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GUwahati, The regular army has been deployed in raw areas of Assam’s Kokrajhar dominion, where ii persons were killed in rout violence, leading to arson and clashes allegedly between the Bodos and Adivasis, officials said on Wednesday.The army personnel conducted patrolling with the district administration in the affected areas of Karigaon and its nearby locations on Tuesday night, a defence spokesperson told PTI.A flag march will also be conducted by the Army in the area on Wednesday, as part of confidence-building measures, he said.A total of four Army columns are currently in the district, the spokesperson said.The overall situation is under control, and tight security measures have been put in place in Kokrajhar and neighbouring Chirang district, officials said.Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had earlier said arrangements were in place to deploy the Army, while the Rapid Action Force was already on the ground, following the mob violence and clashes.On Monday night, a vehicle with three Bodos on board had hit two Adivasi persons at Mansingh Road under Karigaon outpost, a home department official said.The three Bodos were reportedly beaten up by neighbouring Adivasi villagers, and the vehicle was torched. One person died then, while another succumbed to injuries on Tuesday, he said, adding, three other injured were undergoing treatment in hospital.On Tuesday, the situation flared up with Bodo and Adivasi communities blocking the National Highway adjacent to the Karigaon outpost, burning tyres, setting ablaze a government office and attacking the Karigaon police outpost, the official said.The police baton-charged the protesters and fired tear gas shells to disperse the crowd, in which several people, including a few police personnel, were injured, he said.The Kokrajhar district administration has set up two relief camps at Karigaon High School and Gwajanpuri Amanpara High School, after several villagers from Karigaon fled fearing attacks.Prohibitory orders have been imposed across Kokrajhar district under Section 163 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the official said.The home department has also suspended internet/mobile data services in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts as a precautionary measure.This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.

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