One person was killed and 18 others, including three women, were injured when police lathi-charged protesters and opened fire in the Rongajan on Tuesday.
According to report, home minister Rajnath Singh called chief ministers of Assam and Nagaland asking them to defuse tension along the borders of the two states. Rajnath told both the CMs to come up with a joint statement on Thursday.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi sought additional companies of paramilitary forces from the Central government to restore peace and normalcy in the troubled areas along Assam-Nagaland border.
When Union home Minister Rajnath Singh called Gogoi to discuss the issue, the chief minister sought from him additional companies of paramilitary forces to restore normalcy in the affected areas, an official release said.
Earlier in the day, addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi blamed Union home minister Rajnath Singh for the violence along the state's border with Nagaland. Gogoi said the Centre has failed to provide security in the border region.
"Yes, I am responsible as the state CM for what is happening along the border. But why are you not blaming Rajnath Singh? Why are same charges not being made against the union home minister for failing to give protection?" Gogoi said.
The Assam-Nagaland border, he said, is a disputed subject and the area is controlled by the Centre with the help of CRPF, a 'neutral' force which failed to provide security to the people and properties there.
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But the Centre, he said, is not taking the issue seriously at all. "It is a very serious issue but the way they are handling it, is not serious."
Police personnel disperse protestors blocking the National Highway in a protest against the killing of Assamese people by NSCN at Assam Nagaland border in Golaghat. (PTI Photo)
He condemned the police action against protesters at Rangajan area of Golaghat district yesterday and said the government will order an inquiry by additional chief secretary Subhash Chandra Das into the incident that left 22 civilians and seven police personnel injured.
District police had earlier put the figure of injured at 18, including women, in the firing of rubber pellets and lathi charge when protestors turned violent and attacked police and CRPF following a road blockade agitation yesterday.
Gogoi said "A few policemen might be at fault but for that the entire force cannot be blamed. The Assam police is still one of the best police force in the country."
The police, he said, lathi charged and used rubber bullets when protesters became violent following the rescue and release of nine Nagaland police personnel who were illegally confined by villagers since August 15.
"Despite all these, people in the border still have confidence in Assam Police and not in the central force. They want replacement of the CRPF by Assam Police.
"If the border is given to me, I will show how to protect people," Gogoi claimed.
The chief minister said one of the protestors named Ajit Tanti had died at Rangajan when he was run over by a vehicle. "Still we will give Rs 5 lakh to his family as an ex-gratia amount."
Gogoi said the central government is more equipped and has better resources to tackle situations like in the Assam-Nagaland border and it is its responsibility to give security in the neutral land.
"You (people) voted for BJP. Now they (BJP government at the Centre) are responsible and you are not saying anything to them.
Members of various organizations jointly protesting at the National Highway 38 at Margherita in Tinsukia district against the killing of Assamese people by suspected NSCN at Assam Nagaland border in Golaghat. (PTI Photo)
"I really doubt if Assam MPs have yet got the chance to meet the prime minister or the (union) home minister," he said.
The chief minister said a joint Secretary would be visiting Assam tomorrow to take stock of the situation.
He brushed aside allegations that the police became violent yesterday in retaliation to the attack on his convoy by villagers a day before during his visit to the affected places.
Gogoi also charged the electronic media, both national and local for presenting only 'a one-sided biased story' of yesterday's incident.
Altogether nine persons had lost their lives in firing and arson allegedly by miscreants from Nagaland in Uriamghat area of Golaghat district on August 12.
Over 10,000 people have fled their homes and are taking shelter in relief camps.
So far, Nagaland police have arrested 15 persons and CRPF apprehended nine persons in connection with the violence, Gogoi said.
(With PTI inputs)
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