Bandh paralyses normal life in Assam
Normal life was paralysed in Assam by a 12-hour bandh
called by the Bajrang Dal to protest the violence in the lower Assam
districts, where the situation was calm with no fresh incident reported
on Monday.
Bandh supporters burnt tyres and pelted
stones at vehicles in different parts of the State, following which the
police took nearly 500 of them into preventive custody in Guwahati,
Golokgunj and Agomoni in Dhubri, official sources said.
Schools, colleges and educational institutions, commercial and business
establishments, financial institutions remained closed with attendance
in government offices thin, the sources said.
Vehicles remained off the roads with a few State transport buses running
with police escorts. Rail and air services, however, remained
unaffected.
The bandh was supported by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and RSS.
There was no fresh incident of violence in lower Assam districts since
Sunday evening, where seven people have died and two others injured
since Friday taking the toll in the more than month-long violence to 87.
Take By: The Hindu
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