Hajo incident: Assam likely to lodge complaint

NEW DELHI, Dec 2? The Assam Government is likely to lodge a formal protest with the Defence Ministry over the Hajo incident. The State Government now wants the Army to take the civil administration into confidence before mounting any such operations in the future. Describing the incident as an avoidable tragedy, Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi said that he plans to move the Defence Minister tomorrow to complain that the civil administration was not taken into confidence by the Army. Sri Gogoi said he would request the Defence Ministry to issue a directive to the troops operating in Assam to take into confidence local administration before launching such operations to avoid medicines from talung place. Meanwhile, the janajas of the victims of Sunday?s incident at Hajo were performed today in the presence of Kamrup district Deputy Commissioner Sri Absar Hazarika and ADC S K Roy. Ex-gratia payments of Rs 5,000 each to the next of kin of the victims were handed over by the DC. The Deputy Commissioner has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident to be conducted by ADC S K Roy who will submit his report within 15 days.