Two more bodies recovered along Assam-Nagaland border

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Press Trust of India Guwahati
Last Updated : Aug 17 2014 | 5:30 PM IST
Two more bodies have been recovered from violence-hit Assam-Nagaland border today with the toll rising to nine in the violence.
"Two more bodies were recovered today taking the toll to nine and all were victims of the first day violence of August 12 in Uriamghat area," Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) A P Rout told PTI.
"Earlier, it was reported that eleven bodies were recovered from the spot till August 15 but later it was found to be seven," he said.
"It happened due to dual calculation at the village and again by their relatives. The two bodies were recovered from Chainpur village in Golaghat district today," Rout said.
Assam Home and Political Commissioner and Secretary Gyanendra Dev Tripathi said, "After police reached the spot, it was found that seven and not eleven bodies were found till August 15. The number of injured has also increased to seven from three."
"The situation is currently stable. People in relief camps have visited their homes and are expected to move to their houses in a day or two. Moreover, the number of inmates in relief camps has come down to 9,300 from around 10,000," Tripathi said.
He, however, said the night curfew from 6 pm to 6 am in the area along the inter-state border will continue in order to avoid any untoward development.
"Assam Police along with CRPF have set up 18 pickets in the area. They facilitate return of the people, whose houses have not burnt," he said.
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First Published: Aug 17 2014 | 5:30 PM IST

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