Assam violence death toll rises to 21, shoot-at-sight order issued

[Nassr]

India's Assam issues 'shoot on sight' orders amid violence

Security forces in India's Assam state have been given "shoot on sight" orders amid violence that has killed at least 21 people.

The move follows fierce fighting between indigenous tribespeople and Muslim settlers in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts.

More than 60,000 people have fled their homes for relief camps.

There have been tensions between indigenous groups and Muslim Bengali migrants to Assam for many years.

After the latest outbreak of violence, an indefinite curfew was imposed in the worst-affected Kokrajhar district.

"The situation is very tense. Both Bodos and Muslims are setting fire to each other's homes. People are fleeing homes as rumours of rioting are spreading. The paramilitary forces have had to fire to control mobs in some areas, and the army has also been deployed," Kokrajhar district commissioner Donald Gilfellan told the BBC.

Police say that the clashes began when unidentified men killed four youths on Friday night in Kokrajhar district, an area dominated by the Bodo tribe.

They say that armed Bodos attacked Muslims in retaliation, suspecting them to be behind the killings.

Soon afterwards unidentified groups set houses, schools, and vehicles ablaze, police said, firing indiscriminately from automatic weapons in populated areas.

Assam is sandwiched between China and Bangladesh and is only joined to the rest of India by a 22km corridor.

BBC News - India's Assam issues 'shoot on sight' orders amid violence

The Siliguri corridor may be cut over a period of time. Which are the people who occupy this corridor. If India wants to have any measure of permanent link with NE, this corridor will have to be held at all cost.

 

[INDIC]

The Siliguri corridor may be cut over a period of time. Which are the people of occupy this corridor. If India wants to have any measure of permanent link with NE, this corridor will have to be held at all cost.

Who will do that.

 

[CZAR]

Such violence is symptomatic in India. North Eastern Indian states, Naxals in over 120 districts in almost 10 Indian states, Indian Occupied Kashmir, Muslim massacres in Gujarat and elsewhere.

Where the Hindu hardliners are unable punish a local minority, they initiate a divide and rule policy to instigate clashes between various minorities. Then blame one minority and commit horrible atrocities against them.

But what has happened over a period of time is that the situation has gotten out of hand due to such policies and now most of India is ungovernable and government writ can not be established.

This raises an important question. Is India failing as a so-called united nation state?

India has 140 known Secessionist/Freedom Movements operating in its 28 States and 7 Union Territories « dbsjeyaraj.com

India has 140 known Secessionist/Freedom Movements operating in its 28 States and 7 Union Territories
12 July 2012, 10:31 pm

by Khan.A.Sufyan

“We arrived in Darzo (Mizoram, India) about ten in the morning. My orders were to get the villagers to collect whatever moveable property they could, and set their own village on fire at seven in the evening.

Night fell, I lit a torch myself and set fire to one of the houses. I knew I was carrying out orders, and would hate to do such a thing if I had my way.

My soldiers also started torching other buildings, and the whole place was soon ablaze. Women were wailing and shouting and cursing. Children were frightened and cried. But the grown men were silent; not a whimper or a whisper from them. When it was time for the world to sleep, we marched out of Darzo .

We walked fifteen miles and the morning saw us in Hnahthial. I hated myself that night. I had done the job of an executioner. I called the Darzo Village Council President and his village elders and ordered them to sign a document saying that they had voluntarily asked to be resettled under the protection of the Security Forces as they were being harassed by the insurgents and that no force or coercion was used by the Security Forces.
They refused to sign. So I called them in one man at a time. On my table was a loaded revolver, and in the corner stood two NCOs with loaded sten-guns. This frightened them, and one by one they signed the documents.)

- Lalkhama 2006. A Mizo Civil Servant’s Random Reflections. Ghazaibad:
Express Print House, pp.177-180

In September 2011, state assembly of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) debated a report which uncovered presence of more than 2,000 unmarked mass graves not far from the Line of Control that divides Pakistan from IOK. The report, by Indian government appointed State Human Rights Commission, also issued its first official acknowledgment of the presence of these mass graves.

