NDFB (S) Cadres Convicted in Connection with Killing of Adivasis

Guwahati, May 28, 2019:

The Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Assam has convicted four persons belonging to the Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Boroland NDFB(S) in connection with the killing of 5 innocent Adivasi tribals.

The four were convicted under the sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Indian Penal Code. Those convicted include Bina Basumatary, Jayanta Mushahary, Khanda Daimary and Dwithai Basumatary. All have been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 each has been imposed.

The case pertains to the terrorist attack on December 23, 2014 by NDFB(S) cadres upon innocent people of Pakiriguri village under Serfanguri Police Station in Kokrajhar district of Assam, in which five Adivasis were killed and another five sustained grievous injuries due to indiscriminate firing by the rebel group.

It may be mentioned that in December 2014, a series of attacks by militants resulted in the deaths of more than 76 people in India.^[1] The attacks took place in the Chirang, Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts on 23 December 2014. They have been attributed to the Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland: NDFB(S).

The Adivasi people of Assam are mostly tea plantation workers. They are famously known as Tea Tribe ; some of them are the descendants of labourers brought to Assam by the British colonial rulers, while others are relatively recent migrants from other parts of India. The NDFB claims to represent the Bodo people, who are native to Assam; it has fought a secessionist war with the government for the establishment of a Bodoland.

Meanwhile, the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) continues to launch offensives targeting the Indian Insurgent Groups.

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