The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU), Sadar Hills, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to authorities, demanding immediate action over the abduction and alleged torture of a civilian on October 2. The Committee warned that failure to apprehend the culprits within the stipulated time frame would compel them to “protect and defend” peripheral tribal areas through self-devised security measures.

In a strongly worded press statement released from Sadar Hills, CoTU accused the Government of India of neglecting repeated appeals to preserve the sanctity of buffer zones that once acted as safeguards between valley and hill communities. The group alleged that the withdrawal of security forces, particularly the 9 and 22 Battalions of the Assam Rifles, from those buffer areas was done "at the behest of a

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