Such incidents have not only been reported from IOK but many other parts of India. The atrocities committed to counter many ongoing insurgencies in the name of democratic Union of India are wide-spread, horrendous and shameful, yet only a handful of the perpetrators has ever been brought to justice.

India has been able to bring some of these insurgencies under a measure of control. Yet the wanton atrocities committed by Indian security forces and the coercive manipulation of democratic process probably has been some of the major causes why India houses one of the largest number of freedom movements and secessionist groups, insurgencies and extremist groups and in any one country in the world. Currently, there are around 140 such known groups operating in 28 Indian States and 7 Union Territories.

There are parts of India where diverse set of freedom movement groups run their own independent governments, collect taxes, maintain functional bureaucratic institutions, judiciary and maintain well organized regular and trained armies. On 30 June 2012, the Army of Government of People’s Republic of Nagaland held an openly announced passing out parade of a batch of officers at their military base Khehoi, merely 40 kilometers from Rangapahar, Dimapur. Rangapahar is the Headquarters of Indian Army 3 Corps and is a big cantonment also housing large Para-military force nearby. Yet the Indian Army and other security apparatus did not have the courage to establish the writ of Indian government.

Over 120 Indian Army battalions and over 250 para-military battalions are deployed in Occupied Kashmir. Close to 70 Indian Army battalions and over 220 para-military battalions are deployed in North East of India. Over 80 para-military battalions are also deployed in the rest of India to combat insurgencies. These forces have committed massive human rights violations. They are protected under the law, particularly the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) for protection of Indian Army, giving it blanket cover for killing or torturing anyone.

Does anybody in the so-called civilized world know that a lady known by the name of Irom Sharmila Chanu, also known as the Iron Lady of Manipur, has been on hunger strike for the past 12 years and is being force-fed. She went on a hunger strike on 4 November 2000 in an effort to have the Government of India withdraw AFSPA from Manipur and other parts of India.

India has always blamed her neighbors, mainly Pakistan for presence of such a large number of secessionist groups. However, according to Indian media sources only 32 such groups operate in IOK, presence of which is conveniently blamed on Pakistan. Large majority of the IOK populace however blame oppression of Indian Security Forces in the killings of over 100,000 Kashmiri people.

Bulk of the remaining groups around 72 in number operate in the North East of India, while the remaining are spread over the rest of Indian territory. Overall, around 30-40 percent of Indian territory has been inflicted by freedom movements and insurgencies due to un-equal treatment meted out to the local populace and atrocities committed by Indian Security Forces, who are protected by law through manipulation of democratic institutions.

In addition to this, Naxalite movement alone has spread to over 40 percent of India and is fast getting out of hand. These are poor people who have risen up in arms against a manipulative democratic dispensation in which the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer without any future. Even with oppressive application of large number of security forces, India is clearly losing her writ on almost 50 percent of its territory.

The neo-colonial attitude followed by Indian political elite has further exacerbated the dichotomies present in the democratic and political dispensation meted out to the population at large.

Their indifferent internal economic policies sustained through oppressive application of security strategies kept hidden from the world at large through adroit media handling in order to achieve some unattainable foreign policy precepts may lead to undesirable consequences.

The blind followers of Indianized Kingdom or Indianization through attempted assimilation of neo-colonial cultural fail to understand that US achieved the objectives of its state-hood as a result of a civil war in 1860s.

India apparently is fast approaching this red line, where these freedom movements and insurgencies may result in internecine civil wars in different parts of India. In their ambition to undo the 1947 partition of India, the Indian neo-colonial dispensators may further fuel the disintegration of India through a democracy soaked in blood of her own people.

