Guwahati: Karbi militant group KPLT continued its violence in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, killing a headman of a remote village late Saturday night.
Police said on Sunday Oli Hanse the headman of Sadailangso, a remote village under Bokoliaghat police station, was attacked and killed with sharp weapons by a group of about 12 Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers (KPLT) men.
The militants left the body in the courtyard of the village headman’s house.
The KPLT has been engaging in various incidents of attacks and assaults during its ongoing 300-hour bandh, called in support of autonomous state comprising Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts.
It had also attacked a police outpost during the bandh period.
A KPLT spokesperson was quoted by local television channels as stating that the group will continue with its activities till the autonomous state demand was met.
A team of Joint Action Committee for Autonomous State (JACAS), a joint forum of various organisations fighting for the autonomous state, met Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at Dispur on Sunday.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, JACAS leaders said the Chief Minister has assured of taking up their demands with the Centre and also arrange a tripartite meeting between officials of JACAS and the state and the Centre.
“The Chief Minister did not directly comment on our state demand. In a democratic country, the people have the right to demand anything,” they added.
The JACAS has set a deadline of August 14 for the government to announce the date for tripartite talks.
The chief minister later left for New Delhi to discuss the separate states demands arising in Assam and arrange tripartite discussions as demanded by the agitators.
All Bodo Students Union (ABSU), leading a separate Bodoland demand, took out a bicycle rally in Bodoland Territorial Autonomous districts and threatened of intensified movement if their demand for tripartite talks was not met by August 13 next. (UNI)