Guwahati: Ass am Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday asked for a probe by NIA into the violence by Bodo militant group NDFB(S) in the state and vowed to apprehend those responsible for the killings.
“We have decided to recommend a probe by the NIA. Nobody responsible for the killings of so many innocent people will be spared,” Gogoi told reporters here after NDFB(S) militants went on the rampage since Friday killing 32 people and torching scores of houses.
“We have reports that the NDFB(S) group is responsible for these attacks. We have directed the security forces to take the strongest possible action against them,” he said.
Gogoi said that he had spoken to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and also sought a company of COBRA commandos of the CRPF.
Gogoi asked BJP not to politicise the situation and said his track record in maintaining law and order was better than BJP-ruled Gujarat. “I had called the army in the past to assist the local administration to restore peace. Tell me how many times they called the army to control the riots in Gujarat in 2002,” he said.
BJP alleged the Gogoi-led Congress government has failed to maintain law and order and safety of innocent people in Assam.
Omar blames Modi for ‘inciting violence’ in Assam
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday blamed Narendra Modi for the violence in Assam that left 32 Muslims dead.
“In Assam, 30 Muslims were murdered. Why? Because BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi made a speech there and tried to incite people against Muslims. This is a fact. This truth cannot be denied,” Omar told an election rally at Tangmarg in Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency.
Omar said that Modi, in his election rally in Assam three days earlier, had branded all Muslims living in that state as “Bangladeshis”, which resulted in the attacks on them.
“Three days earlier, he (Modi) went there and branded all Muslims as Bangladeshis and today 30 Muslims have been put to sleep in the grave,” he added.
Referring to Modi’s statement holding National Conference leaders responsible for exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, Omar said the BJP leader had set out to insult all Kashmiris in the country. Omar also accused the BJP of wanting to divide Jammu and Kashmir into three parts. (PTI)
