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An Organised Assault on Border Security Personnel Twenty Muslim individuals, including four women, have been arrested following a violent assault on Border Security Force (BSF) personnel along the Ashabari–Rahimpur road under Sonamura in Tripura’s Sepahijhala district. The violence followed a BSF operation on the morning of 2nd November, when BSF personnel intercepted a smuggling operation …
One of the most dangerous political developments in Manipur is the growing entanglement between armed organisations and electoral politics. For years, several insurgent groups operating in the state have pursued a strategy that combines an armed military wing with a political front. The objective is not necessarily to capture political power through conventional democratic mobilisation, …
A Crackdown Uncovers a Crisis of Accountability A joint operation by the Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Manipur Police and CoBRA personnel on 23rd October has exposed disturbing violations of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) ground rules. 8 people posing as cadres of the Kuki National Army (KNA) and 9 more …
The arrest of suspected Kuki armed extremists L. Kipgen, H. Misao and S. Haokip at Phailengkot village in Kangpokpi district on the morning of 20th October marks a significant development in the investigation into the deadly Sunorok hills ambush that claimed the lives of Arubam Ronil, Lairenlakpam Inaobi and Kshetrimayum Sushil. A major cache of …
Bangladeshi National Abdul Khayer Choudhury had lived in India under the guise of a Hindu holy man for 15 years, travelling across the country, gathering disciples and practising faith-based rituals and traditional healing. His remarkable run came to an abrupt end not through a sophisticated intelligence operation, but through the questions of ordinary residents at …
A midnight movement near India’s porous Bangladesh frontier turned into a major border-security interception with BSF detaining 25 Bangladeshi nationals along with an Indian cross-border trafficker near Lohaganj–Panchnagar under South Dinajpur District of West Bengal. The group was intercepted in the early hours of 6 October while allegedly attempting to cross back into Bangladesh’s Thakurgaon …
The Tangkhul Aze Katamnao Long (TAKL), also known as the Southern Tangkhul Students’ Union, held a press conference in Imphal warning that vulnerable indigenous Naga communities along Manipur’s international border could seek assistance from neighbouring countries, including China, if the Centre and Manipur government failed to protect them on 29th September. The statement provoked understandable …
Terrorism no longer needs a safe house, a border crossing or a clandestine meeting in a darkened room. It can begin with a smartphone, an encrypted messaging platform and a steady stream of ideological propaganda. The latest National Investigation Agency (NIA) crackdown across is another stark reminder of how militant networks are attempting to exploit …
There is something profoundly revealing about an armed movement documenting itself. For years, insurgent organisations depended on secrecy. Today, the smartphone has changed the equation. Fighters can become influencers, camps can become content and footage intended for an audience of sympathisers can leave behind a remarkably detailed digital trail. That trail now warrants serious scrutiny …
The detention of seven suspected Kuki militants, including a church leader, by personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force’s CoBRA unit near Chawangkining village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on 19th September was followed by violent protests, road blockades and demands for their immediate release. From Protest to Coercion: How Violence Paralyzed NH-2 The seven detainees …
