Situation in Kokrajhar will be calm in two-three days, says Gogoi

Assam’s Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said that the situation in the restive Kokrajhar district will be calmed in another two to three days. Gogoi has already called for paramilitary assistance and shoot on sight orders have been issued in the district, where 21 people have already died in communal clashes. “The situation is still tense but we will try to contain it. we are getting police forces .. we need two three days, situation will improve”, said Gogoi in an interview with CNN IBN. [caption id=“attachment_388734” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Refugees fleeing Kokrajhar: AP[/caption] The Assam government has also opened at least half a dozen shelters for tens of thousands of citizens, mostly women and children, who have fled their villages in search of protection. Police said indefinite curfew was imposed in Kokrajhar district while night curfew would continue in Chirang and Dhubri districts. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi held an urgent meeting at his residence here over the law and order situation in the two districts and asked the state police chief JN Choudhury and Principal Secretary Home GD Tripathi to visit the districts on Tuesday. An all party delegation will also visit the two violence-hit districts Tuesday. The violence also affected train services with three express trains that were to pass through the area  stopped at an earlier station for security reasons. The violence was triggered by the firing on two student leaders,  Mohibul Islam of All Bodoland Minority Students’ Union (ABMSU) and Abdul Siddique Sheikh of All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) in Kokrajhar. Both were seriously injured. In a retaliatory attack, four former Bodo Liberation Tigers cadres were killed on Friday night in the district and this led to further attacks and counter-attacks resulting in the deaths.