ULFA claims encounter was fake
GUWAHATI, JANUARY 24 (UNI): The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) today claimed that the two youths killed by the Army and police in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district yesterday were not its cadres. In a statement e-mailed to the local media, ULFA publicity wing commander "second lieutenant" Arunudoy Duhotia alleged that the youths were innocent civilians and not its cadres, as claimed by the security forces. Two youths were gunned down by a joint team of army and police at Makum in Tinsukia yesterday following an encounter, security forces had said. The two youths were stated to be ULFA cadres and arms and ammunition were also allegedly recovered from them. The ULFA claimed that the encounter was a staged one and the weapons reportedly recovered from them were placed by the security forces themselves. The outfit warned of violent retaliation if Assamese youths were killed in "fake encounters".
CBI question NSCN-IM rebel
ITANAGAR, JANUARY 24 (TNN): The CBI is interrogating Kaping Luikham, a self-styled lieutenant captain of NSCN-IM, at an undisclosed location in Arunachal Pradesh for his alleged involvement in the murder of former Lok Sabha member Wangcha Rajkumar. Luikham, who was arrested by a team of the CBI's special crime branch (Kolkata) from Imphal on Tuesday, was brought to Deomali, the place where Rajkumar was murdered, via Guwahati on Wednesday, a police officer said here on Saturday. Rajkumar was shot dead by two unidentified assailants when he was playing badminton at Deomali Community Hall in Tirap on December 23, 2007. Luikham is the third member of the outfit who has been arrested by CBI in connection with rajkumar's murder. Earlier, the investigating agency had held two militants Ramchan Longlen and Toche Wangsu last year. Four other militants, who are wanted in the case, are on the run. After handing over the Rajkumar murder case to CBI in December 2007, the Arunachal Pradesh government has been pressing the agency to wind up its probe as quickly as possible.
Dimapur affected by night trains suspension
GUWAHATI, JANUARY 24 (Agencies): Even as security has been put on maximum alert in the run-up to the Republic Day celebrations, the government of Assam has suspended night running of trains across Assam for seven days in view of intelligence inputs about threats from different militant groups, including the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). As many as 27 trains, including the Guwahati-Dibrugarh stretches of the Rajdhani Express, have been cancelled between January 24 and 30 while several long-distance trains linking Dibrugarh and Guwahati with Kolkata, New Jalpaiguri, New Delhi and Alipurduar have been either regulated or cancelled for some stretches. The list of suspended trains includes most trains running between Guwahati and north Bengal while almost every train linking Guwahati with places like Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Nagaon, Dimapur, Tinsukia and Dhubri has been suspended for the next seven days.
Kidnapped official freed
IMPHAL, JANUARY 24 (PTI): Senior official of the Indian Oil Corporation, K I Singh, who was kidnapped on Friday, was freed by his captors yesterday at a place in Imphal West district of Manipur, official sources said today. Singh, a senior divisional manager with the IOC, was freed at Tingri area by the militants who had abducted him demanding a ransom of Rs 1 crore from the oil major. The abduction had triggered indefinite shutdown of all the petrol refill stations in Manipur yesterday. Following his release the petrol pumps opened today, the sources said. A militant outfit named Naga People’s Support group had kidnapped Singh at gun point while he was returning home from office Friday night, the sources said.
SDF west district level meet on Jan. 28
GANGTOK, JANUARY 24 (Agencies): A district level meet of Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) was organized by west Sikkim district committee under the president ship of SB Subedi, Vice President, SDF Party. During the meet the committee discussed about the district level meeting to be held on 28th January at Gyalshing, Kyongsa Ground. The works for the success of the district level meet was divided amongst the members. It was also informed that anti-party activities should be monitored and the actions should be initiated if anything was reported.
GUWAHATI, JANUARY 24 (UNI): The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) today claimed that the two youths killed by the Army and police in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district yesterday were not its cadres. In a statement e-mailed to the local media, ULFA publicity wing commander "second lieutenant" Arunudoy Duhotia alleged that the youths were innocent civilians and not its cadres, as claimed by the security forces. Two youths were gunned down by a joint team of army and police at Makum in Tinsukia yesterday following an encounter, security forces had said. The two youths were stated to be ULFA cadres and arms and ammunition were also allegedly recovered from them. The ULFA claimed that the encounter was a staged one and the weapons reportedly recovered from them were placed by the security forces themselves. The outfit warned of violent retaliation if Assamese youths were killed in "fake encounters".
CBI question NSCN-IM rebel
ITANAGAR, JANUARY 24 (TNN): The CBI is interrogating Kaping Luikham, a self-styled lieutenant captain of NSCN-IM, at an undisclosed location in Arunachal Pradesh for his alleged involvement in the murder of former Lok Sabha member Wangcha Rajkumar. Luikham, who was arrested by a team of the CBI's special crime branch (Kolkata) from Imphal on Tuesday, was brought to Deomali, the place where Rajkumar was murdered, via Guwahati on Wednesday, a police officer said here on Saturday. Rajkumar was shot dead by two unidentified assailants when he was playing badminton at Deomali Community Hall in Tirap on December 23, 2007. Luikham is the third member of the outfit who has been arrested by CBI in connection with rajkumar's murder. Earlier, the investigating agency had held two militants Ramchan Longlen and Toche Wangsu last year. Four other militants, who are wanted in the case, are on the run. After handing over the Rajkumar murder case to CBI in December 2007, the Arunachal Pradesh government has been pressing the agency to wind up its probe as quickly as possible.
Dimapur affected by night trains suspension
GUWAHATI, JANUARY 24 (Agencies): Even as security has been put on maximum alert in the run-up to the Republic Day celebrations, the government of Assam has suspended night running of trains across Assam for seven days in view of intelligence inputs about threats from different militant groups, including the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). As many as 27 trains, including the Guwahati-Dibrugarh stretches of the Rajdhani Express, have been cancelled between January 24 and 30 while several long-distance trains linking Dibrugarh and Guwahati with Kolkata, New Jalpaiguri, New Delhi and Alipurduar have been either regulated or cancelled for some stretches. The list of suspended trains includes most trains running between Guwahati and north Bengal while almost every train linking Guwahati with places like Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Nagaon, Dimapur, Tinsukia and Dhubri has been suspended for the next seven days.
Kidnapped official freed
IMPHAL, JANUARY 24 (PTI): Senior official of the Indian Oil Corporation, K I Singh, who was kidnapped on Friday, was freed by his captors yesterday at a place in Imphal West district of Manipur, official sources said today. Singh, a senior divisional manager with the IOC, was freed at Tingri area by the militants who had abducted him demanding a ransom of Rs 1 crore from the oil major. The abduction had triggered indefinite shutdown of all the petrol refill stations in Manipur yesterday. Following his release the petrol pumps opened today, the sources said. A militant outfit named Naga People’s Support group had kidnapped Singh at gun point while he was returning home from office Friday night, the sources said.
SDF west district level meet on Jan. 28
GANGTOK, JANUARY 24 (Agencies): A district level meet of Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) was organized by west Sikkim district committee under the president ship of SB Subedi, Vice President, SDF Party. During the meet the committee discussed about the district level meeting to be held on 28th January at Gyalshing, Kyongsa Ground. The works for the success of the district level meet was divided amongst the members. It was also informed that anti-party activities should be monitored and the actions should be initiated if anything was reported.
