Dimapur, June 4 :     Joining the burgeoning list of autonomy-seekers in Assam, the Rengmas of Karbi Anglong district have petitioned the state government for creation of an autonomous district comprising areas where they are in the majority. A five-member delegation of the Rengma Hill District Committee met chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta yesterday and submitted a memorandum demanding constitution of a 'Rengma Hills Autonomous Regional Council' immediately. It also urged the chief minister to upgrade Phentecho to the status of a subdivision. In the event of the government failing to create a new sub-division with Phentecho as its headquarters, the delegation suggested that Bokajan subdivision be brought under the proposed autonomous council's jurisdiction. Sources said Mahanta assured the Rengma leaders that he would look into their grievances. The delegation also demanded that the Bokajan Assembly constituency be either reserved exclusively for the Rengmas or a new constituency be carved out for the tribe. The tribal leaders said the Rengmas were the original inhabitants of the area and a large portion of Karbi Anglong district was known as the 'Rengma Hills' till 1951. They quoted passages from several books and attached a map to the memorandum in a bid to drive home their point. The memorandum to the chief minister claims that the Assam government erased the 'Rengma Hills' from the state's map without the tribe's knowledge. 'The Assam government renamed the Rengma Hills area as Mikir Hills district in 1951 without the knowledge and consent of the Rengmas,' it states. The memorandum also accuses the government of making no effort to protect the interests of the Rengmas, the 'original sons of the soil', when Karbi Anglong was declared a district on October 24, 1974. It says the Rengmas were always looked down upon and deprived of employment opportunities in their own homeland. 'There are no basic amenities such as drinking water, health services, electricity and roads, leave alone development on other fronts,' it adds. Two killed: Two Santhals were killed and five injured, two of them seriously, when suspected National Democratic Front of Boroland militants opened fire on refugees at a relief camp at Tongshi under Bogribari police station in Dhubri district, reports our Dhubri correspondent. The victims have been identified as Laser Murmu and Ramu Tudu. Police have launched an operation to apprehend the assailants.