Incidents and Statements involving All Adivasi National Liberation Army: 2013

Date

Nature of incident

January 5

Kokrajhar District of Assam

Sonitpur District of Assam

The AANLA has urged the State as well as the Central Government to redress its grievances and to deal with the long-pending issue of Adivasis. In an email , C-n-C of AANLA , Peter Dang expressing his total annoyance over the Government's lackadaisical attitude towards the problems of the Adivasi people living in the State and urged the agencies concerned, particularly the Central government to provide ST status to the Adivasi people, to create a separate Autonomous Council for the Adivasis in Assam, land allotment and pattas to the Adivasis residing in tea gardens and villages of Assam by sending the mobile circle office for protection of land and properties.

Udalguri District of Assam

SFs arrested an AANLA militant, identified as Sunil Munda (35), from Hathimara in Udalguri District.

SFs arrested two AANLA militants, Bhimsen Kerketa and John Basbech, from Gholapani near Uarimghat along the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat District. The duo was involved in the killing of a teacher Jimmy Brown Buragohain, his wife and daughter in the same District in December 18, 2012.

Six insurgent groups are currently active in Assam while 12 others in talks with the Central and State Government, Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Rockybul Hussain said. Six groups - ULFA-ATF, NDFB-ATF/ NDFB-IKS, KPLT, KLO, MULTA and HuM-are active in the State; Hussain said replying to a question in the House.

Hussain said outfits in talks were NDFB's Progressive faction, ULFA-PTF, KLNLF, ACMA, BCF, KRA, UKDA, KLA, HPC-D, APA, AANLA and STF.

The NDFB-RD and the NSLA have declared unilateral ceasefire, Hussain said while replying on behalf of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who also holds the Home Affairs portfolio, said.

Two groups -BTF and ULFBV have already surrendered. Settlement has been reached by the central and state governments with the UPDS and the two factions of the DHD.

"However, details regarding the progress of talks with various outfits cannot be disclosed now," Hussain said. On cases faced by leaders and cadres of outfits in talks, he said, "We will not lift the cases faced by them. The cases will be dealt by the courts and judiciary. A monthly assistance of INR 3,000 is provided to each cadre belonging to groups engaged in peace talks.

Five Adivasi militant organizations, including ACMA, APA, BCF, STF and AANLA, set December 2013 as the 'deadline' for New Delhi to grant Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to Assam's 12 Adivasi communities. Leaders of the five Adivasi militant organisations on July 26 said that they would be forced to adopt "all possible options" to achieve their goal.

Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain on December 16 said that six militant outfits, including ULFA-I and NDFB-IKS, are active in Assam with a cadre strength of 760. Hussain answering on behalf of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, also in charge of Home, said the other outfits are KPLT, KLO, MULTA and HuM -Assam unit.The NDFB-IKS has the highest number of cadre at 300, followed by ULFA-I with 240 militants, KLO has 100, and MULTA and HUJI have 40 each, he said. Altogether 15 underground groups were on ceasefire agreement with the government and their cadres were staying in designated camps across the state, the minister said. These are ULFA (Pro talk faction led by Arabinda Rajkhowa), NDFB-PTF, KLNLF, ACMA, BCF, KRA-Assam, UKDA, AANLA, STF, APA, KLO/KLO HPC-Democratic and NDFB-Ranjan Daimary. Six new extremist organisations were also formed and they are Karbi National Liberation Army, United Peoples Liberation Front, DHD-Action, Dima Jadi Naiso Army, National Liberation Front of Bengali and United Dimasa Kachari Liberation Front.