GUWAHATI, March 14 – The situation in and around the Bengtol area in Chirang district continued to be tense but under control a day as curfew continued after police firing resulted in the death of several people. A well placed official in the district administration told The Assam Tribune that today, nearly a thousand vehicles were caught in a snarl after protestors halted traffic on the National Highway. The agitating people had demanded the presence of the DC Chirang on the site of their protest, and after his arrival, they handed over a memorandum.
Sources also stated that the police were maintaining a vigil close to the sensitive areas, and Army domination was continuing to thwart any provocative activity.
Meanwhile a PTI report stated the curfew was imposed in areas falling in the Runikata police station area and under Bengtol police outpost at 2 pm, IGP Bodoland Territorial District Administration N M Dutta said.
The camp along the Indo-Bhutan border was dismantled as the militant outfit was provided with designated camps as per the ceasefire guidelines, official sources said.
Today the district Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police handed over the bodies of those killed yesterday to to their next of kin, the sources said.
Over 2000 slogan-shouting people yesterday attempted to prevent the camp from being dismantled, claiming the camp was necessary in the interest of peace when the NDFB was on ceasefire with the Centre.
The chairman of the Bodoland Territorial Council, under which Chirang falls, Hagrama Mohilary describing the situation as “unfortunate” and a “political conspiracy” offered to provide jobs to the next of kin of the victims under the BTC.
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