After a long time, I was browsing Assam papers in the web, and ran into the following in the Sentinel web site:
________________________________________________________________________________ Law needed to bar rebels from joining outfits after their release, says GOC From our Staff Reporter TEZPUR, May 28: GOC of Gajraj Corps Lt Gen BS Jaiswal feels the need of a law that can stop militants from joining their respective outfits after their release from jail. Talking to newsmen at 4 Corps Headquarters here, Lt Gen Jaiswal said: "Arrested militants join their respective outfits again after their release from jails. This is a matter of serious concern as it negates the achievements of the security personnel. There should be a law to prevent arrested militants from joining their outfits after their release." The GOC said Asom is limping back to normalcy. Highlighting the success of the security personnel on tackling insurgency in the State, he said: "After January 2007, as many as 2,887 terrorists of various outfits have been neutralized, 857 in 2008 alone. Self-styled ULFA lieutenant Prabal Neog has been apprehended, while self-styled ULFA captains Pradip Bora and Keshab Hazarika have surrendered. ULFA cadres are a disillusioned lot now, and more surrender ceremonies are in the pipeline." The GOC said: "In its changed strategy, the ULFA is targeting more and more innocent people. The ULFA is now a conglomerate of some self-serving individuals who have no ideals and for whom terror is just a business. The morale of the ULFA is at its nadir. The outfit has been affected by leadership crisis as about 80 of its leaders have been neutralized in the recent past." According to him, the annual budget of the "28th battalion" of the ULFA is Rs 5.5 crore, and bulk of the amount is spent on training, recruitment and procurement of arms. On the mushroom growth of militant outfits in Asom, the GOC said groups like KLNLF, ANLA, DHD(J), MULTA and others have no long-term impact as such groups are formed by dissidents. "We have been keeping a close watch on the BRTF that has come out in the BTAD. It's a good sign that 770 of the 1,000 NDFB cadres have been staying in their designated camps while 250 others have been staying with their families." When asked on the situation in NC Hills, Lt Gen Jaiswal said: "It's under the jurisdiction of Dimapur-based 3 Corps. Of course, there is a proposal to the 4 Corps to take NC Hills under its fold, but I think overlapping of jurisdiction with 3 Corps will only complicate the problem." On BJP MP Khiren Rijiju's recent statement in Parliament that Chinese Army had intruded 20 km inside Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh, the GOC said: "There isn't any fresh intrusion by Chinese Army." On arms smuggling, he said it is a global phenomenon, and the ISI of Pakistan and the DGFI of Bangladesh have been involved in it. "No major cache of China-made arms has so far been seized," he added. On illegal infiltration from Bangladesh, the GOC said: "There may be fundamentalist elements in the guise of immigrants who may have links with the ULFA, the cadres of which are still in their hideouts in Bangladesh and Myanmar." ________________________________________________________________________________ > "Arrested militants join their respective outfits again after their release from jails. This is a matter of >serious concern as it negates the achievements of the security personnel. There should be a law to >prevent arrested militants from joining their outfits after their release." **** So sayeth the GOC of the Gajraj corp! Serious problem, huh? Must be happening because there is no law against it . And it is the verdict of the GOC. Must be a well deliberated and wisdom filled conclusion that could come only from somebody like a General Officer Commanding. Or is it? My own hunch is that it could come only from a General Officer that commands a Haati-marka ( elephant brand, as in Gajraj Corp) desi-meltory. Good thing it is not called a Bolodh-Corp ( Bull-corp), even though the comment is more apt for something like a goru-marka corp. **** Do netters think that the phenomenon is a result of of not having a law prohibiting it? What about insurgencies? Is it also a result of not having laws prohibiting it? What is the deliberative ability of this so-called GOC you think? Mind you he is not a self-styled one either! He is legit! Even with a name like BS Whatsmacallit. Such is the state of desi governance! And its security-wallas' intellect. **** I know desi-sekurity-wallas and spooks monitor our comments. Wonder if one of them would care to take the cue and explain. Perhaps in the columns of Outlook India? cm _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
