Here are the 10 latest developments
The family members of those killed in the targeted attacks in Baksa district finally buried the bodies on Sunday night. The relatives agreed to perform the last rites of their family members after Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi sent a minister to talk to them. (Relatives of Baksa Victims Perform Last Rites)
Media reports on Monday morning claimed that the state government was planning to arm the local villagers with licensed guns to help them defend themselves against such militant attacks.
One of those arrested is a forest ranger in Manas National Park while some other forest guards are being interrogated. Several villagers said the attackers were forest guards who lived in a camp in the village and were well-known to them.
The suspects arrested till now face charges of torching the villagers' homes and providing shelter to the militants. (After Violence, Faces of Fear in This Assam Village)
Locals have claimed that the militants came to their villages on cycles, fired indiscriminately and set their huts on fire. Thousands have fled from their villagers; the state government is setting up temporary relief camps for them. (Assam: 31 Killed, Families Refuse to Bury the Dead)
Nearly 4,000 paramilitary personnel and 1,500 Army soldiers have been deployed in the region, and another 1,000 are on their way, the union home ministry has said.
The political blame game over the killings escalated on Sunday with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of inciting violence in the state. (Assam Violence Triggers Political War of Words)
At a rally in Bengal on Sunday, Mr Modi said Bangladeshi infiltrators in Assam and Bengal, who were allowed into the country for 'vote-bank politics', would be sent back. ('What Has PM Done to Restore Law and Order in Assam', Asks BJP)
The Bodo militants are allegedly targeted the local villagers because they failed to support their candidate in the ongoing Lok Sabha election.
The region, which falls under the Bodoland Territorial Council, has witnessed frequent sectarian strife. In 2012, ethnic clashes in the same area had claimed nearly 100 lives and displaced more than 400,000 people.
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