More
than 77 people had lost their lives and scores were injured with nearly four
lakh rendered homeless in one of the worst-ever clashes recently.Meanwhile,
Assam government
VIOLENCE IN KOKRAJHAR
(Nine injured in
fresh violence in Kokrajhar)
Fresh violence gripped this trouble-torn Assam district
leaving at least nine seriously injured while unrest spread to Kamrup (rural)
which reported arson and police firing on Thursday16th August,2012.“Around
12.30 pm miscreants threw acid on an autorickshaw carrying members of a
minority family at Gossaigaon town of Kokrajhar district seriously injuring
nine travellers,” police said.The situation in the town was tense since the
incident and the injured were taken to nearby Dhubri civil hospital for
treatment, they said.Night curfew is on in the district from 9 pm, while day
curfew had been relaxed.
Violence spread to Kamrup (rural), which had been
unaffected in the recent Bodo-minority immigrants violence, where a group of
people torched several vehicles at Rangiya area during the day.A bus on way to
Guwahati was set ablaze at Bhatkuchi, while several other vehicles stranded on
the highway were damaged and a wooden bridge set afire at Kekahati by a mob
protesting against the torching of a car at Gandhibari in neighbouring Baksa
district on Wednesday night, police said.The driver of the car had gone missing
since the incident.The mob, which blocked Udiana Chowk in Rangiya in protest
since early morning, also tried to attack the vehicle of Rangiya SDO Barnali
Deka, forcing the police to use tear gas and fire in the air to disperse them.
Deka was, however, reported to be safe, the police said.The army staged a flag
march at Rangiya area after the incidents, the sources said, adding top
district officials are also camping there.The situation in Kamrup (Rural) was
stated to be tense but under control.
has intensified security in and around Guwahati railway
station where two special trains carrying panic stricken students and
professionals are expected to reach here tomorrow from Bangalore.“We do not
want the situation to aggravate as the passengers will be thronged by the
electronic media and any unwanted statement may have an impact over the
volatile situation,” a senior police official said.
Prof. John Kurakar
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