New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): The National Commission for Minorities has said that ethnic violence in Assam was a result of clashes between Bodos and resident Muslims and not Bangladeshi immigrants.
While recommending setting up of an SIT to probe major incidents of violence in the state, NCM Chairperson Wajahat Habibullah said that the Commission has sent the report on the clashes to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and had personally taken up the matter with him during the Iftar party hosted by him yesterday.
"The Prime Minister told me that he has received the report," Habibullah said.
The panel said the conflict this time was not between some exodus of Bangladeshi immigrants and the Bodos, but between Bodos and the resident Muslims of the BTAD.
Violent clashes erupted in Assam in July after unidentified men killed four Bodo youths. In retaliation, armed Bodos - who dominate Kokrajhar and Chirang districts - attacked minority groups, suspecting them of being behind the deaths. (ANI)
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