RailEnquiry

Guwahati: Three more special train with over 5000 panic-stricken people fleeing southern states arrived here from Bangaluru today while another over 2000 such Northeast persons arrived yesterday. North-East migrants, who fled from different parts of the country after rumours of attacks, arrive at the Guwahati railway station on Sunday. — PTIA spokesman for the Northeast Frontier Railway, Nripendra Nath Bhattacharyya informed that two more such special trains would reach Guwahati within the next 48 hours as the inbound flow of panic-stricken people continuing despite assurance given by the state government concerned that there would be no attack on people from Northeast.Most of those who have rushed back home said that they did not receive any threat personally from any quarter, but decided to flee their work place as they “heard about” the threat sounded by some unknown quarters. 

Sonia concerned

Concerned over the treatment meted out to people from the North-East, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has stressed that such acts should be severely condemned by all. The Centre and states should deal firmly with those disturbing harmony in the country, she said.