'New Karbi outfit spreading tentacles'

Guwahati | Tuesday | 10th January, 2017

Summary:

Many other outlawed groups like Karbi National Volunteers, Karbi People's Front and Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front, too, followed the same path over the years. In the past, all Karbi insurgent outfits had the objective of securing statehood for the Karbis. The outfit is backed by NSCN-K and Ulfa (Independent)," the source added.Security sources said the insurgent group was raised in Myanmar in October last year. The outfit, however, is trying to lure local youths," said another source.Police are maintaining sharp vigil and are scrutinizing several suspected 'profiles' on various social networking sites. "Songbijit has been using social networking sites to issue extortion notes to many while he was heading NDFB(S)..