Assam: Members of former militant group NDFB demand rehabilitation of ex-cadets

Two hundred leaders and members of the former National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) at Barpukhuri, Gahpur held a meeting on February 8. 

In the meeting, the leaders decided to form two new district committees.

Along with the Biswanath District Committee, the Lakhimpur District Committee was formed. 

With this the United ex-NDFB forum, Biswanath district was established today.

Gopal Rabha, vice-president of the central committee of the former NDFB and several central committee leaders and members were present on the occasion. 

The former NDFB cadres said that all the legitimate demands of the former NDFB cadres must be received from the government.

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Speaking to the media, former NDFB leader Kedar said, "The committees have been formed to fight for the rights of our former cadres...We will seek Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's intervention for the rehabilitation of our ex-crades and also withdraw the cases regostered against them."

The leader also stated that around 60 per cent of the former cadres failed to get the facilities such as rehabilitation and withdrawal of cases.

In a long-drawn operation, Assam Police has cracked down on terror modules in the BTR region. 

Special Director General of Police GP Singh on January 10 said that for the past month, there were reports that an armed militant outfit was about to be formed in the BTR. 

Speaking to reporters, the Special DGP said that after receiving the intel, police kept on monitoring the BTR region and found the names of some suspects who were in the process of forming a militant organization. He said that on January 6, police conducted a search and arrested former Assam MLA Hitesh Basumatary with two other persons for allegedly being involved in efforts to form a terror group. 
“ We recovered sophisticated weapons along with ammunition from his house.”, the DGP said. 

This is not the first time that we recovered arms and ammunition in BTR. Earlier in 2021, a Huge cache of arms and ammunitions was recovered from a Scorpio vehicle at the Nasraibil area under the Saraibil border outpost of Gossaigaon police station in Kokrajhar district.”