Assam (Insurgency North East): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2012

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on January 1 said the insurgency situation in the State was under control, reports The Telegraph. The Paresh Barua group of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) e-mailed a video to the media houses, showing about 50 cadres taking part in a parade in battle fatigue at an unknown hideout surrounded by hills and jungles. The video did not reveal anything about the group’s intention of sending it or its future plans. Read less...

According to The Telegraph, Black Widow (BW) ‘commander in chief’ Niranjan Hojai had bought a one-storey house at Dharan city in Nepal with extortion money. Read less...

Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) has decided to abandon the armed struggle, reports The Sentinel. Read less...

Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA), asked the Karbi Peoples Liberation Tiger (KPLT) to refrain itself from getting involved with the internal strife between KRA and United Kukigram Defense (UKDA), reports The Nagaland Post. Both KRA and UKDA operate mainly in Kuki dominated Singhason Hill Track in Karbi Anglong District. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) recovered a 5-kilogram Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from a winger at Chabua in Dibrugarh District. Read less...

SFs arrested an Anti-Talks Faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF) militant, identified as Hemakanta Changmai, from Lekhapani in Tinsukia District on January 2. An AK-81 rifle, 162 rounds of ammunition, two hand grenades and INR 43,750 in cash were recovered from him. The arrested militant revealed that ULFA-ATF ‘Vice Chairman’ Paresh Baruah was in the Taka-based camp of the group in Myanmar from January to October last year where at least 250 cadres of the outfit are currently undergoing training. Read less...

The Telegraph reports that suspected Anti-Talks faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF) militants on January 2 exploded a grenade injuring three persons, one of them critically, on GNB Road in Tinsukia town. Read less...

local people on January 3 foiled an extortion bid by two extortionists belonging to NDFB-RD in Laogaon area under Bijni Police Station of Chirang District. The duo was beaten up by the locals when they came to the house of Uttam Barman, a small businessman to intimidate the businessman for not paying INR 30,000 as demanded by them. Read less...

security has been beefed up in Karbi Anglong on the eve of elections to the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) following reports of threats to some Indian National Congress (INC) candidates by the Karbi People’s Liberation Tigers (KPLT), reports The Telegraph. Read less...

SFs arrested two suspected militants belonging to National Dimasa Protection Army (NDPA) from Dihangi in Dima Hasao District on January 3, reports The Times of India. The duo was identified as Bivojit Haflongbar (20), a resident of Suratnagar, and Pranab Jidung (21), a resident of Gunjung in the same District. Read less...

SFs on January 3 arrested one Shiva Gogoi from Sadiya in Tinsukia District. SF claimed that Gogoi has links with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoists), had received six-month training at a Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland- Issak-Muivah (NSCN IM) camp in Manipur, and was involved in the arms snatching case from forest guards at Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Read less...

The Telegraph reports that Security Forces (SFs) arrested a militant belonging to the Ranjan Daimary faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-RD), identified as Bohin Narzary alias Barswm, from Athiabari village under Serfanguri Police Station in Kokrajhar District on January 3. The arrested militant is allegedly involved in issuing extortion threats to the doctors of Kokrajhar RNB civil hospital and businessmen in the District. Read less...

during a search operation, SFs arrested a Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) militant, identified as James Engleng, along with 50 pieces of ammunition in Diphu town in Karbi Anglong District, reports The Telegraph. Read less...

The Sentinel reports that Security Forces (SFs) recovered and defused a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) weighing more than half Kilograms from Barpeta Railway over bridge in Barpeta District on January 4. Read less...

security agencies are inquiring into the possible investments by members of various militant outfits of the North Eastern region in Guwahati, reports The Assam Tribune. Read less...

State home department has sounded a high alert in Upper Assam Districts, following intelligence reports that the Anti Talks Faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF) may try to target the Hindi-speaking population in the run-up to Republic Day (January 26), reports The Telegraph. Read less...

