A MLA was arrested today in Kokrajhar, in relation with recent Assam riots. Pradeep Brahma, the MLA, belongs to Bodoland People Front, which is an ally of the ruling Congress party. He earlier worked in an extremist group, Bodoland Liberation Tigers(BLT), and now represents Kokrajhar(west) constituency.
On the other hand, fresh tension mounted with the arrest of the MLA, in Kokrajhar district, which is the epicenter of the whole violence in the state. Supporters of Pradeep Brahma started picketing on railway track and national highway. Following these incidents, indefinite curfew was clamped in the district. Army staged flag march. Police said that seven cases are booked on the MLA.
The recent ethnic clashes in Assam claimed more than 80 lives so far and left lakhs of people displaced.
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