Insurgent & Secessionist movements in India

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Assam violence spreads to new district, Army stages flag march


Fresh violence gripped the trouble-torn Assam district of Kokrajhar leaving at least nine seriously injured while unrest spread to Kamrup (rural) which reported arson and police firing on Thursday.



"Around 12.30 pm miscreants threw acid on an autorickshaw carrying members of a minority family at Gossaigaon town of Kokrajhar district seriously injuring nine travellers," police said.


The situation in the town was tense since the incident and the injured were taken to nearby Dhubri civil hospital for treatment, they said.


Night curfew is on in the district from 9 pm, while day curfew had been relaxed.


Violence spread to Kamrup(rural), which had been unaffected in the recent Bodo-minority immigrants violence, where a group of people torched several vehicles at Rangiya area during the day.


A bus on way to Guwahati was set ablaze at Bhatkuchi, while several other vehicles stranded on the highway were damaged and a wooden bridge set afire at Kekahati by a mob protesting against the torching of a car at Gandhibari in neighbouring Baksa district on Wednesday night, police said.


The driver of the car had gone missing since the incident.


The mob, which blocked Udiana Chowk in Rangiya in protest since early morning, also tried to attack the vehicle of Rangiya SDO Barnali Deka, forcing the police to use tear gas and fire in the air to disperse them. Deka was, however, reported to be safe, the police said.

The army staged a flag march at Rangiya area after the incidents, the sources said, adding top district officials are also camping there.


The situation in Kamrup(Rural) was stated to be tense but under control.

More than 77 people had lost their lives and scores were injured with nearly four lakh rendered homeless in one of the worst-ever clashes recently.


Meanwhile, the Assam government has intensified security in and around Guwahati railway station where two special trains carrying panic stricken students and professionals are expected to reach Kokrajhar on Friday from Bengaluru [ Images ].

"We do not want the situation to aggravate as the passengers will be thronged by the electronic media and any unwanted statement may have an impact over the volatile situation," a senior police official said.


Assam violence spreads, Army stages flag march - Rediff.com India News

 

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Al Jazeera ran a piece on what is going on in the N.E.

will try to find the link when it's posted

 

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The curent north east unrest is not an insurgency

 

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Two injured in three bomb blasts in Manipur | Siasat

Imphal, August 26:
Two persons were injured in three grenade explosions in Manipur by suspected militants, official sources said on Sunday.

Suspected militants exploded a grenade at the residence of executive director of rural development department C Hangsing at Churachandpur last evening injuring his younger brother and his grandchild.

Hangsing and his other family members were present when the grenade exploded at around 8 pm, the sources said.

In another incident, unidentified militants exploded a grenade at a public playground at Nongren area in Imphal east district late last night, the sources said adding that no one was injured.

In yet another incident, suspected militants exploded a grenade at the house of an assistant engineer of public health engineering department Ibochou Singh late last night at Lamphel area in Imphal west district, the sources said adding that no one was injured.

Police said they would investigate whether the explosions were related to monetary demand of militant outfits from some individuals. No individual or group has claimed responsibility.

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Militants attack official's residence in Manipur | Siasat

 

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Militants attack official's residence in Manipur | Siasat

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Militants lobbed a grenade at the residence of a Manipur government official in Imphal West district, but it did not explode, official reports said Monday."

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2 Assam Rifles personnel injured in Manipur blast

Imphal, Sept 5 (PTI)

Two Assam Rifles personnel were injured, one of them seriously, in a bomb blast at Keisampat in the heart of Imphal town this morning.

The bomb, planted in a two-wheeler, exploded at 9 AM at a crowded bus terminal, barely one km away from the police headquarters, official sources said. The Assam Rifles personnel were patrolling the area.

The injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital where the condition of one of them was stated to be serious, sources said. Top police officials rushed to the area.
Preliminary reports said the blast could have been triggered by an IED and investigations were on.


