Indian Governent to take tough line against militants, no talks with new outfits: Kiren

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Well development is said to be the GoI's number one priority so they must go all out to ensure these things are protected at all costs.

Manipuri people are understanding the reasons for thier backwardness and even number of insurgents have surrendered and have joined the mainstream.

93 militants surrendered in 2014, adding to 273 in 2013. total of 2,731 underground cadres belonging to various armed groups operating in the State were being provided assistance under the Centre’s surrender policy.

 

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possibly chinni..

With a Tibetan Govt living in exile in India ?

 

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Updated: June 5, 2015 20:14 IST
Army chief visits Manipur ambush site - The Hindu

Slim chance of nabbing insurgents as they might have returnedto their hideouts across the border, security sources say
General Dalbir Singh Suhang, Chief of the Army Staff, rushed to Imphal on Friday afternoon to quarterback the combing operation in Chandel, the border district where a combined force of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (K), Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lupp and Kangleipak Communist Party ambushed a column of 6 Dogra Regiment on Thurday killing at least 19 personnel. One insurgent, suspected to be a cadre of the NSCN(K), was also killed.

Soon after his arrival at the airport here, Gen. Suhang rushed to the district by helicopter to see for himself the spot and the operations being undertaken by security forces. Talking to reporters, Manipur Home Minister Gaikhangam Gangmei said State and Central forces were scouring the area for insurgents.

Border sealed
The international border with Mynmar has been sealed and movement of traders, tourists at Moreh where there is a legalised trade, has been restricted. Sources said even MLAs and other high officials are not permitted to enter the affected areas over security concerns.

Helicopters have been deployed for the operations.

The National Intelligence Agency has taken over the investigation. Sources, however, said that chances of nabbing the insurgents responsible for the ambush were very slim as it was feared that they had fled to their hideouts across the international border. The ambush site is just 30 km from the international border and the insurgents could have escaped long before the arrival of reinforcements.

 

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By PTI | 5 Jun, 2015, 08.36PM IST
NSCN-Khaplang involved in attack on Army in Manipur? - The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Dominant Naga insurgent group NSCN-K, headed by Myanmar-based S S Khaplang, is suspected to be involved in the ambush of an army convoy in Manipur where at least 18 soldiers were killed and 11 injured.

Senior Home Ministry officials said NSCN-K, which abrogated its ceasefire pact with the central government in April, has a strong presence in Chandel district of Manipur besides having the kind of heavy fire power which was used in yesterday's ambush.

According to intelligence inputs, NSCN(K) walked out of the ceasefire agreement with the Centre following instructions of a foreign power.

Ever since NSCN-K abrogated the truce agreement, it has been trying to make its presence felt. Besides being involved in large-scale extortion, the group killed seven Assam Rifles personnel and one Territorial Army jawan in Nagaland's Mon district on May 3, the officials said.

"We strongly believe that yesterday's incident was the handiwork of NSCN-K," an official said.

The place where the incident took place is just about 60 km from Indo-Myanmar border and NSCN-K has several camps across the boundary.

Officials said NSCN-K has around 300 cadres, most of whom are Naga from Myanmar. Almost the entire leadership of NSCN-K, including Khaplang, is Myanmarese Naga.

Meanwhile, quoting initial reports from Manipur, Home Ministry officials said that despite intelligence inputs about movements of NSCN-K militants, no precautionary steps were taken to protect the army personnel and the assets.

The Home Ministry is now likely to push for replacement of Assam Rifles by Border Security Force as border guarding force for Indo-Myanmar border.

So far, due to strong opposition from the Army, change of guard has not taken place and Assam Rifles continued to be deployed in the international border.

At present, Assam Rifles has dual responsibility -- as the border guarding force as well as handling the anti-insurgency grid in the area.

"It is a very porous border and there is an urgent need to strengthen it on priority," an official said.

 

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Indian Army hunts for Manipur killers, chief Dalbir Singh reviews situation | Zee News

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-K led by its chairman SS Khaplang on Thursday claimed responsibility for the killings along with the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP).

The militants, said to number around 50, reportedly came in from their camps in Myanmar and returned after the massacre.

"The militants must have sneaked back into Myanmar after the attack," said a senior army official based in Imphal.

The NSCN faction on Friday said it lost one of its commanders in the ambush.

Army officials said the militants used rocket-propelled grenades and detonated an IED to attack the army convoy besides firing indiscriminately with sophisticated weapons.

