Union Home Secretary R K Singh today said there was no threat to anyone from the North East living anywhere in the country and termed the reports of violence as rumours.
Singh told PTI in New Delhi that he had spoken to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Karnataka Police and they had informed him that there was no incident of attack on anyone from the region anywhere in the state.
He said that when people thronged the Bangalore railway station to go to the north east, the Home Minister of Karnataka himself went there and told them that there was no report of violence anywhere in the state and requested them to go back.
The Home Secretary said there was just one incident of attack on people from the north east in Pune but those
involved in that incident were caught immediately.
Gripped by panic following rumours of attack on some of their compatriots, about 5,000 people of north eastern states, including students, yesterday prepared to return to their hometowns even as Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar assured them of security.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde spoke to Shettar last night and asked him to ensure the safety of people from the
region in the state.