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INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2005 Assam<br />
Paneri police station. The army<br />
personnel filed an FIR at Paneri police<br />
station (Case No. 21/04 Under Section<br />
353/307/34 IPC read with Section 25 (I)<br />
(A)/27 of the Arms Act) claiming that<br />
the youths, suspected to be NDFB<br />
militants, were taken to Lakhimala near<br />
the Indo-Bhutan border to unearth some<br />
hidden weapons and they were killed in<br />
retaliatory action of the army when the<br />
youths fired upon them. 13<br />
On 30 April 2004, troops of 2<br />
Mountain Division allegedly entered the<br />
rented house of the Pranab Gogoi at<br />
Bordoloi Nagar area of Tinsukia town and<br />
shot him dead. The Tinsukia district<br />
administration <strong>report</strong>edly ordered a<br />
magisterial inquiry to probe the cause and<br />
circumstances of the death of Pranab<br />
Gogoi. 14<br />
On 13 September 2004, CRPF<br />
personnel stationed at Merapani area on<br />
Nagaland-Assam border in Wokha district<br />
<strong>report</strong>edly shot at two Naga youths riding<br />
a motorbike after the duo allegedly defied<br />
their instructions to stop. One of the youth,<br />
Khandemo Kiran was killed while the<br />
other, Lilamo Lotha, was seriously injured.<br />
The people of Merapani and Bhandari in<br />
Wokha district insisted that the CRPF men<br />
fired upon the duo without any<br />
provocation. 15<br />
On 20 November 2004, the army<br />
personnel allegedly killed one Bikash<br />
Baruah, an Ulfa cadre in Goalpara district<br />
of Assam after arresting him. The army<br />
personnel did not handover the dead body<br />
to the parents. The family members were<br />
22<br />
in<strong>for</strong>med only after cremation conducted<br />
without the knowledge of the family. 16<br />
On 26 November 2004, Birbol<br />
Narzary, a farmer of Janaguri under<br />
Gossaigaon police station of Kokrajhar<br />
district was killed by troops of the 11th<br />
Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry<br />
stationed at Soraibil. The army personnel<br />
claimed that Narzary was a hard-core<br />
NDFB militant. However, locals alleged<br />
that it was a pre-planed murder. Hundreds<br />
of people from across the district protested<br />
against the killing on 28 November 2004. 17<br />
The family members lodged an FIR at the<br />
Gossaigaon police station vide case No<br />
180/2004 on 27 November 2004 and the<br />
State government of Assam <strong>report</strong>edly<br />
ordered an inquiry on 1 December 2004<br />
into the killing. 18<br />
On 30 November 2004, a 35-year-old<br />
mother of four, Kunju Mushahary was<br />
killed and her husband was seriously<br />
injured when troops of the Gorkha<br />
Regiment stationed at Runikhata in<br />
Chirang district of Assam allegedly fired<br />
at their house at Samodwisa village under<br />
Basugaon police station. The army<br />
personnel claimed that Mushahary was<br />
caught in the crossfire when a patrol team<br />
was engaged in a gunfight with the<br />
members of the armed opposition groups. 19<br />
However, eyewitnesses including Kunju’s<br />
eldest daughter, 12-year-old Sapna<br />
Mushahary stated that on hearing gunshots<br />
and the cries of their parents, she rushed<br />
outside but was <strong>for</strong>ced back indoor by the<br />
troops. When her younger brother<br />
Mithikhang Mushahary rushed and
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