Patna, Nov 17: Bihar government handed over to CBI the probe into recent assault on Assamese passengers in the state following attacks on Bihari students appearing for Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) examination in Assam. The decision to hand over the probe into the incidents at Jamalpur in Munger district and in Katihar was taken after a meeting between Chief Minister Rabri Devi with state chief secretary K A H Subramaniam, official sources said.

The state government decided to approach the CBI for an impartial probe into the incidents, they said.

Assam chief secretary J P Rajkhowa earlier in the day asked his Bihar counterpart to immediately institute a CBI or judicial inquiry into the attacks on railway passengers of Assam and the Northeast travelling through Bihar on November 11 and 12, which followed similar attacks on Bihari students on November 9.

In a letter to K A H Subramanian, Rajkhowa said "to allay the hurt feelings of the people of Assam and also some of the neighbouring NE states, it is of utmost importance that the government of Bihar immediately institute a high level judicial or CBI inquiry." Bureau Report