Province No. 2 (NA): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2009

Kantipuronline reports that an unidentified group shot dead a security guard, identified as Bhawanath Pudasaini, working at Basudeva Industries Pvt. Ltd, on January 9 at Banjhariya-7 in the Bara District. Pudasaini was abducted from his office before being killed. Meanwhile, Tabaresh Bhai, the District in-charge of the Jwala Singh faction of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-J), claimed responsibility for the killing. Read less...

The first round of talks between the Government and Rajan Mukti faction of the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-Rajan) held in Janakpur on January 10 ended in a five-point understanding, reports Nepal News. Peace and Reconstruction Minister Janardan Sharma, who is the coordinator of the Government's talk team, and Rajib Jha, chief negotiator of the JTMM-Rajan, signed the agreement, which includes cessation of hostilities and the Government's pledge to treat the armed group as a political outfit. During the talks, the armed group proposed the cantoning of its fighters, like that of Maoist combatants, but the Government side refused to discuss this, leaving the matter for another round of talks, reports said. Jha claimed that JTMM-Rajn has 8000 fighters. Sharma informed that the Government has been trying to bring other insurgent groups also into the dialogue process and talks with the Jwala Singh faction of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-J) would begin very soon. Read less...

An unidentified group shot dead one person, identified as, Pachhu Hajara, at Raghunathpur-6 in the Rautahat District, reports Kantipuronline. No body has claimed responsibility for the killing so far. Read less...

Uma Singh, a Janakpur-based journalist, was killed by a group of unidentified assailants in the night of January 11, reports Nepal News. Reports said the attackers forcibly entered her apartment in Rajoula and killed her with sharp weapons. Three years ago, the victim’s father and elder brother were abducted from their homes at Mirchaiya in the Siraha District. Her family had then accused the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) of being involved in the abduction. Read less...

Cadres of the Akhil Terai Mukti Morcha (ATMM), formerly known as Goit faction of the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-G), shot dead Rajkumar Kamati, former chairman of Sirauwa Pachuware Village Development Committee (VDC) in the Siraha District, in the night of January 12, reports Kantipuronline. Kamati was accused of being a spy and assisting the Police for establishing a Police station in the VDC. Biplov, District in-charge of the ATMM, claimed responsibility for the killing. Read less...

Jay Krishna Goit led Akhil Terai Mukti Morcha (ATMM), formerly known as Goit faction of the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-G), Pawan Giri-led Samyukta Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (SJTMM) and Jwala Singh faction of the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-J) formally announced the unification of the three parties and decided to name the unified front as Terai Janatantrik Party (TJP), reports Kantipuronline. A meeting of the three fronts held at an undisclosed location in Siraha district took the decision to this effect. The unified party will be chaired by Jaya Krishna Goit and Pawan Giri will be the vice chairman, while Jwala Singh will be the general secretary. Likewise, Aajad has been appointed the chief of Terai Government of the newly formed alliance and Khudiram will be its organisational department chief, said a statement issued by Goit. "The three groups have been merged in order to strongly push the demand for a 'free Terai' as it has been overshadowed due to disintegration among the Terai groups," the statement read, adding that the process for the unification with other groups has been initiated. The outfits led by Jawala Singh and Pawan Giri had earlier separated from the Jay Krishna Goit-led group. Read less...

Kantipuronline reports that the Madhesh Rastra Janatantrik Party–Revolutionary (MRJP-R), an armed outfit active in the Terai, shot dead two youths, identified as Ram Udgar Muchi and Ramesh, residents of Phulkaha Katti-5, in Siraha on January 14. The MRJP-R District Commander Arjun claimed responsibility for the killing. Read less...

Nepal News reports that the Samyukta Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (SJTMM), one of the three major Terai-based armed outfits, denied reports of a merger with the ATMM and JTMM-J. Sources said the SJTMM leader Kautilya told a press conference in Janakpur that there had been no unification between the three largest and most important underground armed groups operating in Terai and said they have no plans to merge with other two groups either. Read less...

Seven cadres affiliated to various Terai-based armed outfits surrendered to the Police in Rautahat District on January 15. Four of the surrendered cadres are from the Jwala Singh led faction of the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-J), two from Terai Army and one from Akhil Terai Mukti Morcha (ATMM) . Read less...

Kantipuronline reports that Police on January 18 arrested a Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Unified CPN-Maoist) cadre, Shrawan Yadav, from his house in the Rampurbirta area of Siraha District on the charge of murdering the Janakpur-based journalist Uma Singh. Yadav, the Maoist's regional committee member of Siraha-5, was arrested on the basis of a statement given by Nemlal Paswan, another accused, who was arrested from Saghar in the Dhanusha District on January 17. According to Police, Paswan is an ‘army commander’ of the Terai Ekata Parishad and a notorious criminal. The Maoist Siraha in-charge, Dilip Sah, confirmed Yadav as their regional committee member. Read less...

Babban Singh, the independent Constituent Assembly member from Rautahat-1, who was arrested in Birgunj on January 17 on murder charges, was remanded to judicial custody for three days, reports Nepal News. He is charged with the murder of two Birgunj-based businessmen, Rajesh Kayal and Jata Shankar Shah. Kayal was shot dead on December 22, 2008 while Shah was killed three months ago. Read less...

The second general convention of the Madheshi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) concluded in Birgunj, the headquarters of Parsa District, re-electing Upendra Yadav as party chairman and appointing a 31-member central working committee. Read less...

Kantipuronline reports that cadres of the Akhil Terai Mukti Morcha (ATMM), formerly the Goit-led faction of the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-G), abducted two persons, identified as Bik Narayan Yadav and Shankar Yadav, residents of Lohojhara-2, from Bhardaha Chowk in Saptari District on January 21. One ATMM cadre Ajit Singh claimed responsibility for the abduction citing their affiliation with another Terai armed group Madheshi Virus Killers. Read less...

The Himalayan Times reports that two persons, identified as Jayanarayan Mahato of Karkach Karmaiya-4 and Hari Raya of Harsatol, were killed and one woman was injured in a bomb blast at a marketplace in Rautahat's Katahariya Village Development Committee (VDC) on January 25. While Mahato died on the spot, Hari succumbed to his injuries a day after. The central vice-president of Terai Army, Mister Shahansha, claimed responsibility for the blast. Read less...

Three high-intensity bombs were detonated in a series at Rajbiraj, headquarters of Saptari District in the Terai, in the evening of January 26, reports Kantipuronline. The first explosion occurred at Rajbiraj-1 around 6:25 pm. Three minutes later, another explosion occurred at the Shiva Shaktai electrical shop at Ward-3 and subsequently the third blast occurred at the backyard of the District court in Ward-7. One minor, identified as Pooja Das, was injured after being hit by splinters during the second explosion. Police estimated that property worth NR 400,000 might have been destroyed in the blast at the shop. The other two explosions did not cause any damage to properties, Police confirmed. One Parwan, who claimed to be the in-charge of a previously unheard group Mahan Madhesh Janakantri Party, claimed responsibility for the blasts. Read less...

Kantipuronline reports that at least five persons, including two minors, were injured when a bomb planted at Maisthan in Birgunj exploded on January 30. According to Police, the injured have been identified as Bebi Khatoon, Suraj Kumar Sah, Jayamati Devi, Nekh Muhammad and Pragya Thakur. Meanwhile, Bhagat Singh, the Parsa District in charge of the Madheshi Mukti Tigers (MMT), claimed responsibility for the blast. Read less...