Six militants belonging to different outfits have been arrested by
police commandos and Assam Rifles personnel during search operations in
Manipur, police said today.
A combined team of Imphal East district police commandos and Assam
Rifles 30th battalion arrested a militant of People's Liberation Army
(PLA) identified as Heisnam Babu (26) from Khurai area on the outskirts
here last evening, sources said.
Following Babu's interrogation, two women PLA militants identified as
Potsangbam Saroja (40) and Moirangthem Kamala (37) were arrested from
Uchekon Kongba in Greater Imphal area, sources said adding six kgs of
RDX were recovered.
Besides 18 packets of the same explosive were found and the exact
quantity still being weighed, the sources said. One remote-controlled
device and two detonators were also found in their possession.
In another search operation, two militants of banned People's
Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) identified as Laishram
Romesh (28) and Sairem Ranjit (20) were arrested respectively from
Thoubal and Imphal West districts, sources said adding monetary demand
letters were recovered from their possession.
Meanwhile a militant of Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) identified as
Moirangthem Inao (20) along with extortion letters and a G3 rifle was
NABBED from Chairenthong area in Imphal east district yesterday, police
said.
Two militants of Kuki National Front (Z) identified as Mangboi Haokip
(46) Jouminlal Lalboi (20) were arrested while they were coming to exort
money from state forest office at Sanjenthong area here yesterday,
sources said.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Sunday, December 15, 2013
NE militant outfits forge ahead with common platform
GUWAHATI, Dec 16 – The militant groups of the North East region have decided to form a common platform to fight jointly against the “common enemy” and the same is likely to be declared soon. This was disclosed by Paresh Baruah, commander in chief of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent).
Talking to The Assam Tribune, Baruah said that all the groups have realised the fact that there is need for fighting the “common enemy” together and after a series of talks among the various outfits, the decision was taken to form the proposed common platform. All the outfits have also realized the fact that everyone has suffered by fighting individually. He said that the move in this regard started three to four years back and the final shape has been given recently.
“More than 90 percent of the work of forming the common platform has been completed and only the name of the platform has to be declared. We are hopeful of announcing the common platform shortly. Though the name of the platform is yet to be announced, the words ‘west-south east Asia’ would be included in the name,” he added.
The ULFA(I) leader admitted that the Indo-Burma Revolutionary Front is now almost defunct as all the outfits of this part were not part of the same and that is why the decision has been taken to form a new platform.
Asked to name the outfits which would be part of the new platform, Baruah said that all the outfits struggling for independence of their own territories would be part of the same. However, the outfits, which have started “so-called talks” with the Government, would not be included in the platform.
Meanwhile, Baruah alleged that instead of trying to find a political solution to the issues, the Government of India and its agencies are trying to infiltrate agents to weaken the ULFA(I). He said that only recently a group of agents of the Government of India managed to infiltrate into the outfit with the aim of looting the armoury of the ULFA(I). However, most of the agents were nabbed and only two managed to escape, he added.
The ULFA(I) leader said that India has recently sent agents to eliminate senior leader of the outfit, Drishti Rajkhowa, but the attempt was foiled. He said that over the years, the Government of India was making attempts to eliminate him.
“I know fully well that the Government of India and its agencies are making efforts to eliminate me but the attempts have failed so far. The Government of India will not succeed in its plan till I make a mistake on my security,” he added.
Talking to The Assam Tribune, Baruah said that all the groups have realised the fact that there is need for fighting the “common enemy” together and after a series of talks among the various outfits, the decision was taken to form the proposed common platform. All the outfits have also realized the fact that everyone has suffered by fighting individually. He said that the move in this regard started three to four years back and the final shape has been given recently.
“More than 90 percent of the work of forming the common platform has been completed and only the name of the platform has to be declared. We are hopeful of announcing the common platform shortly. Though the name of the platform is yet to be announced, the words ‘west-south east Asia’ would be included in the name,” he added.
The ULFA(I) leader admitted that the Indo-Burma Revolutionary Front is now almost defunct as all the outfits of this part were not part of the same and that is why the decision has been taken to form a new platform.
Asked to name the outfits which would be part of the new platform, Baruah said that all the outfits struggling for independence of their own territories would be part of the same. However, the outfits, which have started “so-called talks” with the Government, would not be included in the platform.
Meanwhile, Baruah alleged that instead of trying to find a political solution to the issues, the Government of India and its agencies are trying to infiltrate agents to weaken the ULFA(I). He said that only recently a group of agents of the Government of India managed to infiltrate into the outfit with the aim of looting the armoury of the ULFA(I). However, most of the agents were nabbed and only two managed to escape, he added.