Those injured were flown to the Leimakhong military hospital near Imphal while reinforcements were rushed to the area for combing operations.

Unlike the Indian boundary with Pakistan and Bangladesh, India and Myanmar share an unfenced 1,643 km of border and permit a "free movement" regime upto 16 km on either side.

The attack was the worst on the army in more than three decades.

In his message to the army chief, the president said: "Such random attacks on security forces performing their duty must be put down with a firm hand.

"I call upon all authorities concerned to work in close concert to bring the perpetrators of this heinous attack to justice and to maintain law and order in the state of Manipur."

There has lately been a surge in such attacks in northeastern states like Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, particularly after the NSCN-K abrogated its ceasefire pact with the Indian government in March.

On April 2, three soldiers were killed in an ambush by the NSCN-K in Arunachal Pradesh`s Tirap district.

On May 3, seven Assam Rifles troopers and a Territorial Army soldier were killed in another ambush in Nagaland`s Mon district by the newly-floated United Liberation Front of Western South East Asia comprising the NSCN-K, ULFA, Kamatapur Liberation Organisation and NDFB-Songbijit.

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"Six of the martyrs of the Manipur ambush of Dogra battalion are from Jammu region," defence spokesman Lt Col Manish Mehta said here today.

These included JCO Naib Subedar Ram Singh of Samba district, Havalder Sunil Kumar Sharma of Rajouri district, Havalder Satpal Bhasin, Lance Naik Kuldeep Raj, Havaldar Randeep Singh, Sepoy Vijay Kumar-- all from Jammu district.

At least seven soldiers killed in the ambush belonged to Himachal Pradesh.

 

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Ab Mirchi Terrorist ko lagegi.

 

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Ab Mirchi Terrorist ko lagegi.

India to take up rebels issue with Myanmar - The Hindu
As the insurgents are suspected to have crossed over to Myanmar, India will soon share fresh information on their camps, including images, with the Myanmar government seeking a prompt crackdown. The Indian Army is gearing up for a coordinated action with their counterparts in the neighbouring country.

“The very fact that rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons were used suggests that arms are being supplied to the insurgent groups by organised syndicates apparently backed by some foreign intelligence agency,” said an official.

China backing N-E ultras: Intelligence

The Centre is gearing up to face threats from a new formation in the North-East — the United National Liberation Front of West South East Asia (UNLFWSEA), a group of militants having “close link” with China.

Thursday’s attack in Manipur’s Chandel district, the deadliest in recent times, was well planned out and executed by the ‘Elite Strike Unit’ of the UNLFWSEA, a newly formed joint platform of nine banned militant groups from the North-East. The Army lost 18 men and 15 are critically injured.

The group is led by S S Khaplang, a Burmese Naga leader and chief of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-Khaplang) faction.

Although efforts of a joint formation of banned militants groups has been afoot for half a decade, it was not being aggressively perused since the NSCN(K) was involved in a ceasefire agreement with the Centre for 14 years. In April, the NSCN(K) called off the ceasefire and the Centre also retreated saying it would not go into any deal with the faction. Ever since there have been serious developments on the India-Myanmar border.

“It was the local banned militant group Kanglei Yawol Kana Lup (KYKL) and the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) which took the lead in the attack. They knew the terrain well and have sharp shooters. But they did not have the capacity to plan such a deadly attack; here came the NCSN-K cadres. We have information that possibly self-styled Lieutenant Tamba of the KYKL led the attack. After the attack the militant left for probably Thantapin village which is right on the porous Indo-Myanmar border and near to Tamu in Myanmar where the KYKL has a base camp,” said a senior Manipur Police official on condition of anonymity.

This attack did not come without warning. On May 3, 8 Assam Rifles personnel were killed and 10 others injured when the NSCN(K) triggered a blast and ambushed an Army convoy in Mon district of Nagaland bordering Myanmar. On April 2, in another attack, three Army jawans were killed in an ambush by the same outfit in Tirap district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The NSCN(K) and the Myanmar government signed a ceasefire agreement in April 2012 and the outfit was allowed autonomy the districts of Lahe, Leshi and Nanyun. The agreement also permits NSCN(K) members the freedom to move “unarmed” across Myanmar.

Under the NSCN-K protection, a dozen banned militants groups of the North-East reportedly have hideouts in Sagaing division of Myanmar bordering Nagaland and Manipur. Last month, Assam DGP Khagen Sharma said that intelligence agencies have tracked the movements of Paresh Baruah, the self-styled ULFA commander-in-chief in China’s Yunan Province.

