16.01.2005 - Source:

Background information on Arunachal Dragon Force (ADF) [ID 6964]

"[...]The purported objectives of the outfit are the following:

(i) To create the pre-British era ‘Teola country’ of the Tai-Khamtis, an indigenous tribe of the State’s eastern provinces. The proposed map of the ‘Teola country’ comprises of the Lohit and Dibang districts of Arunachal Pradesh as well as the Sadiya subdivision in Tinsukia district in Assam.

(ii) To resist the domination of the Adi tribe, who have been accused of cornering the benefits of the developmental process in the State.
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