2 Nepali-speakers killed in Assam

Kantipur Report

DARJEELING, Nov 13 - An extremist group in Assam of India shot dead two Nepali speaking locals on Monday. According to news reports, police confirmed the deaths of Dipak Chhetri and Tanka Chhetri who were killed by cadres of a local extremist group named "Jwel" at Kamala ...

All Assam Gorkha Students Organization, an organization of Nepali-speaking students, denounced the murders and demanded that local authorities bring the culprits to book immediately.

Bhutanese refugee leader arrested for Oct 30 blasts Police arrested a senior Bhutanese refugee leader on Wednesday in connection with bomb attacks in Assam that killed 86 people last month (October 30).

Tenzing G Zangpo, general secretary of the Druk National Congress (DNC) of Bhutan, was arrested along with a senior leader of separatist Indian group, the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), from Guwahati.

"Zangpo has been sent to police custody for 10 days for interrogation," a senior police officer, who asked not to be named, told Reuters.