NDFB(S), KLO insurgents handed over to Assam Police

The following members of NDFB(S) and KLO were handed over to Assam police by Agency of Government of India. These militants were handed over to GOI by myanmar govt. On arrival they were subjected to proper medical check up and Currently all of them are under quarantine .

In another development, the Myanmar military handed over 22 northeast insurgents to the Indian government. As reported by Hindustan Times, the insurgents linked to Manipur and Assam were flown down by a private aeroplane.

The National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) was an armed separatist outfit which seeks to obtain a sovereign Boroland for the Bodo people. It is designated as a terrorist organisation by the Government of India.

NDFB traces its origin to Bodo Security Force, a militant group formed in 1986. The current name was adopted in 1994, after the group rejected Bodo Accord signed between the Government of India and ABSU-BPAC. The group has carried out several attacks in Assam, targeting non-Bodo civilians as well as the security forces.

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In particular, it has targeted Santhal, Munda and Oraon adivasis (tribals), whose ancestors had been brought to Assam as tea labourers during British Raj. Its involvement in attacks on Adivasis during Bodo-Adivasi ethnic clash during the 1996 Assam Legislative Assembly elections led to the formation of Adivasi Cobra Force, a rival militant group. After 1996, NDFB was also involved in conflicts with the militant group Bodo Liberation Tigers Force (which surrendered in 2003). Since 2000, NDFB has increasingly targeted Bangladeshi migrants in what it claims to be the Boro territory.

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