[Assam] Assam villages burnt down - From the BBC

[Ram Sarangapani]

This from the BBC. One would hope this brings about the same levels of
protests and condemnations when a member of the Indian army goes awry!
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 Four Indian villages burnt down  - BBC News
*Armed residents of India's north-eastern state of Nagaland have burnt down
villages in the neighbouring state of Assam, police say. *

Two villagers were killed when hundreds of Nagaland residents crossed the
border and torched four settlements in Geleki, in Sibsagar district.

More than 20 villagers have been injured in the attack, police said.

Nagaland claims part of Assam as its own territory, while Assam says some of
its land has been occupied by Nagaland.

Assam police official DK Pathak told the BBC that nearly 100 houses were set
on fire by armed villagers from Nagaland in Geleki early on Thursday.

Many villagers have fled the area of the attacks in panic.

*'Forcible occupation *

Nagaland was created as a separate state by carving the former Naga Hills
district out of Assam in 1963 after a rebellion broke out there in 1956.

 The separatist National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) has been
demanding integration of all Naga inhabited territories of Assam, Manipur
and Arunachal Pradesh with the state of Nagaland to create a greater Naga
state.

Nagaland claims thousands of square kilometres of territory in Assam as its
own.

Assam alleges that Nagaland has forcibly occupied a huge area of its
territory, declaring it an administrative sub-division of its own called
Niuland.

Angry Nagas burnt down 10 government schools in Manipur state on Wednesday.
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