Threats trigger NE exodus

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Updated On Aug 17, 2012 10:33 am IST

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A volunteer from local organization Fight Against Corruption writes a placard asking people from northeastern states not to leave, outside a train station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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A volunteer from local organization Fight Against Corruption writes a placard asking people from northeastern states not to leave, outside a train station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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People from northeastern states wait to board a special train to go back home, at a train station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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People from northeastern states wait to board a special train to go back home, at a train station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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People from the northeast wait to board a special train to go back home, at a train station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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People from the northeast wait to board a special train to go back home, at a train station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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A northeastern man drinks water as he waits with others to board a special train to go back home, at a station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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A northeastern man drinks water as he waits with others to board a special train to go back home, at a station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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A policeman inspects the site of violence in Rangiya, about 55 kilometers west of Guwahati, in Assam. AP/Anupam Nath

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A policeman inspects the site of violence in Rangiya, about 55 kilometers west of Guwahati, in Assam. AP/Anupam Nath

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Two cyclists ride past a burnt vehicle in Rangiya, about 55 kilometers west of Guwahati, Assam. AP/Anupam Nath

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Two cyclists ride past a burnt vehicle in Rangiya, about 55 kilometers west of Guwahati, Assam. AP/Anupam Nath

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A girl from the northeast eats an apple as she waits to take a train home, at a station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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A girl from the northeast eats an apple as she waits to take a train home, at a station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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A northeastern man holds a child as they wait to board a train to head home, at a railway station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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A northeastern man holds a child as they wait to board a train to head home, at a railway station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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Policemen stand guard as youths from northeastern states wait to board trains at a station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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Policemen stand guard as youths from northeastern states wait to board trains at a station in Bangalore. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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Northeastern women wait with their baggage to board trains home, at a railway station in Bangalore. Thousands of people from the northeast are fleeing the IT city, spurred by rumours they would be attacked in retaliation for communal violence in Assam. AP/Aijaz Rahi

Updated on Aug 17, 2012 10:33 am IST

Northeastern women wait with their baggage to board trains home, at a railway station in Bangalore. Thousands of people from the northeast are fleeing the IT city, spurred by rumours they would be attacked in retaliation for communal violence in Assam. AP/Aijaz Rahi

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