34 tribal people killed by Bodo militants in Assam

[Free Karma]

34 tribal people killed by Bodo militants in Assam - Hindustan Times

Bodo militants in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts of Assam have killed at least 34 tribal people in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts of Assam, reports from the state said on Tuesday.

Militants of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) opposed to peace talks first struck at Saralpara village in Kokrajhar district and Santipur village in Sonitpur district, said inspector general of police (law and order) SN Singh. Four people were killed in Saralpara, and three in Santipur.

The militants are believed to have attacked the villages as a response to the intensified operation by the security forces, he said.

The NDFB had on Monday triggered a grenade blast in Patgaon in Kokrajhar district, injuring three people.

A joint team of Assam Police commandos and the army had on Sunday killed two Bodo militants in neighbouring Chirang district, close to the Bhutan border.

Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday said his government will not bow down to any militant threat.

Arguably the earliest settlers in present-day Northeast, the scheduled tribe Bodos form the region's largest tribal group with an estimated 1.5 million people. They are one of 18 ethnic sub-groups within the Tibeto-Burman Kachari group of people. They are scattered across Assam and some adjoining states, but the bulk of the Bodos live in Bodoland Territorial Council.

 

[maomao]

Sad. RIP People!

 

[Free Karma]

Assam NDFB(S) attack: Toll rises to 65 - The Hindu

Violence escalated in Assam on Wednesday as the toll in the carnage by NDFB(S) militants rose to 65, mostly women and children, with advivasis retaliating by torching houses and attacking a police station during protests that left three persons dead allegedly in police firing. Thirty seven people were killed in Sonitpu district, 25 in Kokrajhar and three in Chirang district after heavily armed militants allegedly belonging to the Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) swooped down on remote Adivasi villages of the three districts and killed the inhabitants last evening. Among the dead, 21 were women and 18 children, according to police.

The Centre said it was rushing about 5,000 paramilitary personnel at the request of Assam government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over loss of lives and sanctioned ex-gratia relief of Rs. 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs. 50,000 to each of the seriously injured. An amount of Rs. 86 lakh is being released to the State government from Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF), a PMO statement said.

Even as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that steps were being taken to prevent the situation from escalating, violent protests by Adivasis erupted against the killings. Police opened fire as angry protestors turned violent in Dhekiajuli of Sonitpur district, a senior police official said. The protesters, armed with bow and arrows, were marching towards the police station in Dhekajuli town and despite repeated appeal by police to stop, they marched on and attempted to storm the police station, he said. Police initially attempted to disperse the protestors by resorting to lathicharge, but opened fire when the situation worsened, the official said. Three persons were killed and several others injured in police action, he said.
Angry protesters also set ablaze 20 houses allegedly belonging to the people of the Bodo community in Phuloguriin Sonitpur district.

Thirty one people were killed in attack in remote village of Maitalu Basti under Zinzia police station bordering Arunachal Pradesh and six in Jungle basti under Dhekiajuli police station while two others were injured in Sonitpur district, an Assam police spokeperson said. In Kokrajhar district, 25 people were killed in three villages with Ultapani bordering Bhutan having the highest toll of 12 followed by Lungsung with eight and Pakhriguri with five deaths while four persons were injured. In Chirang district, three persons were killed in Kalmandir area under Runikhata police station and three others were injured. A 7-km stretch of National Highway 15 was blocked by Adivasi protesters near Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur.

Union Home Minisiter Rajnath Singh, who was briefed by Mr. Gogoi on the situation, and his deputy Kiren Rijiju were scheduled to arrive in Guwahati on Wednesday evening to take stock of the prevailing situation. Decrying the "cowardly" killings, Mr. Singh said it was a terror act and will be dealt accordingly. The Union Cabinet also paid homage to victims of attacks on 'adivasis' in Assam.

Mr. Gogoi directed State Ministers Neelamani Sen Deka and Basanta Das to visit Kokrajhar and Ministers Rockybul Hussain, Tanka Bahadur Rai and Prithbi Majhi to Sonitpur district. "Most barbaric and most henious crime these NDFB(S) group has committed. We have to deal with it firmly. "We have to go in a big way so that the culprits are booked," the Chief Minister said, adding that the security agencies have been directed to provide protection to the people in "sensitive" areas, including those inhabited by Bodos. He said the militants will no longer be allowed to "hit and run" and the Prime Minister and the Home Minister have assured him all help. "Neither the Government of Assam nor the Government of India will surrender to these militant groups. That's why we are asking for more paramilitary forces from the government of India," Mr. Gogoi said. "Yesterday, the Prime Minister and the Home Minister assured me of all help," he said.