The ULFA(I) leader said that India has recently sent agents to eliminate senior leader of the outfit, Drishti Rajkhowa, but the attempt was foiled. He said that over the years, the Government of India was making attempts to eliminate him.
“I know fully well that the Government of India and its agencies are making efforts to eliminate me but the attempts have failed so far. The Government of India will not succeed in its plan till I make a mistake on my security,” he added.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Manipur rebels held in Patna
Patna, Dec 12 : Two militants of the Manipur-based People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Progressive) were arrested from a bus stand here today.
Two mobile phones, an ATM card of a nationalised bank, cheque deposit slips, payment receipt of a laptop and cash were found on them.
The two militants, Thoudam Khamba alias Suresh and Sanasam Rabi Singh alias Suraj, were produced before judicial magistrate Praveen Kumar Singh who granted a four-day transit remand to Manipur police.
Patna senior superintendent of police Manu Maharaj said the two were taken to Imphal by a Manipur police team, headed by assistant commandant of 5th Indian Reserve Battalion, Manihar Singh, under tight security.
He said the two militants were apprehended from Mithapur bus stand under Jakkanpur police station, following a tip-off from Imphal police, when the duo were planning to catch a bus for Kishanganj.
He said the two were suspected to have been involved in several ambushes on security personnel in Manipur’s Imphal West district and had been booked under relevant sections of the Explosive Substances Act in Manipur.
On the basis of what the arrested militants told interrogators in Patna, Singjamei police in Imphal West raided the house of their close associate and recovered five hand grenades and four detonators.
Sources said the two had entered Bihar from Nepal.
Last year, too, five Prepak (Pro) militants were arrested from Patna, four of whom were identified as Ninthoujam Shanti alias Chinglemba, Langpoklakpam Inaocha alias Birjeet, Elangbam Bobo alias Khanganba and Jiten alias Selkai. They were also handed over to Manipur police.
The SSP said, “Since there was no criminal case pending against them in any police station in Bihar, we handed all of them over to the Imphal police team.”
Prepak (Pro) is a constituent of Coordination Committee, an umbrella body of six militant groups of Manipur, fighting for restoring Manipur’s lost sovereignty. It has declined the Centre and state government’s offer for talks.
Prepak (P) was behind the bombing at the main entrance of Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh’s office secretariat-cum-residential complex in Imphal city on August 10 this year. No one was injured in the blast.
Two mobile phones, an ATM card of a nationalised bank, cheque deposit slips, payment receipt of a laptop and cash were found on them.
The two militants, Thoudam Khamba alias Suresh and Sanasam Rabi Singh alias Suraj, were produced before judicial magistrate Praveen Kumar Singh who granted a four-day transit remand to Manipur police.
Patna senior superintendent of police Manu Maharaj said the two were taken to Imphal by a Manipur police team, headed by assistant commandant of 5th Indian Reserve Battalion, Manihar Singh, under tight security.
He said the two militants were apprehended from Mithapur bus stand under Jakkanpur police station, following a tip-off from Imphal police, when the duo were planning to catch a bus for Kishanganj.
He said the two were suspected to have been involved in several ambushes on security personnel in Manipur’s Imphal West district and had been booked under relevant sections of the Explosive Substances Act in Manipur.
On the basis of what the arrested militants told interrogators in Patna, Singjamei police in Imphal West raided the house of their close associate and recovered five hand grenades and four detonators.
Sources said the two had entered Bihar from Nepal.
Last year, too, five Prepak (Pro) militants were arrested from Patna, four of whom were identified as Ninthoujam Shanti alias Chinglemba, Langpoklakpam Inaocha alias Birjeet, Elangbam Bobo alias Khanganba and Jiten alias Selkai. They were also handed over to Manipur police.
The SSP said, “Since there was no criminal case pending against them in any police station in Bihar, we handed all of them over to the Imphal police team.”
Prepak (Pro) is a constituent of Coordination Committee, an umbrella body of six militant groups of Manipur, fighting for restoring Manipur’s lost sovereignty. It has declined the Centre and state government’s offer for talks.
Prepak (P) was behind the bombing at the main entrance of Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh’s office secretariat-cum-residential complex in Imphal city on August 10 this year. No one was injured in the blast.
Terror group Dima Halam Daogah (A) chief arrested
Haflong (Assam), Dec 12 : The self-styled commander-in-chief of the terror group Dima Halam Daogah (A) was today arrested and a pistol and ammunition seized from him.
