Why are the Assamese flying Pakistani flags? Express India report
India Inc. has failed! In multitude acts of defiance, Assam is flying Pakistani flags. Minorities in India from Kashmir, to Gujarat to Orrissa use the Pakistani flag as a means to protest the Indian atrocities and to show sympathy with Pakistan and allegiance to the idea represented by the Crescent and Star–freedom from Brahman domination. The Assamese are pledging allegiance to Pakistan. Five districts in Assam are flying the Pakistani flag.
12 killed, Pak flags sighted in Assam
Agencies
Posted: Oct 04, 2008 at 1953 hrs IST
Udalguri, Assam, October 4: The toll in continuing clashes between Bodos and illegal Bangladeshi migrants in Udalguri district rose to 10 on Saturday as eight burnt bodies were found while two persons were shot dead by the police when they were trying to torch houses in the district. District Deputy Commissioner George Basumatary was transferred and Superintendent of Police Anup Kumar Singh suspended for allegedly failing to control the situation, official sources said.
The eight burnt bodies were found from Bodo villages of Sonaripara and Jhargaon villages, under Udalguri police station, which were attacked by illegal migrants with bows and arrows in the wee hours.
Besides setting ablaze houses in the two villages, several other dwellings in a neighbouring hamlet were also torched, the sources said.
The police shot dead two persons when they were trying to set fire to Bodo houses at Bhakatpara where a shoot-at-sight order is in vogue, they said adding about 50 persons were injured in the clashes so far.
Two bodies were found on Friday from a village under Rowta police station even as arson and looting in neighbouring Darrang district forced the administration to impose curfew in Dalgaon and Dhola on Friday and in Udalguri on Saturday.
Over 25 serious burn injury victims were shifted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital while others were admitted to local hospitals.
Meanwhile, media persons saw a Pakistani flag in Sonaripara and Mohanpur villages and took photographs of them. Local television channels also ran footage of the flags. Officials and security forces denied any knowledge of the presence of the flags. Express India report
12 killed, Pak flags sighted in Assam - Express India