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Naga rebels gun down two Dimasa students
TNN 23 July 2009, 10:11pm IST


GUWAHATI: Suspected Naga militants on Wednesday night gunned down two Dimasa boys in Assam's North Cachar Hills where clashes between the two communities are on for quite some time.

Hundreds of people in Haflong, the headquarters of North Cachar Hills district, took to the streets on Thursday morning in protest against the killings.

This comes a week ahead of Union home secretary GK Pillai's proposed visit to the troubled district where over 60 people have died and scores of houses have been torched in ethnic violence in recent months.

Armed NSCN (K) militants, sporting uniform of Assam Rifles personnel, abducted three students on Wednesday, a police official said. Though Pranjit Khemprai (15) and Sandip Naiding (14), both Class X students, were shot dead with AK-47s, the rebels released the third boy as he was a Nepali.

Around 2.30 pm, a group of six boys at Demalik village, about two km from the Haflong police station, were playing on a nearby field when four unidentified men asked them to show the way to a mini hydel project being built in the area.

When the boys agreed to help the four, the rebels abducted three of them. The Nepali student, who was later allowed to go, returned to the village and told the locals about Pranjit and Sandip's fate. The villagers later found the duo's bodies.

"We (the Dimasas) are a scared lot. We are being targeted by the rebels almost everyday. It was a spontaneous reaction of the people to join the protest rally," said S Polong, organizing secretary of the Jadhike Naisho Hoshom, the apex organization of the Dimasas.

"For over a month, no Zeme Naga villager or any hamlet dominated by them has been targeted. But the attacks on the Dimasas are going on. They are trying to drive us away from our villages," he added.

Since February, 12 children belonging to the Dimasas and the Zeme Nagas have been killed in ethnic clashes in the district. The worst happened on June 16 when Dimasa militants had killed seven Zeme Naga children at Michidui village with the youngest victim being a two-year-old boy.

Naga rebels gun down two Dimasa students - Guwahati - City - NEWS - The Times of India

 

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PULF militants caught in Tripura sent to Manipur

Agartala (PTI): The six militants of Manipur-based outlawed People's United Liberation Front - Azad (PULF-Azad), who were arrested from a bus stand here, was taken to Manipur in a transit remand on Friday, the police said.

A 20-member team of Manipur police arrived here on July 22 and submitted warrant against the militants to the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate on Thursday and the court allowed Manipur police to take them in transit remand.

Manipur police along with six militants including it's chief, Abdur Rahaman and his wife, Shamina on Friday left for Manipur.

The militants were arrested when found moving suspiciously at Nagerjala bus stand here on July 18.

Meanwhile, Director General of Police, Pranay Sahay said, "National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) played a key role in raising the Islamist militant group to destabilise North-East."

"The ISI agents told PULF leaders that sufficient money would be pumped and arms for creating violence in the region," DGP told reporters quoting interrogation reports.

The Hindu News Update Service

 

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NSCN-IM helped form Muslim terror group in Manipur

Updated on Friday, July 24, 2009, 14:01 IST

Agartala: The Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) was instrumental in forming a Muslim-based terror group in Manipur, a senior police official said Friday.

Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) Pranay Sahaya said here that the Manipur based People's United Liberation Front (PULF), having established links with Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and trained in Bangladesh, was formed at the behest of the NSCN-IM.

"NSCN-IM had formed the PULF in 1995 and their cadre strength was 2,000, 90 percent of them Muslims," he said.

The NSCN-IM has been operating a ceasefire with New Delhi since 1997. The Tripura police last week arrested seven PULF militants, including their self-styled army chief Mohammad Abdur Rahaman, in Agartala.

"The PULF militants, including a woman cadre, were arrested after they entered Agartala from Bangladesh," the DGP said.

Quoting Abdur Rahaman, the Tripura police chief said: "The PULF supremo and his elder brother Mohammad Abdul Kalam Azad were killed by Manipur police in that state in February this year and after that the outfit become fragile."

Rahaman told the Tripura police that Indian militants in Bangladesh started fleeing that country following a stepped up offensive by Dhaka.

The PULF militants entered India through west Tripura's Sonamura border on July 15.

According to the Tripura police chief, the PULF has also forged links with Pakistan-based militant groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.

The officer in charge of West Agartala police station, Subrata Chakraborty, said: "The PULF separatists have admitted during interrogation that they had gone to Bangladesh through Myanmar in March this year."

Rahaman reportedly said PULF cadres had held meetings with ISI representatives Rafiqul Islam and Mohammad Jafar at Cox's Bazar in south-east Bangladesh.

