Diphu: With no fresh incident reported, curfew was today relaxed for 12 hours here in this headquarters of the trouble-torn Karbi Anglong district, where a 300-hour bandh is being observed since August 5 in support of the demand for a separate state.
Official sources said that normalcy largely returned to the district, parts of which witnessed violence by activists of the Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers for five days since July 31 in which two persons were killed and several others injured. Government property was also burnt.
No fresh violence on the demand for a separate Karbi state on the lines of Telangana was reported so far, prompting the authorities to relax the curfew in Diphu from 6 AM to 6 PM, the sources said.
Suspected ultras fire at police in Assam’s Karbi Anglong
Suspected militants attacked Uttar Borbeel police outpost in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, police sources said.
The insurgents fired 40 rounds from atop the hills on the outpost, under Bokolia police station, around 10 PM Wednesday night.
The police retaliated by firing 18 rounds, they said. None was injured in the exchange of fire.
On Thursday, the army and the police jointly launched a search for the culprits, the sources said. (PTI)