Violence-hit Guwahati under control
Guwahati,
Nov
25:
A
day
after
a
protest
march
by
tribal
students
turned
violent
in
Guwahati
leading
to
clamping
of
curfew
there,
the
city
is
slowly
returning
to
normalcy
with
no
reports
of
any
untoward
incident.
An indefinite curfew was imposed on Saturday and the army was called out after mob started rampaging the streets and burnt shops and vehicles.
One person was reportedly killed and around 230 people were injured in the ensuing violence. Meanwhile, the All Adivasi Students Association (AASA), which had organised the protest march blamed the ruling Congress party for conspiring against it, and has called a 36-hour Assam shutdown from November 26.
AASA President Justin Lakra alleged that the Congress supporters created disturbances in the rally to weaken their movement. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has appealed to the people of State to maintain calm.
The AASA is demanding the Scheduled Tribe status and went ahead with the Saturday"s rally even after they did not acquired relevant permission from the Assam government.
The State government today said that no permission had been granted to the All Adivasi Students' Association (AASA) to hold a rally in Guwahati.
The
AASA
had
requested
for
permission
to
hold
a
rally
on
Saturday
at
Dakhin
Beltola
High
School,
but
no
permission
was
granted,
the
Directorate
of
Information
and
Public
Relations
(DIPR)
in
Guwahati
said.
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