The Nagaland Post reports that Security Forces (SFs) arrested Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) ‘general secretary’ Thong Teron from Diphu in Karbi Anglong District on January 5. SFs recovered 40 rounds of .22 live cartridges, INR 5000 in cash and four empty cartridges from his residence. Read less...

the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stated that it does not have direct evidence of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) having any kind of nexus with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the anti-dam protest as alleged by the State Government. Read less...

common people handed over two boys, identified as Bhutan Brahma (13) and Kalil Narzary (11), to Police at Karimbazar under Gossaigaon Police Station in Kokrajhar District on January 6. The two boys were allegedly sent by Ranjan Daimary faction of National Democratic front of Bodoland (NDFB-RD) to collect money from one Rafikul Islam of Karimbazar. Read less...

SFs arrested one Rabha Viper Army (RVA) militant, identified as Pulendra Rabha (21), from Kachudola village in Kokrajhar District, reports The Telegraph. A country-made AK rifle and live ammunition were recovered from him. Read less...

The Bodo National Conference (BNC) on January 6 asserted that a “third force” is carrying out extortion and abductions in the Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) in a bid to derail the efforts to initiate peace process with the National Democratic Front of Bodoland- Ranjan Daimary (NDFB-RD). BNC ‘chairperson’ Hagrama Mohilary said, “In the BTAD area, the situation has reached such an alarming level that even the poor villagers are not being spared. We have reports that in some areas the extortionists are collecting anything between Rs 50 and Rs 100 from each village household.” Read less...

The Nagaland Post reports that Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) called for 24 hours Karbi Anglong District Strike beginning on January 7 (today) from 5 am. to protest against the arrest its ‘General Secretary’ Thong Teron by Security Forces (SFs). Read less...

SFs arrested a National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) linkman, Sunil Basumatari (38), from Pansali village under Lakhipur Police Station of Goalpara District on January 7. SFs recovered one .9mm pistol with one round ammunition from him. Read less...

According to The Telegraph, an official source in Upper Assam said that a secret message issued by the Tinsukia District administration on December 27, 2011 to the State Government and the Police headquarters informed that extortion notes were served to a few persons in Ambikapur, including a woman ward member of Ambikapur gaon panchayat (Village level local self-Government institution). A group of about seven armed men, suspected to be Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, had served the notes on December 20. The missive said the husband of the ward member who received the extortion note runs a small khuti (unorganised dairy farm) at 9 Kilo Khuti area, which is the last border point of Assam with Arunachal Pradesh. The area is on the edge of dense Kundal Kalia reserve forest, beyond which lies Lohit and Lower Dibang Valley Districts of Arunachal Pradesh. Read less...

former Special Police Officers (SPOs) expressed apprehension that around 70 of the 278 personnel discharged from duty last year might have joined insurgent groups. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) arrested a United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) linkman, Mohammad Saidul Islam (26), at Bhangnamari village in Chirang District on January 8. One .9mm pistol and live ammunition were recovered from him. Read less...

The Nagaland Post reports that United Kukigram Defense Army (UKDA), a Kuki militant group based in Karbi Anglong District, on January 8 declared unilateral ceasefire with the Central and State Government Read less...

Shambhu Singh, Joint Secretary (North East) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), told The Assam Tribune that the MHA has already taken a decision that a major crackdown should be launched to check the menace of extortion. Singh added that the MHA’s views would be formally communicated to the State Government shortly. Singh said that according to information available with the MHA, rampant extortions are going on in areas like Kokrajhar, Udalguri, Baksa, Darrang, Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong etc. He said that the Anti-Talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF) has been trying to launch extortion drive in upper Assam Districts, but the outfit has not been successful because of operations by Police and Security Forces and also because of the fact that the outfit now does not have the strength like the past. He said that the Government is aware of the fact that ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Baruah, who stays mostly in Myanmar and China, has been calling up people demanding money and one person who received a call from the ULFA leader in Dibrugarh formally informed the Government. On the overall law and order situation in the North East region, Singh said that the though the situation in Assam has improved, “things are yet to stabilize” and that is why the tenure of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was extended for another year. The Government of Assam also wanted extension of the AFSA. Singh admitted that the situation in Manipur is still bad. He said that though the GNLA is on rampage in Meghalaya, the recent operations yielded results, while, the inter-factional clashes resulted in deterioration of the situation in Nagaland. On the activities of the Communist Part of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) groups, Singh said that the death of senior CPI-Maoist leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji must have affected the move of the Maoists to establish stronghold in the region. He said that according to information available with the Government, Kishanji visited Assam and Manipur just before his death in West Bengal. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) arrested three Anti Talk faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF) linkman, at Basbari village of Kokrajhar District on January 10. The linkman were identified as Jayanta Kumar Brahma (22), Bhuvan Brahma (48) and Jivan Chand Brahma (25). SFs also recovered large quantity of arms, ammunition and weapon making tools and equipments from the houses of the individuals. During interrogation, the arrestees revealed that they have been running this factory to supply weapons to ULFA-ATF cadres and these weapons are also used for extortion and kidnapping incidents in the area. Read less...

