Blockade in National Highway (NH)- 44; Coal miners shot dead in Garo Hills; Goods train derailed by IED blast; CRPF Jawans killed in militant attack; Arrest of North East militant at airport in New Delhi
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    • Tripura Shimanta Bhoomi Suraksha Committee, an organization of the fence victim along Indo-Bangladesh border, organized the blockade of NH- 44 because of which traffic to Agartala was disrupted on National Highway 44.1 However, suspected Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants gunned down 5 coal miners at Gokha village in South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya. Three were killed on the spot and two other succumbed to their injuries later.2

    In another incident, a goods train in Udalguri district in Assam was derailed due to explosion of a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by unidentified militants. Eight wagons were badly damaged.3 However, three CRPF men were killed and 5 others injured by Karbi People’s Liberation Tiger (KPLT) in a fierce gunbattle at Arlangso, upper Rangsali in Karbi Anglong district amid the 12 hour bandh called by the Paresh Baruah faction of the ULFA.4

    In other developments, the Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested a suspected member of a banned insurgent group of Manipur called Napolean of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and Kanglei Yawol Kanba Lup (KYKL). The accused was arrested with 200 kg of ephedrine worth Rs. 20 lakh at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.5

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