BODALAND militants have sensed defeat in the recently held elections and in frustration have killed more than 32 Muslims in last 32 hours .The Bengali speaking community has demanding that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi visit their area, people of Salbari in Assam’s violence-hit Baksa district today refused to bury their kin killed in attacks by NDFB militants.
Bodies of two children were identified as Ilina Khatun and Ariful Islam.
Three children, aged between seven and ten years, who were hiding in a forest on the banks of river Beki were also rescued, the sources said.
Besides Chirang and parts of Dhubri districts, indefinite curfew has also been imposed in Kokrajhar and Baksa districts where 23 people were killed.
Angry protestors in Nankekhadrabari area today said they will not perform the last rites of the bodies of the 18 people, including children and women, till Gogoi comes and personally assures to provide security to their lives and property. “Does our life have no value?
The Songbijit faction has refused to sit for talks with the Centre even as other groups of NDFB have laid down their weapons to join the peace process. Curfew has been imposed in Chirang, Baksa and Muslim inhabited areas of Kokrajhar district. However, there is no curfew in Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon towns.
We are only demanding that we are protected and we are not attacked and killed in future” they told reporters.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi who chaired a cabinet meeting decided to hand over investigation to the National Investigation Agency to find those responsible for the violence.
The dilly dialling stand of Assam cm has puzzled many political obsevors.
“Let the NIA investigate who is involved. None will be spared if found responsible for the violence”, Gogoi told reporters after the meeting here. “I want to coordinate with neighbouring Bhutan as the militants may hide there after committing the crime. If the NIA comes then that can be done,” the chief minister sai