The militant National Democratic Front of Boroland (Ranjan Daimary) on Saturday demanded the immediate release of its chief Ranjan Daimary from jail to salvage the ongoing peace process.
In a statement, NDFB (RD) general secretary B. Ohnjalu cautioned: “The government must prove its seriousness to expedite the peace process by releasing him and other leaders immediately. Any delay in releasing them may have serious repercussion in the peace process and the government will be responsible for it.”
The TADA court here sent Mr. Daimary to jail on September 29 after rejecting his plea for extension of interim bail in cases pending against him when the government reportedly informed the court that some of its cadres were still involved in subversive activities. Mr. Diamary was earlier released from jail on June 23, 2013, after three years of imprisonment, on conditional bail that was granted to him in all the 13 cases against him, including the one relating to the October 30, 2008 serial blasts in Assam in which the Central Bureau of Investigation named him as the prime accused and four TADA cases. The militant leader was arrested in 13 cases after he was handed over by Bangladesh to India on May 1, 2010.
The outfit accused the government of trying to “sabotage the hard earned peace process.” it also alleged that the five reported cases of violation of ceasefire ground rules were “false and fabricated” and were not connected with the 20 years old TADA cases. It also alleged no meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group which is constituted to monitor the ground rules violation by both sides, had been held over the past 11 months.
The NDFB (RD) signed tripartite Suspension of Operation with the Centre and the Assam government on November 29, 2013 to open dialogue. Mr. Ohnjalu alleged that even though the government had so far paid maintenance expenditure of the designated camps only for five months. The operation requires the cadres of the outfit to stay confined to designated camps.
