Bandh affects normal life in some Assam dists

Normal life was disrupted on Wednesday in Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD) in Assam in the wake of a 12-hr bandh called by the Bodo Peoples' Front (BPF).

Normal life was disrupted on Wednesday in Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD) in Assam in the wake of a 12-hr bandh called by the Bodo Peoples' Front (BPF).

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All offices, educational institutions, business and commercial establishments remained closed and vehicles were off the roads in the BTAD districts of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Baksa, Udalguri and Darrang, official sources said.

The shut-down was called to protest the killing of a former Bodo Liberation Tiger cadre Bhaktiraj Sarmah by suspected anti-talk faction of the NDFB in Kokrajhar on November 8 last.

There was no report of any untoward incident from any of the districts.