Additional forces deployed, no fresh violence in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong

On Tuesday, the protestors from the Karbi community ran riot, torching and vandalising scores of shops and houses. Non-tribal communities, particularly Bihari, were largely affected. The protestors also attacked the police with bombs, stones and arrows.Director General of Police Harmeet Singh and the IGP had sustained minor injuries in stone-throwing. The incidents occurred even as prohibitory orders under Section 163 BNSS remained in force in West Karbi Anglong and Karbi Anglong districts.The government temporarily suspended internet/mobile data services. The two districts fall under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, where land is protected for indigenous tribal communities.The protesters alleged that vast swathes of land in VGRs and PGRs had been encroached upon by outsiders.Last year, the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council administration served eviction notices on the “illegal” settlers, but they moved to the Gauhati High Court challenging the notices. Later, the court issued an interim stay on eviction.



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