Condemning the attacks, Mr. Rijiju said, "This is a blatant attack in a situation where it is not expected. The attack is on innocent people and the location of the attack in very remote and rural area." "I would like to say that this is very unfortunate that this kind of violence has taken place. We have already sent a message that violence and development cannot go together. "If we want to develop North-East, peace must prevail. Peace and development are inseparable elements," he said.

Terrible 21 women 18 kids amongst the dead, and more people died when they tried to storm the police station out of anger.....
Hope this group can be taken down! RIP to the dead.

 

[Ray]

Assam violence: Toll reaches 76, four districts put under curfew

Assam violence: Toll reaches 76, four districts put under curfew - The Times of India

There are about 18 terrorist group operating in Assam for a very very long time.

Op Rhino and Op Bajrang against the ULFA took the winds off the ULFA sails in the 1990s.

It is time to to a reapeat, but then the Assam Govt does not have the political will since again it is a case of vote banks (?).

It is also time to shut up the liberal wine sipping, cheese nibbling chatterati so that they do not spout pious platitudes and shed crocodile tears and cry foul when action is taken imaging human rights violation out of their pink and hallucinated clouds.

 

[dastan]

Rajnath Singh touts an all our military operation - let's see what happens!

 

[Neil]

state had intel timing and intent for such violence and still couldnt do anything.. what a retarded administration.

 

[Ray]

Rajnath Singh touts an all our military operation - let's see what happens!

The State Police is a compromised organisation. These terrorist organisations have political patronage.

And so it is left to the military and the paramilitary to act as the Army did in the 1990s.

 

[ALBY]

When a muslim terrosrist organisation strikes whole nation makes it a big issue.But whhen any thing happens in NE the story ends up in a small corner.Its time for central govt to take tough stand against these scumbags .

 

[santosh10]

There are about 18 terrorist group operating in Assam for a very very long time.

Op Rhino and Op Bajrang against the ULFA took the winds off the ULFA sails in the 1990s.

It is time to to a reapeat, but then the Assam Govt does not have the political will since again it is a case of vote banks (?).

It is also time to shut up the liberal wine sipping, cheese nibbling chatterati so that they do not spout pious platitudes and shed crocodile tears and cry foul when action is taken imaging human rights violation out of their pink and hallucinated clouds.

Sooner or Later, India has to Handle the Greatest Challenge Imposed on it in the Eastern Region

sir, North East region has well got the state of Kashmir, which it had since 1989 to upto 2007. and we need experience of handling terrorism in Kashmir during 90s, to face the things in North East region at present....

and it would mean for having the full assistance from our international friends, with whatever resources India has within too

i mean, even if you ignore the growing problem there, then its only mean that you will face bigger challenge there in future. a proper surgery of Eastern India is required at present, including West Bengal and Bihar too, considering more Bangladeshi Infiltrators on false IDs of these two states too, who gotto be identified and deported back. :thumb:

Indian Mujaheddin growing in Eastern India with more participation of Bangladeshi Muslims was already a problem, which is then fueled with the news that Bangladeshi government even help local organizations 'buy' Indian IDs to enter here too..... and the things looks worse when we have news that ISI is fully involved in these happening on the India-Bangladesh border too........

and here we need experience of Mumbai Attack-2008 too, when we faced 'Indian' Muzahidin like Azmal Kasab coming from Pakistan with Hindu type red stings on hands. and growing numbers of Bangladeshis in "Indian" Muzahidin is nothing but the next step of terrorism in Eastern India, which has enough similarity with Terrorism on the western part of India, because of involvements of ISI on the India-Bangladesh border......

Religious Line of India-Bangladesh, is the 'life-line' of Eastern India, and it must be understood by the every system/political parties of India. and the lessons of partition of India in 1946-47, experience of religious riots that time which resulted in over a million deaths in Hndu-Muslim-Sikh riots during 1946-47, the Great Calcutta killing etc, all these experience is the key in this regard too

IM growing stronger in northeast, Bangladesh

NEW DELHI: Even as National Investigation Agency (NIA) has linked the Bodh Gaya blasts to Assam, intelligence agencies have found that Indian Mujahideen (IM) may have grown strong footprints in the north-east and Bangladesh. In fact, agencies have credible information that IM played a significant role in providing relief to displaced Muslims in the June 2012 Bodo-Muslim riots in Assam.

Sources said during the 2012 strife, IM operatives used the network of certain mosques to mobilize funds from across the Hindi heartland and certain other areas to Assam to help victims from the minority community.

