[1] Following non-implementation of the 1993 Bodo Accord, the erstwhile Bodo Security Force transformed itself into National Democratic Front of Bodoland with the stated goal of secession from India and the formation of a sovereign Bodoland.

The Christian dominated NDFB targeted the minority ethnic groups in the Bodo inhabited areas.

According to Assam police the NDFB insurgents were targeting Bengali Liberation Tigers cadres in the area.

[3] On 30 December 1997, at around 8 PM IST, a group of NDFB militants entered the Nislamari locality.

Twelve persons including a six-month-old baby and six women died on the spot.