Two businessmen shot dead in Assam

GUWAHATI: In the first attack against Hindi-speaking people following the train violence in Bihar, suspected Ulfa militants shot dead two businessmen belonging to the Marwari community in Dhubri district and injured a Bihari person in Tinsukia district on Saturday evening.
According to police reports, unidentified gunmen killed the two Marwari businessmen, identified as Bijoy Tater and Pradip, at Golakganj market under in Dhubri district at around 7.30 pm.Both of them died on the spot, police said.
Elsewhere in Tinsukia district in upper Assam, suspected Ulfa militants lobbed a hand grenade at a tailor''s shop seriously injuring a Bihari person.
According to initial police reports from Doomdooma, the incident occurred at around 8 pm at Borhapjan. One Suresh Ram Prasad was seriously injured in the attack. Senior police officials have rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation.
Ulfa commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah, while talking to the BBC on Friday, had issued the threat to retaliate in a big way against Hindi-speaking people following the attacks on train passengers belonging to the North-East for three successive days in Bihar.