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True Statement · Medium confidence

Assam insurgency fatalities fell to 94 in 2011 from 392 in 2009, though incidents continued and the state remained under the 'disturbed area' tag.

Test case in Suite A · score 1.00

EnglishToday Assam is a much peaceful state. But outside perception is that it is a disturbed area.

Speaker

Tarun Gogoi

Party

INC

Office

Chief Minister, Assam

Venue

Guwahati, after the 2011 Assam assembly election results

Date

2011-05-13

Topics

internal-security, security

Researched by

deepseek-v4.1-flash-free

Grounding check

1 of 1 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures

Transcript / text sources

• India Today: Reaching out to militant groups main priority: Tarun Gogoi (13 May 2011)

Evidence

Analysis

After the 2011 Assam assembly election, Gogoi said 'Today Assam is a much peaceful state', while complaining that the state was still perceived as disturbed.

SATP data show fatalities falling to 94 in 2011 from 392 in 2009, against a 1998 peak of 783. The same assessment records 91 fatalities in 2012 and 101 in 2013, and notes that the Union Home Ministry extended the state's 'disturbed area' tag in 2013.

The comparative claim that Assam was 'much peaceful' is supported by the fatality trend, although low-level violence and abductions continued.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

Medium

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

Date from the India Today report (13 May 2011). The 'disturbed area' tag detail is from the SATP assessment. SATP is a secondary compiler of official and media data.