Infiltration bid foiled in Kashmir; soldier, guerrilla killed

Srinagar, Sep 5, 2012 (IANS)
An army soldier and a terrorist were killed in a gun battle in Kashmir's Kupwara district when a group of armed guerrillas attempted to sneak into Indian territory late Tuesday, an army official here said.

"A group of heavily armed terrorists was challenged by the army in the Tangdhar sector of the Line of Control (LOC) as they were trying to sneak into our side," Lieutenant Colonel J.S. Brar, spokesman of the army's Srinagar-based 15 corps told IANS Wednesday.

"The infiltrators opened indiscriminate gunfire at the troops from automatic weapons, triggering a gunfight in which one terrorist and a soldier were killed".
"The bid was foiled as the rest of the intruders withdrew," he added.

Infiltration bids by separatist guerrillas increase during autumn in Jammu and Kashmir before mountain passes get closed owing to heavy snowfall in winter. The pattern has been observed since the outbreak of separatist violence in the state in the early 1990s.

 

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13 injured in Assam blast triggered by suspected militants | NDTV.com

Thirteen people, including two policemen, were injured in a blast triggered by suspected militants at Doomdooma in Assam's Tinsukia district today.

According to police, the bomb was planted on a footpath before a departmental store near Gandhichowk area and it exploded at 6:45 pm.

Three critically injured persons were admitted to the Tinsukia civil hospital.

Police and security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.

The sources said that it was an attempt by the anti-talk faction of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to make its presence felt. There were reports of a group of hardcore ULFA militants sheltering in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, their strongholds.

 

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Srinagar, Sep 8 (PTI) Militants today shot dead a Special Police Officer and wounded an army jawan in Sopore township in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.

SPO Riyaz-ul-Hassan was killed and armyman Tariq Ahmad Mir was injured when unidentified militants fired at them in village Brath-Kalaan, 55-km from here, at around 4.30 PM, official sources said.

The SPO died instantly while Mir, posted in Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment, received bullet injuries in the shoulder, they said.
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Guwahati, Sept 8 (PTI) Two persons, including a CRPF man, were killed tonight as an explosion hit Guwahati and a communal clash erupted in Assam's Dhubri town where indefinite curfew was clamped.

Unidentified persons set off an IED targeting CRPF personnel near the Assam State Transport Corporation ticket counter adjacent to the Paltan Bazar police station in Guwahati at 7:45 pm, police sources said.

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United National Liberation Front owns up to Imphal blast - Times Of India

IMPHAL: The banned United National Liberation Front (UNLF) on Friday claimed responsibility for triggering Wednesday's IED explosion at Keishampat Junction here injuring two Assam Rifles personnel.

Stating that the attack was carried out against what it termed as 'extensive militarization' on the people of Manipur, the UNLF said if necessary it may launch suicide attacks. The outfit asked the people to distance themselves from the army military as far as possible.

UNLF charged the security forces with eliminating many rebels besides killing a large number of innocent civilians in the name of counter-insurgency operations.

Stating that security forces' repressive measures are being encouraged by draconian laws like the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, the UNLF said the security forces are emboldened by the immunity guaranteed by the act and has been killing civilians in stage-managed encounters across Manipur.

 

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CRPF personnel killed in encounter with Maoists
Gaya: A CPRF personnel was killed and five others were wounded in an armed encounter with Maoists near Panchrukhia forests on the borders of Gaya and Aurangabad districts, CRPF DIG Umesh Kumar said today.

PTI-Press Trust of India

 

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Blast in Manipur: Ten Assam Rifles jawans injured | NDTV.com

Imphal: At least ten Assam Rifles jawans were injured in a bomb blast in Bishenpur district of Manipur today. The bomb, allegedly planted by militants, exploded at Kumbi area while the personnel were busy in their morning exercise.

The injured were taken to their post of 33rd Assam Rifles located at Sendra, about 4 km from the spot.

The condition of some of the injured was stated to be serious.