The Pro Talks faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-PTF) admitted that it has given a formal letter to the Srirampur check gate along the Assam-Bengal interstate border, asking for 'donations', and added that there are many organizations of different communities as well as Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that have created syndicates at the gate to collect illegal money from the gate, reports The Times of India. NDFB-PTF further stated that it is not involved in extortion of villagers, teachers and medical staff and has helped authorities in dealing with extortionists. Read less...

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that nine insurgent groups on ceasefire agreements with the Government would surrender before the Republic Day (January 26), reports The Sangai Express. These groups consist of Adivasi Cobra Militants of Assam (ACMA), Birsa Commando Force (BCF), Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA), Kuki Liberation Army (KLA), Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA), United Kuki Democratic Army (UKDA), Hmar Peoples Convention (HPC), Santhal Tiger Force (STF) and Adivasi Commando Force (ACF). Read less...

Tarun Gogoi said that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoists) had formed a 'Mega Dam Resistance Forum' and influencing the anti-dam agitation at Lower Subansiri, reports The Assam Tribune. Tarun Gogoi in this regard said, “I have been maintaining all along that Maoists have infiltrated into the anti-mega dam movement in the State in a clandestine manner. Intelligence inputs and Home Ministry reports vindicate it.” Read less...

United People’s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) has told Union Home Minister (UHM) P. Chidambaram that its Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) with Central and State Government has failed, reports The Telegraph. UPDS ‘chairman’ Longsodar Senar wrote to Chidambaram saying, “As the Assam government has wilfully refused to honour your solemn commitment of ‘neutral administration’ till the election and “level playing field” during the election, the now ex-UPDS leaders and cadres can no longer be expected to hold on to a failed experiment.” Read less...

Dima Halim Daogah-Nunisa (DHD-N) supremo Dilip Nunisa on the current impasse in the peace talks with said, “Instead of demanding all Dimasa-inhabited areas lying in these districts and also in Nagaland, which was our earlier stance, only some adjacent areas, where the Dimasa people are a majority, should be amalgamated with the present Dima Hasao District. If the government can give away land to Bangladesh without any question, why can't they include our villages in the council?” Earlier, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on January 12 said that peace accord with DHD-N has not yet been singed due to the outfit's demand to include 96 villages of Nagaon and Cachar District in the greater Dimaraji Autonomous Territorial Council (DATC). Read less...

United Kukigam Defence Army (UKDA) has demanded that Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA), which is under the Suspension of Operation (SoS) with Manipur Government sent back to their base in Manipur, reports The Nagaland Post. Both UKDA and KRA (a Manipur based group) operate in Kuki dominated areas of Singhason Hills in Karbi Anglong District. Read less...

SFs arrested a NDFB-RD militant, identified as Santosh Kerketeri alias Simang (26), from Dumbruguri under Anandabazar Police Station in Salbari of Baksa District on January 14. A .9mm pistol, four rounds live ammunition and a magazine were recovered from him. Read less...

The Telegraph reports that Security Forces (SFs) recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) weighing 3 kilograms from Goreswar market in Baksa District on January 14. Read less...

Birsa Commando Force (BCF) an Adivasi militant group has decided not to lay down arms before January 26 as announced by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi earlier. BCF ‘commander-in-chief’, Bir Singh Munda in this regard said, “None of our demands have been met and we have not received any kind of facilities that we ought to get during the course of our talks with the government. So we have decided not to surrender arms till we find an honourable solution.” Munda further stated that the State Government made the announcement without consulting the outfit. Read less...