"The ISI agents told the PULF that they would provide sufficient money and arms to continue violence in India's northeast region," the arrested rebels told police interrogators.

"PULF was trying to destabilise the northeast in collaboration with other Islamic groups based in the region and in Bangladesh," Chakraborty told journalists.

NSCN-IM helped form Muslim terror group in Manipur

 

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Tension along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border

Lakhimpur (Assam) (PTI): Tension prevailed in this district along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border following destruction of standing paddy crop of Assamese villagers allegedly by officials of the neighbouring state.

Assam police officials claimed today that a group of men led by some officials of Arunachal Pradesh raided Milonpur village under Narayanpur police station and destroyed the paddy crop yesterday.

The villagers reported the matter to the district officials and the Naraynpur Circle Officer Pankaj Deka immediately rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation.

Police, CRPF and civil officials are camping in the village to prevent any untoward incident, sources added.

The Hindu News Update Service

 

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10 kg explosives dug out in Tinsukia
TNN 26 July 2009, 10:15pm IST


TINSUKIA: A joint police and army team on Sunday dug out 10 kg of explosives, enough to make at least six IEDs, from upper Dehing Reserve Forest at Lakhipathar in the district. The haul comes on the eve of ‘Martyr's Day', which is observed every year by the proscribed Ulfa with terror strikes.

The team also found a target sketch in the same area, which pointed towards the Tinsukia to Digboi rail line and its rail bridge. Colonel Ashok Mishra of the army's Dah division said, "Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the army's 19 Kumaon regiment and Tinsukia Police launched a search operation between Lakhipathar and Makum in the morning and dug out explosives kept in a black polythene bag from the area. The bag contained 80 gelatine sticks, 25 detonators and 6 safety fuses. Earlier, our source had spotted suspected Ulfa cadres in the recovery area late on Saturday night."

This is the third recovery of explosives from upper Assam within a week. Earlier, troops of 318 Field Regiment had recovered a huge quantity of bomb-making material from Dibrugarh. The haul included over 5 kg of high-grade explosive powder, grenades and detonators, kept in a bag and concealed two feet beneath the ground.

"According to our information, Ulfa cadres took the Sivasagar-Duliajan route to enter the district and were planning to carry out sabotage activities here ahead of Independence Day. The recovery took place barely 300 metres from the rail line between Tinsukia and Digboi," Mishra confirmed.

Sunday's recovery assumes significance in the wake of terror threats in the run-up to Independence Day, with security forces across the state keeping strict vigil fearing strikes by the banned outfit.

10 kg explosives dug out in Tinsukia - Guwahati - City - NEWS - The Times of India

 

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Migrant worker shot dead in Imphal

Iboyaima Laithangbam

IMPHAL: One migrant worker was shot dead here on Tuesday by two militants, while two persons were wounded in a grenade blast in a private nursing home, even as a grocer, who was shot on Monday night, is battling for life.

When Amit was delivering food packets to kiosks, two scooter-borne youths followed him.

Three bullets fired


One of them asked him why he was staying back in Manipur despite the warning to leave, while the other fire three bullets at him. Amit died instantaneously.

The grocer, shot on Monday, has joined a local tribe, assuming the name of Laldeva Kamei, after marrying a tribal girl.

He has been staying in the tribal village for more than 34 years.

Two youths lobbed a Chinese-made hand grenade at Langol View Clinic here, causing shrapnel wounds to two persons, who were attending to a patient.

The Hindu : National : Migrant worker shot dead in Imphal

 

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Assam govt to provide ULFA commander medical treatment
Updated on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 19:50 IST Guwahati: The Assam government will provide medical treatment and bear the expenses of the ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua provided he surrenders, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said.


''There is, however, no confirmed report available with the state government regarding the ULFA leader's illness as reported in a section of the media,'' he told reporters here today.

His comment comes on the heels of a report in a section of the local media that Barua is in Myanmar and is suffering from malaria.

Barua fell sick when he went to Myanmar to attend a meeting with Manipur-based militant group People Liberation Army (PLA) and is being shifted to a PLA base in Manipur in an area bordering Myanmar so that doctors can be taken to him for treatment, the newspapers reported.

Assam govt to provide ULFA commander medi treatment

 

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3 powerful bombs recovered in Assam
Updated on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 18:19 IST Guwahati: Three powerful bombs were recovered and a person arrested in this connection on Wednesday in Assam's Goalpara district, police sources said here.


The bombs were recovered from a person carrying it in a bag during routine search operation from Lakhipur area of the district.

The person, identified as Nurul Amin, was arrested by the police, sources said.

