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Fresh violence in Kokrajhar, three killed
Tuesday August 07, 2012 01:00:20 PM,
IANS
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Guwahati: Three people
were killed and two injured as fresh violence broke out in Assam's
communally volatile Kokrajhar district, police said Tuesday.
The killings took place Monday night, a day after four bodies were
recovered, prompting authorities to impose indefinite curfew in
Kokrajhar district and in the Dhubri and Bilasipara subdivisions
of Dhubri district.
According to an official, unidentified men killed three people and
injured two in the Raanighuli area on the Kokrajhar-Dhubri border
Monday night. Indefinite curfew has been imposed in the entire
district.
The two injured have been admitted to the Gauhati Medical College
and Hospital.
Tension escalated in the Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD)
that comprises Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri district.
Violence between the Bodos and Bengali speaking Muslims killed 56
people in the BTAD area last month, resulting in about 400,000
people being displaced.
On Sunday, four bodies were recovered, two in Kokrajhar and two in
Chirang.
Indefinite curfew, which had been in force in Chirang district
since Sunday, was Tuesday relaxed from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
A four member team of the National Human Rights Commission is in
Kokrajhar to take stock of the relief and rehabilitations
measures. The team will visit various relief camps in violence hit
areas for the next two days. So far, 116,000 people have returned
from relief camps and the administration has been able to close 95
relief camps.
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