Saturday, May 25th 05:09 AM IST

One injured, two missing in fresh attack in Assam

Aug 22, 2012

Guwahati: A fresh incident of violence left one injured and two missing in Dhubri district of Assam Wednesday, police said.

The incident took place at Bongaldoba area under Chapar police station jurisdiction.

The pain is still on. PTI

Police said the incident occurred when seven people were returning to one of the relief camps in Chapar area in the evening after fishing. They were fired upon by unidentified people.

A senior official said that police have launched a search operation.

“We are investigating whether the attackers were militants or the incident is a fallout of personal rivalry between two groups,” the official said.

Dhubri, Kokrajhar and Chirang districts were recently hit by a communal clash between Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims, which left 77 dead and displaced over four lakh people.

Police said that the seven people who were shot at were affected by the recent communal clash in Dhubri and were living in a relief camp in Chapar.

IANS

Also see

Firstpost encourages open discussion and debate, but please adhere to the rules below, before posting. Comments that are found to be in violation of any one or more of the guidelines will be automatically deleted:

Personal attacks/name calling will not be tolerated. This applies to comments directed at the author, other commenters and other politicians/public figures

Please do not post comments that target a specific community, caste, nationality or religion.

While you do not have to use your real name, any commenters using any Firstpost writer's name will be deleted, and the commenter banned from participating in any future discussions.

Comments will be moderated for abusive and offensive language.

Please read our comments and moderation policy before posting