NIA takes over investigation into Tinsukia carnage
Rajib Dutta | TNN | Nov 5, 2018, 11:18 IST
The visiting Trinamool Congress delegation at the site of the incident in Kherbari village on SundayDIBRUGARH: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has launched an investigation into the killing of five villagers by suspected Ulfa (Independent) militants at Kherabari in Tinsukia on Thursday.
The five-member team, led by NIA superintendent of police Bibekananda Das, arrived at Dhola on Saturday evening. "The team visited the site of the killing at Kherbari village, collected material evidence, met the sole survivor Sahadev Namasudra and spoke to villagers and families of the victims," police said.
Though Ulfa (I) has denied any role in the attack, police have pinned the attack on the militant outfit. The Army, assisted by the Assam Rifles and CRPF, has stepped up the offensive against the outfit along the inter-state border with Arunachal Pradesh.
A temporary CRPF picket has been set up at Kherbari village. "CRPF and police are conducting joint patrolling in the area in two shifts as a confidence-building measure," SP (Sadiya) Prasanta Sagar Changmai said. He, along with Tinsukia SP Mugdhajyoti Mahanta, has been heading the counter-insurgency operation in Dhola since Thursday's killing.
Meanwhile, the government on Sunday handed Rs 5 lakh to families of the deceased. "A member from each family will be provided with a job soon," Bolin Chetia, legislator from Sadiya, said after handing over the cheques.
On Thursday, some people were sitting at a local grocery shop in the evening when a group of armed men in olive green fatigue arrived at the spot and asked them to come near the river bank. Eyewitnesses said the armed men asked them to line up and then opened fire at them from a close range. Five persons were killed in the attack. The deceased have been identified as Ananta Biswas (18), Shyamlal Biswas (60), Abhinash Biswas (21), Subal Das (62) and Dhananjay Namasudra (23) - all Bengali-speaking people.
To protest against the killings, All Assam Bengali Youth Students' Federation (AABYSF) and about 20 other Bengali organisations had called a 24-hour shutdown on Friday. Though the shutdown brought life to a standstill in the Bengali-dominated Barak Valley, it failed to evoke any significant response in Brahmaputra Valley.
The five-member team, led by NIA superintendent of police Bibekananda Das, arrived at Dhola on Saturday evening. "The team visited the site of the killing at Kherbari village, collected material evidence, met the sole survivor Sahadev Namasudra and spoke to villagers and families of the victims," police said.
Though Ulfa (I) has denied any role in the attack, police have pinned the attack on the militant outfit. The Army, assisted by the Assam Rifles and CRPF, has stepped up the offensive against the outfit along the inter-state border with Arunachal Pradesh.
A temporary CRPF picket has been set up at Kherbari village. "CRPF and police are conducting joint patrolling in the area in two shifts as a confidence-building measure," SP (Sadiya) Prasanta Sagar Changmai said. He, along with Tinsukia SP Mugdhajyoti Mahanta, has been heading the counter-insurgency operation in Dhola since Thursday's killing.
Meanwhile, the government on Sunday handed Rs 5 lakh to families of the deceased. "A member from each family will be provided with a job soon," Bolin Chetia, legislator from Sadiya, said after handing over the cheques.
On Thursday, some people were sitting at a local grocery shop in the evening when a group of armed men in olive green fatigue arrived at the spot and asked them to come near the river bank. Eyewitnesses said the armed men asked them to line up and then opened fire at them from a close range. Five persons were killed in the attack. The deceased have been identified as Ananta Biswas (18), Shyamlal Biswas (60), Abhinash Biswas (21), Subal Das (62) and Dhananjay Namasudra (23) - all Bengali-speaking people.
To protest against the killings, All Assam Bengali Youth Students' Federation (AABYSF) and about 20 other Bengali organisations had called a 24-hour shutdown on Friday. Though the shutdown brought life to a standstill in the Bengali-dominated Barak Valley, it failed to evoke any significant response in Brahmaputra Valley.
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