By KUNA,
New Delhi : As many as two paramilitary personnel were killed and four others injured by the insurgents, even as one rebel was killed in Indias Northeastern state of Assam Wednesday. The attack took place at Maibong in Assams Karbi Anglong district this morning, news agency Press Trust of India reported, quoting a state police official. The injured have been admitted to the Maibong civil hospital, the official said. Rebels of the ‘Jewel Gorlosa faction’ of the Dima Halam Daoga (DHD) rebel group, popularly known as the Black Widow, were held responsible for the attack by Assam Police. The Black Widow is an insurgent group fighting for an “independent homeland” for the Dimasa tribe of Assam. The parent group DHD is maintaining a ceasefire with the Indian government.
In another incident, a rebel of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) was killed by security forces this morning on the outskirts of Guwahati, Assam’s main city, the official said. One grenade and two bombs were recovered from the slain rebel. ULFA is waging an insurgency since 1979 to create a “sovereign Assam ” carved out of India. Most of its top leadership is reported to be based in neighbouring Bangladesh and operating from there. The group has been alleged of maintaining links with Pakistan ‘s Inter Services Intelligence. ULFA also operates out of bases in neighbouring Myanmar and carry out hit-and-run strikes in Assam.
Leading US think tank ?Stratfor last year in a report — ‘India: ULFA Abandons Peace Talks’ — had said that ULFA was keen to work with groups like Bangladesh-based Harkt-ul-Jihadi- Islamia in India’s Northeast and was outsourcing terror operations.