A two-member CBI team, headed by a special director, on Friday visited Kokrajhar district to collect information about the ethnic clashes in lower Assam districts which have claimed 77 lives.
‘The purpose of their visit is to collect preliminary information about the clashes and to ascertain the possible angle of their investigation,’ an official said after the arrival of CBI Special Director K Saleem Ali and Deputy Inspector General Satish Golcha in Kokrajhar.
With the police in four affected districts - Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri and Baska - registering 309 cases in connection with the violence, CBI is yet to decide on the cases it would investigate, the official said.
‘The team will closely work with the Assam Police to finalise the cases it would investigate,’ he said.
The two CBI officials met Chief Secretary N K Das and DGP J N Choudhury to discuss the different issues related to the violence, officials said.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on August 7 had recommended a CBI investigation into the violence.
Meanwhile, there was no fresh incident from the troubled districts with curfew relaxed during the day in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri, though night curfew would continue till further orders.
THE DAMAGE SO FAR
CHURCH CALLS FOR STEPS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT
The Presbyterian Church of India on Friday asked the Union and Assam government to expedite measures for restoring confidence among people and resolve the conflict which has displaced more than four lakh people recently.
The church executive committee, which met here on Thursday evening, resolved to send a joint peace mission team to visit the affected communities in the relief camps in both Assam and neighbouring areas of West Bengal.
Expressing grief and sympathy at the loss of so many lives, destruction of properties and displacement of such a large population in the clash, the committee asked both the Centre and state government of Assam to take prompt measures with tangible and long lasting solutions.
The committee has also asked its constituent units and members to pray for restoring peace and normalcy among different communities in Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Chirang and adjoining districts of lower Assam.
‘The purpose of their visit is to collect preliminary information about the clashes and to ascertain the possible angle of their investigation,’ an official said after the arrival of CBI Special Director K Saleem Ali and Deputy Inspector General Satish Golcha in Kokrajhar.
With the police in four affected districts - Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri and Baska - registering 309 cases in connection with the violence, CBI is yet to decide on the cases it would investigate, the official said.
‘The team will closely work with the Assam Police to finalise the cases it would investigate,’ he said.
The two CBI officials met Chief Secretary N K Das and DGP J N Choudhury to discuss the different issues related to the violence, officials said.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on August 7 had recommended a CBI investigation into the violence.
Meanwhile, there was no fresh incident from the troubled districts with curfew relaxed during the day in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri, though night curfew would continue till further orders.
THE DAMAGE SO FAR
- Number of deaths: 77
- People displaced: nearly 2 lakh sheltered in relief camps
- Districts affected: Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri, Baksa
- Forces deployed: State Police, CRPF, Central Paramilitary Forces, Army
- CBI has started probe, army on alert
CHURCH CALLS FOR STEPS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT
The Presbyterian Church of India on Friday asked the Union and Assam government to expedite measures for restoring confidence among people and resolve the conflict which has displaced more than four lakh people recently.
The church executive committee, which met here on Thursday evening, resolved to send a joint peace mission team to visit the affected communities in the relief camps in both Assam and neighbouring areas of West Bengal.
Expressing grief and sympathy at the loss of so many lives, destruction of properties and displacement of such a large population in the clash, the committee asked both the Centre and state government of Assam to take prompt measures with tangible and long lasting solutions.
The committee has also asked its constituent units and members to pray for restoring peace and normalcy among different communities in Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Chirang and adjoining districts of lower Assam.