A four-member Trinamool Congress delegation Sunday met the family members of the five Bengali-speaking men who were killed by suspected militants in the district, and demanded that the perpetrators of "the hate crime" be immediately brought to book.
The TMC leadership also decided to take those family members to President Ram Nath Kovind to get them justice.
The Assam government welcomed the TMC delegation, which was led by TMC parliamentary party leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien, and asked them to refrain from making any provocative statement which could vitiate the atmosphere in the state.
The other members of the delegation were Lok Sabha MP Mamata Bala Thakur, Rajya Sabha MP Nadimul Haq and MLA Mahua Moitra.
"It is a sad day. I am at a loss of words. But in all sadness, it needs to be heard... To find out who is behind this (the killings), we will do whatever it takes in Assam, in Bengal, in the country and in Parliament," O'Brien said.
Assam BJP MLA Bolin Chetia accompanied the TMC team to the homes of the victims in Kheronibari village of Dhola area.
"We will do whatever it takes to find the perpetrators and whoever is responsible for this. We will go to the bottom of this," O'Brien told reporters after meeting the victims' families.
Such incidents are happening across the country and the killings are an outcome of the divisive politics of the BJP-led Centre, he said.
Wondering who is benefiting from these incidents, O'Brien said, "There is more than what meets the eye according to the stories that I am hearing from families and locals."
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