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After the exodus, Northeast Indians head back to Bangalore
CNN-IBN | Aug 20, 2012 at 11:50pm IST | Guwahati/Bangalore
Reflecting a gradual return to normalcy after the panic exodus, Northeast Indians headed back to Bangalore in special trains from Guwahati. The tension has also eased in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. A spokesman for the Northeast Frontier Railway Nripen Bhattacharya said in Guwahati that three special trains had left for Bangalore on Sunday taking back in a phased manner those who had fled from the capital of Karnataka fearing attacks on them sparked by rumours in the wake of violence in Assam.
Government officials said it would take two to three days before all of them return to Bangalore and other cities like Pune and Chennai from where thousands of fear-stricken Northeast Indians had fled.
Over 18,000 police personnel, bolstered by Rapid Action Force (RAF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), kept a hawk-like vigil in Bangalore with Eid also being celebrated on Monday. Railways, which ran additional trains to Guwahati after the sudden rush of fleeing northeasterners, did not operate any special services for the second consecutive day.
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