Terror on Animals ( Cattle burnt alive )

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* Terror even on animal, in one of the villages attacked by Naga miscreants.

(Sentinel) *

 

* 2 killed, several injured as miscreants from Nagaland attack three Asom

villages

Sivasagar wakes up to Naga terror *

 

Our Bureau

GUWAHATI/JOYSAGAR, July 5: Two persons were killed while several others

injured when a group of 35-40 Naga people, armed with weapons, attacked

three villages along the Asom-Nagaland border under Galeky Police Station in

Sivasagar district in the wee hours today.

The encroachers, suspected to be from the Anaki tribe of Mokukchang district

of Nagaland, attacked Sonapur, Dhekiajuli and Borhula Nepali Basti villages

simultaneously early this morning and shot dead one at Sonapur and another

at Borhula.

The miscreants, formed in three groups, also set ablaze around 50 houses in

the villages and a portion of a tea garden at Dhekiajuli. The deceased were

identified as Sarabat Ali and Minbahadur Chetri.

" The attack took place inside Asom territory and led to the death of two

persons, " Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, Deputy Inspector General of Assam Police,

told The Sentinel.

But police and intelligence officials said the attackers were backed by

militants of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN).

" It appears the Nagas wanted to usurp the land and so they carried out the

attack. Nagaland often claims some parts of Asom as its territory which, in

fact, is not correct, " another senior police official said.

Miscreants also carried kerosene and petrol with them and killed at least

six cattle in the area.

Destruction by the miscreants continued for almost two hours and they

planted land mines at a few locations of the area before leaving. Later, one

person, identified as Kamal Bahadur Chetri, was seriously injured as a

result of mine blast at Saraihujia near the border.

Top civil and police officials, including Sivasagar Deputy Commissioner NM

Hussain and Superintendent of Police SP Saikia, visited the spot today and

took stock of the situation.

The State Government has announced an ex gratia of Rs 10,000 to the families

of the deceased and Rs 3,000 to the injured.

The Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of Mukokchang district

of Nagaland today discussed the situation with their counterparts of

Sivasagar district. Both the Nagaland officials have ensured that they would

conduct a proper inquiry into today's incident and that they would hand over

the miscreants to the Assam Police.

Meanwhile, an AASU delegation under its central organizing secretary Sarat

Hazarika and secretary of the All Sivasagar District Students' Union Pradip

Borgohain visited the spot and condemned the incident. They urged the State

Government to ensure safety to the life and property of the people living in

these areas.

Meanwhile, the AASU, Asom Jatiyadabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) and the

Gorkha Students' Union have called for a 12-hour Sivasagar district bandh

tomorrow from 5 am. The AASU has also called for an indefinite economic

blockade in the Galeky area from 5 am tomorrow.

The situation in the villages along the Asom-Nagaland border has been tense

for the past few months and it further intensified since June 27 when some

Naga encroachers cut down several tea bushes of the Ouguri Tea Estate at

Nazira.

A Nagaland-based organization called the Village Council of Buranamching has

been claiming that vast areas under Sivasagar district are part of Nagaland.

 

 

* Naga encroachment on, unabated

*By our Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI, July 5: Widescale acquisition of the State's land along the

Asom-Nagaland border in the Sivasagar, Golaghat and Jorhat districts by the

neighbouring State has been creating a sense of insecurity among the

residents living in the border areas for a long time. According to

government figures, Nagaland has encroached on a total of 1,62,471.3 acres

of Asom land. Of this, Golaghat district figures the highest with 1,03,688

acre, followed by Jorhat and Sivasagar with 48,839.30 acre and

9,943.47acre. Sources said that in Geleky alone, where two villagers

were killed

today by Naga misceants, around 4,000 hectares of Asom land are being

encroached upon by the Nagas.

It may be mentioned here that the Asom Government filed a case in the

Supreme Court a few years ago over the encroachment of its land by Nagaland.

Accepting the petition, the apex court formed a local commission under the

chairmanship of SN Variwva. However, due to lack of awareness among the

people of Asom, since then only two complaints have been filed from Asom's

side against encroachment. On the other hand, Nagaland has filed five

complaints with the Commission.

The two complainants from Asom were the AGP MLA from Sarupathar, Binod

Gowala, and the Doyang Gaonburha Santha. Gowala even took some villagers

from the bordering villages to New Delhi to protest against the encroachment

of Asom land by the Nagas.

 

 

*BSF keeping eye on 'new' madrassas

*Our Correspondent

Silchar, July 5: Vigil is being kept by the BSF on several new madrassas

that have been set up in Karimganj and Dhubri districts along the

Indo-Bangladesh border, a senior official said today.

Though there is no specific allegations against them, BSF IGP

(Asom-Meghalaya sector) PK Misra told reporters: " It must be treated with

concern and a strict watch is being kept on their activities. " Speaking

about the militants, he said a list of militants believed to be sheltered by

the neighbouring country has been given to the Bangladesh Rifles several

times, but no action has been taken by it so far.

The BSF has also initiated special steps to provide security to farmers

working at Harinagar on the banks of the Surama river along the border with

Bangladesh in Cachar district, he said. River patrolling by the BSF has been

intensified and security measures along the river banks have been stepped

up.

Misra said the Indo-Bangladesh border in Mankachar and Karimganj district

has been turned into into a " cattle corridor " by criminals who smuggle catle

into Bangladesh. Expressing satisfaction over the action by the BSF along

the border, Mishra said: " Infiltration has come down. The border still

remains porous as fencing is yet to be completed. "

 

 

 

 

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