I just talked to a relative who was in the area that day. He was on the 8th
floor of a flat complex being built. From there he saw the processionists
destroy his car and his friend's car on the ground, and later he saw the local
residents on the ground gather and attack the destroyers of property. He did
not have the time or the guts to go down to the ground floor.
He did say the violence was started by the processionists. Also he said that
the reaction to the destruction was from the traders, their employees, the
local residents and anyone who was victimized.
Thus the account in the Agradoot seems authentic.
Dilip Deka
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Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I scoured through several newspapers to get a little more detail on the
battle in Beltola. The English dailies from Guwahati did not have enough
English to describe it and the national dailies did not have the room to cover
it. I found the following website to be of some help. So I am sharing it with
my NRA netters.
I request the netters from Guwahati to tell us if this Assamese newspaper is
stating the facts. I'd also like to know who the local residents of Beltola
(who took part in the battle) are - the non-Assamese traders who occupy the
streets, the original inhabitants of Beltola, or the Assamese middle class who
migrated to Guwahati and bought land in the area.
http://www.dainikagradoot.com/mainnews1.htm
Dilip Deka
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