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Terrorists demands Rs.20 million from NEEPCO
By Assam on February 23, 2008
The 275 MW Kopili power project, run by the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO), is located in the Black Widows stronghold of Umrangshu in the district. It is in a heavily wooded and remote area.
The Black Widows, formed in 2003, is a breakaway faction of the Dima Halam Daogah (DHD) that is fighting for a homeland for the Dimasa tribes people who dominate the district of North Cachar Hills and some of its adjoining areas.
Led by rebel chieftain Jewel Garlossa, Black Widows was formed in opposition to the DHD’s Jan 1, 2003 ceasefire with New Delhi. Black Widow cadres have constantly clashed with their rival DHD cadres and several deaths have been reported in such clashes.
On Wednesday, Black Widow militants killed four workers of a cement company near Umrangshu and wounded three others in an ambush. On Thursday, Black Widow cadres attacked a camp of its rival DHD near Maibong, apparently with rocket launchers. A few days before that on Feb 12, Black Widow rebels ambushed a truck belonging to the power project, killing four NEEPCO workers and injuring two others.
NEEPCO officials said the rebels had snapped the 33 KVA line and a number of telephone lines to the Umrangshu plant of the Kopili Hydropower Project before the attack, disrupting power generation. The power plant was shut for more than a week following the attacks, leading to a severe power crisis in Assam.
After all these activities, we can say only one thing - these are just mindless youths. For that they are fighting? What they are doing for their own people? With Rs.20 million what they are planning to do? We are sure that they will use it to buy more arms to terrorize more people. Can’t they try to be self-employed by hard work? Or they are not ready to work like millions of other people? They just wants easy money?
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