"There are reports of them having developed contacts with some religious groups in Assam and their activity has been significant in areas such as Dhubri. They have also developed footprints in Sylhet region of Bangladesh and are suspected to have developed pockets of influence in Myanmar-Bangladesh border region through LeT," said an intelligence official.

"The objective of participating in relief operations in Assam seemed to be aimed at creation of an IM constitution and radicalization of Muslim youth at the wrong end of justice in the state," he added.

Notably, NIA investigations have found that the Lotus brand clocks used in the Bodh Gaya blasts were bought from a shop in Assam. Investigations also point out that these clocks were bought about a year before the blasts. That was precisely the time that riots broke out in Assam and relief operations were underway.

Arrested IM operatives Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan had revealed to investigating agencies in October last year that Bodh Gaya was one of the targets of IM to avenge atrocities on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Though these developments point to an IM hand behind the July 7 blasts in Bodh Gaya, agencies say it could be a confluence of different forces including disaffected Rohingya Muslim groups which have been on the radar of groups such as LeT for recruitment.

Significantly, the Rakhine Buddhist-Rohingya Muslim confrontation of last year, which has been the trigger for a larger Buddhist-Muslim confrontation in several parts of Asia, had coincided with the Bodo-Muslim confrontation in lower Assam.

Intelligence agencies had then expressed fear that Rohingya refugees could add another insurgency to an already volatile mix of Assam. It was also said that the outflow of Rohingya refugees could lead to stronger contacts between Myanmar Muslims and regional Islamist militants. Such militants could recruit disaffected Rohingyas to their own cause.

"It is difficult to pinpoint any group at the moment as several forces have motive to harm Buddhists or their symbols. Though we have found that 13 clocks were bought from a shop in Assam, we cannot yet be sure if they were the same clocks used in the 13 bombs placed in the Bodh Gaya temple complex. We have also found evidence of some 50 Lotus clocks bought from another place. Why would a bomber buy exactly 13 clocks for 13 bombs? Why not more for contingency," asked an NIA officer.

//timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IM-growing-stronger-in-northeast-Bangladesh/articleshow/21608922.cms

IM growing stronger in northeast, Bangladesh - The Times of India

ISI funding insurgency in North East, says ex-ISI chief

Bangladesh is a hot destination for the ISI in its attempt to wage a full-fledged battle against India, reports Vicky Nanjappa.

Pakistan's former Inter-Services Intelligence chief Assad Durani has made a startling before the Pakistan Supreme Court. Durani told the court that the Pakistan spy agency had been meddling with India's affairs in the North East.

India has been claiming what the former ISI chief has stated since a very long time. India has also said that the operations in the North East, which have several instances of insurgencies, are all being funded by the ISI. The Harkat-ul-Jihadi in particular has been causing a great deal of trouble in both the North Eastern states. According to Durrani, the ISI had paid Rs 50 crore to former prime minister Khaleeda Zia during the 1991 elections.

The nexus between the ISI and the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence in Bangladesh is not new. The Indian intelligence had termed the DGFI as the cousin of the ISI which works with the Jamait-e-Islami, which used to be a political ally of the BNP government that Durrani claims to have funded. During the last ten years, according to Intelligence Bureau sources, nearly 9,000 trained jihadis from various countries like Pakistan and the Middle East were sent to Bangladesh from where they were to launch operations against India and other western countries.

ISI funding insurgency in North East, says ex-ISI chief - Rediff.com News

 

[pmaitra]

There are about 18 terrorist group operating in Assam for a very very long time.

Op Rhino and Op Bajrang against the ULFA took the winds off the ULFA sails in the 1990s.

It is time to to a reapeat, but then the Assam Govt does not have the political will since again it is a case of vote banks (?).

It is also time to shut up the liberal wine sipping, cheese nibbling chatterati so that they do not spout pious platitudes and shed crocodile tears and cry foul when action is taken imaging human rights violation out of their pink and hallucinated clouds.

Sir, if you remember, we had a private discussion about the decline of ULFA and the rise of the Bodos.

 

[Neo]

I saw the pics in Dutch news, very sad.
Rest in peace.

 

[Ray]

I saw the pics in Dutch news, very sad.
Rest in peace.

Happens in India.

They have taken shelter in Myanmar with the ULFA Paresh Barua who is China and ISI backed.

 

[santosh10]

Happens in India.

They have taken shelter in Myanmar with the ULFA Paresh Barua who is China and ISI backed.

