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Assam Communal Riots: Death toll rises to 18
Monday July 23, 2012 08:39:35 PM, IANS
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Assam
communal violence death toll 12; army called in
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
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Guwahati: Communal
violence in Assam's Bodoland area continued unabated in Kokrajhar
and Chirang districts and also spread to new areas. With the toll
now 18, the administration has issued shoot-at-sight orders in
Kokrajhar and extended night curfew indefinitely in both
districts.
Out of the 18 deaths, 14 were reported from Kokrajhar and four in
Chirang.
"We have issued shoot-at-sight orders in Kokrajhar district. The
night curfew which was on in both the districts had been extended
for an indefinite period. So far, 14 people have died in Kokrajhar
and four in Chirang," Inspector General of Police, Bodoland
Territorial Area District, S.N. Singh told IANS.
"People have abandoned their houses and shifting to relief camps.
Some miscreants from both the communities are also taking
advantage of the situation and are setting the abandoned houses
ablaze," he added.
The ongoing violence also spread to Dhubri district in Lower Assam
Monday forcing the district administration to impose night curfew
in certain pockets.
"Curfew had been imposed in some sensitive areas under five police
stations in the district -Dhubri, Gouripur, Golakganj, Bilasipara
and Chapar," Dhubri Deputy Commissioner K.C. Kalita told IANS.
The All Minority Students Union (AMSU) had also called a 24-hour
shutdown in the district Monday in protest against the violent
attacks of minority community in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts.
"Police had to resort to blank firing in Gouripur and Golakganj
area of the district after some bandh supporters tried to close
shops forcefully. Some of the bandh supporters also damaged the
office of Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF) in Gauripur town," said
Dhubri Superintendent of Police Pradip Saloi.
BPF is ruling the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) which runs
the administration of the BTAD areas.
Meanwhile, Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain and Food and
Civil Supplies Minister Nazrul Islam visited some of the
violence-affected areas of Kokrajhar district Monday and reviewed
the law and order situation.
Earlier in the day, an alert has been sounded in ten districts on
the north bank of the Brahmaputra following communal violence in
the Bodoland area, officials said Monday.
The army has been called in to help police and paramilitary forces
in Kokrajhar and Chirang.
The National Disaster Response Force and the Assam Forest
Protection Force are also being deployed in the districts to
assist the civil and police officials.
According to official sources, the violence started after gunmen
attacked two student leaders in Magurbari Thursday. Following
this, four former Bodo militants were shot dead Friday.
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