Really?!?!? You want to quote Khan. A. Sufyan?! Why don't you cut to the chase and quote a link with rantings of Zaid Hamid or give us the link to Riaz Haq's blog?

Their views on india are as credible as B Raman's views on pakistan, or better yet, Thackrey / Modi's take on pakistan. Read up a bit before ctrl+C plus ctrl+V.

As for India being ungovernable?! I think, dealing with areas as as Balochistan and NWFP, any talk of "secessionist movements in india" from pakistanis is....well, funny.

As for violence in assam, the composition of the area's population has lead to a combustible situation. The bodos, the adivasis and the bengali muslims from erstwhile east pakistan and their respective claims have heightened tensions, with periodic clashes between the groups since the early 90s. Muslims make up for 33% of the population, while Bodos make up for about 5%. Muslims are anything but the minority in this state.

Take your uneducated rantings elsewhere.

 

[bronxbull]

1. If there are Bangladeshis in a place, that is BD territory.

2. From inception Indian Intel has been creating various underground groups to incite in-fights among the Muslims, Bengalees, Tribals and local Ahomees, etc. Like it misfired with LTTE, it has backfired in NE in most instances. The local people, a peaceful happy lot, are paying the price in this chess-board game played at New Delhi.

3. The Muslims are either local for generations or those taking refuge from the atrocities of Narendra Modi, Bal Thacjery, Advani,Tegadia, etc. The Bengalees are also 100% local for generations including those that went across in 1947.

4. All problems of NE would be over once Indian occupation is vacated.

Bangaldesh wont get one inch of extra territory than what it has,at worst there ll be one more barrage along with the Farakka.

 

[saiyan0321]

well killing is killing and its wrong irrespective of race religion rest in peace if you ask me this looks like the result of something thats boiling for a long time a reason was needed and they got it and plz to all those who are saying muslims are trying to take over assam and stupid stuff like that its not okay its all retaliation for burning each others home thats all well situation like this should be solved and fast and i hope for once the authorities would try to quell the situation and stop rather then stand their and do nothing like gujrat

4. All problems of NE would be over once Indian occupation is vacated.

never going to happen in reality bangladesh neither has the plitical strenght both outside country and in nor the military power to take it by force and ofcourse india wont just sit around and vacate it

 

[guru1]

well killing is killing and its wrong irrespective of race religion rest in peace if you ask me this looks like the result of something thats boiling for a long time a reason was needed and they got it and plz to all those who are saying muslims are trying to take over assam and stupid stuff like that its not okay its all retaliation for burning each others home thats all well situation like this should be solved and fast and i hope for once the authorities would try to quell the situation and stop rather then stand their and do nothing like gujrat

i think gujrat type riots are common in pakistan shiya-sunni ,sunni-ahmediyaa.so better don't teach us what is better for our country and mostly are illigal bangladeshi who try to change assam demographic.

 

[shubhamkumar]

we are indians a small violence won't break us

 

[Nassr]

Really?!?!? You want to quote Khan. A. Sufyan?! Why don't you cut to the chase and quote a link with rantings of Zaid Hamid or give us the link to Riaz Haq's blog?

Their views on india are as credible as B Raman's views on pakistan, or better yet, Thackrey / Modi's take on pakistan. Read up a bit before ctrl+C plus ctrl+V.

As for India being ungovernable?! I think, dealing with areas as as Balochistan and NWFP, any talk of "secessionist movements in india" from pakistanis is....well, funny.

As for violence in assam, the composition of the area's population has lead to a combustible situation. The bodos, the adivasis and the bengali muslims from erstwhile east pakistan and their respective claims have heightened tensions, with periodic clashes between the groups since the early 90s. Muslims make up for 33% of the population, while Bodos make up for about 5%. Muslims are anything but the minority in this state.

Take your uneducated rantings elsewhere.

ha ha ha ....... please read some other articles from Khan A. Sufyan - he is anything but Zaid Hamid. I believe he writes sensible and is a pretty good writer.

