9 more bodies found in Assam

9 more bodies found in Assam, toll is 60http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/9-more-bodies-found-in-assam,-toll-is-60.aspxThursday, October 09, 2008BY MANOJ ANANDUDALGURI, ASSAMOct. 8: The violence has subsided but fear of fresh backlashes islooming large among those taking shelter in various relief camps. Thedeath toll in Assam carnage has gone up to 60, following recovery ofnine more bodies from the remote areas of trouble-torn Northern Assamdistricts since Tuesday.The security sources said that three bodies were recovered fromPanbari area of Darrang district, while two bodies each were foundfrom Paschim Hahiligaon in Tangla area, Mazbat and Jhargaon ofUdalguri district.There were reports of some more bodies being spotted in Kalaigaon, andRajapukhuri areas of Udalguri district. However, there was no reportof fresh violence from any part of the state.The superintendent of police, during whose tenure worst violence hitUdalguri district, Mr R.N. Prakash Tiwari told this newspaper that thepolice is maintaining a close watch over the situation and it waslimping back to normalcy.He, however, admitted that there were reports of more bodies spottedin some of the remote villages. "We are sending police teams in allthose areas wherever there are reports of unattended bodies. We aretrying to recover the bodies of all those killed in the violence atthe earliest as recovery of bodies after normalcy may becounter-productive and worsen the situation again," said Mr Tiwari,who was patrolling the area and interacting with the camp inmates toinstil confidence in them.Meanwhile, camp inmates in trouble-torn Udalguri district have raisedserious doubts over the role of Assam ministers and charged them ofprojecting the recent carnage as an ethnic clash between the immigrantMuslims and the NDFB, which is a largely Christian outfit.Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was quoted as saying that the rebelNational Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), fighting for anindependent tribal homeland, took advantage of the situation andresorted to large scale arson and killings.