Assam violence toll mounts to 40
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The death toll in Assam's Udalguri and Darrang districts, dogged by clashes between Bodos and illegal Bangladeshi migrants, rose to 40 on Monday with the violence spreading to neighbouring Chirang district.
Miscreants killed two people, including a pregnant woman, and injured two others in Chirang district, which led to blockade of the National Highway 31(C) by Bodo protesters, the police said.
The death toll now stood at 40 with 15 people dying in police firing alone, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told reporters in Guwahati.
"Five hundred houses had been set ablaze so far and over one lakh people had taken shelter in relief camps," Gogoi said.
Four companies of BSF were deployed in violence-hit areas and two more companies were on their way, he said.
He added that helicopters were patrolling to spot mobs in the troubled areas where shoot-at-sight orders were in force.
No fresh incident was reported from worst-hit Udalguri and Darrang districts where indefinite curfew had been clamped with the army staging flag marches.
The Chief Minister, who had yesterday claimed that a section of NDFB cadre could be behind the violence, asked the outfit, which is under a ceasefire agreement with the Centre, to stay in their designated camps.
The army has deployed 10 companies in Udalguri and Darrang districts to control the situation, Gogoi added.
An all-party delegation led by Asom Gana Parishad President Chandra Mohan Patowary has also visited the affected
areas.
Besides the delegation, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Tourism Minister Rockybul Hussain, Education minister Gautam Bora, Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma, Transport Minister Chandan Brahma and Public Health Minister Rihon Daimary were also camping in the two districts.
The clashes started on Thursday last week after a group of people, belonging to a minority community, allegedly stole cattle from Bodo-dominated Mohanpur village in Udalguri.
Later on the violence spread to Darrang district also after which the district administration imposed an indefinite curfew in the area.
Udalguri Deputy Commissioner George Basumatary was transferred and Superintendent of Police Anup Kumar Singh suspended for dereliction of duty and replaced by Kamal Mahanta and A K Tiwari respectively.
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Miscreants killed two people, including a pregnant woman, and injured two others in Chirang district, which led to blockade of the National Highway 31(C) by Bodo protesters, the police said.
The death toll now stood at 40 with 15 people dying in police firing alone, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told reporters in Guwahati.
"Five hundred houses had been set ablaze so far and over one lakh people had taken shelter in relief camps," Gogoi said.
Four companies of BSF were deployed in violence-hit areas and two more companies were on their way, he said.
He added that helicopters were patrolling to spot mobs in the troubled areas where shoot-at-sight orders were in force.
No fresh incident was reported from worst-hit Udalguri and Darrang districts where indefinite curfew had been clamped with the army staging flag marches.
The Chief Minister, who had yesterday claimed that a section of NDFB cadre could be behind the violence, asked the outfit, which is under a ceasefire agreement with the Centre, to stay in their designated camps.
The army has deployed 10 companies in Udalguri and Darrang districts to control the situation, Gogoi added.
An all-party delegation led by Asom Gana Parishad President Chandra Mohan Patowary has also visited the affected
areas.
Besides the delegation, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Tourism Minister Rockybul Hussain, Education minister Gautam Bora, Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma, Transport Minister Chandan Brahma and Public Health Minister Rihon Daimary were also camping in the two districts.
The clashes started on Thursday last week after a group of people, belonging to a minority community, allegedly stole cattle from Bodo-dominated Mohanpur village in Udalguri.
Later on the violence spread to Darrang district also after which the district administration imposed an indefinite curfew in the area.
Udalguri Deputy Commissioner George Basumatary was transferred and Superintendent of Police Anup Kumar Singh suspended for dereliction of duty and replaced by Kamal Mahanta and A K Tiwari respectively.
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Bodo rebels involved in ethnic cleansing
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