India: More bodies recovered in Assam, death toll in militant attacks rises
Mar 05, More bodies were recovered today, taking the toll well oover 50 in the violence unleashed by militants in two of Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Administration Districts since Thursday, even as the state government decided to hand over the investigation to the NIA.
The nine bodies, including four children and two women, were recovered from Khagrabari village under Salbari sub-division adjacent to the Manas National Park in Baksa district, official sources said.
The mayhem started on Thursday when heavily armed militants shot dead three members of a family, near Ananda Bazar area in the same district. This was followed by firing by insurgents at Balapara-I village in neighbouring Kokrajhar district on Friday which left eight persons dead and several others injured.
Last night, 12 bullet-riddled bodies, including those of five women and a child, were recovered from Nankekhadrabari and Nayanguri villages in Baksa district where nearly 100 houses and a wooden bridge were set ablaze by the ultras.
Police fired in the air after a mob armed with spears and sticks tried to set ablaze a forest range office at Basbari in Baksa district this morning, the sources said. This led hundreds of people to flee their homes with some taking shelter in two relief camps. Of the four districts in the BTAD Baksa, Kokrajhar Udalguri and Chirang, the first two were affected.
The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) was suspected to have been behind the attack, however they denied involvement. They claimed that it was “a political conspiracy by Assam government to trigger clashes between two communities.”
Press journalist for HRo media – Saurab Nag, contributed to this report.
Category: International
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