India needs Special Status for North East

we want a "complete withdrawal" of migrants from North Eastern States, who would then be allowed to back there after a proper trial in their native state, under a "work permit"

sir, its a simple case that North Eastern region has well become Kashmir of 90s, and accept it. we want a "Special Status" of this region of India. :thumb:

no need to take out eyes out from this region. while i favor to even "complete withdrawal of migrants of rest of India from the North East region, until their identities is verified." i mean, even if migrants are working there, they must return to their home state, with proper trial of their identification, and then only they would be allowed to work in North East Region. we want a "complete withdrawal" of migrants from North Eastern States, who would then be allowed to back there after a proper trial, under a "work permit" :thumb:

we simply want a special status for this region, and a type of surgery in West Bengal and Bihar both is required at present. we want at least 1.0mil+ paramilitary force just in Bihar and West Bengal, other than handling North Eastern states in the same way like how India handled Kashmir during 1989-2007

 

[santosh10]

in fact, the way Pakistan and Bangladesh are engaged with US/EU during last 4-5 years, i recently demanded at least $20billion for Bangladesh for their efforts to support every right and wrong of US. as i believe, such a small country may face a total change on infrastructure, in fact, as its a very small country..

rest, Pakistan too would be deserving this much, or lesser. but i would personally like to see Bangladesh receiving upward of $20billion+ by US+EU. hardly one international airport they have, only a billion dollar may upgrade it to international standard, $2 billion for a port, so small country that just $7-8 billion may connect top to bottom, east to west by 8-10 lanes expressway road. and upward of $10billion+ for electricity.... this much investment may suddenly double their per capita income within just 4-5 years, with attracting foreign investment too then onward :tup:

@rocky.idf

A Prosper Bangladesh is in favor of India

yesterday i discussed, a prosper Bangladesh would only help India control this overly populated country. and the above statement for $20billion+ investment in Bangladesh to build their infrastructure, would only encourage foreign investments there, helping them have more jobs and hence it would easy for India to properly establish fencing on the Indo-BD border, which must be similar to how it has on the Kashmir border with Pakistan :tup:

if Bangladesh having over 6%+ growth rate for the last 10-12 years, then it only means to see this 200million populated country standing as it is, even if it still falls among the Least Developed Country to receive humanitarian aid. if Bangladesh emerge as an exporting hub of world, for example, then it only means to see it standing on its own. we hope to see Bangladesh achieving $100billion+ export target by 2020 :cheers:

Import of Islamic fanaticism is a serious threat on India, along with economic burden from this overly populated Muslim country too. and until US+UK themselves dont provide permanent Visa on arrival for Bangladeshis in their countries, India is left with nothing but to have a fencing on the Indo-BD border, which must have similarity to Kashmir with Pakistan

 

[Ray]

Migrants, if you mean the adivasis, then they are indentured labour brought for the tea gardens by the British.

They have lived for a long time there. Those who retired took up living around the gardens.

Would it be fair to expect them to return to somewhere that they have no clue about excepting their ancestry?

It is the illegal immigrants who should be sent back from where they came from.

Bangladesh is doing well economically. But so long as the economy good does not trickle down to the population, it will not stop any illegal immigration.

Indians have been lifted from poverty, but are all above the poverty line?

 

[santosh10]

Migrants, if you mean the adivasis, then they are indentured labour brought for the tea gardens by the British.

They have lived for a long time there. Those who retired took up living around the gardens.

Would it be fair to expect them to return to somewhere that they have no clue about excepting their ancestry?

It is the illegal immigrants who should be sent back from where they came from.

Bangladesh is doing well economically. But so long as the economy good does not trickle down to the population, it will not stop any illegal immigration.

Indians have been lifted from poverty, but are all above the poverty line?

sir, the way we find ISI helping Bangladeshi organizations buy Indian IDs, having support from the Bangladeshi government too in this regard, its now important to pull out every Bangla+Hindi speaking person from this region, and have a proper trial on them in their home states, and then only they would be allowed to back :thumb:

and its mainly means to check the Illegal Migrants coming from this 200million overly populated Muslim country, to defend sovereignty of this country, to defend our independence. this certain region is on the verge of collapse due to illegal migrants from Bangladesh, and it has only one solution, order every Bangla+Hindi speaking person back to their home state, have a proper trial there and get a "work permit" to enter this region....

we want to recognize this problem, and find its solution. this region is now Kashmir of 90s of India, and accept it

also, we favor increased migration of Bangladeshis to the countries like Malaysia, for example, where they qualify migration test of being Malays due to Islamic religious background, one of the four test of migration there to be Muslims there.... and if Indonesia type countries also welcome Bangladeshi Muslims due to religious ground, we welcome this too :tup:

 

[brational]

