Adivasi Militants’ Another Attempt
Army foils another Rajdhani blast:
Dibrugarh, Dec. 25: A group of Adivasi militants that arrived in Tinsukia on Tuesday morning to carry out another blast on the Rajdhani Express was arrested by the army from a tea garden.
Akash Tirkey alias Daniel Ekka, an area commander, Dhoni Oraon, Chandan Bhumij, Thomas Kerketta and Samanan Tanti alias Raju Tanti -- all members of the Adivasi National Liberation Army -- reached Dimapur by train on Monday night.
They got off at Naharkatia station, walked the whole night and reached the tea estate near Tinsukia town on Tuesday morning.
Three .38 revolvers, 30 rounds of ammunition, an improvised explosive device and some letterheads of the outfit were found on them.
Troops of 2 Bihar Regiment, who arrested the five, later handed them over to the police.
“The group was instructed by a senior leader of the outfit, Prem Kawar, who is the district commander in Karbi Anglong, to carry out another blast on the Rajdhani Express, for which they were carrying the IED. The bomb has been assembled in such a manner that it can easily be put into a briefcase,” a police officer involved in preliminary investigations said.
The outfit had claimed responsibility for the blast on the Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express on December 13 that killed five and injured four.
During interrogation, the militants today said they had travelled to Tinsukia to carry out a recruitment drive and collect funds, the source said.
“The rebels also revealed that they had established alliances with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) and Karbi Revolutionary Army and have received arms training from the two outfits,” he said.
Posted On: The Telegraph
Dibrugarh, Dec. 25: A group of Adivasi militants that arrived in Tinsukia on Tuesday morning to carry out another blast on the Rajdhani Express was arrested by the army from a tea garden.
Akash Tirkey alias Daniel Ekka, an area commander, Dhoni Oraon, Chandan Bhumij, Thomas Kerketta and Samanan Tanti alias Raju Tanti -- all members of the Adivasi National Liberation Army -- reached Dimapur by train on Monday night.
They got off at Naharkatia station, walked the whole night and reached the tea estate near Tinsukia town on Tuesday morning.
Three .38 revolvers, 30 rounds of ammunition, an improvised explosive device and some letterheads of the outfit were found on them.
Troops of 2 Bihar Regiment, who arrested the five, later handed them over to the police.
“The group was instructed by a senior leader of the outfit, Prem Kawar, who is the district commander in Karbi Anglong, to carry out another blast on the Rajdhani Express, for which they were carrying the IED. The bomb has been assembled in such a manner that it can easily be put into a briefcase,” a police officer involved in preliminary investigations said.
The outfit had claimed responsibility for the blast on the Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express on December 13 that killed five and injured four.
During interrogation, the militants today said they had travelled to Tinsukia to carry out a recruitment drive and collect funds, the source said.
“The rebels also revealed that they had established alliances with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) and Karbi Revolutionary Army and have received arms training from the two outfits,” he said.
Posted On: The Telegraph