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Basumatary was arrested from his residence in Baksa district on Friday night (Photo for representation)
The two other persons arrested with him were Bodoland Jatiya Suraksha Manch working president Daorao Dekhrab Narzary and Bodoland Contractor Association president Bikram Daimary.
Assam Police has arrested former MLA Hitesh Basumatary along with two others for their alleged involvement in attempts to form a terrorist group. According to the police, the former MLA has been booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
Addressing the media, Nabanita Sarma, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Kokrajhar, said that Basumatary was plotting to form a new terrorist organization and “renew terror in the area”.
east MLA Basumatari from Sapguri in Assam’s Moosalpur district has been booked under sections 120B, 121,121A, 122 and 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) besides UAPA for attempting to wage war against the Government of India, the official said.
“We had source information that some people were planning to form a terrorist organisation. We have arrested three persons in this connection and further investigation is on. Kokrajhar ASP said, “We have recovered automatic weapons and live ammunition.
Sharma said “sophisticated weapons” along with ammunition were recovered from Basumatary’s house.
Basumatary was arrested from his residence in Baksa district on Friday night.
Two other persons arrested along with him were Daorao Dekhrab Narzari, executive president of the Bodoland Jatiya Suraksha Manch, and Bikram Daimari, president of the Bodoland Contractors Association. While Narzari was arrested from Kokrajhar, Daimari was arrested from Udalguri.
Basumatary and Daimary were remanded to police custody for five days after being produced before the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Kokrajhar. Narzri has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days, the official said.
Basumatary, A east The Bodo Liberation Army (BLT) militant leader and a signatory to the Bodoland Accord, was elected MLA from Chapaguri assembly constituency on a BPF ticket.
After being out for some time he rejoined the party. He was also elected as an executive member of the Bodoland Autonomous Council. A case registered against him in Mushalpur police station in 2017 is pending.
The development comes at a time when both the central and state governments have been repeatedly asserting that militancy in the region has ended.
In May 2022, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Committed to the all-round development of the Bodoland Territorial Area (BTR) of Assam With both the central and state government completing 90 percent of the Bodo accord.
Shah said that when the BJP government came to power in the state seven years ago, it had promised to drive out militancy from the state’s borders. Assam. “The Ministry of Home Affairs, under the guidance of the Prime Minister, has brought most of the insurgent organizations to sign the peace accord, in which 9,000 insurgents have surrendered so far,” Shah said.
The BTR comprises the Bodo community majority districts of the northeastern state. The central government signed the Bodo Peace Accord with the insurgent group National Democratic Front of Bodoland in January 2020.
The development comes at a time when the BPF-led Hagrama Mohilary has met top RSS leaders in New Delhi and is trying to re-establish its ties with the BJP, both at the Center and in the state.
The BPF is yet to react to the development, however, the incident is likely to have an impact on the upcoming General Elections of 2024 and the chances of BPF’s revival. ,
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