Tura, Dec 30: Recently 15 (fifteen) peace loving educated youth from Garo Hills gathered in an undisclosed location to discuss about the violence in Garo Hills region. After many preliminary meetings, we, today, formed into Achik Peace Volunteers Council (APVC) with a mission to establish peace in garo hills. We will achieve our objective through appeal and persuasion.
Our technical team analyzed the crime inflicted upon the society in Garo Hills by the so called militant groups. GNLA, ANVC (B), UALA, LAEF and many other splinter groups committed heinous crimes in the past year. They took total 38 lives in 2103 that includes 7 security personnel and 31 innocent lives. Among the victims of Militancy, there is one Assistant Pastor, 2 Nokmas and 2 Government Officers. Total 14 traders and coal laborers were abducted for ransom. More than 5 innocents sustained injuries in Militant attacks. There were attacks on Petrol Pump, MPRO Station, numerous Trucks, Police Station, Forest Range Office, DMR gate, MTC Bus, Markets, Private Companies like BSC C&C, etc. They served demand notes from Church Missionaries to Meat Seller. Extorted Crores of hard earned money from civilians.
Find attached “2013 Garo Hills Crime Diary” which details the crime committed by militant groups.
After a detailed analysis, we have concluded that the militants in the Garo Hills have been doing simple business. It is business with the blood of innocents. Creation of terror in the minds of people is their investment. They kill or abduct a trader or a businessman or a civilian and the entire trading community or business community or the civil society dances to their tune. So the killing innocent people are their investments, which yields good return with crores of extorted money. They are criminals and should be punished according to the law of the land.
We are going to reach to every individual who is directly or indirectly assisting the militants. We will approach all the village elders who are providing shelter to the militants, the mothers who are cooking food for them, the persons who are passing information to them, the businessmen who are paying money to them with which they procure weapons and grow stronger, the middlemen who stash their money, the officers who pay to them out of fear, etc. and appeal to them to stop assisting the militants in their Blood Business. “We will not rest till peace is restored in the Garo Hills”.(SP News)
