2 trains with 1700 people from B'luru reach Assam

August 18, 2012 12:38

The situation in lower Assam on Saturday remained peaceful with no report of any violence even as two special trains arrived in Guwahati carrying 1700 people who had fled the southern states after rumours of impending attacks.

Two special trains from Bengaluru arrived on Saturday morning at Guwahati carrying around 1,700 people belonging to the north-east, railway sources said.

"One of the trains reached Guwahati at 5.10am and the other at 7.55am. Three more trains are on way from Bengaluru," Northeast Frontier Railway PRO Nripen Bhattacharya told PTI.

A large number of students and professionals from Assam and other North Eastern states have fled Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh after rumours that they will be attacked in the wake of the violence in lower Assam.

A total of 78 persons have so far lost their lives in the lower Assam districts since violence started between Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims on July 19-20.

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