Baruah had been one of the strongest advocates of an united front. The ULFA had been earlier involved in joint operations with the NSCN-K and the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) of Meghalaya, but now it seems the groups have galvanised perhaps with the help of a ‘foreign’ hand.

Different intelligence agencies have details of how Baruah maintains links with China.

 

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Soldier from Belagavi killed in Manipur - The Hindu

Bharateshwar Rayappa Padanad, the martyr from Sankonatti of Athani taluk in Belagavi district. Photo: By Arrangement

A pall of gloom descended in Sankonatti of Athani taluk as the news of the death of Cfn. (VM) Bharateshwar (31) of the Indian Army reached the village on Friday. He was among the 18 soldiers killed in an ambush triggered by militants in Chandel district of Manipur on Thursday.

Bharateshwar, son of Rayappaa and Godavari Padanad, belonged to an economically-backward family. He had joined the Indian Army in 2006 and served for nine years. He was among the military convoy consisting of 29 personnel, which was ambushed by the militants, killing 18 and leaving 11 injured. The martyr is survived by his parents, wife Sangeeta and two children, Chiranjeevi and Hrutik, both less than five years old.

Athani taluk administration said there was no adequate information on when the body would be delivered to the family of the martyr to enable them to perform the last rites. However, the body could be expected on Sunday and the last rites would be performed with due honours to the martyr, official sources said here on Saturday.

Coffins of the soldiers of Dogra Regiment who were killed in an ambush by the militants, draped in Tri-Colours at a wreath laying ceremony in Imphal on Saturday. PTI Photo.

 

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Devastating images of insurgent attack on army in Manipur
6 Jun, 2015
Text: PTI

In the worst such attack in two decades, insurgents on June 4 ambushed a military convoy in Manipur's Chandel district killing at least 18 army personnel and injuring 11 others.

In pic: A charred army vehicle ambush site in Chandel district of Manipur on June 4.

Charred army vehicle
6 Jun, 2015
Army and civilian authorities suspect the involvement of Manipur rebel outfit Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) and Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), a Meitei revolutionary organisation, who used landmines, rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons

Attack on army vehicle
6 Jun, 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the attack as mindless and very distressing.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh directed that no militant involved in the attack should be allowed to go scot free and strongest possible action should be taken against all those involved in the ambush.

Insurgents attack army vehicle
6 Jun, 2015
After the IED blast, the insurgents resorted to heavy firing at the convoy of four Army vehicles with RPGs and automatic weapons, Army sources said.

'18 armymen were killed and 11 injured in the attack,' Army spokesman Col Rohan Anand said in Delhi.

Weapons of the Indian army
6 Jun, 2015
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar condemned the deadly attack and said that those who have committed this 'cowardly act' will be brought to book, a statement by the Defence Ministry said.

In pic:Weapons of the Indian army personel who were killed by militants lie at the scene of an attack on a military convoy in a remote area of Chandel district, about 120 kilometres southwest of northeastern Manipur's capital Imphal.

A close up
6 Jun, 2015
A team of 6 Dogra Regiment was on a road opening patrol (ROP) as part of its daily routine along Tengnoupal-New Samtal road, about 80 km from Imphal, when it was attacked by an unidentified insurgent outfit first with a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED), a police official said.

 

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Older outfits get talks because of their well established credit rating.

 

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Manipur Army ambush: Forces brace for increased violence in the North East

Older outfits get talks because of their well established credit rating.

Now Myanmar military has to take action against them.

 

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Manipur ambush: Army bids adieu to martyrs from Jammu | Zee News

An Indian Air Force plane brought the mortal remains of the martyred soldiers to Jammu from where they were sent to their native villages by road for last rites.

"Late last night, the mortal remains of seven soldiers were brought to Jammu by an Air Force plane. One of the bodies was of a soldier from Punjab and the rest were the bodies of soldiers from here," Jammu-based defense spokesperson Lt Col Manish Mehta said.

A wreath laying ceremony at Satwari Cantonment area of the Jammu based Tiger division was organised by the Army, he said.

The bodies were then sent to the native villages of the soldiers for the last rites.

In the worst such attack in two decades, insurgents ambushed a military convoy in Manipur's Chandel district, killing at least 18 army personnel and injuring 11 others.