Paresh Baruah would expel United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and other senior leaders and Central Committee of the outfit permanently to start afresh the armed struggle, reports The Times of Assam. Further, Senior Anti –Talks faction of ULFA (ULFA-ATF) leaders, Drishti Rajkhowa alias Manoj Rabha and Bijay Das alias Bijay Chinese would now act as the overall Commander of Lower and Upper Assam region respectively. Read less...

SFs arrested three National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Ranjan Daimari (NDFB-RD) militants at Amguri in Kokrajhar District on January 15, reports The Telegraph. The arrested militants were identified as Akhanti Boro alias Ajit, (22), Mwikhwm Borgoyary alias Minislu (24), and ‘Chirang District Section Commander ‘Janen Narzary alias Jebra, (24). Three pistols, 10 rounds of live ammunition, 5 SIMs, 3 mobile handsets, money receipt book, a notepad and a bag were recovered from them. Read less...

Adivasi Cobra Force (ACF) ‘area commander’ Ranjit Murmu expressed shock on Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi recent statement that nine (including five Adivasi) groups are going to surrender before Republic day (January 26), reports The Times of India. Murmu said, "We are surprised to hear such an announcement from the chief minister. Delhi and Dispur have promised that they will fulfill our demands by September but they are still to act. We are discussing the matter and our future strategies." Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) arrested one United Liberation front of Asom (ULFA) militant, identified as Padamdhar Moran alias Poya Kaye (35), at Makum under Makum Police Station in Tinsukia District on January 16. Read less...

SFs arrested a United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militant, identified as Sapring Rabha (29) alias Khaplang, from Kasumari village under Krishnai Police Station of Goalpara District on January 16. One .22 mm pistol, one round of live ammunition was recovered from him. Read less...

The Times of India reports that Security Forces (SFs) killed a suspected United Liberation Army of Bruland (ULAB) militant at Piplapunjee near Bazaricherra in Karimganj District on January 16. SFs recovered one AK-47 rifle, a .9 mm Mauser-Weker pistol and ammunition from the encounter site. Read less...

Additional Director General of Police-Special Branch (ADGP-SB) Khagen Sarma informed the media persons on January 17 that the All Adivsasi National Liberation Army (AANLA), Adivasi Cobra Force(ACF), Birsa Commando Force (BCF), Santhal Tigers’ Forum (STF), Adivasi People’s Army (APA), Kuki Liberation Army (KLA), United Kukigram Defense Army (UKDA), Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) and the Hmar People’s Convention(HPC) are going to lay down their arms on January 24. Assam Times put the figure of the militants who will surrender on January 24 at over one hundred and fifty. Earlier, Assam Adivasi Peace Movement representatives (a body approved by AANLA to negotiate) in a meeting with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and ADGP Khagen Sarma conveyed the willingness of AANLA to lay down arms on January 24. Assam Adivasi Peace Movement further put forward the demand of AANLA which are- removal of inter-State area restriction Act, to recognize Adivasis as Scheduled Tribes, to form a satellite Adivasi Autonomous Council in Assam, to allot land and pattas to the landless Adivasis, to reserve constituencies where Adivasi voters are a majority, to increase the daily wage of tea garden labourers to INR 200 per day, to absorb disarmed AANLA cadres in government jobs and to create an Adivasi Police Battalion. Assam Adivasi Peace Movement added that about 100 cadres of AANLA under ‘deputy commander in chief’ Peter Dung were putting up in a camp at the D-sector along the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat District while other cadres were outside the State. In addition, 60-militants of HPC, including women, came down from the Borail Peak to Retzaul Basti in Dima Hasao District. The group will lay down arms on January 24 in Guwahati. Read less...

Golaghat District administration on January 17 instructed the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to take all necessary steps to maintain law and order in the disputed areas in the District along the Assam-Nagaland border, reports The Times of India. Nagaland and Assam are engaged in decades-long border dispute and at present are maintaining a status quo under the supervision of CRPF under directive from the Supreme Court. Read less...

SFs arrested one arms dealer, identified as Samsul Hoque (45), from Doboka Burigaon village in Karbi Anglong District. SFs recovered one 9mm pistol, two magazines of 9mm pistol, one .32mm pistol, one magazine of .32mm pistol, .32 mm seven rounds live ammunitions and INR 14,000 in cash along with one mobile phone from him. Read less...

