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Rangiya (Assam), Jun 8 : Train services have been affected with several trains, including the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express, detained following the indefinite rail blockade called from today by the All Assam Bodo Joint Action Committee for Bodoland movement.

More than a thousand picketers squatted on rail tracks at Bhatkuchi near Rangiya station, Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon since 5 am demanding Bodoland, official sources said.

The Rajdhani Express was detained at Rangiya. The other affected trains include Brahmaputra Mail, North East Express, Kamrup Express, Saraighat Express – all detained at Guwahati station, Manas-Rhino Passenger train detained at Nalbari and several other Guwahati-bound trains detained at Bongaigaon station, railway sources said.

The police and CRPF personnel have been deployed along the tracks and negotiations were on with the agitators to lift the blockade.

The committee’s convener Sujit Basumatary said they would intensify the movement if their demands were not met immediately.