11 killed in militant attacks in Assam

In the same district one Bipin Boro was shot at and seriously injured in his house by two suspected militants at Nizdefeli yesterday, the police said. He was admitted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital in a critical condition.

The attacks are suspected to be in retaliation to the ongoing anti-insurgency operation in the Bodoland region, where some NDFB militants have been killed recently.

In an e-mail to PTI, anti-talk ULFA-Independent assistant publicity secretary Arun Udoy Asom condemned the violence.

Meanwhile, the All Minority Students Union (AMSU), All Bodo Minority Students Union (ABMSU) and several other organizations have condemned the killings and urged the people to maintain peace.

Accusing chief minister Tarun Gogoi of failing to maintain law and order in the BTAD area comprising four districts of Kokrajhar, Baksa, Udalguri and Chirang, the minority students organizations demanded his resignation.

The ABMSU and AMSU leaders also claimed that violence had erupted following a statement made by Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) leader and former minister Pramila Rani Brahma on the way minorities voted.

The local Bodo political parties accused former militant and BPF leader Hagrama Mohilary-led Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) administration of failing to maintain law and order in the state.

In July 2012, violence had erupted between the indigenous ethnic Bodo community and immigrant Bangladesh minority community people leading to the death of near 80 people.