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The '''secret killings of Assam''' (1998–2001)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/secret-killings-in-assam-400-people-murdered-but-no-one-killed-them-1448896038.html|title=Secret killings in Assam: 400 people murdered. But no one killed them|website=catchnews|archive-date=30 November 2015}}</ref> was probably the darkest chapter in [[Assam]]'s political history when relatives, friends, and sympathisers of [[ULFA]] insurgents were systematically killed by unknown assailants.<ref>[[United Liberation Front of Asom#Secret killings of ULFA family members|Secret killings of ULFA family members]]</ref><ref>[http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/ghost-of-secret-killings-haunts-agp_100238074.html Ghost of ’secret killings’ haunts AGP]</ref><br />
These [[extra-judicial]] murders happened in Assam between 1998 and 2001.<ref>''Secret Killings of Assam'', published by the Nanda Talukdar Foundation, Guwahati</ref><br />
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During the government of [[Asom Gana Parishad]] (AGP) leader [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]], a number of family members of ULFA leaders were assassinated by unidentified gunmen. With the fall of this government following elections in 2001, the secret killings stopped. Investigations into the killings culminated in the report of the "Saikia Commission", presented to the Assam Assembly November 15, 2007. The report provides details about the killings, which were organized by [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta|Prafulla Mahanta]] in his role as the Assam Home Minister, and executed by the police, with cooperation from the [[Indian Army]]. The actual killers were surrendered elements of the ULFA, who would approach their targets at home, at night, knocking on the door and calling out in [[Assamese language|Assamese]] to allay suspicion. When the victims answered the door, they were shot or kidnapped to be shot elsewhere.<br />
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in August 2005 constituted the Justice K N Saikia Commission of enquiry. The Commission submitted its [https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Secret+Killings+Assam%22 Secret Killings of Assam's Report] part by part and the action taken report was submitted on October 15, 2007, the digitized version of the report can be downloaded from Archive.org <ref>[https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Secret+Killings+Assam%22]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Assam conflict]]<br />
* [[Assamese Separatist Movement]]<br />
* [[Assamese nationalism]]<br />
* [[Kakopathar Massacre]]<br />
* [[North-East India]]<br />
* [[Royal Bhutan Army#2003 Operation: All Clear|Operation All Clear]]<br />
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[[Category:1998 establishments in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:2001 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:1998 murders in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:1999 murders in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:2000 murders in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:2001 murders in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:1990s in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:2000s in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:1990s murders in India]]<br />
[[Category:2000s murders in India]]<br />
[[Category:Assamese nationalism]]<br />
[[Category:Counterinsurgency]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Terrorism in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Political repression in India]]<br />
[[Category:Extrajudicial killings]]<br />
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