Firing at Rongajan; One crushed to death
One person was died and at least ten others sustained serious injury when police sprang upon a group of people in Golaghat district on Tuesday who took to the streets in protest against the Naga miscreants’ recent attacks in Uriamghat area where at least 13 people were killed.
The incident took place in the morning when several local organizations took out a protest in Rongajan staged economic blockade on the road the road leading to Nagaland.
Suddenly a police team led by the Golaghat superintendent of police along with CRPF jawans arrived on the spot to be followed by an altercation. A section of the policemen resorted to open firing at the protestors while some others canned the protestors.
One person was crushed to death by a moving vehicle when he was trying to escape police lathi charge. Injured are undergoing treatment at the Kushal Konwar Civil Hospital.
Various political parties, organizations and individuals have condemned the police excess saying that these policemen have already failed to deal with the Naga miscreants’ attack in Uriamghat.
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BJP MPs Bijoya Chakrabartty and Ramen Deka are on a stock taking visit to Uriamghat on Tuesday a day after the angry people heckled Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. Immediately after arriving the relief cams, Chakrabartty and Deka talked to the camp inmates and expressed grave concern over the attack by the Naga miscreants where at least 15 people were killed and over 50 houses where set on fire. The duo further talked to the top ranked civil and police officials who have been monitoring the entire situation along the Assam-Nagaland border. Notably, angry camp inmates heckled the chief minister on Monday when he was on a stock taking visit to the troubled torn areas.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi felt the heat of a boiling border situation when he was on a stock-taking visit on Monday. As the chief minister’s convoy arrived in Uriamghat area at 11-30 in the morning, angry protesters shouted Gogoi Go Back slogans. A section of the protesters asked him to immediately leave Uriamghat alleging his failure to deal with the decade old row with Nagaland. Police resorted to blank firing to disperse a group of protesters as they targeted the chief minister. After a brief discussion with top ranked police and civil officials, the chief minister left the spot.
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