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh and even the ISI.
The ISI is very much active just across the border in Phuentsholling,
a sleepy town in Bhutan.
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Statement |
July
27 |
Kokrajhar
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SFs arrested a cadre of KLO, identified as Sona
Ram Roy (24) alias Landara, from Balagaon village under Kokrajhar
Police Station in Kokrajhar District.
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Non-violent |
August
9 |
NS
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An official stated that ULFA-I has teamed up with
KLO and NDFB-IKS to carry out the attacks. An official stated
that "While, normally the rebel groups are seen to target the
period before or on Independence Day, this time they reportedly
plan to strike even between 18 August and 25 August, if they fail
on the eve of 15 August. The militants will try to take advantage
of the relaxation of the security after Independence Day"
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Statement |
August
13 |
Rabha Para / Kokrajhar District
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The Army foiled a terror attack bid in Assam with
the killing of a suspected militant of the KLO in an encounter.
The operation took place in the dense jungles of Rabha Para in
Kokrajhar District after the army received a tip-off. According
to reports, there were four militants, but only one of them was
injured and later succumbed to his injuries. The body is yet to
be identified. The militants were planning to plant a powerful
IED on the Guwahati-Kokrajhar railway track to disrupt the Independence
Day celebrations. An IED weighing around seven kilograms has been
recovered, Police said.
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Violent |
October
15 |
Senpara / Dhubri town |
Two persons, identified as Joti Prasad Roy alias
Jone and Matleb Hussain alias Monowar Hussain were arrested
by Assam Police for alleged offence of extortion in the name of
KLO. According to Police sources INR 5 million was demanded from
a businessman Arup Saha, a resident of Senpara of Dhubri town
(Dhubri District) in the name of KLO.
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Non-violent |
December
26 |
Assam
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The KLO threatened to "avenge" the killings of
its leaders and cadres.
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Non-violent |
Note:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
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