Four Hindi-speaking persons shot dead in Assam
30 Jun 2009, 1144 hrs IST, PTI
GUWAHATI: At least four Hindi-speaking persons were shot dead and two others injured by outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants in Assam on Tuesday.
Heavily-armed NDFB ultras fired from AK-47 rifles on a group of people near Naharani tea estate at Rangapara in central Assam's Sonitput district at 9.30am killing the four, police said.
Besides the two women, a man and a boy of the same family were shot dead by the militants.
The injured have been rushed admitted to a Tezpur hospital, while the police have launched a combing operation to apprehend the killers.
Police believe the killing could be in retaliation against stepped up operation against the NDFB by security forces with over 30 militants killed in the last one month.
Four Hindi-speaking persons shot dead in Assam - India - The Times of India
Top Manipuri actress arrested for terror links
30 Jun 2009, 1058 hrs IST, IANS
IMPHAL: Popular Manipuri actress Urikhinbam Devita was arrested by police on charges of terror links after she was caught from a hotel room in New Delhi with a top separatist leader, police said here on Tuesday.
A police spokesperson said the award winning 24-year-old film star was arrested from Imphal airport on Monday evening upon her return from New Delhi.
"Devita was arrested and is being interrogated," the official said without elaborating on the nature of her crime.
A sobbing Devita was escorted by policewoman even as hundreds of curious onlookers at the airport looked at the glamour girl of Manipur with disbelief.
On June 16, Devita was found in a hotel room in New Delhi by a team of Manipur and Delhi police along with R K Raghunath, 48, a top leader of the outlawed Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL).
While Raghunath was arrested, Devita, winner of top state film awards, was let off in New Delhi.
According to family sources, Devita was in New Delhi for a health check up, although there was no word on how she was found sharing a hotel room with the KYKL rebel leader.
"My daughter is innocent," said Umabati Devi, Devita's mother.
Police are now investigating if the KYKL was trying to set up a base in New Delhi with Devita's help.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...sted-for-terror-links/articleshow/4719086.cms
30 Jun 2009, 1144 hrs IST, PTI
GUWAHATI: At least four Hindi-speaking persons were shot dead and two others injured by outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants in Assam on Tuesday.
Heavily-armed NDFB ultras fired from AK-47 rifles on a group of people near Naharani tea estate at Rangapara in central Assam's Sonitput district at 9.30am killing the four, police said.
Besides the two women, a man and a boy of the same family were shot dead by the militants.
The injured have been rushed admitted to a Tezpur hospital, while the police have launched a combing operation to apprehend the killers.
Police believe the killing could be in retaliation against stepped up operation against the NDFB by security forces with over 30 militants killed in the last one month.
Four Hindi-speaking persons shot dead in Assam - India - The Times of India
Top Manipuri actress arrested for terror links
30 Jun 2009, 1058 hrs IST, IANS
IMPHAL: Popular Manipuri actress Urikhinbam Devita was arrested by police on charges of terror links after she was caught from a hotel room in New Delhi with a top separatist leader, police said here on Tuesday.
A police spokesperson said the award winning 24-year-old film star was arrested from Imphal airport on Monday evening upon her return from New Delhi.
"Devita was arrested and is being interrogated," the official said without elaborating on the nature of her crime.
A sobbing Devita was escorted by policewoman even as hundreds of curious onlookers at the airport looked at the glamour girl of Manipur with disbelief.
On June 16, Devita was found in a hotel room in New Delhi by a team of Manipur and Delhi police along with R K Raghunath, 48, a top leader of the outlawed Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL).
While Raghunath was arrested, Devita, winner of top state film awards, was let off in New Delhi.
According to family sources, Devita was in New Delhi for a health check up, although there was no word on how she was found sharing a hotel room with the KYKL rebel leader.
"My daughter is innocent," said Umabati Devi, Devita's mother.
Police are now investigating if the KYKL was trying to set up a base in New Delhi with Devita's help.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...sted-for-terror-links/articleshow/4719086.cms