The police have stepped up security measures and intensified search operations throughout the state following intelligence reports that militant outfits, particularly the banned ULFA and NDFB, were planning to strike in different parts of the state in the run-up to the Independence Day, sources added.

Bureau Report
3 powerful bombs recovered in Assam

 

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Two militants killed in separate encounters in Manipur

Updated on Thursday, July 30, 2009, 18:06 IST
Imphal: Two unidentified militants were killed in separate encounters with police commandos in two districts of Manipur on Thursday, official sources said.


Commandos attached to Thoubal police station in interior Thoubal district, searched Yairipok Changamtabi area following reports of movement of armed militants at around 12 noon.

As they stepped up the operation, they were fired upon by the militants, sources said adding that in the ensuing encounter one militant was killed and one 9mm pistol along with four live rounds was recovered from the spot.

In another encounter at Langthabal area in Imphal west district at around 12.35 pm, another unidentified militant was killed by commandos attached to Imphal police station, sources said.

They said one .38 pistol along with two live rounds was recovered from the spot. Both the bodies have been sent to Regional Institute of Medical Science and Hospital here for post mortem.

Over 300 persons have been killed in militancy-related crimes in Manipur this year.

Two militants killed in separate encounters in Manipur

 

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Army jawan in Assam attacked for molesting

Updated on Thursday, July 30, 2009, 18:30 IST
Guwahati: A young woman attacked and threw stones at an army jawan after he allegedly molested her at Haflong in Assam's North Cachar Hills district, official sources said here on Thursday.


Lance Naik Gurvinder Singh of the army's 8th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment visited a garments shop owned by the woman, Rali Faihrien at the heart of Haflong town on Wednesday.

Singh, who was in army uniform, asked Faihrien to show him some inner wear and while she was doing so he allegedly made some objectionable advances towards her, sources said.

Faihrien then pulled him out of the shop and threw stones at him in public with local people and other army personnel rescuing him, they said.

The woman later filed an FIR with the police and the army, too, has ordered an inquiry into the incident, sources added.

Army had been deployed in trouble-torn North Cachar Hills district for counter-insurgency operations following large-scale violence by militant outfit Dima Halam Daoga (Jewel).

Bureau Report

Army jawan in Assam attacked for molesting

 

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ULFA cadre held with explosives

Updated on Thursday, July 30, 2009, 09:40 IST

Dibrugarh: A hardcore ULFA militant carrying explosives was arrested on Thursday at Upper Assam's Dibrugarh town.

In a joint operation, the police and the army nabbed Bastabjyoti Baruah alias Rupjyoti Gogoi from a restaurant near the Assam Medical College.

Three Kgs of TNT explosive and a grenade were seized from the arrested ULFA cadre.

The police believe that the militant had planned to use the explosives for subversive activities in the run up to the Independence Day celebration.


He was being interrogated.

Bureau Report

ULFA cadre held with explosives

 

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Assam's Joan of Arc: Girl takes on army jawan

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Assam's Joan of Arc: Girl takes on army jawan

An incident of alleged molestation in Assam's Halflong town would have passed unnoticed, but for a girl who decided to take on an entire group of army personnel.

Diganta Das, a stringer with NDTV, was sitting at a tea shop nearby and filmed the dramatic scene on his cellphone. The footage shows the girl beating up an army jawan who reportedly visited her garment shop and made lewd comments and even touched her.

Rali Faihriem owns a branded garment shop in the middle of Halflong town. Lancenaik Gurvinder Singh of the 8th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment visited the shop, in combat dress with arms, on Wednesday afternoon to buy innerwear. When the girl was showing him the stock available at her shop, the jawan allegedly made some advances. Rali then pulled him out of the shop and stoned him in front of everyone.

The Army has ordered an enquiry into the incident after Rali filed an FIR.

N C Hills has a very heavy army presence. About 70 companies of security personnel deployed across the district are engaged in counter insurgency operations. Conflict zones have always reported allegations of violence against women by the armed forces but it is rare for women to hit back.

 

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Assam's Joan of Arc: Girl takes on army jawan

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Assam's Joan of Arc: Girl takes on army jawan

An incident of alleged molestation in Assam's Halflong town would have passed unnoticed, but for a girl who decided to take on an entire group of army personnel.

Diganta Das, a stringer with NDTV, was sitting at a tea shop nearby and filmed the dramatic scene on his cellphone. The footage shows the girl beating up an army jawan who reportedly visited her garment shop and made lewd comments and even touched her.

Rali Faihriem owns a branded garment shop in the middle of Halflong town. Lancenaik Gurvinder Singh of the 8th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment visited the shop, in combat dress with arms, on Wednesday afternoon to buy innerwear. When the girl was showing him the stock available at her shop, the jawan allegedly made some advances. Rali then pulled him out of the shop and stoned him in front of everyone.

