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INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2005 Assam<br />
<strong>report</strong>edly allotted 10 bighas of land in the<br />
<strong>for</strong>est villages by the British government<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e independence without giving any<br />
valid document. Though they have been<br />
living in the area <strong>for</strong> decades, the Forest<br />
Department issued them notice. The<br />
Border Road Task Force also occupied a<br />
hostel-cum-rest house meant <strong>for</strong> the tribals<br />
at Karimganj constructed by the DRDA. 74<br />
VIII. Assam State <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
Commission<br />
The Assam State <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
Commission (ASHRC) established in<br />
1996 has been facing serious financial<br />
crisis affecting its functioning and<br />
investigation in most of the cases. During<br />
2004-2005, the finance department<br />
sanctioned Rs 20 lakh which was Rs 2 lakh<br />
less than the allocation <strong>for</strong> the previous<br />
fiscal year. The State <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
Commission had requested Rs 1 crore. The<br />
sanctioned money was barely enough to<br />
disburse salaries to the employees of the<br />
organisation. The ASHRC could no longer<br />
investigate the complaints. A single visit<br />
by a team <strong>report</strong>ed costs about Rs 12,000. 75<br />
IX. Abuses by the armed<br />
opposition groups<br />
The armed opposition groups have<br />
been responsible <strong>for</strong> violations of<br />
international humanitarian laws by<br />
indiscriminate killings of civilians,<br />
kidnapping, hostage taking and extortions.<br />
The killings by the AOGs increased by 44<br />
per cent with the killing of 255 persons in<br />
2003-2004 as compared to 177 killings in<br />
30<br />
2002-2003. 76<br />
On 15 August 2004, 17 innocent<br />
school children were massacred in a bomb<br />
blast at Dhemaji district by the ULFA. 77<br />
On 17 August 2004, the ULFA <strong>report</strong>edly<br />
owned responsibility <strong>for</strong> the bomb blast. 78<br />
On 7 January 2004, suspected<br />
members of the ULFA allegedly shot dead<br />
Mahesh Agarwala at Rajoi under<br />
Lahdoigarh police station in Jorhat<br />
district. 79<br />
On 16 March 2004, Kuki armed<br />
groups allegedly shot dead three persons<br />
Suresh Rai, Maya Rai and Lalita Rai of the<br />
Nepali community in Thailung village<br />
under Diphu police station of Karbi-<br />
Anglong district. A group of seven<br />
labourers <strong>report</strong>edly went to collect ginger<br />
from a plantation area belonging to the<br />
Kuki community in Longnit. Four of the<br />
group managed to escape.<br />
On 15 April 2004, Master Hawan<br />
Narzary and Majibur Rahman were killed<br />
in a grenade attack by the alleged ULFA<br />
cadres at Ganeshguri, Guwahati. Fourteen<br />
persons including 11-month-baby Richu<br />
Ali were also injured in the attack. 80<br />
On 9 June 2004, at least 22 persons<br />
were injured, eight of them critically, when<br />
unidentified armed groups hurled a<br />
grenade inside the Paradise Cinema Hall at<br />
Tinsukia. 81<br />
On 9 June 2004, 10 members of the<br />
UPDS <strong>report</strong>edly shot dead three alleged<br />
supporters of the Communist Party of<br />
India (ML) at Anlang Antigaon village<br />
and injured eight others. They also set fire<br />
the office of the CPI (ML). 82
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