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Assam death toll rises to 72, Rajnath, Rijiju reaches Guwahati
Guwahati, Dec 24 (IBNS): At least ten people were killed in Assam in a fresh violence on Wednesday taking the death toll in the state to 72 where at least 62 people were killed by NDFB (S) faction in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur district and rests lost their lives in reprisals.
At least three people were killed and several injured including five journalists in Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district in police firing incident on Wednesday.
More than two thousand people came out at Dhekiajuli and protested against the innocent people killings.
The protesters gheraod the Dhekiajuli Police Station and demanded security for villagers.
The situation turned violent when police resorted to lathi charge and firing on protesters.
At least three people were killed and several others were injured in the police firing incident.
Meanwhile, suspected miscreants killed at least two Bodo community people in Chiang district on Wednesday morning.
During the attack, three others were injured and they were then rushed to a hospital.
In another incident, miscreants killed four persons at Bihali Bedeti area in Sonitpur district on Wednesday.
In a separate incident, protesters has set ablaze at least 90 houses at Udalguri weekly market.
At least 19 protesters were injured in the police firing incident at Udalguri.
Miscreants set ablaze at least 300 houses in the trouble torn districts.
Thousands people have fled from their villages and took shelter at different places.
District administration has imposed curfew in Kokrajhar, Sonitpur, Chiang, Baska and Udalguri district.
The Eastern state of Assam has been put on high alert as the death toll keeps rising.
The Indo-Bhutan border in lower Assam has been also been sealed, said reports.
Following the massacre, Assam CM Tarun Gogoi has called a high level security meeting in Guwahati.
Earlier in the day, he said that such incidents are unacceptable and that the governments of India or Assam will never surrender.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, MOS Home Kiren Rijiju and Union Minister Jewel Oram arrived at Guwahati on Wednesday evening and they took part in a Unified Command meeting to tackle the insurgency problem in the state.
The NDFB is an armed separatist outfit which seeks to obtain a sovereign Bodoland for the Bodo people in Assam, India. It is designated as a terrorist organization by the Government of India
NDFB-S was formed in Nov 2012, by Myanmar based NDFB's breakaway group's self-styled "army chief" I.K. Songbijit. They have vowed to "liberate Bodoland [where the Bodo tribesmen live in Assam] and Western South East Asia [read entire North East India]" from Indian rule.
Since the formation of NDFB-S by I K Songbijit, this faction has become the most violent insurgent group in Assam, engaging in multiple incidents of killing, abduction and extortion across the BTAD areas.
(Reporting by Hemanta Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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