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Assam toll rises to 19, Rajdhani Express stopped in Kokrajhar

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Press Trust of India Kokrajhar (Assam)
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 4:33 AM IST

The bodies were recovered from the banks of river Gouranga this morning, they said.

Police personnel fired in the air when the bandh supporters tried to forcibly close down shops in Golokgunj and Gauripur towns in Dhubri district during a 12-hour bandh, called by the All Assam Minority Students' Union(AAMSU) to protest attacks on the minorities in BTAD districts, Superintendent of Police Pradip Saloi said.

Bandh supporters also ransacked the office of Bodoland Peoples' Front in Gauripur town.

The AAMSU subsequently withdrew the bandh following an appeal by ministers.

The Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express was stopped at Pratapkhat between Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon by people from nearby villages who alleged that their houses were damaged by miscreants when they moved to relief camps, IGP(BTAD) S N Singh said.

Trains were controlled at different points as a result.

An additional nine companies of para-military forces were deployed in the district while the army was assisting in maintaining law and order, Singh said. (MORE)

  

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First Published: Jul 23 2012 | 4:05 PM IST

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