KOKRAJHAR (ASSAM): Train services were paralyzed in Assam as several Bodo outfits resorted to a 12-hour rail blockade in Kokrajhar to press for a separate state on the lines of Telangana.

Meanwhile, violence continued for the third day in Karbi Anglong district as ethnic groups stepped up their agitation for a separate state.

All Bodo Student's Union (ABSU) along with prominent Bodo organisations, including NDFB (Progressive), All Bodo Womens' Federation (ABWF), Bodo Sahitya Sabha (BSS), Bodo Peoples' Progressive Front (BPPF) and others squatted on railway tracks with placards at Kokrajhar railway station since early morning with no trains either entering or leaving Kokrajhar.

Major trains like Rajdhani Express, Saraighat Express, Kamrup Express, Brahmaputra Mail have been regulated at several stations including Guwahati, Bongaigaon, Rangiya and Alipurduar while five local trains have been cancelled, North East Frontier Railway sources said.

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