Insurgency North East: Incidents and Statements involving
People's United Liberation Front (PULF) : 2013

The Sangai Express reports that a combined team of Thoubal District commandos and troops of 15 Assam Rifles (AR) arrested a People's United Liberation Front (PULF) cadre identified as Muhammad Rehan Sheikh alias Oni alias Onida while conducting a search operation at Tanjeng Litanpok on January 30 at around 4.45 pm. One .9mm pistol with three live rounds were recovered from him. The individual revealed that he is an ‘Assistant Commandant’ of the PULF working in the finance section. He joined the outfit in 2004 through ‘captain’ Bashir Laskar and received basic military training in Tamenglong District. Read less...

The Times of India reports that at least six militant cadres belonging to different outfits, on February 13, surrendered with arms to Border Security Force (BSF) authorities at the paramilitary force's 116 battalion complex near Loktak Lake in Bishnupur District. Four cadres of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and one each of the People's United Liberation Front (PULF) and PLA surrendered along with five pistols, one carbine and two grenades to the BSF inspector general (frontier headquarters) Manohar Lal Batham, a BSF official said. Read less...

Unidentified militants set ablaze a private truck at Yairipok area in Thoubal District on March 23, reports Zeenews.india.com. The truck owner P Jiban Singh (32) said militant outfit People's Union of Liberation Front (PULF) had demanded money from them some months back. The militants hijacked the truck which was en route to Machi village from Yairipok area on March 22 and the driver was let off. Read less...

Five militants, three from the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and one each from the Peoples United Liberation Front (PULF) and the Kangleipak Communist Party- Military Council (KCP-MC), surrendered before the Border Security Force (BSF) Inspector-General Sh. Anup Chand Thapliyal at 116 BSF battalion in Bishnupur District on March 26, reports The Telegraph. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) arrested two Over Ground Worker of People’s United Liberation Front (PULF), identified as Altaf Hussian (32), and Nur Zamal (26), from Jiribam in Imphal East District on April 18, reports The Sentinel. SFs recovered one extortion note (Quantity 80), one mobile handset Nokia, driving license and cash INR 330 were recovered from their possessions. Read less...

Kanglaonline reports that a combined team of Imphal East commandos and 30 Assam Rifles arrested one People's United Liberation Front (PULF) cadre, identified as Muhammad Nasir Khan alias Ithem, from the eastern side of Irilbung Bridge in Imphal East District on June 12 Read less...

Separately, on June 18 a cadre belonging to Azad faction of People's United Liberation Front (PULF-Azad) identified as 2nd Lieutenant Samar Khan alias Sheikh (34) surrendered to troops of Red Shield Division, said a PIB-DW release adding that Samar surrendered with a 9 mm pistol, magazine and two rounds. He joined the banned outfit in January 2006 at Mandu, Tamenglong District where he was trained for three months from January to March 2009 along with 32 recruits. Read less...

The Telegraph reports that seven persons, including two engineers from Kolkata, were abducted by militants from Manipur’s Imphal East District on August 1. The other five are two senior engineers of Manipur irrigation and flood control department (IFCD), two drivers of the department and a local contractor. The abducted have been identified as Abhijeet Sinha and Devjit Sinha of Calcutta-based R.M. Sinha& Company, superintending engineer N. Karnacharya and executive engineer N. Surchandra of the IFCD, the department’s drivers, Sarat Singh and Sanayaima Singh, both from Imphal, and local contractor Sanayaima Sharma. The Peoples United Liberation Front (PULF), meanwhile, has claimed responsibility for the abduction. A statement signed by its ‘finance and information secretary’ Ayub Ansari said the team were abducted after Surchandra refused to turn up despite being summoned repeatedly for discussions. The Police said the engineers were returning to Imphal city from Dolaithabi in Imphal East, when armed militants waylaid the two vehicles in which the team was travelling at Pukhao, also in Imphal East and 18 km from Imphal, in the afternoon. The vehicles were also taken. Their whereabouts remains unknown. Read less...

A team of Imphal East commandos arrested two People's United Liberation Front (PULF) cadres from Lamlong Bazar in the District on September 2, reports The Sangai Express. Identifying the two cadres as Muhammad Rajauddin Khan (37) and Muhammad Wahidur Rahaman the Police statement said two mobile phones were recovered from them. Read less...

Imphal West District Police commandos arrested a militant belonging to People's United Liberation Front (PULF) from the northern gate of BT Park in Imphal West District on October 19. He has been identified as Muhammad Akil Ahamad (24). Two demand letters, one mobile handset and one auto rickshaw were seized from his possession, said a press release issued by Imphal West SP. Read less...

The Umar Farooque faction People’s United Liberation Front (PULF-Umar Farooque) on December 24 warned that its cadres would go back to the jungles if the Centre and state government fail to look into their grievances by December 31, reports The Telegraph. This militant group, which is currently involved in a peace process with the government, accused both the Centre and state of failing to honour their commitments. “The government had promised us a onetime grant of INR 300,000 each for every cadre and INR 500,000 each for the politburo members. It is also not paying us a monthly stipend of INR 4,000 each, as promised. And vocational training still remains a dream,” Farooque said. After the homecoming programme, held at the Assam Rifles headquarters at Mantripukhri on the outskirts of Imphal, the cadres were told to stay at their respective homes for the time being. The Government had “promised” them a designated camp for their safety. More than two years after the ceremony they are still at home. The government is paying them some money from time to time in instalments. Farooque admitted that the cadres had received INR 28,000 each till today. The cadres are demanding vocational training, payment of the onetime grant, monthly stipend and a designated camp for their stay. “Because of the control of politburo members, our cadres have not committed any crimes till today. After December 31, we will not be able to control them and prevent them from going back to jungles,” Farooque said. Earlier, 41 PULF cadres of the group turned up at the “homecoming ceremony”, a sort of surrender programme on June 14, 2011. Later, more cadres joined the peace process and more than 150 cadres of this group have come overground. Read less...