Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said the state government

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Last Updated : Feb 14 2013 | 12:20 PM IST
would recommend a CBI enquiry into the incidents. Though counting of votes of the three-phase panchayat elections began today across the state, the counting in Goalpara district was postponed for tomorrow with the entire exercise now to be completed within one day, official sources said. The indefinite curfew continued in Krishnai and Mornoi areas, the sources said. The movement of people by river and other water-bodies in the district between 3 pm to 7 am was banned by the district administration till further orders to prevent movement of trouble-makers. The Army, deployed since the poll day, was carrying out flag marches in the trouble-torn areas of Goalpara district, which is the nerve centre of the Rabha Hasong Joint Action Committee, which is opposed to panchayat polls The RHJAC has been demanding holding of the RHAC polls ahead of the panchayat hustings as the village and panchayt committees would undermine the authority of the Autonomous Council.
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