The Army has ordered an enquiry into the incident after Rali filed an FIR.

N C Hills has a very heavy army presence. About 70 companies of security personnel deployed across the district are engaged in counter insurgency operations. Conflict zones have always reported allegations of violence against women by the armed forces but it is rare for women to hit back.

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Cops recover huge cache of arms in Aizawl
Updated on Friday, July 31, 2009, 18:20 IST

Aizawl: A huge cache of arms, including eight US-made M-16 rifles and one .9 mm Beretta pistol, were seized from a house rented by a Myanmarese national at Saron Veng locality here, police said on Friday.


"The weapons were brought here from Myanmar and were suspected to have been ordered by Dimasa rebels of the neighbouring Assam's North Cachar Hills," a senior police officer told.

Besides this, 14 rounds of ammunition, one telescope, 12 sets of Chinese-made walkie talkies were also recovered yesterday.

Investigations have been launched to arrest the arms smugglers as the Myanmarese national Lalnempuii is residing in her native Tahan village in Myanmar since May, the official said.

Bureau Report

Cops recover huge cache of arms in Aizawl

 

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Ah, my apologies. I haven't been on this forum for almost 3 months now, so I'm feeling kind of lost.

 

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Two NDFB militants killed in Assam gunfight

Lakhimpur (Assam) (PTI): Two NDFB militants were on Sunday killed in an encounter with the police in Assam's Dhemaji district, official sources said.

The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) ultras exchanged fire with the security forces at Santipur in the district, the sources said adding arms, ammunition and some documents were seized from the slain rebels.

The bodies were sent for post-mortem, they added.

The Hindu News Update Service

 

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Security of migrant workers stepped up in Manipur

Imphal (PTI): The Manipur government has stepped up security of migrant labourers in the state in view of the killings of 16 of them by unidentified gunmen in last seven months.

Police have been asked to patrol round-the-clock places, particularly Imphal and surrounding areas, where migrant labourers work, sources said, adding the workers have been asked not to venture into interior areas of the state.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Imphal West district, L Kailun has appealed to these labourers to stay and work only within Imphal municipality and Imphal market areas.

Public Distribution and Supply minister Yumkham Erabot said that steps had been taken to protect migrant workers.

Around 600 such labourers in Wangkhei assembly constituency have been asked to stay at government relief camps after they approached the minister in this regard.

As many as 16 migrant labourers have been killed this year in four valley districts of Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Bishenpur.

The recent incident was of a non-Manipuri labourer, who was gunned down at Sagolband area near here in Imphal west district last Tuesday.

The Hindu News Update Service

 

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Manipur on boil over 'fake encounter'
K Sarojkumar Sharma, TNN 3 August 2009, 02:38am IST


IMPHAL: Police on Sunday used tear gas and water canons to disperse hundreds of people who took to streets in Manipur capital Imphal to protest the killing of a youth in an alleged fake encounter last month.

The protests started after local dallies on Sunday reproduced pictures carried by a New Delhi-based web portal on Saturday, depicting some police commandos surrounding and taking the youth, Chungkham Sanjit, into a pharmacy in Imphal and later bringing out his body. The cops had claimed to have killed Sanjit in an encounter on July 23. Sanjit, a former member of the banned People’s Liberation of Army, had surrendered a couple of years back.

A legion of angry locals took out protest rallies accusing the police of killing Sanjit in “fake encounter” in Imphal’s crowded Khwairamband Bazaar.

Manipur on boil over 'fake encounter' - India - NEWS - The Times of India

 

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Indefinite curfew imposed in Imphal

Updated on Tuesday, August 04, 2009, 23:39 IST

Imphal: Indefinite curfew was imposed in Manipur capital on Tuesday night in view of the stepped-up agitation called by a major social outfit in protest against the killing of a youth by the police in an alleged fake encounter.


The curfew was imposed on Imphal municipal limit from 10pm, a senior official said.

Earlier in the day, normal life in the state was paralysed on the second day of the 48-hour general strike in protest against the killing on July 23.

Markets, shops and business establishments were closed while transport services between Manipur and neighbouring states were cancelled, reports said.

Major social organisation Apunba Lup called the strike in protest against the killing of Chungkham Sanjit (27) in an allegedly fake encounter on July 23 at Imphal Market complex by police commandos.

While official sources said Sanjit was killed in an encounter, according to pictures of a Delhi-based news magazine, an 'unarmed' Sanjit was taken by commandos near a pharmacy and shot dead.

Indefinite curfew imposed in Imphal