Bodo militants attack which killed 55

[Prajapati]

somebody please correct the title from "Bodo Militants" to "Christian Terrorists kill women and children"

I hope "secular" do not have a problem while calling a spade a spade.

Ironically most of the tribal killed were also christian. Looks like the news of their conversion did not reach the others in time. The older "Religion of Peace".

 

[Hindustani78]

somebody please correct the title from "Bodo Militants" to "Christian Terrorists kill women and children"

I hope "secular" do not have a problem while calling a spade a spade.

Ironically most of the tribal killed were also christian. Looks like the news of their conversion did not reach the others in time. The older "Religion of Peace".

NDFB (P) is holding talks where a NDFB-S have ran away to Bhutan. I hope that innocent Indian citizens be it from any religious or ethnic group should not go through such inhuman attacks. Central Government should increase paramilitary troops over there and sign agreements with Bhutan for fencing our side like we are doing with Pakistan and Bangladesh Borders.

 

[KalaGhoda]

The tribals killed were Christian, right...something about Christmas tree decoration ?

Some people have written Hindu tribals ?

Which is right ?

What's the motive here ? Show of power ? Religious angle ?

Bewildering stuff !!!

 

[Hindustani78]

The tribals killed were Christian, right...something about Christmas tree decoration ?

Some people have written Hindu tribals ?

Which is right ?

What's the motive here ? Show of power ? Religious angle ?

Bewildering stuff !!!

Victims were both Hindus and Christian adivasis in this attack , In May 2014, Bodo militants killed 32 Muslims in a brutal attack.

 

[Screambowl]

Rather send the military there to deal with terrorists instead of Paramilitaries.

If they were foreign nationals , we would have sent military for sure.

 

[Prajapati]

NDFB (P) is holding talks where a NDFB-S have ran away to Bhutan. I hope that innocent Indian citizens be it from any religious or ethnic group should not go through such inhuman attacks. Central Government should increase paramilitary troops over there and sign agreements with Bhutan for fencing our side like we are doing with Pakistan and Bangladesh Borders.

It would be a LOT better and easier and effective and efficient if Govt. of India cuts of FUNDING for Evangelical activity's in the N.E. 90% of the problems will disappear.

 

[Hindustani78]

It would be a LOT better and easier and effective and efficient if Govt. of India cuts of FUNDING for Evangelical activity's in the N.E. 90% of the problems will disappear.

Government seems to be already working on this direction and placing a mechanism to stop the foreign funding but in all this Government doesn't want that genuine organizations and NGO's should face problems. I think the investment from Japan will change things with the time in North East.

Border with Bhutan sealed - The Hindu

So far over a lakh people have fled their villages. Kokrajhar Deputy Commissioner Thaneswar Malakar told The Hindu that 74,912 people had taken shelter in 77 relief camps in the district. In Chirang district, 14,920 refugees had taken shelter in 11 relief camps, 9,650 people were in nine relief camps in Sonitpur district and 8,105 people were in five relief camps in Udalguri.

Indo-Bhutan border guarding force, SSB has rushed 2,000 of its personnel to Assam in the wake of the mass killings and escalation in violence by the militants of banned outfit NDFB(S).

“We have sent 20 fresh companies to these areas. They have reported at the base in Assam and we are trying to enhance and better the border guarding task along this area,” Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Chief B D Sharma said here on Friday.

He said the paramilitary force already has nine battalions for border guarding duties along the Indo—Bhutan border in Assam and these fresh units would supplement the existing personnel.

 

[Hindustani78]

Army chief orders troops to step up operations against Assam terrorists - The Times of India

Chief of the Army Staff General Dalbir Singh Suhag arrives in Guwahati on Saturday to review the situation in Assam following the massacre of innocent people by National Democratic Front of Bodoland militants.

On arrival in Guwahati, the Army chief was given an overview of the current status of operations, covering the various measures being taken to effectively improve the larger security milieu in Assam.

He was also briefed on the proactive actions undertaken by the Army along with different agencies to intensify the pressure on the militant outfits, army sources said.

The General reviewed the deployment of 66 Army columns in the disturbed areas, while examining the blueprint for the employment of accretional forces being inducted into the sector.

 

[Hindustani78]

Government seems to be already working on this direction and placing a mechanism to stop the foreign funding but in all this Government doesn't want that genuine organizations and NGO's should face problems. I think the investment from Japan will change things with the time in North East.

Japanese experts to visit northeastern states for infrastructure project - The Economic Times

"The preparatory survey has already commenced for the infrastructure development project which will include reconstruction of roads and old bridges," said Sinya Ejima, chief representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which provides technical cooperation and other forms of aid promoting economic and social development in India.

"Our team of experts will visit the states barring Arunachal Pradesh in third week of January to do a detailed study and the work is expected to start by end of the next year," Ejima said.

 

[Hindustani78]

NDFB (Songbijit) hideout busted - The Hindu
Kokrajhar, December 29, 2014


A joint team of the Police and Army on Sunday busted a hideout of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (Songbijit) and recovered seven motorbikes and a car in the forest area close to the India-Bhutan border, about 15 km from Khaisiguri village under the Serfanguri police station in Kokrajhar district.

Inspector-General of Police (Bodoland Territorial Area District) L.R. Bisnoi told The Hindu that the hideout was over-run during an intensified operation.

In another incident, the police opened fire to disperse a mob which had come to torch houses in Damruguri Adivasi village under the Serfanguri police station, he said. Four persons were arrested.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi reviewed relief and rehabilitation measures, besides the security situation in the affected districts, a press release said.

