SHILLONG, March 2: Police made a breakthrough arresting an Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) militant who confessed that the outfit had attacked the BSF patrol party on February 22 killing two of its jawans in south Garo hills, reports UNI. Reports from Tura today said Dengkam Sangma, nabbed early this week, had said so during interrogation. He also admitted that he was involved in extorting traders in the coal belt areas of Mesighat. In another incident, police, accompanied by CRPF personnel, raided an ANVC training camp at Darengdugra in south Garo hills district yesterday and arrested...

HAILAKANDI, March 3: The Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF), a militant outfit of Reang (Bru) communities, has asked the Mizoram government to initiate peace parleys with it by declaring a ceasefire in the state. The BNLF has been demanding the creation of a Bru homeland within the State of Mizoram. The organising secretary of the outfit, S Bru through a press statement also warned that if the authorities concerned fail to respond positively to its demand, the organisation may be forced to carry out subversive activities in and around Mizoram. The BNLF leader further said that the onus of...

NEW DELHI, March 3: Assam Rifles will be expanded to take some pressure off the Army, heavily involved in Jammu and Kashmir, and the Northeast. A decision has been taken to raise about six battalions of the Assam Rifles, and the raising is already in process, Army officials said. Despite recent talks on ceasefire, Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast are still disturbed zones. In some states, the situation is deteriorating. Raising the Assam Rifles is likely to ensure that the Army gets some relief. Involvement of local people would help in gathering information. Moreover, they will have better...

AGARTALA, March 3: The performance of the Central Reserve Police Force in counter-insurgency operations in Tripura leaves a lot to be desired. This is evident from the ambush carried out by the National Liberation Front of Twipra this morning. Altogether 11 CRPF jawans, including two drivers, were gunned down by the rebels in the ambush. Police sources said altogether five vehicles carrying CRPF jawans had left the Bampur area for Ampi but the gap between vehicles in the convoy was such that when two jeeps came under attack, the jawans in the other vehicles failed to come to their rescue...

AGARTALA, March 3: In a new twist to the current insurgency problem, the Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) militants, comprising Reang tribals living in Tripura and Mizoram, have turned against Tripuri tribals living in Hailakandi subdivision of Barak valley in Assam. Altogether seven Tripuri tribal families comprising 46 members have recently taken shelter in Gandacherra subdivision of Dhalai district, after being driven away from Durgapur village under Lalghat police station of Hailakandi district. These families are eking out a sub-human living in remote Bhagirath para village of...