In Assam, district administration imposed indefinite curfew at Tezpur in Sonitpur district as a precautionary measure after bandh supporters resorted to violence. All Assam Minority Students Union,AAMSU and other organizations called for a 12-hour bandh demanding halt to the ongoing violence in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts. State Law and Order IGP said that the police resorted to blank firing at Barpeta, Tezpur, Dhubri and Bongaigaon after bandh supporters burnt tyres and pelted stones. Police arrested 13 bandh supporters at Tezpur.Bandh supporters attacked one scribe at Barpeta road area in Barpeta district. He was admitted to hospital.Miscreants set ablaze a few houses in Barpeta district. Stray incidents of violence have also been reported in Sivsagar and Bongaigaon district. Nine people were injured at Kabaitari in Bongaigaon district after security forces resorted to firing with rubber bullets when bandh supporters’ pelted stones .Security has been intensified at these places. Official sources said that the situation is tense but under control.Meanwhile, indefinite curfew continues in Chirang district as a precautionary measure though no untoward incident has been reported in the last 48 hours. Security has been intensified in Kokrajhar district after miscreants killed one and injured five persons after firing at Pakritol, Bhumki, Tupiamari and Chithila. Curfew has been relaxed from 4 am to 9pm in the district
News On AIR | August 28, 2012 12:42 PM
Indefinite curfew in Tezpur,Assam,after bandh turns violent