Police, Army and the CRPF have launched a combing operation at Dhola in Tinsukia district of Assam following reports of a group of five armed men entering Bisonimukh-Kherbari village on Tuesday (Dec 18). Incidentally, Bisonimukh-Kherbari is the same village where five persons were gunned down by armed assailants on the night of Nov 1.
Villagers said some of them saw five men – all of them in combat fatigues and atleast three of them armed with sophisticated weapons – on Tuesday evening. One person said three men in combat uniform and carrying sophisticated weapons inquired about a particular person.
Police and security forces have already launched a massive operation in search of the five men, particularly considering the bloodbath orchestrated in the same village on Nov 1 when armed assailants shot dead five men, three of them from the same family.
#BREAKING | Security forces launch massive operation at Kherbari village in Dhola following reports of 3 heavily-armed men being spotted by villagers yesterday. Incidentally, armed assailants had shot dead 5 persons at Kherbari on Nov 1. Police have picked up one person. pic.twitter.com/aIv8fQJzUa
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“I have not seen the men but a few others claimed they saw the armed group while one of them said they were inquiring about a particular villager,” a resident of the village said.
Villagers are now in fear, fearing another Nov 1 like incident and have asked the government and district administration authorities of providing them more security.
“After the bloodbath that took place in November, a group of CRPF troopers was stationed in the village. However, they patrol only from 6:30 in the evening to 7 in the morning. If something happens before that, we are left with no one to provide us security,” another villager told News Live.
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Police and security forces, meanwhile, has reportedly detained one person although they are tightlipped over the fresh developments.
