08-28-2012, 09:12 PM
bangladeshi bandh in assam - rediff
One person was killed and scores injured as police rounded up hundreds of trouble makers even as 12-hour Assam bandh called by All Assam Minority Students Union (AAMSU) and its allies turned violent on Tuesday.
Indefinite curfew was enforced in parts of Sonitpur, Barpeta and Nagaon districts for preventing the violence from spreading to other areas. The AAMSU and its allies called for the bandh in protest against continuing attack on Muslims in Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District Council (BTC) areas in Assam.
About 500 bandh supporters were rounded up by the police for trying to create trouble. Police and paramilitary force personnel had to open fire in the air, fire tear gas shells and resort to baton charge in various bandh-hit areas to control mob frenzy.
Indefinite curfew was clamped in Barpeta Road and Howly in Barpeta district after armed miscreants had hacked to death one person and injured more than 20 others in Beltola area on Barpeta Road. Several houses were also torched by the miscreants, who also attacked and injured journalists on duty. The Army was called out to stage flag march in Barpeta Road to control the situation.
One person was killed and scores injured as police rounded up hundreds of trouble makers even as 12-hour Assam bandh called by All Assam Minority Students Union (AAMSU) and its allies turned violent on Tuesday.
Indefinite curfew was enforced in parts of Sonitpur, Barpeta and Nagaon districts for preventing the violence from spreading to other areas. The AAMSU and its allies called for the bandh in protest against continuing attack on Muslims in Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District Council (BTC) areas in Assam.
About 500 bandh supporters were rounded up by the police for trying to create trouble. Police and paramilitary force personnel had to open fire in the air, fire tear gas shells and resort to baton charge in various bandh-hit areas to control mob frenzy.
Indefinite curfew was clamped in Barpeta Road and Howly in Barpeta district after armed miscreants had hacked to death one person and injured more than 20 others in Beltola area on Barpeta Road. Several houses were also torched by the miscreants, who also attacked and injured journalists on duty. The Army was called out to stage flag march in Barpeta Road to control the situation.