Information About Incident 33626-62253-146465 in Jhansi India

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Intelligence sources said on May 31 that seven former Naga insurgents, who deserted the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN IM) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Khaplang (NSCN-K), continued to maintain links with the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) and Liberation of Achik Elite Force (LAEF) to extort money from coal exporters and other traders in the coal belts of West Khasi Hills and Garo Hills, reports Shillong Times.

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Intelligence sources said on May 31 that seven former Naga insurgents, who deserted the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN IM) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Khaplang (NSCN-K), continued to maintain links with the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) and Liberation of Achik Elite Force (LAEF) to extort money from coal exporters and other traders in the coal belts of West Khasi Hills and Garo Hills, reports Shillong Times. "The Naga men normally go back to their State after collecting huge amount of money through extortion in Meghalaya," the sources said. Intelligence sources also said that former NSCN cadres involved in extortion in Meghalaya were planning to form a new militant outfit that could be more powerful than the NSCN-IM and NSCN-K. Many coal exporters from and outside the State have incurred huge losses due to the ongoing extortion drive jointly launched by cadres of the NSCN, HNLC and LAEF. Militants threat is reported to have forced several coal exporters to leave the coal belt areas recently. There were reports that the Tripura-based National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) was supporting the HNLC''s extortion drive in the district where coal exporters and managers of various cement plants were made to pay money to militants.

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33626-62253-146465 6/2/2008 India Former NSCN militants linked to HNLC and LAEF in extortion drive in Meghalaya

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