Death toll rises to 38 in violence hit Assam

Guwahati. Six more persons killed in clashes between minority immigrants and Bodos in three districts of Assam, taking the death toll to 38, as the entire train services to and from the northeast was hit.
Unidentified persons pelted stones and attacked the coaches of the Guwahati-bound Rajdhani Express at Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar district damaging four coaches, though there was no casualty or injuries, North East Frontier Railway sources said.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday took stock of the situation in Asssam where ethnic clashes have taken place and directed Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi to do everything to control violence.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday took stock of the situation in Assam where ethnic clashes have taken place and directed Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi to do everything possible to control violence.
In Guwahati, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi held a meeting of government officials, including the chief secretary, to monitor the situation.
Kokrajhar accounted for 25 deaths, including four killed in police firing yesterday, and Chirang 13.
Indefinite curfew continues in Kokrajhar while night curfew will continue in Dhubri and Chirang districts in the ethnic violence in BTAD districts which has claimed 25 lives, the police said.
More than 50,000 people have taken shelter in 75 relief camps set up by the district authorities, most of them in worst-affected Kokrajhar district.
Assam Director-General of Police Jayanta Narayan Choudhury is scheduled to visit the violence-racked districts today to take stock of the situation.