The sources said it was not yet known what kind of bomb was used by the ultras.

No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the incident so far.

The banned Revolutionary People's Front (RPF) had earlier announced that it would intensify its strikes against security personnel in near future.

Activists of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), armed wing of the RPF, had yesterday blasted a bomb at Tiddim area in Imphal West district injuring an jawan and a civilian.




(With inputs from PTI)

 

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Three security personnel killed in Jharkhand

New Delhi, September 18, 2012, DHNS:

Three security personnel died while three others sustained serious bullet injuries during a fierce encounter with the Maoists in Jharkhand, in the early hours of Tuesday. Six rebels were also killed.

An Indian Air Force chopper assigned to airlift the injured had to abort plan due to inclement weather. They were later flown to Ranchi in a BSF helicopter. One of the three personnel was learnt to be critical, with a bullet injury on the forehead. Acting on intelligence, a team of Jharkhand police and CRPF commandos launched an operation at 4:30 am. They claimed to have they met with an armed group of Maoists in the Judegaon area of Jharkhand’s Chatra district, abutting Gaya in Bihar.

Among the security personnel who died was a decorated deputy commandant of CRPC, who took three bullets. The CRPF Inspector General requested the Air Force base at Ranchi to send a chopper to evacuate the bleeding personnel. The MI-17 flew from Ranchi at 6:20 am but returned due to inclement weather, prompting the CRPF to seek the BSF’s help, which has a fleet of choppers and aircraft.

The BSF’s Dhruv helicopters flew to the area under the Pratappur police limits and returned with CRPF deputy commandant P R Mishra, constable Mukesh Bunkar and a Jhakhand Police personnel.

Security forces have previously complained that IAF was reluctant to carry out rescue operations in Chattisgarh.

An IAF spokesperson, however, contended that about a week ago, IAF had carried out rescue operations to safely airlift eight persons injured in anti-Maoist operation. “Within about 45 minutes of intimation, the chopper was airborne at 6:20 am from Ranchi to the target area despite marginal weather. But, the chopper decided to return after a point as it could not pierce the low clouds,” he stated.

Subsequently, the chopper was ready for a second attempt at 8:30 am. By then, the base was intimated that the services were no longer needed as the injured were airlifted by the BSF air wing, the IAF spokesperson said.

Three security personnel killed in Jharkhand

 

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Imphal, Sep 25 (PTI) Two powerful bombs exploded at the heavily guarded Army office adjoining Manipur Raj Bhavan here and at an Army post in Bishenpur district, while another was unearthed on the outskirts of this town today.

One of the bombs went off at 5:30 AM in M sector in the heart of the town where the Army office was located, while the other exploded in Bishenpur at around the same time, official sources said.

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mphal, Sept 25 (PTI) Insurgent outfit People's Liberation Army (PLA) today claimed responsibility for the bomb attacks on two army establishments in Manipur.

The attacks were carried out yesterday by a team of 'special warfare group' of the PLA, armed wing of the Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), said a PLA statement signed by its publicity chief, Taohangsu Heiremcha.

 

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Maoists kill two village guards in Odisha's Malkangiri - Times Of India

BHUBANESWAR: Maoist guerrillas on Tuesday killed two tribal village guards in Odisha's Malkangiri district four days after kidnapping them along with seven others, police said.

Armed guerrillas had allegedly dragged seven village guards and two village heads from their homes in different villages under Jodam police station near the Andhra Pradesh border September 20 and kidnapped them.

They had accused the villagers of being police informers.

While the guerrillas released five of the villagers after assaulting them severely, they killed village guards Manik Khilo and Jagabandhu Khilo, district Superintendent of Police Akhileshwar Singh told IANS.

The incident came to light after villagers spotted the bodies and informed the police, he said.

The whereabouts of two other villagers was not known, he said.

Malkangiri district, around 640 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, is considered a Maoist stronghold. Handikhilo is situated on Odisha's border with Andhra Pradesh.