guwahati sources stated that a senior police officer said police opened fire to disperse protesters at Lalungaonn area here on thursday in which some persons were reportedly injured, and the officer claimed that the protesters hurled stones and bricks at the policemen and when attempts to pacify them did not deter the mob, the security personnel opened fire at them. Furthermore the officer did not specify the number of people injured in the firing, though the protestors claimed that at least four persons were injured.
When defying curfew, protesters came out on the streets of guwahati on thursday to protest the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that was passed in parliament even as the army conducted flag marches in guwahati, Dibrugarh, Jorhat and Tinsukia. Meanwhile an army statement said "Influential students' body AASU and peasants organisation KMSS have asked the people to defy the curfew imposed in guwahati since wednesday evening and come out of their homes to protest against the bill. Protesters burnt effigy of senior assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Ambori area here while students of the Cotton university and Handique Girls college were also seen protesting against the CAB. One of the protesters said "It is a fight for our existence."
Moreover vehicles were stranded in various cities of assam due to heavy blockade. Half-a dozen vehicles were burnt. Houses of bjp and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) leaders were attacked in various parts of the state. Apparently curfew was imposed in Dibrugarh for an indefinite period late on wednesday night, as protesters targeted the houses of Sonowal and Union minister rameswar teli in the district.
