As the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) had signed a ceasefire agreement with the Centre and the state government in May 2005, leaving its chairman, Ranjan Daimary, out of the talks, security think tanks are of the opinion that Ulfa may also initiate peace negotiations without its elusive "commander-in-chief", Paresh Baruah, said a daily.
NEW DELHI, OCT 5 (BNA) AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 12 WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK BY TRIBAL SEPARATIST MILITANTS IN INDIA'S NORTH EASTERN STATE OF ASSAM, REPORTED DPA A MILITARY OPERATION WAS LAUNCHED AFTER HEAVILY ARMED REBELS OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF BODOLAND (NDFB) ATTACKED A VILLAGE IN SONITPUR DISTRICT, SOME 240 KILOMETRES NORTH OF STATE CAPITAL GUWAHATI SUNDAY NIGHT.
We suspect rebels of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland or NDFB were behind the massacre to terrorize the people and force them to part with money," Kumar said.
None of the many rebel groups operating in Assam have claimed responsibility but police suspect the blast was the handiwork of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), which is fighting for an independent homeland for the Bodo tribe.
Essential commodities meant for the National Liberation Front of Twipra (NLFT), the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) are being ferried through our boats to the camps located in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh,'' Phikerlang Majaw alias San, the ''Commander'' of the HNLC Boat Command said.
In another incident, at least six members of the proscribed National Democratic Front of Bodoland were killed in a pre-dawn gunbattle on Tuesday at Donghap, under Dobaka Reserve Forest in the Karbi Anglong hills district of south Assam.
Over the years, the state has been the site of violence orchestrated by rebel groups such as the United Liberation Front of Asom, the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, the Bodo Liberation Tigers and the Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam.
