All northeast militants have nexus with Maoists: Gogoi
12 May 2012 5:41 AM GMT
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday said that Maoists operating in the state are hand-in-gloves with other militant outfits in the northeast region.
'The statement of the ULFA anti-talk faction's chief Paresh Baruah to the media Thursday proved this,' he said and added that almost all insurgent groups in the northeast have a nexus with Maoists.
'All insurgent groups of the northeast have a nexus with the Maoists. They [Maoists] were also given training by Nagaland's NSCN,' said Gogoi while adding that the government had adopted the strategy to nip the Maoists in the bud.
The training, he said, was given in some place outside Assam and 'by taking advantage of the ceasefire agreement' with the government of India.
The chief minister also said that the Maoists were spreading their wings in the state and that they had already established a network in all the upper Assam districts.
He said the state government had appealed to the central government for some special schemes to tackle the Maoists and that joint operations along with other states in the region would only help in tackling the problem.
'We will have to conduct operations not only in Assam but also in neighbouring states like Arunachal Pradesh. This is another reason why I have supported the move to form the NCTC (National Counter Terrorism Centre). I need the support of neighbouring states and even neighbouring countries to contain the menace of Maoists. The NCTC will help us in this regard,' said Gogoi.
MAOISTS KILL CONTRACTOR IN ODISHA
Suspected Maoists Friday killed a contractor engaged in the construction of a road in Odisha's Koraput district, police said.
Jamai Prasad, 40, was found dead on a road between Laxmipur and Narayan Patna, over 500 km from here.
'Prasad was a contractor engaged in the construction of a road. He was hacked to death by the rebels,' Superintendent of Police Avinash Kumar said on Friday.
The killing comes three days after the guerrillas abducted an assistant sub-inspector of police in Nuapada district and killed him a few hours later.
Kruparam Majhi, 43, had been abducted Tuesday by over 10 armed guerrillas near Sunabeda wild life sanctuary when he was escorting a water tanker to a para-military force camp, about 15 km away, along with a constable on a motorcycle. While the constable managed to escape, the rebels left behind the bullet-riddled body of Majhi.
'The statement of the ULFA anti-talk faction's chief Paresh Baruah to the media Thursday proved this,' he said and added that almost all insurgent groups in the northeast have a nexus with Maoists.
'All insurgent groups of the northeast have a nexus with the Maoists. They [Maoists] were also given training by Nagaland's NSCN,' said Gogoi while adding that the government had adopted the strategy to nip the Maoists in the bud.
The training, he said, was given in some place outside Assam and 'by taking advantage of the ceasefire agreement' with the government of India.
The chief minister also said that the Maoists were spreading their wings in the state and that they had already established a network in all the upper Assam districts.
He said the state government had appealed to the central government for some special schemes to tackle the Maoists and that joint operations along with other states in the region would only help in tackling the problem.
'We will have to conduct operations not only in Assam but also in neighbouring states like Arunachal Pradesh. This is another reason why I have supported the move to form the NCTC (National Counter Terrorism Centre). I need the support of neighbouring states and even neighbouring countries to contain the menace of Maoists. The NCTC will help us in this regard,' said Gogoi.
MAOISTS KILL CONTRACTOR IN ODISHA
Suspected Maoists Friday killed a contractor engaged in the construction of a road in Odisha's Koraput district, police said.
Jamai Prasad, 40, was found dead on a road between Laxmipur and Narayan Patna, over 500 km from here.
'Prasad was a contractor engaged in the construction of a road. He was hacked to death by the rebels,' Superintendent of Police Avinash Kumar said on Friday.
The killing comes three days after the guerrillas abducted an assistant sub-inspector of police in Nuapada district and killed him a few hours later.
Kruparam Majhi, 43, had been abducted Tuesday by over 10 armed guerrillas near Sunabeda wild life sanctuary when he was escorting a water tanker to a para-military force camp, about 15 km away, along with a constable on a motorcycle. While the constable managed to escape, the rebels left behind the bullet-riddled body of Majhi.
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