Assam: Ex-MLA Hitesh Basumatary arrested, AK47, M16 seized

On Saturday, seventh January 2023, Assam police arrested former MLA Hitesh Basumatary and his two accomplices for allegedly making an attempt to drift a terrorist group. When the police searched the previous MLA Hitesh Basumatary’s residence within the Kokrajhar district, they discovered two rifles – an AK-47 and an M16 – together with greater than 100 stay bullets.

The different two arrested are recognized as Daorao Deshreb Narzary, Executive president of Bodoland Jatiya Saruksh Manch, and Vikram Daimary, president of Bodoland Kontark affiliation.

Kokrajhar Superintendent of Police Pushpraj Singh mentioned, “The police arrested the ex-MLA of the Chapaguri assembly constituency. Police also recovered one AK series rifle with magazine, 126 rounds of AK ammunition, one M-16 rifle with magazine, and 9 rounds ammunition.”

He additional mentioned, “They were conspiring to form a new terror organization. Based on that, they were arrested. We produced Hitesh Basumatary and two others in a local court and it sent them to five-day police remand.”

When requested in the event that they had been making an attempt to drift the group within the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), he mentioned that the police will make all the small print public after questioning the three males.

The police have registered a case towards them beneath sections 120 (B), 121, 121(A), 122, 124(A) of the IPC, sections 16, 17, 18, 18(A), 18(B), 19, 20, 21 of the UAPA and part 66 of the IT Act.

Hitesh Basumatary, a Bodoland People’s Front chief, triumphed within the 2011 Assembly elections from the Chapaguri constituency. Additionally, he held the place of Executive Member of the Bodoland Territorial Council.

Hitesh Basumatary is a pacesetter of the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) led by Hagrama Mohilary, a former militant chief. Mohilary was the chief of the Bodo militant group Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT), however later he surrendered and fashioned BPF in 2005. A lot of former militants joined the celebration after returning to the mainstream. BPF was a part of NDA and was a part of the Sarbananda Sonowal led BJPgovrnment within the state. But it joined UPA forward of the 2021 Assam meeting elections after BJP determined to dump it to type an alliance with UPPL, BPF’s rival celebration within the Bodo area.

Following the signing of a trilateral settlement in January 2020 by representatives of the Centre, the Assam authorities, and the Bodo individuals, together with all factions of the terrorist group National Democratic Front of Bodoland, violence has decreased within the BTR.