Guwahati: Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued in Kokrajhar district of Assam following fresh incidents of arson and violence. On Monday, the Army conducted flag march and an indefinite curfew was also imposed even as the toll in the ethnic violence in interior areas of the district rose to 21.Four more bodies were recovered from the district yesterday, said police officials.
The clashes between minority immigrants and Bodo tribals have also spread to the neighbouring Chirang district, where four persons have been killed so far. The remaining 17 deaths of the total 21 have been reported from Kokrajhar.
As per police, fresh arson was reported yesterday from Fakiragram, Serfanguri, Narabari, Gossaigaon, Dotoma, Mokrajan and Tulsibari areas where miscreants set ablaze abandoned houses.
The Army had staged a flag march after incidents of arson in interior areas, particularly in abandoned houses of villagers who had fled in panic.
A major trouble was quelled by the Army and police when a group of more than 400 armed minority immigrants from Joypur tried to proceed towards Kokrajhar town.
The police fired in the air and dispersed them.
In another incident, miscreants set ablaze a camp of the disbanded Bodoland Liberation Tigers at Sapotgram where the police was forced to blank fire.
Shoot at sight and indefinite curfew has been ordered in Kokrajhar district, while night curfew is on in Chirang and Dhubri districts. Army has been deployed in Kokrajhar and Dhubri.
Official sources said nearly 18 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed in lower Assam to combat the situation.
Sources in Kokrajhar and Chirang district administrations said more than 50,000 villagers are taking shelter in various relief camps.
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