Kokrajhar Violence

A top ranking militant leader of the NDFB (Songbijit), involved in the Adivasi massacre on December 23 last, was arrested during a joint operation of army and police from Chetnaguri in Kokrajhar district of Assam today.

A hideout of the NDFB(S) was today busted in a joint operation by commandos of the Assam police and army men in the jungles of lower Assam's Kokrajhar district.

The situation in violence-hit lower Assam districts is improving with no fresh incidents being reported since Friday, even as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said confidence-building measures were needed in the wake of death of 81 people following an NDFB(S) militant attack.

Phuren Basimatry has seen enough blood and guts in his days as a gunner in the army. But nothing had prepared the retired artillery man for Friday's events.

Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag will today review the situation in Assam where NDFB(S) militants carried out a deadly attack on tribals, leaving over 80 dead.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today reviewed the current situation in the state and ordered immediate steps for providing relief to people staying at the camps set up after the serial attacks by NDFB(S) militants and retaliatory violence.

The deadly attacks by Bodo militants in Assam have many stories associated with it. On Christmas Eve, when villages in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts in northern part of the state were in a celebratory mood, NDFB militant mindlessly attacked the tribal population, killing men, women and even infants.

An all-out offensive will be launched against NDFB militants jointly by police, paramilitary forces and army in the wake of the group killing over 50 people in two districts of Assam.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today termed the serial attacks by NDFB(S) on the tribal community across the state as 'most heinous, most cowardly and most barbaric' and said the government will deal with the militant outfit 'very firmly'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed grief over loss of lives in Assam militant attacks and sanctioned ex-gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to each of the seriously injured.

Of the 42 victims, 17 were minor children. Bodies of the victims are still being recovered.

On the night on May 1, Kokrajhar's Balapara village was the first to come under attack from alleged militants of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, the start of a cycle of violence that has in the last four days claimed 31 lives in Kokrajhar and Baksa.

Curfew in the three violence-hit districts of Kokrajhar, Baksa and Chirang in Assam was relaxed on Monday morning. The death toll in the targeted killings rose to 31 on Sunday evening after two bodies were found floating in the Beki river near Narayanguri village in Baksa district. 30 people have been arrested in connection with the killing of lo...

31 people have been killed so far in the violence in Lower Assam. 30 have been arrested from Kokrajhar and Baksa, most of them for providing logistical support to the culprits. No fresh incident has been reported overnight.

Thirty one people have been killed so far in the violence in lower Assam. On the ground, there is worry and anxiety about the future despite a heavy security deployment and efforts are on by the Assam government to contain the situation. A curfew, which was imposed in the three violence-hit districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang and Baksa, was relaxed du...

A top ranking militant leader of the NDFB (Songbijit), involved in the Adivasi massacre on December 23 last, was arrested during a joint operation of army and police from Chetnaguri in Kokrajhar district of Assam today.

A hideout of the NDFB(S) was today busted in a joint operation by commandos of the Assam police and army men in the jungles of lower Assam's Kokrajhar district.

The situation in violence-hit lower Assam districts is improving with no fresh incidents being reported since Friday, even as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said confidence-building measures were needed in the wake of death of 81 people following an NDFB(S) militant attack.

Phuren Basimatry has seen enough blood and guts in his days as a gunner in the army. But nothing had prepared the retired artillery man for Friday's events.

Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag will today review the situation in Assam where NDFB(S) militants carried out a deadly attack on tribals, leaving over 80 dead.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today reviewed the current situation in the state and ordered immediate steps for providing relief to people staying at the camps set up after the serial attacks by NDFB(S) militants and retaliatory violence.

The deadly attacks by Bodo militants in Assam have many stories associated with it. On Christmas Eve, when villages in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts in northern part of the state were in a celebratory mood, NDFB militant mindlessly attacked the tribal population, killing men, women and even infants.

An all-out offensive will be launched against NDFB militants jointly by police, paramilitary forces and army in the wake of the group killing over 50 people in two districts of Assam.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today termed the serial attacks by NDFB(S) on the tribal community across the state as 'most heinous, most cowardly and most barbaric' and said the government will deal with the militant outfit 'very firmly'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed grief over loss of lives in Assam militant attacks and sanctioned ex-gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to each of the seriously injured.

Of the 42 victims, 17 were minor children. Bodies of the victims are still being recovered.

On the night on May 1, Kokrajhar's Balapara village was the first to come under attack from alleged militants of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, the start of a cycle of violence that has in the last four days claimed 31 lives in Kokrajhar and Baksa.

Curfew in the three violence-hit districts of Kokrajhar, Baksa and Chirang in Assam was relaxed on Monday morning. The death toll in the targeted killings rose to 31 on Sunday evening after two bodies were found floating in the Beki river near Narayanguri village in Baksa district. 30 people have been arrested in connection with the killing of lo...

31 people have been killed so far in the violence in Lower Assam. 30 have been arrested from Kokrajhar and Baksa, most of them for providing logistical support to the culprits. No fresh incident has been reported overnight.

Thirty one people have been killed so far in the violence in lower Assam. On the ground, there is worry and anxiety about the future despite a heavy security deployment and efforts are on by the Assam government to contain the situation. A curfew, which was imposed in the three violence-hit districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang and Baksa, was relaxed du...