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Rebel outfit not to attend meet

Guwahati: The militant United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) of Karbi Anglong on Monday decided not to attend the meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) scheduled for December 21.

The rebel group currently engaged in a ceasefire with the Centre said in a statement that they have decided not attend the meeting in protest against arrest of nine of its. It has also decided not to send their cadres to the designated camps till their arrested cadres were released.

The outfit's publicity secretary Tung-Eh Nongloda said nine unarmed cadres were arrested by police at Dokmoka in the hill district on Monday while they were going to JMG camp.

The JMG meeting was scheduled to discussthe issue of violation of ground rules of ceasefire by UPDS cadres such as moving about with arms and indulging in violence, official sources said.

The UPDS signed a ceasefire agreement with the Centre on May 23, 2002. It was to reiterate its demand for shifting of the designated camp of the rival militant outfit Dima Halam Daogah(DHD) from Dhansiri area of Karbi Anglong. The DHD signed a ceasefire agreement on January 1, 2003.

The internecine war between the two militant outfits claimed more than 100 lives in Karbi Anglong and rendered over 50,000 people homeless since September 26.

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