Miscreants
at Dhaligaon in Bodo-Muslim clash
affected Chirang District set
ablaze four houses on August 1,
reports IBNLive. However,
there was no report of any injury
to any person. Police and BSF
personnel have been rushed to
the spot and the situation is
being closely monitored, an officer
in this regard said. Night curfew
continues in affected Chirang,
Kokrajhar and Dhubri Districts.
According to State Home Department
said that 5,000 houses were set
ablaze in 244 villages during
the Bodo-Muslim clashes.
The
clashes started when founder president
of All Bodoland Minority Students’
Union (ABMSU) , Mohibul Islam
and former leader of All Assam
Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU),
Abdul Siddique Sheikh were seriously
injured in the attack on July
19. In a retaliatory attack, a
mob of people at Joypur under
Kokrajhar Police Station lynched
to death four former militants
of disbanded Bodoland Liberation
Tiger (BLT) - Pradip Bodo (32),
Jonson Bodo (36), Nip Goyari (25)
and Jamin Goyari (24) in the night
of July 20. Initially, Kokrajhar
and then Chirang District were
affected. Later, violence also
spread to Dhubri and Baksa Districts.
Meanwhile,
five additional companies of Central
Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and
Army were deployed in Sonitpur
District as a precautionary measure
after human parts were recovered
from Sopai river in Belsiri from
where three petty traders who
had gone to the area had been
reported missing on July 23, reports
The Telegraph. The three
missing traders were identified
as Abdul Khalaque (30), Mubarak
Ali (22), and Mohammad Mujaharul
(18). The news report also states
that a red alert was sounded in
the district after violence broke
out in some areas of the Bodo
Territorial Autonomous District
(BTAD).
Elsewhere,
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said
that illegal migration from Bangladesh
to Assam had lessened but not
stopped altogether, reports Assam
Tribune.“Nobody has said illegal
migration from Bangladesh has
stopped. It has gone down only.
That is why we are seeking a better
border protection mechanism in
the form of enhances night vigilance,
floating outposts, etc. In fact,
we have already taken many measures
to check inflation,” Gogoi said
at a press conference. |