According to police, the militant has been identified as Action Dimasa alias Nipod Raijung (23) and he was nabbed this morning during a joint operation of the police and the army near Borowapu village under Mahur police station in Dima Hasao district.
The security team also recovered a 2.
According to police, the militant has been identified as Action Dimasa alias Nipod Raijung (23) and he was nabbed this morning during a joint operation of the police and the army near Borowapu village under Mahur police station in Dima Hasao district.
The security team also recovered a 2.
Combing operations stepped up n Meghalaya's Garo Hills
Security forces intensified combing operations against Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels in western Meghalaya after they overran the general headquarters of the outlawed outfit, a police official said Wednesday.
"The operation is in full swing, and has yielded good results. However, we cannot divulge details at this stage," Meghalaya Police chief Peter James Pyngrope Hanaman told IANS.
On Wednesday, a joint team of commandos of Meghalaya's Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit and the Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) overran the GNLA general headquarters in Durama hill range near Adugre village in East Garo Hills district.
"Although they (GNLA rebels) managed to escape from the hideout (their general headquarters), we have recovered a cache of weapons, explosives and incriminating documents," Hanaman said.
Durama hill range is a vast, densely forested area in the Garo Hills which the GNLA and the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) rebels have been using as their sanctuary.
Sohan D. Shira, chief of the GNLA's military wing, also controls his rebels from Durama.
Meanwhile, Meghalaya Police have confirmed that there was no casualty in Tuesday's crackdown on the GNLA general headquarters.
"We have confirmed that there were no casualties on both sides in yesterday's (Tuesday) crackdown, but we have seized one MA3 (Mark-II) assault rifle, a China-made hand grenade, two pistol magazines, four rounds of 5.56 live ammunition, ten Neogel gelatine sticks, identity cards and incriminating documents from the GNLA's headquarters," said J.F.K. Marak, the district police chief of East Garo Hills.
Meghalaya, especially the Garo Hills region, is being used as a safe haven by various northeast-based militant groups, including the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
With the outlawed A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC) on a ceasefire agreement with the central government, the NSCN-IM and the ULFA spawned several rebel groups with the intention of exploiting the lucrative extortion in the coal-rich areas of the Garo Hills region.
Another outlawed outfit, the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), has been demanding a sovereign Khasi homeland in Meghalaya. The outfit is currently on the back foot as most of its cadre have surrendered to the government.
The GNLA, fighting for a separate Garoland in western Meghalaya, has also forged an alliance with the Bangladesh-based rebel group, A'chik Special Dragon. It also has links with the NSCN-IM, the ULFA and the NDFB.
At least 46 people, including nine security personnel, have been killed in acts of insurgency since January in the Garo Hills region.
"The operation is in full swing, and has yielded good results. However, we cannot divulge details at this stage," Meghalaya Police chief Peter James Pyngrope Hanaman told IANS.
On Wednesday, a joint team of commandos of Meghalaya's Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit and the Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) overran the GNLA general headquarters in Durama hill range near Adugre village in East Garo Hills district.
"Although they (GNLA rebels) managed to escape from the hideout (their general headquarters), we have recovered a cache of weapons, explosives and incriminating documents," Hanaman said.
Durama hill range is a vast, densely forested area in the Garo Hills which the GNLA and the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) rebels have been using as their sanctuary.
Sohan D. Shira, chief of the GNLA's military wing, also controls his rebels from Durama.
Meanwhile, Meghalaya Police have confirmed that there was no casualty in Tuesday's crackdown on the GNLA general headquarters.
"We have confirmed that there were no casualties on both sides in yesterday's (Tuesday) crackdown, but we have seized one MA3 (Mark-II) assault rifle, a China-made hand grenade, two pistol magazines, four rounds of 5.56 live ammunition, ten Neogel gelatine sticks, identity cards and incriminating documents from the GNLA's headquarters," said J.F.K. Marak, the district police chief of East Garo Hills.
Meghalaya, especially the Garo Hills region, is being used as a safe haven by various northeast-based militant groups, including the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
With the outlawed A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC) on a ceasefire agreement with the central government, the NSCN-IM and the ULFA spawned several rebel groups with the intention of exploiting the lucrative extortion in the coal-rich areas of the Garo Hills region.
Another outlawed outfit, the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), has been demanding a sovereign Khasi homeland in Meghalaya. The outfit is currently on the back foot as most of its cadre have surrendered to the government.
The GNLA, fighting for a separate Garoland in western Meghalaya, has also forged an alliance with the Bangladesh-based rebel group, A'chik Special Dragon. It also has links with the NSCN-IM, the ULFA and the NDFB.
