Goalpara district bandh calls on June 7
The Goalpara district unit of All Rabha Students Union along with six other students organisation of the district have declared a series of agitation programme from June 7 in protest against the administration's failure of rescuing the two abducted teachers. The proposed agitation programme will include 24 hours Goalpara district bandh on June 7, protest rally at Agia on June 9, railway track blockade on June 14 and burning of effigies of Chief Minister, Education minister, Goalpara DC, Goalpara SP and Goalpara East MLA on June 16.
In a joint press release, the students organisations, which includes district units of ARSU, AASU, ABSU, AKRSU, AABYSF, HSU and AAGSU alleged that even after more than 20 days the district administration as well as government has completely failed in rescuing the headmaster Kameswar Rabha and ARSU activist Sarit Rabha, both of whom were abducted by suspected militant group from Dawagiri village under Agia police station on May 13. It may be noted here that on May 29 Goalpara Deputy Commissioner Pritam Saikia assured the agitators at Dudhnoi that the two abducted teacher would be rescued within seven days.
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