Fresh violence in parts of lower Assam
Fresh violence broke out in parts of lower Assam claiming five lives and pushing the overall toll to 61 on Sunday.
Three
bodies bearing bullet wounds were found in Chirang and two from
Kokrajhar district, where one person is reported missing, police said.Chirang
Superintendent of Police Kumar Sanjiv Krishna said the three - father
and his two sons - had left the camp for displaced persons at Kawatika
village of Chirang district in the afternoon on Saturday and their
bodies were found on Sunday.
"They
left the camp without informing anybody and without any security. Since
then they were untraced. Today we found their bodies at Borlangshu
village at Chirang district," he said on Sunday.
Tension
prevails in Chirang districts following recovery of the bodies and
there are reports of minority community protesting on the streets
against the death of the three men.
Inspector
General of Police (Bodoland Territorial Areas District) S N Singh said
that two more bodies have been recovered from Kokrajhar, while one
person was reported missing.
Additional
reinforcements of police and para military forces have been rushed to
the affected areas, where forces are already deployed since the outbreak
of Bodo-Muslim clashes in July, Singh said.
Night
curfew continues in Kokrajhar and Chirang, which are part of Bodoland
Territorial Autonomous Districts, and Dhubri, which is outside it
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