The six soldiers from Jammu who lost their lives in the ambush were Naib subaidar Ram Singh, Havaldar Satpal Bhasin, Lance Naik Kuldeep Raj, Havaldar Sunil Kumar Sharma, Havaldar Randeep Singh, Sepoy Vijay Kumar.

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Suspected NSCN(K) militants open fire at Assam Rifles camp in Arunachal, no casualty | Zee News

New Delhi: Another militant attack has been reported from Assam Rifles camp in Pirap district in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday, days after 18 Armymen in Manipur were martyred in an ambush attack.

The attack took place today morning around 3 am when 35-40 militants attacked Laju camp in Pirap district.

However, the militants escaped after Army opened retaliatory firing at them.

Over 50 cartidges of AK-47 has been recovered from the area and the Indian Army has launched a combing operation to search for the militants.

The militants are suspected to be from National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang along with the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), which had attacked Armymen in Manipur.

No casualty has been reported so far and more details are awaited.

In one of the worst attacks in the last three decades, 18 soldiers were martyred in the ambush attack in Manipur while 11 others were injured.

Union Home Minister took a stern stand after the attack and said that action will be taken against those involved in the incident.

A wreath laying ceremony was held in Imphal yesterday to pay tributes to the martyred soldiers.

 

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A army soldier holds four years old Janvi, daughter of his colleague Randeep Singh, who was killed in Thursday’s rebel attack in northeastern Manipur state after his body was brought to Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir state, India.

 

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Manipur ambush: NIA takes over probe, registers case | Zee News

New Delhi: National Investigating Agency (NIA) on Sunday registered a case to probe the killing of 18 army personnel in Chandel district of Manipur, an incident which has been described as the worst ever attack in recent times.


According to a NIA spokesperson, the case was registered in the agency's Guwahati branch under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Arms Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The incident took place on June 4, when army trucks were attacked with 'Lathod guns' and grenades by suspected terrorists of NSCN (Khaplang) killing 18 army men and injuring 15 others in Moltung area of Chandel district.

The incident, representing an act of waging war against the Government of India, is alleged to have been executed by armed formations belonging to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) and its affiliates active in North Eastern Region of India and along the Indo Myanmar border region, the spokesperson said.

"The conspiracy behind the attack is suspected to have been hatched by the top leadership of the NSCN (K) led by so-called chairman Khaplang Pangmi, Kughalu Molatonu and Alezo Chakesang besides other senior members of NSCN-Khaplang and other affiliate organisations," the spokesman said.

The case on the incident was earlier registered by the Tengnoupal Police Station in the district.

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By PTI | 5 Jun, 2015, 08.36PM IST
NSCN-Khaplang involved in attack on Army in Manipur? - The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Dominant Naga insurgent group NSCN-K, headed by Myanmar-based S S Khaplang, is suspected to be involved in the ambush of an army convoy in Manipur where at least 18 soldiers were killed and 11 injured.

Senior Home Ministry officials said NSCN-K, which abrogated its ceasefire pact with the central government in April, has a strong presence in Chandel district of Manipur besides having the kind of heavy fire power which was used in yesterday's ambush.

According to intelligence inputs, NSCN(K) walked out of the ceasefire agreement with the Centre following instructions of a foreign power.

Ever since NSCN-K abrogated the truce agreement, it has been trying to make its presence felt. Besides being involved in large-scale extortion, the group killed seven Assam Rifles personnel and one Territorial Army jawan in Nagaland's Mon district on May 3, the officials said.

"We strongly believe that yesterday's incident was the handiwork of NSCN-K," an official said.

The place where the incident took place is just about 60 km from Indo-Myanmar border and NSCN-K has several camps across the boundary.

Officials said NSCN-K has around 300 cadres, most of whom are Naga from Myanmar. Almost the entire leadership of NSCN-K, including Khaplang, is Myanmarese Naga.

Meanwhile, quoting initial reports from Manipur, Home Ministry officials said that despite intelligence inputs about movements of NSCN-K militants, no precautionary steps were taken to protect the army personnel and the assets.

The Home Ministry is now likely to push for replacement of Assam Rifles by Border Security Force as border guarding force for Indo-Myanmar border.

So far, due to strong opposition from the Army, change of guard has not taken place and Assam Rifles continued to be deployed in the international border.

At present, Assam Rifles has dual responsibility -- as the border guarding force as well as handling the anti-insurgency grid in the area.

"It is a very porous border and there is an urgent need to strengthen it on priority," an official said.

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