Terrorist Incidents in Sikkim, India

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Event ID Date State Event
67730-138606-351784 2/4/2014 Sikkim The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials on February 3 arrested a smuggler, Dilip Kumar and recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value of INR 3, 38, 000 from a bus near Matiyarwa Chown in Areraj Police Station area in Bihar's East Champaran District, reports Business Standard.
65908-133765-339208 10/14/2013 Sikkim Taking a cue from the North East where the State government and the Centre have successfully funded various agriculture and horticulture projects to transform militants, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) is planning a similar initiative in the five worst Naxal-[Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)]-affected States to help the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres surrender arms and earn their livelihood, reports The Hindu on October 13.
63828-128741-326409 6/18/2013 Sikkim Suspected Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants lobbed a grenade at Williamnagar Police Station in East Garo Hills District on June 16, reports The Shillong Times.
63346-127660-323759 5/21/2013 Sikkim Nagaland Post reports that the GNLA has again threatened to kill Meghalaya Congress legislator Limison D. Sangma for not complying with their extortion demands, Police said May 20. We have been informed by the legislator that the GNLA has issued a death penalty' for not complying with their extortion demands, Mukesh Kumar Singh, the district police chief of West Garo Hills, said.
63247-127430-323149 5/13/2013 Sikkim Meanwhile, a cadre of Breakaway faction of Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC-B) identified as Wesfield C Marak alias Dakchak was arrested by the Police while he was extorting money from traders of Williamnagar market in East Garo Hills District on May 10.
57566-114025-288866 9/5/2012 Sikkim Kanglaonline reports that a top cadre of the Manipur based People's Liberation Army (PLA) identified as one lieutenant' Athokpam Surchandra alias Ningthou was arrested by a team of the Border Security Force (BSF) from Shillong in East Khasi Hills District on September 3.

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The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.