Tinsukia Killing: Four-member TMC delegation visits Assam; announces Rs 1 lakh for kin of victims

As the gunning down of five Bengalis by suspected United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) terrorists sparked off stir in Assam's Tinsukia district, a four-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation on Sunday visited Kheronibari village to meet the bereaved families of those deceased. The TMC delegation, led by party leader Derek O'Brien, also consists of Lok Sabha MP Mamata Bala Thakur, Rajya Sabha MP Nadimul Haq and MLA Mahua Moitra.

"This is a humanitarian visit. This is a visit to stand with the grieving families. We hope to reach Tinsukia in about two hours and spend some time with the families," O'Brien told PTI outside the Dibrugarh airport in Assam. "What has happened is a dastardly killing of the most deprived and poorest Indian citizens... They have been murdered in cold blood," the senior TMC leader added.

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In a chilling incident, a group of unidenfied assailants shot dead five individuals of the Bengali community, including three of a family on the banks of the Lohit river at Dhola in Tinsukia district on Thursday evening. However, the ULFA terrorists’ group has denied its involvement in the incident.

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