At least 46 people, including nine security personnel, have been killed in acts of insurgency since January in the Garo Hills region.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Cornered NLFT men sneak into Tripura
SEKHAR DATTA
Agartala, Dec 6 : The ongoing political turmoil in Bangladesh has become a major source of concern for the Tripura government, with reports of groups of banned NLFT militants trying to sneak into the state from their hideouts in Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh situation has put an almost complete damper on border trade between Tripura and Bangladesh. It has also created a possibility of influx of people from across the border.
The BSF posted along the state’s 856km border with Bangladesh have been put on high alert following reports of attempted transborder movement of banned anti-Indian militants and influx of ordinary Bangladeshi citizens belonging to the minority community.
Highly placed sources in state police said the BSF has been put on alert “as a matter of routine” because of the growing unrest in Bangladesh.
“As a close neighbour, Tripura is invariably affected by major developments in Bangladesh and the BSF is routinely put on alert; this has been done this time also and the state government has sought additional BSF jawans to plug the loopholes in the border,” police sources said.
They added that the reported attempts of groups of banned NLFT militants trying to sneak into Tripura from their hideouts in Bangladesh is a matter of deep concern.
On December 3, the special branch (intelligence wing) of state police had received a feedback that a large group of armed NLFT militants had been lurking close to the border, opposite the Karbook area of South Tripura.
Superintendent of police (South) Shankar Debnath and SP (Gomati) Thirugnana Sambandhan had rushed to Karbook and tightened security measures in and around the area, a hotbed of insurgent activities between 1993 and 2003.
They also spoke to the BSF border outposts there and asked them to keep a stricter vigil on the border with Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
“The situation as of now is under control but if the situation in Bangladesh worsens, we may be affected by influx of people, specially belonging to the minority Hindus. But the Union home ministry is aware of the situation and additional BSF battalions are expected to arrive,” a source said.
The political situation in Bangladesh has also cast a shadow of uncertainty over the early beginning of railway linkage work between Agartala and Akhaura railway junction in Bangladesh.
On Tuesday, the joint Indo-Bangla steering committee meeting in Dhaka had discussed all relevant issues but the intensification of political turmoil in Bangladesh is likely to delay land acquisition work in over 10km of the track between Nihchindipur in West Tripura and Akhaura railway junction in Bangladesh.
“I do not think the Bangladesh government will be able to do anything before the elections,” said a senior official of the state government.
Agartala, Dec 6 : The ongoing political turmoil in Bangladesh has become a major source of concern for the Tripura government, with reports of groups of banned NLFT militants trying to sneak into the state from their hideouts in Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh situation has put an almost complete damper on border trade between Tripura and Bangladesh. It has also created a possibility of influx of people from across the border.
The BSF posted along the state’s 856km border with Bangladesh have been put on high alert following reports of attempted transborder movement of banned anti-Indian militants and influx of ordinary Bangladeshi citizens belonging to the minority community.
Highly placed sources in state police said the BSF has been put on alert “as a matter of routine” because of the growing unrest in Bangladesh.
“As a close neighbour, Tripura is invariably affected by major developments in Bangladesh and the BSF is routinely put on alert; this has been done this time also and the state government has sought additional BSF jawans to plug the loopholes in the border,” police sources said.
They added that the reported attempts of groups of banned NLFT militants trying to sneak into Tripura from their hideouts in Bangladesh is a matter of deep concern.
On December 3, the special branch (intelligence wing) of state police had received a feedback that a large group of armed NLFT militants had been lurking close to the border, opposite the Karbook area of South Tripura.
Superintendent of police (South) Shankar Debnath and SP (Gomati) Thirugnana Sambandhan had rushed to Karbook and tightened security measures in and around the area, a hotbed of insurgent activities between 1993 and 2003.
They also spoke to the BSF border outposts there and asked them to keep a stricter vigil on the border with Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
“The situation as of now is under control but if the situation in Bangladesh worsens, we may be affected by influx of people, specially belonging to the minority Hindus. But the Union home ministry is aware of the situation and additional BSF battalions are expected to arrive,” a source said.
The political situation in Bangladesh has also cast a shadow of uncertainty over the early beginning of railway linkage work between Agartala and Akhaura railway junction in Bangladesh.
On Tuesday, the joint Indo-Bangla steering committee meeting in Dhaka had discussed all relevant issues but the intensification of political turmoil in Bangladesh is likely to delay land acquisition work in over 10km of the track between Nihchindipur in West Tripura and Akhaura railway junction in Bangladesh.
“I do not think the Bangladesh government will be able to do anything before the elections,” said a senior official of the state government.
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