Monday, September 29, 2008

Assam ready to invite Black Widow for talks

Guwahati, Sep 29 : Following the green signal from the Centre, Asom Government is going to invite the Dimasa militant outfit, Black Widow, for discussion to work out the modalities for ceasefire, intelligence sources said.

According to sources, the State Police Department has already had a telephonic conversation with Black Widow “commander-in-chief” Niranjan Hojai, who is reportedly in Kathmandu along with the outfit’s chief Jewel Garlosa. Sources said the formal letter to the Dimasa outfit for talks will be handed over to its emissary within three days.
Both Garlosa and Hojai, according to sources, will be present at the meeting the venue of which has not been finalized as yet.

After the last Unified Command meeting on August 29, the State Government had sent a proposal to the Centre seeking its approval for discussion with the Dimasa outfit that has been in a unilateral ceasefire since March 29.

According to intelligence sources, the approval from the Centre for talks with the Dimasa outfit reached Dispur on Tuesday last.

Sources from NC Hills, on the other hand, link the latest move taken by Dispur and New Delhi on the terror front in the hill district with the forthcoming general election. According to sources, of late the Congress and its betenoire ASDC have been inching towards each other with the latter’s relationship with the BJP in the NC Hills Autonomous Council turning sour.

This development ahead of the Lok Sabha election has much to do in the political equation in the hill district.

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