India: Incidents and Statements involving
Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) : 2016

A top Police official said with 30 to 35 cadres, the NDFB-IKS is still strong and active in lower Assam, adds The Sentinel. He said apart from the NDFB-IKS, various outfits like the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), Rabha Viper Army (RVA), NSLA and the Muslim Protection Tiger Force of Assam (MPTFA) are trying to gain a foothold and strengthen their base in the area. He said SFs are continuing counter operations against the groups. Read less...

The ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), identified as Dibankar Barman alias Anupal alias Jabarjung alias Raghav, was killed by Security Forces (SFs) at Siljan Kakrikola area in Kokrajhar District on March 4, reports The Telegraph. Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) Inspector-General of Police L.R. Bishnoi said that depending on inputs about the presence of some KLO rebels in the area, a joint operation was carried out by the Army and Assam Police where the rebel leader received serious bullet injuries in the gun battle. Later, he succumbed to his injuries. Two other militants managed to escape, Bishnoi said. A 7.65mm pistol, two fired cases of 7.65mm pistol, three live rounds of 7.65mm, eight fired cases of 7.62mm pistol and a grenade were recovered from the slain militant, who was wanted in many cases of abduction and extortion Read less...

A linkman of Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO) was arrested from Simlubari village under Tamulpur Police Station in Baksa District on March 13, reports The Sentinel. Acting on intelligence input, a team of Police led by Tamulpur Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Ashif Ahmed launched an operation in Simlubari village and arrested one Indrajit Barman (24). Police sources said that a group of KLO militants along with a top leader of the outfit were taking shelter in the house of Barman in Tamulpur area. Read less...

Indian Army and Kokrajhar Police on March 25 arrested three Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO) cadres who were on their way to attend a training camp at Myanmar, reports The Sentinel. Ranjay Barman was arrested from Maktaigaon in Kokrajhar District, while Hitesh Roy and Shibu Prasad Choudhury were held at Maurigaon in Morigaon District. Two rifles, one pistol and few rounds of ammunition were recovered from the arrested cadres. Read less...

A Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) cadre, Ajay Barman alias Takla (20), of Baksa's Darnagpur was arrested from Nayekgaon area in Kokrajhar District on April 12, reports The Telegraph. A pistol and a bullet were recovered from him. Read less...

Police, Army and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) arrested a cadre of Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO), identified as Vikram Barman (22) from Bajugaon area under Gossaigaon Police Station in Kokrajhar District on May 16, reports The Sentinel. He was involved in a number of money extortion cases and provided logistic support to the militant outfit. A country-made rifle and live bullet were recovered from his possession. Read less...

SFs arrested a cadre of Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO), identified as Madhusudan Barman alias Hakau (22) from Maktaigaon in Kokrajhar District on May 26, reports The Telegraph. A rifle and a live round were recovered from him. Sources said the arrested militant was involved in numerous cases of extortion, money collection, providing administrative support to the banned organization and other subversive activities.    Read less...

Four militants belonging to Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO), identified as Mridul Ray (25), Dhananjay Ray (27), Kanak Ray (22) and Konujeet Ray (19) were arrested by a joint team of the Army and Police from various places in Kokrajhar District, reports The Times of India on June 2. Read less...

The Commanding officer of the 3rd Rajput Regiment, Col IP Singh termed the killing as a major setback to the militant outfit which was trying to carry out subversive activities in the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations. The senior officer said since January this year (2016), a total of 123 persons including 53 cadres of various militants group, 68 linkmen including four females and 13 sympathizers have been arrested. The arrested include 11 NDFB-IKS cadres, 13 National Santhal Liberation Army (NSLA) cadres, 14 Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO) cadres, 3 Adivasi Dragon Fighters (ADF) cadres, one Santhali Tiger Force (STF) cadre, 3 Muslim Tiger Force of Assam (MTFA) cadres, 1 National Liberation Front of Arunachal (NLFA) cadre, 1 United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) cadre, 2 Rabha Viper Army (RVA) cadres and 4 jihadis (Islamic Terrorists). As many as 10 rebels including 7 NDFB-IKS cadres, one each of NSLA and KLO were killed in encounters this year. Singh also said 13 sympathizers of NDFB-IKS have been apprehended so far. Read less...

