Kokrajhar, April 24: Tension flared up in Kokrajhar district after gunmen shot at a Bodoland Peoples Progressive Front (BPPF) leader, Rupam Brahma, in front of his house in Dotma this evening.

Brahma, a former Bodo Liberation Tigers member, was admitted to the civil hospital.

BPPF president Rabiram Narzary has demanded the immediate arrest of the assailants. The party has called a 12-hour bandh on Saturday to protest the deteriorating law and order in the Bodo belt.

Earlier in the day, some unidentified persons in a Tata Sumo attacked one Debwr Narzary, 21, in Gossaigaon around 12.

In a separate incident, police picked up two National Democratic Front of Boroland militants — Khiranto Narzary and Gepo Narzary — from the outfit’s transit camp in Gossaigaon after Bodoland Peoples’ Front filed an FIR against them.

The Bodo belt has witnessed a series of clashes between the NDFB and BPF, leaving over 30 dead and many injured.