The Nagaland Post reports that unidentified militants abducted a minor child, identified as Randip (3), from Phuloni in Karbi Anglong District on January 17. Read less...

The Sentinel reports that suspected Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Issak Muivah (NSCN-IM) militants looted a grocery shop, at Lahdoigarh under Namtola Police Station in Sivasagar District along the Assam-Nagaland border on January 17. NSCN-IM militants took away INR 50,000 from the shop. Read less...

Central Government on January 18 extended the ceasefire agreement with the Nunisa faction of Dima Halim Daogah (DHD-N) and Pro Talks faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-PTF) for another six months up to June 30, 2012, reports The Shillong Times. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) arrested two United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) linkmen, Robin Biswas (20) and Rakhal Chandra Biswas (47), from Balajan in Dhubri District, reports The Telegraph. A 7.62mm pistol, three rounds of live ammunition and extortion leaflets were recovered from them. Read less...

The Assam Tribune reports that Security Forces (SFs) recovered 600 gelatine sticks, 600 detonators and 360 feet of fuse wire four unclaimed bags at platform number 2 of Lumding Railway Station in Nagaon District on January 18. Read less...

All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) ‘President’ Promod Bodo said that the Bodos can no longer live under the suppression, domination of ruling community in the state and ABSU is firm to carry forward the Bodoland state movement with new strategy, and policy until the demand is accepted, reports The Sentinel. ABSU ‘President’ Promod Bodo said, “The movement of the Bodos will not be man to man conflict nor it will go against the interest of certain community but it wants equal live equally with other people of the country”. The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) signed in 2003 was given 40 departments but the state government has yet to hand over the power and functions to BTC authority. Besides, the State Government released only INR 2.89 billion from plan fun to BTC although it received INR 90 billion from the centre from plan fund in the current financial year, Boro said adding that the BTC should have get at least INR 10 billion on the basis of population pattern Read less...

The Telegraph reports that the assistant manager of Panbari tea estate, identified as Ramen Bora, was abducted and subsequently released by his abductors seven hours after he was abducted from his garden bungalow in Sonitpur District on January 19. Bora was abducted by five armed men but it was not clear whether any militant outfit was behind the abduction. Read less...

security has been beefed up in Guwahati following apprehension that the ULFA-ATF and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) might carry out subversive activities in the Dispur ahead of Republic Day, reports The Sentinel. Read less...

the central jail in Jorhat has been put on high alert following an intelligence report about a purported Anti Talk Faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF) plan to attack a state minister inside the jail premises during his customary visit there after hoisting the Tricolour on Republic Day (January 26). Read less...

The Shillong Times reports that the ULFA-ATF on January 20 announced that henceforth all the surname of its leaders and cadres would be same and the common surname will be ‘Asom’. In a statement issued to the media through e-mail, the ULFA-ATF said to replace the surnames of its members with ‘Asom’ was aimed at reflecting the outfit’s commitment to expedite the evolution of the ‘great Assamese nation’ irrespective of caste, creed and religion. Read less...

The Times of India reports that unidentified militants released the abducted worker of stone crusher unit of Triveni Construction, identified as Dharmendra Yadav (22), near Lungting in Dima Hasao District on January 20. A group of armed militants abducted Yadav from the company’s camp at Natun Haza near Lungting on January 12. Read less...

two DNRF militants identified as, Pritom Nunisa and Ranjan Langthasa, two close aides of the DNDF ‘chairman’ Jensingh Dimasa, were arrested on January 20 in Dima Hasao District. Read less...

Director General of Police (DGP) Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said that Police is preparing strategies to tackle the growing Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) threat in the State. Choudhury said, "There are some reports of Maoist presence but we are confident that we can control it soon". An unnamed official of the intelligence branch on CPI-Maoist activities on the State said, "Many businessmen in the state, even in the city, have received extortion notes from the Maoists' Upper Assam Leading Committee. In every note, they have demanded at least INR 500, 000 and have even threatened the targets would be killed if they report receiving the notes to Police. Most of these notes are from the leader of the group, Munu." Read less...

