Title - Don't believe rumours, says Mirji

BANGALORE: Police commissioner BG Jyothi Prakash Mirji on Wednesday said the cops are ready to go to the doorsteps of north-eastern students if there is any instance of them being threatened. He appealed to people from the region not to be swayed by rumours being spread by mischief makers.People from the region are leaving in hundreds in the wake of rumours being spread through SMSs, chain mails and social networking sites that they would be attacked in Bangalore. The stabbing of a Tibetan youth in Mysore on Tuesday appears to have added fuel to the fire.Intelligence sources said at least 4,000 people flocked to the Bangalore City railway station on Wednesday evening to board the two trains to Guwahati.Mirji told TOI that Bangalore has 2.75 lakh people of north-eastern origin, and not every one of them fears being attacked. "Some of those leaving the city want to meet their kith and kin who are in trouble back home. Some are talking about rumours spread through SMSs and internet that they might be attacked," he admitted.