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Two more Biharis killed

By Barun Das Gupta

Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar

WHEN WILL THIS MAYHEM END? The question seems to haunt this Bihari labourer in Guwahati after hearing the news of the killing of two more men from his State on Sunday.

GUWAHATI NOV. 23. Two more Biharis, including an 80-year-old man, were killed, two injured and several houses burnt on Saturday night in Tinsukia district. The rest of Assam was quiet.

Near Rupai Tea Estate under Dum Duma police station limits, octogenerian Lal Dhari Das was hacked to death by a mob around 11.30 p.m. last night. Two were injured.

Kamal Kurmi was hacked to death at Ningsi Sonarigaon village under Dhola police station limits and a house was set on fire.

The Union Minister for the Development of the North-East Region, C.P. Thakur, and the Minister of State for Home, Swami Chinmayananda, visited Tinsukia and Dibrugarh today.

Laloo to lead team

PTI reports from New Delhi:

The Rashtriya Janata Dal president, Laloo Prasad Yadav, will lead an eight-member Parliamentary delegation to Assam tomorrow on a goodwill mission to instil confidence and a sense of security among Biharis there.

Mr. Yadav said the team would return on Tuesday after assessing the situation and present its report to the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, and the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi.

``We will meet the Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, and leaders of political parties there and also talk to Bihari people in the State'', he said.

The team would comprise Swaraj Kaushal (Haryana Vikas Party), Rajeev Shukla (Congress), and the RJD MPs, Ramendra Kumar Ravi, Ramdeo Bhandary, Saroj Dubey, Prem Gupta and Kum Kum Rai.

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