This story is from October 27, 2014

Call for govt action in Bodoland Territorial Areas District to improve law and order

Several non-Bodo organizations under the banner of Sanmilita Janagosthiya Eikya Mancha (SJEM) have asked the state government for immediate intervention in controlling “deteriorating law and order situation” in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD)
Call for govt action in Bodoland Territorial Areas District to improve law and order
GUWAHATI: Several non-Bodo organizations under the banner of Sanmilita Janagosthiya Eikya Mancha (SJEM) have asked the state government for immediate intervention in controlling “deteriorating law and order situation” in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD).
SJEM alleged that over the years, law and order in BTAD had deteriorated to such an extent that common people, especially non-Bodos, were leading lives of extreme insecurity.

“Kidnapping, extortion, killings and militancy continue to affect people living in BTAD. There is no security. Law and order is fast going from bad to worse. The government has failed in its assurances to provide security to the common people of BTAD,” SJEM president Hiteswar Barman alleged.
Barman said that different ethnic, linguistic and religious groups reside in BTAD areas, and ensuring security to all sections of society was of paramount importance.
On the other hand, SJEM has called off its 24-hour strike from Monday after the government assured the organization of looking into its demand to improve law and order in BTAD.
Jamser Ali, president of BTAD Citizens’ Rights Forum (BCRF), one of the constituents of SJEM, said the strike was called off following assurance from the government on holding a high-level meeting within a week on the issue of security in BTAD.
“We are not supporters of strikes. But the situation has come to such a pass that we decided to call a strike to remind the government that it has failed to keep its promises. As the government has assured us to look into the issue of security of common people in BTAD, we have now withdrawn the strike,” said Ali, who is also the
spokesperson of SJEM.
SJEM said its member organizations had been democratically raising its concerns against the “pathetic” law and order condition in BTAD.
“What pains us the most is that despite reminding the government several times, almost nothing has been done to improve security in BTAD. Continuing kidnappings and killings are proof that a sense of insecurity still prevails among common people,” Ali added.
SJEM has also been demanding seizure of illegal arms from the hands of miscreants in BTAD so that killings are controlled.
“Government should also take immediate steps to nab the culprits involved in the murder of many innocent people in BTAD and freeing abducted persons. We also demand review of the Bodoland Territorial Council accord,” Ali said.
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