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Golaghat (Assam), August 19: In a
shocking incident, the cops and
security forces were directly firing at
unarmed protesters in the violence-
hit Golaghat district of Assam.
At least 18 protesters were injured
after police fired rubber pellets and
resorted to lathicharge at Rangajan
in violence-hit Golaghat district of
Assam along Nagaland this evening,
a senior police officer said.
District Superintendent of Police
Siladitya Chetia told PTI that a
group of protesters turn
As the demonstrators attacked the
security men, police resorted to
lathicharge and then fired rubber
pellets to disperse them and bring
the situation under control, Chetia
said.
In the lathicharge ten persons were
injured and eight others in the
firing, he said.
The wounded were immediately
taken to hospital where some were
released after first aid and others
were undergoing treatment, the SP
added.
The protesters were agitating against
alleged failure of the state
government to protect the people at
Uriamghat in Assam against the
attack by miscreants from Nagaland
killing nine persons and rendering
over 10,000 homeless on Tuesday
last.
Local residents, however, alleged the
security personnel dragged them out
of their homes after they called off
their road blockade and fired upon
them from regular guns after
chasing them for some distance.
Some of the opposition political
parties and social activist
organisations have condemned the
"attack on innocent people" by the
security forces.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA) has sought report from
the Assam Chief Minister Tarun
Gogoi.
Shockingly, Assam Chief Minister's
son and Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi,
while talking to a news channel
claimed that the “security forces
were firing rubber bullets.”
One of the policeman was even
caught hitting a person. Meanwhile,
the Centre on Tuesday rushed
around 1,000 additional paramilitary
personnel for deployment along the
Assam-Nagaland
Nearly 10,000 people fled their
homes in seven villages of Golaghat
district in Assam.
Gogoi today said people living along
Assam-Nagaland border and the
inmates of the relief camps do not
have confidence in the central
security forces deployed along the
disputed belt.
His convoy was attacked by
protesters on Monday in Uriamghat
area of Golaghat when he was
visiting violence-hit Uriamghat.
As Gogoi approached a relief camp
at Uriamghat, angry protesters
shouted slogans against him and
some of them pelted stones at
security vehicles in the tail end of
the convoy, slightly damaging two of
them.
Timeline Photos
Assam shocker: Security forces fire at civilians; 18 injured - News Oneindia
shocking incident, the cops and
security forces were directly firing at
unarmed protesters in the violence-
hit Golaghat district of Assam.
At least 18 protesters were injured
after police fired rubber pellets and
resorted to lathicharge at Rangajan
in violence-hit Golaghat district of
Assam along Nagaland this evening,
a senior police officer said.
District Superintendent of Police
Siladitya Chetia told PTI that a
group of protesters turn
As the demonstrators attacked the
security men, police resorted to
lathicharge and then fired rubber
pellets to disperse them and bring
the situation under control, Chetia
said.
In the lathicharge ten persons were
injured and eight others in the
firing, he said.
The wounded were immediately
taken to hospital where some were
released after first aid and others
were undergoing treatment, the SP
added.
The protesters were agitating against
alleged failure of the state
government to protect the people at
Uriamghat in Assam against the
attack by miscreants from Nagaland
killing nine persons and rendering
over 10,000 homeless on Tuesday
last.
Local residents, however, alleged the
security personnel dragged them out
of their homes after they called off
their road blockade and fired upon
them from regular guns after
chasing them for some distance.
Some of the opposition political
parties and social activist
organisations have condemned the
"attack on innocent people" by the
security forces.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA) has sought report from
the Assam Chief Minister Tarun
Gogoi.
Shockingly, Assam Chief Minister's
son and Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi,
while talking to a news channel
claimed that the “security forces
were firing rubber bullets.”
One of the policeman was even
caught hitting a person. Meanwhile,
the Centre on Tuesday rushed
around 1,000 additional paramilitary
personnel for deployment along the
Assam-Nagaland
Nearly 10,000 people fled their
homes in seven villages of Golaghat
district in Assam.
Gogoi today said people living along
Assam-Nagaland border and the
inmates of the relief camps do not
have confidence in the central
security forces deployed along the
disputed belt.
His convoy was attacked by
protesters on Monday in Uriamghat
area of Golaghat when he was
visiting violence-hit Uriamghat.
As Gogoi approached a relief camp
at Uriamghat, angry protesters
shouted slogans against him and
some of them pelted stones at
security vehicles in the tail end of
the convoy, slightly damaging two of
them.
Timeline Photos
Assam shocker: Security forces fire at civilians; 18 injured - News Oneindia