Kuki National Assembly (KNA) (apex body of the Kuki community) stressed on the need for a fresh census of the Kuki tribe living in Singhason Hills of Karbi Anglong District to validate the demand for an autonomous council, reports The Nagaland Post. KNA claims that the Kuki population is more than 35,000 in the area. Read less...

the Security Forces (SFs) arrested two militants belonging to People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lup (KYKL) in Jalukbari area of Guwahati City, reports The Sangai Express. The arrested militants have been identified as K Tiken Singh of PREPAK and Laisram Mobi Singh of KYKL. Several mobile sets, a laptop computer and some documents were recovered from them. Read less...

the security has been beefed up along the interstate border with Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland to frustrate any attempt by the militants to sneak into the State, reports The Telegraph. Intelligence agencies have expressed apprehensions about the possibility of ULFA militants taking help of Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) to indulge in militant acts in the State using the Goalpara-West Garo Hills corridor. Read less...

the SFs arrested a top United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militant, identified as Dipak Rabha alias Shankar from Sonapur area in the suburb of Guwahati city on January 22, reports IBN Live. The SFs recovered a pistol and several rounds of ammunition from him. The Police suspect that the militant had entered Kamrup (Metro) District to carry out dissident activities in the run up to the Republic Day (January 26). FU Read less...

three members of the United Democratic Liberation Army (UDLA), including ‘commander-in-chief’ Sishumoni Reang, (38), reached Guwahati, to meet State Home Commissioner Jishnu Barua and Additional Director General of Police-Special Branch (ADGP-SB) Khagen Sarma to work out the modalities for surrender of its members on January 22. Hailakandi District Superintendent of Police (SP) Brojen Singh is uncertain about the surrender. Police sources about the terms of surrender said that the UDLA militants wanted rehabilitation of their members with land and INR 500000 in cash for each member. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) seized 38 detonators and 50 kilograms of ammonium nitrate concealed under stones in the truck at Amranga hill area of Shanpara village in Hajo located in Kamrup (Rural) District on January 23, reports The Shillong Times. Read less...

15 former militants of the Dima Halim Daogah (DHD) have in association with Dimapur-based Naga militant outfit has formed Dimasa National Revolutionary Front (DNRF) in Dima Hasao District. The leaders of the outfit are R.J. Dimasa alias Arje Dimasa, Soten Dimasa and Jensingh Dimasa. The group’s main demand is to establish a separate Dimasa kingdom. The group was also involved in abduction of Dharmendar Yadav of Tribeni Construction Ltd recently. Read less...

Police has deployed at least 25 personnel on the river route and sand islands between Noonmati and Ramsing Chapori, to thwart any attack on Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) refinery in Noonmati under Noonmati Police Station in Guwahati city, reports The Times of India. Read less...

SFs arrested two arms smugglers identified as, Masuq Ahmad Talukdar (26) and Alom Hossain Barbhuiya (23), from Arunachal in Cachar District, reports The Sentinel. SFs recovered a pistol from the duo. Read less...

The Shillong Times reports that unidentified militants lobbed a crude bomb at the house of a businessperson, Sabir Laskar in Kalibari Colony under Haflong Police Station in Dima Hasao District on January 23. The blast damaged parts of the house shattering its glass windows and breaking down things inside. However, no one was injured in the blast. Read less...

a top militant belonging to Ranjan Daimari faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-RD) identified as,’ Section Commander of Karigaon area, Homen Basumatary alias B Hayensha, (25), surrendered before the SFs in Kokrajhar District, reports The Sentinel. Basumatary submitted one Chinese made pistol with six round live ammunitions during the time of surrender. Read less...

Birsa Commando Force (BCF) and Adivasi Cobra Military of Assam (ACMA) will not surrender arms during the January 24 (today) ceremony at Sarusajai Sports Complex in Guwahati, reports The Telegraph. With BCF and ACMA abstaining the total number of outfit surrendering during the ceremony has come down to seven from nine earlier. Read less...

SFs arrested two NDFB-RD militants from Maligaon under Serfanguri Police Station in Kokrajhar District, reports The Telegraph. One .9mm pistol, ammunition, mobile phone, SIM cards were recovered from them. Read less...

