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Assam
communal violence death toll 12; army called in
Sunday July 22, 2012 06:45:55 PM, IANS
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Guwahati:
The death toll in the communal violence in Assam's Bodoland area
rose to 12 Sunday with police recovering three more bodies. The
army has been pressed into service to assist the security forces.
"The situation has improved since yesterday (Saturday) but it is
still tense. Army has been pressed into service and they are
assisting the police and paramilitary forces throughout the Kokrajhar district," S.N. Singh, the inspector general of police,
Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD), told IANS.
He said there had not been any fresh incident of violence in the
district, which is around 215 km from here.
"However, three people were abducted today from a passenger
vehicle in Chirang district close to Kokrajhar. This might be an
isolated incident also we are not taking any chances and an
investigation is on," he said.
Kokrajhar and Chirang fall under BTAD jurisdiction.
The night curfew (6 p.m. to 6 a.m.) imposed Friday in Kokrajhar
was still on, Deputy Commissioner Donald Gilsellon told IANS.
He said the 12 people who were killed in the violence included
members of the Bodo community and a religious minority.
He said six companies and two platoons of central paramilitary
forces had been deployed along with police battalions.
Meanwhile, the Assam government in a statement said the home
department was taking all measures to maintain law and order.
Ten additional senior Assam Police officials had been sent to the
district, it said, adding that the government had asked for more
paramilitary forces.
According to official sources, violence started after gunmen
attacked two student leaders -- Mohibul Islam and Abdul Siddique
Sheikh -- in Magurbari Thursday night.
Following the incident, four former Bodo militants were shot dead
Friday night. Another five people, including a 14-year-old boy,
were killed in the district Saturday.
Assam Transport Minister Chandan Brahma had on Saturday announced
Rs.3 lakh as compensation to the next of kin of the dead and
Rs.50,000 to those injured in the violence.
Kokrajhar falls under the jurisdiction of BTAD which is
dministered by Bodoland Territorial Council. the council came into
existence after the signing of a tripartite peace accord among
Bodo Liberation Tigers militants, the Assam government and the
Central government in February 2003.
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