Fresh incidents of violence were reported Sunday from Assam's troubled Kokrajhar and Dhubri districts. The police recovered the body of a missing person near Bogribari area in Dhubri district on Sunday morning, while two people, including a woman, were injured in an attack by a group of miscreants in Salakati area of Kokrajhar district, a senior police officer said.
Five bodies were recovered from Chirang district on Saturday evening, following which an indefinite curfew was clamped in the district, which continued on Sunday.
Following the Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF) suspending its indefinite bandh to protest against the arrest of its legislator Pradeep Brahma on last Thursday, the indefinite curfew in Kokrajhar district was relaxed from 4 am to 9 pm on Sunday. Brahma was arrested for his alleged role in the violence.
The three districts of western Assam – Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri – have witnessed violent clashes between the Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslim settlers since 19 July, which have claimed 86 lives till Sunday.
The violence has displaced over four lakh people, the majority of whom are still living in relief camps in the three districts.
Five bodies were recovered from Chirang district on Saturday evening, following which an indefinite curfew was clamped in the district, which continued on Sunday.
Following the Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF) suspending its indefinite bandh to protest against the arrest of its legislator Pradeep Brahma on last Thursday, the indefinite curfew in Kokrajhar district was relaxed from 4 am to 9 pm on Sunday. Brahma was arrested for his alleged role in the violence.
The three districts of western Assam – Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri – have witnessed violent clashes between the Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslim settlers since 19 July, which have claimed 86 lives till Sunday.
The violence has displaced over four lakh people, the majority of whom are still living in relief camps in the three districts.