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AFDAL
05-11-2007, 06:19 AM
India must allow International bodies and Rights organisations to look for the Mass Graves of peoples from Assam murdered during the Nineties. The suspect sites are around the Indian Army camps
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Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS
Guwahati, May 10, 2007
First Published: 11:44 IST(10/5/2007)
Last Updated: 11:52 IST(10/5/2007)

Admitting that the killing of a youth in Assam last week "was
unfortunate", Indian Army officials in Guwahati said on Thursday they have
ordered a probe to punish guilty officials involved in the fake encounter.
"The killing of Budheswar Moran was unfortunate," Major General NC Marwah,
general-officer-commanding (GOC) of the second Mountain Division, told
reporters.
"I assure you that the inquiry would be impartial and those found guilty will
be punished," he added.
The killing of 24-year-old Moran in an alleged encounter with soldiers of the
Jammu and Kashmir Rifles over the weekend in eastern Assam's Tinsukia district
has led to protests with hundreds of people blocking highways since Monday near
Doomdooma, 515 km east of Guwahati.
The army had claimed Moran was a "hardcore militant" of the outlawed United
Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). But locals and family members say that Moran
was innocent and that he had no links with any rebel group.
The army on Wednesday announced a court of inquiry. The Assam government also
ordered an independent probe to investigate the death following the widespread
protests.
"The very fact that the GOC admitted to the fake killing vindicates our stand
that such state-sponsored terrorism is rampant in Assam in the name of
countering militancy," said Lachit Bordoloi, who heads the Manab Adhikar
Sangram Samity (MASS), a leading rights group in Assam.
Moran's family members have refused to accept his body, which is still lying
at a morgue in Tinsukia.
The Indian army, which is engaged in anti-insurgency operations in Assam,
Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, is under fire over frequent allegations of
rights violations, torture of innocent civilians and fake encounters while
conducting raids.
Earlier this week the army tendered an apology to the Arunachal Pradesh
government after over alleged atrocities committed on locals by the army while
conducting raids on ULFA bases. Arunachal Rural Development Minister Chowna
Mein said villagers were tortured by the army in Lohit district after an
explosion triggered by the ULFA killed two soldiers a fortnight ago.
In July last year, the army punished Major Nishant Sharma and Rifleman Sudip
Gurung after finding the duo guilty of killing a villager in custody. The
military court ruling came after the state government lodged a protest with the
army saying the villager, Ajit Mahanta, was shot dead after being picked up by
the army on suspicion of having links with the ULFA.
Army authorities were forced to apologise and order a court of inquiry in
December after Nipul Saikia, a farmer, was picked up by soldiers and seriously
injured while in custody.


Army admits to staged encounter in
Assam
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryP...unter+in+Assam
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