SFs have intensified their operations to take out the ULFA-ATF militants under Rajib Das who have reportedly taken shelter in the numerous chaporis (sandbars) in and around in Majuli island in Jorhat District and are serving extortion notes and planning sabotage during the Republic Day (January 26). The reports further states that ULFA-ATF has teamed up with Liberation Democratic Council of Mising Land (LDCM) to regain its strength in the area. LDCM is a Mising tribal outfit formed two years ago and is active in Panigaon and Dhakuakhana areas of North Lakhimpur District. Read less...

State Government has decided to set up camps for Adivasi militant group, All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA) militants at Chungajan in Golaghat District. AANLA had surrendered its arms on January 24. Read less...

The Telegraph reports that a total 676 militants belonging to seven militant formations surrendered along with 202 small and big arms at a function held at the indoor stadium inside the Sarusajai Sports Complex, in the presence of Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on January 24. The militant outfits that surrendered were Adivasi People’s Army (APA), All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA), Santhal Tiger Force (STF), United Kukigam Defence Army (UKDA), Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA), Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) and Hmar Peoples’ Convention (HPC). Meanwhile, the Birsa Commando Force (BCF) and the Adivasi Cobra Military of Assam (ACMA) only submitted their charter of demands to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram. P.Chidambaram on the occasion said, “Not often do we see so many groups return to the path of peace, development and brotherhood and join the process of reconciliation. This development means that the other groups will follow suit. I want to assure you all that both the governments of Assam and India will treat you with honour and dignity. I ask you to join us in building a new India, a new Assam. You will feel proud when you look back to this day.” Further, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi appealed to other militant and said, “I am once again appealing to Paresh Barua and others to come forward for talks. The Centre, the Prime Minister, the home minister and the UPA chairperson are keen to solve the problems of Assam.” According to, Farewell to Arms, Welcome to the mainstream, a booklet distributed during the ceremony, the APA has around 70 cadres, AANLA 90, STF 134, BCF 557, ACMA 453, KLA 83, HPC (D) 50, UKDA 120 and KRA 138. ACMA and BCF had signed suspension of operations (SoOs) in 2001 and 2004 respectively. However, 1855 militants surrendered during the ceremony, reports The Hindu. Read less...

three militants belonging to the Anti-Talks Faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF) surrendered before Security Forces (SFs) at Philobari in Tinsukia District, reports The Telegraph. Read less...

Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik on Republic Day (January 26) lauded the State Government and said, “The strategy in the form of sustained development efforts, counter-insurgency operations against active militant groups and peace overtures for people willing to come forward for negotiated settlement has paid rich dividends.” He further said that the Suspension of Operations (SoO), agreements with various extremist outfits such as the United Peoples Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF), Dima Halim Daogah - Nunisa faction (DHD-N), Dima Halim Daogah - Jewel faction (DHD-J), National Democratic Front of Bodoland - Pro-Talks faction (NDFB-PTF), Adivasi Cobra Military of Assam (ACMA), Birsa Command Force (BCF) and United Liberation Front of Asom - Pro-Talks faction (ULFA-PTF), justify the initiative of the State Government. “Recent agreements with the UPDS had resulted in the peaceful (autonomous district) Council elections in Karbi Anglong District,” he said. Read less...

The Nagaland Post reports that 15 Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers (KPLT) militants surrendered before the State Hill Area Development Minister, Khorsing Engti, at KASA stadium in Karbi Anglong District. KPLT militants surrendered three AK series rifle, seven 9 mm pistols, 52 rounds of AK ammunition and one Sten-carbine. Read less...

the SFs recovered and defused an IED in Sonari town of Sivasagar District on January 26, reports The Assam Tribune. Read less...

the SFs recovered three crude bombs, each weighing about 1.4 kilograms and three country-made pistols from another boat in the New Ghat area of the same District. Read less...

the State Government is cautious about granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status only to the Adivasi community as it may become a point for resentment of five other communities also demanding inclusion in the ST list, reports The Telegraph. Five other five communities namely Morans, Muttocks, Tai Ahoms, Chutia and Koch Rajbongshis are also demanding their inclusion in ST list. Notably, Moran and Muttocks have threatened armed rebellion in case they are not included in the list. Read less...

