Arunachal Pradesh (Insurgency North East): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2008

A United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militant was killed in a gunfight with the Army at Kumari Gaon under Mahadevpur police station in Arunachal Pradesh along the Assam border on January 16, according to The Hindu. The militant belonged to the ‘28 Battalion’ of the ULFA and was hiding in a house when troops laid a trap. Read less...

The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) warned former members of the Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) who formed the Bodoland Territorial Council that "provocation" would invite strong retaliation from them, reports Telegraph. The outfit’s information and publicity secretary, S. Sanjarang, claimed that some "ex-BLT members" were trying to "provoke" his group into frittering away the gains from the peace process. Read less...

Police arrested Tikhon Mossang, an ‘assistant section officer’ of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), when he was playing cards with a government employee in the residence of Tingpong Wangham, former Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, at Senki park in the capital Itanagar on January 27-evening, according to Telegraph. Mossang had reportedly served extortion notices to several Ministers, high-ranking government officials and politicians. Read less...