Report of the Concerned Citizen Fact-finding Mission to the Assam

Citizens fact-finding mission to the conflict areas of Assam to take first hand information, of relief camps, vulnerabilities, meet district administration, officials,civil society with their objective of promoting peace and justice to the area under conflict.Reporting to media Gagan Sethi narrated the circumstance in which the entire episode started, rehabilitation, relief camps  short of requirments, rumours mills in actions causing polarisation of Bodo and Muslims. Larger fear psychosis created larger number of exodus of both communties reaching camps in three districts.Bodo's camp lesser in number is placed in kokhrajhar and muslims in Chirang and Dhubri districts needs more attention because of their more in numbers and are in pathetic situations.

 A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team would visit the ethnic violence-hit areas on Friday in lower Assam which remained incident-free on Thursday.

The CBI team as recommended by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is scheduled to visit the strife-torn districts on Friday, Additional DGP (Law and Order) AP Rout said in Guwahati.

On Wednesday four bodies were recovered from Kokrajhar, Baksa and Chirang districts taking the toll to 77 in the clashes which broke out on July 9 between Bodos and migrants.

"The situation in the violence-hit areas is under control and there is no fresh incident. The army is regularly conducting flag marches in the affected areas," Rout said.

The Chief Minister also called a special review meeting with top Army, police and paramilitary officials at his residence during the day.

The CBI will investigate certain cases of Assam clashes where conspiracy seems to have been involved and a senior official of the probe agency will visit the violence-hit state for the purpose.

"CBI will take over certain cases, wherein conspiracy seems to be involved, for investigation," Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde told the Lok Sabha replying to a discussion on the Adjournment Motion on the Assam violence moved by BJP leader L K Advani.

He said for this purpose, Additional Director, CBI and Joint Secretary (Northeast) in the Home Ministry were being deputed to Guwahati on Thursday.

After fresh incidents of violence were reported in lower Assam districts, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Gogoi decided to recommend a CBI probe into the clashes.