Hi All, The article just made me think - where are we actually heading to? If anyone watched AajTak news at 9 pm yesternight, there were videos showing the 24Nov violence in Ghy.... people beating tea labours like cruel, hair-raising and worth pondering.
"If violence cud've solve any issue, Hitler wud've been the most admired Man on earth." Regards, Swati Assam is worst hit by violence By MANOJ ANAND http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/assam-is-worst-hit-by-violence.aspx Guwahati, Jan. 16: Assam has acquired the dubious distinction of being the worst violence-hit state of India. If the crime analysis of the home ministry is any indicator, Assam accounts for death of more than 500 people in militant-related violence in 2007, which is more than Jammu and Kashmir and the Naxalite-hit state of Chhattisgarh. In fighting insurgency, at least 25 security force personnel lost their lives while they succeeded in neutralising 120 armed rebels. In this process, more than 290 civilians were killed by militants, taking the total death toll to 505 during the year in Assam. Chhattisgarh, which came second in terms of violence and death toll, recorded the death of about 300 persons out of which 200 were securitymen. Majority of the security force personnel lost their lives in Naxalite violence. Another trouble-torn state, Jammu and Kashmir came third with the total deaths at 271 during the year. However, in terms of number of incidents and number of militant outfits again another frontier state of Northeast, Manipur tops the list. Despite ceasefire with Naga insurgent groups, more than 150 people, including 45 civilians, were killed in Nagaland. Most of the violent attacks were the fallout of clashes between the two separatist outfits NSCN(I-M) and NSCN(K). Referring the Assam situation, security sources said that if the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom was responsible for majority of the civilians� killing, poorly administered area of North Cachar Hill district contributed as a breeding ground for the separatist outfits in Assam. Taking advantage of the situation, not only a tribal separatist group, Black Widow, hogged the limelight, but Naga insurgent groups too utilised the hills of Assam for giving training and arming two separatist outfits � the Adivasi National Liberation Army of Assam and Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front. Now, the Assam government has sought to impose a ban on these three separatists outfits which has strengthened their firepower with the outlawed Ulfa in Assam. Indicating that the crime analysis of the home ministry would be published soon, sources in the home ministry told this newspaper that in the runup to Republic Day, some militant outfits are also planning to realign themselves to increase coordination and exchange of arms ammunitions among themselves.
