NIA court sentences NDFB(S) cadre to 7-year jail in Sonitpur tribal massacre case

A special NIA court Wednesday sentenced an NDFB(S) cadre to seven years' imprisonment in a 2014 case of a tribal massacre in Sonitpur district of Assam in which 30 people were killed, officials said. Khamrei Basumatary was also slapped with a fine of Rs 10,000 by the court in Guwahati, they said.

"The accused was the 2nd Lieutenant of proscribed organization NDFB-S and harbored main accused, Ajoy Basumatary and Dilip Basumatary, at a house in Kohima," the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said in a statement. The case was registered at Bishwanath Chariali police station on December 25, 2014, and subsequently taken over by NIA.

"​The case pertains to the terrorist attack on December 23, 2014, by NDFB(S) cadres killing 30 persons belonging to Adivasi Community at 9 and 10 No. line of Sonajuli area under Biswanath Chariali Police Station," it said.