[Assam] NDTV video report- Assam burning (violence in Kokrajhar)

[Babul Gogoi]

http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/7131.html

Char inhabitants contributed to arson

The blood bath between indigenous Bodos and Bengali Muslim settlers in
and around Kokrajhar kept normalcy out of bounds since it broke out on
July 20. With large-scale displacement of both communities in and
outside the Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts, the situation
is yet grim. According to Moidul Islam of Bilasipara, thousands of
people from the chars entered Bilasipara on Tuesday and burnt down
Bodo dominated villages bordering Bilasipara. Trapped between flood
waters and gun shots rained by ambushing suspected NDFB militants, 8
died on the spot. Due to incessant rain thousands who contributed to
arson, took refuge in relief camps alongwith the actually displaced,
unable to return in the face of the night.

Violence ridden Bengali Muslim settlers also damaged vehicles
belonging to indigenous Muslims at Bijni yesterday when they were
denied vehicles for ferrying. Even Bodos attacked an indigenous Muslim
village at Chirang, stated Hafizul Ahmed, GS, Goriya-Moria-Desi Jatiya
Parishad. "It is not a good indigation to take the indigeous Muslims
in the light of the Bengali Muslim settlers," he said. Meanwhile the
Goverment of Assam has set up some 126 relief camps and stepped up
food and civil supplies. Assam CM Tarun Gogoi and his counterpart
Hagrama Mohilary are hopeful of normalcy after the deployment of
adequate security forces. Government put the number of people killed
at 42 including those killed in police firing but actual numbers are
much more  than ascertained.

On 7/26/12, Ram Dhar <ramdhar at hotmail.com> wrote:
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