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OKRAJHAR/TINSUKIA: Life stood still in both lower and upper Assam on Tuesday to mourn the 12 lives lost to militants' bullets. A statewide bandh
was called by All Assam Gorkha Students Union (Aagsu) and All Tea Tribes Students Association (Attsa) in protest against the mass murder by rebels of NDFB's anti-talks faction at Bhimajuli in Sonitpur district on Sunday.
National Highway 31(C), running through lower Assam, wore a deserted look with the strike affecting the movement of vehicles to neighbouring Bhutan. Long-distance travellers to Bhutan and West Bengal suffered, too, as many vehicles were stranded for hours on the highway. Later, some vehicles plied under cover of security convoys. However, train services were not affected. The bandh had no effect in Guwahati.
Shopkeepers downed their shutters in Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri districts. Government offices and banks in Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon were also shut down even as no major untoward incident was reported.
In Tinsukia, after a spate of early morning violence like forcibly shutting down of shops and breaking of windshields of a few vehicles life was paralyzed. Barring a few schools and government offices, all shops, offices, banks and other business establishments remained closed. There was hardly any traffic in Tinsukia town.
In other parts of Tinsukia district, like Margherita, Digboi, Doomdooma, Makum and Bordubi, there were reports of sporadic clashes. Police detained over 50 picketeers from different parts of the district.
In Dibrugarh, the response to the bandh was partial. Several shops, offices, schools, and even banks, remained open.
Aagsu president Dil Bahadur Limbu and secretary Tharka Adhikari condemned the killings and termed the incident a cowardly act. The two Gorkha leaders demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. Attsa general secretary Pallab Lochan Das said the murders were a result of a total failure of the Congress government. "Even after 48 hours since the cold-blooded murders, not a single culprit has been held. The common man is not safe in the rule of Congress," he added.
Ulfa pro-talks leader Mrinal Hazarika also condemned the killing of innocent civilians by the Ranjan Daimary-led NDFB group and termed it "inhuman". He said, "We cannot tolerate such incidents and demand strict action by the government against the militants who are behind the attack."
OKRAJHAR/TINSUKIA: Life stood still in both lower and upper Assam on Tuesday to mourn the 12 lives lost to militants' bullets. A statewide bandh
was called by All Assam Gorkha Students Union (Aagsu) and All Tea Tribes Students Association (Attsa) in protest against the mass murder by rebels of NDFB's anti-talks faction at Bhimajuli in Sonitpur district on Sunday.
National Highway 31(C), running through lower Assam, wore a deserted look with the strike affecting the movement of vehicles to neighbouring Bhutan. Long-distance travellers to Bhutan and West Bengal suffered, too, as many vehicles were stranded for hours on the highway. Later, some vehicles plied under cover of security convoys. However, train services were not affected. The bandh had no effect in Guwahati.
Shopkeepers downed their shutters in Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri districts. Government offices and banks in Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon were also shut down even as no major untoward incident was reported.
In Tinsukia, after a spate of early morning violence like forcibly shutting down of shops and breaking of windshields of a few vehicles life was paralyzed. Barring a few schools and government offices, all shops, offices, banks and other business establishments remained closed. There was hardly any traffic in Tinsukia town.
In other parts of Tinsukia district, like Margherita, Digboi, Doomdooma, Makum and Bordubi, there were reports of sporadic clashes. Police detained over 50 picketeers from different parts of the district.
In Dibrugarh, the response to the bandh was partial. Several shops, offices, schools, and even banks, remained open.
Aagsu president Dil Bahadur Limbu and secretary Tharka Adhikari condemned the killings and termed the incident a cowardly act. The two Gorkha leaders demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. Attsa general secretary Pallab Lochan Das said the murders were a result of a total failure of the Congress government. "Even after 48 hours since the cold-blooded murders, not a single culprit has been held. The common man is not safe in the rule of Congress," he added.
Ulfa pro-talks leader Mrinal Hazarika also condemned the killing of innocent civilians by the Ranjan Daimary-led NDFB group and termed it "inhuman". He said, "We cannot tolerate such incidents and demand strict action by the government against the militants who are behind the attack."
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