Saturday, January 7 2006 17:18 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Guwahati: The All-Assam Students Union (AASU) and All-Bodo Students Union (ABSU) today (Jan 7, 2006) took a swipe at Railway Minister Lalu Prasad for failing to take responsibility for the Salakati killings and decided to go in for a sit-in demonstration on railway tracks on January 28 across the state.

The AASU and ABSU also threatened to paralyse train movement if the anti-Assam attitude of the minister continued even when three boys were killed because they protested against the molestation of girls by security forces of Haryana.

"Lalu and Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the GRP was responsible for the violent incident. Otherwise, they and even the Haryana Government and the Railways are mum on the incident. Someone has to be responsible," asserted AASU advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya.

"No action has yet been taken on the culprits, no compensation has yet been paid to the victims and the girls as promised by the State Government, the judicial probe is not time bound. Someone has to take responsibility," Bhattacharya demanded speaking to reporters at the joint press conference.

The two students unions demanded security to railway passengers from Assam and the Northeast region, exemplary punishment to the culprits, compensation to the victims and girls, besides naming of the judge immediately to head the judicial probe into the incident, ABSU president R G Narzary said.

Three ABSU leader were shot dead by the Haryana police and one of the security men was also killed at Salakati railway station in Kokrajhar district amidst protests of alleged molestation of girl students by security men inside the 4056 Brahmaputra Mail.