Nagaon(Assam): Four
persons were injured in police firing in Assam’s Nagaon district on a mob
protesting against NDFB(S) attack in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts
(BTAD) during the 12-hour state-wide bandh today even as curfew was relaxed in
violence-hit districts.
Official
sources said the police fired on the mob at Doboka area when supporters of
Muslim Students Union, which had called the bandh, attacked and threw stones at
them when asked to withdraw the road blocks.The wounded were rushed to
hospital, the sources said.In another incident at Sonaribil, bandh supporters
attacked and damaged the vehicles of Koliabari sub-divisional police officer
and circle officer.The sources said the bandh was partial in the minority
dominated areas and the situation was tense in the district.The bandh was
called to protest the killing of 34 people belonging to a minority community by
anti-talk NDFB(S) in Baksa and Kokrajhar districts in BTAD since Thursday last
forcing thousands to flee their homes.
Curfew, which was imposed since
Friday was relaxed during the day in the two districts and neighbouring Chirang
as no fresh violence was reported in those areas.The prohibitory order was
relaxed for eight hours from 10 AM at Baksa, for six hours at Kokrajhar and for
seven hours from 10 AM at Chirang respectively.Flag march by the army continued
to instill confidence in the people and security forces patrolled the affected
areas to prevent fresh violence, the sources said.
IGP L R Bishnoi claimed a major
attack was averted with the killing of two NDFB-S militants in an encounter
with the police at Baksal village in Udalguri district, which too falls under
Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts, where they had gone to unleash violence.
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