Assam toll 19, Rajdhani detained, fresh clashes reported
July 23, 2012  17:25
Another news brief from Assam... Fresh clashes and arson were reported from the Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts where two more bodies were recovered today taking the toll to 19 in the ethic violence.

The bodies were recovered from the banks of Gouranga river this morning, police said. People stopped the Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express at Pratapkhat between Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon alleging that their houses were damaged by miscreants when they moved to relief camps. The train subsequently resumed its journey.

There are fresh reports of houses being set ablaze in several places in Kokrajhar district.
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