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11/16/2008: "Insinuations sans credible evidence come from malicious minds with a purpose. The press dutifully spreads them like truth. Boro Support Group"
The Boro Support Group www.borosupport.nl
A human rights organization
The Hague, November 17 2008
Insinuations sans credible evidence come from malicious minds with a purpose. The press dutifully spreads them like truth.
For the local press, save the Sentinel, and the Boro Territorial Council it is already fact: the National Democratic Front of Boroland, NDFB, is behind the recent gruesome serial blasts in Assam, Boro territory too. Not only that also dutifully the SATP is parroted and so the NDFB is a terrorist organization. This is the level crime investigators indulge in when they feed the non critical press thus condemning, but without evidence, the NDFB.
Are the local authorities right or would it have been wise and just to investigate those horrid attacks till clear cut proof was in their hands?
Knowing these politically motivated authorities should the press not have weighed the accusations before publishing that the NDFB was involved in the blast?
The Boro Support Group, BSG, asks these questions aloud because appearances can be deceptive and to condemn on the flimsiest of hunches means that the real perpetrators are being concealed. The BSG also questions Hagrama Mohiliary who jumped the ‘blaming the NDFB’ bandwagon without showing conclusive proof.
The Sentinel, a local newspaper, however dared to carry an article, see both articles below, in which family of the apprehended and accused Boro people express they had no idea why there relatives were arrested and branded as terrorists.
The Boro Support Group unequivocally states once more:
Should the NDFB be responsible for these terror crimes then we will not hesitate to condemn the NDFB too. However, until such time that this is not insinuated but the truth, it will stand by and back up the NDFB and the Boro nation.
Consequently the Boro Support Group
- Demands from the South Asean Terrorism Portal to publish the facts on their decision to brand the NDFB and other organizations defending their rights to self determination for their peoples
- Tells the press to be critical of what government agencies prescribe them to write and to investigate themselves on what evidence these Boros were charged with terrorism
- Criticizes the local authorities for instigating blame brought on by political motives
- Advises the Government of India to correct local authorities and investigating agencies or it will be judged for condoning their ways
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For more information bsg@borosupport.nl or visit our website www.borosupport.nl
Families of blasts accused describe plight at BWJF press conference
By our Staff Reporter Sentinel
GUWAHATI, Nov 13: The family members of the three arrested blasts accused — Mridul Basumatary, Phunkha Brahma and Rajib Soniary, claimed that the trio have been dragged into the case by the police investigating the October 30 serial blasts, even though they are innocent.
Lakheswari Basumatary, wife of Mridul, Lahoti Brahma, mother of Phunkha and Niren Soniari, uncle of Rajib, were present in the press conference called by the Boro Women Justice Forum (BWJF) at the Sahid Nayas here today, to describe their plight.
“I had not seen any car in our Gorchuk house before October 30, as police reportedly claimed,” said Lakheswari Basumatary, a typist in the Kamrup SP Office (Crime Branch) since 2007. Her husband Mridul, a former NDFB cadre, surrendered before the Guwahati police in April, 2003 and maintained a good relation with the police officials, she said.
Mridul even helped the police in their operations many times, she said. On the fateful day of the serial blasts, Mridul dropped her at her office at around 10 am as usual, she revealed. Mridul was picked up by the police from his Gorchuk house at around 11 am on November 6 for interrogation and finally arrested him on November 10. The police had kept him in Panbazar police station for about four days without any interrogation, she added.
Niren Soniari, uncle of Rajib Soniari and former president of the AABSU, revealed that the Borbori police had picked up Rajib at around 3 am on November 6 from their house at Barama, after tracking his mobile number at the call register of Thumri Narzary, one of the prime accused of the case. He said, Thumri was the class mate of Rajiv and both of them passed the HS Examination from the Baksa College. The childhood relation with a childhood friend can not be the reason for his detention, he said. Rajiv is a second year student of the Barama College and preparing for his examination, he added. Lahoti Brahma, mother of the Phunkha Brahma, claimed that his son was at the home on October 30, and did not go outside. She said Phunkha, the president of the South Guwahati unit of the AABSU and the resident of Datalpara in Fatasil area, met Thumri just few days back. The police had interrogated Phunkha several times, before arresting him finally, she revealed.
Hagrama lashes out at NDFB for blasts Correspondent Assam Tribune
KOKRAJHAR, Nov 14 – Hagrama Mohilary has strongly condemned NDFB’s involvement in the recent blasts in the State as suggested by various investigating agencies. He also alleged that the NDFB outfit under ceasefire is not only violating ground rules but in collaboration with external terrorist outfits like HUJI and ISI, carrying out destructive acts like the recent blasts. He claimed that NDFB in no way represents interests of Bodo societies and the outfit is rather a boycotted faction of the Bodo society. He further appealed that the Bodo society must not be blamed from any corner for the misdeed and violent acts of NDFB.
He lamented that all developmental activities in Bodoland area have been badly affected due to the incidents of violence in Udalguri.
