PM Manmohan Singh called up Assam CM Tarun Gogoi on Thursday evening to discuss law and order in violence hit BTAD where one person was killed taking the toll to six since 10th Nov.

Gogoi gave the prime minister, who is a Rajya Saba MP from the state, a detailed account of the situation and steps taken to control the violence, official sources said on Thursday.

The prime minister told Gogoi that certain forces were acting in a planned manner to destabilise peace and security in the region. Singh said the government would take all measures to curb such activities and assured the state government help in restoring peace and normalcy.

Indefinite curfew was clamped on Kokrajhar town after a person Nirisun Basumatary was shot dead at Telipara in Kokrajhar district on Thursday morning and a trader, Abdul Kalam, injured in an attack by people armed with sharp weapons on a weekly market in Kokrajhar, official sources said.

The chief minister at a specially convened law and order meeting on Wednesday directed the DGP and senior police officials to deal with the latest spurt in violence in the BTAD region with an iron hand and if required to take the help of the army and para-military forces.

Earlier, the four Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD) and Dhubri were affected by violence between Bodos and minorities which left 90 people dead and more than 4.80 lakh homeless in July-August.

The Prime Minister also talked to Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and asked him to extend all possible assistance to the Assam government in tackling the situation, an official statement said.

Meanwhile, Gogoi held discussions with 4 Corps General Officer Commanding Lt Gen C A Krishnan about the steps required to restore law and order.

The army officer informed Gogoi that he would visit BTAD on Friday for first-hand assessment of the situation.