Monday, August 15, 2011,
Shillong: The Achik National Volunteer Council, a Garo militant group under ceasefire, today issued a 'quit notice' to cadres of the ULFA and NDFB who were operating in Meghalaya's Garo hills region.
"The NDFB and ULFA cadres operating in Garo hills should quit the area immediately. They are anti talk factions who are under direct influence of ISI of Pakistan and are involved in various attacks in Garo hills in the last couple of months," the ANVC said in a statement.
Setting a deadline of 20 days for the groups to quit, the ANVC charged the two Assam outfits of being involved in the killing of three policemen and five labourers in Garo hills and shooting at a traditional head in connivance with another militant group, the Garo National Liberation Army.
"Even now they are holed up at various places planning attacks. This will possibly turn Garo Hills into another Assam, therefore they should immediately leave," the statement said.
The ANVC has around 175 cadres, now living in three designated camps. Meghalaya Police say they have not deposited their entire armoury.
The ban on the outfit, which had entered into a tripartite cease-fire agreement with the Centre and the State in 2004, was lifted in November 2008. The truce has been extended every three months since then.
Representatives of the ANVC had had few rounds of meetings with former IB chief PC Haldar, Centre's interlocutor for the talks.
The Garo hills region has been used by ULFA and NDFB cadres as a transit for moving to Assam from their camps in Bangladesh. Before coming overground, the ANVC also had links with the ULFA.
PTI
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