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Feb 3, 2008
Islamist terrorists enact Kashmir in the Northeast; Assam going the Kashmir way?
Jihadis adopt the same strategy vis-a-vis the Northeast,
what they had done in Kashmir
What had happened with the Pundits in Kashmir
is happening with the Hindi-speaking people
in the Northeast region
Influx of migrants alarms Intelligence agencies
http://www.thestatesman.org/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=188612
NEW DELHI, Feb. 2: The Intelligence agencies have raised an alarm over the increasing influx of illegal migrants in the country from Bangladesh and the disturbing trend of killings of Hindi-speaking people in the Northeast region.
While killings of Hindi-speaking people in the Northeast, particularly in Assam, has been taking place for a long time, the crisis has aggravated recently on the lines of what had happened with the Pundits in Kashmir in the early 1990’s, when the killings had led to their mass exodus.
The Northeast’s Hindi-speaking people are said to be facing similar problems, although the gravity of the situation is not as bad as faced by the Kashmiri Pundits earlier, said a senior Intelligence agency official.
He added that a similar trend has, however, started in the Northeast which might deteriorate further.
“It seems that the Intelligence agencies of our neighbouring countries is adopting the same strategy vis-a-vis the Northeast, what it had done in Kashmir. Secondly, Northeast insurgency is becoming a cocktail of the activities by the region’s insurgent groups and Islamist militant outfits from Bangladesh,” the official said.
There are reports that Northeast militants, mainly Ulfa leaders, have close links with Islamist terror groups and that they are sharing logistics, the official said. Since the top leadership of Ulfa as well as Huji (Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami) and even the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad to some extent are operating from Bangladesh, it is easy for them to help each other. “Inputs from Bangladesh, have suggested that both are getting arms and ammunition from the same source and also indirect help from certain forces from Bangladesh,” he added.
Of late, incidents of terrorist violence have also increased in the Northeast region. In Assam especially, the law-and-order situation remains grim with a steep upswing in violence.
From January 1 to 15 August, 2007, 234 people were killed in 336 incidents of violence in the state, whereas 98 people were killed in 234 incidents in the same period the previous year.
In Northeast, Assam accounted for 58 per cent of the total killings and 34 per cent of total terror incidents in the region last year, the official said, pointing out that the state has emerged as a key base for the region’s insurgents and Islamist terrorists.