Stating that rumour mongering was reported, particularly in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts, the State government appealed to all sections not to give credence to rumours and maintain peace and harmony




Sources said Songbijit's cellphone was tracked to Jaigaon near the Indo-Bhutan border in West Bengal on Saturday night. “He was talking to some of his lieutenants, planning further attacks on tribal villages close to the Bhutan border in Assam to divert the attention of the security forces so that his men could escape,” said sources. Since receiving the intelligence input, the Army has been making efforts to sanitise the area.

“Attempts are on to clear the corridor the militants use to move around from Sonitpur in upper Assam through Bhalukpong via Manas along the Bhutan border to West Bengal through the reserve forests of Buxa and Chapramari. This corridor gives them easy access all the way to Mahananda forest in north Bengal,” said a senior official.

 

[Hindustani78]

Heavy firing between NDFB (S) militants, Assam Rifles; no casualty so far - IBNLive

Tezpur: An encounter on Friday took place between National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)-Songbijit militants and 12 Assam Rifles personnel in Itakhola area of Assam's Sonitpur district along Arunachal Pradesh. However, there has been no report of any injury or casualty so far, sources said.

Heavy firing was reported, but there was no report of any injury or casualty so far, District Superintendent of Police Sanjukta Parashar said.

A group of 12 NDFB-S militants came to the Assam side and when the security forces encountered them, they fired upon the personnel leading to an exchange of bullets, police sources added.

Altogether 81 people, including 26 women and 18 infants, have been killed since December 23 in serial attacks by NDFB(S) terrorists, retaliatory violence and alleged police firing across four districts of Sonitpur, Kokrajhar, Chirang and Udalguri.

The Assam government on December 27 claimed that the overall situation in the restive districts has improved even as the number of people taking shelter in 81 relief camps in the wake of serial NDFB attacks has risen to nearly 1.15 lakh.

Curfew has been relaxed in all the four districts. A total of 364 houses were set ablaze by the Bodos and tribal people in the aftermath of the attack. Out of these, 186 units were burnt in Sonitpur, 117 in Kokrajhar, 41 in Chirang and 20 in Udalguri.

In Kokrajhar, 52 relief camps have been set up, out of which 31 are for the Adivasis and rest for Bodo people. A total of over 82,000 people are taking shelter in these camps.

In Chirang, nearly 13,000 people are staying in 11 camps, of which seven are for Bodos and four for Adivasis. Authorities have opened nine relief camps in Sonitpur district, out of which six are for Adivasis and rest for Bodos. Nearly 7,000 people are staying at this moment in these places.

Nine camps in Udalguri include six for Bodos, and house nearly 5,000 people.

 

[Hindustani78]

Army nabs two Bodo militants in Kokrajhar district - The Times of India
Jan 7, 2015

GUWAHATI: A joint team of the Army's Red Horns division and Assam Police apprehended two National Democratic Front of Boroland (Songbijit) rebels near Tipkai in Kokrajhar district on Tuesday. The sleuths found one 9 mm and one 7.62 mm pistol and live ammunition on them.

"These rebels were given the task of recruiting new cadres by the outfit in view of the ongoing operation against them in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts. They have been involved in extortion in the past," said Lt Col Suneet Newton, PRO defence, here.

In a separate counter-insurgency operation, Army troops gunned down a member of a Karbi rebel outfit near Hemron in west Karbi Anglong district. An M16 rifle and ammunition were found on him.

On Tuesday, five Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels were also arrested while carrying out extortion in the Rongsoi area along the Meghalaya-Assam border. Five pistols and ammunition were found on them.

Security forces, under the Unified Command structure in the state, have scaled up operation against militants following Bodo rebels' attacks on Adivasi villagers on December 23, 2014. Over 70 people were killed and about three lakh displaced in the carnage.

Meanwhile, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) began extensive relief operations along the India-Bhutan border in Gorubhasha, Naharani, Saralpara and Gossaigaon in Chirang and Kokrajhar districts. Both Adivasis and Bodos have taken shelter in these camps.

"Tents, food and medicines have been provided from SSB's stock. The relief camp at Gorubhasha has 898 people, while there are over 8,000 in the Naharani and Saralpara camps. People from both the Bodo and Adivasi communities have suffered because of militant groups," said Nirmal Bhattacharya, assistant publicity officer, SSB.

Several commandants of SSB units and sector DIGs of Kokrajhar and Tezpur are taking stock of the scenario.

These rebels were given the task of recruiting new cadres by the outfit in view of the ongoing operation against them in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts of the state.

 

[Hindustani78]

NDFB-S militants accused of Assam killings arrested | Zee News

Last Updated: Friday, January 9, 2015 - 11:23

"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.

 

[Hindustani78]

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NDFB(S) militant arrested

Tezpur, Jan 22 (PTI) An NDFB(S) militant was today arrested by the police from Pavoi Reserve Forest area in Assam's Sonitpur district.

The militant has been identified as Ranjit Daimary alias D Roina and a hand grenade was seized from him.

Ranjit was allegedly involved in the killings of adivasis at Biswanath Chariali in December last year, Superintendent of Police, Biswanath Chariali, P Manobendra Devroy said.

 

[Hindustani78]

Army finds war-like stores of arms in Assam forest - The Times of India
PTI | Feb 9, 2015, 03.35 PM IST


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The recoveries are a setback for the activities of National Democratic Front of Bodoland(S) in Chirang district. (File Photo)

GUWAHATI: Army troops on Sunday recovered a huge cache of war-like stores in Mana Reserve Forest in lower Assam's Chirang district and averted a major mishap.

According to a statement from the Army, troops of the Red Horns division found an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing approximately six kg, documents with details of extortion being carried out by National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) and details of important overground workers and link men working at the behest of the outlawed militant outfit.

The recovery is a setback for the activities of NDFB(S) in Chirang district, it said adding that now the Army will be able to track their activities, impose a caution in the minds of the extremists and hamper their future plans to carry out subversive activities, it said.