Assam violence: Three more bodies found, death toll rises to 77 - NewsX

Four more bodies were recovered today in lower Assam, which witnessed fresh incidents of violence, taking the toll to 77, police said. "Three bodies were recovered from Kokrajhar, Baksa and Chirang districts," Assam IGP (law and order) L R Bishnoi said. "There were certain fresh incidents of violence but the police has taken timely action to prevent escalation," Bishnoi said. The rival Bodo and Minority communities had planned attacks but intelligence inputs had helped in prempting the violence. They had planned arson in several interior villages but were thwarted by security forces, the IGP claimed. Curfew is on in all three strife torn districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Dhubri, he said.

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