This Article is From Dec 11, 2013

Controversy over Assam deaths: army, cops deny killing schoolboys

Controversy over Assam deaths: army, cops deny killing schoolboys
Chirang, Assam: The killing of two young men in Assam on Tuesday night, allegedly by the army and police, has triggered a massive controversy.

Local organisations allege that those killed were school students from Class 6 and 10, shot by the army and policemen in a joint operation. The boy who was injured, they allege, is also a Class 6 student.

The police have said that those killed were trained cadre of the outlawed militant organisation National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). The army has also denied that those killed were young students.

The police also claim sophisticated weapons were found on the young men, who they say were all aged between 17 and 20 years.

The killings took place in Assam's Chirang district, at a remote area near the border with Bhutan where two jawans of the Sashastra Seema Bal were kidnapped on Saturday allegedly by members of the NDFB. The police and the army had been conducting search operations in the area for the past few days.
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