அஸாம் உல்பா கம்யூனிஸ்ட்களுக்கு எதிராக மக்கள் அமைதி ஊர்வலம்

அஸாம் உல்பா கம்யூனிஸ்ட்களுக்கு எதிராக மக்கள் அமைதி ஊர்வலம் சென்றனர். டின்சுகியாவில் அஸாம் உல்பா கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள் பொதுமக்களை கொன்றதை கண்டித்து, வன்முறைக்கு எதிராக ஊர்வலம் சென்றனர்.

Bombed Tinsukia simmers in silence
OUR CORRESPONDENT



The silent procession at Tinsukia on Sunday. Picture by Eastern Projections
Dibrugarh, July 1: Screaming ambulance and police sirens and the groans of the injured and the dying gave way to chilling silence in blast-scarred Tinsukia today. In their silence, residents of the town spoke a thousand words against violence.

Not a word, not even the sound of muffled tears, was audible as hundreds escorted Krishna Das’s body through the streets of the town this morning.

Das, a fish merchant, died in yesterday’s twin blasts in Tinsukia that killed another person and left several injured. Another person died in a third blast in a market in Doomdooma, a part of Tinsukia district.

Boiling in anger and protest, residents of Tinsukia could not find words to condemn Ulfa for the blast and the government for failing to protect innocent lives. The silent procession was all they could manage.

Of the injured, 17 have been shifted to Assam Medical College and Hospital for further treatment.

Ministers Pradyut Bordoloi and Prithibi Majhi visited the medical college today.

They assured relatives of those injured that the government would bear all expenses of their treatment and if required they would be sent for specialised treatment outside the state.

“The condition of four remains critical. They have serious burn injuries which can turn fatal at any point of time. Our doctors are trying their best and there is no dearth of medicines,” said Nripen Gogoi, the superintendent of the medical college.

Among the injured, are two sisters — 18-year-old Jaya Sarma and 16-year-old Andri — who were at Doomdooma market when the bomb went off.

The sisters — Andri has just taken admission into Standard XI at ARC Kendriya Vidyalaya, Doomdooma, and Jaya to first year science stream in Tinsukia College — had gone to a tailor to get their uniforms sewn.

Andri’s left elbow had to be amputated since it bore the maximum burn and could become life-threatening.

The sisters were supposed to attend classes from tomorrow.

State BJP president Ramen Deka visited Doomdooma and met family members of Ramesh Thakur, a 20-year-old barber who was the lone victim of the blast at Doomdooma last evening.

The state government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 3 00,000 each to the next of kin of those killed.

Security has been beefed up — as is routinely done after every blast.

Contingents of central forces had been deployed in sensitive areas. Both Tinsukia and Doomdooma town wore a deserted look as traders chose to keep their shutters down.

“We have picked up seven persons as a preventive step so that there is no trouble and violence in Tinsukia town,” Tinsukia deputy superintendent of police (headquarters) Sujit Thakur said.