The Kokrajhar Police arrested a Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO) cadre, identified as Snajit Chandra Barman from Choutara under Gossaigaon Police Station in Kokrajhar District on August 30, reports The Sentinel. Read less...

Paresh Barua and other rebel groups, which are part of the United Liberation Front of Western Southeast Asia (ULFWSA), to carry out strikes in the North East has set alarm bells ringing in security circles across the region, reports The Sangai Express on October 15. Information about the plan has reportedly been gathered by intelligence agencies in eastern Arunachal Pradesh, where two major rebel groups the ULFAI and Khaplang faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCNK) have been very active for several years now. According to the agencies, outfits under the front have been assigned specific tasks. These tasks range from targeting Security Forces (SFs), carrying out subversive activities and abducting Hindispeaking businessmen, said sources.The intelligence report, which is learnt to have come from a Central agency, has said that while NSCNK and ULFAI would target SFs in eastern Arunachal Pradesh where India, China and Myanmar meet, People’s Liberation Army (PLA), ULFAI and NSCNK would carry out similar strikes on SFs close to the IndiaMyanmar boundary in Manipur. Likewise, ULFAI, I.K. Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFBIKS), Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) and Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO) have been assigned the task of targeting SFs close to the IndiaBangladesh border in Meghalaya, while ULFAI and NDFBIKS would carry out similar strikes close to the IndiaBhutan border in western Assam. Assam Police confirmed having received similar inputs. Read less...

enuine egalitarian society, to promote real liberty, equality and fraternity and to establish respect for every socio-cultural ethnicity and the religions of our land,” it added. Further citing the recent Assam Human Development Report which listed the Karbi people with the highest Human Poverty Index (HPI) value at 33.52, the PDCK held the Government of India as being “solely responsible for the lowest literacy rate and abject human poverty” prevailing among Karbi people. Stating that the Karbi and Dimasa peoples have been “fighting to revive their national pride and restore their lost freedom and glory” through various democratic organisations and armed outfits, the Council insisted that their movements “were never understood and respected by the colonial regime”.

The new armed revolutionary organization, the statement maintained, “shall operate with advanced theory of revolution and with principles, ideology and policy based on solid and concrete foundation.” It further expressed “full faith” in the United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFW) and stated that it will be “always ready” to abide by the rules and regulations of the Front. “We have come closer with several like-minded armed revolutionary parties, having similar principles and ideology, of our region like Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO), Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), Progressive faction of People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK-Pro), Revolutionary People's Front (RPF) and United National Liberation Front (UNLF),” it added.

The Karbi, an indigenous people of Sino-Tibetan origin of Mongoloid stock, speaking a Tibeto- Burman language, inhabit the Karbilongri, Dima Hasao (erstwhile United Mikir hills and North Cachar hills), some parts of Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal, Assam and Sylhet division of Bangladesh, the PDCK statement claimed.

 

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The Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) observed its ‘martyrs day’ on December 26 at ‘United Base Camp’ at an undisclosed location, reports the Assam Times. Apart from Jiban Singh Koch( Singha Koch), the self styled ‘chairman’ of KLO, permanent founder members of the United National Liberation Front of Western Southeast Asia (UNLFW), ‘commander–in-chief (c-in-c) ‘general’ Kumchok and deputy ‘c-in-c’ ‘lieutenant general’ Niki Sumi of Khaplang faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K), JK Lijang ‘president’ People’s Democratic Council of Karbilongri (PDCK), ‘president’ B Saoraigwra and ‘general secretary’ BR Ferengga of I.K. Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS), Suchin Borok, ’organizing secretary’ of National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), ‘captain’ Litpa Meitei of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), ‘captain’ Mani Meitei of Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) were present in the meeting according to the report. Read less...