A blockade of National Highway by protesters in Tinsuiki District of Assam against the killing of a youth by Indian Army personnel in an alleged fake encounter spiralled into inter-community clashes after angry adivasi tea garden labourers attacked the supporters of the Blockade with sharp weapons on Sunday, May 13 2007.
The Assam Tribune reports:
"The death toll in the Doomdooma area increased to eight as tension continued following clashes between two groups of people at Tiphuk and Rupai Siding since Sunday evening.
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...the police today opened fire on an irate mob at the Hansara area around 8 am, following which one person died and two of them sustained serious injuries. The dead has been identified as Sukra Tati (42)."
The Sentinel further states:
"In another incident, one protester died while 40 others were injured when the truck they were travelling turned turtle near the Kakopathar BDO office at Sikolijan Khumsang gate this morning. The administration was taking the protesters blocking the road on a truck (AS-21-3610) from Rupai to Kakopathar. The deceased has been identified as Babul Das (30) of Kakopathar. The injured were rushed to the Tinsukia Civil Hospital and Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh.
Meanwhile, curfew has been extended to Digboi from this morning with Army jawans staging a flag march at Kakopathar, Pengeri, Bordumcha and Doomdooma to prevent any untoward incident."
In a related news, The Morung Express reports:
"Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu has sent an SOS to his Asom counterpart Tarun Gogoi as crisis of essentials deepened in Dibang valley and Lower Dibang valley districts in the state due to blockade of National Highway number 37 in the neighbouring state."
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