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Incidents and Statements involving KLO:
2017
Date
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Place
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Incident
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Nature of incident
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January 2
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NS
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Three militant outfits of North
East, KLO, NLFT and PDCK had set March 31 as 'deadline' for
'Hindi speakers' and Bengalis to 'quit Kamatapur, Karbi-Longri
and Tripura' in an statement. The statement was signed by KLO
'chairman' Jiban Singh Koch, NLFT 'organising secretary' Seng-phul
Borok and PDCK 'chairman' JK Lijang. The statement also condemned
the killing of suspected NDFB-IKS, Ratna Narzary of Khunguri
village of Chirang District on December 29 by SFs. According
to the report, all these three militant groups are mentored
by the NSCN-K and ULFA-I.
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Statement
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January
17 |
NS |
PDCK, a Karbi militant formation, repeated its
earlier 'final ultimatum' to the Hindi and Bengali speaking inhabitants
of Karbi Anglong Autonomous District to leave the District before
March 31, 2017. This has led to a panic situation among the two
communities. PDCK along with two other groups - KLO and NLFT on
January 2 had asked the two communities to quit 'Kamatapur', Tripura
and 'Karbi Longri' within March 31. The outfits have further warned
that after the dateline both the communities would have to face
'the gravest of the grave' situation.
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Statement |
January
23 |
NS
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Four militant groups, including NDFB-IKS, KLO,
PDCK and NLFT, in a joint statement, called 24 hours 'total shut
down' on the Republic Day of India (26th January) in the entire
North East India. They asked the people of 'WESEA' to 'boycott'
the Republic Day celebration in their statement.
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Statement |
March
30 |
Diphu/ Karbi Anglong District
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The Karbi Anglong District administration held
discussions with the leaders of various social organisations and
senior citizens at Diphu Circuit House on militant organizations'
'quit ultimatum' served on Bengali and Hindi-speaking communities
and how to defy it. Three militant outfits, KLO, NLFT and PDCK
had on January 2, 2017 issued 'quit notice' against the Bengali
and Hindi-speaking communities to leave Kamatapur, Karbi Anglong
and Tripura by March 31, 2017. SP Dr GV Siva Prasad assured the
oganisations of maintaining law and order in the District. He
revealed that Police personnel need to be deployed at some interior
hamlets. Meanwhile, he said that required number of armed forces
will arrive within 24 hours. He sought the cooperation from all
sections of people to prevent untoward incidents.
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Non-violent |
May
24 |
Raishyabari area / Dhalai District/ Tripura
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Three suspected militants of KLO were arrested
by jawans (troopers) of the 12th Battalion of TSR from Raishyabari
area in Dhalai District. Tripura Police informed that the suspected
militants were trying to infiltrate the Indian soil from neighbouring
Bangladesh after weaponry training in Bangladesh for the last
16 months. Police also recovered arms, Bangladeshi currency and
other incriminating documents from the militants.
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Non-violent |
August
10 |
NS
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Seven armed militant formations called a 12 hour
shut down strike on August 15, in the entire North East India,
which they term as WESEA to ban celebration of Indian Independence
Day. The total ban on the celebration of Indian Independence Day
was made in a joint statement signed by 'publicity secretary',
HNLC, Ksh Laba Meitei, 'president', KCP, Jiban Singh Koch, 'chairman',
KLO, N.Oken, 'chairman', KYKL, B..R Ferengga, 'general secretary',
NDFB-S, Sengphui Borok, 'organizing secretary', NLFT and J K Lijang,
'chairman', PDCK.
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Violent |
Note:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
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