At least three persons were wounded when an unidentified militant opened
fire
on
them
at
Khargaon
area
in
Kokrajhar
District
on
February
7,
reports
PTI.
Further, one National Democratic Front of Bodoland
(NDFB)
militant,
identified
as
Irkdaw
Narzary,
was
arrested
by
SFs from Bhaitapara village in Chirang District, reports Telegraph.
Altogether
403
Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF)
cadres,
including
the
outfit’s
‘chief’
Habe
Tokbi,
reached
Karbi Anglong District headquarters
Diphu,
ahead
of
their
scheduled
surrender
on
February
11.
Sentinel reports that the Assam Chief
Minister
Tarun
Gogoi
called
for
strict
vigilance
along
the
India-Myanmar
border
following
reports
of
United
Liberation
Front
of
Asom
(ULFA)
‘commander-in-chief’
Paresh
Baruah
seeking
to
regroup
the
remaining
ULFA
cadres
in
a
bid
to
derail
the
peace
process.
He
said,
“Hence,
the
need
of
the
hour
is
to
increase
vigilance
along
the
Indo-Myanmar
border
by
advancing
the
BOPs manned by Assam Rifles closer to the border.” He further
said,
“The
Myanmar-based
NSCN-K
[National
Socialist
Council
of
Nagaland-Khaplang]
has
been
offering
all
forms
of
assistance
and
logistical
support
to
the
ULFA,
ever
since
it
was
formed,
which
must
be
curtailed
at
this
crucial
juncture
though
the
good
office
of
the
central
government.”
Both
Prime
Minister
Manmohan
Singh
and
Union
Home
Minister
P.
Chidambaram
expressed
satisfaction
over
the
comparative
downward
trend
of
level
of
violence
in
the
Northeast
barring,
of
course,
Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Prime Minister Singh said that in the Northeast,
the
number
of
incidents
has
gone
down
in
2009
as
compared
to
the
preceding
year. |
