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Assam riot death toll rises to 40

Indefinite curfew in force

Our CORRESPONDENT, New Delhi
The death toll in clashes between minority immigrants and Bodo tribes in Assam shot up to 40 with the recovery of eight more bodies in the Indian state's Kokrajhar and Chirang districts yesterday.
Five more bodies were found at Bijni in Chirang district and three from worst-hit Kokrajhar where shoot-at-sight orders and indefinite curfew are in force, police said.
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districts but there was no casualty.
Thirteen columns of the army were deployed in the four districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri and Bongaigaon where they staged flag marches.
Nearly two lakh people were rendered homeless in the violence and about 125 relief camps set up by the government in the affected districts.
"Twenty-five people have been so far killed in Kokrajhar district while 15 others have lost their lives in neighbouring Chirang district," Assam Inspector General of Police LR Bishnoi said in Guwahati, capital city of Assam. "The situation is stabilising."
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi held a meeting of government officials, including the chief secretary, to monitor the situation.
In an interview to a private news channel, Tarun said economic backwardness was a major reason for ethnic
conflicts like the present one.
His government's focus was to improve living standards and create job opportunities so that such events do notrecur, he added.
Asked if economic growth would help to bring down such conflicts based on ethnicity and communal animosity, the chief minister said "Definitely... such incidents will definitely go down with economic growth and more employment opportunities."
He also said, "One of the reasons why insurgency in die state has subsided is because of growing employment opportunities, development of infrastructure and expansioninagriculture."
However, indefinite curfew continues in Kokrajhar while night curfew is on in Chirang and Dhubri districts.
Nripendra Bhattacharjee, North Frontier Railway spokesman, said passenger and goods trains services had partially resumed yesterday afternoon after remaining
stalled for three days.
Meanwhile, India ruled out Bangladeshi hands in the ethnic violence.
Asked about allegations that some people involved in the violence might have links with Bangladesh, Indian Home Secretary RK Singh told reporters in New Delhi yesterday, "The international border is sealed. It is simply impossible for any organised group crossing over to India from across the border to carry out the attacks."
He said 2,000 central security personnel have been deputed to guard Guwahati-bound trains and railway tracks which were disrupted following the violence.
"We have asked the state government to book ring leaders of both sides so that violence can be checked immediately."
He added 2,500 paramilitary personnel have reached Assam to assist local administration to check violence and restore normalcy.