Fresh violence in Assam, 4 bodies found
6 Aug 2012 6:57 AM IST
Tension again gripped the violence-affected Kokrajhar and Chirang districts in Assam on Sunday after the recovery of four bodies – two in each district – where clashes between Bodos and Muslim settlers last month left 56 dead and displaced over four lakh people.
The development also led the district administration to impose indefinite curfew in Chirang from Sunday afternoon.
The inspector general of police, Bodoland Territorial Area District, S N Singh said that while two bodies were recovered from Kokrajhar, another two bodies were recovered from Bijni area in Chirang. 'The situation is tense but under control now. However, we have decided to clamp indefinite curfew in Chirang district while the night curfew is in force in Kokrajhar and Dhubri district,' Singh said. 'Two people were found missing from one of the relief camps in Chirang district since last evening. The bodies were recovered today morning,' he said.
Sources in the state home department said that additional reinforcements of police and paramilitary forces have been rushed to the affected areas, where forces are already deployed since the violence started last month. It started in the districts from 19 July and then spread to the neighbouring Dhubri and Baksa districts.
The Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi had earlier claimed that the situation had improved in the districts and that the displaced people would be sent to their homes with proper security by 15 August. He also said that security pickets would be set up in the affected areas. The police and security forces have identified 104 sensitive areas in the three districts, and the government had assured to deploy police pickets in all the sensitive areas.
According to government reports, the clashes saw around 5,000 houses belonging to both the communities burnt down during the violence. The government then set up 278 relief camps to accommodate the displaced people.
The development also led the district administration to impose indefinite curfew in Chirang from Sunday afternoon.
The inspector general of police, Bodoland Territorial Area District, S N Singh said that while two bodies were recovered from Kokrajhar, another two bodies were recovered from Bijni area in Chirang. 'The situation is tense but under control now. However, we have decided to clamp indefinite curfew in Chirang district while the night curfew is in force in Kokrajhar and Dhubri district,' Singh said. 'Two people were found missing from one of the relief camps in Chirang district since last evening. The bodies were recovered today morning,' he said.
Sources in the state home department said that additional reinforcements of police and paramilitary forces have been rushed to the affected areas, where forces are already deployed since the violence started last month. It started in the districts from 19 July and then spread to the neighbouring Dhubri and Baksa districts.
The Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi had earlier claimed that the situation had improved in the districts and that the displaced people would be sent to their homes with proper security by 15 August. He also said that security pickets would be set up in the affected areas. The police and security forces have identified 104 sensitive areas in the three districts, and the government had assured to deploy police pickets in all the sensitive areas.
According to government reports, the clashes saw around 5,000 houses belonging to both the communities burnt down during the violence. The government then set up 278 relief camps to accommodate the displaced people.
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