The Telegraph reports that suspected Karbi militants on January 26 abducted a civilian identified as, Haren Takdi in Dolamora division of Methoni tea estate along the Golaghat-Karbi Anglong border, in Karbi Anglong District. Later, militant called up and demanded a ransom of INR 500000. Read less...

Two days after Police had an encounter with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the Silapathar area of Dhemaji District, Security Forces (SFs) launched the first operation against red rebels in several parts of the District on January 28, reported The Times of India. Police said some Maoists have taken refuge in the District to carry out anti-social activities. SP (Dhemaji) Priyaranjan Konwar said, "We have some specific inputs that some Maoists have taken shelter in Silapather, Sungajan and its adjoining areas the District. SFs launched an operation in the District to arrest them but no one has been arrested so far,” adding, “according to records available with us, there are seven Maoist cadres in the district who are trying to launch a recruitment drive here to strengthen their force. We are maintaining strict vigil and SFs have been directed to carry out raids from time to time." Read less...

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the State and the entire region have achieved remarkable success with a large number of cadres from various outfits of the region have coming back to mainstream during the last three months alone. Gogoi also lauded the effort of Army’s 4th Corps in bringing stability to the region. Read less...

The Nagaland Post reports that United Kukigram Defense Army (UKDA) militants on January 29 attacked Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) cadres at Bagmari locality of Diphu town in Karbi Anglong District, leaving three KRA cadres injured. KRA ‘general secretary’, Zed Boy Kuki also sustained injuries during the clash. Security Forces (SFs) detained 15 UKDA cadres as precautionary measures but later released them Read less...

The Sentinel reports that Security Forces (SFs) on an unspecified date arrested a top National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militant identified as, Sanjay Boro, from Bebjiapara village under Mochalpur Police Station in Baksa District. SFs recovered a country-made pistol and three live rounds from him. Read less...

All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA) ‘Publicity Secretary’ Etwa Urang admitted the presence of around 60 AANLA militants residing in the camp at Ralan area along the disputed Assam-Nagaland border, reports The Nagaland Post. He clarified that the AANLA cadres were staying there temporarily until the State Government allotted a designated camp for them. The camp was dismantled by SFs on January 30 Read less...

Karbi People’s Liberation Tigers (KPLT) has established links with United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and Kanglei Yowal Kanna Lup (KYKL) for training the new cadres, The Assam Tribune reported on January 30. The report further states that almost all the Northeast outfit have abundance of Chinese weapons and bases in Taga area of Myanmar. Further, the major militant outfits are now supplying weapons to the smaller outfits and Dimapur (Nagaland) has emerged as a weapons hub. Read less...

SFs arrested two Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland–Issak Muivah (NSCN-IM) militants, identified as, Kaising Jeme and Chunglube Niyame, from Lodhi village near Haflong in Dima Hasao District on January 30, reports The Times of India. SFs recovered four AK-56 rifles, eight magazines, 515 cartages of AK-56, along with two mobile phones and two SIM cards during the process. The report further states that the arrested Naga militants were involved in a number of extortion, kidnapping and murder cases in the District. Further, the duo was a part of the group who abducted and killed Colonel (Retd) Jatindar Singh Sandhu (62), the general manager of the Umrangshu unit of the Jaypee Cement Limited, and Ramen Sharma (52), deputy general manager of state-owned Assam Mineral Development Corporation (AMDC) in November 2011. Read less...

the next round of talks between the Central Government and Pro Talks faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-PTF) will be held in New Delhi in February 2012. Read less...

Assam Adivasi Peace Movement, (an organization that has been approved by AANLA) on January 31 said that the community (Adivasi) had lost out on the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and related-benefits for having been branded as either tea tribes or ex-tea tribes, reports The Telegraph. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) arrested three militants belonging to Rabha Viper Army (RVA) identified as, Kameshwar Rabha (31), Ananto Rabha (32) and Parshanto Rabha (23) from Goalpara District. One 12-bore single barrel gun, one 12-bore rifle with magazine and one 7.62 mm bore rifle with magazine were recovered from their possession. Read less...

SFs arrested one People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) cadre, identified as Laiphrakpam Sunil Singh alias S K, from Birubari area of Guwahati, reports The Times of India. Two laptops, important documents, Nepalese, and Bhutanese currency were recovered from his possession. Read less...