08-28-2012, 08:07 AM
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india...857173.cms
NEW DELHI: The CBI's preliminary investigation into the lower Assam violence has pointed to a bigger conspiracy behind the ethnic clashes. More arrests are expected soon as the agency is learnt to have zeroed in on certain people who might have been involved in the July 20 incident that sparked off the communal conflagration.
The agency, probing seven of the total 1,442 cases registered, has found enough evidence which shows that the first incident ââ¬â that occurred on July 6 when the Kamtapuri Liberation Organization (KLO) militants killed two Muslims ââ¬â had nothing to do with what happened later on July 19 onwards.
Two persons ââ¬â Mahibul Haque Ratul and Mohammed Abu Siddique ââ¬â were injured in an incident of indiscriminate firing by motorcycle-borne attackers in the same area in Kokrajhar on July 19. Both the incidents were more due to personal animosity and were unconnected. Details of both these incidents and statement of one arrested KLO militant were shared with local Muslim residents.
Still, four Bodo youth were attacked and killed at Jaipur under Kokrajhar Police Station by some unidentified Muslims with sharp weapons on July 20. That incident acted as a trigger that turned out to be a full-fledged communal violence, killing 88 people over the next one month.
Sources in the investigating agency said that the interrogation of all those arrested in connection with subsequent incidents showed that the killing of four Bodo youth on July 20 was a planned act. The CBI has some corroborative evidence.
"Despite being shared details of previous incidents, a group within the minority community simply chose to ignore the police\administration version. They planned to retaliate amid opposition from other Muslims from the area," said an official.
NEW DELHI: The CBI's preliminary investigation into the lower Assam violence has pointed to a bigger conspiracy behind the ethnic clashes. More arrests are expected soon as the agency is learnt to have zeroed in on certain people who might have been involved in the July 20 incident that sparked off the communal conflagration.
The agency, probing seven of the total 1,442 cases registered, has found enough evidence which shows that the first incident ââ¬â that occurred on July 6 when the Kamtapuri Liberation Organization (KLO) militants killed two Muslims ââ¬â had nothing to do with what happened later on July 19 onwards.
Two persons ââ¬â Mahibul Haque Ratul and Mohammed Abu Siddique ââ¬â were injured in an incident of indiscriminate firing by motorcycle-borne attackers in the same area in Kokrajhar on July 19. Both the incidents were more due to personal animosity and were unconnected. Details of both these incidents and statement of one arrested KLO militant were shared with local Muslim residents.
Still, four Bodo youth were attacked and killed at Jaipur under Kokrajhar Police Station by some unidentified Muslims with sharp weapons on July 20. That incident acted as a trigger that turned out to be a full-fledged communal violence, killing 88 people over the next one month.
Sources in the investigating agency said that the interrogation of all those arrested in connection with subsequent incidents showed that the killing of four Bodo youth on July 20 was a planned act. The CBI has some corroborative evidence.
"Despite being shared details of previous incidents, a group within the minority community simply chose to ignore the police\administration version. They planned to retaliate amid opposition from other Muslims from the area," said an official.