Assam asks for forest battalion camp inside border forest

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Assam asks for forest battalion camp inside border forest | Zee News
Last Updated: Sunday, June 14, 2015 - 16:09


Tezpur (Assam): Assam government has asked the Forest Department to set up a forest battalion camp inside the Behali Reserve Forest to prevent recurring violence along the border with Arunachal Pradesh.


Leading a delegation yesterday comprising top officials of the state government to the violence site, where one person was killed earlier this month, Assam Chief Secretary V K Pipersenia said the camp should be set up as soon as possible to avoid repeat of any violent incident in the area.

The Chief Secretary was accompanied by the Director General of Police Khagen Sarma and Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Political) M G V K Bhanu among others.

The team visited the disputed areas in the Behali Reserve Forest along the Assam-Arunachal border and took stock of the situation arising out of the recent killings allegedly carried out by miscreants from Arunachal Pradesh.

Earlier this month, a villager was allegedly killed by unidentified people from Arunachal Pradesh at Behali forest in Assam's Sonitpur district and the incident led to violent protest with locals blocking NH-15, where they set ablaze a vehicle from the neighbouring state.

Pipersenia and other officials discussed the security scenario with local officials and directed them to ensure safety of the Reserved Forest and the people residing there.

Later, the team met representatives of several local organisations and discussed the problems being faced by local people near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.



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Two militants killed in Meghalaya, 4 arrested | Zee News

Last Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2015 - 18:30

Shillong: At least two armed militants were on Sunday killed in a gun battle with security forces in Meghalaya's North Garo Hills district while four others were arrested with 144 gelatine sticks and 126 detonators in another district in two separate incidents.

Acting on intelligence inputs given by the armed men in the area, a special police team and troops from Assam's 19 Dogra regiment raided the hideouts at Rari last night, district SP Ramesh Singh said.

At around 4:40 am today, the militants opened indiscriminate fire after spotting the security forces. Two militants were killed in the retaliatory attack, he said.

It is suspected that they belong to militant outfit A'chik Matgrik Elite Force (AMEF), he said.

A 9 mm pistol with two live rounds, two empty cases, a 7.65 mm pistol with three live rounds, a mobile phone, three SIM cards and an airbag containing medicines and clothes were recovered from the slain militants, he said.

AMEF leader Jack Marak was gunned down earlier in May this year.

In the second incident, four militants belonging to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S) of Assam and an explosive supplier were arrested with 144 gelatine sticks and 126 detonators in East Jaintia Hills district early today.

A special team of the state police raided Byndihati village in the wee hours and the four were rounded up, district SP Spill Thamar said.

He said during the raid, the militants were trying to smuggle explosives out of the state and that the supplier was also arrested.

At least 144 gelatine sticks and 126 detonators were seized from the militants.

Among the militants were self-styled commander of the NDFB-S identified as Bolashi Boro and his deputy Santosh Kharkekary alias K Shimang, he said.

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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 20:41
IED recovered from railway track in Assam defused, disaster averted | Zee News

Gauripur: A major accident was averted in Assam's Gauripur district due to timely detection and inactivation of a bomb placed over a railway track here.


The bomb, suspected to be an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), was discovered today, which was later diffused by Boom Disposal Squad (BDS) through controlled explosion, ANI reported

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According to police, the timely detection of the bomb has averted a major rail accident.

"They (IED) were diffused in the presence of experts, we are investigating the matter. It was an IED timer bomb. We are in touch with other security agencies," ANI quoted Additional Superintendent of Police, Debashish Bora as saying.

Further details are awaited.

 

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Four NDFB(S) militants arrested, RDX recovered in Assam | Zee News
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 17:27

Salbari (Assam): Four NDFB(S) militants, including its self-styled commanding officer, were arrested and a arms and RDX explosives were recovered in Baksa district, police said on Wednesday.

The four insurgents, including two in NIA list, were held when they were coming from Meghalaya on Monday night, police officials said.

They were identified as NDFB(S) 'Commanding Officer (CO)' Lankeswar Bodo alias Lachi, 'deputy CO' Santosh Kherkotari alias Chimang and two cadres Rabiram Basumotary and Gambar Gayari.

Lachi and Chimang were involved in the Narayan Guri Massacre in 2014 and their names were in the NIA list for some murder cases in Narsingbari in the same year.

With leads provided by the four insurgents, police recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition from remote areas of Salbari, they said.

The arms included one AK-56 rifle with magzine, 82 rounds of cartridges, two grenades, one pistol, two detonators and 10 kg RDX explosive.

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[The Huskar]

Yeah sure,place more forest officials inside dangerous territory and reject the rangers petition to issue mandatory sidearm.

 

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...ombs-recovered-in-tripura/article24693583.ece

Ten live bombs were recovered from a house near border with Bangladesh in Tripura on Tuesday morning. Police said they had arrested a suspect in connection with the seizures amid stiff security measures ahead of Independence Day.

Acting on a tip-off police raided house of Aktar Hussain at Sobhapur village in Sonamura, 45km south of Agartala. During the earch they found 10 live bombs.

“We have arrested Aktar Hussain. We are now carrying out investigation into the matter”, Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Rajdeep Deb told newsmen.

Police said similar intelligence support based raids were being conducted in other parts in Tripura. Security across the State and along its 856-km border with Bangladesh had been tightened in compliance with advisory of the Ministry of Home Affairs.