^^ During 80s and 90s ULFA initiated efforts to drive out Biharis, UPites (Rickshaw pullers, daily wage earners) and Marwaris (Business class) from Assam along with Bengalis (to certain extent). Asom Gana Parishad(AGP) and AASU (student wing) supported that effort and helped the Armed struggle. Bodo movement is the follow-on effort in lower Assam so as to help the indigenous people play a major role in the economy. But surprisingly nothing of that sort had happened and the Assamese people never took up those lower jobs and they failed miserably in business too. The vacuum created by the Biharis, UPites and Marwaris helped the Bangladeshis to fill up the gap. These days Assamese people are moving out from Agriculture too and the Bangladeshis are grabbing every opportunity to establish themselves as Economically relevant. Almost all rickshaw pullers, daily wage earners and farmers in Assam are Bangladeshis and the real owners are getting less agricultural output from their Argo Land(Output Manipulation). Thus people started selling their Agricultural land to Bangladeshis at an exorbitantly high price(Bangladeshis are the only buyers of Agri Lands).

The outcome is, today Assamese are marginalized in their own land. We keep on blaming the Center, State and system, need autonomy and reservations and do nothing. We expect others to do everything for us. @santosh10 these work permits and restrictions wont make Assamese prosper rather they will become more addicted to spoon-feeds unless we understand our role in the society and start working (bitter truth).

Bodos become irrelevant in Bodoland and they are the minority at present. They are killing Adivasis who are primarily engaged in Tea Estates. NDFB is unknowingly opening up the tea sector for Bangladeshis. NDFB is also suffering from same lethargic attitude and took the shortcut of AK47 to become relevant as the ULFA tried. Unless the govt. take firm action against these elements, killings will continue.

 

[Ray]

sir, the way we find ISI helping Bangladeshi organizations buy Indian IDs, having support from the Bangladeshi government too in this regard, its now important to pull out every Bangla+Hindi speaking person from this region, and have a proper trial on them in their home states, and then only they would be allowed to back :thumb:

and its mainly means to check the Illegal Migrants coming from this 200million overly populated Muslim country, to defend sovereignty of this country, to defend our independence. this certain region is on the verge of collapse due to illegal migrants from Bangladesh, and it has only one solution, order every Bangla+Hindi speaking person back to their home state, have a proper trial there and get a "work permit" to enter this region....

we want to recognize this problem, and find its solution. this region is now Kashmir of 90s of India, and accept it

also, we favor increased migration of Bangladeshis to the countries like Malaysia, for example, where they qualify migration test of being Malays due to Islamic religious background, one of the four test of migration there to be Muslims there.... and if Indonesia type countries also welcome Bangladeshi Muslims due to religious ground, we welcome this too :tup:

Identifying the illegal immigrants is a great challenge since they have obtained all the trappings of a bonafide Indian citizen and have organised a cover story of their ancestry in India.

All thanks to our Indian politicians hawkeyed treachery for the vote bank.

Fackuerrudin Ahmed, who was ironically elevated to be a President of India, is said to have been the engineer to allow illegals into India, an addiction that caught on as the flavour of the ballot box by the later entrants to the office of the CM.

 

[anupamsurey]

Can we have a separate thread on operation all out, media -tv says that some 9000 army men are heading it.

 

[Free Karma]

NDFB-S Militants Accused of Adivasi Killings Arrested - The New Indian Express

Two dreaded NDFB-Songbijit militant leaders responsible for the massacres of Adivasis have been arrested along with four of their associates and a large quantity of arms seized from their possession, a senior police officer said today.

"NDFB-S Kokrajhar platoon 'second-in-command' Mithinga and Khuren along with their four associates were arrested from Serfunguri in Kokrajhar district of Assam last night," IGP LR Bishnoi told PTI.

They were accused of massacre of the Adivasis at Pakriguri in Kokrajhar district on December 23.

The extremists led the police to the jungles in Thaisuguri area where they had buried a large quantity of weapons, explosives, medicines and army uniforms, Bishnoi said.

The recoveries include one AK-47 rifle, an HK-33 rifle, one M-16 rifle, six magazines, four 9 mm-pistols, four hand grenades, 300 rounds of ammunition, four sacks of medicines and several battle fatigues, he said.

Stating Mithinga and Khuren had themselves fired upon the people at Pakriguri, the IGP said their arrests were a major success in nabbing the perpetrators of the December 23 killings.

At least 81 people, mostly Adivasis, were killed in Kokrajhar, Sonitpur, and Chirang districts by heavily-armed militants belonging to the Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had announced while visiting Assam after the killing that NIA would probe into the carnage and the agency has started their investigation.