B. Raman has served in RAW and retired as a joint secretary. Indian sites also claim that he is still supported by RAW. But some of his analyses are pretty good and not all of it is biased. Bal-lees Tharky from Bombay and the likes etc are definitely way above these people.

We are discussing india here and not Pakistan. Don't counter the argument that it also happens in Pakistan. Lets discuss Pakistan separately.

The question I asked was, which people inhabit the Siliguri Corridor. Just wanted to understand the mix there. It was highlighted in the news report.

Uneducated rantings - please teach us sir ji

i think gujrat type riots are common in pakistan shiya-sunni ,sunni-ahmediyaa.so better don't teach us what is better for our country and mostly are illigal bangladeshi who try to change assam demographic.

We are not discussing Pakistan here.

 

[LURKER]

Really?!?!? You want to quote Khan. A. Sufyan?! Why don't you cut to the chase and quote a link with rantings of Zaid Hamid or give us the link to Riaz Haq's blog?

Their views on india are as credible as B Raman's views on pakistan, or better yet, Thackrey / Modi's take on pakistan. Read up a bit before ctrl+C plus ctrl+V.

As for India being ungovernable?! I think, dealing with areas as as Balochistan and NWFP, any talk of "secessionist movements in india" from pakistanis is....well, funny.

As for violence in assam, the composition of the area's population has lead to a combustible situation. The bodos, the adivasis and the bengali muslims from erstwhile east pakistan and their respective claims have heightened tensions, with periodic clashes between the groups since the early 90s. Muslims make up for 33% of the population, while Bodos make up for about 5%. Muslims are anything but the minority in this state.

Take your uneducated rantings elsewhere.

B Raman is the former head of our intelligence agency RAW , strange that you are comparing fools like zaahil hamid with him.

 

[Nassr]

we are indians a small violence won't break us

Nobody is attempting to break up you guys. You are doing it to yourself. Don't get angry with us. We support you in your attempts to break yourself up.

B Raman is the former head of our intelligence agency RAW , strange that you are comparing fools like zaahil hamid with him.

B. Raman was not the head of RAW. He retired as a joint secretary.

 

[Android]

Thats great now army can shoot these illeagel bangladeshis at first sight

 

[guru1]

Nobody is attempting to break up you guys. You are doing it to yourself. Don't get angry with us. We support you in your attempts to break yourself up.

like karachi target killing ,BLA and TTP.

 

[kurup]

Nobody is attempting to break up you guys. You are doing it to yourself. Don't get angry with us. We support you in your attempts to break yourself up.



B. Raman was not the head of RAW. He retired as a joint secretary.

The pain of 1971 is itching in your hearts we know .........It can be seen in your entire post ...poor soul ........

 

[Nassr]

like karachi target killing ,BLA and TTP.

We are discussing India and not Pakistan. Don't try and justify that because it happens elsewhere, it is justified in India. The implications and ramifications of all such movements and the resultant violence effects is different in different countries. India is breaking up and you are saying hey this is also happening in Pakistan. Funny justification.

 

[The_Sidewinder]

Okkkk...
M giving some local insightes. This violance was bound to happen. The cold war between local people and the immigrants being build up from a long time. All started when some local BLT leaders of local BTC(Bodoland Autonomous council) being attacked by few muslim refugees abt a month ago. In last three days violance is increasing day by day. Due to sanity shown by local people its limmited to Kokrajhaar district only. I hope it will not gona spread to other district. M Myself bit worried as my gf lives in nearby Bongaigaon district.
About the case of open firing to people, its happened due to their assault on DGP. As far the news concerned, 21 people are not killed. Only 1 killed and 4 injured. Others killed in communal violance. Muslim people are more on casuality due to armed terrorist base of bodo people. If things doesnt improve soon, i guess it will be bloodier. Sorry to say but clashes are not as viewed by some pakistani n bangladeshi members here. I hope situation will improve soon.