Kokrajhar Violence

By HT Correspondent

Updated On May 03, 2014 11:06 pm IST

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Bodies of people killed in ethnic violence lie covered in the rain on the banks of the River Beki, as security officers patrol the area on a boat at Khagrabari village, in the northeastern state of Assam. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Updated on May 03, 2014 11:06 pm IST

Bodies of people killed in ethnic violence lie covered in the rain on the banks of the River Beki, as security officers patrol the area on a boat at Khagrabari village, in the northeastern state of Assam. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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A child mourns the death of a relative in the village of Narayanguri, around 200 km west of Guwahati. (AFP Photo)

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A child mourns the death of a relative in the village of Narayanguri, around 200 km west of Guwahati. (AFP Photo)

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A woman cries near the body of a relative, killed in ethnic violence, at a cremation ground at Narayanguri village, in the northeastern state of Assam. (AP Photo)

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A woman cries near the body of a relative, killed in ethnic violence, at a cremation ground at Narayanguri village, in the northeastern state of Assam. (AP Photo)

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A man cries near the body of a relative, killed in ethnic violence, at a burial ground at Narayanguri village, in the northeastern state of Assam. (AP Photo)

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A man cries near the body of a relative, killed in ethnic violence, at a burial ground at Narayanguri village, in the northeastern state of Assam. (AP Photo)

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A villager salvages utensils from a burnt house after the area was set on fire in ethnic violence at Khagrabari village, in the northeastern state of Assam. (AP Photo)

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A villager salvages utensils from a burnt house after the area was set on fire in ethnic violence at Khagrabari village, in the northeastern state of Assam. (AP Photo)

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Villagers of Khagrabari under Baksa district on Saturday move to a safer place after armed tribal miscreants killed people, Assam. (PTI Photo)

Updated on May 03, 2014 11:06 pm IST

Villagers of Khagrabari under Baksa district on Saturday move to a safer place after armed tribal miscreants killed people, Assam. (PTI Photo)

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For the past two years Shakila Bibi (36), a riot victim, has been living in a relief camp in Joyma area of Kokrajhar with her four daughters and husband after her property was burnt down during the 2012 riots. To survive in the camp, Shakila has taken up tailoring while her husband pulls rickshaw. (Subrata Biswas/HT Photo)

Updated on May 03, 2014 11:06 pm IST

For the past two years Shakila Bibi (36), a riot victim, has been living in a relief camp in Joyma area of Kokrajhar with her four daughters and husband after her property was burnt down during the 2012 riots. To survive in the camp, Shakila has taken up tailoring while her husband pulls rickshaw. (Subrata Biswas/HT Photo)

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2012 riot victims still languish in the relief camps in Kokrajhar, refusing to go back to their villages which fall in a Bodo-dominated area of the district. After almost two years of deadly riots between indigenous Bodos and Bengali-speaking immigrant Muslims, a large number of displaced people of both communities still live in relief camps. (Subrata Biswas/HT Photo)

Updated on May 03, 2014 11:06 pm IST

2012 riot victims still languish in the relief camps in Kokrajhar, refusing to go back to their villages which fall in a Bodo-dominated area of the district. After almost two years of deadly riots between indigenous Bodos and Bengali-speaking immigrant Muslims, a large number of displaced people of both communities still live in relief camps. (Subrata Biswas/HT Photo)

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Basanti Bramha (60) a resident of Thakmari village that falls on the Kokrajhar-Dhubri border have left their home and are constructing temporary shelters in an abandoned land near Bodo villages. According to her, Bengali-speaking immigrants Muslims who are trying to take their farmlands away are forcing Bodos to relocate. (Subrata Biswas/HT Photo)

Updated on May 03, 2014 11:06 pm IST

Basanti Bramha (60) a resident of Thakmari village that falls on the Kokrajhar-Dhubri border have left their home and are constructing temporary shelters in an abandoned land near Bodo villages. According to her, Bengali-speaking immigrants Muslims who are trying to take their farmlands away are forcing Bodos to relocate. (Subrata Biswas/HT Photo)

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The imposed peace in the Kokrajhar region is fragile, a card castle which can fall any moment. On March 29, a 17-year-old Bodo girl was allegedly raped before being murdered in Chirang district (In pic: Parents of the victim). Within hours, two Bengali-speaking Muslim youth were killed in retaliation. (Subrata Biswas/HT Photo)

Updated on May 03, 2014 11:06 pm IST

The imposed peace in the Kokrajhar region is fragile, a card castle which can fall any moment. On March 29, a 17-year-old Bodo girl was allegedly raped before being murdered in Chirang district (In pic: Parents of the victim). Within hours, two Bengali-speaking Muslim youth were killed in retaliation. (Subrata Biswas/HT Photo)

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