Bodo militant attack: Centre rushes 5,000 paramilitary personnel to Assam

Strongly condemn the senseless violence and murder of innocent tribals. Our heart goes out to the families of the victims.

— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) December 24, 2014

The Union Cabinet paid homage to those who lost their lives in the attack in Assam.

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) December 24, 2014

The killing of innocent people by militants in Assam is highly condemnable. Militancy must be crushed ruthlessly & rights be protected. — Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) December 24, 2014

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who will be travelling to Assam on Wednesday, said he has been briefed on the situation by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and the Centre would take whatever action is necessary.

Spoke to Assam CM Shri Tarun Gogoi who apprised me of the situation in Kokrajhar & Sonitpur. Centre will provide all assistance to the state

— Rajnath Singh (@BJPRajnathSingh) December 23, 2014

“This is a blatant attack in a situation where it is not expected. The attack is on innocent people and the location of the attack in very remote and rural area,” Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said.

The Centre is monitoring the situation in Assam and the paramilitary forces have been rushed to the spot.

— Rajnath Singh (@BJPRajnathSingh) December 23, 2014

The Minister said that the Assam government has requested the Centre to provide 50 companies of central forces which are being “mobilised” and will be “immediately done”.

One company of these forces has about 100 personnel.

I strongly condemn the killing of tribals in Assam by NDFB militants. Killing innocent people for any cause can never be justified.

— Rajnath Singh (@BJPRajnathSingh) December 23, 2014

Rijiju said that he along with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to the state in the afternoon after meeting top officials of paramilitary forces and the security establishment in New Delhi.

Cabinet pays homage to victims of cowardly attacks on Adivasis in Assam pic.twitter.com/Nhoc1i0qHp

— PIB India (@PIB_India) December 24, 2014

“I would like to say that this is very unfortunate that this kind of violence has taken place. We have already sent a message that violence and development cannot go together.”

“If we want to develop North-East, peace must prevail. Peace and development are inseparable elements,” he said.

Rijiju said security forces are already doing their job in the troubled areas.

36 people were killed in Sonitpur district and 17 in Kokrajhar when heavily armed militants belonging to Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) attacked the ‘adivasis’ yesterday, according to police.