Violence in lower Assam’s Kokrajhar spread to neighbouring Chirang district with two persons shot dead today as the toll in attacks between Bodos and minority immigrants shot up to 14 in the two districts.
Unidentified miscreants fired at Mongolian Bazaar in Bijni town of Chirang this evening killing two persons, police said.
A vehicle was also set ablaze in the district.
In trouble-torn Kokrajhar district today, a DIG-ranked police official and three others were injured in mob attack, while the death toll in the district was 12 with three more bodies recovered.
IGP (Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts) S N Singh told PTI that DIG S Kumar and Kokrajhar Additional Superintendent of Police Amar Choudhury were on their way to assess the prevailing situation in Fakiragram area this afternoon when their convoy was blocked by a mob demanding the release of 10 people, held in connection with the killing of four former Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) cadres.
The police officials urged them to clear the way but the mob stoned the officials and other policemen accompanying them. Kumar was hit on his head and two of his personal security officers also got injured in the attack.
The police baton charged and finally opened fire to disperse the crowd in which another person was injured, while vehicles of both officers were damaged by the mob, Singh said.
–PTi