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Mob violence victim’s body flown to Assam

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Trucks stop plying to Nagaland

Guwahati: Protests raging in Assam against lynching of rape accused Farid Khan in Dimapur in Nagaland  on March 5 last against the utter failure of Nagaland government to protect people of Assam  working/staying in Nagaland.
Effigies of Nagaland government were burnt in various parts of the state  including here on Saturday.
All good carrying trucks stopped plying to Nagaland through Assam since this morning in the wake of  ‘chakka bandh’ called by the protesting All Assam Goods Carrier Truck Drivers Union and North East  Truck Owners’ Association
Meanwhile,the body of Farid Khan was today flown to Assam in a helicopter. Khan who was branded  illegal Bangladeshi immigrant by his tormentors in Nagaland, hails from Bosla village under Badarpur  police station in Karimganj district of South Assam.
Farid is one of the six sons of Late Siraj Uddin  Khan who had served in Indian Army for two decades. His two brothers Kamal Uddin and Jamal Uddin are  jawans in the army as claimed by the family members.
All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) who has launched protests against Farid’s killing, stated, “We think this to be a part of a big conspiracy against minorities living in Nagaland. There should be  a CBI probe to unearth the truth.”
Meanwhile, situation in the curfew bound Dimapur town in Nagaland was described as ‘tense but under  control’ by IGP of Nagaland police Wabang Jamir. The medical report of the girl allegedly raped by  Farid Khan, was sent to forensic test while her statements made before the police and doctors were  being submitted before the inquiry commission.
Governor of Nagaland has appointed retired District & Sessions Judge Veprasa Nyekha as the one-man  inquiry commission to probe into March 5 incident of lynching of Farid Khan by a mob to ascertain  causes and circumstances that led to the incident and to fix responsibilities for lapses, if any.
The police official said 12 companies of State Reserve Police Force, 3 cos of CPRF and three companies of Assam Rifles were deployed in and around Dimapur. Government has already suspended Dimapur deputy commissioner and Superintendent of Police.

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