After Bangalore, Chennai too sees exodus

[gopi_vbboy]

South India — which has never seen non-locals fleeing the region for fear of their lives — continued to witness the unprecedented exodus of citizens from the Northeast on Thursday, with thousands from Chennai too rushing to the railway station to take the train home.

In Bangalore, where it all began, their flight continued unabated with 7,500 more people boarding four Guwahati-bound trains — three special trains apart from the regular Bangalore-Guwahati Express.

On Thursday evening, nearly 3,000 workers and students, mostly from Assam, were seen waiting at Chennai Central, eager to board the two Guwahati-bound trains that were scheduled for departure at 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Friday. A number of them had arrived from Coimbatore and Madurai.

“Nothing has happened till now, but we are very sure something really bad is going to happen. Our Bangalore friends have said we have to leave before August 20,” said Bishnu, 21, who hails from Dibrugarh and works as a waiter in a restaurant in Chennai.

Chennai Commissioner of Police J.K. Tripathy told The Hindu that no complaint of violence against natives of the Northeast had been reported so far. “They don’t need to worry at all, they are safe. We will make sure there is no untoward situation,” Mr. Tripathy said.

But migrant workers from the Northeast appeared too panicky at the moment to pay heed to such assurances. “Incidents have already been reported from Hyderabad, Bangalore and from Kerala. I am very scared,” said Bishnu, who has been working in Chennai for the past three years. “It was never like this before. Everyone is extremely scared this time.”

“We are employed as security guards at the Siruseri IT Park,” said Bindeswar, who huddled with his colleagues at the Central station. “We spoke to our companies today but none of them agreed to take responsibility for our safety.” They heard rumours that four people had already been killed in Bangalore and said they did not wish to meet the same fate. “Our families back home are petrified. They want us back as soon as possible,” said Bindeswar.

Most people fleeing Chennai happen to hail from Assam; though smaller, separate groups from Manipur and Mizoram, were waiting to leave too. The sense of panic is evident in the student community as well, according to college heads. “This is mainly because their friends from Bangalore are sending them all sorts of messages and they are falling prey to rumours. We have assured them that they are safe here,” said a professor at Loyola College.

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Really sad . I thought exodus was only rumour.

 

[xtremevicky]

This is just sad

 

[Zangetsu]

This is a shame for us...really bad situation

 

[ssdivisiongermany1933]

Shoddy state of My country .....If this trend continues India is bound to be a "FAILED STATE"

 

[Faun]

I thought bangalore, chennai were not like this. Such a shame that people still thrive in provincial attitude.

 

[Tech&ME]

Hmmm....

And when the so called indigenous people of Assam wants the Marwari's, Bihari's, Bengali's to flee from Assam, then ??

Already 3 lakhs people are in make-shift camps in Assam without food and water.

 

[ssdivisiongermany1933]

Hmmm....

And when the so called indigenous people of Assam wants the Marwari's, Bihari's, Bengali's to flee from Assam, then ??

Already 3 lakhs people are in make-shift camps in Assam without food and water.

Don't see it as a a tit for tat .... ...

 

[sujoyp]

guys I am in dhaka right now in bangladesh....I am bit worried about my safety now

After all it started from Assam people killing Bangladeshi migrants.....now if something big happens in India...we have to flee from here..

What u guys say about that...should I come back earlier or wait for something to happen....hope nothing happens

 

[gopi_vbboy]

Better return.But dont mention anywhere when you speak that you are indian.

when in Rome, do as the Romans do

guys I am in dhaka right now in bangladesh....I am bit worried about my safety now

After all it started from Assam people killing Bangladeshi migrants.....now if something big happens in India...we have to flee from here..

What u guys say about that...should I come back earlier or wait for something to happen....hope nothing happens

 

[Faun]

guys I am in dhaka right now in bangladesh....I am bit worried about my safety now

After all it started from Assam people killing Bangladeshi migrants.....now if something big happens in India...we have to flee from here..

What u guys say about that...should I come back earlier or wait for something to happen....hope nothing happens

Return dude. What are you doing there ?

 

[tkin]

Be careful, these aborigines assamese people are ruining the day for bangladeshis, you should bolt from dhaka asap.

 

[RCuber]

@sujoyp: Stay calm.. think and check the situation there and then take correct decision. don't panic.

@Faun and @tkin: you should chose the sentence carefully. your replies are panic inducing , we don't need another situation outside country.

 

[amruth kiran]

staying cool is the only option in these situations...
thank god at-least our country is NOT turning out to be a battlefield like Syria.
but this is not only sad... but damn damn scary, if our own brothers are turning against us..
hopefully this wont happen to EVERY MIGRANT IN EVERY STATE.
government do something!!!!!!

 

[Tech&ME]

Don't see it as a a tit for tat .... ...

Well for your info : ( if you didn't catch this is TV news )

Two high intensive Bombs found in Assam on 10.08.2012 and was diffused by Army.

And another very very strong High intensive Bomb found in Assam on 13.08.2012 and was diffused by Army.

Every thing is linked together, because Police arrested 2 people in this connection on the same day.
Source

guys I am in dhaka right now in bangladesh....I am bit worried about my safety now

After all it started from Assam people killing Bangladeshi migrants.....now if something big happens in India...we have to flee from here..

What u guys say about that...should I come back earlier or wait for something to happen....hope nothing happens

Are you crazy ? what are you waiting for, pack your bags and get back to India dude.

 

[Anorion]

blore is not like that at all
massive number of north east people, and they totally rock the city out
think this is more of an indication of just how many of them have found a home in blore, even if a temp one
looks like hysteria

 

[Zangetsu]

Guys,could somebody post a link which describes in detail how it started actually?

guys I am in dhaka right now in bangladesh....I am bit worried about my safety now

After all it started from Assam people killing Bangladeshi migrants.....now if something big happens in India...we have to flee from here..

What u guys say about that...should I come back earlier or wait for something to happen....hope nothing happens

u should return for safety reasons

 

[tripleclutch]

Some Bodos in Assam take unnecessary action against some illegal Bangladeshi immigrants because the Government is too lazy to check the influx. people get killed and some crazy ass Muslim student union greatly exaggerates the situation. Muslims all over the country react to this by saying "So what if they're Bangladeshis, they're still Muslims, our brothers and sisters". So this gives rise to all that **** violence in Mumbai and Chennai. Now North-Eastern people in other parts of the country are receiving threats via messages, and are panicking. This info is what I've got so far; there could be some wrong info in here so correct me if I'm wrong somewhere. I cannot believe that such a situation can actually arise in the so-called Secular Socialist Democratic Republic country of ours.

 

[sujoyp]

Thanks for all suggesions guys...I am going to stay for 2 more days as our project team leader says....if something wrong start happening our client have promised an overnight exit by plane from bangladesh...they r ambanis of bangladesh

 

[msn]

I am from Assam, staying in Bangalore from a long time. Its been 12 yrs. now and till date, everyone has been very good to me. First of all, Media should not show the same -"General Compartment filled with Northeast ppl" again and again.

This is silly. They should stop broadcasting the same thing. I dont think they have any better job to do rather then showing the same frame loop again nd again.

Bangalore is Peaceful, atleast for Northeastern people till date.

 

[Nanducob]

Yes,Media should STFU discriminating people.Please dont blame anything on a particular state/region.There are good people and there are some bad ones.