சொந்த நிலத்திலேயே அகதிகளாகும் போடோ இந்து ப்ழங்குடியினர்

பங்களாதேஷி வந்தேறிகள் இன்று தங்களை சொந்த குடிமக்கள் போல பேசிக்கொண்டு காலம்காலமாக வாழ்ந்து வந்த போடோ பழங்குடியினரை சொந்தநிலத்திலேயே அகதிகளாக ஆக்கிவிட்டனர்

காஷ்மீர இந்துக்களுக்கு நடந்ததே இன்று போடோ பழங்குடியினருக்கும் நடக்கிறது.

இந்து சமூகம் விழித்துக்கொள்ளுமா?

Assam violence leads to exodus of people
Sushanta Talukdar
12 killed in fresh incidents; death toll goes up to 32
— PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR


Refugees in their own land: Victims of violence take shelter at a relief camp in Udalguri district of Assam, one of the worst-hit districts, on Sunday.
Guwahati: The death toll in the ongoing violence between Bodos and immigrant Muslim settlers in two northern Assam districts of Udalguri and Darrang went up to 32 on Sunday afternoon.

Violence over three days has forced 80,000 people from both communities to take shelter in 36 relief camps. At least 12 people have been killed in fresh violence and incidents of police firing in the curfew-bound areas of the two districts.

The violence has spread to lower Assam’s Baksa district, with reports saying that an old woman was stabbed to death by miscreants.

Principal Secretary (Home) Subhash Das told The Hindu that the State government had requested the Centre to rush 21 additional companies of paramilitary forces for deployment in the affected areas. He said 11 columns of the Army, five companies of the Central Reserve Police Force and the Assam police battalion had already been deployed.

Twenty-two relief camps were opened in Udalguri district and 14 were set up in Darrang.

Mr. Das said three days of violence left 22 dead, including 10 in police firing, in Udalguri district, and seven dead, including five in police firing, in Darrang district.

Security forces had been asked to shoot at sight those indulging in violence and arson.

Government’s concern


The administration is concerned over the attacks and killings by the two communities despite the deployment of the Army and paramilitary forces. Eyewitnesses say that a warlike situation is prevailing in the two districts. Thousands of people belonging to both the communities armed with sharp weapons, bows and arrows are engaged in violent clashes, and mobs are targeting innocent people at market places or on paddy fields.

Mahanta’s charge


The former Assam Chief Minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, visited five relief camps and met the inmates. Mr. Mahanta held the State government responsible for the outbreak of violence. State BJP president Ramen Deka also visited the riot-hit areas.








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