Morung Express News
Dimapur | August 13
A sinister design to disturb not only Assam but the entire Northeast is behind the recent killings of Hindi-speaking people in Karbi Anglong, Holiram Terang, MLA and leader of the Autonomous State Demand Committee, a political party, said today. “The (Assam) government is aware but they let the insurgents go on to a particular level,” he said. Terang represents Baithalangso, a constituency in Karbi Anglong.
Not ruling out the involvement of the United Liberation Front of Asom in providing support to ‘local’ rebels in carrying out the recent killings. He was outspoken when he said there was a nexus between the state and “private organizations.” The public have to be informed of this nexus, he added.
After the recent spate of violence, Karbi Anglong is in gloom and a fear psychosis has engulfed the minds of people, residents of Diphu say. Sources said opposing Bodo insurgent groups burnt effigies of each other’s leaders, which ultimately resulted in the burning down of the Bodo Liberation Tigers office in Langhin, a village. At another area named Boknokpa, police beat up villagers after a rumour was spread that bombs were planted in the market, a reliable source said. “Life was paralyzed.”
Meanwhile, police sources in Dimapur assured there was no such real threat in the city that neighbours Karbi Anglong and added that no large-scale entry of jolted Hindi-speaking people into the district has been reported. But in wake of the Independence Day celebrations, citizens have been asked to keep vigil and immediately report any suspicious activity or items.
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