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Two security men, two militants killed in Assam ambush

  •   Sun, Jan 22 2017 07:35:49 PM

Tinsukia (Assam), Jan 22 (IANS): Two soldiers of the Assam Rifles were killed and two others injured on Sunday when militants ambushed a convoy near Jairampur on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, police said.

The security forces, however, launched a counter-insurgency operation immediately in the area and killed two of the militants involved in the ambush.

The attackers belonged to the United Liberation Front of West Eastern South East Asia (UNLFW), a joint platform of most of the northeastern militant outfits, including the anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), National Socialist Council of Nagaland led by Khaplang (NSCN-K) and Coordination Committee (CorCom) of Manipur.

Assam Director General of Police (DGP) Mukesh Sahay said security forces had launched a counter-insurgency operation against the militants.

"Two of the militants involved in the ambush were neutralised later. The forces also recovered two weapons from their possession," said the DGP.

Tinsukia Superintendent of Police Mugdhajyoti Mahanta said 15 to 20 militants caried out the ambush.

Unofficial sources said the militants fled with some arms and ammunition of the Assam Rifles personnel after the attack.

The ULFA and NSCN-K had ambushed an army convoy in Tinsukia district in November last year and killed three soldiers.

Following the incident, the security forces had restricted the movement of vehicles on Jagun-Jairampur Road and intensified mobile check-posts. The Inter-state border between the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border and Assam-Nagaland border has also been put under intensified vigil.

Meanwhile, a joint statement by the CorCom and the ULFA faction claimed responsibility for the attack and that they undertook a joint attack on the security forces, code-named "Operation BARAK".

"A joint team attacked the 13 Assam Rifles at Warabasti area on Jagun-Jairampur Road and killed three soldiers and injured two or more and were able to recover three weapons, including two AK Rifles and one INSAS Rifle," said the statement signed by ULFA faction commander-in-chief Paresh Asom.
  

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  • SMR, Karkala

    Sun, Jan 22 2017

    On one of his visits to India in the first week of August, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced he’d signed a ‘historic’ accord with the Naga militant outfit, the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-IM (NSCN Isak-Muivah). Mysteriously, all details are missing.

    The chief ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur are furious because they weren’t consulted — and have said so in public. There are several reasons for this.
    For decades, the NSCN (I-M) has demanded sovereignty for a ‘greater’ Nagaland, what it calls Nagalim. This is supposed to encompass any area with a Naga population. If Nagalim were ever to be formed, it would eat into substantial chunks of Assam and Manipur, as well as southeastern Arunachal Pradesh. What’s more, Nagalim would also encroach on large parts of northern Burma.

    The Nagas are not a homogenous people. There were more than 50 tribes: most quiescent, many with their own agenda and weapons. Most are furious about this accord between the government and a Sema (Isak)- and a Tangkhul (Muivah)-led faction.

    Our peripatetic prime minister has committed another blunder.Assam went to polls after nine months of accord, and the BJP won the election. But Modi and his advisers have shot themselves in both feet.

    Now the militant who struck deal, now pointed their weapons of our own soldier. It also proves that 'demonetisation' can't end militancy.

    Jai Hind

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